February 2011

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UN representative speaks on peace as Rotary Int’l celebrates 106 years

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on UN representative speaks on peace as Rotary Int’l celebrates 106 years

Rotary International on Wednesday, last, celebrated its 106th anniversary, in a month that has been designated World Peace and Understanding Month. That day was also named World Peace and...

Bottle-bomb found in NCN compound

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Bottle-bomb found in NCN compound

Ranks from the police Crime Scene Unit were summoned to the National Communications Network (NCN) premises yesterday after a homemade explosive device was found in the compound. The crude device,...

AFC to picket OP today

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on AFC to picket OP today

Executive Members of the Alliance For Change (AFC), along with several other party affiliates and supporters, will today stage a picketing exercise outside of the Office of the President over the...

Cops search Tucville yard for stolen RDC cash

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Cops search Tucville yard for stolen RDC cash

– official’s son, nephew, driver likely to be charged Police are seeking legal advice to know whether they can institue charges against five suspects in connection with the recent...

Track star, Pompey pays courtesy call on Digicel

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Track star, Pompey pays courtesy call on Digicel

Guyana’s international track and field star, Aliann Pompey arrived in Georgetown yesterday for the National Sports Commission (NSC) Awards Ceremony following its postponement to March 4 and her...

David Granger launches book on Public Security

Feb 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on David Granger launches book on Public Security

Brigadier (ret.) David A. Granger launched his latest book last evening at Congress House in Sophia with a simple ceremony. The book entitled “Public Security; Criminal Violence and Policing in...

FOLLOW UP OPEN LETTER ON NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FOLLOW UP OPEN LETTER ON NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS

Dear Members of the National Sports Awards Panel, After my letter questioning the non-recognition of Samuel Ming and Christy Dey by the NSC Awards Panel appeared in the newspapers, I was engaged in...

Cavaliers Sports Club wraps up Mash activities with 10K event

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cavaliers Sports Club wraps up Mash activities with 10K event

Race walkers will be in action once again when the Cavalier’s Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) brings the curtains down on activities planned to commemorate Mashramani activities with a race walk in the...

Trio refused bail on possession of cocaine charge

Feb 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trio refused bail on possession of cocaine charge

Three persons, including a Nigerian national, who were allegedly caught on Wednesday, last, with an illicit substance while at a city hotel, were yesterday refused bail when they appeared before...

E’bo teen killed in hit-and-run accident

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on E’bo teen killed in hit-and-run accident

A Danielstown, Essequibo family is now in mourning, following the death of a teenaged loved one, as a result of a hit-and-run accident. Dead is 16-year-old, Manclik Matthews called Jomo, a fifth form...

Will Teixeira, Harding and Holder champion women’s issues?

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Teixeira, Harding and Holder champion women’s issues?

Dear Editor, I found your article interesting in that it raises the issue of violence against women and seeks to encourage women candidates to be a voice for women in Guyana. However, I believe all...

Hikers Hockey Club host Junior Indoor Tournament

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers Hockey Club host Junior Indoor Tournament

As part of its fund-raising drive, the Western Union branded Hikers Hockey Club Junior Programme will host its first annual indoor tournament starting tomorrow and end the following day, at the...

Mark Austin to face sternest test at Pro/Am boxing card tonight

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Austin to face sternest test at Pro/Am boxing card tonight

Tonight, then is the night; Stretched on the massage table He breathes liniment and sweat; And tries to close his ears to the roaring of the crowd, A murky sea of noise that bears upon its tide, The...

What, exactly is the truth about the Inter-Religious TV Channel?

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on What, exactly is the truth about the Inter-Religious TV Channel?

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter, “The Proposed IRO TV Station will provide a service for all Religions” and would be grateful for the opportunity to respond. Mr. McGarrell’s statements can...

What makes Guyana’s democracy so fragile?

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on What makes Guyana’s democracy so fragile?

Dear Editor, This is a rejoiner to Dr. Prem Misir’s letter of February 23rd in Kaieteur News titled: “Democracy in Guyana and PNC’s callous legacy”. Lest the readers lose the topic being...

Accused con woman likely in court today, faces fraud charges

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Accused con woman likely in court today, faces fraud charges

A Berbice woman, accused of ripping off several groceries and leaving a number of the owners embarrassed, is likely to appear in court today facing several fraud charges, according to police. The...

Teams express confidence ahead of historic competition

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams express confidence ahead of historic competition

The eight (8) teams set to compete in the first ever flood light knock-out Twenty20 cricket competition in Bartica have all been expressing confidence that they will take the champions trophy,...

The PNC will be judged by its ‘callous legacy’

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNC will be judged by its ‘callous legacy’

Dear Editor, I respond to a particular letter in the Kaieteur News of February 21, 2011, in which mention was made to Guyana’s democracy, and the “callous legacy’ of the PNC that followed the...

The OLPF is good but…

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The OLPF is good but…

Dear Editor, Permit me to add my two bits to an article posted on your page K/N-Re “Mandatory community service for adult laptop users”, dated 17-2-2011. The one laptop per family is good. What...

Manhunt continues, warder released from custody

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Manhunt continues, warder released from custody

Prison officials and Joint Services are still hunting, Eddie Williams, 18, of 37 Back Street, Ruimzeight, West Coast Demerara, who was on remand at the Georgetown Prison and managed to escape without...

Mr. Ram’s long excursion in history undermines his arguments

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ram’s long excursion in history undermines his arguments

Dear Editor, Mr. Christopher Ram’s acerbic comments in his letter captioned, “Mr. Khan’s letter ignores Section 13 of the Income Tax Act, exempting only the President’s official emoluments...

Economics of Revolution

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Economics of Revolution

While most analysts have focused on the political aspects of the ouster of Mubarak in Egypt, the importance of economic factors cannot be underestimated. Not surprisingly, it is the western press...

The PPP was a superior opposition party to any we have now in Guyana

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PPP was a superior opposition party to any we have now in Guyana

The PPP was in the opposition for 28 years and even when the WPA came and surpassed it in terms of superior skills and confrontational strategies, the PPP remained an effective political organization...

Guyana hunt first ‘home’ win against Barbados in 27 years

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana hunt first ‘home’ win against Barbados in 27 years

Gajanand Singh, Christopher Barnwell included By Sean Devers Guyana has not beaten Barbados in a Regional four-day game on home soil since their nine-wicket win at Bourda 27 years ago and their only...

Guyana is free!

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is free!

Dear Editor I think we need to set the record straight on the callous legacy of the PNC regime. In 2000, distinguished Professor Clive Thomas described the PNC regime, thus: “The truth however, is...

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(Kaieteur News) – To live to a hundred: that is the wish. But beyond that, the body gives way—the joints harden into little more than stone, the eyes dim past the help of any knife, and the memory, that fragile vessel, empties itself without ceremony. That would be the proper time to go, to...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Two U.S. ambassadors on Exxon contract: times change

Apr 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During her Guyana tour, US Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch pronounced on the Exxon-Guyana oil contract. Current US Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot recently relayed Washington’s position on that same Exxon contract. The learned US diplomats are a study in...

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