August 2012

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Maybe Our Thinking Creates Problems

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Maybe Our Thinking Creates Problems

We are not born with problems; it’s we who dare to invite them in the first place. People worry, talk too big, they make the problem sooooooo big that and give so much importance to it, talk about...

Sunday Cartoon

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Hundreds jobless as mining camps close operations in Regions 7, 8

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds jobless as mining camps close operations in Regions 7, 8

With traffic blocked for prolonged periods, to and from Linden for almost four weeks now, roughly 300 gold mining operations in Regions Seven and Eight are closed leaving hundreds jobless, due to the...

M&CC, GPL debt issues still exist

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC, GPL debt issues still exist

– $30M cheque exchange.delayed State-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has signaled its intention to begin “selective disconnection” of power, through Mayor and City Council...

Ramotar says Lindeners being misinformed by representatives

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar says Lindeners being misinformed by representatives

– believes “totality” of situation not being communicated President Donald Ramotar is adamant that he will only visit the town of Linden when the roads are cleared, saying he...

Gone, but not forgotten…A noble cause in memory of loved ones

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gone, but not forgotten…A noble cause in memory of loved ones

By Gary Eleazar Death of a loved one is never an easy thing for any family to come to grips with, but at least one woman has learnt to transform this tormenting anguish into an annual and most...

Hugh Cholmondeley’s passing evokes great memories

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hugh Cholmondeley’s passing evokes great memories

– Veteran broadcaster fondly remembered By Latoya Giles Veteran broadcaster Hugh Cholmondeley, who passed away on Friday evening in a New York Hospital is being fondly remembered...

The tear-gassing of Linden protestors might have dashed all hopes for a peaceful resolution

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The tear-gassing of Linden protestors might have dashed all hopes for a peaceful resolution

Dear Editor, We refer to an article in the press captioned Private Sector criticizes Region 10 Chairman ….”. While it is the right of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to express their...

We will match this hostility with our resoluteness to remain steadfast until justice prevails

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We will match this hostility with our resoluteness to remain steadfast until justice prevails

Dear Editor, It is with much sorrow I learnt of the fore-dawn invasion of Linden, executed by the Joint Services at 2:00a.m Friday, August 10, 2012. The reports that I received on the said...

This private school is withholding CSEC results from its students

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This private school is withholding CSEC results from its students

Dear Editor, After a seemingly endless wait and months of apprehension, the CSEC results of students who sat the exams earlier this year have finally been released. And thanks to our...

Failure to send representatives to forum caused postponement

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Failure to send representatives to forum caused postponement

Dear Editor, The Women and Gender Equality Commission presented on August 6, 2012 a public forum on ‘Access to Justice for Women‘ at Bush Lot Secondary School West Coast Berbice. It was a...

UFA&C hosts Inter-Faith Service

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UFA&C hosts Inter-Faith Service

– Calls for national day of prayers With all the recent happenings in Guyana, the United Federation for Arts & Culture (UFA&C) has called for a national day of prayers...

Remigrant launches incisive publication on corruption in Guyana

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Remigrant launches incisive publication on corruption in Guyana

…tells horror stories of GRA, Customs and greedy contractors His letter writings in the daily newspapers are provocative, raising serious issues regarding life in Guyana. But all that may very well...

Hypocrisy in Education

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Hypocrisy in Education

Today being “International Youth Day” the focus is on youths. The theme for this year’s commemoration is “Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth”. But if youths are to make their...

Lab techs benefit from safe blood transfusion training

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lab techs benefit from safe blood transfusion training

Aimed at helping to reduce maternal and general mortality in Guyana, laboratory technicians from across the country were on Thursday able to benefit from Safe Blood Transfusion Training. The...

Life’s challenges are stepping stones, says Guyana-born writer

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Life’s challenges are stepping stones, says Guyana-born writer

Life is fraught with many challenges, some of which, according to Helena Edwards-Bishop, can bring us to our knees and make us feel as if we are damaged beyond repair. But being the optimist she is,...

From the Diaspora…It’s time to enforce law and order in Linden

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…It’s time to enforce law and order in Linden

By Ralph Seeram I decided to glance at Saturday’s headline news before I proceeded to do my weekly column, which was going to be on a different topic. There on Kaieteur News was the headline...

Guyana and Suriname to participate in Islamic Cooperation Summit

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana and Suriname to participate in Islamic Cooperation Summit

By Ray Chickrie MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia — Guyana and Suriname will participate next week in a special heads of government summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Makkah,...

ImmigrationTALK: Establishing the Parent-Child Relationship

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK: Establishing the Parent-Child Relationship

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram In current times, the dynamics of the family unit has changed. It is a norm to see children born to unwed parents and children raised by stepparents. In these...

Central High School will not be scrapped and relocated – Chief Education Officer

Aug 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Central High School will not be scrapped and relocated – Chief Education Officer

Central High School will be neither scrapped nor merged with the Lodge Secondary School. This is according to Chief Education Officer, Olatto Sam, during a brief telephone interview with...

The pastor with a sordid past

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The pastor with a sordid past

-is this unsolved murder a revenge killing? by Michael Jordan It was some 20 years after his wife’s murder that the killers paid Pastor Motielall Persaud a visit. They say it was raining heavily...

I am pleading with my country to protect me

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I am pleading with my country to protect me

In a conversation with Lincoln Lewis, Aubrey Norton, Dr. David Hinds and Sharma Solomon, I made the point that after Walter Rodney, I may be the second most molested victim of state oppression in...

Maurice Enmore is Guyana first WC Captain

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Maurice Enmore is Guyana first WC Captain

– former Guyana International 1971 – 1979 Statistician Charwayne Walker continues his series of features on Guyana’s World Cup Football players. Today we are pleased to share with you...

Upper Mazaruni Inter-District Games…Paruima women, Kamarang men crowned champions

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upper Mazaruni Inter-District Games…Paruima women, Kamarang men crowned champions

By Rawle Welch After walking up and down mountains for three excruciating days from their hometown village of Paruima just to participate in the Upper Mazaruni Inter-District Games, Paruima women...

“Legendary status at London 2012 Olympics – What a show!”

Aug 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Legendary status at London 2012 Olympics – What a show!”

Colin E. H. Croft Regardless of whatever sport you liked best at London 2012 Olympics – XXX Olympiad – there were just too many absolutely legendary efforts to select just one. The City of...

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The Brazilian Bulldozer

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(Kaieteur News) – The local livestock industry has always had its challenges but there was a time when the livestock farmer could earn a decent living. The cattle rancher braved droughts, floods, rustlers, marauding jaguars and government promises. The poultry farmer rose before dawn, tended his...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

From Kamla to the U.S. – SOS

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – I confess to disagreements with Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Excellency Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Too much under the thumb of the U.S. Reacting too readily to stimuli from DJ Trump. But whatever is said about PM Kamla, she has the interests...

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