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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...

Gayle onslaught powers WI to victory

Jan 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayle onslaught powers WI to victory

South Africa v West Indies, 1st T20, Cape Town yesterday … ESPNcricinfo – Clive Lloyd complained recently that T20 cricket had “messed up” West Indies but whatever the ills of the...

Another plane damaged while landing on Hinterland airstrip

Jan 10, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Another plane damaged while landing on Hinterland airstrip

Passengers on a Trans Guyana Airways flight are thanking their lucky stars after poor weather caused the plane to land hard at the Matthews Ridge airstrip in Region One. The plane, according to Kit...

Min. Westford is Patron of Silver Jubilee Anniversary Celebrations

Jan 10, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Min. Westford is Patron of Silver Jubilee Anniversary Celebrations

RHTY&SC, A success story 25 years and counting… Guyana’s leading youth and sport organization, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) with an unmatched record when it...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL… Untouched Warriors face marauding Patriots...

Sep 06, 2026

By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – Riding high on their unbeaten streak this season, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will now look to preserve this mini-run at Providence following a comprehensive win...

Recalling the disaster of Jagdeo’s personal summitry

Sep 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Ray Chickrie’s latest letter, published in the Kaieteur News of September 1, 2026, is an interesting exercise that should trigger a recollection of the failure of Bharrat Jagdeo’s ‘personal summitry’. His letter dealt with Guyana’s surging Middle Eastern relations. In...

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...

When the political shelters in the biblical

Sep 06, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – In recent times, Guyanese have been eyewitnesses to the extraordinary. The political reaches for a connection to the biblical. Many are likely to see that as offensive, corrosive, and more of the abusive. Desperation is preferred. Swinging in the wind...

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