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Mike Persaud is wrong about Guyana’s democracy

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mike Persaud is wrong about Guyana’s democracy

Dear Editor, I have been following closely, the engagement in the Kaieteur News between Prem Misir and Mike Persaud, which followed a letter, captioned, “Democracy in Guyana and the PNC’s callous...

Corruption and the whistleblowers

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corruption and the whistleblowers

Dear Editor, I have always wondered both during the PNC and PPP periods of rule there have to be persons working in the various offices of power that see this corruption and abuse like Marcelle...

Are there supplicant bed-fellows in the opposition?

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are there supplicant bed-fellows in the opposition?

Dear Editor, Your front page comment (Sunday 27th February) captioned, “Avarice, Greed and Fraud”, is one of the most damning condemnations of our perverted government. But should we blame the...

Institutions matter not the individual leader

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Institutions matter not the individual leader

Dear Editor, I have noticed that my good friend Malcolm Harripaul has fallen for the old personality cult that has contributed to the destruction of Guyana. Malcolm is not alone in falling for this...

Let’s stand with the people of Libya

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s stand with the people of Libya

Dear Editor, As the Libyan regime crumbles, the news barrier it has constructed is ending. News reports are now spreading on the ongoing massacre of innocent civilians by the secret police, by the...

Why does the ERC not reply to other critics?

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why does the ERC not reply to other critics?

Dear Editor, I respond to the Ethnic Relations Commission’s (ERC) letter (Kaieteur News, 27-02-11) titled, “Mr. Kissoon should publish his efforts to promote ethnic harmony and security.” Is it...

Prem Misir must deal only with the truth

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prem Misir must deal only with the truth

Dear Editor, Serious patriots and those attached to truth and the accuracy of our history tend to ignore the fulmination and fabrications of Prem Misir. However, he has gone over the boundary when in...

Constant preparation is needed to deal with unseasonal rainfall

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Constant preparation is needed to deal with unseasonal rainfall

Dear Editor, Recently, there has been a continuous gush of rains in our country, not only on the coast but also in the hinterland areas. This is very evident and even so, the updates from the...

The PPP has gotten the candidate it wanted

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP has gotten the candidate it wanted

Congratulations are in order for the leader of the PNCR, Mr. Robert Corbin. The election on Saturday of Mr. David Granger, as the party’s presidential candidate effectively means that Mr. Robert...

Was Cheddi Jagan a perfect politician?

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was Cheddi Jagan a perfect politician?

Dear Editor, I can empathize with son Joey Jagan being angry with anyone trying to write disparagingly of his father, the late President Cheddi Jagan. Boy oh boy! That was one angry letter written by...

The Stabroek News, Guyana Press Association and all that jazz

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Stabroek News, Guyana Press Association and all that jazz

No other country in the world is as intriguingly curious (as distinct from being interesting) as this poor, obscure, unknown, semi-defunct, under-populated land named Guyana. To offer little snippets...

Killing me softly

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Killing me softly

There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, “Master, just now when I was in the...

The PNC’s Standard Bearer

Feb 28, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The PNC’s Standard Bearer

Even the President’s men admit that Guyana has a “fragile democracy”. We are not surprised that they have attempted to lay all the blame for that “fragility” on the opposition camp – with...

David Granger is PNCR Presidential candidate

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on David Granger is PNCR Presidential candidate

It was a very close race but after three counts it was Brigadier David Granger who was declared the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) presidential candidate after the conclusion of a special...

Front Page Comment…Avarice, Greed and Fraud

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Front Page Comment…Avarice, Greed and Fraud

As Dr Cheddi Jagan eased into office by 1993, he declared that the new PPP regime was going to be different; none of that high-handed, top-down, opaque governance that characterised his predecessor....

‘Untouchable’ businessman takes over Happy Acres playfield

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Untouchable’ businessman takes over Happy Acres playfield

A popular local businessman was given an ultimatum by the Better Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council to produce a copy of his transport for a plot of land in Happy Acres East Coast Demerara, which...

Sacked OP employee says intimidation will not silence her

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sacked OP employee says intimidation will not silence her

“I think that by doing that to my family is their way of getting me to shut up, but that is not going to happen.” Marcelle Joseph, the former employee of the Office of the President who was...

19-year old girl kills lesbian lover, in custody

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on 19-year old girl kills lesbian lover, in custody

A 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death early yesterday by her 19-year-old female lover outside the popular “Red Dragon” night spot. Dead is Sonobia James, also called Stacy James, of Lot 46- 46...

Dem boys seh…Kwame get a cutback from dem protester

Feb 27, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kwame get a cutback from dem protester

De race over. Everybody know who gun lead de PNC into de elections. But is de final count that mek people wonder whether people ain’t set up some people. Dem boys seh that when Faith walk in dem...

The man who changed the way our roads were built

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The man who changed the way our roads were built

Philip Allsopp is a ‘Special Person’ “It (a stint with the US Dept. of Public Works) was excellent training and I managed to see firsthand in five states, the way the Americans built...

CHPA tightlipped on Brickdam project cost

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CHPA tightlipped on Brickdam project cost

“At this time it is intricate for me to give you the total cost because it is a continuous project,” responded Rawle Edinboro, Chief Development Planner of the Ministry of Housing and Central...

Mason dies minutes after drinking ‘rum’

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mason dies minutes after drinking ‘rum’

Sherlock Jones left his home at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, early yesterday morning and reported for work at Middle Road La Penitence, Georgetown, not knowing that it would have been the last...

Ministry to offer non-graduate programme for Special Education

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry to offer non-graduate programme for Special Education

In order to fulfil the specification of its governing strategic plan, the Ministry of Education has plans to offer a non-graduate programme which will see teachers being trained to adequately deliver...

Anna Regina student cops Anne Blue Award

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina student cops Anne Blue Award

Dedication to schoolwork, complemented by her involvement in co-curricular activities, did not only ensure Erica Singh an impressive scholastic achievement, but it also helped her to attain the...

Social services leave sick woman on condemned mortuary floor

Feb 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Social services leave sick woman on condemned mortuary floor

A 39- year-old destitute woman who gave her name as ‘Drupattie Singh’ is apparently dying at Rose Hall Town, on the Corentyne. Residents say that they have exhausted every possible avenue seeking...

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When silence speaks louder than words

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The United States has spoken. Reacting to the conviction of Marine Le Pen in a French... more