February 2011

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Stanley was misleading

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stanley was misleading

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to the article published in the Kaieteur news Sunday, 6th February, 2011 captioned “Political clique blocks Cricket official from leaving Guyana”. It is amazing...

Teething problems with UG Optometry being resolved – Dr. Cummings

Feb 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teething problems with UG Optometry being resolved – Dr. Cummings

Despite some teething problems which are closer to being resolved, the University of Guyana’s offering of its Optometry Programme has proven to be one of the more sought after programmes in the...

Guyana is a country in distress

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is a country in distress

Dear Editor, As one with tremendous computer knowledge having owned my first Apple computer more than 30 years ago, I’ve been following the ongoing debate on President Jagdeo’s ‘One Laptop Per...

Those unbalanced attacks against Navin Chandarpal and Carl Greenidge

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those unbalanced attacks against Navin Chandarpal and Carl Greenidge

Dear Editor This letter is prompted by my unhappiness and concern at the very unbalanced and derogatory assessments made of Navin Chandarpal and Carl Greenidge by some commentators in recent weeks...

Poor diet puts Guyanese at risk of developing cancer – Health Minister

Feb 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Poor diet puts Guyanese at risk of developing cancer – Health Minister

In recognition of the fact that an improper diet is a risk factor for cancer, the Ministry of Health, through its Food and Drug Analyst Department, is currently working in collaboration with the...

Laptopgate

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Laptopgate

In 1972, a group of five men broke into the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters located in the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC. There were lies flying left and right and the...

What’s with the sale of vehicle licences?

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s with the sale of vehicle licences?

Dear Editor, Please permit me some space to ask what I believe to be questions that have boggled the minds of motorists in Guyana. My question is directed to the officials at the Guyana Revenue...

Sexual abuse in schools is rampant

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sexual abuse in schools is rampant

Dear Editor, There seems to be no end to the incidents of sexual offences, albeit in the form of carnal knowledge, as occasioned by the recent shocking allegation of such conduct brought against a...

UG spearheads workshop to promote Health Research Initiative

Feb 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG spearheads workshop to promote Health Research Initiative

– Promises better access to updated medical information Designed to offer free or low cost access to major health information including medicine, nursing and related health and social sciences...

Parika man still missing, relatives cling to hope

Feb 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parika man still missing, relatives cling to hope

Almost four days after 34-year-old Kingsley Williams called ‘Ado’ of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, went missing in the Mazaruni River, following a boat mishap, his relatives are still clinging to...

8-year-old heart patient benefits from the benevolence of BCB & National cricketers

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 8-year-old heart patient benefits from the benevolence of BCB & National cricketers

The Berbice Cricket Board and several national cricketers from the Ancient County last weekend contributed $221,440 to eight-year-old Deepa Sahadeo of West Coast, Berbice. Sahadeo is suffering from...

Did President Jagdeo breach Pradoville contract?

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did President Jagdeo breach Pradoville contract?

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo has finally confirmed that he has acquired land in Pradoville 2. He described the price as $5 million per acre without stating how many acres he bought. The word...

‘Six-months mining notice’ again leaves miners uneasy

Feb 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Six-months mining notice’ again leaves miners uneasy

– PM warns corruption charges need addressing Government has signaled intentions to continue looking into a controversial six-months notice for the mining industry, much to the chagrin of...

A Country is born

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A Country is born

It is final. On July 9th later this year, Southern Sudan will officially become the 193rd independent country of the world. To say that the results of the referendum held last month to decide whether...

Interdicted Presidential Guard further remanded

Feb 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Interdicted Presidential Guard further remanded

Yesterday, Magistrate Priya Beharry for a second time refused to grant bail to interdicted presidential guard Malvin Taylor, who is accused of attempting to kill his wife Sharon Taylor and her sister...

Mark Benschop and I go on trial today: What for?

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mark Benschop and I go on trial today: What for?

Some people may read this newspaper after 9 a.m. by which time Mark Benschop and I would have already appeared in court to face two charges of obstructing traffic. Guilty verdicts only carry a small...

Man charged for causing death by dangerous driving

Feb 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for causing death by dangerous driving

Walter Denny of Costello Housing Scheme, La Penitence, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer to the charge of causing death...

Guyanese nabbed at Dublin airport with cocaine

Feb 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese nabbed at Dublin airport with cocaine

Ireland-A Guyanese national is in custody following the seizure of cocaine valued at €220,000 at Dublin airport. Customs officers stopped the 48-year-old at the airport Monday night and found...

This unnecessary delay is a travesty

Feb 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This unnecessary delay is a travesty

Dear Editor, In February 2010, I applied to the Police Divisional Commander at Cove and John then to the Commissioner of Police seeking permission to acquire a SIMPLE AIR GUN and made reference to...

Silence is sometimes a defence

Feb 08, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Silence is sometimes a defence

There is an interesting thing about some people. When they are caught out in deception they then seek to suggest that they were misunderstood or that their remarks were deliberately distorted....

Office of the President now admits to laptop purchases

Feb 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Office of the President now admits to laptop purchases

… Laptop flip-flop 2 The Office of the President, in its continued attempt to accuse Kaieteur News of distortion regarding laptop purchases, has once again flip-flopped on information that it...

FOI Legislation… PM fails to honour agreement to Parliament

Feb 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on FOI Legislation… PM fails to honour agreement to Parliament

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has failed to maintain a declaration to the Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran as well as to Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, and Leader of the Alliance For...

Kaieteur News is winning calypso

Feb 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News is winning calypso

Last Wednesday 10-year-old Daniel Fanfare, of the Coomacka Primary School went on a public stage for the first time, to sing calypso. But Daniel said he was not nervous–he was confident. He had...

Tender to be advertised for the closing of Le Repentir dump site

Feb 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tender to be advertised for the closing of Le Repentir dump site

The final closing of the Le Repentir dumpsite will take longer than expected as the work will now have to be tendered out. This is according to Government Engineer, Walter Willis, who met with...

Mechanic killed in smash-up

Feb 08, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic killed in smash-up

…he worked on dead drag racer’s vehicle Less than 24 hours later yet another road fatality has been recorded bringing the figure to an alarming 17 deaths resulting from 17 accidents this year....

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Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

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(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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