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Is Guyana on the Cusp of Economic Take-off?

Nov 13, 2011 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is Guyana on the Cusp of Economic Take-off?

By Dr Tarron Khemraj INTRODUCTION A very good friend of mine – Mr. Sukrishnalall Pasha – wrote a letter in the press arguing that Guyana is on the verge of economic take-off (SN Nov 1,...

The Cricket

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Cricket

Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as “true crickets”), are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers, and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets (family...

Nausea on the way to Kwakwani

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nausea on the way to Kwakwani

The last time I suffered a discomforting bout of travel sickness was sixteen years ago when my cousin, William Cox, was getting married in Berbice. Catholic Standard editor Colin Smith and I traveled...

GT&T Jingle and Competition…Policewoman arrests audience, quiet Lindener sends warning to GT

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News 1

By Leonard Gildarie This week, after more than one thousand auditions, results are expected for the Semi Final round of the highly-charged GT&T Jingle and Song Competition. Already,...

Drumming up magic – The soothing rhythms of Orlando Primo

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Drumming up magic – The soothing rhythms of Orlando Primo

By Neil Marks The funeral parlour is not exactly the best meeting point for an interview, but it was the best place for Orlando Primo.It’s where his day job is; it was either head down there or...

The charming stranger with a dark side

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The charming stranger with a dark side

– what if you woke up one morning to find that your husband was not the man he claimed to be? By Michael Jordan It was just before dawn on March 22, 1996, that Linda Jairam and her...

Kaieteur News is being vindicated

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Kaieteur News is being vindicated

These days in the run-up to the elections many things are happening. Accusations that had been unheard of are surfacing. Most of these have to do with corruption, particularly the acquisition of...

A COUNTRY HAS A SPECIAL OBLIGATION TO ITS FORMER LEADERS

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A COUNTRY HAS A SPECIAL OBLIGATION TO ITS FORMER LEADERS

A story appeared many years ago in our local newspapers about a former West Indian fast bowler standing outside of Sabina Park, Jamaica, begging fans for some “small change” so that he...

Voting Heuristics

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Voting Heuristics

With elections just two weeks away, it’s very clear that after all the sanctimonious talk over the past few years about a “new politics”, it’s pretty much the “same ole, same...

Gays have rights too: The Caribbean Dilemma

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Gays have rights too: The Caribbean Dilemma

By Sir Ronald Sanders A statement by the Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron, that his government will not provide budgetary aid to governments that violate human rights including by...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Each day gets crazier and crazier because increasingly people are treating vehicles as though they are toys and the people on the roads are ninepins. Take the case of the man who is going to...

Two million children worldwide live in foster care- CPA

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two million children worldwide live in foster care- CPA

Research has found that more than 600 children in Guyana live in residential care institutions. A number of children living outside of institutions, lack safe and stable families...

Stakeholders turn out for Fire prevention Seminar

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Stakeholders turn out for Fire prevention Seminar

Several stakeholders turned out at the Guyana National Service Ground on Friday for a Fire Safety and Prevention Seminar. The seminar was facilitated by the Guyana Fire Service,...

THE PPP’S 2011 MANIFESTO

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on THE PPP’S 2011 MANIFESTO

APNU Column… A Brave New World? The usual pictures of Bharrat Jagdeo are missing from the PPP/C 2011 Manifesto. Thank goodness, for he has cast a shadow over this country...

Amateur boxer granted bail on escape charge

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Amateur boxer granted bail on escape charge

A 21-year-old amateur boxer was brought to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday to face a charge of escaping lawful custody. Herlando Allicock appeared before Magistrate...

GDF rank shot on duty

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GDF rank shot on duty

A Guyana Defence Force rank, Elton Alfred, who was performing security duties at Air Corps, Timehri was shot on Friday shortly before midnight. According to a press statement from the Guyana Defence...

GPHC services are free

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC services are free

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) says that ‘at no time’ patients should pay for services received by the institute. GPHC was made aware that rumours are being broadcasted that staff...

Only a believer can become a survivor

Nov 13, 2011 KNews Food For Thought Comments Off on Only a believer can become a survivor

What is the most difficult thing in this world? There are many, but when I concentrate, I just beam to the same answer always. The most difficult thing is to have victory over yourself— To win...

Two more win TV, hamper at Ansa McAl draw

Nov 13, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two more win TV, hamper at Ansa McAl draw

Two lucky contestants walked away with one household hamper and flat screen television set after the fourth drawing of the Ansa McAl’s ARIEL Clean Sweep- win a CAR not a cart, promotion yesterday....

Political parties sign on to Elections Code of Conduct

Nov 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Political parties sign on to Elections Code of Conduct

…PPP/C accused of breach hours later Pull Quote: “…the code recognizes, as do you, who will sign it that peace and order, compliance with electoral laws, respect for opponents and the...

Yes its here….GT&T’s Blackberry Service

Nov 12, 2011 KNews News 12

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday launched its Blackberry service and introduced four smart phones, with a boast that even if it was not the first,...

OP releases pensions of former Presidents, First Ladies

Nov 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on OP releases pensions of former Presidents, First Ladies

…ignores Varshnie Jagdeo The Office of the President last evening released the salaries received by Former Presidents and First Ladies amidst swirling controversy over the pension package Mr...

Motorcycle bandits on camera…Cops seek Randy Morris for dredge owner shooting

Nov 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcycle bandits on camera…Cops seek Randy Morris for dredge owner shooting

Police are attempting to locate ex-convict Randy Morris in connection with the shooting last Wednesday of dredge owner Kenneth Anthony Joaquin in West Ruimveldt. Morris is at present before the court...

Kaikan murder/suicide…Man’s suicide note says he killed wife over love affair

Nov 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kaikan murder/suicide…Man’s suicide note says he killed wife over love affair

Police have retrieved a suicide note left by 54-year-old Paul Mortimer which alleged that he killed his 33-year-old wife, Greta King-Mortimer, because she was unfaithful to him. Mortimer, said to be...

APNU SIGNS THE REVISED CODE OF CONDUCT

Nov 12, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU SIGNS THE REVISED CODE OF CONDUCT

History was made yesterday when APNU signed a revised code of conduct drafted by the Guyana Elections Commission. Reports in the media suggest that almost immediately after, APNU accused the ruling...

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Guyana begins installation of first FIFA Arena mini-pitches

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana has moved closer to delivering its first two FIFA Arena mini-pitches, with installation works now underway at Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara, marking a...

Jagdeo’s olive branch may have a snake in the grass

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – At the ‘wake’ of former Leader of the PNCR, Robert Corbin, Bharrat Jagdeo began talking about political cooperation, and the need to move beyond political divisions. But faced with this olive branch, the sensible citizen should reach for a comfortable chair, a strong cup of...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Robert Corbin effect

Oct 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This man’s Robert Herman Orlando Corbin’s handiworks needs a longer, slower look. In dying, it seems that Mr. Corbin is more alive. Certainly, his spirit has taken on a motivating quality, a pervading strength. Who would have believed? I wouldn’t have gone so...

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