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NO LONGER BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

Jan 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO LONGER BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

All you need to do to bring the WPA defenders out of the woodwork is to criticise, however slight, Walter Rodney. The late leader of the WPA has his own intellectual guardians who brook no...

Are we not shooting ourselves in the foot?

Jan 18, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are we not shooting ourselves in the foot?

Dear Editor, If, to satisfy our voracious appetite for energy, we pump all the oil and gas from the foundations of the earth, are we not shooting ourselves in the foot? There must therefore be a...

The wrong kind of Guyanese people in 2009

Jan 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The wrong kind of Guyanese people in 2009

In my column yesterday, I looked at the positive contributions of some Guyanese that we should have admired in 2009. Today, I evaluate those who have let down this nation very badly. I will start...

The President had 10 years to collaborate with the opposition, but he conveniently did not

Jan 18, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President had 10 years to collaborate with the opposition, but he conveniently did not

Dear Editor, Just this past week, President Bharrat Jagdeo reportedly signaled yet again a renewed interest in enhanced collaboration with the political opposition, but this is being viewed by...

FELINE GROOVY

Jan 18, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FELINE GROOVY

One of the most famous commercials of all time was the creation of a Chicago advertising scriptwriter who, in 1959, came up with the famous Esso (now Exxon) slogan, “Put a Tiger in your tank.” ...

The Caudillo’s Gambit

Jan 18, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Caudillo’s Gambit

Last Saturday, the Caudillo (strongman leader) of Venezuela decided to devalue its currency, the Bolivar. Last devalued in 2005, Chavez had resisted the move during the last couple of years even as...

The Crane Fly

Jan 17, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Crane Fly

Insects in the family Tipulidae are commonly known as crane flies. Adults are very slender, long-legged flies that may vary in length from 2–60 millimeters (mm). Tropical species, however, may...

KAIETEUR NEWS RELIEF FUND FOR HAITI

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on KAIETEUR NEWS RELIEF FUND FOR HAITI

Front page comment Haiti needs our help, all of our help. There is untold suffering in that country. The situation has long passed desperate. This is why we must act and act now. We must join with...

Dem boys seh….Guyana is Hollywood and Bollywood

Jan 17, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Guyana is Hollywood and Bollywood

Is only in times of disaster that some politicians does come together. Is like dem does team up because dem frighten that something bad gun happen to dem and dem ain’t gun get support. Bharrat and...

Statesman extraordinaire, Rashleigh Jackson, O.R.

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Statesman extraordinaire, Rashleigh Jackson, O.R.

…. This week’s ‘Special Person’ is “I hope that optimism would keep alive the hope and aspiration for an international society that is rule-based, which provides for the equivalence of...

Nearly 1,000 eye surgeries conducted at Port Mourant facility

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nearly 1,000 eye surgeries conducted at Port Mourant facility

– Plans apace to extend service to Caricom countries More than 11,000 patients have been able to access the National Ophthalmology Centre in Port Mourant, Berbice, as at the end of last year....

IDB redirects resources for emergency assistance and reconstruction

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on IDB redirects resources for emergency assistance and reconstruction

Haiti earthquake: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno, has pledged to redirect millions of dollars in IDB grants to support assistance and reconstruction efforts....

Road deaths in Caribbean have IDB’s attention

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Road deaths in Caribbean have IDB’s attention

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society of the United Kingdom are joining forces to promote road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean. The...

Housing Ministry, GuySuCo closer to finalising land sale

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry, GuySuCo closer to finalising land sale

The ongoing drive by the Ministry of Housing and Water to provide house lots to Guyanese will soon be given a major boost as its negotiation with the Guyana Sugar Corporation to acquire lands is...

Investigations launched into North Ruimveldt Fire

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Investigations launched into North Ruimveldt Fire

Yesterday, several persons of the North Ruimveldt Squatting area were being questioned by the police into the circumstances surrounding the fire that destroyed four buildings, Friday night. Two other...

Guyana’s Haiti relief reaches $213.6M in cash

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Haiti relief reaches $213.6M in cash

(By Mondale Smith) With representatives of religious, Governmental and civil society as well as religious bodies all converging in one room on a regular basis the human element that fosters unity...

Dangerously drunk

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dangerously drunk

They say that too much of anything is good for nothing. This held true for one rum drinker on Friday night. The man who imbibed beyond his limits fell on the road way in the vicinity of the route 42...

Sol holds customer appreciation function at the Pegasus

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Sol holds customer appreciation function at the Pegasus

Sol Guyana held its customer appreciation function at the Pegasus Friday last, where valued customers and distinguished guests were invited to socialise. The function started with a video show of the...

Housewife wins Ashmin’s $2.5M car

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Housewife wins Ashmin’s $2.5M car

Nadira Ramsarran, 36, got her morning prayers answered yesterday when she picked the right key that started the engine to the Ashmins $2.5 M Toyota RunX car that represented the first prize in the...

Jagdeo, Corbin join forces in Haiti appeal

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo, Corbin join forces in Haiti appeal

President Bharrat Jagdeo and opposition leader, Robert Corbin, have issued appeals for Guyana’s citizens to respond to the national efforts to bring relief to victims of the impoverished Caribbean...

Man in custody for allegedly setting house afire

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man in custody for allegedly setting house afire

After a night of heated arguments with her husband Orin, Abigail Bollers, went to the Cove and John Police Station to make a report. By the time she was done, the house she shared with her husband...

Talented Guyanese needs assistance to complete studies

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Talented Guyanese needs assistance to complete studies

– says would return to Guyana to develop country A young Guyanese, Oretta Alleyne, 25, who became the first to receive a partial scholarship worth TT$18,000 from Roy Watts Memorial last year,...

Today is World Religions Day

Jan 17, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Today is World Religions Day

Annually, the third Sunday in January is observed worldwide as World Religions Day. Today, the Inter Religious Organisation of Guyana (The IRO) will be hosting a programme to observe the day on the...

Clico (Guyana) has enough to pay-off policyholders

Jan 17, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Clico (Guyana) has enough to pay-off policyholders

– But Camp street building at risk of being sold-off cheaply CL Financial, the parent company of failed insurance giant, Clico, says that the company is in the court to protect its assets and...

After 135 days in custody… High Court orders release of Army Captain

Jan 17, 2010 knews News Comments Off on After 135 days in custody… High Court orders release of Army Captain

The High Court on Thursday issued an order directing the Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Commodore Gary Best to immediately release Captain Ronald Hope. This was after the Defence...

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Pakistan crowned Over-40 World Cup champions after one-wicket...

Nov 01, 2026

By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Pakistan Masters were crowned champions of the 2026 IMC Over-40s World Cup after producing a remarkable late fightback to defeat Australia by one wicket in a...

A King’s visit, a garden party and a guest list

Nov 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – When a King comes visiting, one would have thought that the occasion would call for something a little more distinguished than a garden party. Not that there is anything wrong with garden parties. They are pleasant affairs, especially when the weather cooperates, the drinks are...

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...

Excellency Ramotar: Return of slavery

Nov 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I shared space with former President Donald Ramotar twice, when he was the main man. Wasn’t a heavy-duty admirer. But this I confess: he has now shown Guyanese that he is a real man. A man of struggle. A man of history. A man of the people and for the people. ...

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