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Coming Together

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coming Together

Dear Editor, There is this view now in vogue that there should be a ‘coming together’ of the opposition and the ruling party, given the minority status of the current government....

Different Acts, different standards

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Different Acts, different standards

Dear Editor, One of the attributes of someone engaged in teaching, as I have been at various times, is the constant and necessary effort to put things over in a manner that facilitates...

Pit bulls owner says he is helping mauled pensioner

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pit bulls owner says he is helping mauled pensioner

– Claims dogs are friendly The owner of the two pit bull dogs that badly mauled a Kitty, Georgetown pensioner two weeks ago, has refuted claims that he has refused to compensate...

Businesswoman attacks GWI employee with chopper over illegal connection

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman attacks GWI employee with chopper over illegal connection

A Guyana Water Inc. employee got the scare of her life when she was confronted recently by a popular Robb Street businesswoman who threatened to chop her up because she had spoken about water...

One rescued, 16 year-old drifts off life ring

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on One rescued, 16 year-old drifts off life ring

…authorities probing reported sighting at Tiger Beach After drifting in shark infested salt waters since Wednesday evening, one of the missing crewman from the ill-fated Chrisann V...

Canada-Guyana Partnership completes course

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Canada-Guyana Partnership completes course

– Training, capacity-building programs to be highlighted After three years of activities in Guyana, the Canada-Guyana Partnership for Community Planning will hold its closing...

Clean all stables

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Clean all stables

President Ramotar delivered his first speech to the Police Conference last Thursday. All of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) top brass were obviously there – barring Commissioner of...

A Life Like a Diamond

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on A Life Like a Diamond

Some people come into our lives for a reason, and have the ability to touch others in a way that changes them forever. Some souls, by the example of their lives, can help us to understand some...

Sunday Cartoon March 4, 2012

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon March 4, 2012

ImmigrationTALK: Battered Spouse & Children-Immigration Benefits

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Battered Spouse & Children-Immigration Benefits

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram Too often, undocumented immigrants in the United States are victims of domestic violence and abuse. Some immigrants may be afraid to report acts of...

From the Diaspora…THE PUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW EVERYTHING

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…THE PUBLIC DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW EVERYTHING

By Ralph Seeram It takes a lie to cover a lie, and that is the predicament the PPP Administration has cornered itself into. Because of secrecy and lack of transparency in some of its past dealings,...

More doctors graduate from GreenHeart Medical University

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on More doctors graduate from GreenHeart Medical University

Since its inception in 2004, the GreenHeart Medical University (GMU) finally held its very first graduation ceremony. The event was held on Wednesday at the Princess International Hotel, Providence,...

Blairmont sugar workers back on the job

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Blairmont sugar workers back on the job

– GuySuCo to review benefits The rollercoaster relationship between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and Blairmont sugar workers has been temporarily resolved with management...

Student Nurses rushed to hospital after suspected food poisoning

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Student Nurses rushed to hospital after suspected food poisoning

Almost the entire batch of the Nursing Assistant Programme Class 46 at the New Amsterdam Nursing School at Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, and more than half of the batch of...

Bella Dam teenager found hanging from bedroom ceiling

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bella Dam teenager found hanging from bedroom ceiling

Shock waves rippled through the quiet village of Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara when residents became aware of a teenager in the village who allegedly committed suicide. Dead is 17-year-old...

Remigrant beaten, robbed at mining camp

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Remigrant beaten, robbed at mining camp

Three men were arrested after attacking miners, including the Guyanese-Canadian dredge owner at an interior mining camp known as “Frenchman.” Last Thursday, Antonio Lynch and other...

Reptiles a concern for nursery school

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Reptiles a concern for nursery school

Residents of Reliance Village, Essequibo Coast, are fearful of the huge reptiles that are plaguing the area, especially by the entrance to the Nursery School situated in the Scheme. The area...

AFC ENDORSES OAS OBSERVER MISSION REPORT

Mar 04, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on AFC ENDORSES OAS OBSERVER MISSION REPORT

The Alliance For Change (AFC) thanks the OAS Electoral Observer Mission to the Guyana General and Regional Elections 2011, for its verbal Report. The Report is concise, factual,...

Corentyne boy Jag Mahadeo writes childhood memories

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne boy Jag Mahadeo writes childhood memories

Corentyne boy Jag Mahadeo seems always on a path to discern spiritual enlightenment in all of life’s experiences and nowhere is that made clearer than in his recently released...

The Grey Brocket

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Grey Brocket

The Grey Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira), also known as the Brown Brocket, is a species of brocket deer from northern Argentina, Bolivia, eastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It formerly...

On any given day, the PPP will teach the opposition about politics

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On any given day, the PPP will teach the opposition about politics

Eric Philips of ACDA is my neighbour, although he doesn’t live right next door. We live in the same small compound where I have to pass his home each time I am coming or going. While driving into...

Mason reported missing was in lock-ups

Mar 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mason reported missing was in lock-ups

After almost two months of being reported missing, 20-year-old mason Antonio Kishore Lall (Avinash), is now back in his mother’s home. Moonzalene Baksh (Susie), the young man’s mother, contacted...

The unsettling fate of unsuspecting taxi drivers

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The unsettling fate of unsuspecting taxi drivers

By Michael Jordan It was a sunny Friday in February 1998, a typical day for 22-year-old taxi driver Davo Narine. His parents asked him to pay an electricity bill and so he left...

There are many things wrong here

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There are many things wrong here

Another vessel is lost at sea and a number of factors have conspired to test the best resolve of the authorities. This vessel was not considered seaworthy by the authorities some four years...

WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

Mar 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

During a recent address in Berbice, a government official was obviously at pains in finding examples of developmental projects in the county. The only ones of significance that could...