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Billion-dollar fund launched for Haiti’s reconstruction

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Billion-dollar fund launched for Haiti’s reconstruction

Head of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA), Clinton Williams, last weekend returned from the second CARICOM Private Sector-led forum in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The forum was...

Ithaca wife killer gets 30 years

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ithaca wife killer gets 30 years

Thirty-two year old Gladstone Williamson, charged with killing 31-year-old plantain chip vendor Gertrude Edwards, was yesterday sentenced to a total of 30 years in jail by Justice Franklyn Holder,...

Tell a lie often enough and you can believe it

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tell a lie often enough and you can believe it

Dear Editor: Every so often, there are moments that define a generation. For Guyana, the YEAR 1953 was one such moment with Jagan and Burnham winning 18 of the 24 seats in the National Assembly....

Water receding but several communities still inundated – Officials

Feb 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Water receding but several communities still inundated – Officials

– rains reach record levels in February Authorities have repeated warnings of more showers for today’s Mashramani celebrations even as rainfall surpassed record levels for this month. While...

1763: Lest we forget

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on 1763: Lest we forget

Dear Editor, By the time you read this letter today, February 23, a major slave rebellion, exactly 248 years ago, is just stirring or is gathering unstoppable momentum. On this morning in 1763, the...

Thank you, President Jagdeo, for caring about the women of Guyana

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Thank you, President Jagdeo, for caring about the women of Guyana

I heard a host of angels sing as I read the status update on Monday on NCN Guyana’s Facebook page. It said, “President Bharrat Jagdeo is calling on citizens to break the silence to injustice. The...

David Granger – the best PNCR Candidate for President

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on David Granger – the best PNCR Candidate for President

Dear Editor, As I listen to the news, read the papers and engage in conservation as we gear for regional and national elections later in the year, I am very concerned that many of our citizens are...

The AFC never delivered

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The AFC never delivered

Dear Editor, AFC’s General Secretary, Sixtus Edwards writes “In Animal Farm terminology some pigs are more equal than others” in KN of 19th February 2011. I would like to ask Mr. Edwards after...

Gaddafi must be charged for war crimes now!

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Gaddafi must be charged for war crimes now!

I do not believe in the death penalty. In a referendum I would vote for its abolition. That doesn’t mean I was unhappy when Saddam Hussein was hanged. If I had to vote on his execution, I probably...

Democracy in Guyana: and the PNC’s callous legacy

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Democracy in Guyana: and the PNC’s callous legacy

Dear Editor I am not usually in the habit of responding to people who present minimal appropriate evidence. Nonetheless, in the Kaieteur News of February 21, 2011, there are two letters that require...

Republic Day

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Republic Day

Today should be one of the proudest days in the life of our nation – Republic Day. While some may confer that honour on Independence Day, May 26th, we do believe that because our umbilical cord to...

WHY CONSULT ONLY NOW?

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY CONSULT ONLY NOW?

A government democratically elected to office, must rule as if it enjoys the will of the people. It must confidently exercise its mandate by making decisions and acting decisively on those decisions....

There was a mistake here

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was a mistake here

Dear editor, Your article on February 21, 2011 that dealt with the number of cases handled by the Child Care and Protection Agency for 2010 and attributed to information from a recent interview with...

Guyana needs a very special leader

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a very special leader

Dear Editor, As Guyana approaches yet another election it is time to take stock of where we are as a nation. We are not a cohesive nation. We are divided along racial lines more than we ever were in...

Kissoon and his anti non-resident immigrant stance

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon and his anti non-resident immigrant stance

Dear Editor, Please permit me a space in your column to respond to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s column, ‘Raphael Trotman needs a course in existentialist philosophy’. Kissoon is clearly not being...

Of corruption and cronyism

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Of corruption and cronyism

Dear Editor, Today as we are concentrating on the issue of potential candidates for the presidential elections, we address certain issues such as the position of the candidates with regards to...

TEARS FOR “KHANA”

Feb 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on TEARS FOR “KHANA”

Dear Editor, For many years now I called him “Khana”, a hybrid of his name “Khan” and the Caribbean News Agency (Cana), with which he was associated. That was more than 35 years ago. And...

IPA boss accuses Health Minister of dishonesty

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on IPA boss accuses Health Minister of dishonesty

… says no drug tender was advertised Kaieteur News’ contention that the tender for which there were two pre-selected bidders was never advertised is being supported by International...

Importing teachers – quick fix or long term solution?

Feb 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Importing teachers – quick fix or long term solution?

DEAR EDITOR, The brain drain of professionals from Guyana, amongst then thousands of qualified teachers, has been occurring for decades. One only has to visit the marking centres of CXC examinations...

The principle of ‘ahimsa’ fashioned by Mahatma Gandhi is still a working model for the removal of oppressive regimes

Feb 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The principle of ‘ahimsa’ fashioned by Mahatma Gandhi is still a working model for the removal of oppressive regimes

Dear Editor, President Barack Obama, in a speech to the students and faculty of the University of Cairo in the summer of 2009, said: “The ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are...

Guyana needs a very special leader

Feb 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a very special leader

Vieira responds to the ERC

Feb 22, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Vieira responds to the ERC

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from one Azeem Khan in both the Kaieteur News and SN over the last few days, I believe on Saturday 19, since I was told about it then. I was out of town and then on...

Recruitment of overseas teachers… Discussions at preliminary stage

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Recruitment of overseas teachers… Discussions at preliminary stage

– TSC Chairman Although the details have not yet been finalised, the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has already started its own research as it relates to the recruitment of overseas...

Taxi driver murder trial postponed due to prosecutor’s illness

Feb 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver murder trial postponed due to prosecutor’s illness

The Shawn Richardson murder trial has been postponed to Monday. Richardson is accused of killing Enterprise taxi driver, Vivekanand Nandalall, between October 2003 and March 2004. Kaieteur News...

Persaud is new champ; La Rose & Niles claim junior & veteran titles

Feb 22, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Persaud is new champ; La Rose & Niles claim junior & veteran titles

The consistent Robin Persaud blazed the East Coast Demerara Highway on a raining morning Sunday last to win the 88th Birth Anniversary Cycle Road Race held in memory of the Late President Linden...

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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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