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IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A CARIBBEAN IDENTITY?

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A CARIBBEAN IDENTITY?

Nicholas Laughlin asks the question: “Is there such a thing as a Caribbean identity?” in an article entitled “What ‘Caribbean’ can mean.” We bring you today extracts from that article,...

The Chavez Effect: A life belt for the Caribbean

Jul 27, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Chavez Effect: A life belt for the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders There is no question that the two oil-related initiatives launched by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez – PetroCaribe and ALBA – are life belts to many Caribbean...

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The Lamaha Embankment squatters

Jul 27, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Lamaha Embankment squatters

The Lamaha Embankment is a narrow strip of Government reserve. It formerly served as the railway lines for trains coming in and out of what in colonial Guyana used to be old Georgetown. That was...

National Assembly applies brakes… Ban on cell phone use while driving

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on National Assembly applies brakes… Ban on cell phone use while driving

…drivers face jail time Using a cellular phone while driving can now land drivers in jail as the National Assembly last evening passed legislation that effectively puts an end to the increasing...

Two-beer limit for drivers or face Court

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two-beer limit for drivers or face Court

…PR campaign in train The National Assembly yesterday unanimously approved a two-beer limit or face the courts for those driving under the influence of alcohol. The use of a breathalyzer or blood...

Commission of Inquiry established to peruse M&CC affairs

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Commission of Inquiry established to peruse M&CC affairs

…Keith Burrowes named as head Government has established a Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown following a damning report by the Auditor General....

Guyana Watch achieves target

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch achieves target

– Over 3,000 patients treated The Guyana Medical Watch team has achieved their initial target of reaching out to over 3,000 Guyanese during this year’s sojourn in the country. The team’s...

Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill… PNCR believes passing of Bill could infringe on citizens’ rights

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill… PNCR believes passing of Bill could infringe on citizens’ rights

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday stated its intention to collaborate with the relevant stakeholders with a view to halting an attempt by the ruling administration to march to...

Youths stage brazen robbery at KFC

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Youths stage brazen robbery at KFC

Three youths, described as being in their early teens, yesterday carted off an undisclosed sum of money during a brazen robbery at KFC at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara. According to eyewitnesses,...

GRC helps four more victims

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GRC helps four more victims

The Guyana Relief Council, a non-governmental organisation, has once again come to the assistance of families whose homes where destroyed by fires. On Thursday last, at the Council’s headquarters...

Reduction of costs of starting up businesses in Guyana

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Reduction of costs of starting up businesses in Guyana

Government has announced that it has reduced the cost of starting up businesses in Guyana, as part of the initiatives to attract new investments. Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh last week issued...

Body of Craig youth washes up at West Bank koker

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Body of Craig youth washes up at West Bank koker

The partly decomposed body of 12-year-old Christopher McLean was found at the koker at Nismes, West Bank Demerara, at about noon yesterday. According to a police press release, the body is currently...

‘Missing’ teen turns up

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ‘Missing’ teen turns up

Gem Klautky, the 13-year-old who has been missing for the past week, turned up at her parents’ doorsteps on Wednesday. Her father, Colin Klautky, told Kaieteur News yesterday that at around 21:15...

Bandits grab $1M from contractor

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bandits grab $1M from contractor

Police are investigating a robbery which occurred last evening, with a Berbician man being relieved of $1M. According to reports, 50-year-old Somdat Premchand, of Golden Fleece, West Coast Berbice, a...

National Library seeks to make reading a national pastime

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on National Library seeks to make reading a national pastime

The Library’s Reading Programme for children currently underway at the Juvenile Department of the National Library has been functioning for over five years. It has as its main aim, improving the...

Commodore Best receives Venezuelan military medal

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Commodore Best receives Venezuelan military medal

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Commodore Gary Best, and the Military Attaché of the Republic of Brazil, Colonel Eudes Carvalho dos Santos, were on Thursday presented with the Medal Star...

ECHO targets waste disposal in climate change fight

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on ECHO targets waste disposal in climate change fight

Yesterday the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) continued to press people to change the manner in which they dispose of waste. Addressing a press conference at the National Library...

Missing mother told police that she was ‘living home’ with man

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Missing mother told police that she was ‘living home’ with man

Two men released on bail The saga continued Thursday with the story of 22-year-old Shalini Pereira who had related to her parents that she was kidnapped and drugged by a man whom she did not know....

Preventions of Crimes Act…

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Preventions of Crimes Act…

Police supervision upon release sparks lively debate .. paedophiles, rapists among those targeted The National Assembly was yesterday divided on the possibility that amendments which were eventually...

UN agency announces US$7 million for 5,200 rural farmers

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on UN agency announces US$7 million for 5,200 rural farmers

A US$6.93 million United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-supported project will help increase incomes and market opportunities for 5,200 poor rural households in...

BFA/Coca Cola senior league

Jul 26, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BFA/Coca Cola senior league

Monedderlust, Corentyne & Real Union gain full points Rivalry in the Banks DIH Coca Cola sponsored Berbice Football Association (BFA) division-one league is set to continue this weekend with four...

Guyana Fashion Weekend ready and rearing to go

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Fashion Weekend ready and rearing to go

Guyana Fashion Weekend took Guyana by storm when Sonia Noel turned her dream to reality at the end of August in 2007. Celebrities, diplomats and general patrons all wondered how they could top such...

Courts Pee Wee league reaches KO stage

Jul 26, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Courts Pee Wee league reaches KO stage

Four matches for Thirst Park today Following weeks of entertaining and exciting under-11 action in the Courts sponsored Georgetown football association Pee Wee League it’s now do or die for the...

Entertainment body takes help to disabled

Jul 26, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Entertainment body takes help to disabled

Yesterday, Wildfire Promotions, a group that is well known for promoting entertainment in Guyana, donated a wheelchair, a walker and a walking stick to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, now...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more