February 2011

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NSC Mashramani Junior Singles Badminton tournament underway

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC Mashramani Junior Singles Badminton tournament underway

Play in the National Sports Commission Mashramani Junior Singles Badminton tournament began Friday at the Queens College Badminton Courts. Opening the Tournament was President of the GBA,...

The salesgirl’s prophecy

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The salesgirl’s prophecy

– all the clues seemed to point to one obsessive man… by Michael Jordan “One of these days y’all gun hear that I dead.” This was the prophecy that Radica Mohan made to one of her...

Building your home? Think again!

Feb 20, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Building your home? Think again!

By Leonard Gildarie I managed to move into my new home at La Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, in late November, after three months of hectic building. It was a grand experience. My first ever...

Boxers cited for indiscipline as GABA gets tough on affiliates

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxers cited for indiscipline as GABA gets tough on affiliates

Ray Sandiford, the boxer representing the Guyana Police Force that was cited for blatant indiscipline during his junior/welterweight bout against Stephon Gouveia in the January edition of the ProAm...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There is going to be a spate of robberies because once more people who live a life of crime want money the easy way. The police have plans and they are going to be on the roads. In two cases they are...

Interesting Creatures… The Peccary (Pecari maximus)

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Peccary (Pecari maximus)

A peccary (Pecari maximus) (plural peccaries; also javelina and skunk pig) is a medium-sized mammal of the family Tayassuidae, or New World Pigs. Peccaries are members of the artiodactyl suborder...

Director of Sport takes issue with Ram and Kissoon

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Director of Sport takes issue with Ram and Kissoon

Dear Editor, I noticed that a Mr. Christopher Ram and now Freddie Kissoon are desperately trying to make a mountain out of a molehill on Mr. Anthony Jeremiah not being able to meet Minister Anthony....

Bring the teachers

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Bring the teachers

Guyana needs specialist teachers, particularly in the areas of Science, Math, and English. The poor performance of our children in these subject areas at regional examinations is the best proof that...

Towards a national conversation on illiteracy

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Towards a national conversation on illiteracy

Dear Editor, Eric Phillips (SN 04-12-10), argued very passionately for: “…a national conversation on illiteracy”. He supported his argument by citing numerous examples of the mutilation of the...

North Essequibo holds AGM

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on North Essequibo holds AGM

The North Essequibo Cricket Committee held its Annual General Meeting [AGM] on February 18 at Sparta. The outcome of the recent meeting resulted in the following persons being elected as executive...

Other countries implemented laptop projects for children without national embarrassment over money

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Other countries implemented laptop projects for children without national embarrassment over money

Dear Editor, The One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project was a brilliant idea that became badly tainted by a government that believes transparency is a terminal disease to be avoided and that deflecting...

88th Forbes Burnham Birth Anniversary Cycle Road Race set for today

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 88th Forbes Burnham Birth Anniversary Cycle Road Race set for today

The Forbes Burnham Annual Memorial Cycle Race, which is in its fourth year, will be staged today from Carifesta Ave. to Belfield (Burnham’s Former Residence) and back starting at 7:00 this morning....

The IRO will never engage in any action where religion is made subservient

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The IRO will never engage in any action where religion is made subservient

Dear Editor, The Inter Religious Organisation (IRO) takes serious umbrage at the impudent statements made by Ms. Patricia Gonzalez and Mr. Anthony Vieira in the Kaieteur News where they both profess,...

An open letter to Commissioner General of the GRA and the Chancellor of the Judiciary

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Commissioner General of the GRA and the Chancellor of the Judiciary

Dear Gentlemen, Recently there has been an increase in prosecutions by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) against registrants of the VAT Act, who for various reasons, have failed to file VAT Returns...

If that is not subservience then what is?

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on If that is not subservience then what is?

Dear Editor, I have always been taught that it is impolite to discuss race, religion and politics in public, but since the Inter Religious Organisation (IRO) letter sent to the Press on February 18,...

21st Century Slavery and Exploitation

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on 21st Century Slavery and Exploitation

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to make an analogy to describe a situation that is frustrating and demoralizing a certain section of the teaching profession. Here we go: The President of Guyana...

The only sound or vibration we are getting is from the PPP

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The only sound or vibration we are getting is from the PPP

Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Guyanese politicians and by extension, political parties, especially the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). “Cowards die many times before their...

Human Rights and Human Development

Feb 20, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Human Rights and Human Development

The Human Development Report 2000, for the first time explored the interconnections between the concepts of human development and human rights: “Human development and human rights are close enough...

Republic Day not Mash Day

Feb 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Republic Day not Mash Day

As I’ve done since they started school, around this time of the year I ask my kids what they were taught about Republic Day. And the answer remains the same: “Mash, Dad. It’s all about Mash.”...

GTU questions role of CPCE and UG to trained teachers

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GTU questions role of CPCE and UG to trained teachers

The roles of the Cyril Potter College of Education and the University of Guyana was called into question yesterday when President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), Colin Bynoe, addressed the recent...

Magistrate absent from Sharma’s witness tampering trial

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate absent from Sharma’s witness tampering trial

The case of witness tampering against embattled television owner, Chandra Narine Sharma and his five associates Ravi Mangar, Tyrone Ali, Mark Reid, Raywattie Ramsaywack and Doodnauth’ was scheduled...

Female con artist hits Robb Street grocery in latest scam

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Female con artist hits Robb Street grocery in latest scam

…this time disguised in Muslim wear By Leonard GildarieNew Post A female scam artist, who has been fingered in a string of incidents on businesses in the city and mainly on the East Coast of...

Dem boys seh…Guyana got to do a lot of importing

Feb 19, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Guyana got to do a lot of importing

Guyana decide that it got to buy teachers from overseas. It shopping around because it hardly have people who can teach Maths and Science in Guyana. Well dem boys seh that dem should also bring in...

Nine year old death is accidental

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Nine year old death is accidental

He was not a farm worker – Farm manager An experiment is said to have led to the tragic demise of nine-year-old Richard Mohamed, called Rommel. This newspaper previously reported that the lad...

No arrests yet in killing of Barbados-based contractor

Feb 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No arrests yet in killing of Barbados-based contractor

Barbados police are yet to make any headway in their investigations into the brutal slaying of 43-year-old Guyanese contractor, Aubrey Buntin-October. Contacted at her home yesterday, the victim’s...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

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(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

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...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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