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Actor/ Director, Mahadeo Shivraj, is a ‘Special Person’

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Actor/ Director, Mahadeo Shivraj, is a ‘Special Person’

“I have always done acting for the love of it. Love for the art and the craft. It was never for the show for me – even though that comes with it naturally. I sincerely hope that I can...

World Day of Remembrance – an opportunity to collectively make a difference on our roads

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on World Day of Remembrance – an opportunity to collectively make a difference on our roads

“Birth is the only time in life when you cry and your mother smiles,” someone has so appropriately stated the feelings of the creator towards her creation. The baby may be perceiving...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

As the year approaches its end there will be more madness. Not only will the roads become more hazardous, but children of a prominent person are going to tax the resources of the police. One of them...

Caribbean in greatest crisis since independence

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean in greatest crisis since independence

By Sir Ronald Sanders “Make no mistake about it. Our region is in the throes of the greatest crisis since independence. The spectre of evolving into failed societies is no longer a subject of...

Wealth and Divali

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Wealth and Divali

Last Sunday, after I mentioned the nexus between Divali with the Hindu exhortation to gain wealth, I got some raised eyebrows from individuals who’d only been fed the ‘light...

WAITING FOR THE DAY OF RETIREMENT

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WAITING FOR THE DAY OF RETIREMENT

Invariably when you visit a government office you have to wait. The waiting is not all that bad if you look around and observe what is taking place. There are many useful observations that can be...

The Police Force, too, wants to kill the messenger

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on The Police Force, too, wants to kill the messenger

By Dale Andrews I almost felt like the Internal Auditor of the National Drainage and Irrigation Board when I read a police response to an article that I wrote two Sundays ago. The internal auditor...

Big Brother is watching and listening

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Big Brother is watching and listening

The electronic age is a blessing and a curse at the same time. I suppose it was the same when the world moved from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. The smarter people would have capitalized on...

Is my phone wire-tapped? I know it is

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is my phone wire-tapped? I know it is

Immediately after the funeral service for Mr. Clarence Hughes was finished, after a small chat with Andaiye outside the church, I made a frenzied rush to Kitty to do an urgent favour for my nephew,...

Road fatalities…Enforcement of laws, change of attitude could help save lives

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Road fatalities…Enforcement of laws, change of attitude could help save lives

– Staunch advocate reiterates Not only has justice escaped Denise Dias’ grasp, but after 17 years she has counted more than 3,000 fatal accidents on the country’s roadways. This daunting...

The Powis (Crax alector)

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Powis (Crax alector)

The Powis (Crax alector), also known as the black curassow, is the largest and the most handsome birds of the family. The seven species are all forest-inhabiting birds the size of...

Workers must demand 10% wage increase

Nov 18, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Workers must demand 10% wage increase

Statement by Moses V. Nagamootoo AFC‘s Vice-Chairman/Parliamentarian It was with utter disappointment that I learned that GAWU has surrendered on the fight for a living wage in the sugar belt by...

ECD four-lane expansion…Govt. invites bids from new contractors

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ECD four-lane expansion…Govt. invites bids from new contractors

Even with slow progress in the move to transform the East Coast Demerara Public Road into four lanes from Better Hope to Golden Grove, Government has indicated its intention to extending the...

Mentally ill deportees slow mental health development

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mentally ill deportees slow mental health development

Guyana’s mental health challenge is greater “than our small economy can manage,” said Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, yesterday. However, he disclosed that earnest efforts are...

Burnham’s gardener and maid

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Burnham’s gardener and maid

– Pauline Mahadeo’s story By Romila Boodram She was 38-years-old, a single mother with five children and no job. Pauline Mahadeo was at her wits end – food had to go on the table, and...

Lethem residents frustrated over electricity woes

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem residents frustrated over electricity woes

Residents of Lethem, Region Nine, are frustrated at hollow promises by Government officials about fixing the hours of extended blackout that has become a norm to the community several months to date....

Brahma Kumaris hosts World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brahma Kumaris hosts World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Most of us may have experienced the shock of losing a relative or friend to road accident. Road accidents today are one of the leading causes of death across the world. Every six seconds, there is...

Essequibo Technical Institute record decline in graduates

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Technical Institute record decline in graduates

Shivanjalie Persaud and Raywat Shiwnandan were declared best graduating students at this year’s Essequibo Technical Institute Tenth convocation and prize-giving exercise on Thursday. The...

Don’t be fooled by the PPPC’s bogus war on drugs

Nov 18, 2012 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Don’t be fooled by the PPPC’s bogus war on drugs

Ricardo ‘Fatman’ Rodrigues, known to have been an associate of Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, the jailed narco-trafficker, was executed by a five-man squad in broad daylight on a quiet Monday...

A Just Pluralistic Society

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A Just Pluralistic Society

Common Destiny Alliance (CODA) is a consortium of US organizations and scholars interested in race and ethnic relations and committed to educational equity. They ask us to “Imagine a nation in...

From the Diaspora…DISORDER AND DISRESPECT IN HOUSE

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…DISORDER AND DISRESPECT IN HOUSE

By Ralph Seeram Back in my Primary school days, the old All Saints Anglican School in New Amsterdam, had its share of bullies. Dealing with bullies was part of the school experience; you learnt to...

ImmigrationTALK – Job Training & Education Visas in the U.S.

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTALK – Job Training & Education Visas in the U.S.

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, The United States provides many opportunities for foreigners to obtain a higher education degree and job training in many professional fields. The Immigration and...

Sunday Cartoon

Nov 18, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Jail regular “Delgado” jailed again

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jail regular “Delgado” jailed again

Clement Humphrey, called “Delgado”, 45, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam was on Friday sentenced to a total of six years in jail by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at...

GT&T pulls plug on internet cafes

Nov 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T pulls plug on internet cafes

Many Guyanese were happy that Guyana Telephone and Telegraph was successful in launching its submarine cable that allowed for affordable bandwidth. Thousands of persons subscribed to the...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more