April 2010

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GASA says thanks to Team Guyana and Corporate partners

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA says thanks to Team Guyana and Corporate partners

For CARIFTA success By Franklin Wilson There’s the old saying that in everything you should give thanks, and that is exactly what the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) did yesterday when...

Regatta 2K10 a resounding success

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regatta 2K10 a resounding success

So says Regional Chairman Holbert Knights By Franklin Wilson After weeks of unending planning, the annual Bartica Regatta which was held over a three-day period over the Easter Weekend was a...

Reprinting rare and out-of-print books

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Reprinting rare and out-of-print books

– By Petamber Persaud On Thursday April 8, 2010, when the Guyana Heritage Society launched ‘The Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana’ by Robert Schomburgk, it was executing one of its...

Has protest action lost its relevance?

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Has protest action lost its relevance?

Dear Editor, I hold the view that co-incidence is not a concept to be entirely trusted. However, on this bright and sunny Sunday (11-04-10) in the grounds off Hyde Park in London, I am sitting at...

Support Obama: It’s in our interest

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Support Obama: It’s in our interest

By Sir Ronald Sanders Barack Obama is earning the Nobel Prize for Peace that he received late last year amid criticism that he had done nothing to deserve it. The arms treaty that he personally...

MEMORY AND NARRATIVE

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on MEMORY AND NARRATIVE

Creative Prose Writing by Michael Gilkes Michael Gilkes is a former Reader in English and Head of the English Department at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies. A founding...

Floodlights to face Scottsburg United & Vishnu Superstore next Sunday

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights to face Scottsburg United & Vishnu Superstore next Sunday

The Floodlight A & B Squads from Georgetown and East Coast Demerara will travel to Crabwood Creek next Sunday, April 18 to play a series of fundraising softball matches for the CWC Sanatan...

The erosion of Jury Supremacy

Apr 11, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The erosion of Jury Supremacy

By Khemraj Ramjattan Chairman AFC [A number of commentators have unjustifiably been critical of me, and by extension the AFC, in not having been more scathing in our criticisms of the very repugnant...

Entries close today for Anjue and Hamlet Park race meet

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries close today for Anjue and Hamlet Park race meet

Three year Guyana and WI bred race added As the horseracing band wagon switches gear to Demerara for the Anjue and Hamlet Park grand One day meet, slated for Sunday April 18, it’s first for the...

‘Party Stand’ tickets made available for Windies match days at Providence

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Party Stand’ tickets made available for Windies match days at Providence

The Guyana National Stadium will be packed to the rafters for the first two days of ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 action at that venue, with the West Indies team being a huge drawing card. Only...

Till death do us part?

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Till death do us part?

By Adam Harris One of the most remarkable things about the human being is how they select their mates. Given the number of attractive people and the number of ugly people one would expect that all...

“Patent fascism and a veritable product of fascist thinking”

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Patent fascism and a veritable product of fascist thinking”

Those words above are the description Randy Persaud used in a letter to KN last Wednesday to judge a column of mine for last Sunday. Persaud says my article, “The East Indian mind, the East Indian...

Georgetown name squad for Bartica clash today @GFC

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown name squad for Bartica clash today @GFC

The Georgetown Football Association has named their squad for their Guyana Football Federation Under-17 game against Bartica set for the GFC ground this afternoon from 16:00hrs. The squad: Devor...

Kings crowned LABA U-21 Champs

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kings crowned LABA U-21 Champs

Kings were crowned the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Under-21 Champions Friday night after narrowly escaping a fourth quarter blitz from the Victory Valley Royals at the Mackenzie...

The Baccoo speaks

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

An international event will have far reaching effects on global travel by leaders. Many are already cancelling trips abroad because they fear the skies. However, this will not be a long-lasting thing...

Linden wards take centre court tonight

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden wards take centre court tonight

-Triple-header headlines Super Ward By Edison Jefford The depth of senior basketball in Linden will be tested tonight when both teams invited to the Mackeson National Super Ward Championship go on...

The Procrustean Unitary nation-state

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Procrustean Unitary nation-state

Form dictates function in politics as much as biology. The unitary “nation-state” is one such form that forces us to act in ways that ensures conflict when its inhabitants are from different...

Gold medallist Straker returns to low-keyed welcome

Apr 11, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gold medallist Straker returns to low-keyed welcome

By Rawle Welch Two-time Junior Carifta Games 1500 metres Gold Medallist Jevina Straker returned home early Wednesday morning from the Cayman Islands to a low-keyed welcome, at the Cheddi Jagan...

HOW LONG WILL GUYANA REMAIN A BASKET CASE?

Apr 11, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HOW LONG WILL GUYANA REMAIN A BASKET CASE?

The international community must be wary of Guyana. Ever since 1989 the international community has been engaged in promoting economic liberalism, democracy, good governance and stability. The...

CHI to initiate inaugural paediatric surgeries today

Apr 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CHI to initiate inaugural paediatric surgeries today

As was assured by Dr Gary Stephens, Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) paediatric heart surgeries are set to commence today at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation....

Amerindians divided over LCDS, Minister joins protest

Apr 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindians divided over LCDS, Minister joins protest

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, appeared to have mobilised two different groups of Amerindians against each other yesterday in efforts to silence the Amerindian People’s Association...

ERC, family put demon possession story to rest

Apr 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ERC, family put demon possession story to rest

The alleged ‘exorcism gone wrong’ that occurred in Canal Number Two Polder has created a dangerous precedence in the community that has led to the intervention of Chairman of the Ethnic Relations...

AG report replete with administration’s breaches of the law

Apr 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on AG report replete with administration’s breaches of the law

The Auditor General’s report on the country’s Public Accounts for 2008 presented to the Speaker of National Assembly and now made public, is replete with numerous financial violations by various...

Dem boys seh…Thief from thief

Apr 10, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Thief from thief

These days is nuff empty house all over de country. Dem have nuff people who lef dem good, good house to live in Government house. Some of dem greedy because dem can rent dem house and get allowance...

Sammy to lead Windies, Dowlin to lead A Team

Apr 10, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Sammy to lead Windies, Dowlin to lead A Team

The West Indies Cricket Board has named Darren Sammy as Captain of the West Indies Team for the Jamaica Cricket Association Festival, with Denesh Ramdin as Vice Captain. Travis Dowlin has been named...

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Tahir (5-17), Mehidy (3-13) magic show leaves Kings in disarray as...

Sep 10, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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