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Lindeners fed up with empty promises – says PNCR MP

Jun 27, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Lindeners fed up with empty promises – says PNCR MP

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Parliamentarian, Africo Selman, during the party’s recent press briefing, said that the people of Linden are fed up with the empty promises made by the...

Massive shake-up mooted for City Hall hierarchy

Jun 27, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Massive shake-up mooted for City Hall hierarchy

– Move stems from disputed China trip A massive shake up may be imminent within the hierarchy of City Hall, a move that could materialise with a motion to have both Mayor Hamilton Green and...

Leadership for today

Jun 27, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Leadership for today

The need for leadership is perennial. Man, after all, is a social animal and by definition we must function in groups and institutions – especially in our modern, complex societies. Groups and...

Sheila Holder asked to apologise

Jun 27, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Sheila Holder asked to apologise

Dear Editor, I again call on Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament, Sheila Holder to issue an apology for making false, outlandish, and inflammatory claims in an article published on the AFC...

PPP/C IN PANIC MODE: signs of the end of the dictatorship

Jun 27, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PPP/C IN PANIC MODE: signs of the end of the dictatorship

The PPP/C regime appears to have driven itself into frenzy over recent events in the CARICOM countries of Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname to the extent that their paranoia has led to fright over...

Preparing for the rainy season

Jun 27, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Preparing for the rainy season

Dear Editor, The rainy season is here once again and I was very glad to see that there hasn’t been any report of excessive flooding around the country. As many may have noticed, many canals (both...

Questions in publishing Cadres poll

Jun 27, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Questions in publishing Cadres poll

Dear Editor, I notice that Freddie Kissoon (in several columns in Kaieteur News) and his acolytes (in several letters in SN and Kaieteur News) are touting the findings of the Cadres poll which showed...

Falling standards in our education system

Jun 27, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Falling standards in our education system

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate Rev. Cecil Gideon on the nice piece of writing in the Kaieteur News of June 17, captioned, ‘’The Decline of Education in Guyana”. And my congratulations go...

Guyana does not have TIP on the scale that should attract the attention of the U.S.

Jun 27, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana does not have TIP on the scale that should attract the attention of the U.S.

Dear Editor, I read a letter written by Charrandass Persaud and published in Kaieteur News of 26th June 2010, under the caption, “Trafficking in person is modern day slavery”. The writer...

GCF hosts successful Olympic Day BMX meet

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF hosts successful Olympic Day BMX meet

The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) yesterday joined many of its sister associations when they hosted a BMX 5-race Cycle Meet at the Inner Circuit of the National Park in observance of Olympic Day,...

Sizzling action expected on July 5 as 7th ‘Wheat Up’ Cycle road race launched

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sizzling action expected on July 5 as 7th ‘Wheat Up’ Cycle road race launched

By Franklin Wilson Defending champion Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay will have his work cut out come July 5th when the 7th annual National Milling Company of Guyana Inc. (NAMILCO) sponsored ‘Wheat Up’...

The Journey, an evening of literature, Part XI

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on The Journey, an evening of literature, Part XI

– by Petamber Persaud The eleventh leg of The Journey, an evening of literature, was staged on Wednesday, June 2, at the National Art Gallery, Castellani House under the theme ‘Anatomy of...

Ticket #6116 wins GHB fundraising raffle

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ticket #6116 wins GHB fundraising raffle

The Guyana Hockey Board fundraising raffle was drawn Friday evening at the YMCA Pavilion. The first prize of a trip for two to Trinidad compliments of Caribbean Airlines was won by ticket #6116;...

The Politics of Leadership: Part 3 of Guyana and its Presidency

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Politics of Leadership: Part 3 of Guyana and its Presidency

By Sir Ronald Sanders Guyana’s system of government and its electoral system are very different from the systems in place in the other 14 Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries....

Olvis Mitchell cops MVP award as BFA hosts Coca Cola presentation

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Olvis Mitchell cops MVP award as BFA hosts Coca Cola presentation

Rosignol United’s Olvis Mitchell copped the Most Valuable Player award when the Berbice Football Association in collaboration with Banks DIH Limited hosted the Coca Cola Senior knock-out...

Berbice Cricket Officials express delight at Brandon Bess’ elevation to Test Cricket

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Officials express delight at Brandon Bess’ elevation to Test Cricket

The cricketing public of Berbice has reacted with total elation and satisfaction at the elevation of Blairmont and Berbice cricketer Brandon Bess to Test Cricket. Bess became the 14th Berbician to...

Gray feels that Guyana will be competitive

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gray feels that Guyana will be competitive

National Captain Sabola Gray in an interview with Kaieteur Sport said that the current squad in training has been very dedicated and committed and she expects them to be very competitive at the NACRA...

What a nice start to alliance-building!

Jun 27, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What a nice start to alliance-building!

By Khemraj Ramjattan Chairman, AFC It was not surprising to me that the PPP Government and its State Media would have commenced an attack on the AFC after its public announcement of its decisions at...

BCB congratulates Bess on elevation to Test Cricket

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB congratulates Bess on elevation to Test Cricket

The President and Executive Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board have extended heartfelt congratulations to Brandon Bess on making his Test debut for the West Indies versus South Africa yesterday...

Beware! Con artists are out in numbers

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Beware! Con artists are out in numbers

By Adam Harris Someone once said that if something is too good to be true then it is too good to be true. If a man comes up to you and says that he can take your $100,000 and double it within two...

Clevon solid as a ‘Rock’ in return bout against Singh

Jun 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Clevon solid as a ‘Rock’ in return bout against Singh

For the second time in as many months Junior Commonwealth lightweight champion, Clevon Rock turned in a classical display to defeat his nemesis, Republican representative, Nankumar Singh,...

How about a coalition of good leaders?

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on How about a coalition of good leaders?

Last Sunday I posited that there are good people in all the various political parties of Guyana. In response, a friend on Facebook told me that if this is indeed the case, those good people should be...

The human condition, the mind and life’s mysteries

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The human condition, the mind and life’s mysteries

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 was not a day of significance for me. Nothing happened on that day that will become a milestone in my life. In fact, nothing special or extraordinary occurred in my life on...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The madness is still on the roads. We have had a spate of accidents, just as I predicted. It is not yet over. A speeding motorist is going to snuff out the life of a young person because he would...

No to Hollow Men

Jun 27, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on No to Hollow Men

As the talks of coalitions and coalition-building fill the newspapers and the airwaves, I realise with a start that five years have elapsed. Five years, that is, after the last round of opposition...

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Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more