December 2014

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Maxwell needs to explain his conflicting positions on the Constitution

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maxwell needs to explain his conflicting positions on the Constitution

Dear Editor, Reference is made to M. Maxwell, “The 1980 constitution was not developed by the people,” Stabroek News, 5 December, 2014. For someone who said that he is no constitutional expert or...

Sunday Cartoon

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

In the memory of Martin Carter by Rev.Gideon Cecil

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on In the memory of Martin Carter by Rev.Gideon Cecil

Dear Editor, As we commemorate another death anniversary of our late National Poet Martin Carter, I believe his poetry should be taught in our schools and private education institutions in our...

From the Diaspora…THEY WERE RAPED AS CHILDREN, “RAPED”AGAIN BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…THEY WERE RAPED AS CHILDREN, “RAPED”AGAIN BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

By Ralph Seeram Last week I wrote about sexual assaults on woman in Guyana and the response from readers as well as from social media was overwhelming particularly from women. Many shared their...

Becoming Immovable

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Becoming Immovable

I have this plant in my yard called a Bougainvillea. When I first got it, I put it in a pot and set it in the flower bed so that it could be watered with the rest of the plants when the sprinklers...

The Marriott Hotel financial deals are way over the President’s head

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Marriott Hotel financial deals are way over the President’s head

Dear Editor, We refer to a new item in one of the PPP news outfits captioned “Marriot Hotel not pawned in response to the excellent article by the Kaiteur News captioned “Brassington pawns...

The idiotic, ignorant, pathetic nonsense of Minister Ashni Singh

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The idiotic, ignorant, pathetic nonsense of Minister Ashni Singh

The High Commissioner of one of the top economies and democracies of the world must have cringed in her chair when she heard the most appalling idiocy that came out of the mouth of the Minister of...

A new day with new constitutional arrangements

Dec 07, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A new day with new constitutional arrangements

By Nigel Hughes The recent actions of the President when he prorogued the National Assembly once again brought into sharp focus the powers of the President under the current Constitution, the...

One lie always attracts another

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on One lie always attracts another

Ever since I was growing up I was taught that honesty is the best policy. Not much later someone taught me that if you tell a lie you will have to tell many others, because a lie always attracts...

Alcohol Abuse – a challenge to health care

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alcohol Abuse – a challenge to health care

(From the Desk of Dr Reyaud Rahman, Director of Vector Control Services) While as Vector Control Director my mission is always focused on working to thwart the negative impact of vector-borne...

Drop in fuel prices benefits airlines, not passengers

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Drop in fuel prices benefits airlines, not passengers

By Sir Ronald Sanders Oil prices have hit a five-year low of US$67.50 a barrel. This should have been a godsend for the global tourism industry, because the cost of air travel should have...

The Pudú

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Pudú

The pudús (Mapudungun püdü or püdu, Spanish: pudú) are two subspecies of South American deer from the genus Pudu, and are the world’s smallest deer. The name is a loan word from Mapudungun,...

Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community… Republicans vote against Obama’s Immigration Order

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community… Republicans vote against Obama’s Immigration Order

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram On December 4, 2014, in a symbolic vote, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-197 in opposition of President Obama’s Immigration Order that...

PROROGATION HAS NOT FAILED

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PROROGATION HAS NOT FAILED

Prorogation has not failed; it continues to succeed. It was the PPPC that instituted prorogation, and the PPPC has achieved its objective in proroguing parliament. The real purpose of prorogation was...

Book Review…Journeying through the world of mental illness

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Book Review…Journeying through the world of mental illness

Book: Sailing on Broken Pieces: Essential Survival Skills for Recovery from Mental Illness Author: Gary Rhule Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Gary Rhule is a physician by profession. But through this...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

People are always amazed when people stick to the script that the Baccoo unveils. The fact is that fate is unchanging. Take the case of the man who will be going about his business when two men will...

Having high cholesterol will not cause symptoms

Dec 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Having high cholesterol will not cause symptoms

– Dr Zulfikar Bux explains why Too often I’m visited by patients who complain of feeling unwell and associate their symptoms with having a high cholesterol level. There are even times where...

A strange killing at Camp Jaguar

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A strange killing at Camp Jaguar

– David La Rose was certain that his son’s death was no suicide…and he would not rest until he had exposed his killer. By Michael Jordan On April 11, 1995, the sound of a gunshot...

A primal, only-in-Guyana Creek Excursion

Dec 07, 2014 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A primal, only-in-Guyana Creek Excursion

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective – PART 2 By Dennis A. Nichols The night wears on. Apart from the flickering fire, nothing pierces the darkness...

Lies, damned lies and race…The PPP’s dirtiest elections campaign ever

Dec 07, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lies, damned lies and race…The PPP’s dirtiest elections campaign ever

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is desperate. Donald Ramotar’s troubled, three-year presidency has been a governmental catastrophe. The PPP’s provocative prorogation of parliament has...

Call elections and let’s get on with it- Ramjattan dares President

Dec 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Call elections and let’s get on with it- Ramjattan dares President

Call elections and let’s get on with it, is the exhortation of Alliance for Change Leader (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, who yesterday preempted Head of State Donald Ramotar’s, awaited address to the...

OAS, Commonwealth indicate willingness to intervene in political crisis – House Speaker

Dec 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on OAS, Commonwealth indicate willingness to intervene in political crisis – House Speaker

By Abena Rockcliffe As Regional and International bodies continue to pay keen attention to the politics of Guyana, House Speaker, Raphael Trotman told Kaieteur News that The Commonwealth of Nations...

Businessman gets 66 years for murder over “fowl cock”

Dec 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman gets 66 years for murder over “fowl cock”

Amidst tears, relatives of the businessman implicated in the “fowl cock” row which led to the death of a 38-year-old Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara resident, listened in dismay yesterday as he was...

$1B Revised Laws of Guyana…CARICOM expert retained to correct deficiencies

Dec 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on $1B Revised Laws of Guyana…CARICOM expert retained to correct deficiencies

Months after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to revise the laws of Guyana, Government is getting help from a CARICOM specialist to correct deficiencies. The project to revise the laws was...

Brassington attempts to take out US$27M debenture on Marriott

Dec 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington attempts to take out US$27M debenture on Marriott

…attracts immediate court action seeking injunction Litigation continues to pile up against Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI), this time with A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Desmond Trotman...

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How should I schedule my day?

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Deep in the Himalayas, I once visited a Hindu guru and asked him, “Guru, how should I schedule my day?” He looked at me for a moment, smiled, and asked, “What is it that you want to schedule?” “My day,” I replied. “I want to organise my time better. There is so...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

The Donny and Delcy show

Sep 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What to make of this America-Venezuela oil deal, this best in history? First, it’s best to put the 65 billion barrels of heavy crude in its proper place. It’s the Donny and Delcy Gong Show. A quarter of Venezuela’s premier national treasure, a concealed deal, a very...

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