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WHAT ABOUT THE SMALL GUYS?

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT ABOUT THE SMALL GUYS?

Some years ago, the publisher of this newspaper, Mr. Glenn Lall learnt that the construction of a small school in Essequibo cost the taxpayers of Guyana some $50M. When Glenn looked at the building,...

Something is just not right

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Something is just not right

Housewives, more than anyone else, know that the best thing to do with limited finance is to seek the best bargains. I have had the fortune or misfortune to go shopping first with my mother, and then...

Oh! The joys of making and flying a kite!

Apr 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Oh! The joys of making and flying a kite!

By Gary Eleazar As I walk around the city in the run up to the Easter Holidays each year there is a plethora of colours that bombard my eyes as vendors display their various kites on sale. But when...

THE MONICA REECE MURDER MYSTERY

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on THE MONICA REECE MURDER MYSTERY

Does this ‘high society’ killing remain unsolved because of sloppy detective work, bad breaks that investigators had, media interference…or because someone deliberately let a suspect slip...

We criticize the Government: What about the others?

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on We criticize the Government: What about the others?

It is foolish to think that there is another institution that is powerful in a country as the State. The media, the business class, the trade unions are all formidable actors that can bring down...

Pirates strike on Good Friday

Apr 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pirates strike on Good Friday

Pirates struck on Good Friday robbing a fishing vessel off the Number 43 village, Corentyne, foreshore. Police in a press release said that they are investigating the incident which occurred around...

The Tapir

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Tapir

Tapirs are large browsing mammals, roughly pig-like in shape, with short, prehensile snouts. They inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. All four...

Local Govt Task Force has become irrelevant – Dr Luncheon

Apr 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Local Govt Task Force has become irrelevant – Dr Luncheon

There remains a commitment to local government elections in 2009 even as the Joint Task Force has been dissolved. On Thursday, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, told the media...

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Apr 12, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on POWER TO THE PEOPLE

By Raphael Trotman At this time of Easter when we reflect on the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus made to ensure the salvation of all those who believe in his Gospel, let us examine whether those who...

Government advertising policy comes under question

Apr 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Government advertising policy comes under question

Eyebrows are being raised about Government advertising policy following the publication of two whole page advertisements that appeared in the March 31 edition of the privately owned Guyana Times...

Front-page comment

Apr 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Front-page comment

When children need answers to questions they turn to their parents and guardians. Similarly, when the citizens of Guyana need answers they look towards the government to provide these answers....

Law does not provide for extradition to US – British expert

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Law does not provide for extradition to US – British expert

The law, as it stands, prevents Guyana from extraditing any other of its citizens to the United States. The reason is that the treaty between Guyana and the United States does not prevent the United...

CLICO agents protest non- payment of commission

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CLICO agents protest non- payment of commission

… urge clients not to pay premiums Approximately 20 agents of the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) protested in front of the company’s Waterloo Street office yesterday for their salaries,...

Legislation tabled to cater for former Presidents’ benefits

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Legislation tabled to cater for former Presidents’ benefits

…Mrs. Hoyte’s pension payment singled out in special Bill The Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday in the National Assembly tabled three pieces of new legislation aimed at facilitating...

Hundreds of baby chicks dumped alive

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hundreds of baby chicks dumped alive

…addicts re-sell some on the streets Dozens of day-old baby chicks were yesterday dumped outside of Le Repentir Cemetery and veterinarians are trying to determine whether the chicks are infected...

Court grants restraining order against Judge

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Court grants restraining order against Judge

Justice William Ramlal on Wednesday granted a Conservatory Order restraining Justice Claudette La Bennett from hearing matters involving Anamayah’s Law Offices until the determination of a...

Renowned Guyanese gynaecologist Dr. M.Y. Bacchus dies

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Renowned Guyanese gynaecologist Dr. M.Y. Bacchus dies

Dr. Mohamed Yousouf Bacchus, whose name was synonymous with gynaecology in Guyana for over three decades, died at the Woodlands Hospital at around 03:30 hrs yesterday after suffering a heart attack....

A national scandal – Who is to blame?

Apr 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on A national scandal – Who is to blame?

By Rawle Welch Recently, so much has been highlighted about the lack of adequate support for athletes travelling to overseas engagements from the Government and Business Community, that it should be...

Universal Sports Complex sponsors young golfer

Apr 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Universal Sports Complex sponsors young golfer

Before he died about three years ago, Johnny Persaud was a golfer of some repute. The popular idiom ‘the chip doesn’t fall far from the block,’ was firmly exemplified when his son,...

Stepfather remanded for wounding boy who defends mother

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Stepfather remanded for wounding boy who defends mother

Keith Barker, 55, of 2925 North Ruimveldt, was yesterday denied his pretrial liberty when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that the accused, on April 7,...

GCB take lead with win against E/Coast

Apr 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GCB take lead with win against E/Coast

Georgetown yesterday notched up their second consecutive win in the German’s Hotel and W&H Rambarran Marine and Transportation to take the lead in the four-team Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)...

President enacts controversial amendments

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President enacts controversial amendments

Following the entire furor surrounding the constitutionality of the Trade Union Recognition Bill it was approved in the National Assembly in January last minus the opposition and has now been enacted...

Photographer, son freed in schoolgirl porn scheme

Apr 10, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Photographer, son freed in schoolgirl porn scheme

Photographer, Tony Kumar, 45, and his 22-year-old son, Samuel Tulasram, who allegedly drugged a 15-year-old Cotton Field Secondary School student and proceeded to take nude photos of her, walked free...

Hikers off to junior Hockey tourney in TT

Apr 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Hikers off to junior Hockey tourney in TT

The Hikers Hockey Club will be the first local club team to participate in the annual Trinidad and Tobago Hockey Board International Easter Youth Tournament. The team arrived in the Twin Island...

Setting the record straight, TCL sponsored Jonas

Apr 10, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Setting the record straight, TCL sponsored Jonas

Dear Sir, I refer to an article appearing in Kaieteur News dated April 07, 2009 under the caption “Athlete petitions for support for Carifta Games” which featured a photograph of Janella Jonas...