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Confidence trickster used the missing fishermen story to make money

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Confidence trickster used the missing fishermen story to make money

A confidence trickster who claimed to be one of the five fishermen that went missing on August 6, last, and goes by the name Anand, hatched a perfect plot with his ‘partner’ to get at...

A pillar for society’s poor and powerless…Pandit Suresh Sugrim is a ‘Special Person’

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on A pillar for society’s poor and powerless…Pandit Suresh Sugrim is a ‘Special Person’

Pull Quote: “I felt blessed to be doing something practical toward alleviating, in some measure, the suffering of the poor and powerless.” By Leon Suseran A very active pandit in the past, Suresh...

Dem boys seh…De Bees discriminate gainst Sam

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Bees discriminate gainst Sam

Everybody getting appreciation except Sam. He was president two time. When Cheddi dead he tun president. Then when Janet step down he tun president. He is de only man who was president two different...

Deconstructing Dubious Growth

Sep 25, 2011 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Deconstructing Dubious Growth

By Dr. Tarron Khemraj INTRODUCTION The PPP government – or most likely the Jagdeo loyalists – have been making a lot of noise about the half-year GDP growth rate, which Minister Ashni Singh...

Interesting creatures…The Pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting creatures…The Pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)

The Pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) is a species of three-toed sloth that inhabits tropical rainforests in northern South America. It is similar in appearance to, and often confused with,...

Philosophy and moral values: Appreciating Mr. Jagdeo

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 10

I never knew how difficult philosophy was until I became a parent. I studied philosophy at MacMaster University and the University of Toronto, found the subject extremely difficult to read and...

Is this the silly season?

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Is this the silly season?

It is often said that politics is a way of life. In Guyana, people were known to eat, sleep and drink politics. In many homes where friends would gather, the talk would, more often than not, be on...

DO THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DO THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

Given Guyana’s entrenched voting patterns, it is somewhat surprising that there are not greater attempts at encouraging more candidates running as independents in national and...

Pragmatic Multiracial Politics

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Pragmatic Multiracial Politics

The ongoing drama playing out in the courts about alleged “ideological racism” contrasts with the studied refusal of the political elite to deal frontally with the problematic of race in...

Rigs to Riches: a lesson for Guyana’s future?

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Rigs to Riches: a lesson for Guyana’s future?

By Sir Ronald Sanders Rigs to riches is the story of Norway’s rise from one of Europe’s backwater countries in 1969 to its position as one of the richest nations in Europe today. How it...

The Arts Forum

Sep 25, 2011 KNews The Arts Forum Comments Off on The Arts Forum

THE ARTS FORUM is a platform that accommodates multiple voices that seek to discuss themes and issues of concern to the peoples of Guyana and the Caribbean wherever they may be. As such, the views...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

I shudder to think that people are as uncaring. There is going to be yet another road accident and again people would shed bitter tears. A driver would be speeding where he should not be and...

How the NIS Corriverton branch costs $69M…There was a $6.5M roof

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News 6

-$55,000 provisioned for nail heads sealing The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) estimated that a roof for its single-storey branch at Corriverton, Berbice, would have cost them a...

Police seize boat with illegal fuel

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police seize boat with illegal fuel

Police on the Essequibo Coast have intercepted a fishing boat on the Essequibo Coast along with a quantity of smuggled illegal fuel reportedly from neighbouring Venezuela. According to reports, the...

Raj Mangal passes on

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Raj Mangal passes on

The education fraternity is in deep shock. Many woke up to the news yesterday morning that veteran educationist, Rajkishore Mangal, MS, had died at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Friday...

Anti-Racism Fizzle

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Anti-Racism Fizzle

Ten years ago, in 2001, the first World Conference against Racism was held in Durban, South Africa. To say that it created a stir would be an understatement. Following the conference’s equation of...

Gov’t stresses greater efforts to weed out financial irregularities

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t stresses greater efforts to weed out financial irregularities

The government is working towards the establishment of an internal audit division within the Ministry of Finance. This division will revamp and strengthen what was previously known as the...

After four break-ins in four weeks…Burglar nabbed after breaking into Eccles Nursery

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on After four break-ins in four weeks…Burglar nabbed after breaking into Eccles Nursery

After making good his escape on three occasions with his loot valuing in excess of $500,000 from the Eccles Nursery School, a young man tried his luck once again but was caught red-handed...

Parties to debate policing in Guyana

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parties to debate policing in Guyana

The Facing the Future Initiative, organized by a several Non-Government Organisations, has invited the lead parties contesting this year’s general elections to debate the matter of policing...

Save a child from abuse and save a generation—Ann Greene

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Save a child from abuse and save a generation—Ann Greene

Head of the Child Care Agency, Ann Greene, has said that the commissioning of the ‘Safe House for Children’ is yet another achievement for child care and protection services in Guyana. Greene...

Nudge The Balance

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Food For Thought Comments Off on Nudge The Balance

A 91-year-old woman died after living a very long dignified life. When she met the Creator, she asked Him something that had really bothered her for a very long time. “If Man was...

Police six short of 50 Cadet Officers in three years

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News 3

President Bharrat Jagdeo’s 2008 mandate to have 50 Police Cadet Officers appointed and trained, has placed the Guyana Police Force in the dilemma of probably stagnating the elevation of some...

Woman desperate after biker steals pet macaw

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman desperate after biker steals pet macaw

A woman burst into tears yesterday after a suspected customer stole her pet macaw. Sharon Khan left her snackette, Sharon’s Creole Corner, at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara, to attend to...

Sunday Sept 25, 2011

Sep 25, 2011 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Sept 25, 2011

Metro opens $60M office in Berbice

Sep 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Metro opens $60M office in Berbice

Metro Office and Computer Supplies in New Amsterdam has opened a spanking new office. This business had outgrown its old office which was situated at Main and Church Streets in New Amsterdam....

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo’s proclamation of his party’s approach to reducing income inequality... more