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Coping with renal failure …no longer out of the ordinary man’s reach

Feb 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Coping with renal failure …no longer out of the ordinary man’s reach

By Sharmain Grainger Although the symptoms were clear, it was only months later that he was convinced that he had a condition that required urgent medical attention. Having suffered...

Majority should have its way with respect for minority

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Majority should have its way with respect for minority

Dear Editor, I support Mr. Lincoln Lewis’s position in letter in KN (Feb 17) stating the majority should have its way on their agenda passing bills but the minority should not be disrespected. But...

For Public Banking

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For Public Banking

The continued financial crisis in the developed economies has brought to the fore once again the old debate about the role of governments in the financial sector – including that...

Doobay Renal centre expansion to target non-communicable diseases

Feb 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Doobay Renal centre expansion to target non-communicable diseases

– even as Health Ministry intensifies fight Although good health care is not lacking in Guyana, ambitious plans are in the pipelines to introduce a health facility which caters to...

Truth and Forgiveness

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Truth and Forgiveness

As we bask in the afterglow of our Republic Day festivities, we remind our politicians of their commitment for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We commend the words of Bishop Desmond Tutu, who...

Burnham’s weltanschauung

Feb 24, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Burnham’s weltanschauung

Forbes Burnham’s weltanschauung – world view – was shaped by the oppressive living conditions under which the working people of British Guiana languished in the aftermath of the First World...

WHEN GOOD INTENTIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHEN GOOD INTENTIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS

Not many persons outside of her friends and family would have known about the name Esther Perreira before the 1997 elections. But following those elections, Esther Perreira filed an...

The government and the dark secrets

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The government and the dark secrets

Everything about Guyana seems to be a source of controversy. There was the report by Transparency International that showed how Guyana has slipped on the corruption index. As could be expected, the...

Above all, let us love our beloved Guyana

Feb 24, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Above all, let us love our beloved Guyana

On 23rd February, 1970, after a resolution of the National Assembly, Guyana’s constitutional status was that of a Republic. This was an advance from our Independent status since 1966,...

The Guyana Police Service: Whom does it serve?

Feb 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Guyana Police Service: Whom does it serve?

Two weeks ago, I went to the police station to uplift a tent the police seized last August from the People’s Parliament on the second day of the occupy movement. I was ushered into...

Bridge construction stalled for almost two years

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bridge construction stalled for almost two years

Almost two years ago, works commenced on the Camran Dam Bridge that once linked the Canals Polder. However, after the foundation was laid, workers downed tools and it seems as if the contract has...

Hemraj awaits his chance

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hemraj awaits his chance

Middle order batsman Chanderpaul Hemraj is confident of doing well if given an opportunity to represent Guyana in the 2013 West Indies domestic competitions. The Everest left hander caught up...

Guyana’s top cyclists in action today in Berbice’s Benjamin Mashramani event

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s top cyclists in action today in Berbice’s Benjamin Mashramani event

Cyclists will be in action today in the Ancient County when the Flying Ace Cycle Club in collaboration with former cyclist Wilbert Benjamin stage their Mashramani 40 mile road race. The annual race...

Cooperate Guyana and entries pour in for Rising Sun/ Banks Classic Mash horserace meet

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cooperate Guyana and entries pour in for Rising Sun/ Banks Classic Mash horserace meet

– Over 95 horses on board With race day upon us a number of cooperate entities have confirmed their sponsorship as entries pour in for the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with Banks DIH...

Veterans football match postponed

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Veterans football match postponed

The veteran football match between former Guyana and Suriname national players that was slated for Sunday at the GFC ground has now been rescheduled for the 31st of March. According to the organisers...

Dr Thakur’s statement must be condemned in the strongest terms

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr Thakur’s statement must be condemned in the strongest terms

Dear Sir, The entire cricketing public should out rightly condemn the alleged statement of Dr. Rishi Thakur to the Special Select Committee on the Guyana Cricket at Parliament Building on Monday....

Charity begins at home, Mr Hydar Ally

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Charity begins at home, Mr Hydar Ally

Dear Editor, During the past six weeks several letters by a VIP, Mr Hydar Ally, give the impression that the contributor is very concerned about social issues, and has great compassion for the...

Asian influence in Guyana

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Asian influence in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Two recent letters in your column gripped my imagination. One asked the question whether China’s strong presence in Guyana represented a ‘new Imperialism’. The other mentioned “a...

Mashramani – A true Guyanese celebration

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mashramani – A true Guyanese celebration

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese are gearing up today for what is likely to be the biggest Mashramani celebration ever. As is common knowledge, the celebrations are held every year in the month of February to...

Burnham remembered

Feb 23, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Burnham remembered

The 90th birth anniversary of former President Forbes Burnham passed almost unnoticed on February 20, last. Burnham died on August 6, 1985. He was 62. He was preparing for the Biennial Congress of...

Brassington wobbles over Guyana Stores privatization

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington wobbles over Guyana Stores privatization

…Court hears assets dipped by $400M before deal …Brassington kept key documents away from investor Winston Brassington, the man who signs off on Government’s privatisation deals faced...

Speaker ends the Rohee gag saga… Rules that the Minister can speak

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Speaker ends the Rohee gag saga… Rules that the Minister can speak

By Abena Rockcliffe Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, yesterday announced that Clement Rohee is no longer barred from speaking in the National Assembly. Rohee last year, after the...

APNU demands immediate suspension of CCTV’s channel

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU demands immediate suspension of CCTV’s channel

Parliament’s largest opposition body, A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), has called for the immediate suspension of Channel 27/Cable 78, which is dedicated to China Central Television (CCTV)....

Canadian citizen says Army Major sodomized her, police slow to act

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian citizen says Army Major sodomized her, police slow to act

A Canada-based Guyanese woman, home on vacation, is alleging that she was sodomized by a Major of the Guyana Defence Force. The woman, 35, is contending that though she willingly rendezvoused with...

2013 Calypsos banned from airwaves, because they criticize govt. officials

Feb 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 2013 Calypsos banned from airwaves, because they criticize govt. officials

Government has banned the playing of those 2013 Calypsos that poke fun at Government officials and criticize the government from the National Communication Network’s airwaves. A Government...

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The stranger next door

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

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...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

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