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Moral symbolisms and unintelligent government

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moral symbolisms and unintelligent government

I began this piece on Friday evening as soon as I came from work; the Sunday columns have to be in at Kaieteur early Saturday morning. In keeping with my promise to myself as outlined in my Friday...

The Baccoo speaks

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

A gang at a school is going to shock the country. Imitators will convince themselves and others that they are going to be a force to be reckoned with. These will be a group of young boys going about...

Narrative of reconciliation?

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Narrative of reconciliation?

In his letter, “It is foolhardy to deny that Rodney and the WPA existed”, (KN, 1-5-10) Dr David Hinds proposes, “The discourse on race and ethnicity since 1992 has been driven by three...

BRING IN THE FOREIGN JUDGES NOW!

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BRING IN THE FOREIGN JUDGES NOW!

A mentally ill individual should never be incarcerated in a prison. Such a person needs to be in a mental asylum where he can be treated and if needs be isolated under medical supervision. It was...

Strategies for countering fluctuating sugar prices

Feb 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Strategies for countering fluctuating sugar prices

Dear Editor, Today the price of sugar on the world market is over US$0.28 per pound. In the past the price of sugar went to some lows such as US$0.11 per pound. The reasons for these huge swings are...

GPL needs to bring closure to this matter

Feb 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on GPL needs to bring closure to this matter

Dear Editor, There was a notice in the newspapers this past week asking all customers of Guyana Power & Light Inc (GPL) to honour all outstanding monies owed to the company over the past years....

Benschop replies to the Indian Arrival Committee

Feb 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Benschop replies to the Indian Arrival Committee

Dear Editor, Of course I am grateful that the Kaieteur News, at least, published a portion of my initial response to the sop set forth in Priya Mahase’s hubristic rant. However, I am somewhat...

There are many persons out there that desperately need the IAC’s help

Feb 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on There are many persons out there that desperately need the IAC’s help

Dear Editor, I refer to the IAC’s reply (Kaieteur News, February 3) to me signed by Ms. Pria Mahase. This is what she wrote; “The IAC is convinced that Kissoon is in dire need of help. The IAC...

King’s belief in the promise of America

Feb 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on King’s belief in the promise of America

Dear Editor, In a mere 13 years from December 1, 1955, when the 26-year-old Dr. King rendered assistance to Rosa Parks, an Alabama Black seamstress who refused to surrender her seat to a White...

Nettleford’s example and vision are worth reaching for

Feb 07, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Nettleford’s example and vision are worth reaching for

Dear Editor, Whenever I heard Rex Nettleford speak or read his writings I was reassured that I was part of something special. He appealed to three of my defining identities – Black,...

FOISTING THE HOPE/DOCH FOUR CANAL ON THE PEOPLE

Feb 07, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on FOISTING THE HOPE/DOCH FOUR CANAL ON THE PEOPLE

The challenge facing the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is the finding of engineering solutions for relief from the dangers of overtopping of the East Demerara Water Conservancy,...

Prospects for bauxite

Feb 07, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Prospects for bauxite

The fallout from the overreach and bluff by the Bauxite Union (GB&GWU) at Rusal’s Berbice operation continue to dominate the headlines even as the company attempts to stabilise its operations...

Two dead after prison brawl

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two dead after prison brawl

– irate mob beats violent ex-cop to death for killing fellow inmate Former Tactical Services Unit rank, Solomon Blackman, who shot two policemen dead five years ago and wounded two others, was...

KN senior pressman laid to rest

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on KN senior pressman laid to rest

Former senior Kaieteur News pressman, Ashim Rafeek, was yesterday laid to rest at the McDoom Muslim burial ground. The burial took place shortly after a somber viewing at his residence. The ceremony...

Dem Boys seh… A big man cry fuh go to jail

Feb 06, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys seh… A big man cry fuh go to jail

Dr Jenny is not a miner although she live at Bartica. When dem boys claim that she was a miner dem had people who pounce pun she. Is then dem boys know how powerful dem voice is. De same thing mek a...

Miners set 500,000 ounce gold target for 2010

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Miners set 500,000 ounce gold target for 2010

– will bring in $100B at current price Miners say that they have set themselves a hefty target of 500,000 ounces of gold, a 60 per cent increase from last year, which at the current rate would...

Gov’t setting up Central Intelligence Agency

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t setting up Central Intelligence Agency

The government is moving to establish a Central Intelligence Agency, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon revealed yesterday. The building to house the agency is being built in the...

Bandits kill Brazilian, flee with raw gold

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits kill Brazilian, flee with raw gold

Police are hunting for three bandits who shot a 44-year-old Brazilian miner dead at Oku Backdam, Cuyuni, on Wednesday before escaping with an undisclosed quantity of raw gold. A police press release...

2010 budget… More money for infrastructure , reducing job losses – Luncheon

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 2010 budget… More money for infrastructure , reducing job losses – Luncheon

Monday is Budget Day and this year, Government says that it will be spending more on infrastructural development and demanding that its institutions are giving the best of services following huge...

Ganja prisoner jailed for 3 years

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja prisoner jailed for 3 years

A convicted prisoner at the Georgetown Prisons, who was scheduled to be released this month, would now have to spend an additional three years in prison after he tried to smuggle drugs into the...

PPP deems AFC statements a daily nuisance

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PPP deems AFC statements a daily nuisance

The People’s Progressive Party has registered its absolute and unqualified rejection of the scurrilous claims spelled out in an Alliance For Change (AFC) Press Statement dated February 2, 2010....

Improved 911 service anticipated this year – Parker

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Improved 911 service anticipated this year – Parker

The 911 service is expected to be greatly improved this year through greater collaboration between the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF). At least...

City Council budget to focus on service

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on City Council budget to focus on service

THE Mayor and City Council budget for 2010, which will be presented before February 15, will focus strictly on the delivery of services and not on departments, Commissioner of the Implementation...

Mormons endow Rehab Centre

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mormons endow Rehab Centre

As part of its continued humanitarian efforts, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints yesterday endowed the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre with some much needed items to help sustain...

Digicel launches sexy, sizzling costumes

Feb 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel launches sexy, sizzling costumes

…plans to pollinate Guyana on Mash Day The Mashramani spirit is definitely in the air at Digicel Guyana and from the look of the costumes being constructed by designer Olympia Sonaram, the band...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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