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SURINAME IS NOT LIKELY TO PURSUE AN ADVENTURIST FOREIGN POLICY

Aug 02, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SURINAME IS NOT LIKELY TO PURSUE AN ADVENTURIST FOREIGN POLICY

The new government in Suriname, even with a former military strongman as President, is not likely to engage in military adventurism. Guyana, therefore has little to fear about aggression from its...

Emancipation and intimidation

Aug 02, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Emancipation and intimidation

Official business in Guyana today has ceased. If foreigners inquire, they will be told that it is a public holiday in support of the observance of the anniversary of the end of slavery. When we talk...

THREE DOG NIGHT (AND DAY)

Aug 02, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THREE DOG NIGHT (AND DAY)

There are nights, knights and, then again, nights. For example, the Beatles came up with the term “A Hard Day’s Night” which was both a song and movie title: It’s been a hard...

Coalition Building

Aug 02, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Coalition Building

With general elections only a year away, it is quite a positive development in our political culture that coalition building is quite in the (political) air. Coalitions, of course, are one of the...

Guyana was to have Hydro Power from today

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana was to have Hydro Power from today

According to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2006 by Makeshwar Fip Motilall for Synergy Holdings Inc, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds as Minister with responsibility for energy, and the...

One dead, four injured after bus, car collision

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on One dead, four injured after bus, car collision

Thirty-one-year-old Ravi Singh of Montrose, East Coast Demerara, became the country’s latest road fatality yesterday, adding to the steadily growing list of vehicle fatalities so far for this year....

Pensioner, Health Ministry in court over daughter’s death

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner, Health Ministry in court over daughter’s death

– 68-year-old also battling NIS for survival benefits By Michael Jordan A diabetic grandmother is gearing for a David versus Goliath fight with the Ministry of Health and the National Insurance...

Guyana Watch clinics attract 3,000

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch clinics attract 3,000

– find critical pediatric heart conditions The Guyana Watch Medical team has wrapped up its 18th mission to Guyana with their last clinic in Windsor Forest. In just one week, the team...

A nurse for all seasons

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on A nurse for all seasons

Melisha Toney is a ‘Special Person’ “Do all the good you can whenever you can, and you will be rewarded…do all the good you can as long as you can, and life will be wonderful.” By Rabindra...

Dem boys seh…..Look out fuh Sam and he dashiki

Aug 01, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…..Look out fuh Sam and he dashiki

Guyana Watch come to Guyana to look after sick people. Dem see more than 3,000 people and believe it or not, dem boys see de team going to Bharrat. De man was sick but dem boys didn’t know that he...

It is never too late to tie the knot

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on It is never too late to tie the knot

How Cool! The St. George’s Cathedral was the scene of an unusual, but touching affair yesterday, when two senior citizens decided to do the right thing and tie the knot. Kathleen Peroune and...

Turning heads: African head wraps go on show today

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Turning heads: African head wraps go on show today

African head wraps are both intriguing and stunning and today you will get a chance to see just that when the African Cultural and Development Association hosts its Emancipation Day festival at the...

Authorities to increase monitoring of fishing industry

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities to increase monitoring of fishing industry

Trawler explosions… Following a number of fatal incidents involving fishing trawlers, the authorities are moving to introduce several measures, including increased monitoring to ensure workers of...

India’s Lil Champs to arrive this week

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on India’s Lil Champs to arrive this week

India’s little singing sensations, better known as “Lil Champs,” are due to arrive in Guyana this week for what is being touted as an unforgettable show. The singers were slated to perform in...

THERE IS A WORLDWIDE RESURGENCE IN TEACHING CIVILITY AND SOPHISTRY

Aug 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on THERE IS A WORLDWIDE RESURGENCE IN TEACHING CIVILITY AND SOPHISTRY

By Marnie Kant Today’s global economy demands polished flexibility and professionalism. Such things as your appearance, style of dress, mannerism and body language can be more influential than...

Augustin steamrolls Bess; London overcomes Tyson

Aug 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Augustin steamrolls Bess; London overcomes Tyson

By Michael Benjamin Kurt Bess registered a first round knockdown and a second round mauling on Anthony Augustin but the latter fighter reasserted himself in the third and fourth stanzas to clinch a...

Guyana fall to Jamaica in clash for fifth place

Aug 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana fall to Jamaica in clash for fifth place

The Guyana women’s hockey team fell to Jamaica by a 1 – 0 margin in their final match of the CAC Games which is being held in Puerto Rico. The loss left Guyana in sixth place of the eight team...

Greene assumes GTTA leadership Greene assumes GTTA leadership

Aug 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Greene assumes GTTA leadership Greene assumes GTTA leadership

As widely predicted, Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene yesterday assumed the leadership of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) when the association held its Annual General Meeting and...

Action galore as Tapeball Association launches inaugural GTA Super Sixes

Aug 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Action galore as Tapeball Association launches inaugural GTA Super Sixes

The Guyana Tapeball Cricket Association will launch its inaugural GTA Super Sixes competition starting August 14-September 26 next and already several teams have registered for the grand tournament....

We need to be infused with the pride and dignity of our ancestors

Aug 01, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on We need to be infused with the pride and dignity of our ancestors

Dear Editor, Emancipation my friends, is not an occasion for Africans to be rejoicing as if somehow a great favour was bestowed upon us. Emancipation my friends is an occasion for us, as Africans, to...

Who’s in charge of the GPF?

Aug 01, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Who’s in charge of the GPF?

Dear Editor, I refer to your article of Friday 30th July on Pages3 and 11 concerning a police woman who refused to be obstructed in the performance of her duties by not taking a cell phone call from...

Emancipation Day

Aug 01, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Emancipation Day

It is now 172 years since slavery was abolished in this country – and in the rest of the British Empire, for that matter. As a national holiday, we should be reminded that it is a day that should...

Emancipation lessons still relevant today

Aug 01, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Emancipation lessons still relevant today

Today, August 1, 2010, as we celebrate the 172nd anniversary of emancipation from slavery, the lessons of that struggle still remain relevant today as we confront the continuous effort of the present...

The Guyanese Novel…what of it?

Aug 01, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on The Guyanese Novel…what of it?

– By Petamber Persaud The statement by critic Lee Siegel that the American novel is dead drew me into the debate. The upshot to me was more or less a wakeup call. People are writing, novels are...

No trade without help on Undeniable Climate Change

Aug 01, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on No trade without help on Undeniable Climate Change

By Sir Ronald Sanders Climate change is now undeniable according to a new study headed by the US National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration. It is already having a disastrous effect on small...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more