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Guyanese Summer’s Evening celebrates Guyana

Sep 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese Summer’s Evening celebrates Guyana

Immediately after another excellent showing at the 2010 British Birdwatching Fair, roughly 80 tour operators, media representatives, dignitaries, tourism trade professionals, and friends of Guyana...

BUXTON: Only one example of the PPP’s misguided policies and criminalisation

Sep 19, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on BUXTON: Only one example of the PPP’s misguided policies and criminalisation

CRIMINALISATION Resorting to the usual PPP propaganda to divert attention from inept policies, both President Jagdeo and General Secretary Ramotar applied the time-worn PPP ploy of accusing...

The police museum is a repository of things police

Sep 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on The police museum is a repository of things police

Georgetown hosts the majority of museums in Guyana, each of which platforms a different aspect of Guyana’s historical remnants. A museum is not just a museum, it has a history and a purpose...

Local music industry stifled because of no copyright legislations

Sep 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Local music industry stifled because of no copyright legislations

Only recently one of Guyana’s upcoming and promising artistes was denied a visa by the United States Embassy after she was invited to an event that would have seen her being awarded in honour...

Egerton Marcus – the Guyanese who won Olympic silver for Canada

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Egerton Marcus – the Guyanese who won Olympic silver for Canada

By Michael Benjamin Unbeknownst to a wide cross section of Guyanese, a Guyanese has also won a silver medal at the Olympic Games, however it was for Canada his adopted homeland and the man, Egerton...

Jagdeo and Ram behaving like toddlers

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo and Ram behaving like toddlers

Dear Editor, May I remind the Commander-in-Chief, President Bharrat Jagdeo and Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram that this month, September 2010 has been designated “Education Month” among...

Manakins

Sep 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Manakins

Manakins are a family, Pipridae, of small suboscine passerine birds. The family contains some 60 species. They are distributed through the American tropics. The name is from Middle Dutch mannekijn...

Shame and scandal in the family!

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shame and scandal in the family!

Dear Editor, In our highly partisan political process where there is no wall of separation between party and state, it is conceivable that every now and then the Head of State would descend into...

Making the WTO democratic

Sep 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Making the WTO democratic

By Sir Ronald Sanders The World Trade Organisation (WTO) held its fifth public forum in Geneva over three days beginning September 15. It has become a kind of international bazaar in which every...

Fire Service extinguish Police and Prison

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fire Service extinguish Police and Prison

The heat encountered on the Guyana Fire Service home turf was too hot for the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Prison Service to handle on Friday evening last when the Ministry of Home Affairs...

After a decade of promises and the recent Cabinet outreach in Linden nothing has materialised

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on After a decade of promises and the recent Cabinet outreach in Linden nothing has materialised

Dear Editor, On Mr. Jagdeo’s first visit to Linden in his capacity as President, he told the Region 10 communities that Ituni/Kwakwani/Linden will be the industrial corridor of Guyana and...

Pressures on the Indigenous

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Pressures on the Indigenous

In this month when the nation is commemorating “Heritage Month”, two reports in the local press were especially disheartening. They concern the fate of two indigenous females, one of whom had...

NUANCED FRAGMENTS FROM THE GLOBAL GUYANA VILLAGE: A BRIEF PERSONAL MEDITATION ON BEING A ‘FOREIGN GUYANESE’

Sep 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on NUANCED FRAGMENTS FROM THE GLOBAL GUYANA VILLAGE: A BRIEF PERSONAL MEDITATION ON BEING A ‘FOREIGN GUYANESE’

BY CARL E. HAZLEWOOD CARL HAZLEWOOD is a distinguished Guyanese artist, writer and curator, living in Brookiyn, New York. He is co-founder and Curator of ALJIRA, A Centre for Contemporary Art, in...

Public servants and CLICO

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public servants and CLICO

Dear Editor, Several CLICO policy holders after hearing of CLICO going bankrupt and the financial scandals, in fear, especially public servants, stopped the monthly insurance deductions from their...

Inter-Market football winners receive prizes

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter-Market football winners receive prizes

In a hectic battle for championship honours, Stabroek Market trounced Mahdia Market 2-0 on penalty kicks and were duly declared winner when the curtains came down on the Stabroek Warriors Sports 5th...

Talking about women’s rights and stopping domestic violence and child abuse is not good enough

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Talking about women’s rights and stopping domestic violence and child abuse is not good enough

Dear Editor, I write in response to a news article, titled, “Human Services Ministry faults media” (Kaieteur News Septem,ber 16) and a follow-up letter written by Minister of Human Services and...

A newfound love for Buxtonians

Sep 19, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A newfound love for Buxtonians

By Khemraj Ramjattan Introductory note I am being pounded by bloggers and political commentators of the Afro-centric and pro-PNC type for being silent over the years on issues concerning...

Leaders would always come under the gun

Sep 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Leaders would always come under the gun

By Adam Harris It must be tough being a leader, and tougher still to lead a country that is as divided as Guyana. In the first place, leaders are responsible for everything that happens, whether they...

Dr. Anthony opens Supligen National Dominoes Final

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Anthony opens Supligen National Dominoes Final

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony officially opened the Supligen National Dominoes Final yesterday at the National Gymnasium, wishing the participating teams well before...

How can we forget the past?

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can we forget the past?

Dear Editor, The more people look at the continued cheap public display of President Jagdeo’s visit to Buxton the more convinced there are that it is nothing more than a political stunt and...

Banks ‘Nite’ Hockey Tournament opens tomorrow evening

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks ‘Nite’ Hockey Tournament opens tomorrow evening

Play in the Banks DIH ‘Nite’ Hockey Tournament which was expected to commence last Monday will eventually bully-off tomorrow evening with four matches, at Thirst Park ground. According to the...

How to choose a good man

Sep 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on How to choose a good man

Twentieth century French author, Anaïs Nin, said, “I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness,...

Hooper leads Berbice ‘A’ to 8 wicket win over U19 Preparatory team

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hooper leads Berbice ‘A’ to 8 wicket win over U19 Preparatory team

BCB commence early start to 2011 season A classy unbeaten 54 from No. 3 batsman Eon Hooper led the Berbice ‘A’ team to a comfortable 8 wicket victory over the Berbice 2011 Preparatory Under-19...

I challenge Mr. Harry Gill to deal with the central issues

Sep 19, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on I challenge Mr. Harry Gill to deal with the central issues

Dear Editor, Thanks for confirming the identity of Mr. Harry Gill and the relationship he shares with a regional executive member of the PNCR. This is interesting to note, though it is not the...

“Night of the Generals:” Inside the corridors of dark power in Guyana

Sep 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Night of the Generals:” Inside the corridors of dark power in Guyana

A day does not pass in this country without a nasty act of power madness. It goes on and on and on. There is no stopping of the fascist train in this tragic land. In every realm of life in Guyana,...

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