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Brazen bandit attacks Ice house

Dec 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Brazen bandit attacks Ice house

A lone gunman attacked and robbed the cashier of Demerara Ice Company Ltd,, located in Cactus Street, West Ruimveldt of an undisclosed sum yesterday. According to the cashier, a man dressed in a...

Jagdeo upset at ‘junk economics’ report

Dec 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo upset at ‘junk economics’ report

– accuses Rainforest Foundation UK of “nit picking” Angered by a report which suggested that the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) is based on advice that could be described as ‘junk...

David Granger secures Region Four nomination

Dec 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on David Granger secures Region Four nomination

…likely PNCR candidate for 2011 elections Retired Brigadier General David Granger has secured the nomination for the Presidential Candidacy from Region Four and has formally accepted the...

Providence Court to be sound-proofed during construction

Dec 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Providence Court to be sound-proofed during construction

By Leonard Gildarie A planned extension of the East Bank Demerara four-lane highway from Providence to Diamond may include the sound-proofing of the Providence Magistrate’s Court during...

Public-spirited persons ensure thieves spend Christmas in jail

Dec 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Public-spirited persons ensure thieves spend Christmas in jail

Public-spirited persons in the city have played their part in ensuring that three bandits spend the Christmas behind bars following two robberies on Friday. One of the men was caught by police ranks...

LIAT: New US measures mandate travellers to provide more info

Dec 19, 2010 knews News Comments Off on LIAT: New US measures mandate travellers to provide more info

– data intended to prevent ‘watch list’ misidentification New US traveling requirements have seen at least one regional airline announcing measures requiring passengers to provide more...

Dinosaur Trade Unions

Dec 19, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Dinosaur Trade Unions

The news that GuySuCo has threatened to derecognize GAWU, as had RUSAL’s Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) done earlier to the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) illustrate...

How can citizens reduce their carbon footprint when they are being suppressed by Govt.?

Dec 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on How can citizens reduce their carbon footprint when they are being suppressed by Govt.?

Dear Editor, All this talk about the LCD’s and how each citizen can contribute towards the reduction of Greenhouse gases in Guyana is bull. Here we have a Government that is forcing the citizens of...

This was no comical demonstration

Dec 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on This was no comical demonstration

Dear Editor. I salute Mark Benschop for his concern for the environment and the residents being affected by the dumpsite in Cemetery Road. However, Mr. Benschop’s frequent acts of bravado –...

The element of trust versus the element of time are at the heart of the Norway-WB-Guyana impasse

Dec 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The element of trust versus the element of time are at the heart of the Norway-WB-Guyana impasse

Dear Editor, On his return to Guyana after Cancun, Mexico, President Bharrat Jagdeo said he was not agitated about Guyana not having the money from Norway via the World Bank (WB), but about the time...

Guyana’s highways: A Myth

Dec 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s highways: A Myth

Dear Editor, This commentary is not designed to belittle the efforts of our government to improve Guyana’s roads. It is designed to inform all that the misuse of terminology can lead, in some...

The University of Guyana ‘mess’

Dec 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The University of Guyana ‘mess’

Dear Editor, It is incumbent upon me to angrily pen this condensed missive. I speak on behalf of the hard working and humble sanitation workers at the University of Guyana (UG), namely the cleaners....

Is GuySuCo another Ministry Of National Development???

Dec 19, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Is GuySuCo another Ministry Of National Development???

Dear Editor, In the 1974 Declaration of Sophia the then Prime Minister and subsequently President of Guyana Mr. LFS Burnham indicated that Guyana was proceeding along the Socialist path and that the...

Cartoons Sun. Dec. 19, 2010

Dec 19, 2010 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons Sun. Dec. 19, 2010

The Great Tinamou

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Great Tinamou

The Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), also called Mountain hen is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their...

Restrained revelations of a Caribbean Prime Minister

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Restrained revelations of a Caribbean Prime Minister

By Sir Ronald Sanders Now that the general elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines are over I can safely comment on the recently published book, “The Making of The Comrade: The political journey...

Cool, Sweet Water

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on Cool, Sweet Water

A Short Story By Julie Jailall This short story is from a collection of five short stories by Julie Jailall entitled Sharda. A World-Caribbean-Guyana Literature Series. Publisher: Roraima Publisher,...

A Foreign Policy Agenda (A presentation to the AFC’s National Executive)

Dec 19, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Foreign Policy Agenda (A presentation to the AFC’s National Executive)

By Dr. Rishi Thakur AFC Member The recent confusion over the putative Norwegian payments that are owed Guyana, with the usual strident and arrogant claims, once again exposes the disorder and...

Christmas is here and so am I

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Christmas is here and so am I

By Adam Harris In less than a week it will be Christmas. I am therefore going to share some of the things I did in Christmases of yore. Not that they were very different from today. Of course, in...

Maternal mortality is a human rights issue

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Maternal mortality is a human rights issue

For the brief few weeks I recently focused my column on addressing domestic violence, women have been dying in stunning numbers from something totally unrelated to domestic violence – they have...

Is Mark Benschop seeking publicity?

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is Mark Benschop seeking publicity?

When you dare to be different and stand up for what you believe in, you can be assured as night follows day, as day follows night, there will be ugly things said about you. Those who cannot...

The case of the vanished lady

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The case of the vanished lady

By Michael Jordan If there’s one lesson you learn in this profession, it’s to never take anything for granted; never assume that things are exactly the way they seem. So that’s why I’m...

The Baccoo speaks

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The road accidents are going to increase this week. There is madness in the air. Too many new and rookie drivers are going to add to the madness, because the road bullies are not going to spare any...

Opposition Strategies

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Opposition Strategies

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the desirability of the AFC going to the polls next year as part of a unified opposition slate (New Politics or the “same ole same ole?). A friend queried as to...

CHANGE IS ON ITS WAY?

Dec 19, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CHANGE IS ON ITS WAY?

As much as the contest for the presidential candidate for the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is becoming extremely interesting with each passing day, it must be said that whoever becomes...

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Is Guyana’s LCDS facing a reputational threat?

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(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) has been internationally praised as an attempt to convert natural capital into financial capital without cutting down forests. The country’s vast tropical rainforest, covering more than 85% of national territory, functions as...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

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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...

The saga of Elizabeth Shivpersaud

Apr 20, 2026

Kaieteur News – It’s one of those situations crying out for help. The best I can do, other than offering professional help, is to raise an alarm about a case that is worrying in all of its elements. It’s the Saga of Elizabth Shivpersaud. If this distressed, shorthanded, hollow-eyed,...

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