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The good guy versus bad guy theory is sickening nonsense

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The good guy versus bad guy theory is sickening nonsense

Mr. Ralph Ramkarran has written a Stabroek News column entitled, “The PPP’s enduring fears” in which every paragraph, from start to end, is a narrative on Guyanese history from 1950 to 2013....

A tragic death…an invisible, crying child…two terrified women… House of spiders

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A tragic death…an invisible, crying child…two terrified women… House of spiders

By Michael Jordan Lot – Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara isn’t your typical ‘haunted’ house. The doors don’t creak open on rusty hinges. It has no imposing, gothic towers. It isn’t...

The GSPCA – A welcoming home for abandoned and uncared for animals

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The GSPCA – A welcoming home for abandoned and uncared for animals

By Jenelle Willabus Like human beings animals need care and proper environments, even though they are known to survive harsh conditions. For the past 60 years, a unique entity has been making...

More focus on deaf population needed, says ardent advocate

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on More focus on deaf population needed, says ardent advocate

With the passage of the Disability Act in 2010, discrimination of persons with varying forms of disability has been outlawed. However, there has still been evidence of discrimination, particularly...

Rice and cash crop surge

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rice and cash crop surge

Rice production in Berbice increased in 2012, reaching 97,797 acres of crops that yielded 2.6 million bags of paddy at a yield of 4.3 tonnes per hectare. This is an improvement on the 93,900 acres at...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The hatred that stalks the land is so intense that one must wonder how it is that a people could live with so much distrust. The fact that men hate their spouses defies logic, especially when it is...

Suspected murder weapon tendered in Cotton Tree murder trial

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected murder weapon tendered in Cotton Tree murder trial

A knife with a black handle, the suspected murder weapon used in the Cotton Tree murder was tendered and accepted into evidence when the main trial began. This was after more than two and half days...

Translated labour laws commendable, willingness to prosecute vital – GTUC head

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Translated labour laws commendable, willingness to prosecute vital – GTUC head

President of the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC), Norris Witter has applauded the government for its continued initiative of making available translated local labour legislation to foreigners...

For local government to work

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For local government to work

There is a great hue and cry for local government elections in our country. Even the western embassies have put in their two cents worth. Maybe it’s part of their recent exportation of...

FROM THE DIASPORA … INSECURE GUYANESE MEN, INCOMPETENT TROTMAN AND GRAMOXONE

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on FROM THE DIASPORA … INSECURE GUYANESE MEN, INCOMPETENT TROTMAN AND GRAMOXONE

By Ralph Seeram She was a beautiful young school teacher, fair with long flowing hair, always pleasant, always smiling, never passed you without a greeting. She was making her way home from school on...

Men caught with guns on ganja farm walk free

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Men caught with guns on ganja farm walk free

Once again poor investigation has been cited for the freeing of two West Bank Demerara men who were facing narcotics and ammunition charges. The two men, Khomal Persaud-Ramdhanny and Puran Singh, on...

WINDOW-DRESSING

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WINDOW-DRESSING

There is a modest home in the village, unpainted and having had better days. On the outer wall there is a slot into which was fitted a window that looks out onto the roadway. The facing of window is...

Berbice estates fall short of sugar targets

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice estates fall short of sugar targets

… Skeldon misses by 40,000 tonnes By Leon Suseran The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) estates in the East Berbice area—Albion, Rose Hall and Skeldon —all fell miserably short of...

Seven doctors pursue US-backed Residency programme

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Seven doctors pursue US-backed Residency programme

By Abena Rockcliffe As efforts are made to advance postgraduate medical education to meet national needs for specialist care and research, and as a mean to tackle migration of doctors, the University...

One year later… Blankenburg wife killer still at large

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on One year later… Blankenburg wife killer still at large

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad Thursday marked one year since 33-year-old Rushell Rodney was murdered by her husband who later fled to neighbouring Suriname, and has not been heard from since. At least that...

Man torches wife’s home, in custody

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man torches wife’s home, in custody

Minutes after 30-year-old Matthew Johnson, a labourer who periodically resides at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast with the mother of his child, Nelly Sookra, set the woman’s two- bedroom...

I think one could always help one’s country and its people from arm’s length

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I think one could always help one’s country and its people from arm’s length

Dear Editor, Service, in whatever shape or form, is one of the distinguishing characteristics of humankind”, according to the letter of 19th January. Quite so. Insightful. But, since we cannot...

Will the promise of 10,000 jobs be yet another bitter pill for Guyana?

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the promise of 10,000 jobs be yet another bitter pill for Guyana?

Dear Editor, The promises of 10,000 jobs by China’s Bai Shan Lai could turn out to be a misnomer and yet another bitter pill for Guyana to swallow (SN, Jan 18, 2013) . The Government has failed to...

“Coolie, coolie come for roti, all de roti done”

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Coolie, coolie come for roti, all de roti done”

BY TONY DEYAL In the elementary schools I attended in the fifties, this racist chant was common. Now, fifty years after Independence, making, buying, selling or eating roti is not limited to any one...

Corentyne pensioner found dead in house

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne pensioner found dead in house

– Murder suspected The bound and gagged body of 70-year-old pensioner, Jasmatty Puran, was found around 11:00 hrs yesterday in her Guava Bush, Albion, Corentyne home. Police said...

Frequent Travel Abroad and Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Frequent Travel Abroad and Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community Attorney Gail Seeram, [email protected] The most frequent question I receive as an immigration lawyer is, “Can my travel and length of stay abroad...

Judiciary decision on Rohee creates domino effect to uphold his rights

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Judiciary decision on Rohee creates domino effect to uphold his rights

Dear Editor, “Chief Justice Ian Chang found that Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee as an elected member has a right to speak in the National Assembly” but according to the report of SN...

Cartoon – Sunday, January 20, 2013

Jan 20, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon – Sunday, January 20, 2013

Guyanese top list of deportees from T&T

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese top list of deportees from T&T

(Trinidad Guardian) – Over the last two years T&T has intensified its deportation of illegal immigrants and criminals as some 750 people were sent back to their respective...

Unidentified corpses found in interior baffling police

Jan 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unidentified corpses found in interior baffling police

Police in the interior are still baffled by the discovery of two unidentified corpses over the past two weeks. One of the corpses, which was decomposed beyond recognition, was discovered on...

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more