April 2010

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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...

We Are Made of Stronger Stuff

Apr 18, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We Are Made of Stronger Stuff

AFC Leader, Raphael Trotman The week began with a howl of protests against the AFC. It seemed that not a day went by without someone writing a letter or making a statement against us. First there was...

Ringside Promotions, past boxers mull strategies to reinstate sport

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ringside Promotions, past boxers mull strategies to reinstate sport

Boxing is in dire straits and for sometime now there has been much talk about the implementation of innovative strategies to harness the flagging fortunes of local pugilists. Despite the best thought...

How hath the mighty fallen

Apr 18, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on How hath the mighty fallen

By Adam Harris I recall that one day I was listening to a programme about a prominent person who had fallen on hard times. The quotation that followed that event was “How hath the mighty fallen.”...

GTM One-Day U-19 cricket starts tomorrow in Berbcie

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTM One-Day U-19 cricket starts tomorrow in Berbcie

The Berbice selectors have made three changes to their team to face Essequibo in the opening round of the GTM under-19 fifty-over competition tomorrow at the Blairmont ground in West Berbice. The...

Kill and Run

Apr 18, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Kill and Run

– they killed…they fled…and no one seems to be pursuing them… By Michael Jordan The woman was at her window that afternoon on November 30, 2009, when the minibus carrying...

Graveyard of nihilism and a cemetery of a sleeping giant that swallowed up Guyana

Apr 18, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Graveyard of nihilism and a cemetery of a sleeping giant that swallowed up Guyana

Is there a medical instrument that can test how the mind is working the way a cardiogram or stethoscope functions? It would be a moment of exhilarating fascination if a machine can do that. What...

Guyana suffer back to back defeats

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana suffer back to back defeats

– Jamaica, Barbados into final Guyana after a strong start to this year’s Caribbean Netball Association Jean Pierre Youth Tournament which is being played in Barbados suffered back to back...

United Brothers SC tackle Die Hard XI as Nat’l Softball Cricket Tourney continues

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on United Brothers SC tackle Die Hard XI as Nat’l Softball Cricket Tourney continues

Action in the GSL National Softball Cricket Tournament continues today with several matches at venues countrywide. The action gets underway at 09:00hrs in the Zone G, Essequibo finals at the Reliance...

The Baccoo speaks

Apr 18, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

People ignore what I say with dire consequences and I am fast coming to the conclusion that people either cannot hear or they are bent on proving me wrong. I know that what is written must happen...

Teams eye quarter-final spots as Mayor’s Cup continues

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams eye quarter-final spots as Mayor’s Cup continues

Play in the Mayor’s Cup football championship will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground with a double header each night starting at 6:00pm and teams will...

Alpha squander initiative to draw with Puerto Rico’s River Plate

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha squander initiative to draw with Puerto Rico’s River Plate

Alpha United was very close to recoding their first win in the Caribbean Football Union Club Champions Cup but squandered their chance of recording history when their mental capacity and lack of...

The Final Solution for Indians?

Apr 18, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Final Solution for Indians?

On September 4th, 2002, after thirty-five Indians had been murdered, sixty-nine Indians critically wounded, forty-four Indian businesses had been attacked and robbed, twenty-nine vehicles of Indians...

GNRA National Championships shoots off today @ Timehri ranges

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GNRA National Championships shoots off today @ Timehri ranges

The National Rifle Shooting championships will get cracking today and will continue next Saturday and Sunday at the Timehri Rifle Ranges. An intriguing battle looms as defending champion Mahendra...

Demerara lift title despite losing 1st innings points in drawn final round match

Apr 18, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara lift title despite losing 1st innings points in drawn final round match

Dominic Rikhi and Harrinarine Chattergoon scored half-centuries to lead Berbice to first innings honours against Demerara in their drawn rain-affected final round GTM under-19 three-day cricket match...

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Gurbaz half-century powers Guyana to 8-wicket win

Sep 05, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. JKM at Providence – Hetmyer, Hope, Dindyal lead batting charge (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors announced their arrival home with a brutal 8-wicket...

How should I schedule my day?

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

The Donny and Delcy show

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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