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Everyone has an essential right to equality and protection

Jan 04, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Everyone has an essential right to equality and protection

Dear Editor, The United Nations General Assembly voted on December 22 to restore the reference to sexual orientation in a resolution condemning extra judicial extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary...

The charge of treason is becoming notorious

Jan 04, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The charge of treason is becoming notorious

Dear Editor, It appears that the charge of treason is now becoming popular in the land. I read of a Soesdyke trio, Army Officer Bruce Munroe, his wife and a Mr. Wharton, being slapped with treason...

New Year old habits of indiscipline

Jan 04, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on New Year old habits of indiscipline

A new year has dawned but it would seem that old habits persist and that there is increasingly a need for new tactics. Schools re-opened yesterday but rather than the teachers making a positive...

Where was Ralph Ramkarran when my mother died of a broken heart?

Jan 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Where was Ralph Ramkarran when my mother died of a broken heart?

On the last day of 2010, the Kaieteur News letter section had Mr. Ralph Ramkarran saying this of me; “Mr. Glen Lall once told me that Mr. Kissoon gets the largest number of hits on the internet...

Champs to be crowned tonight in battle of the TITANS; Pele vs. Alpha

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Champs to be crowned tonight in battle of the TITANS; Pele vs. Alpha

Sunburst Camptown play Bakewell Topp XX for 3rd Two weeks of intense battles over ten playing days will all come to what is anticipated to be an exhilarating end when the curtains come down on the...

Judge puts DCB’s AGM on hold

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Judge puts DCB’s AGM on hold

Chief Justice Ian Chang has granted an order temporarily prohibiting the holding of the Demerara Cricket Board’s (DCB) Annual General Meeting (AGM) until the hearing and determination of the...

Excitement promised at Dr. Blackman’s birthday 7-a-side football finals tomorrow

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Excitement promised at Dr. Blackman’s birthday 7-a-side football finals tomorrow

Entertainment has been promised for football fans visiting the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground, Bourda tomorrow, Sunday January 2, when coordinator Lennox Arthur will stage the finals of the...

Despite an eventful year, we managed to deliver – Klass

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Despite an eventful year, we managed to deliver – Klass

By Rawle Welch “Yes, I think that last year was an eventful year and more than ever before we were able to manage and deliver all aspects of the sport,” President of the Guyana Football...

Rose needs more administrative support

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rose needs more administrative support

By Edison Jefford The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) brushed off some hiccups in the first year of the new administration to place basketball in the City on a relatively smooth path...

GMR&SC managed to achieve all its goals

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC managed to achieve all its goals

– Performed beyond expectations By Rawle Welch President of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Raj Boodhoo speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday reported that the entity...

All roads lead to Rising Sun Turf Club tomorrow

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on All roads lead to Rising Sun Turf Club tomorrow

Samuel Whyte All roads lead to the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast Berbice, tomorrow, Sunday, January 2, 2011, that’s the date and venue for the big end of season one day horserace...

“Hopefully, everything will be better in 2011”

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on “Hopefully, everything will be better in 2011”

By Colin E. H. Croft Hey, do not hold me accountable, but I can promise, right now, that 2011 will be better than all that has transpired in 2010. It must be. There is always hope for the future,...

2010 described as a success – Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony

Jan 01, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on 2010 described as a success – Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony

By Franklin Wilson Honorable Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony has described the past year {2010} as being quite successful for Guyana. The Minister took the opportunity to rap...

We must have a hand in transforming the future that awaits us in 2011

Jan 01, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We must have a hand in transforming the future that awaits us in 2011

From Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Chairman and Presidential Candidate (2011) My Fellow Guyanese, May this new year, 2011, bring to all of us the happiness and prosperity we seek in this fair, green land of...

Guyaneseness

Jan 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Guyaneseness

[This article, first published five years ago, becomes relevant in this year of general elections.] One of the most poignant and persistent cries heard around Guyana – especially around elections...

Domestic Violence: The 2011 Agenda

Jan 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Domestic Violence: The 2011 Agenda

I cannot help but joyfully note that articles in the newspapers about domestic violence cases are substantially lower. Compared to the situation six months ago, when there seemed to be an article...

2011: TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND

Jan 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 2011: TIME TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND

By Sir Ronald Sanders At the end of the first decade of the 21st Century, I wrote with a profound sense of disappointment that it was a “lost decade” for the Caribbean Community and Common Market...

Two poems from Cicely Rodway’s Facing the Wind

Jan 01, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on Two poems from Cicely Rodway’s Facing the Wind

THE ARTS FORUM, in recognition of the “International Year of People of African Descent”, as designated by the United Nations, presents two poems by Cicely Rodway from her book Facing the Wind...

There are many unacceptable elements in Mr. Maxwell’s presentation

Jan 01, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on There are many unacceptable elements in Mr. Maxwell’s presentation

Dear Editor, Every so often one comes upon a letter that is so ill-conceived and littered with misconceptions that one can only ascribe untoward designs to its author. Yet, notwithstanding their...

Searching for the next Head of State of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

Jan 01, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Searching for the next Head of State of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

Dear Editor, I support the main idea in Dr H. Jeffrey’s letter: “Political parties should choose leaders who are able to build bridges across communities” (SN 18-12-10). This urgent and most...

Govt.’s reliance on taped recordings in prosecuting and persecuting Guyanese is phenomenal

Jan 01, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Govt.’s reliance on taped recordings in prosecuting and persecuting Guyanese is phenomenal

Dear Editor, In the wake of the 2002-2004 crime sprees, President Bharrat Jagdeo promised to release a copy of a videotaped recording showing ‘certain opposition politicians’ cavorting with...

Hope in a New Year

Jan 01, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Hope in a New Year

It’s a wonderful tradition, this commemoration of a “new year”. Apart from acknowledging the passage of time, it makes us believe that whatever may have gone wrong in the past year, whatever...

Housing Ministry draws down US$33.5M in two weeks

Dec 31, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry draws down US$33.5M in two weeks

“Minister Ali obviously doesn’t feel this House deserve details…should have had project profiles…clearly he has no regard for this house.” – Corbin By Gary Eleazar The...

Bandits unearth $4M while ransacking Alberttown house

Dec 31, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bandits unearth $4M while ransacking Alberttown house

Bandits meticulously combed an Alberttown house to unearth a whopping $4M in the latest armed robbery to hit the capital city. The bandits, who were carrying two guns and a knife, had attacked the...

GAWU lashes out at Agri Minister

Dec 31, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GAWU lashes out at Agri Minister

– asks if “turn-around plan” is being turned around The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has lashed out at the Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud over his comments on...

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Workers should not settle for ‘leff-leff’

May 02, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Imagine inviting everyone to dinner and then allowing only the wealthiest guests to eat, while the rest are encouraged to admire the cutlery and wait patiently for “future dining opportunities.” Now, I am told that in Guyana, the government has invited Expressions of...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

A minister, a head doctor, commended and celebrated

May 02, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It’s a long-held mantra. The best policies and best procedures are nothing, if there are no people with the required energy, care, and ethos to breathe life into them. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, made his moves, proved me right. He engaged,...

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