October 2011

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HEAD OVER HEELS

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HEAD OVER HEELS

The previous Trinidad and Tobago (TNT) Prime Minister (PM), Patrick Manning, had a faith healer who was his closest confidante. The present PM, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has turned into...

Armed bandits strike twice in Wismar

Oct 24, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits strike twice in Wismar

Two Wismar homes were last night invaded and the occupants robbed of cash and jewellery by two armed men, whom police are yet to apprehend. The first robbery victim, Errol DeSouza, of One...

The WPA’s descent into depravity

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The WPA’s descent into depravity

Dear Editor, Emasculated by the assassination of their charismatic leader in 1980, the WPA has ever since spun erratically out of control in ever decreasing circles which has finally brought them...

Equal media access should be prominent in GECOM’s code of conduct

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Equal media access should be prominent in GECOM’s code of conduct

Dear Editor, I have noticed that the Guyana Election Commission is pushing for opposition parties to sign the Code of Conduct. As a citizen of Guyana, I find it very strange and worrying that the...

A radio station at UG would enhance campus life

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A radio station at UG would enhance campus life

Dear Editor, I am highlighting the need for a student’s radio station as one of the ways to enhance student life at UG The late Dr. Victor Forsythe, Senior Lecturer at UG in Communications, had...

Jagdeo’s pension is US$180,000 per year; Obama’s is US$127,109

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Letters 17

Dear Editor, If Barack Obama was to start collecting a pension at the same time as Bharrat Jagdeo, he would be entitled to US $199,700 per year. Bharrat Jagdeo gave himself US $180,000 per year....

There are two PPP/Cs; which one will contest the elections?

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are two PPP/Cs; which one will contest the elections?

Dear Sir, First, there is the PPP/C made up of Bharatites. These are the people who were hand- picked by Mr. Bharat Jagdeo. Masquerading in the party colours as the real PPP/C. Not so. These are bent...

Raising the Guyana Mass Media Bar through the Rwanda Genocide

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Raising the Guyana Mass Media Bar through the Rwanda Genocide

Dear Editor, I refer to the Mr. Lincoln Lewis’ letter of October 22, 2011 in the Kaieteur News. I want to state categorically that in 1994, the private media in Rwanda played a pivotal role in...

Luncheon’s statement about me represents an ominous development

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Luncheon’s statement about me represents an ominous development

Dear Editor, Since Dr Roger Luncheon, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, made his revelation that the regime has for some time been considering charging me for sedition and my file has being...

The PPP/C attack on University of Guyana lecturers must be confronted

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C attack on University of Guyana lecturers must be confronted

Dear Editor, The government of Guyana has indeed gone mad, literally mad! This madness I believe is occasioned by their obvious obsession and blatant usurpation of total power, political and...

To be Literate

Oct 24, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on To be Literate

There are some that insist that we are a very literate people: they point to statistics that declare that our ‘literacy’ is in the ninety percentile range and upwards. They ‘literally’ refer...

Grenades missing from GDF training base

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Grenades missing from GDF training base

The Military Intelligence arm of the Guyana Defence Force is questioning several ranks, including three seniors, following the disappearance of several grenades at the army’s...

Miss Guyana India Worldwide delegates visit Palms

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Guyana India Worldwide delegates visit Palms

Delegates of the Miss Guyana India Worldwide Pageant yesterday visited the Palms institution for the elderly. While there, they interacted with some of the institution’s residents, including...

A beacon in Nursery education

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on A beacon in Nursery education

…Sybil Watson-Bollers is a ‘Special Person’ Pull Quote: “I taught children over the length and breadth of New Amsterdam. I am thankful that I did not only give them education,...

TUF ‘leaders’ for literal Nomination Day Run

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on TUF ‘leaders’ for literal Nomination Day Run

… first to present Candidate’s List would be accepted-Boodoo The leaders of The United Force (TUF) are at present set for a Nomination Day sprint should they not resolve the internal...

Haier dispatches first batch of netbooks

Oct 23, 2011 KNews News 6

The first batch of netbooks from Chinese contractor, Haier, is slated to arrive in Guyana this week. The Government Information Agency (GINA) stated that the netbooks will arrive on...

Dem boys seh…Is more madness again

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is more madness again

Election time people does use anything fuh talk. De other night de Goat man stand up in a truck that dem does use fuh carry cow to pound. And he talk to about ten people, all of dem who...

GECOM’s proposed Code of Conduct calls for accountability in campaign financing

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM’s proposed Code of Conduct calls for accountability in campaign financing

Dear Editor, In the Kaieteur News’ edition of October 21, 2011, the “Peeping Tom” columnist repeated (that which is being selectively and, dare I say, with agenda) a much peddled...

There’s a lesson for us in Gadaffi’s downfall

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There’s a lesson for us in Gadaffi’s downfall

Dear Editor, As I read unfolding news stories and watched amateurish, grainy video clips of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi’s capture by his countrymen, I tried to focus on the fear on his...

Is Sam Hinds a bridge to racial unity or a PPP doormat?

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Sam Hinds a bridge to racial unity or a PPP doormat?

Dear Editor, PPP presidential candidate, Mr. Donald Ramotar’s selection Mr. Sam Hinds as his prime ministerial running mate really does not inspire the same sense of change and hope...

This court case should be heard immediately

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This court case should be heard immediately

Dear Editor, I thought that when the Chief Justice, Mr. Ian Chang brought up President Jagdeo’s libel suit against me and the Kaieteur News exactly one year after the writs were...

Did Jagdeo/Ramotar write Nagamootoo of their intentions to ‘bulldoze’ him from the PPP?

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did Jagdeo/Ramotar write Nagamootoo of their intentions to ‘bulldoze’ him from the PPP?

Dear Editor, When Moses Nagamootoo blasted the current clique running the PPP and what they have done to destroy the legacy of Cheddi Jagan, he was speaking the truth. We all know of...

I commend our Foreign Affairs Minister for facilitating the issuing of Hajj visas

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on I commend our Foreign Affairs Minister for facilitating the issuing of Hajj visas

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to express profound gratitude and appreciation to our Honorable. Mrs. Carolyn Allison Rodrigues – Birkett – Minister of Foreign Affairs for...

Prem Misir exaggerates President Jagdeo’s contribution to agriculture

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prem Misir exaggerates President Jagdeo’s contribution to agriculture

Dear Editor, Burnishing President Jagdeo’s image, Dr. Prem Misir engages in a misleading effort aimed at embellishing President Jagdeo’s contribution to Guyana’s agriculture. In...

Regional Super50 …Gayle force flattens CCC as Windies reject smashes 147 at Everest

Oct 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 …Gayle force flattens CCC as Windies reject smashes 147 at Everest

By Sean Devers Christopher Henry Gayle, the man Coach Otis Gibson says the West Indies team does not miss, missed very few of the 110 balls he faced yesterday at the Everest...

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Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has officially begun the process of preparing to host the 2027 CARIFTA Games, marking a historic milestone for the country as it prepares to stage the premier youth and...

Lack of time and misinterpretation?

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The belated explanation offered by Ralph Ramkarran, former Chairman of the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) that the present constitutional gridlock over the appointment of Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice resulted from a misinterpretation by the Oversight Committee...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

MV Barima – a month later

Aug 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The night of Saturday, July 18, 2026 and the early hours of the agonising Sunday that followed are now dates etched into the memory and history of Guyanese. The first hours brought the first pieces of news of a tragedy about which none had a clue that it was really one. And...

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