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The Cancer Institute of Guyana… A refreshing ray of hope in seemingly dark moments of reality

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The Cancer Institute of Guyana… A refreshing ray of hope in seemingly dark moments of reality

By Jenelle Willabus When one thinks or hears of cancer, more often than not that person automatically considers his/her or any other individual’s life becoming a living nightmare, or soon coming to...

Winfer Gardens Primary hosts successful Fathers’ Forum

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Winfer Gardens Primary hosts successful Fathers’ Forum

Under the pertinent theme ‘Role of the father in the lives of their children’, the inaugural Fathers’ Forum hosted by Head Teacher of Winfer Gardens Primary School, Ms. Nicole Agard, has been...

Dem boys seh…Somebody know wheh de money deh

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Somebody know wheh de money deh

When people talk bout fraud Jagdeo use to tell dem to provide de evidence. When dem provide de evidence he use to tell everybody that while dem got evidence, de evidence cannot stand up in court. Dem...

The Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Kodkod (Leopardus guigna)

The Kodkod (Leopardus guigna), also called Guiña, is the smallest cat in the Americas and also has the smallest distribution, being found primarily in central and southern Chile and...

Poor people

Feb 03, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Poor people

Much has been made, mistakenly, of the meaning of Jesus Christ’s words –”the poor ye have always with you” – recorded in St Matthew’s Gospel in the Holy Bible. Guyanese, however, should...

We live in a declining society

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on We live in a declining society

By Adam Harris You know that your country is in decline when houses lapse into various stages of deterioration, when basic services are lacking such as when there is hardly running water and...

Transportation is vital in interior locations

Feb 03, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Transportation is vital in interior locations

By Valerie Garrido-Lowe Member of Parliament Almost every day on NCN, viewers are treated to sceneries from the various Amerindian villages and loads of information on all the good things this...

Book Review… From Disaster to Hope

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review… From Disaster to Hope

Haiti’s Devastation Revisited By Dr Glenville Ashby Time hurries by, leaving behind trauma and pain that are sometimes pushed to the back burner, a distant memory. It has been three years since...

Germany and Guyana, Hitler and Castro: Philosophical notes

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Germany and Guyana, Hitler and Castro: Philosophical notes

On January 30, Germany began the commemoration of the rise of Hitler and his party to power. The event takes a myriad of forms involving every major city of Germany. There will be museum exhibits,...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

It is almost useless to restore order when the very society has become so disorderly. Try as they might, the police would always have to deal with people who should not have been granted a driver’s...

The Conflict about the Conflict

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on The Conflict about the Conflict

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Linden shootings has retired to ruminate over the testimonies presented in the latest skirmish in our long running political war. We’ve had so many CoI’s...

From GT&T Jingle Champ to thriving Gospel Artiste – Shawn English holds his own

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From GT&T Jingle Champ to thriving Gospel Artiste – Shawn English holds his own

By Sharmain Grainger With chart-topping talent which has the unbridled potential to transcend all generations, Shawn English has been making a massive imprint in the local gospel-singing industry....

From the Diaspora … In the U.S. you do the crime you do the time …WHAT ABOUT GUYANA?

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora … In the U.S. you do the crime you do the time …WHAT ABOUT GUYANA?

By Ralph Seeram One of the fascinating things about the U S justice system, is that it gives meaning to the term “no one is above the law”, especially when it comes to “white collar” crimes....

Harvest more logs – Commissioner Singh

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Harvest more logs – Commissioner Singh

Commissioner of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) James Singh has dismissed complaints by loggers that Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) quotas were curtailing production in the forestry...

Absent prosecutor stalls Robb Street murder hearing

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Absent prosecutor stalls Robb Street murder hearing

It has been 18 months since her death but the pre-trial hearing concerning executed Robb Street granny Clementine Parris, is yet to begin. The matter was called at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

PNCR’s General Secretary discharged from hospital

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR’s General Secretary discharged from hospital

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)’s General Secretary, Oscar Clarke, was yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Clarke, a former Minister of Home...

WATER BILL, LIGHT BILL AND APNU’s BILL

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WATER BILL, LIGHT BILL AND APNU’s BILL

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) recently piloted a Bill through the National Assembly that it said was intended to cap some of the benefits payable to former Presidents. That Bill should...

Two more death row inmates’ sentences commuted

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two more death row inmates’ sentences commuted

Death row inmate Derrick Callender’s sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, while Safraz Rahim’s death sentence was quashed and replaced with a 10-year prison term. The judgments were handed...

Carnegie celebrates 80 years

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Carnegie celebrates 80 years

– plans include changing name and expanding to the regions As the Carnegie School of Home Economics celebrates 80 years of existence, its Board of Directors has announced plans to have...

Three women rob supermarket

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three women rob supermarket

Three women yesterday entered an Industry, East Coast Demerara supermarket and carted off 24 bottles of Marmite and a large quantity of Milk Powder. They hid the items under their skirts. According...

Seven years later… Still no news of the missing vessel, ‘Dixie’

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Seven years later… Still no news of the missing vessel, ‘Dixie’

– Owner of missing vessel lies about vessel’s discovery – Relatives of missing sailors seeking government’s intervention By Romila Boodram Relatives of the four Guyanese...

The people of Fiji matter: who is standing up for them?

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The people of Fiji matter: who is standing up for them?

By Sir Ronald Sanders By any objective measure of the Commonwealth’s own criteria, Fiji should by now be expelled from the Commonwealth of Nations. Since September 1st 2009, Fiji has been suspended...

Digicel launches ‘EZ Cash’ to celebrate sixth anniversary

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel launches ‘EZ Cash’ to celebrate sixth anniversary

With the launch of its newest promotion ‘EZ Cash’, to commemorate its sixth anniversary, Digicel Guyana is prepared to make six of its customers millionaires over a six-week period. By simply...

Results from STSC and the QCAASF Day of Sports

Feb 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Results from STSC and the QCAASF Day of Sports

Results from the South Turkeyen Sports Committee and the Queen’s College Allied Arts Sports Foundation day of sports which was held recently at the Ministry of Education ground are as follows: 1 C...

NEW Provisional Waivers Allow Illegals to File Waivers in U.S. (Part 2)

Feb 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NEW Provisional Waivers Allow Illegals to File Waivers in U.S. (Part 2)

Attorney Gail Seeram, [email protected], 1-877-GAIL-LAW Beginning March 4, 2013, certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who are physically present in the United States will be allowed to request...

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Following one’s conscience rather than the crowd

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect... more