October 7, 2012

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US$18M Specialty Hospital…Parliaments in Guyana, India to question deal

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US$18M Specialty Hospital…Parliaments in Guyana, India to question deal

“The award of a $3.6B contract to build a specialty hospital at Turkeyen clearly breached procedures and stinks of manipulation, and despite Government’s initial insistence that the award was...

Minister Rohee confirms speaking to Commander Hicken – after the Linden shooting

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Rohee confirms speaking to Commander Hicken – after the Linden shooting

Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee has clarified that his conversation with Senior Superintendent of Police Clifton Hicken was conducted after the shooting that occurred on the...

Music in the blood…Eze Rockcliffe is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Music in the blood…Eze Rockcliffe is a ‘Special Person’

“Why is it that a lawyer can eke out a living, or a doctor or an engineer or whoever, but the artiste is left to be devoured by the wolves, by something called piracy? There are...

Dem boys seh…Is tiefin’ and more tiefin’

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is tiefin’ and more tiefin’

Dem boys seh de big man must be suffering from stitches in de side because of all de laughing he doing. When he look all over de world and see all dem things people does do, he does gat to chuckle....

Eye Care Guyana makes $7.5M equipment donation to GPHC

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Eye Care Guyana makes $7.5M equipment donation to GPHC

Eye Care Guyana on Friday donated $7.5M worth of Operating Theatre equipment to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). According to the hospital, the equipment will benefit the...

Teachers are special people – Chief Educator

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers are special people – Chief Educator

Chief Education Officer (CEO), Olato Sam, believes that the place education once occupied in society has been “lost and eroded”. He noted that education is not really a priority by many as...

Is there a textbook policy?

Oct 07, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is there a textbook policy?

When the PPP/C came to power twenty years ago in 1992, the then President promised a ‘lean and clean’ government and the populace added in ‘mean’. Five years later, that President was...

The Falklands – small but remarkable

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The Falklands – small but remarkable

Thirty years ago, in May, the Falkland Islands were invaded by Argentina for the simple reason that Argentina laid claims to them. Argentina described these islands as the Malvinas. It argued...

Another anniversary…Calls repeated for Cubana bombers to be brought to trial

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Another anniversary…Calls repeated for Cubana bombers to be brought to trial

As Guyana observes yet another anniversary of the 1976 bombing of aircraft that left 78 persons, including 11 Guyanese dead, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has repeated...

Book and Art Review…Caribbean Art gains ground in New York

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Book and Art Review…Caribbean Art gains ground in New York

By Dr Glenville Ashby Caribbean art has come of age. A slew of exhibits and media coverage in the last month have redefined the region and its unique artists. The art exhibit at the...

I bought “12 Angry Men” for my daughter

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I bought “12 Angry Men” for my daughter

I would advise every citizen of this world, never to miss any special sale of old books, music records and movies. You will see gems that cannot be easily found. You will acquire items...

Saint Lucian University offers medical scholarships to Guyanese

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Saint Lucian University offers medical scholarships to Guyanese

As its registration process for 2013 kicks off, the Saint Helen University (SHU) has announced that it will be offering two fully paid scholarships to qualifying Guyanese students. In addition...

For a Professional Police Force

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For a Professional Police Force

Sometimes I feel like the protagonist of “Dune” who lived for 3000 years and saw it all. Sadly the only wisdom gained is the clichéd, “The more things change, the more they remain the...

Hungry Kitty man douses wife with boiling rice

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hungry Kitty man douses wife with boiling rice

The old saying …” a hungry man is an angry man”… proved true to Rocky Lashley as he faced the court Friday charged for drenching his spouse with a hot pot of rice after she was late in...

GuyExpo is ideal advertising event – Toolsie Persaud Ltd.

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo is ideal advertising event – Toolsie Persaud Ltd.

Targeting mainly consumers interested in building or remodeling their houses, Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) displayed its available line of British-made interior décor products at this...

Revisionist historiography of Guyana in the sixties is missing

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Revisionist historiography of Guyana in the sixties is missing

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Harry Hergash’s letter of Oct 6 in response to my column on Peter D’Augiar (“Lee and Taylor: Footnotes in the Shakespearian Wind,” Oct 3)) One of the most...

Blackouts continue to bombard Berbicians

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Blackouts continue to bombard Berbicians

The blackouts which have been bombarding the Berbice area have come under heavy criticisms across the Region 6 area. The area has been under a blackout ‘fever’ over the past couple...

Interesting Creature…The Cuckoo

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Interesting Creature…The Cuckoo

The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos (family Musophagidae, sometimes treated as a...

This woman has a right to much better, beginning with a living income

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This woman has a right to much better, beginning with a living income

Dear Editor, A two-page story entitled “Single mother works three jobs to maintain her five children” published in the Sunday Stabroek of September 30, 2012 celebrates 39 year old Vanessa...

ImmigrationTalk: Understanding Visa Availability and Priority Dates

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTalk: Understanding Visa Availability and Priority Dates

By Gail Seeram Many of my clients often ask why the wait is so long for the issuance of visas. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets the number of immigrant visas that may be issued to...

PNCR credits itself with helping to tackle security instability

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR credits itself with helping to tackle security instability

Guyana has been plagued by a public security crisis, mainly on the East Coast of Demerara, over the past 10 years, a state of affairs which has effectively derailed various forms of development. This...

Cartoon – October 07, 2012

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon – October 07, 2012

Where Ramotar has failed is in addressing the declining support for his party

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where Ramotar has failed is in addressing the declining support for his party

Dear Editor, I agree with Mayor Hamilton Green (KN Oct 3) that President Donald Ramotar is not taking effective actions to cleanse the Augean stables. But I disagree with Mr. Green on the definition...

E’bo exporting agri produce to 19 countries

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo exporting agri produce to 19 countries

“Produce from Essequibo are being exported to 19 countries”, says Ali Baksh, Junior Minister of Agriculture. The official was speaking Friday evening during the launch of the 10th...

Romney: Now a contender

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Romney: Now a contender

The first debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney is now over. Debates are now de rigueur in US presidential elections. Maybe it has to do with their idealised...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, to make...

UG Green Institute Prelim. Report Pt. 1

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The University of Guyana Green Institute (UGGI) did its 60th Independence Survey. Titled: Guyana at 60: Trust, Oil, and the Society Being Built. The Preliminary Report is out. It’s a start. Guyanese get to hear from academics with their models and...

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