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Dem boys seh…Bharrat foundation is Bharrat money

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bharrat foundation is Bharrat money

A foundation is something more than wha a building does stand on. It could be a thing to mek money and Bharrat know bout foundation. Dem boys seh that he starting another one now that he done build...

There was absolutely no walk out at this event

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was absolutely no walk out at this event

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News published the most bizarre headline in the newspaper of 22nd September 2012. It read “City Teachers divided over automatic promotion – walkout over food...

The facts Mr. Al Creighton left out

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The facts Mr. Al Creighton left out

Dear Editor, This is the second part of my reply to Mr. Al Creighton ( KN – Sep 16, “How truthful is Mr. Kissoon.” and SN _ Sep 14, “Kissoon’s account of Academic Board meeting...

The Int’l reputation of this Nation now lies with the initiatives of Parliament

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Int’l reputation of this Nation now lies with the initiatives of Parliament

Dear Editor, The hype of festivals infuses expectations and a virile optimism, especially in the young, who are promised that a practical and collaborative approach will follow the speeches...

Even as President, Desmond Hoyte chose a modest middle income lifestyle

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Even as President, Desmond Hoyte chose a modest middle income lifestyle

Dear Editor, A very interesting view from a letter-writer about Indians and how many of them now see the late Desmond Hoyte. In 1987, an Indian work colleague (in London) told me that...

Let us be bound by our contracts

Sep 23, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Let us be bound by our contracts

By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Leader It has become necessary, in view of the appalling state of affairs where as a matter of policy the Guyana Government is supporting the piracy of textbooks with the...

The Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)

The pygmy marmoset or dwarf monkey (Cebuella pygmaea) is a quadrupedal New World monkey native to the rainforest under-stories of western Brazil, south eastern Colombia,...

Book Review: Writer blasts corrupt Guyanese society

Sep 23, 2012 knews News Comments Off on Book Review: Writer blasts corrupt Guyanese society

Book Review: Guyana: A National Cesspool of greed, duplicity and corruption (A Remigrant’s Story) – GHK Lall By Dr Glenville Ashby In what can only be described as a daring literary exercise,...

Equipping the Nation and the Region for Environmental Management: A Critical Imperative

Sep 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Equipping the Nation and the Region for Environmental Management: A Critical Imperative

By Therese Ferguson Over the past decades, human impact on the environment has increased dramatically, with the rate and scale of environmental change taking on heightened dimensions. As a...

My life: Comparing the Jagdeo and Ramotar impact

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My life: Comparing the Jagdeo and Ramotar impact

The editor of this newspaper wrote the following in his Sunday column two Sundays ago; “The elections of 2011 came and went and all eyes were now on the new kid on the block, Donald Ramotar. My...

The police are in the news for the wrong reasons

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The police are in the news for the wrong reasons

There is a lot happening these days. People are desperate to get things done in a hurry to the extent that they race around the small streets, often taking longer to get where they should because...

THE PIRATES WILL PREVAIL

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PIRATES WILL PREVAIL

How is it that the cost of pirated text books can be as low as one-fifth of the cost of original and copyrighted texts? How is it that pirated text books can compete with the originals which are mass...

Agent of Change

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Agent of Change

Next January 12, will be the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. As a boy growing up in the 1960s, Vivekananda was one of the greatest influences of my generation. It has been a source of...

The hypocrisy of it all

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The hypocrisy of it all

By Sir Ronald Sanders It is hypocritical in the extreme. The US Trade Representative has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) claiming that the Peoples’ Republic of China...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The mood in the city is one of optimism because the law enforcement officers have a lid on the daylight robberies. However, there are desperate people out there and they are planning desperate...

Sunday Cartoon

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Air Services Flight School keeps aviation alive – ASL

Sep 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Air Services Flight School keeps aviation alive – ASL

The Air Services Limited Flight School in Guyana is the evidence that the emphasis of Air Services Limited is on maintaining the highest standards in flight instruction. At the same time, the company...

Immigration TALK: Dual Citizenship

Sep 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration TALK: Dual Citizenship

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected] Dual citizenship refers to a person being a citizen of two countries at the same time. Persons may have dual nationality by automatic operation of...

People’s National Congress Reform Column

Sep 23, 2012 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on People’s National Congress Reform Column

Clement Rohee has failed our drug strategy, failed our public security, and failed our human safety. The People’s National Congress Reform has blamed Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee’s...

Finance house reserves right to increase fee paid to receiver – CCJ Rules

Sep 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Finance house reserves right to increase fee paid to receiver – CCJ Rules

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that a finance house (business that loans money) has the legal right to increase the fees paid to its receiver (somebody appointed to run a business). All...

Booked!

Sep 23, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Booked!

In modern democracies, the role of the spokesperson for the Executive to the media has become institutionalised. It is a mechanism that serves the public interest in the right of the citizenry to be...

Will the abolition of corporal punishment mean a decline in future civilization?

Sep 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Will the abolition of corporal punishment mean a decline in future civilization?

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad Corporal Punishment is something that has been much debated in homes, schools, among neighbours, friends, and now, at the highest meeting in the land, the National Assembly. I...

Guyanese stealing Suriname’s fish grounds – De Ware Tijd

Sep 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese stealing Suriname’s fish grounds – De Ware Tijd

Paramaribo – Suriname’s fishing grounds are being cleaned out on a large scale by dozens of Venezuelan and Guyanese boats while Suriname’s Navy cannot take effective action. It is...

Feed prices, baby chicks rake in windfall for Guyana Stockfeeds

Sep 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Feed prices, baby chicks rake in windfall for Guyana Stockfeeds

The demand for baby chicks and animal feed has risen significantly for the first half of the year, raking in a windfall for the Guyana Stockfeeds Inc. Sales revenue, the company said in its half...

GuyExpo 2012…200 exhibitors attend seminar

Sep 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo 2012…200 exhibitors attend seminar

Close to 200 exhibitors attended the GuyExpo 2012 Exhibitor’s Seminar, held Friday, in the main Auditorium at the Exhibition Site, making it the one of the largest turnouts ever at this type of...

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Hayley Matthews and Sherfane Rutherford named in ICC ODI Teams of the Year

Development requires more than oil revenues

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In one of the most impassioned pleas ever made, an evangelical Bishop Rev. Mariann Edgar... more