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Laurie Lewis and me at the Garden Café

Jul 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Laurie Lewis and me at the Garden Café

Guyanese under twenty years of age probably will not be familiar with the name Laurie Lewis but their parents would. He is out of the news these days but when those twenty-year-olds were in napkins,...

THERE IS STILL HOPE

Jul 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS STILL HOPE

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? – Mark 8:36 At this time, I need to invoke the above biblical intonation, warning against gaining the...

Missing mother was “living home” with man

Jul 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Missing mother was “living home” with man

…She was not kidnapped or drugged – neighbour By Fareeza Haniff Shalini Pereira, who was missing and was reportedly taken to a backdam, may not have been telling the truth about how she ended up...

Only increased competition can bring down air fares

Jul 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Only increased competition can bring down air fares

DEAR EDITOR, I read in your July 18 edition that Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad is concerned about travel agents selling tickets at “inflated prices” for travel for CARIFESTA which is being...

Upping the retirement age is a necessary reform

Jul 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Upping the retirement age is a necessary reform

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to a letter captioned, “Some examples of marginalisation for Dr Misir”, (SN15/4/8) which was signed by W. Samuels. In trying to prove that there is African...

Berbice Expo opens tomorrow, ferry schedule extended

Jul 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Berbice Expo opens tomorrow, ferry schedule extended

ALBION, CORENTYNE: The fourth annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair opens tomorrow at the Albion Sports Complex. President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce, Bhigroop Poonai said that...

Press freedom is merely a fig leaf

Jul 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Press freedom is merely a fig leaf

DEAR EDITOR, One strange thing about this place is: everybody’s a politician! Yes, the entire Guyanese population is the Government and nobody is the constituency. Everybody knows how to run...

GWI records significant improvement in revenue collection

Jul 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GWI records significant improvement in revenue collection

…1st half of year 40% higher than 2007 Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has reported a significant improvement in revenue for the first half of 2008, compared to 2007. This upward trend is expected...

This is a ‘must read’

Jul 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on This is a ‘must read’

DEAR EDITOR, On 25th June, 2008, the Guyana Chronicle carried a letter from Mr. Godfrey Skeet which is a crie de coeur for African Guyanese to rise out of the morass of crime, poverty, unstable...

The process of conveying a property under the land registry takes too long

Jul 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The process of conveying a property under the land registry takes too long

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to bring to the attention of the relevant authorities, if there’s any at all, the lengthy manner in which a Transfer of Certificate of Titles to Land takes. I can recall...

GWI leakage reduction programme continues

Jul 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GWI leakage reduction programme continues

Leakage is the Guyana Water Incorporated’s (GWI) biggest and most chronic problem. So said Karan Singh, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GWI. According to him, as GWI repairs, and keeps...

85 students undergo work study at GDF

Jul 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on 85 students undergo work study at GDF

Some 85 students from 19 schools and organizations across the country are undergoing work-study stints at the Guyana Defence Force. Twenty-eight of the students are with the Fourth Engineers...

Mr. Nagamootoo has done well to condemn this ban

Jul 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Nagamootoo has done well to condemn this ban

DEAR EDITOR, I write to congratulate Mr. Moses Nagamootoo for his courageous stand on the banning of TV journalist Gordon Moseley from the presidential beat. Mr. Nagamootoo comes across as a...

Dismissed trade unionist takes CCWU to court

Jul 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Dismissed trade unionist takes CCWU to court

A former President of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU) has taken that organisation to court after he was dismissed last year while he was in the US seeking medical attention. Former...

It’s all about words and their interpretations

Jul 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s all about words and their interpretations

DEAR EDITOR, If memory serves me right, back in the eighties, popular radio personality Dr. Rovin Deodat produced and presented a five-minute programme every morning on GBC called, “From word to...

CARICOM Regional Institutions heads meet for second time in Guyana

Jul 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on CARICOM Regional Institutions heads meet for second time in Guyana

Following a successful historic meeting of Heads of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Institutions in 2007, the CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington will again facilitate a...

There seems to be no record of a new entity

Jul 24, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on There seems to be no record of a new entity

Advertising is the lifeblood of any media organization. A newspaper may print enough copies to satisfy the reading population of a country, selling every issue, but at the end of the day it will be...