July 2011

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UN high level meeting to discuss Non-Communicable Diseases – Ramsammy

Jul 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UN high level meeting to discuss Non-Communicable Diseases – Ramsammy

The outcome of the United Nations first high level meeting to discuss Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), scheduled for September 2011, could impact the delivery of healthcare worldwide, particularly...

LIVE, LEARN AND LAUGH

Jul 18, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on LIVE, LEARN AND LAUGH

Psychiatry students were in their Emotional Extremes class. “Let’s set some parameters,” the professor said. “What’s the opposite of joy?” he asked one student. “Sadness,” the student...

DISGRACEFUL!

Jul 18, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DISGRACEFUL!

One of the problems confronting the national registration exercise was the absence of source documents. Citizens were clearly told that their passports or ID cards were not sufficient for them to be...

Creating more competition within the Economy

Jul 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Creating more competition within the Economy

Dear Editor, Guyana’s economy registered a growth rate of 3.6 percent last year. This is a relatively high growth rate considering the recent global financial crisis which affected other Caribbean...

Mr. Khan should publicly apologise to GRA staff

Jul 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Khan should publicly apologise to GRA staff

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to a letter dated Thursday June 23, 2011 titled “WHAT IS HIS RATIONAL BEHIND THE BUREAUCRATIC NONSENSE AT GRA?” written by Rafiq T Khan and published in the Stabroek...

Animal Rescue Tourism

Jul 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Animal Rescue Tourism

Dear Editor, In June 2011, an American visitor named Jason came to Guyana to participate in the great jungle adventures Guyana has to offer. His trek into the unknown was delayed for a few days and...

Waiting two years for telephone transfer

Jul 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Waiting two years for telephone transfer

Dear Editor, It is very encouraging that the CEO of GT&T is excellent in organizing the GT&T Fastball competition; this is evident from the numerous press conferences coupled with his oratory...

People don’t have faith in the local masters who took over from the Whites

Jul 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on People don’t have faith in the local masters who took over from the Whites

Dear Editor, It is not often that I am in agreement with my friend, Freddie Kissoon. But in his column (KN Jul 10), Freddie correctly penned that an opinion survey in Jamaica showed that Jamaicans...

Animal Hazards Ahead

Jul 18, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Animal Hazards Ahead

The US advisory on animal hazards on our roads rings true. There are accidents caused by these animals every day somewhere in our country. Unfortunately, they are only reported in the media when...

Ramotar denies PPP wants to extend term

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar denies PPP wants to extend term

…Party baffled at opposition stance on reopening registration The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday said that it was baffled at the opposition stance on the re-opening of the...

Law enforcement officials bust human trafficking ring in city

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Law enforcement officials bust human trafficking ring in city

Recently, law enforcement authorities conducted a raid on the ” COPA CABANA”, a Brazilian bar located on Cummings Street , Alberttown, Georgetown , and found...

Guyana Watch off to a good start

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch off to a good start

Treats 700 patients in just two days Hundreds of West Bank Demerara residents took advantage of the free clinic offered by the Guyana Watch Medical team yesterday at the Patentia Secondary School....

Argentine navy ship visits Guyana on tour

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Argentine navy ship visits Guyana on tour

In advancing diplomatic ties with Guyana, the Argentine Navy ship “Libertad” is visiting the country on a mission to promote peace and solidarity, while saluting the Presidency of Guyana at the...

Maintaining a sanctuary for the children of Buxton

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Maintaining a sanctuary for the children of Buxton

– Yvette Herod is a ‘Special Person By Neil Marks When Yvette Herod talks about the Toucan II Multi-Purpose Club being a sanctuary for “hundreds” of children from the twin villages of...

Dem boys seh…Is a confusing world

Jul 17, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is a confusing world

Old people have a saying that only de good die young. Well dem boys want fuh know when young people dead why people does mek suh much fuss. Some of de people does cry and seh how de person ain’t...

Region Two NDCs beg for property revaluation

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two NDCs beg for property revaluation

…say too much money lost because of archaic laws Regional officials, along with councillors, within the county of Essequibo, are asking for the intervention of the Ministry of Local Government, to...

Differently-able community benefits from HIV/AIDS training

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Differently-able community benefits from HIV/AIDS training

An HIV/AIDS awareness workshop which ended on Tuesday, last, has now left 25 differently-able persons more educated and informed about the deadly disease, its prevention and treatment available. The...

Over 200 graduate from Kuru Kuru Training Centre

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Over 200 graduate from Kuru Kuru Training Centre

After 10 months of rigorous training in various fields at the Kuru Kuru Training Centre (KKTC) located on the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway, 236 students officially graduated from the Youth...

Six teachers who participated in 2010 Remedial Programme still not paid

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Six teachers who participated in 2010 Remedial Programme still not paid

Several teachers who participated in the 2010 Ministry of Education Remedial Programme in Berbice have not been paid. Two of those teachers, Basdeo Utam and Wazir Omar of the Berbice Educational...

Has No Child Left Behind, left us behind?

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Has No Child Left Behind, left us behind?

On October 13, 2004 with reference to the No Child Left Behind Act President Bush stated “ …guess who would get shuffled through? Children whose parents wouldn’t speak English as a first...

Mahdia vendors’ arcade

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia vendors’ arcade

Chairman of the Mahdia Committee Development Council, which was formerly the Mahdia Fire Victims Committee, Floyd Herman, has reported that most of the infrastructural works at the burnt out...

Corentyne woman missing, family fears worst

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne woman missing, family fears worst

The relatives of a 46-year-old Corentyne woman are fearful that something dreadful may have befallen her, since she has gone missing for more than a month. They said that Basmat Anantram was last...

Police and thief

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police and thief

By Michael Benjamin In September 1983, I enrolled for a place in the now defunct Guyana National Service (GNS) as a pioneer in the Joint Services Recruit and Orientation Course (JSROC) and was...

Senior Constabulary rank placed on $400,000 bail

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Senior Constabulary rank placed on $400,000 bail

The senior constabulary rank attached to the New Amsterdam Constabulary who was implicated in the recent escape of prisoner Krishna Paul Doerga from the New Amsterdam Prison has been charged with...

From the Diaspora…MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND”PRESIDENT TO BE”

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND”PRESIDENT TO BE”

By Ralph Seeram It was an occasion I was looking forward to, an opportunity not only to meet President Bharrat Jagdeo but also the PPP presidential candidate, Donald Ramotar. To those in Guyana this...

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

Nov 07, 2026

(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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