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Lifetime Real Estate throws weight behind event

May 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Lifetime Real Estate throws weight behind event

Lifetime Real Estate threw its weight behind the upcoming President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic yesterday when the company added its name to a list of illustrious corporate entities that have...

Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association host successful championships

May 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association host successful championships

The Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association hosted its Annual Junior Karate Championships Sunday at Banks DIH Sports Club at Thirst Park. Sensei Winston Dunbar said he was pleased with the performances of...

President Jagdeo and a valuable, priceless road that was never taken

May 17, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Jagdeo and a valuable, priceless road that was never taken

I don’t believe and I would not believe that there is a person on Planet Earth who has read me all these years that would not expect me to write on the legacy of Bharrat Jagdeo seeing that the sun...

Third Annual Scotia Bank Berbice Cricket Academy set for July

May 17, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Third Annual Scotia Bank Berbice Cricket Academy set for July

The 3rd Annual Cricket Academy organised by the Berbice Cricket Board and sponsored by the Scotia Bank was officially launched on Thursday last at the Board’s office, Cheddi Jagan Street, New...

Medical students want to complete internship in Cuba

May 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Medical students want to complete internship in Cuba

Dear Editor, Upon the release of Cuban scholarship application forms in 2005, more than 300 persons applied for the field of Medicine in which there were only 20 openings. As any competitive process...

Cross-ethnic voting necessary for securing political office

May 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Cross-ethnic voting necessary for securing political office

Dear Editor, There is a wide perception that the two major political parties are ethnically based. Yes, Guyana is primarily made up of Africans and Indians, but this frame of thought traps us into...

Capitalism is a complete system

May 17, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Capitalism is a complete system

Any good socialist will tell you that you cannot divorce the economic from the political, that the political relations reflect the economic realities. But you also cannot build capitalism with a...

The PNC were the architects that suppressed Guyanese freedom of expression

May 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The PNC were the architects that suppressed Guyanese freedom of expression

Dear Editor, Those of us who find it relevant at times to compare the 28 years of PNC rule to the 19 years that the PPP has now been in power, are usually reminded that both Burnham and Hoyte are now...

Granger is no different from Jagdeo and Ramotar

May 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Granger is no different from Jagdeo and Ramotar

Dear Editor, I respond to a letter under the caption, “Mr. Granger underestimates the importance of State-owned businesses”, dated 13th. May 2011. I wish to state that Mr. David Granger, et al....

It’s tragic how private sector interests triumph over matters related to social and human development

May 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s tragic how private sector interests triumph over matters related to social and human development

Dear Editor, Now that we have accepted capitalism as our development paradigm, it is sometimes tragic to watch how private sector interests seem to triumph over matters related to social and human...

The Guyanese flyer

May 17, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Guyanese flyer

For almost a year the Guyana Government has been meeting with the managers of the various airlines seeking reduced costs to the Guyanese travelling public. It never escaped the notice of the local...