February 2015

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Book Review… History that echoes today

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… History that echoes today

Book: Labour And The Decolonization Struggle In Trinidad and Tobago Author: Jerome Teelucksingh Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Jerome Teelucksingh, known for his eclectic literary work, has always...

The lumber exporter’s strange abduction

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The lumber exporter’s strange abduction

– What kind of kidnappers would turn down $30M? By Michael Jordan Maybe it was because he wasn’t well known. Maybe it was because it happened on the same day that the cambio dealer with...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

It was a sad day when a car carrying a teacher and six students plunged overboard. Indeed, this was foretold but not in detail. There was talk about the car accident. It is always sad when young...

Friday’s tragedy rekindled some horrible memories

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Friday’s tragedy rekindled some horrible memories

There is a saying that life is hard, but sweet, and I always say that I have only one life. I cherish what I have and I do take life seriously. That is why I cannot understand how someone can snuff...

St Kitts-Nevis election fiasco: symptom of a bigger problem

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on St Kitts-Nevis election fiasco: symptom of a bigger problem

By Sir Ronald Sanders Concern was rightly raised over the failure of the Supervisor of Elections in St Kitts-Nevis, Wingrove George, to declare the results of the February 16 general elections until...

Short trips to the U.S. and long trips abroad terminate Permanent Resident status

Feb 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Short trips to the U.S. and long trips abroad terminate Permanent Resident status

ImmigrationINFO: Immigration News For Our Community By Attorney Gail Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com The United States Court of Appeals issued a ruling that should send a strong message to lawful...

A very interesting conversation

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A very interesting conversation

Yesterday I saw a man reading that day’s edition of the Kaieteur News. His attention was fixed on a headline that read “Guyana dying under the PPP- APNU-AFC. I asked him what he thought about the...

Better together

Feb 22, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Better together

David Granger, Leader of APNU and Khemraj Ramjattan, Leader of the Alliance For Change made political history when they signed the Cummingsburg Accord on 14th February. This follows their parties’...

The Story Within The Story…The Impact of Social Media, Youth and Issues on May 11

Feb 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…The Impact of Social Media, Youth and Issues on May 11

By Leonard Gildarie As a journalist, it has always been at the back of my head to shy away from discussing politics in an open forum. As part of the so-called Fourth Estate, and watchdogs of...

Thousands of cars, same old roadways

Feb 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Thousands of cars, same old roadways

By Sunita Samaroo Guyana has undergone a metamorphosis in the transportation sector, from battles over limited public transportation a few decades ago to the now daily bumper-to-bumper trudge to get...

The AFC is committed to developing Guyana’s manufacturing sector

Feb 22, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The AFC is committed to developing Guyana’s manufacturing sector

By Dominic Gaskin For the last two decades, there has been no real commitment on the part of Government to develop a competitive manufacturing industry in Guyana. The PPP-C Government simply lacks...

Bloody Gold: the lives and deaths of miners in Guyana

Feb 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bloody Gold: the lives and deaths of miners in Guyana

By Desilon Daniels They toil away, day in and day out; sweat drips into their eyes, mosquitoes buzz around their heads, their arms bulge with muscle. “It is worth it,” they say, “The gold is...

‘Jim Crow’ and Dr. Eliza Greer

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on ‘Jim Crow’ and Dr. Eliza Greer

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis Nichols Some social scientists have been accused of dwelling too much on the vagaries of the ‘human...

The Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)

The Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) is a small heron, the smallest member of the Ardeidae family found in the Americas. It is one of the smallest herons in the world, with perhaps only...

Dr Zulfikar Bux shares ‘remedies for the flu’

Feb 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dr Zulfikar Bux shares ‘remedies for the flu’

The “flu”, or influenza as it better known, is certainly not an eagerly anticipated episode in one’s life. It is a few days of debilitating illness which can leave you bed-ridden or in rare...

Pertinence of wide-ranging rehab for ex-offenders reiterated

Feb 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pertinence of wide-ranging rehab for ex-offenders reiterated

By Zena Henry “For six years now I have been suggesting to the Guyana Government that they should set up a post-release programme for ex-offenders. I have been very instrumental in setting one of...

Diabetes and High Blood Pressure: health challenges that must be taken seriously

Feb 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetes and High Blood Pressure: health challenges that must be taken seriously

(From the desk of the Vector Control Director, Dr Reyaud Rahman) Our country has many problems which we can solve and some which will be solved over time. Notable among these problems is that of...

POLICE REFORM….A VIEWPOINT

Feb 22, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on POLICE REFORM….A VIEWPOINT

(Cont’d from last week…) By Dale Andrews RESISTANCE BY RANK-AND-FILE OFFICERS Rhetoric by public officials and activists for policing reforms are often dismissed by detractors as political...

This is the voice of a rabid rabble-rouser or a bitter, dissatisfied person

Feb 22, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is the voice of a rabid rabble-rouser or a bitter, dissatisfied person

DEAR EDITOR, In an article captioned “An exception to the general rule” (Wed 18 Feb) Peeping Tom becomes very defensive and claims that I (Tues 17 Feb) had either misrepresented or misunderstood...

Teacher and six pupils drown

Feb 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher and six pupils drown

– after car overturns in canal A children’s pre-Mashramani event at Mahaicony, ended in tragedy after a teacher and six of her pupils drowned when the car they were in veered off the Burma...

Toshao who refused Ramotar’s entry to village, held for rape

Feb 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Toshao who refused Ramotar’s entry to village, held for rape

Mark George, the Toshao who barred President Donald Ramotar from entering Moco Moco, North Rupununi on Monday last, was held yesterday by police over allegations of rape. The Guyana Police Force...

Guyana is dying under the PPP-APNU-AFC

Feb 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana is dying under the PPP-APNU-AFC

Recently, several critics have been questioning the relevance and necessity of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) entering into a pre-election coalition at this...

Judicial Service Commission sends two magistrates packing

Feb 21, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Judicial Service Commission sends two magistrates packing

By Abena Rockcliffe The relatively new Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has issued dismissal letters to two Magistrates—Geeta Chandan-Edmond and Chandra Sohan. Sources close to the Commission...

Donald tun a copy cat

Feb 21, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Donald tun a copy cat

When children small dem does look to big people to learn certain things. That is why some li’l children does end up playing mommy and daddy and dolly house. Big people does only copy one another...

Rugby dominates as Cassie George claims double NSC awards

Feb 21, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rugby dominates as Cassie George claims double NSC awards

Permaul and Yaw are respective sportsmen of the year Following hours of intense deliberations by several editors of news organs and other influential personalities, middle distance athlete, Cassie...

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FIFA bans former GFF General Secretary Ian Alves over sexual...

May 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has been banned from all football-related activities for five years after the world...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One such phrase “the resource curse.” It has the sound of intellectualism. But before we surrender to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. Never Essequibo, so help me God. Noble, stirring words. Indeed, soaring, lofty convictions,...

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