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Let Slowe continue to serve

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Let Slowe continue to serve

Dear Editor, I would like to suggest that the retiring Assistance Commission of Police, Paul Slowe be asked to continue to serve this country by being appointed to head or at least to assist in the...

Hounded and harassed for payment for a service that is overpriced and shoddy

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Hounded and harassed for payment for a service that is overpriced and shoddy

Dear Editor, I have had visits from GPL’s disconnection teams both at my home and place of business, in Georgetown, during the past week, even though both bills were fully paid through a bank since...

Another example of the failure of promised police reform

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Another example of the failure of promised police reform

Dear Editor, The killing of 16-year-old Kelvin Anthony Fraser in Patentia comes as another example of the failure of promised police reform and reflects a disturbingly low point in the way in which...

The slow and painful disappearance of the old New Amsterdam Hospital

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The slow and painful disappearance of the old New Amsterdam Hospital

Dear Editor, Can we turn our attention away from the slow death of the old New Amsterdam Hospital to the human beings who have literally been tearing the thing down? While much or all of the focus on...

Parliamentary Paralysis

Jun 13, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Parliamentary Paralysis

On May 16, 2003, after the citizens of this country had been terrorised, brutalised and forced to cower behind their doors in fear, by ever escalating waves of mayhem and violence unleashed since the...

An Outline of the Imaginative Literature of Guyanese of Indian Ancestry, Part Two

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on An Outline of the Imaginative Literature of Guyanese of Indian Ancestry, Part Two

– By Petamber Persaud (Extract of a lecture delivered on Friday May 28, 2010, in the Conference Room of the National Library by yours truly under the auspices of GOPIO [Guyana chapter] to...

UNASUR moves to a new stage of transformation

Jun 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on UNASUR moves to a new stage of transformation

By Odeen Ishmael In a recent op-ed piece, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela called for the additional strengthening of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the early implementation of...

The Four-eyed Fish

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Four-eyed Fish

The four-eyed fish are a genus, Anableps, of fishes in the family Anablepidae. They have eyes raised above the top of the head and divided in two different parts, so that they can see below and above...

The Politics of Leadership: Guyana and its Presidency

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Politics of Leadership: Guyana and its Presidency

By Sir Ronald Sanders A number of Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries face leadership uncertainties in the coming months. However, in none of them are the uncertainties more...

10 years after “Arrowhead” Courtney Noel eyes movie gig

Jun 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on 10 years after “Arrowhead” Courtney Noel eyes movie gig

By Neil Marks Courtney Noel has a meeting coming up with the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony. His wife has left him in charge of her snackette on Quamina Street, so the meeting...

A Search for a Postcolonial Concept

Jun 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on A Search for a Postcolonial Concept

A review of Churaumanie Bissundyal’s Dissertation Book By Balkrishna Naipaul Churaumanie Bissundyal’s Modern Western Fiction and Sanskrit Aesthetics and Theory: A Search for a Postcolonial...

Only scrutiny can enhance GPF’s professionalism

Jun 13, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Only scrutiny can enhance GPF’s professionalism

(An excerpt from a presentation in 2003 by Khemraj Ramjattan) Calls for the “pruning of all deadwood” from within and outside of the Administration at Home Affairs, inclusive of the Police Force...

When our protector turns against us

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on When our protector turns against us

By Adam Harris Bob Marley once sang, ‘Man to man is so unjust, children you don’t know who to trust’. But he was not the only one to reach that conclusion. So many people know that man is most...

Long live Walter Rodney: The struggle goes on!

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Long live Walter Rodney: The struggle goes on!

Today marks 30 years since the murder of historian, Dr. Walter Rodney, by the Government of that day. I attended the Walter Rodney lecture at the National Library last Friday delivered by Dr. David...

Dead man at Bamboo Turn

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Dead man at Bamboo Turn

By Michael Jordan Marva Usher was a very worried woman. Her son, 25-year-old taxi driver Edward Whinfield, had visited her in late December, 2009, for a family ‘get together’. He had left at...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The fires have returned with a vengeance and tears are falling like rain. There are going to be other fires, one of them breaking out in a government office which had closed for the day. Rumours are...

Rodney the Revolutionary

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Rodney the Revolutionary

On Friday 13th June, 1980 – exactly 30 years ago – in what has to be one of the most horrific acts that make us ever wary of “Black Fridays”, Dr Walter Rodney was brutally murdered. As to the...

WHAT IS THERE TO HIDE?

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS THERE TO HIDE?

Today we continue our examination of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project and the contract for the construction of the access road to the project site. Last week we dealt with the responsibility of...

Leon Gilkes, Anthony Augustin catchweight encounter should be a gem

Jun 12, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Leon Gilkes, Anthony Augustin catchweight encounter should be a gem

Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes has been in a number of wars ever since he became a professional boxer. He has been matched against the likes of Lennox Alleyne, Mitchell Rogers and Howard Eastman and even...

Fitness Express contributes to Belgrave’s participation at Hampton Games in T&T

Jun 12, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express contributes to Belgrave’s participation at Hampton Games in T&T

Leading boys Under-15 200 and 400m athlete Calvin Belgrave’s participation at the 2010 Hampton Games set for the Twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago from June 28 is closer to reality,...

Mayor Green bemoans absence of developmental programme

Jun 12, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green bemoans absence of developmental programme

Mayor Cup winners collect respective accolades If Mayor Hamilton Green gets his way, local footballers would have improved funding and better development programmes. At least those were his thoughts...

Yard Cobra XI win West Coast Berbice zone

Jun 12, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Yard Cobra XI win West Coast Berbice zone

Cricket fans were once again treated to several exciting matches when action in the Carib Beer National Softball Cricket Tournament, organized by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the...

GBTI Open Tennis Tournament officially launched

Jun 12, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on GBTI Open Tennis Tournament officially launched

– CEO calls on players to produce higher standard Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) John Tracey speaking at the opening ceremony of the Guyana Lawn...

LABA Finals set for tonight

Jun 12, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on LABA Finals set for tonight

– tomorrow night is alternative The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) had initially rescheduled its League Final for tonight and not last night as previously reported in this...

Celebrities take centre stage at CASH tonight

Jun 12, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Celebrities take centre stage at CASH tonight

– Athletes vs. Entertainers to headline b/ball event Local celebrities will be performing on the basketball stage tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) in the first ever Fire...

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Steadfast Eagles soar to strong position after Savory/ Paul fifties

Apr 21, 2026

2026/27 West Indies Regional 4-Day Championships Round 2…GHE vs WWIV Day 2 – Volcanoes trail by 210 runs ahead of Day 3 By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – Clinical half-century knocks...

Dynastic politics is repulsive to the electorate

Apr 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In 2025, there was a seismic shift in Guyanese politics. For years the established parties assumed voters would remain in their accustomed enclosures, dutifully choosing between familiar flags, familiar slogans, and familiar disappointments. But then something happened last...

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...

Wales GTE: Many questions, no answers

Apr 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The questions came before, are coming again. Former Minister David Patterson pushed questions in and out of parliament relative to the Wales gas-to-energy project and got nowhere. The Speaker of the National Assembly, like a Roman emperor, repeatedly gave the thumbs down. ...

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