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Mark Austin’s Junior C’wealth title dreams fizz out

Feb 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Austin’s Junior C’wealth title dreams fizz out

Barbadian takes honours By Michael Benjamin Mark Austin’s dreams of winning his first major boxing accolade—the Junior Commonwealth Welterweight belt—evaporated into thin air when he was...

Recruit teachers from places where students regard Maths and Science as fun

Feb 27, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Recruit teachers from places where students regard Maths and Science as fun

Dear Editor, After reading the comments of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) Chairman, Ms Leila Ramson (Kaieteur News, 22-02-11), I fear the “die has already been cast”. Nevertheless, I will...

Retemiah, Connelly, Paul, Hamid and Chowtie are EISS 10k road race champs

Feb 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Retemiah, Connelly, Paul, Hamid and Chowtie are EISS 10k road race champs

Maurice Retemiah and Rachael Connelly captured the male and female open category 10K cycle road race organised by the Essequibo Islands Secondary School of Wakenaam last Friday. Kemo Paul carted off...

The Titis

Feb 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Titis

The titis, or titi monkeys, are the New World monkeys of the genus Callicebus. They are the only extant member of the Callicebinae subfamily, which also contains the extinct genera Xenothrix,...

The minimum wage should be at least $40,000 a month

Feb 27, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The minimum wage should be at least $40,000 a month

Dear Editor, I thank Kaieteur News for publishing my letters and for contributing to the welfare of press freedom in this country, considering that the government owned press and television media is...

Mayor’s Cup Football tourney to kick off Friday at GFC

Feb 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup Football tourney to kick off Friday at GFC

Organisers still awaiting some sponsorship $$$ While all systems are in place for the start of the Annual Mayor’s Cup Club Football Championship, which is fixed for Friday at the Georgetown...

Cartoon Sun. Feb. 27, 2011

Feb 27, 2011 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon Sun. Feb. 27, 2011

Platinum Service Station & Gold Target Exports on board

Feb 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Platinum Service Station & Gold Target Exports on board

The Business Community in Bartica have been showing tangible support ahead of the historic Carib Twenty20 Flood Light knock-out cricket competition which is scheduled to bowl off on Saturday at the...

The Galloping Hooves of History: Lessons from strong man politics

Feb 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Galloping Hooves of History: Lessons from strong man politics

By Sir Ronald Sanders The Caribbean will not escape the amazing events the world has witnessed in North African and Middle-Eastern countries over the last few weeks. The first impact the region will...

IS THE WEST INDIES WEST INDIAN?

Feb 27, 2011 knews News Comments Off on IS THE WEST INDIES WEST INDIAN?

[Extracts from a presentation by Sir Shridath Ramphal at the Eleventh Sir Archibald Nedd Memorial Lecture in Grenada, 28 January 2011] PART III There is another major respect in which the West Indies...

The AFC has the plan and “will” transform Guyana!

Feb 27, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The AFC has the plan and “will” transform Guyana!

For over forty years the talk of transforming Guyana has been just that – talk! Oh yes…some lives have been transformed – but take a good look, they are just the ruling elite, whoever is...

A snake is stinging itself

Feb 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on A snake is stinging itself

By Adam Harris It is not often that a government can find something to talk about with some vehemence. Libya’s Muammar Gadaffi is one of those leaders who in recent times have a lot to be vehement...

Who can unify Guyana?

Feb 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Who can unify Guyana?

There has been a marked difference in the politics of Guyana in the last couple years. The division between the incumbent party and the opposition parties has deepened dramatically. Moreover, the...

Grindelia and Mr. Grin in the Office of the President

Feb 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Grindelia and Mr. Grin in the Office of the President

It will be interesting to see how the PPP presidential candidates react to the presence of Mr. Grin in the Office of the President (OP). From documents released first by Mark Benschop, then by other...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There is going to be a shake up in the administration of the Georgetown Prisons, and all because a prisoner was allowed to walk out of the compound. To make matters worse, the walkout was helped by a...

Federalist Power Sharing

Feb 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Federalist Power Sharing

While in a plural society, the benefits of federalism increase exponentially; in Guyana it will immediately addresses the African Ethnic Security Dilemma. Extreme behaviour in plural societies erupts...

EVERYBODY HIDING!

Feb 27, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on EVERYBODY HIDING!

The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem at work. He dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted by a child’s whisper – “Hello?”...

Teachers: Import/Export

Feb 26, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Teachers: Import/Export

DEAR EDITOR, At its meeting held in October 2006, in Georgetown, the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), considered, with much concern, the burning issue of the skills drain from the...

PNCR to choose Presidential candidate today

Feb 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR to choose Presidential candidate today

– party confident of new voting measures As the country’s main opposition party prepares to choose its Presidential candidate today, in historic and unprecedented circumstances, senior...

Fort Ordnance residents close down housing scheme

Feb 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fort Ordnance residents close down housing scheme

Residents of Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme in East Canje staged a protest and blocked the entrance to the scheme on Thursday morning as a way of expressing their outrage at a road contractor in the...

Bandits cart off millions of dollars in stocks from clothing store

Feb 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits cart off millions of dollars in stocks from clothing store

Bandits carted off millions of dollars in valuables twice this month after they descended unto ‘Gliterz Fashion’ located at Light and Lamaha Streets, Alberttown. Yesterday, in the wee hours of...

AFC attracts protest after picket at OP

Feb 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC attracts protest after picket at OP

The Office of the President’s attempt to clarify the position with respect to the ending of its contract with Ms. Marcelle Joseph, a junior employee, has not quelled the groundswell of support for...

Digicel carts off best costume band prize

Feb 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel carts off best costume band prize

Mahendra Ramkellawan is Road March king Telephone giant Digicel carted off the best costume band prize and Mahendra Ramkellawan was adjudged Road March king following the conclusion of Wednesday’s...

Dem boys seh… De boss guard thief he clothes

Feb 26, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… De boss guard thief he clothes

Some guards does tek liberties and dem same liberties nearly cost people some sleepless nights. De Waterfalls boss man decide to bundle up some clothes and send dem to de laundry. De mistake he mek...

Linden robbery suspects on $500,000 bail each

Feb 26, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Linden robbery suspects on $500,000 bail each

… RDC Linden Robbery Three of the alleged thieves who according to police torched a safe and carted off $5 million in cash from the Regional Democratic Council office at Linden were each placed...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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