February 2012

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Back to Reality

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Back to Reality

The Mashramani bonhomie did not last long. The sweat had barely dried from their exertions to commemorate the founding of our republic, when the government and opposition returned to the reality of...

Woman, teen daughter busted in undercover drug sting

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, teen daughter busted in undercover drug sting

Two women were on Friday remanded to jail after pleading not guilty to allegedly selling four grams of marijuana to an undercover policeman and reportedly having a further 210 grams of...

GPL to pay US$100 million a year for hydro power – IMF staff report

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GPL to pay US$100 million a year for hydro power – IMF staff report

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) would have to pay US$100 million annually for electricity generated from Amaila Falls, a staff report by the International Monetary Fund...

Over laden trucks destroy Manari bridge

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Over laden trucks destroy Manari bridge

The lax enforcement of weight restrictions of vehicles traversing Linden to Lethem is once again being criticized by road users. This comes in light of an overloaded truck toppling over the damaged...

Management of our natural resources for national development

Feb 26, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Management of our natural resources for national development

By Khemraj Ramjattan Recently, Hon. Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Mr. Robert Persaud, invited all stakeholders nationally, to contribute to and be updated on the...

Cari-Crisis… again

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cari-Crisis… again

By Norman Girvan “Crisis” is one of those words that is used so much that it has practically lost its meaning. And if there were a competition among regional organisations on which was...

New GGMC Board…Workers clash with new Ministry over ejection of union rep

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New GGMC Board…Workers clash with new Ministry over ejection of union rep

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) are heading for a showdown with the recently established Ministry over the ejection...

The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) was sometimes previously known as Man O’War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds. It is...

Dentex warned to refrain from illegal practices

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dentex warned to refrain from illegal practices

–As 10 join the public health sector Equipped with the knowledge and skills to help bolster the dental health service delivered by the Ministry of Health, 10 Dentex were on Friday duly...

GRA announces two-day wait for driver’s licences

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRA announces two-day wait for driver’s licences

– computerised ones for introduction later this year Pending the introduction of a computerised system for drivers’ licences later this year, authorities have introduced...

The women in the Henry Greene vortex

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The women in the Henry Greene vortex

Without pronouncing on the forceful sex allegation in the Henry Greene episode, one thing is absolutely factual; Greene had sex with a woman, the act when examined against the background of why the...

Top Cop should resign or be fired – Transparency Institute

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop should resign or be fired – Transparency Institute

Police Commissioner Henry Greene should resign immediately or be fired by the government, the Transparency Institute of Guyana said yesterday following an admission by Mr Greene that he had...

The child killer that ‘David’ possessed

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The child killer that ‘David’ possessed

… a nondescript-looking labourer terrorised the nation for 14 years By Michael Jordan “Headless corpse of boy found…sixth missing boy murdered…round-the-clock hunt for child...

The past week saw two significant anniversaries

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The past week saw two significant anniversaries

The past week marked the anniversary of some events that many simply ignored. There were those who were unaware of these things because they were not yet born and because their parents could not take...

RETURN TAKUBA LODGE TO ITS ORIGINAL OWNERS

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RETURN TAKUBA LODGE TO ITS ORIGINAL OWNERS

After the PPP won the 1992 elections, in the interest of peace, it refused to examine some of the terrible abuses that were committed during the previous twenty-eight years. A great...

What we want to be: Equality

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on What we want to be: Equality

Our modern history can be seen as a quest for equality. The irony is that even before the British decamped in 1966, the struggle had shifted from one against the unequal colonial order, to one...

Help and Shelter receives donation from Scotiabank

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Help and Shelter receives donation from Scotiabank

Staff of Scotiabank’s Credit Department on Friday, last, made a timely donation to Help and Shelter located on Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown. The items consisted of clothing for both adults...

Imagine a leader leading

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Imagine a leader leading

By Sir Ronald Sanders Imagine if a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Head of Government were to say boldly the following truths, however inconvenient they may be to other Heads of Governments: •...

READING THE WINE OF ASTONISHMENT

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on READING THE WINE OF ASTONISHMENT

By Ameena Gafoor Much scholarly work has been written on the social history of the West Indies but it is in the creative writings of its novelists, its poets and dramatists that the central...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 26, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

When the criminal hears of a major sporting event he wants to be there in all his glory, so he tries to effect a series of robberies to raise money for his entertainment. This is increasingly...

Man accused of Dread Shop washroom robbery

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of Dread Shop washroom robbery

A man who used an ice pick to rob a customer in the bathroom of the Dread Shop restaurant was on Friday remanded to jail by Magistrate Allan Wilson on an armed robbery charge....

Burglars raid Diamond Scheme home on Mash Day

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Burglars raid Diamond Scheme home on Mash Day

A Diamond Housing Scheme family is now frustrated after a Mash Day burglary at their home left them with over $400,000 in losses. Reports are that Dexter Joseph, his wife and two children left...

Another woman enters the second century of her life

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another woman enters the second century of her life

Rehana Ashley Ahamad There is nothing that warms the heart more than a good old family reunion. Especially when you are 100 years old and have countless relatives and close friends whom...

Tiger Bay bandit caught hiding under bed

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Tiger Bay bandit caught hiding under bed

Police yesterday captured a young Tiger Bay resident whom they are convinced is responsible for several armed robberies in the area. The man was nabbed under a bed in an apartment in Rosemary...

Bandit nabbed after robbing fisherman of day’s earnings

Feb 26, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit nabbed after robbing fisherman of day’s earnings

A fisherman was robbed all of his day’s sales while making his way home yesterday morning. Salim Khan, 42, of Friends Village, East Bank Berbice said that he was riding home on...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. SKL (Kaieteur News) – Two mind-boggling spells from spin wizard Imran Tahir, who put on a magic show for his 5-fer, backed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 3 wickets on...

When someone we love is taken from us

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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