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The Caribbean: Not so gay

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Caribbean: Not so gay

By Sir Ronald Sanders On the Caribbean island of Barbados, with a population of about 250,000 people, approximately 3,426 persons are living with HIV, and the Minister of Health, Stephen...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The rains are going to unleash some ungodly things on a small community. The residents are not immune to snakes nor are they unduly afraid. However, a particularly large reptile in the...

Yvonne Mbozi remembered

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Yvonne Mbozi remembered

by David Granger Yvonne St. Clair Mbozi, née Granger, former Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, died on 22nd January 2012, aged 79 years. The eight decades from 1932...

ImmigrationTALK: Prosecutorial Discretion in Removal & Detention Cases

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Prosecutorial Discretion in Removal & Detention Cases

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Recently, John Morton, Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), issued two new memoranda giving guidance and encouraging the expanded...

From the Diaspora…HEY FREDDIE, TRY THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR A JOB

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…HEY FREDDIE, TRY THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR A JOB

By Ralph Seeram I once worked in Wall Street as a Network Technician for a company that was owned by Reuters. Of course, everybody knows Reuters as a news service, but most of the company’s...

Scotia Bank employee stabbed in bus, robbed of Blackberry

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Scotia Bank employee stabbed in bus, robbed of Blackberry

A Bank of Nova Scotia Bank employee was stabbed and robbed while travelling home in a Route 47 minibus on Friday afternoon. Police are yet to apprehend the perpetrators. The man who was...

Norway funds could start trickling in

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Norway funds could start trickling in

The initial release of the forest-saving funds from Norway to Guyana could be released shortly, ending a long struggle, characterized by prolonged fretting on the international stage by former...

Meadowbank Wharf a death trap

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Meadowbank Wharf a death trap

Fishermen and boat owners, who operate at the Meadow Bank Wharf, are calling on the relevant authority to look into the deteriorating condition of the facility. Some fisher folks are convinced...

Youman Nabi Messages

Feb 05, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Youman Nabi Messages

…From Alliance For Change The Alliance For Change extends greetings to our Muslim brothers and sisters on the occasion of Youman Nabi which celebrates the birth anniversary...

Dirt Roads

Feb 05, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Dirt Roads

What’s mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved. People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride. That it can jar...

Girl, 7, raped by stranger who picked her up from school

Feb 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 7, raped by stranger who picked her up from school

-left to walk home with bloody clothes A seven- year old Primary School girl who made the mistake of going with a stranger, who claimed that her mother had sent him to pick her up, is at...

Govt., Synergy Holdings fighting over ‘junk’ equipment

Feb 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., Synergy Holdings fighting over ‘junk’ equipment

-former senior employees relate horror stories about road project The matter before the High Court involving Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall of Synergy Holdings Inc and the Attorney General has...

Strategic Security Services awarded $1.1 B contract to secure state property

Feb 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Strategic Security Services awarded $1.1 B contract to secure state property

– Whittaker warns against “watchmen” The government yesterday signed over a $1.1 billion contract to a single firm to provide security for state properties in all ten...

Medical Council receives statement from alleged abortion clinic rape victim

Feb 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Medical Council receives statement from alleged abortion clinic rape victim

The woman who claimed that she was sexually abused by Dr. Rama Sahadeo at his private clinic several years ago has handed over her statement to the Medical Council of Guyana. Her husband, who...

A PATIENT SPIRIT

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A PATIENT SPIRIT

A reporter went to heaven and saw two lines. Over one line was a sign that read “For men who were dominated by their wives”. There were hundreds of men in that line. The other sign...

The Pursuit of Happiness

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Pursuit of Happiness

“Happiness”, or at least the discussion of it, is suddenly all around us. At the global, macro level, many countries – led by the pioneering efforts of the tiny mountain...

Bauxite union expects new Labour Minister to resolve workers dispute with BCGI

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bauxite union expects new Labour Minister to resolve workers dispute with BCGI

Dear Editor, This year marks three (3) years and December last three (3) Christmases since the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) has, without reason, dismissed a number of workers...

The Guyana Teachers ‘Union leaves a sour taste in my mouth

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Teachers ‘Union leaves a sour taste in my mouth

Dear Editor, The question is “what is the purpose of a union? To be more specific, “what is the purpose of the Guyana Teachers’ Union?” What I know for sure is that my monthly...

Mr. Corbin’s accusations are contrived for the occasion

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Corbin’s accusations are contrived for the occasion

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Robert Corbin’s letter published on February 3 (‘Has Mr. Ramkarran’s failure to be appointed Speaker made him irrational?’). Bias of the type defined...

Why carry over our baggage to the next generation?

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why carry over our baggage to the next generation?

Dear Editor, I found Ravi Dev’s article in KN of Sunday, January 29th extremely distasteful. Mr. Burnham has been dead for 26 years now. Can we let his soul rest in peace? For how...

Was the NBS matter politically motivated?

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was the NBS matter politically motivated?

Dear Sir, A former Director, Mr, David Yhann has broken his silence on the New Building Society saga and has disclosed that the Board knew from the outset that the Managers were not...

Those at fault for road leading to landfill site should be surcharged

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those at fault for road leading to landfill site should be surcharged

Dear Sir, The Haggs Bosh road has failed. This road to the new garbage disposal facility has been in use for exactly one year and is already slipping into the trenches…… in places...

Bishoo, Barker, Ramdhani and Khan and Bryan are NSC 2011 sports awardees

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bishoo, Barker, Ramdhani and Khan and Bryan are NSC 2011 sports awardees

Kaieteur News’ Edison Jefford claims print journalist prize Cricketer Devendra Bishoo and Powerlifter Dawn Barker have copped the Senior respective male and female awards when officials of...

Rohee orders investigation into Cricket Board’s financial activities

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rohee orders investigation into Cricket Board’s financial activities

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, has informed that he has instructed the acting Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brummell, to mount an investigation into the finances of the Guyana...

Star Party Rentals responds positively to sponsorship request

Feb 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Star Party Rentals responds positively to sponsorship request

The question as which corporate entities are often most willing to respond positively to request for sponsorship was unmistakably answered on Thursday afternoon when Star Party Rentals of 37...

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