January 2015

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ECB extends congratulations to Paul

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECB extends congratulations to Paul

Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) has extended congratulations to all-rounder Keemo Paul on his selection to the West Indies U-19 team for the upcoming NAGICO Super 50 tournament which will be played in...

Book Review…Study reveals alarming facts on AIDS

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…Study reveals alarming facts on AIDS

Book: HIV&AIDS: Knowledge and Stigma in Guyana Author: Prem Misir Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby A 2011 report by AVERT (Averting HIV and AIDS) painted a sobering picture of the impact of...

APNU halts protests for Local Government Elections – Granger

Jan 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on APNU halts protests for Local Government Elections – Granger

The main opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity, (APNU) will not be continuing its countrywide protest in calls for Local Government Elections, (LGE) this year. This disclosure was...

Tying new media to the political and democratic process; empowering society

Jan 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tying new media to the political and democratic process; empowering society

The use of the computer, internet, mobile phones and other communication modes appears to be increasing dramatically. This has implications for the empowerment of citizens, their participation in...

Lessons from Guyana and Norway

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Lessons from Guyana and Norway

By Sir Ronald Sanders Forests are crucially important to climate change. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), “they have the potential to absorb about one-tenth of global...

Put a demand on your potential

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Put a demand on your potential

When I was a little boy growing up, our next door neighbors had a big German shepherd dog in their backyard. Even though their yard was fenced off, they always kept the dog on a leash. One day when I...

When we try to stifle the views of others

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on When we try to stifle the views of others

As a reporter one is confronted with many things, especially when one is researching topics. Another aspect of the life of a reporter is the obsession with reading all the news. Sometimes, as...

No respect for Indigenous people

Jan 11, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on No respect for Indigenous people

Guyana has been relegated to the highest level of political excesses, intolerance and disrespect. Never before in all our history as an independent nation have we experienced such decline, and many...

Save gold, save the country

Jan 11, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Save gold, save the country

The development of the hinterland is inextricably linked to the fate of the gold industry. This has been axiomatic for the past century and a quarter and will be so in the short- and middle-term...

Sunday Cartoon

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

An insight into Bisram’s real agenda

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An insight into Bisram’s real agenda

Dear Editor, I see that Mr. Vishnu Bisram is engaged in his latest blitz in the letter columns and says the following of himself “ I am a person of integrity adhering to journalistic ethics…”...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

In the coming days the power company is going to unveil some electricity thieves, some of them people who have enough money to buy the power company. The society is going to conclude that if the rich...

141 cases filed against employers in 2014 – Labour Ministry

Jan 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 141 cases filed against employers in 2014 – Labour Ministry

A total of 141 prosecution cases were filed last year against 57 employers, while 362 charges were instituted against the delinquent employers. Some 38 prosecution cases were closed in 2014, while...

Starry, starry skies: The people I lost in 2014

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Starry, starry skies: The people I lost in 2014

Any philosophy student will tell you that after digesting so much of the philosophers, you don’t fall when death visits. You know death is reality. You know death is part of the Human Condition....

Granger is competent but the regional chairman is leading him

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger is competent but the regional chairman is leading him

Dear Editor, In a much earlier blog on Facebook I called on David Granger to travel into the hotbed of Linden and address the internecine squabbling within the Linden constituency. Linden remains the...

Vector Control achievements of 2014 and sustaining gains in 2015

Jan 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Vector Control achievements of 2014 and sustaining gains in 2015

(From the Desk of the Vector Control Services Director, Dr. Reyaud Rahman) Although some sections of the country might be impassable, it certainly isn’t reason enough for the Vector Control...

“West Indies battles on – regardless!”

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on “West Indies battles on – regardless!”

Colin E. H. Croft At the time of writing this article forty eight hours ago, eleven of the scheduled fourteen national squads for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 had been declared. West Indies’ squad...

Indigenous people’s tolerance for intolerance

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Indigenous people’s tolerance for intolerance

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis Nichols For this year, 2015, I will attempt to let my countryman stories have a more philosophical...

Young pandit follows family tradition

Jan 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Young pandit follows family tradition

Pandit Avinash Deodhari Sharma has not lost his baby features completely. In fact, the young Pandit looks more like a schoolboy which makes it even harder for one to fully appreciate that indeed he...

WHERE IS YOUR TINT PERMIT?

Jan 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE IS YOUR TINT PERMIT?

Following a spate of robberies in which heavily-tinted vehicles were used by the bandits, the police have indicated that they will be taking action against vehicles with illegal tints. Before the...

Attack on press freedom…Glaring similarities between Paris magazine and Kaieteur News -Dr. Thomas

Jan 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Attack on press freedom…Glaring similarities between Paris magazine and Kaieteur News -Dr. Thomas

– Says shame has government in denial Executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Professor emeritus, Clive Thomas, has said that there is a striking but scary resemblance...

Paris massacre…Executioners’ run comes to a bloody end

Jan 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Paris massacre…Executioners’ run comes to a bloody end

(Daily Mail) Three Islamic jihadists were dead last night after Special Forces brought an end to more than two days of slaughter which have left at least 17 dead and spread terror across France. Said...

$3.6B Hope Canal Project never necessary Dr. Roopnaraine

Jan 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $3.6B Hope Canal Project never necessary Dr. Roopnaraine

While there exists, currently, some degree of confusion surrounding the possible cost over runs for the $3.6B Hope Canal Project on government’s part, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)’s...

India bestows Ramotar with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

Jan 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on India bestows Ramotar with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

President Donald Ramotar received the prestigious “Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award”, yesterday. This honour is bestowed on individuals of exceptional merit, and is in appreciation of their roles...

Jagdeo holding de boss man hand

Jan 10, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo holding de boss man hand

Old Year’s Night is when a lot of people have fun or choose to welcome de new year in different ways. Some does go to church, some use to go to church, like Brassington, but nuff people does choose...

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Rivas’ winner sends GIA into Quarters as Tucville, Leonora Primary...

Oct 11, 2026

– Courts Pee Wee U11 Football tournament moves to quarterfinals phase (Kaieteur News) – Georgetown International Academy (GIA) and defending champions Leonora Primary continued their...

No more plundering, no more exploitation

Oct 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Rev. Jim Jones, who led more than 900 Americans to their deaths in a mass murder-suicide in Guyana in 1978, had a sign behind his throne that read: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” That warning is particularly relevant to Guyana today. We...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

MV Barima COI in ICU

Oct 11, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I want to give the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI) the space of grace. How can I (any Guyanese)? Check its origins. Revisit some of its personnel. Chair Smith said that the COI will follow the evidence to hell and back. It’s hoped that he...

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