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GFF hosts CONCACAF-facilitated Marketing Workshop

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF hosts CONCACAF-facilitated Marketing Workshop

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is hosting a two-day marketing workshop, which began yesterday, aimed at building capacity of its members to understand marketing, sports marketing,...

Teach the Children: African Guyanese must be frank with our leaders

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Teach the Children: African Guyanese must be frank with our leaders

A little-known calypso by Kelvin Pope aka the Mighty Duke titled “Teach the Children” is fresh on my mind. It is part of a module on historical memory for a course on Black Political Music that I...

Two drivers freed on separate causing death charges

Jan 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two drivers freed on separate causing death charges

Two men who were on separate charges of causing death by dangerous driving, on Friday walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts free men. Ryan Seecharran, 23, of 361 Herstelling, East...

A remarkable political decision

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on A remarkable political decision

There are some things that seem to defy logic. One of them involves an overseas-based Guyanese who took time off to call me, not once, but twice, to chide me. A few weeks ago I did a column that...

Battling the scourge of leprosy… The Story of Pheona Schroeder

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Special Person Comments Off on Battling the scourge of leprosy… The Story of Pheona Schroeder

By Sharmain Grainger “God doesn’t give us more than we can bear!” This is the notion that Pheona Schroeder firmly embraced a few years ago although, at times, her faith wavers. There are...

The OAS dangerously in disarray

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The OAS dangerously in disarray

By Sir Ronald Sanders Over the last few days, there has been a serious overreach by Luis Almagro, of the authority he has as Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS). If Mr....

How about a Committee for the Defence of the Constitution?

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on How about a Committee for the Defence of the Constitution?

A grouping of professional organizations and independent Guyanese came together and launched a highly successful boycott of the 1978 referendum. That grouping was known as the Committee of Concerned...

GTUC embarks on Venezuela border controversy outreach

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on GTUC embarks on Venezuela border controversy outreach

Two Thursdays ago, i.e. 10th January, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) boardroom was transformed into a reflective environment. This soon became very emotional and touching when former...

Guyana: A political cauldron of intense emotions

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Guyana: A political cauldron of intense emotions

By Leonard Gildarie At the time of writing, the Parliamentary Opposition – the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) – was preparing to choose a Presidential candidate and a new...

Immigration News For Our Community What you need to know about Visa Revocation

Jan 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration News For Our Community What you need to know about Visa Revocation

By Attorney Gail Seeram Many visa holders seem surprised when their visas are revoked at the U.S. port of entry or upon a visit to the U.S. Embassy for renewal. However, the officers...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

A decision by the Guyana Elections Commission will not find favour with the political opposition, although this course of action was previously endorsed by the opposition. This is going to...

Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) or eyra is a small wild cat native to southern North America and South America. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002....

Tall tales of devilish covenants

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tall tales of devilish covenants

By Dennis Nichols The holiday season is well and truly over, and whatever respite it provided from the political bombshell on December 21 has dissipated, as the aftershock reverberates across our...

Difficulty Swallowing: It can be a sign of seriousness

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Difficulty Swallowing: It can be a sign of seriousness

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine While difficulty swallowing is not a frequent complaint, it can indicate seriousness and is sometimes ignored by patients when it...

Book Review…From Ruins to Wholeness

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…From Ruins to Wholeness

Book: This Is For You Author: Angel Castillo Critic: Dr. Glenville Ashby In her first published work, Angel Castillo proves her salt as a writer of enviable range. At the outset, Castillo...

GTUC embarks on Venezuela border controversy outreach

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GTUC embarks on Venezuela border controversy outreach

Two Thursdays ago, i.e. 10th January, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) boardroom was transformed into a reflective environment. This soon became very emotional and touching when former...

I cannot support abolition of the death penalty in general

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I cannot support abolition of the death penalty in general

Please Google the following words, “Mother and boyfriend accused of killing boy crushed to death in car.” Here is what happened. It took place in the UK. The boy was three years old. He was...

The City is poised for further transformation

Jan 20, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The City is poised for further transformation

(Excerpts from an address to the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown by Hon. Ronald Bulkan, Minister of Communities) The City of Georgetown, founded in 1781 has a rich and proud history...

Murder and Mystery Shooting the sleeping carpenter

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Murder and Mystery Shooting the sleeping carpenter

By Michael Jordan It was at around 23:00 hrs on Saturday, November 22, 2008, that police ranks from the East Coast of Demerara rushed to Lot 642 Seventeenth Street, Foulis, to find themselves...

Don’t spend hours on TV, touch base with your constituents to find out how you slipped up

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t spend hours on TV, touch base with your constituents to find out how you slipped up

Dear Editor, A democratically elected government is the most powerful institution in a country. This is because it represents all the people of the country and was chosen or came into power...

I believe that our political leaders will do what is best for our nation

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe that our political leaders will do what is best for our nation

Dear Editor, Aware as I am that there is an extant case before our Supreme Court of Judicature seeking a judicial interpretation of the word “majority” within the context of the vote of no...

The betrayal of a nation

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The betrayal of a nation

Dear Editor, It’s sad when a person uses his entire political life to cuss up, degrade, pull down, wash hands clean, fight for a better country to be out of the hands of the polluted...

The no-confidence vote revisited

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The no-confidence vote revisited

Dear Editor, There is a question which is boggling the mind of every Guyanese and one to which our legal ‘experts’ are giving diverse interpretations: Was Charrandass Persaud as a Member...

This move could cost the PPP the next General Elections

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This move could cost the PPP the next General Elections

Dear Editor, Although the news of Irfaan Ali as the PPP Presidential candidate did not come as a great surprise, it is nevertheless the talking point in the diaspora and I am sure throughout...

I can see only diehard PPP supporters coming out to vote for this candidate

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I can see only diehard PPP supporters coming out to vote for this candidate

Dear Editor, Now that it is official, there is a single simple question, who is going to vote for that fine learned gentleman? I can see only diehard PPP supporters coming out to exercise the...

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Camptown FC clinch historic Elite League berth with victory over...

Jun 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United’s impressive run in the 2026 Elite League Qualifiers came to a somber end on Sunday after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Camptown Football Club in the...

The politics of appointment

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank: Promise, Potential and Peril

Jun 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...

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