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The Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda)

Apr 18, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda)

The Turnip-tailed gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) is a species of gecko widely distributed from Mexico southward through Central America and into South America as far south as Brazil, and on many...

Let’s discuss more serious issues

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s discuss more serious issues

Dear Editor, So many letters have appeared in these columns in support of a set of individuals to become president of Guyana that I have nearly lost count! Don’t people have better things to do...

‘Trunker’ shot, flees after breaking into car

Apr 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Trunker’ shot, flees after breaking into car

– hospitals alerted A well known ‘Trunker’ is nursing a gunshot wound in the region of his hip after a licenced firearm holder opened fire on him while he was breaking into a car on the...

Why would sugar workers refuse to work and opt for severance

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Why would sugar workers refuse to work and opt for severance

Dear Editor, I read with incredulity a statement from the management of GuySuCo that it cannot afford to pay severance to Diamond Estate sugar workers. The argument put forward by management is that...

I am not being paid for writing letters

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on I am not being paid for writing letters

Dear Editor, Shane Rizwan is a man of words! In his letter “Another paid sycophant?” (Kaieteur News, 13-04-10), he described my “attempts/offerings” in interesting terms in the first...

Would Guyana’s gold end up in Brazil?

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Would Guyana’s gold end up in Brazil?

Dear Editor, It would seem that Dr Roger Luncheon could hardly restrain himself from backing Brazil’s great expansion into Guyana and the Caribbean, as reporters were told at a media conference...

Canada-based ‘Daddy Rusty’ comes home for GAMA

Apr 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Canada-based ‘Daddy Rusty’ comes home for GAMA

“It’s a great idea to give people flowers while they are alive and so I’m on the boat in the interest of the development of the Guyanese music industry as an artiste,” says Sherlock...

The Screw Pump is a better option for flood control

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The Screw Pump is a better option for flood control

Dear Editor, I write to reinforce my suggestion to the consciousness of the ‘visionary authorities’ that at this stage the most alternative solution to flood control in Guyana is the...

Let’s get to the bottom of the Sangeeta tragedy

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s get to the bottom of the Sangeeta tragedy

Dear Editor, My missive is prompted by the letter captioned, “Where is the justice that Sangeeta deserves?” (By Red Thread, SN 16-04-10) It is just a small society, yet the so-called...

$3B Hope/Dochfour canal project technically sound – Persaud

Apr 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $3B Hope/Dochfour canal project technically sound – Persaud

…10 excavators ordered, works to start shortly Government is intent on moving ahead with the Hope/Dochfour relief canal which should solve the Mahaica flood situation, once and for all. As a matter...

Serial pessimists stalk the land

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Serial pessimists stalk the land

Dear Editor, Guyana has now become the holding area for professional doubters and serial pessimists. These folks have a well established record of lashing out at any sign of progress. It has become...

GONE FOR HYATT

Apr 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GONE FOR HYATT

There are times people tell you things that you really don’t want to hear or know. CNN recently identified some excuses by employees who showed up late to work. These gems included, “My...

Let’s try to resolve this matter

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s try to resolve this matter

Dear Editor, I write with reference to the much publicized story of 14-year old Sangeeta Persaud who died after a failed attempt to cast-out the demons that supposedly inhabited her body....

Criminal elements continue to plague our society

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Criminal elements continue to plague our society

Dear Editor, I am a regular reader of Kaieteur News and I would like to commend you for your persistent efforts in highlighting and capturing some of the criminal elements that continue to plague our...

Has Hand-in-Hand done its homework?

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Has Hand-in-Hand done its homework?

Dear Editor, I refer to an article on Page 3 of the Kaieteur News of Saturday 17th April, 2010 in relation to the Amaila Falls Project. In this article, the Honorable Minister of Finance is reported...

THE IMPOSITION OF THE HOPE/DOCH FOUR CANAL: CALLOUSNESS AND ARROGANCE OF THE JAGDEO/PPP REGIME

Apr 18, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE IMPOSITION OF THE HOPE/DOCH FOUR CANAL: CALLOUSNESS AND ARROGANCE OF THE JAGDEO/PPP REGIME

THE RESIDENTS’ PETITION In a document, dated 19 April, 2009 and signed by two hundred and sixty two (262) residents of the East Coast Demerara villages of Dochfour, Two Friends, Hope/Lowlands and...

Illegal connections blow transformer, leave Sophia residents in darkness

Apr 18, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal connections blow transformer, leave Sophia residents in darkness

– GPL taps police help in solving rampant theft By Leonard Gildarie The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) was at its wits end to find solutions to problems that developed over the weekend, as a...

Corruption is systematically destroying the nation

Apr 18, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Corruption is systematically destroying the nation

Dear Editor, Thursday April 8, Dr Roger Luncheon, Head of the Presidential Secretariat was asked for further details about the award of the multi-billion contract to Synergy Holdings for the...

The Fallacy of the Rational market

Apr 18, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Fallacy of the Rational market

Joseph Stiglitz, once Chief Economist of the World Bank, has in the last decade proven to be one of the most trenchant critics of the “Washington Consensus” medley of measures and the IMF imposed...

Greaves beats Persaud & Ramchurejee in exciting sprint

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves beats Persaud & Ramchurejee in exciting sprint

Alonzo Greaves continued his fine form at the Inner Circuit of the National Park when he outmuscled rival and defending champion Robin Persaud and Daniel Ramchurejee in an exciting 3-way battle to...

Mark Hendriques registers 151 n.o. for Kendall’s Union

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Hendriques registers 151 n.o. for Kendall’s Union

The 2009 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board continued recently. Performing outstandingly was Mark Hendriques who, batting at No....

Books are meant to be read, Part Two

Apr 18, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Books are meant to be read, Part Two

‘Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana’ by Charles Barrington Brown – By Petamber Persaud ‘Welcome to another adventure in literature’ is the introduction to one of my television...

Exciting races anticipated at Anjue & Hamlet today

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting races anticipated at Anjue & Hamlet today

With all the hype that has been created in the horseracing environment the authorities at the Anjue and Hamlet Park Racing Club is anticipating a day of exciting racing today at Mahaicony. According...

After a year of the EPA with Europe: What benefits for the Caribbean

Apr 18, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on After a year of the EPA with Europe: What benefits for the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders The European Commission (EC) will be holding a symposium on April 22 and 23 on the year-old Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) collectively and...

Bunsraj hits 117, Pahalad, Dhaniram claim 6-wkt-hauls

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bunsraj hits 117, Pahalad, Dhaniram claim 6-wkt-hauls

The 2010 Spready’s Bakery Under-19, 50-Over Cricket Competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board, continued recently and Jason Bunsraj became the latest centurion of the competition when he...

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Are we better off today than we were before first oil?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-If you had asked me ten years ago what I wanted for Guyana, I would have said a few things:... more