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Businessman shot at “bottle bandits”

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman shot at “bottle bandits”

“I am not a bandit, I see a guy going up to the man yard and I just follow,” says the alleged bandit, Steve Anthony, 50, who gives his name as Steve Weevers of Grove Squatting Area, East...

New Region Six Chairman plans to stamp out corruption

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New Region Six Chairman plans to stamp out corruption

“I cannot come here and promise that by the wave of a magical wand, Region Six will be transformed tomorrow morning…but I can promise you that I will work faithfully every single day...

Dem boys seh…Times change and people too

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Times change and people too

A man is as good as de people round he. If everybody round he mek he feel like if he is de greatest thing on earth then he gun believe that he is de greatest. Was a time when a man use...

Your comfort zone will kill your passion

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Your comfort zone will kill your passion

We all love to be comfortable. Don’t we? Comfort conjures in our minds an idyllic life replete with all the trappings of the good life. When we are in our comfort zones, we feel...

Guyana not ‘hogtied’ into contracts

Jan 29, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana not ‘hogtied’ into contracts

The Alliance For Change is calling on Dr. Roger Luncheon to resign his post as Secretary to Cabinet and Head of the Presidential Secretariat. This is in light of his recent attempts to...

Arti Cameron for NY’s Bikini Under the Bridge

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Arti Cameron for NY’s Bikini Under the Bridge

Miss Guyana World 2011-2012 Arti Cameron is set to rock the runway at Bikini Under The Bridge, a major swimwear show in New York. The Bikini Under the Bridge event showcases up and coming...

CARPHA to collaborate with CTO on Quality Tourism

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CARPHA to collaborate with CTO on Quality Tourism

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) which started its operations this month under Interim Director, Dr. Jerome Walcott, former Minister of Health, Barbados was a subject of discussion...

Is there a conspiracy in the poultry sector?

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Is there a conspiracy in the poultry sector?

By Leonard Gildarie It has been reported that Guyana consumes on average 400,000 pounds of chicken monthly. Mind-boggling…If you are a layman. But for the producers, high prices mean more...

Longhorn Beetles

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Longhorn Beetles

Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae; also known as long-horned beetles or longicorns) are a cosmopolitan family of beetles, typically characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as...

I did not go to high school

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I did not go to high school

I have been in the public eyes since I entered UG in 1974, the year of the refusal of the UG Council to appoint Walter Rodney as a lecturer. Because of my politics at UG, I made the news but I doubt...

My friend found his wife on Facebook

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on My friend found his wife on Facebook

Social networking is the buzzword these days. Just about everyone with a phone is on Facebook and Twitter. People are texting all over the place. Just yesterday morning I got a text message from...

Calls being made for resumption of UG’s Optometry Programme

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Calls being made for resumption of UG’s Optometry Programme

An earnest call has been made to Pro-Chancellor of the University, Professor Prem Misir, to help push for the recommencement of the Optometry Programme at the institution. The appeal...

ART IS MUCH MORE THAN A RELECTION OF REALITY

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ART IS MUCH MORE THAN A RELECTION OF REALITY

It is no wonder that art, in all its forms, in Guyana is mired in mediocrity. If there can be such scant understanding of what art is about, then it should surprise no one that this country...

Charged 20 times but never convicted

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Charged 20 times but never convicted

– Randy Morris is the ‘usual suspect’ The name Randy Morris is on the tip of the tongue of almost every detective in town. It is called in connection with almost every high...

The Guyana National Service

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Guyana National Service

(There was “talk” from APNU during the elections on the need for a “National Service” to deal with the problem of unemployed youths. We offer the following to remind the nation of the nature...

LIAT: Time for regional action

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on LIAT: Time for regional action

By Sir Ronald Sanders The three main shareholder governments in LIAT – the airline that is vital to movement of tourists and local alike in the Caribbean – are scheduled to meet on January 31 to...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The days are long and people tend to do many things. Some are going to be heading to places of entertainment because the nights are short. Those who have little money are going to call on...

Sunday Cartoon January 29, 2012

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon January 29, 2012

Immigration TALK…Reporting a Change of Address to Immigration

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration TALK…Reporting a Change of Address to Immigration

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, The law requires that most non-U.S. citizens report a change of address within 10 days of moving by completing a Change of Address form with USCIS. Additionally,...

Crabwood Creek shooting – three surrender

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Crabwood Creek shooting – three surrender

Three men appeared on Friday at the Springlands Magistrates’ Court, charged with attempted murder of Bijai ‘Rohan’ Ramdass, 31, of Lot 41 Grant 1806, Crabwood Creek and 17- year-...

Newly- trained mediators to boost Berbice judiciary

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Newly- trained mediators to boost Berbice judiciary

By Leon Suseran Berbice is now fully- equipped with 25 mediators who were specially trained over the past week in the skill of mediating. The batch graduated on Friday at the Little Rock Suites after...

From the Diaspora… FIRE THIS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS NOW

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora… FIRE THIS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS NOW

By Ralph Seeram On my recent visit to Guyana, I made it a point to question some fellow Guyanese on their thoughts on justice in Guyana. It was certainly not a scientific survey, but never the...

Kuice Sharma Soloman youngest Region Ten chairman

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kuice Sharma Soloman youngest Region Ten chairman

Today Kuice Sharma Soloman at the tender age of 32 ought to be a very proud young man having achieved a position that most of his peers could only dream about. On Wednesday last, Soloman was...

Amaila Falls Hydro

Jan 29, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Amaila Falls Hydro

The road to the Amaila Falls Hydro-Electric Project (pun intended) has been a long and harrowing one. And it still has not been completed – neither the road nor the project. We do not even have the...

Father disappears with toddler

Jan 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father disappears with toddler

Child was once abandoned A father is being accused of running away with his child whom he once abandoned. The child, three-year-old, Shemory Thorne, was left in the custody of his aunt,...

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