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China power

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

China is a global power. It may not be a superpower, but it is powerful enough for its tentacles to be reaching across the oceans. China is on a mission of domination of the global economy, which...

Empower not stultify

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists 0

One of the fallouts of our system of governance that incorporates an institutionalised opposition is the encouragement of the latter to focus on identifying either the missteps of the government, or...

Climate mitigation and resilience efforts must begin at the community level – Harmon

Jun 01, 2017 KNews News 0

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday said that even as climate change is addressed at the national level as a part of Guyana’s ‘green’ development policy position, communities must also...

New Civil Procedure Rules already having positive effect on judiciary

Jun 01, 2017 KNews News 0

The newly-implemented Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) of 2016, brought on stream earlier this year, is already yielding positive changes in the area of judicial case management. Under the new guidelines,...

Missing caretaker…Police to pursue DNA testing

Jun 01, 2017 KNews News 0

To determine whether the human bones found among burnt debris on a farm at Silicone Green, Kuru Kuru, on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway are those of the farm’s missing caretaker, Bishundial Vasquez,...

Kamal Ramkarran is new Bar Association President

Jun 01, 2017 KNews News 0

Attorney Kamal Ramkarran is the newly elected President of the Guyana Bar Association. He was chosen during an election held at the Supreme Court of Judicature yesterday. Ramkarran replaces Gem...

Parliament and the judiciary should put a stop to this idiotic nonsense

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

Since I was a small boy, I heard my father talking about people hiding when they see the marshal coming to serve court papers. That was more than fifty years ago. Since then this asininity goes on....

Report of COI into detention, release of vessel handed over to Govt.

Jun 01, 2017 KNews News 0

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday received the Report from the Commissioners of the Commission of Inquiry (COI), which was established by President David Granger on March 31, to inquire into...

Regional economic decline blamed for reduced GTM profit

Jun 01, 2017 KNews News 0

The Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company Inc. (GTM) has mainly attributed its reduction in profit for 2016 to economic challenges which led to a decline in the demand for life...

GAWU’s leadership is normally deceiving and cynical

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, My recent letter about “Servant Leadership” in Guyana, and the need to find a win-win solution for Guyanese taxpayers and Guysuco, was turned into a “magnificent masquerade” by a...

This is a disrespectful to Muslims

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, It is very disrespectlu to mock any religion and yesterday’s edition of Dem Boys Seh did just that, being a Muslim I find it very offensive. Narik Alamdadeen

Another angle to the troubles in the Public Service Union

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, In reference to the letter published in the May 29, 2017 edition of the Kaieteur News, titled “Patrick Yarde is not in a conflict of interest situation” Please allow me to respond....

Sad lamentation on the state of our legal profession

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Later today, a small percentage of the country’s lawyers will assemble in the High Court for the annual general meeting of the Guyana Bar Association whose membership excludes lawyers...

A restless urge to bring back the PPP so corruption can continue

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, As a rice farmer with more than half a century of experience I really feel optimistic when this sum for bag of paddy is mentioned. However, when I think about the practicability of such...

Guyana is on the horizon of a transformation in local football

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I am not certain if anyone in the local football fraternity has taken time out to chronicle and document the recent historical challenges and progress made by the local football...

DONALD RAMOTAR SENDS GREETING ON INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S DAY

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, I extend warm greetings and best wishes to our Guyanese children, here and in the diaspora. I also extend best wishes to children everywhere on the occasion of International Children’s...

Dem Boys Seh was insulting to Islam

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, In the “Dem Boys Seh” column in Kaieteur News’ edition of Tuesday, May 30 2017, reference is made to Mr. Irfaan Ali ‘does eat like a pig….’ Editor I find this analogy...

This economist is mediocre and intellectually dishonest

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, In his debate on 2016/12./19, in the National Assembly, on the 2017 Budget, Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Bharrat Jagdeo spoke of a concept he came across called ‘kakonomics.’ He...

This man was paid more than $10 million to prosecute me

Jun 01, 2017 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, Initially, my instinct told me to refrain from further dialogue with Anil Nandlall, for he seems bent on listening to those dishonest and demonic little wild animals jumping up and down...

PREV 12

The CCJ finally killed off the Bollers syndrome

I offer below a lengthy extract from my October 25, 2018 column. This column laid out an argument for upturning the Court... more

The President missed the point

We live in a funny country. Too funny to be true. No wonder the world has been laughing at us. No wonder the Caribbean has... more