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TWO POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS

Dec 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on TWO POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS

By T.S. Eliot A SONG FOR SIMEON Lord, the Roman hyacinths are blooming in bowls and The winter sun creeps by the snow hills; The stubborn season had made stand. My life is light, waiting for the...

Getting a Tourist Visa To Enter the United States

Dec 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Getting a Tourist Visa To Enter the United States

As an immigration attorney, the most frequent question I get asked is “How can I get a visitor or tourist visa”. Generally, a citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States...

THIS CHRISTMAS

Dec 25, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THIS CHRISTMAS

By Raphael Trotman AFC Leader The Alliance For Change wishes every Guyanese, and every visitor to our dear land, a Merry Christmas in this special yuletide season. As I type this, Mark Benschop and...

Planning for the Oil Boom

Dec 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Planning for the Oil Boom

The search for oil within our boundaries is once again intensifying. We have in the past cautioned about oil being a mixed blessing. Resource-rich former colonies in general and oil-rich ones in...

Peace on earth and goodwill to Women

Dec 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Peace on earth and goodwill to Women

What would the world be like today if it were three wise women who travelled with gifts to the see the king of the Jews in the Christmas story? What if the shepherds keeping watch over their flock by...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Dec 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas is a time to send special greetings to one and all, even to those it may seem do not deserve such greetings. Christmas is about everyone, and since most Christmas Day columns are dedicated...

Magistrate sends Kissoon, Benschop on $1 bail each

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate sends Kissoon, Benschop on $1 bail each

Social Activist Mark Benschop and Kaieteur News Columnist Freddie Kissoon were released on $1 bail each yesterday, when they appeared before Magistrate Chandra Sohan, at the Georgetown...

Victim was Parika taxi driver

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Victim was Parika taxi driver

The badly battered body that was found on the Dora Trail on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway last Wednesday afternoon has been identified as 48-year-old taxi driver Leyton Garraway. Making the...

GPSU issues ultimatum to Govt. for wage negotiations

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GPSU issues ultimatum to Govt. for wage negotiations

…asks if its members are Public Servants or Public Slaves By Leonard Gildarie The country’s main bargaining union for public servants has not ruled out strike action, yesterday giving government...

Bartica cop collapses and dies

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bartica cop collapses and dies

Police are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination to ascertain how one of their own met his death early yesterday morning at the Bartica Hospital. Thirty-eight year-old Lance Corporal...

Bandits ensure bleak Xmas for fisherman and his family

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bandits ensure bleak Xmas for fisherman and his family

For years, Nandalall Persaud called Sailor toiled on his fishing boat without much success. But over the last two weeks, he and his crew struck it big and they were all preparing to enjoy the festive...

Opposition insists poor planning is responsible

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Opposition insists poor planning is responsible

There was a fair degree of banter in the National Assembly yesterday as the Opposition grilled the various Ministers as it relates to their requests totaling almost $7B The supplementary requests...

Blood shortage at Linden Hospital Complex necessitated transfer – CEO

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Blood shortage at Linden Hospital Complex necessitated transfer – CEO

By Michael Jordan A shortage of blood at the Linden Hospital Complex was one of the factors that caused two doctors to transfer maternity patient, Inga Nieuenkirk, to the Georgetown Public Hospital...

Dem boys seh…Nah all hunger strike doan gat food

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nah all hunger strike doan gat food

When people want to mek a point in a protest dem does do something really powerful. Some like Kwayana went on hunger strike. But dem boys remember that he wasn’t de first. Dem old PPP people who de...

B and Lower Class event promises to be a scorcher at Kennard Boxing Day meet

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on B and Lower Class event promises to be a scorcher at Kennard Boxing Day meet

Today is the eve of Christmas and already Turfites are gearing up for the excitement in store when the grand Boxing Day horse race meet organized by the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) gets...

Netrockers spring big upset over Milerock in K&S tourney

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Netrockers spring big upset over Milerock in K&S tourney

It was the battle of the Linden clubs at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground last evening in the opening encounter as play in the Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament continued and underdogs...

‘Winning back support of entire cricket fraternity is a major concern’

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Winning back support of entire cricket fraternity is a major concern’

Says GCB Presidential Candidate Ramsay Ali After 19 years at the helm of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and after enduring Guyana’s most controversial year in cricket this year, Chetram Singh says...

Track and Field had perfect momentum in 2010

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Track and Field had perfect momentum in 2010

-Pompey, synthetic facility among major highlights By Edison Jefford Local track and field gained excellent support and momentum this year, which among the superb performance of the Athletics...

Albert Baldeo leads fight for resources and political representation

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Albert Baldeo leads fight for resources and political representation

District Leader and Community Advocate Albert Baldeo, John Albert of Taking Our Seat.Org, Prita Singh of the Rajkumari Cultural Center, Frank Singh of the Inter Community Civic, and Vishnu Mahadeo of...

Speedboat Association calls on sawmills to indulge in safer practices

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Speedboat Association calls on sawmills to indulge in safer practices

Members of the Bartica Speedboat Association are calling on sawmill operators to be more responsible when using the river. President of the body, Clarence Belle, in an interview said that the recent...

Leslie Sobers appointed a magistrate

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Leslie Sobers appointed a magistrate

Attorney at Law Leslie Sobers took the oath of office as magistrate before Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Wednesday, last. His career saw him joining the Ministry of Information as Information...

Sale of land touted as GuySuco’s lifeline

Dec 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sale of land touted as GuySuco’s lifeline

By Gary Eleazar Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday informed the National Assembly that the Government will continue to assist the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and stressed that...

Police arrest fellow disciplined service members

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police arrest fellow disciplined service members

The Central Police station in Cobourg Street New Amsterdam was in uproar on Monday when the cops arrested their fellow disciplined service organizations after some initial intense battles. The...

They wanted me to spend Christmas in jail

Dec 24, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on They wanted me to spend Christmas in jail

I would like to thank all of our lawyers, especially Nigel Hughes, who put his brilliance to work the very minute he walked into the Brickdam lock up and heard that for a very simple traffic offence,...

Wharves have enough officers to clear barrels, boxes – GRA

Dec 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wharves have enough officers to clear barrels, boxes – GRA

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has deployed enough Customs Officers to man the city wharves during the build-up for the Christmas season. The agency, gave this reassurance yesterday in...