January 2010

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Two months after Mahaica accident, survivor still bedridden

Jan 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two months after Mahaica accident, survivor still bedridden

On November 21, 2009, Clavia Williams and her one-year old son, Jonathan Bourne, were making a trip to the ancient county, Berbice, a trip which would be forever embedded in their memories. As the...

Junior Calypso competition to help raise funds for Haiti

Jan 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Junior Calypso competition to help raise funds for Haiti

Mash Round-Up…. (By Mondale Smith) The 2010 calypso events begin with the junior competition at the National Cultural Centre next Saturday and will feature eight competitors from Region 10 and...

Chutney clash a one-off show

Jan 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Chutney clash a one-off show

Neaz Subhan is the Chutney competition convenor and he says 15 have made the shortlist while three competitors from the diaspora are to be selected to compete in the hope of upping the standard of...

UG’s Degree Nursing programme to become fully accredited

Jan 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UG’s Degree Nursing programme to become fully accredited

Without the Registered Nurses Programme there can be no offering of the Bachelors of Science Degree Nursing (BSN) programme at the University of Guyana. This was disclosed by Dean of the Faculty of...

Persaud family still seeks answers to cause of deadly fire

Jan 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Persaud family still seeks answers to cause of deadly fire

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – It has been exactly one year since proprietor, Ivor Persaud, his 60-year old wife, Parbattie Persaud and their grandchildren, eight-year-old, Mellissa Persaud and five-...

Disabled People’s Network needs assistance

Jan 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Disabled People’s Network needs assistance

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Disabled People’s Network in Region Six is appealing to kind hearted persons for assistance in acquiring computers and Braille equipment such as the slate,...

Olympic size pool can be commissioned by June, foundation completed

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Olympic size pool can be commissioned by June, foundation completed

Italy-based Myrtha Pools contracted to supply prefab pool By Franklin Wilson Work on the much anticipated 50 metre Olympic size swimming pool, a project funded by the Government of Guyana is...

Guyana asked to follow-on against Jamaica

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana asked to follow-on against Jamaica

Fudadin hit 2nd innings 54 as Guyana still trail by 102 runs By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Carib Beer, Leisure Inn, Caribbean Airlines & Brydens & Fernandes Guyana’s...

Former Western Tigers executives return after vote of confidence motion

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former Western Tigers executives return after vote of confidence motion

By Michael Benjamin The standoff between the footballers of Western Tigers FC and the members of the executive committee took a strange twist yesterday afternoon when eleven of the club’s nineteen...

Barnwell, Singh to join Guyana team

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell, Singh to join Guyana team

By Sean Devers in Barbados New Line Cavaliers left-handed middle order batsman Gajanand Singh and DCC all-rounder Chris Barnwell are scheduled to arrive in Barbados tomorrow as replacements for Test...

Ravens blow-out Pacesetters again

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ravens blow-out Pacesetters again

Linden’s juniors top Georgetown By Edison Jefford Ravens threw complaints about them being the recipient of favourable referees’ decisions in their 17-point triumph against Courts...

GT&T Ladies clash for Sonita Jagan Trophy

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T Ladies clash for Sonita Jagan Trophy

Fibre Optic intensifies preparations as well Not wanting to be outdone, the GT&T Ladies from Telephone House commonly known as ‘Fibre Optic’ (Lightning Speed) have also intensified...

A ‘golden brown’ opportunity for Guyana

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A ‘golden brown’ opportunity for Guyana

Dear Editor, The headline screams in the FT of January 22, 2010 – “Sugar crisis worsens as Indonesian tender fails”. Sugar prices closed last week at 29.82 cents on the world market...

Minister Nadir continues to abandon his responsibility

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Nadir continues to abandon his responsibility

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Labour Minister, Mr. Manzoor Nadir’s comments in the article “Nadir dismisses charges of dereliction of duty in bauxite strike” (SN 20th January 2010)....

Ituni/Kwakwani road in deplorable state

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ituni/Kwakwani road in deplorable state

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese living overseas, it is exciting to return to my country of birth – but after 17 years to see that the rock and gully road between Linden via Ituni to Kwakwani still...

A big feature of political life is image

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A big feature of political life is image

Dear Editor, The People’s National Congress-Reform (PNCR), the main opposition party in Guyana, seems to be coming under fire from a group of concerned Guyanese who are determined to see a...

Post trial analyses on CLICO

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Post trial analyses on CLICO

Dear Editor, Some of those claims in the article on CLICO (Kaieteur News 17-01-10) I have heard before. I’ve been attending the hearings in the Chief Justice’s court, and always after these...

Panday seen as a winner

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Panday seen as a winner

Dear Editor, The findings of the latest tracking poll by NACTA in Trinidad show opposition leader Basdeo Panday is not a loser as he battles to hold on to leadership of the UNC he founded 20 years...

THE PROMISE THAT IS STILL IN LIMBO

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PROMISE THAT IS STILL IN LIMBO

Before all the hullaballoo over the legacy of Walter Rodney fades, it is worth a reminder that this year will mark the 30th anniversary of his assassination and so far there have been no announced...

It’s better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable

Dear Editor, In response to Rayvonne P. Bourne’s article 23/01/2010. I can understand that many hearts are bleeding all over the world for Haiti and rightfully so. During this time of turmoil and...

Two men in a bed and the incomprehensible mind is watching them

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Two men in a bed and the incomprehensible mind is watching them

The incomprehensible still exists in Guyana. It was always there. I am referring to the East Indian voters that have interminably balloted for the group they saw as being for Indian people, the...

Who feels it knows it

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who feels it knows it

Dear Editor, There exists a coterie of wise men in Guyana whose fantasy is to secure victory at the next election, take control of Guyana and set it on the right path. This group is comprised mainly...

THE MILF OF HUMAN KINDNESS

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE MILF OF HUMAN KINDNESS

I suppose if you’re having a relationship with a cougar you have to start from scratch. In my case, they hover upon my horizon as an application of an old word to describe a new phenomenon. I had...

Inhuman distribution of aid

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inhuman distribution of aid

Dear Editor, The world continues to be troubled by great natural disasters affecting the lives of millions and in the case of Haiti, a death toll that amounts to several thousands. In these cases...

The Big Ones

Jan 25, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Big Ones

In Guyana, and we suspect for most of the former colonies of the various European empires that gained independence by the middle of the last century, the departure of the erstwhile masters has mostly...

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(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...

The price of prosperity

Oct 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

What if

Oct 04, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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