October 2012

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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...

Police loyalty should be to their countrymen and the rule of law

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police loyalty should be to their countrymen and the rule of law

– UN Report Economic development, social stability and citizen security must find ways to evolve the role of security personnel into one, whereby the rights of all people are...

Strange cases of missing fishermen concern relatives

Oct 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Strange cases of missing fishermen concern relatives

By Zena Henry Alleged pirate attacks in two separate incidents have led to the disappearance of four more fishermen seeking their livelihood via the fishing industry. This is, however,...

Diplomatically cutting costs

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Diplomatically cutting costs

By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is a consultant and former Caribbean diplomat) Small states in the Caribbean would do well to follow the pattern of Britain and Canada in pooling and...

Why is the PPP/C celebrating this anniversary?

Oct 07, 2012 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Why is the PPP/C celebrating this anniversary?

Why is the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) planning to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its election victory and its entry into office on 9th October 1992? What is there for the PPP/C...

Copyright Protection and the Public Interest

Oct 07, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Copyright Protection and the Public Interest

Copyright protection was designed for capitalism. It emerged in the wake of the industrial revolution. In this period, patents assumed greater importance and the capitalists saw the...

West Indies bludgeon Aussies to march into World T20 final

Oct 06, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies bludgeon Aussies to march into World T20 final

BBC Sport – Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard produced a superb display of power hitting as West Indies thrashed Australia to reach the final of the World Twenty20. Gayle (75no) and Pollard...

Pitbulls, Colts march on after entertaining Albouystown

Oct 06, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pitbulls, Colts march on after entertaining Albouystown

– Competition in Mahaicony, Berbice Zones on tonight Two of the clear favourites in the Georgetown Zone of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Competition, Pitbulls and...

Confident chess trio depart for Umada Cup duty in Suriname

Oct 06, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Confident chess trio depart for Umada Cup duty in Suriname

National Senior Chess Champion Taffin Khan leads a team of competent players, including proficient senior player, Maria Thomas and her junior counterpart, Anthony Drayton, and will attempt to...

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Hope 162* beats Rahul 129* as West Indies pull off record chase

Oct 04, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...

The price of prosperity

Oct 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

What if

Oct 04, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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