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Months after relocation…CJIA expansion dictates moving multi-million $$$ landing equipment

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Months after relocation…CJIA expansion dictates moving multi-million $$$ landing equipment

A multi-million-dollar piece of equipment to help land planes at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, was only commissioned in February after being moved from another...

Mother in fear as abusive husband remains on the run

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mother in fear as abusive husband remains on the run

– Repeatedly raped in front of toddler son A young mother of one said that she is living in fear as her reputed husband of six years remains bent of beating her despite dozens of reports...

Police arrest gang that robbed gas station, elderly woman on East Coast

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police arrest gang that robbed gas station, elderly woman on East Coast

– gun recovered Quick action by ranks of the Vigilance and Cove and John Police Stations on Friday afternoon led to the capture of four suspects who are responsible for two robberies...

The Sage of Buxton and the PNC’s Apology

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Sage of Buxton and the PNC’s Apology

Mr Eusi Kwayana is a remarkable Guyanese. I used to refer to him as “Elder Kwayana” out of respect – until he took offence. He first came to my consciousness in the early sixties...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There is no end to the madness on the roads and as the population moves further inland there are people who would take the madness with them. The hinterland roads are going to be...

The girl in the pleated pink skirt

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The girl in the pleated pink skirt

He was a former friend of mine. He may also have killed a young girl over 30 years ago. And I might have known for sure—maybe even have helped put him away, if I had kept my ears open. You...

Usain Bolt, his white girl friend, Black Guyana and Freud

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Usain Bolt, his white girl friend, Black Guyana and Freud

Many of the theories of Sigmund Freud have been under attack as early as the beginning of Freud’s birth of psychoanalysis. In fact, as early as that time, Freud’s student, Carl...

Volda Lawrence lone female in PNCR Leadership race

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Volda Lawrence lone female in PNCR Leadership race

This coming week, the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) will fine tune arrangements for its 17th Biennial Congress but all eyes and ears will be focused on Leader of the...

Con man fools police into thinking he’s not home

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Con man fools police into thinking he’s not home

– Placed padlock on his door The wanted bulletin issued by the police for a con man, Gopaul Tawari, also called “Onkar” last week has resulted in more persons coming forward with...

Boa Vista to host tourism meeting of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Boa Vista to host tourism meeting of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela

The Boa Vista, Roraima Convention & Visitors Bureau, in collaboration with the Tourism & Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) and in partnership with the Government of...

Death and violence dominate my world

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Death and violence dominate my world

The news came as a surprise; my friend, schoolmate and now middle-age colleague was dead. I thought that Gregory Delmar Gaskin had suffered a heart attack because I was unaware that he was...

Guyana LCDS and Norway funds

Jun 24, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana LCDS and Norway funds

The information below was published previously. However, in light of the constant distortions, untruths and blatant lies being hawked on NCN, the Alliance For Change thinks it is in the...

UG workers protest re-election of Chancellor

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG workers protest re-election of Chancellor

Unions representing the teaching staff and workers of the University of Guyana are protesting the re-appointment of Professor Compton Bourne as Chancellor. “ As far as the Unions and...

Prostitute of 28 years now seeks decent job

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prostitute of 28 years now seeks decent job

A woman, who has been a prostitute for over 28 years, yearns for a better way of life but feels constrained by her lack of education and her inability to find a stable job. Only last...

ImmigrationTalk…Traveling Under Advance Parole may not lead to Inadmissibility

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTalk…Traveling Under Advance Parole may not lead to Inadmissibility

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Under U.S. Immigration laws, individuals who depart the United States after having lived there without lawful status for one year or more are barred from returning...

Rio+20: No closer to a safer global environment

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Rio+20: No closer to a safer global environment

By Sir Ronald Sanders The Rio+20 Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has brought the world no closer to a safer global environment. Indeed, if the measure of its success is that the large and...

Cartoon – June 24, 2012

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon – June 24, 2012

GDF participates in Tradewinds 2012 in Barbados

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GDF participates in Tradewinds 2012 in Barbados

Guyanese soldiers are among law enforcement and defence force officers from the United States, Canada and 15 Caribbean countries taking part in Exercise Tradewinds 2012. The Caribbean...

GRANGER CONGRATULATES 100-YEAR-OLD BERBICE VETERAN

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRANGER CONGRATULATES 100-YEAR-OLD BERBICE VETERAN

Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger, travelled to Number 41 Village, West Coast Berbice on Thursday, to congratulate and to spend time with Mr. Arnold Bascom on his 100th...

From the Diaspora…So here I am in Guyana experiencing all the highs and lows

Jun 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…So here I am in Guyana experiencing all the highs and lows

By Ralph Seeram It was a long, exhausting hot and sticky day, but I am not complaining. I can “man up” without air conditioning. After all, I “born and grew up in New Amsterdam”. I can take...

Where was the Mayor & City Council for the past 15 years?

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where was the Mayor & City Council for the past 15 years?

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to state my humble opinion as a law abiding, hardworking tax payer of this city of Georgetown. I have for some time now, been following the ups and lots of downs of the...

The president as per the Constitution plays a participatory role in parliament, not a dominant one

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The president as per the Constitution plays a participatory role in parliament, not a dominant one

Dear Editor, Having followed the ongoing discussions regarding President Ramotar’s threat that he “will not assent to any bill that [the opposition] carry unless it is with the full agreement of...

Empower People, not the politicians

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Empower People, not the politicians

Dear Editor, Seven months into the new parliament, the opposition has not made much effort to empower the people. While the opposition has attempted to make the government more accountable in its...

Is the lotto like the three –card game?

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the lotto like the three –card game?

Dear Editor, Sometime after a good run of the introduction of the new format of the lotto- super 6, where instead of choosing numbers between one to 36, it was reduced to one to 28. A customer wrote...

YCT should rethink its position on the call to boycott targeted businesses

Jun 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on YCT should rethink its position on the call to boycott targeted businesses

Dear Editor, The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) members should rethink their position on the call to boycott targeted businesses and rescind such calls. Countries can only achieve economic...

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