March 10, 2013

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An unquestionable flair for creativity…Lilowtie Bhookmohan is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on An unquestionable flair for creativity…Lilowtie Bhookmohan is a ‘Special Person’

Doing craftwork takes a lot of patience, but I suppose when you enjoy it, you do not find it hard. This work relaxes you…it’s a good form of relaxation.” By Leon Suseran Lilowtie...

The Baccoo Speaks

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

When people talk about bad luck they are merely trying to explain that which they cannot understand. For example, when a fire strikes, then people would look for a reason. They cannot...

The Caribbean after Chavez

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Caribbean after Chavez

By Sir Ronald Sanders Seventeen countries of the Caribbean face a heightened period of economic uncertainty now that Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has died. Twelve of the 17 Caribbean...

Corporal Punishment?

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Corporal Punishment?

The Parliamentary Special Select Committee tasked with undertaking consultations on the abolishment of the death penalty and corporal punishment, and with decriminalising of lesbian,...

Linden and the Ogden tables

Mar 10, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Linden and the Ogden tables

It was a strange coincidence that the Report of the Linden Commission of Inquiry was presented to President Donald Ramotar on 28th February, exactly 14 days after Michael Ogden died on 14th February...

OPPOSITION INPUT IN THE BUDGET IS A GOODWILL GESTURE

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on OPPOSITION INPUT IN THE BUDGET IS A GOODWILL GESTURE

If both the opposition and the government understood where each other was coming from, it would reduce the level of political antagonism between the two sides. The political temperature is...

Life begins for my 50-year-old friend

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Life begins for my 50-year-old friend

It is often said that when you see people getting on in years, always put yourself in that person’s position. However, life is such that nobody can envisage getting old. Unless some...

The market vendor murders

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The market vendor murders

By Michael Jordan Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that these two cases are connected. But some would say that it must be more than coincidence that two men, with pretty much the same...

Are white people superior to non-whites? Is it in the genes?

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Are white people superior to non-whites? Is it in the genes?

An incident occurred at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) last Wednesday, details of which will be given below, that has caused me to reflect on a subject that the world’s greatest scientists are...

The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)

Wild boar, also known as wild pig, (Sus scrofa) is a species of the pig genus Sus, part of the biological family Suidae. The species includes many subspecies. It is the wild ancestor of...

Book Review: 90 Days of Violence by Lyndon Baptiste

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review: 90 Days of Violence by Lyndon Baptiste

Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Art Imitates Life in Caribbean Drama Lyndon Baptiste’s 90 Day of Violence takes readers down a path of human depravity. Violence erupts with dizzying sadism that...

Celebrating the Women of Guyana!

Mar 10, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Celebrating the Women of Guyana!

By Cathy Hughes, M.P. As we celebrated “International Women’s Day 2013″ I stood proud of the many achievements the women of Guyana have made to our country for decades. Guyana’s rich...

Note-taking judges have attention of the National Assembly

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Note-taking judges have attention of the National Assembly

The conditions under which Judges and Magistrates are working have attracted some attention again. This time, one Member of Parliament (MP) is asking government for a time frame when...

Hindus to observe Maha Shiv Raatri today

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hindus to observe Maha Shiv Raatri today

The Hindu community will today be observing the festival of Maha Shiv Raatri. Maha Shiv Raatri is said to be a deeply spiritual occasion for Hindus. The occasion is being celebrated on...

NGOs protest lack of implementation of the Sexual Offences Act

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NGOs protest lack of implementation of the Sexual Offences Act

In observance of International Women’s Day on Friday, representatives from several of the local Non Governmental Organizations, gathered in front of the Office of the President on Vlissingen Road...

Sunday Cartoon

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

49,298 illegal connections removed over a five-year period-GPL

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 49,298 illegal connections removed over a five-year period-GPL

By Rabindra Rooplall The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has intensified its campaign against electricity theft, countrywide as fines and imprisonment have been cited as an issue for...

Right to Public Services

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Right to Public Services

India has an unenviable reputation for sloth and corruption in the delivery of government service. The term ‘red-tape’ might have been invented by the bureaucrats in England but it was taken to...

Online UG courses, revamp of NIS, among plans in 2013 budget- Ramotar

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Online UG courses, revamp of NIS, among plans in 2013 budget- Ramotar

By Leon Suseran Revamping the cash- strapped National Insurance Scheme (NIS); re-launching Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CR&MA); online courses for the University of Guyana (UG) and...

The Linden Technical Institute, a fixture

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The Linden Technical Institute, a fixture

By Enid Joaquin Since its establishment in May 1958 the Linden Technical Institute, formerly the Demba Trades School, has remained one of those inexorable fixtures of the landscape of...

Colleague stabs boat captain

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Colleague stabs boat captain

An argument between two boat captions plying trade from between the Vreed-en-Hoop and Stabroek Market wharf ended in a brutal fashion on Friday with one of them nursing three stab wounds to...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community

Mar 10, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community

Common Visa Questions Attorney Gail Seeram The United States issues various non-immigrant and immigrant visas granting permission for applicants to enter the United States. A visa does not...

Too many days at a time

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Too many days at a time

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry. Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday, with its mistakes and cares,...

About Cheddi Jagan’s legacy

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on About Cheddi Jagan’s legacy

Dear Editor, The dictionary I use defines ‘legacy’ as ‘Thing handed down to a successor’. Cheddi Jagan certainly did not hand down the idea of corruption, dishonesty and racism to...

Things have been wrong for so long that what is right now seems wrong

Mar 10, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Things have been wrong for so long that what is right now seems wrong

Dear Editor, It is with grave concern about what passes as logic or logical thinking in what I consider as a decadent Guyanese society that I have decided to submit this letter for your publication....

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ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League Launches “Super We”

May 31, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyana’s landmark global sports event, the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL), will be celebrating cricket’s central role in Guyanese culture with the “Super...

The art of the scapegoat

May 31, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Imagine poor John (not his real name). John gets a good job. Not a rich man’s job, mind you, but a decent one. The kind that allows him to finally move out of rented accommodation and build a little stability for his family. The bank sees his appointment letter and offers...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

May 31, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

Sluggish Integrity Commission filers

May 31, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK LALL (Kaieteur News) – It is a big number, those 231 Guyanese public officials who failed to file the required declaration of their assets before the Integrity Commission. The men and women whose names have been published by the Commission cover many spaces, high places. ...

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