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Opposition Leader’s ineffectiveness against Government’s shenanigans fueling public suspicions

Jan 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Opposition Leader’s ineffectiveness against Government’s shenanigans fueling public suspicions

Dear Editor, B. Beniprashad Rayman’s letter, “Is Mr. Mervin driven by fact or mischief?”, (Kaieteur News, January 20), dealt with three of several points/questions I raised in my separate...

WILL THE P.N.C. “HOLD THE PEACE” IF THEY LOSE THE NEXT ELECTION?

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on WILL THE P.N.C. “HOLD THE PEACE” IF THEY LOSE THE NEXT ELECTION?

By Ralph Seeram I do not think that I have been writing long enough in this newspaper for readers to recognize my style of writing, but apparently readers do, because despite the fact that my name...

“A paradigm shift”? From rhetoric to reality

Jan 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on “A paradigm shift”? From rhetoric to reality

Dear Editor, It is encouraging to see statements by senior education officials appearing in the press. I refer, specifically, to statements in SN 15-01-11, and, KN 17-01-11 which feature the new...

An alarming number of petty offenders being remanded on a daily basis

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on An alarming number of petty offenders being remanded on a daily basis

With the Magistrates’ Courts sitting once, twice or every working day per week, one may be surprised to know the number of minor offenders that are being remanded. These offences range from larceny...

Then there were five?

Jan 23, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Then there were five?

To say that the PPP’s presidential candidate selection process is heating up would be akin to remarking that a supernova is a blast. It had long been expected that the tight little fraternity that...

PPP ELECTION BUDGET: NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

Jan 23, 2011 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PPP ELECTION BUDGET: NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

What Quality of Life? As predicted, the $161.4 billion, 2011 Election Budget, presented to the National Assembly last Monday fell mighty short of offering a better quality of life for the workers and...

Dismissed overseer moves to High Court

Jan 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dismissed overseer moves to High Court

Dismissed overseer of the Ordnance Fortlands No38 Neighbourhood Democratic Council, Godfrey Evans, has moved to the High Court to seek redress. Evans, of New Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice,...

Murdered businessman’s wife feels like a hounded widow

Jan 23, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Murdered businessman’s wife feels like a hounded widow

On May 22, 2010, Kumarie Ramkellawan lost her husband Terry Bacchus who was shot dead on Water Street in the city. Bacchus was the owner of several businesses and property, including the Double...

Berbice Basketball season starts in February

Jan 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Basketball season starts in February

Basketball action returns to the Ancient County when the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association runs off their annual Mashramani Basketball competition at the Vryman’s Erven court in New...

Guyana closer to unveiling 10-year food security plan

Jan 23, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Guyana closer to unveiling 10-year food security plan

Guyana has called on the regional authorities to move beyond talks as the country moves closer to unveiling a 10-year national food and nutrition security plan. Several of the country’s top...

Cartoon Sun. Jan. 23, 2011

Jan 23, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon Sun. Jan. 23, 2011

The Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)

The Cane Toad (Bufo marinus), also known as the Giant Neotropical Toad or Marine Toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to Central and South America, but has since been introduced to various...

Cornelia Ida rack up back to back wins; Queenstown, Farm & Diamond also win

Jan 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cornelia Ida rack up back to back wins; Queenstown, Farm & Diamond also win

Cornelia Ida recorded back to back wins when the Trophy Stall sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation Inter-Jamaat 10-overs tapeball cricket competition continued at the MYO Ground, Thomas Lands, on...

On Airlines, Tourism and Caribbean Integration

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on On Airlines, Tourism and Caribbean Integration

By Sir Ronald Sanders Toward the end of last year as a row raged between the Board of Directors of Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL), owned by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Minister of...

Lest it goes unremembered…. and just for the record

Jan 23, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lest it goes unremembered…. and just for the record

By Khemraj Ramjattan, AFC Chairman It had to happen….all that is embroiling the PPP upper echelons today. This imminent implosion will occur with every non-evolving communistic movement,...

The robots have come and are now going to dust

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The robots have come and are now going to dust

By Adam Harris Many years ago, when I was a boy, robots emerged. They were touted as the replacement for men in the labour force. They were supposed to do many of the things that men do, and they did...

Ending a relationship should not mean ending a life

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Ending a relationship should not mean ending a life

As you read the following news reports for January, try to find the common thread: On January 3, a man hanged himself after murdering his estranged common-law wife in Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. On...

Doomed Princess

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Doomed Princess

– a high-seas horror story By Michael Jordan This is no romance tale about an exotic, tragic Princess from a land far, far away. This is a home-grown horror story, plain and simple; a tale...

Smell of cheap wine, scent of cheap perfume. They linger

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Smell of cheap wine, scent of cheap perfume. They linger

One of the unrelenting derogations made against the PPP Government from day one in office is that its leading cadres, both women and men, are people whose appreciation for aesthetic values are...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

This month has been particularly bloody. There have been more murders than in any January in recent memory. There are still a few days left and there are still some more murders to be committed. A...

Jobs vs. Infrastructure

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Jobs vs. Infrastructure

When I was a student in the US in the early seventies, I noticed what to me then, was a very strange phenomenon. There were sections of downtown Detroit, complete with skyscrapers, stores, paved...

THE PNCR IS MAKING A TACTICAL MISTAKE

Jan 23, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PNCR IS MAKING A TACTICAL MISTAKE

How can you boycott something to which you were not invited? This is the contention of the PNCR in relation to its non-participation in the launching of the International Year of People of African...

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Guyanese boxers shine at T&T National Boxing Championships

A warning to President Ali on U.S. Overtures

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- It remains unknown what President Ali told the U.S. Secretary of State during their recent... more