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Another boat collision in Pomeroon

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another boat collision in Pomeroon

Ramjattan Lall, of Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, and three of his workers are grateful for life after they survived a hit and run boat collision that occurred around 18:30...

Jet service comes to Ogle Airport

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jet service comes to Ogle Airport

A chartered Jet travel is now possible out of Ogle Airport. It will allow passengers to travel in comfort with reduced travel time. Jags Aviation Limited is offering the executive...

Death threats from Trinidad? …Murder suspect’s family goes into hiding

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Death threats from Trinidad? …Murder suspect’s family goes into hiding

As murder suspect Ramesh Sookram remains on the run, some members of his family have gone into hiding after allegedly receiving death threats from persons in Trinidad who accuse...

Road accident victim semi-conscious

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Road accident victim semi-conscious

Imran Baksh, a Corentyne accident victim has been in the High-Dependency-Unit (HDU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for almost five days, nursing a broken hip, ribs...

Ruling party blasts GHRA…

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling party blasts GHRA…

…says watchdog body is politically bent The ruling party has questioned the independence of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA). It is insisting that recent budget cuts endanger hundreds and...

Grandma Hands

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Grandma Hands

Grandma, some Seventy Seven plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. She didn’t move, just sat with her head down staring at her hands. When I sat down beside her she didn’t acknowledge...

Two years since St Joseph Mercy fire

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two years since St Joseph Mercy fire

Friday marked two years since most of the original Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital building went up in flames. The fire which broke out in the early morning destroyed the oldest wing of St. Joseph...

APNU column…Women need to push for equality

May 13, 2012 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on APNU column…Women need to push for equality

Political accountability for women begins with an increase in the number of women in decision-making positions. It is a fact that wherever women’s voices are heard, policies will...

The cash flow reality of the Norway money

May 13, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The cash flow reality of the Norway money

By Dr. Asquith Rose and Sasenarine Singh In life, time and tide wait for no one and the poor, elderly, youths and the working class in particular are always anxious to know when...

The Rattlesnake

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Rattlesnake

Rattlesnakes are a group of venomous snakes of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus of the subfamily Crotalinae (“pit vipers”). There are 32 known species of...

A stakeholder’s hypocrisy

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A stakeholder’s hypocrisy

Perhaps, the most precious right we enjoy which must never be surrendered is the right to have an opinion. It is a belief we hold as part of being rational humans. It may not be arrived at by...

Weeks after giving birth…31-year-old mom storms into ‘Feel The Beat’ finals

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Weeks after giving birth…31-year-old mom storms into ‘Feel The Beat’ finals

By Leonard Gildarie Growing up, I loved reading. I even left my school work so I could read. There were the Hardy Boys, Enid Blyton, Nancy Drew…yes, Nancy Drew. It was that bad. I devoured...

Is there a missing US citizen buried in Friendship?

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Is there a missing US citizen buried in Friendship?

By Michael Jordan If you find this headline misleading, or if you think it’s sensational, then it probably is. But this is exactly what seems to have happened to the 67-year-old man with the...

Our airports and the people involved

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Our airports and the people involved

Last week the management of Ogle Airport commissioned the extended runway. It was a remarkable event, because it allowed people to understand that there was a time when the...

WAITING FOR THE DAY OF RETIREMENT

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WAITING FOR THE DAY OF RETIREMENT

Invariably when you visit a government office you have to wait. The waiting is not all that bad if you look around and observe what is taking place. There are many useful observations that can...

Keeping Hate Alive

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Keeping Hate Alive

Returning to Guyana in 1988, I attempted to highlight the factors that promote the development of democracy in our country as opposed to those that retard it. While much of the writings...

Caribbean rum facing threat in the US

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean rum facing threat in the US

By Sir Ronald Sanders Rum-producing countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) may have to take the US to arbitration at the World Trade Organization...

THE ARTS FORUM INC. announces the release of VOLUME 7 Numbers 1 and 2 of THE ARTS JOURNAL

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on THE ARTS FORUM INC. announces the release of VOLUME 7 Numbers 1 and 2 of THE ARTS JOURNAL

THE ARTS JOURNAL is an independent, refereed Journal that provides fresh critical perspectives on the contemporary literatures, social history, arts and cultures of Guyana, the Caribbean and...

The Baccoo speaks

May 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The police are going to come good with an incident that has Trinidad connections. They have been toiling on this for a while and were actually thwarted by a closely knit family...

From the Diaspora…TAXPAYERS MONEY IS NOT THE PROPERTY OF PPP

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…TAXPAYERS MONEY IS NOT THE PROPERTY OF PPP

By Ralph Seeram Judging from the recent pronouncements from top PPP officials, it would seem that funds collected on behalf of the Guyanese people do not really belong to them. Proceeds...

ImmigrationTALK™: Transgender Individuals Eligible For Immigration Benefits

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK™: Transgender Individuals Eligible For Immigration Benefits

Attorney Gail S. Seeram, In 2005, the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) issued the precedent decision Matter of Lovo-Lara, 23 I&N Dec. 746 (BIA 2005). The case involved a...

Estranged wife desperately trying to locate missing husband

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Estranged wife desperately trying to locate missing husband

Almost six months have passed since the relatives of 74-year-old Herman Fatima a.k.a “Christian” last saw him but they are still hoping that he will soon be found. Celestine Williams, the...

Miners’shooting on D’Urban Street…

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miners’shooting on D’Urban Street…

Relatives of murder suspect call on police to investigate properly Relatives of Ray Yokum, who is in police custody for the robbery/murder of Glen Xavier on Tuesday last, are calling on...

Another murder in the North West District

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another murder in the North West District

The police are investigating the murder of Mark Ashby, 20, of Mabaruma, North West District. Ashby was reportedly killed on Friday at Port Kaituma. Investigations have revealed that...

US University students undertake community development projects in Grove

May 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US University students undertake community development projects in Grove

Overseas-based Guyanese, Onica Charles, and some of her classmates at the Nova South Eastern University, Miami, USA, are in Guyana as part of an “Alternative Break” programme...

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Alarm in West Indies over radical two-division plan for Test cricket

The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Horse Racing Authority Bill of 2024, though ostensibly aimed at regulating horse racing... more