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The poor and downtrodden have no voice in Guyana

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The poor and downtrodden have no voice in Guyana

Dear Editor, What kind of publicity stunt the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is playing with the citizens of Guyana? They issued wanted bulletins for some ‘famous businessmen’ in connection with the...

A clear difference!

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A clear difference!

Dear Editor, Was I reading right in the Trinidad Express? Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said, “It was not appropriate for her as head of the Government to be engaged in negotiations with...

Guyana 18 years after October 5, 1992

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana 18 years after October 5, 1992

Dear Editor, No one, not even the most pessimistic of persons would have believed that the people in Guyana, 18 years after kicking the authoritarian PNC regime out of office through victory at the...

Vryman’s Erven Secondary is grateful for the effort but what about the other schools?

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vryman’s Erven Secondary is grateful for the effort but what about the other schools?

Dear Editor, I must express thanks to the Department of Education in New Amsterdam in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, on behalf of the children and teachers of schools that were affected...

A moral break down in Guyana

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on A moral break down in Guyana

Dear Editor, Since the beginning of this year the news in the media has been very disturbing. We have seen the rise of domestic violence and lots of brutal killings, also the rise of the drug trade...

It was the teachers!

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on It was the teachers!

Dear Editor, On Tuesday October 5th, 2010, the world celebrated World Teachers Day. The world over sang its praises of teachers both professionals and non professionals. Teachers are mothers and...

Who nominated Janet Jagan to be the presidential candidate in 1997?

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who nominated Janet Jagan to be the presidential candidate in 1997?

Dear Editor, A lot has been written about the well-serving democratic process(es) within the PPP Executive Committee that saw the ‘selection’ of Janet Jagan as the party’s presidential...

Politically prostituting the tragedy of Neesa Gopaul

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Politically prostituting the tragedy of Neesa Gopaul

I read Mr. Ravi Dev’s piece on the Neesa Gopaul tragedy in yesterday’s issue of KN. Nothing Dev writes shocks me. It doesn’t because over the years he has outlined and established his cultural...

BATTLE OF THE BILE

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on BATTLE OF THE BILE

I was speaking to a colleague about what I considered the virtually paranoid behaviour and delusions of grandeur of an individual with whom I once had frequent contact. I recounted a story I had...

ANOTHER ROAD THAT WILL TAKE YOU NOWHERE

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ANOTHER ROAD THAT WILL TAKE YOU NOWHERE

The four lane highway from La Penitence to Providence is going to be extended all the way to Grove. This is an understandable project considering the developments at Diamond, which is expected within...

The Granger Candidacy

Oct 11, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Granger Candidacy

The announcement that retired Brigadier David Granger has accepted the nomination by a PNC group to be considered as the party’s presidential candidate at the 2011 general elections by its...

Dem boys seh….Is a jokey situation

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Is a jokey situation

Thing fuh cry people a laugh. A man complain how a certain big one digging up de dam and selling de mud. He seh that when he talk nobody don’t know but de dam dig up and when de rain fall nutten...

THE EXECUTION OF ALICIA FOSTER

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on THE EXECUTION OF ALICIA FOSTER

By Michael Jordan It was the persistent sound of the gate buzzer that alerted James Foster to the danger outside. He had heard the gate being opened, a signal that his daughters, Alicia, 26, and her...

WHO simplifies treatment of mental and neurological disorders

Oct 10, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on WHO simplifies treatment of mental and neurological disorders

– millions in developing countries do not receive any treatment or care Millions of people with common, but untreated, mental, neurological and substance use disorders can now benefit from new...

Sunday – October 10, 2010

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday – October 10, 2010

53 YEARS LATER: The People’s National Congress is still alive and strong

Oct 10, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on 53 YEARS LATER: The People’s National Congress is still alive and strong

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 marked the 53rd anniversary of the PNCR and, despite the many predictions of its demise, the Party is still alive and strong. It was on October 5, 1957, in the face of an...

Neesa’s case exposes serious questions about the limits of the system

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Neesa’s case exposes serious questions about the limits of the system

Dear Editor, The Neesa Gopaul case exposes some serious questions about the limits of the system in place to make the Sexual Offences Act 2010 work, and perhaps deficiencies in the Act itself. The...

Roopnarine’s statement may be a subtle signal of abandonment of his Rodneyite commitment

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Roopnarine’s statement may be a subtle signal of abandonment of his Rodneyite commitment

Dear Editor, Rupert Roopnarine’s recent disclosure, that long before Dr Walter Rodney’s assassination the WPA had been accumulating weapons and equipment of various kinds, some of which belonged...

Fear mongering will not work this time Mr. Rohee

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fear mongering will not work this time Mr. Rohee

Dear Editor, It is amazing that with the spate of deadly violence erupting on his watch, the Minister of Home Affairs in his capacity as a member of the PPP Executive and Central Committee, could...

Corporate sector in higher education

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corporate sector in higher education

Dear Editor, Some of the most powerful high-tech centres in India are not at Universities, but at a company’s training facility. Companies’ experts suggested that the time has come to circumvent...

Children cannot learn effectively in an atmosphere of fear of licks

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Children cannot learn effectively in an atmosphere of fear of licks

Dear Editor, Last week, my Grade 1 niece asked for some help to do her homework. I patiently guided her to the answers which she actually worked out herself, showing that she knew the work, only that...

We must put fear into the hearts of these cowards

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must put fear into the hearts of these cowards

Dear Editor, The way that Neesa Gopaul, a beautiful, intelligent young girl was barbarically slain, and dumped in an abandoned location to rot in a dirty suitcase, is just heartbreaking. Not only am...

Noble Writer

Oct 10, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Noble Writer

We know that we are not big on reading in Guyana. It’s a pity. The human predicament is not unique to any one individual – it just wouldn’t be “human” if it were. It cannot but help to...

There should be a commission of enquiry into the Skeldon Sugar Factory

Oct 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There should be a commission of enquiry into the Skeldon Sugar Factory

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent announcement by President Bharrat Jagdeo that if Skeldon fails the entire Guyana Sugar industry can go down with it, unfortunately it is a little late in the day...

Baby rescued in yard hours after mom dies in childbirth

Oct 06, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Baby rescued in yard hours after mom dies in childbirth

Doctors at the Davis Memorial Hospital in D’Urban Backlands were last night battling to save the life of a male newborn who was rescued from a bushy yard after his mother died while delivering him....

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The two-day racing extravaganza that kicks off an action-packed month of motorsport starts today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Thomaslands venue...

Punctuality is now a problem in Georgetown Schools

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every school day in the city, in almost every ward, you can see scores of school children – dressed in their uniforms – ambling to school after 9:00am. The casualness of these children suggests that punctuality is no longer important to them or to their parents. But it does...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

UGGI Survey: Pt. IV

Jun 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the last commentary on the University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) Independence 60 Survey titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society being Built. Today’s focus goes beyond the two bottom performing areas of “national government” and “foreign oil...

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