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Merai ends controversial police career on a high

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News 1

Yesterday marked the last day that the controversial Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai was officially a member of the Guyana Police Force. Merai who had reached the age of retirement some...

Congratulations!!!

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Congratulations!!!

Doomsday and 2012

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Doomsday and 2012

-is the world really going to end? By Rehana Ashley Ahamad It is the first day of the year; the year when the world is supposed to come to an end. Is it true? Is the world truly going...

Hope in a New Year

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Hope in a New Year

It’s a wonderful tradition, this commemoration of a “new year”. Apart from acknowledging the passage of time, it makes us believe that whatever may have gone wrong in the past...

The IMC is illegal. It should not be accepted

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The IMC is illegal. It should not be accepted

Dear Editor, Writer’s note: I was typing this correspondence when I got a call that stated that the WI Cricket Board has rejected the IMC and the ICC will be issuing a statement....

Youths, you are on the right track; Guyana needs you more than ever

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youths, you are on the right track; Guyana needs you more than ever

Dear Editor, I was a victim of the police shooting on Tuesday, December 6th in Hadfield Street. Like other peaceful citizens who were shot that day, I was hit several times resulting in...

12 armed ranks guard Jagdeo round the clock

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 12 armed ranks guard Jagdeo round the clock

Over a year after he demitted office Former President Bharrat Jagdeo continues to live like he’s still the head of state, especially when it comes to his security detail. No wonder...

Dem boys seh…Donald got to shine in de New Year

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald got to shine in de New Year

Bar Rat was, is, and will always be a scamp in dem boys book and in nuff, nuff people eyes. De fuss thing that mek dem boys know fuh sure was when he surround heself wid scamps like heself. He...

The EPA reeks of incompetence where noise nuisance is concerned

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The EPA reeks of incompetence where noise nuisance is concerned

Dear Editor, The further decadence to which our society is sinking was indeed evident through the ruckus and noise caused by several music sets along Main Street, New Amsterdam on...

Where has the people’s money gone?

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where has the people’s money gone?

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the press on December 31, 2011 caption “Why the obsession with Jagdeo?” which accused sections of the media of trying to keep this man in the...

Merai should share his thoughts on the rubber bullets incident

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Merai should share his thoughts on the rubber bullets incident

Dear Editor, I could not help but think that even if one were to disagree with the substance of Assistant Commissioner Steve Merai’s recent pronouncements, I am not so sure that there...

Am I paying rates and taxes for rat-ridden markets and bad roads?

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Am I paying rates and taxes for rat-ridden markets and bad roads?

Dear Sir, As a citizen of Georgetown, I am very tired and fed-up with the goings- on at the council. If it isn’t one thing it’s another. Every time you read or hear about the...

Moses should withdraw

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Moses should withdraw

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to the case where former president, Bharrat Jagdeo sued Freddie Kissoon. This had to do with East Indians being given by Jagdeo , almost all the major...

Courage – Are You Game Enough?

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Courage – Are You Game Enough?

Everyone wants to be known as ‘Courageous’. Courage is a wonderful feat to achieve. It is not only displayed by soldiers in a war field who faithfully defend their country; every...

19-year-old faked accident for insurance money

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 19-year-old faked accident for insurance money

A 19-year- old man, who obtained money by faking documents that stated he was involved in a vehicular accident, was on Friday last fined by Magistrate Fazil Azeez. Conroy Washington was found...

The Tupinambis or Tegu

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Tupinambis or Tegu

Tupinambis is a lizard genus which belongs to the family Teiidae, and contains seven described species. These large, South American lizards are commonly referred to astegus; Tupinambis merianae...

It was one of civilization’s most beautiful years

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on It was one of civilization’s most beautiful years

There is a particular image of 2011 that will remain with me for the rest of my life. It is a photograph of a rebel-fighter shooting back at Gaddafi loyalists during a street battle. He was wearing a...

From the Diaspora…ORPHANS AND THE HOMELESS NEEDS MORE THAN A CHRISTMAS MEAL

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…ORPHANS AND THE HOMELESS NEEDS MORE THAN A CHRISTMAS MEAL

By Ralph Seeram Orphans are probably the most vulnerable members in any society. Whether its wealthy capitalist societies like the United States or Third World countries like Guyana, orphans depends...

PEOPLE THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN 2011…Priya Devi Manickchand: Reflections of a resolute Young Professional

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PEOPLE THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN 2011…Priya Devi Manickchand: Reflections of a resolute Young Professional

Pull Quote – “In a moment our life can be taken, so we must make our time on earth count in every way.” By Gary Eleazar The year 2011 will go down in the annals of Guyana’s history as an...

UNASUR advances institutional building under Guyana’s chairmanship

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UNASUR advances institutional building under Guyana’s chairmanship

By Odeen Ishmael On October 29, 2011, the Government of Guyana, after holding the annual rotating position of pro-tempore chair of UNASUR since November 26, 2010, handed over the gavel...

WHY THE PPP FAILED TO GAIN A MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY THE PPP FAILED TO GAIN A MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT

So you are saying that the PPP failed to gain a majority in the National Assembly because of Kaieteur News! You are saying that it was Kaieteur News that swayed all those die-hard PPP...

This will be another good year

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on This will be another good year

Another New Year and a lot of screams and fireworks at midnight. There were the blessings, hugs, kisses and the wild gyrations as the clock wound down to signal the end of 2011 and to welcome the New...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The holiday season was just as I said, not that I expected a change, but people simply ignored the warnings. The drowning, the electrocution and the accidents were destined. There is going to...

WATER MORE THAN FLOUR

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on WATER MORE THAN FLOUR

I first heard the expression “Water more than flour” when I was a teenager and my cricket captain Ivan (known as “Rabby”) faced a difficult choice and we had to abandon a match we had...

Lost in a world of illusions

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lost in a world of illusions

DEAR EDITOR, I would have done an injustice to my fellow veterans and ardent readers of your column, had I failed to respond to a letter ...

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