December 11, 2011

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Defining Success

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Defining Success

Everyone is looking for success in life but what is it? What parameters are we using to define success in our lives? If our success levels are based on external appearances...

Portrait of a killer

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Portrait of a killer

Armed with a .32 revolver, he went on a three-month killing spree… By Michael Jordan It was noon on October 1, 1998, when 63-year-old vehicle importer Mohamed ‘Akbar’...

Digicel launches Christmas promotion and first interactive station

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel launches Christmas promotion and first interactive station

Digicel, one of Guyana’s cellular networks, has renovated the store in City Mall, Regent Street. This comes at the beginning of the Christmas season when business is expected...

Charges against protestors allegedly may be withdrawn

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Charges against protestors allegedly may be withdrawn

At least a dozen A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) supporters faced the court on Friday after they were charged by the police for participating in what was dubbed an...

Police top brass divided on shooting of protestors

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police top brass divided on shooting of protestors

Amidst denials and blame shifting, the top brass of the Guyana Police Force is divided over last Tuesday’s police actions that led to the shooting of several persons during A Partnership for...

Probe of Caribbean Airlines crash still on

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News 2

Investigations into Caribbean Airlines Limited Flight BW 523 which crash-landed in Guyana on July 30, 2011 have now turned to analysing simulations of the aircraft when it...

Elections’ protests… 40-plus businesses listed to be boycotted

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Elections’ protests… 40-plus businesses listed to be boycotted

PSC hoping to meet APNU’s youth arm tomorrow The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is to meet tomorrow to discuss a call by the youth arm of A Partnership For National Unity...

Sunday Cartoon – December 11, 2011

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon – December 11, 2011

Christmas shoppers are scared of APNU protesting

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas shoppers are scared of APNU protesting

-“no business for us” says a Regent Street vendor While many vendors have different views on the tension brought on the Christmas season by the Election, all of them however, agreed that...

Mother of five beaten, chopped, robbed on gold dredge

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of five beaten, chopped, robbed on gold dredge

A mother of five who was brutally chopped about the lower body before being robbed on a gold mining camp in the interior is pleading with the police to apprehend her attackers...

The Armadillo

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Armadillo

Armadillos are placental mammals, known for having a leathery armor shell. The word armadillo is Spanish for “little armored one”. The Aztec called them azotochtli, Nahuatl for...

President Ramotar endorses Cuba chairing CELAC in 2013

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar endorses Cuba chairing CELAC in 2013

According to Government Information Agency (GINA), the administration, under the new President Donald Ramotar, is continuing to lobby for the inclusion of Cuba in the affairs of the hemisphere...

Détente and rapprochement or relentless hegemony

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Détente and rapprochement or relentless hegemony

We are at the stalemate stage on the chessboard of politics. It constitutes a fascinating moment in politics since the early 20th century. The PPP won the presidency but the combined opposition has...

Some will have money for the New Year

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Some will have money for the New Year

I have rarely seen so many cases of people shooting themselves in the foot and rarely have I seen people desperate to see the country move forward being thwarted because of an absence of trust. Ever...

THE NEW MINISTRY

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NEW MINISTRY

There is at present an unmatched global demand for raw materials. India and China are consuming resources at a rapid rate and will need to continue to do so to sustain their impressive...

The Same Ole, Same Ole

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Same Ole, Same Ole

Exactly a year ago, surveying the opposition’s preparation for the then upcoming elections, I wrote a piece, “New Politics or the same ole, same ole?” I said, “I frankly do not believe...

Caribbean electorates: Not for sale

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean electorates: Not for sale

By Sir Ronald Sanders General elections in St Lucia and Guyana on November 28 have raised serious questions about the financing of campaigns and the unfair use of state resources by governing...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The street protests are not having an impact on business in the city but a certain call has some members of the business community worried. And it is rather surprising that people are listening....

Gafsons Industries celebrates 60 stellar years of service

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News 1

– Hardware giant awards longstanding staff Pull quote: “To the long serving recipients, I wish to express our company’s sincerest congratulations and thanks for your commitment...

Bank of Guyana releases new notes

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Guyana releases new notes

Incidence of counterfeiting has increased rapidly over the years. To defeat that, the Bank of Guyana (BOG) has added new features to its $1000 and $500 notes. To date, one million of...

‘Wild’ monkey bites teacher trainee, renders him bedridden

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Wild’ monkey bites teacher trainee, renders him bedridden

Walking was never a problem for 17-year-old Jairam Singh, formerly of La Belle Alliance and of Lima Village, two neighbouring villages on the Essequibo Coast, until he was bitten by a roaming...

ImmigrationTALK – Job Training & Education Visas in the U.S.

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK – Job Training & Education Visas in the U.S.

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@Go2Lawyer.com The United States provides many opportunities for foreigners to obtain a higher education degree and job training in many professional...

Education for Development

Dec 11, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Education for Development

We believe that the appointment of a new Minister of Education by President Ramotar signals his commitment to education as a pivotal component of our thrust for development. Modern development...

Pirates create nightmare for Essequibo fishermen

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pirates create nightmare for Essequibo fishermen

Two young Essequibo fishermen were the latest victims of pirates. The men who had suffered three previous attacks, said the most recent incident has left them in a state of distress and much...

Essequibo school seeks to change landscape

Dec 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo school seeks to change landscape

Second year pupils of the Cotton Field Nursery School recently participated in a tree-planting exercise on the lawn of the school. A number of flamboyant trees donated by second year student,...

PREV 12

MCYS/NSC launches landmark Sports Seminar at ACCC

Jul 31, 2026

– Discussing governance, workforce development, tourism and Sport ecosystem Kaieteur Sports – In what policy makers are calling one of the largest sport gatherings of its kind, the Ministry...

If it was a big wave, will they still want heads?

Jul 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something increasingly troubling about the rush by some people to demand the heads of two Ministers over the M.V. Barima tragedy. The problem is not that Ministers should never be held accountable, but that accountability should come after the facts are established,...

Transparency, sovereignty, and the challenge of power

Jul 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Few issues test the sovereignty of small states more severely than requests made by powerful friends. How should a country respond when cooperation is expected, but the proposed terms exceed its legal, financial and institutional capacity? That question...

Who’s responsible, who will take responsibility?

Jul 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – A tragedy of catastrophic proportions is now Guyana’s to manage. An old passenger ferry boat went to the bottom. According to news reports of Saturday, 73 bodies have been recovered and 76 rescued. Taking the official count of 179 passengers on...

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