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The Baccoo Speaks

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There is evidence linking drug busts to robberies. I saw this trend and I spoke about it before. Whenever there is a major drug bust, three weeks later there are a string of robberies....

Britons’ shameful moment

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Britons’ shameful moment

By Sir Ronald Sanders The lady was dead. Margaret Thatcher, who dominated British political life and the transformation of a sick economy to a vibrant partner in Europe, was no more. In the words...

Background to the Imbroglio

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Background to the Imbroglio

(We offer the following from our 1990 paper “For a New Political Culture”, as a background to the present debate on “anti-Indian resurgence”) The potential for ethnic conflict...

A CONSCIENCE THAT IS NOT FOR SALE

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A CONSCIENCE THAT IS NOT FOR SALE

It was glaring. The headline and accompanying story spoke about the constitutional action filed by media practitioner Enrico Woolford, challenging the grant of radio licences in 2011....

Green shoots of good governance

Apr 21, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Green shoots of good governance

Green shoots of good governance have begun to sprout in Guyana. A Partnership for National Unity has been tilling the field of fairness and democracy for over fifteen months in the...

My friend Rohee challenges the obvious

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on My friend Rohee challenges the obvious

The written word can evoke many reactions. Different people see things differently and they react according to how they see things. Indeed I have been commenting on many things,...

A knife in the back and killers long gone

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A knife in the back and killers long gone

By Michael Jordan The ‘bush’ is perhaps the easiest place to kill a man. Someone could stick a knife in your back and be long gone before they find your remains…if they ever do. That’s...

A heartening recovery in the face of a daunting ailment

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A heartening recovery in the face of a daunting ailment

– ‘Teacher Sally’ believes she was mercifully spared By Sharmain Grainger Most people are plunged into deep despair when a relative or close friend suddenly passes away, but...

The Diabetic Foot Clinic… Caringly reducing probabilities of limb loss

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on The Diabetic Foot Clinic… Caringly reducing probabilities of limb loss

Studies have shown that globally, every 30 seconds, a lower limb is lost to diabetes, beginning with a foot ulcer, and that up to 90 per cent of lower extremity amputations are...

Book Review: A Tale of Religious Delusion

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review: A Tale of Religious Delusion

by Dr Glenville Ashby Jamaican writer Anthony Winkler marches through time – from Cadiz, Spain, to the New World, in the mercurial God Carlos. Set in the early half of the 16th...

The West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)

The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is a manatee, and the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order Sirenia which also includes the dugong and the...

‘Big, Bold and Beautiful’ pageant to make grand return on May 2

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Big, Bold and Beautiful’ pageant to make grand return on May 2

By Enid Joaquin Seven full-figured women are set to turn up the temperature at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, come May 2nd, as they vie for the title of Miss ‘Big Bold and Beautiful’,...

GPL is a liability to the people

Apr 21, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GPL is a liability to the people

During the consideration of the Estimates, the allocation requested by the Government for the Guyana Power & Light Inc. (GPL) was reduced from $10.2 billion to $5 billion. It...

Contractor cleared of any wrong doing, work approved

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor cleared of any wrong doing, work approved

Contractor Fazal Younas has been cleared of any wrongdoing and given the all clear by the Regional Administration and the Regional Works Committee of Region Six. This was after some...

International media body says distribution of radio licences violates media rights

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on International media body says distribution of radio licences violates media rights

While local media fraternities continue to demand answers into the “unequal distribution” of radio licences by former President Bharrat Jagdeo, international media bodies have also expressed...

GPL cuts put government in a “precarious” situation – Prime Minister

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL cuts put government in a “precarious” situation – Prime Minister

By Latoya Giles Prime Minister Sam Hinds, on Friday, stated that the opposition’s budget cut for the Guyana Power and Light puts the government and company in a very precarious situation....

The National Development Strategy

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The National Development Strategy

Back in December 2005, the National Assembly unanimously approved the motion brought by the PNC/R on the National Development Strategy (NDS). It gave many ordinary citizens a ray of...

Sunday Cartoon

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Radio licences and dictatorship

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Radio licences and dictatorship

When Bharrat Jagdeo in 2011, still as President and months before a general election, invented a circus called ‘Day of Appreciation’ at the National Stadium, some surprising names...

ImmigrationTalk…Immigration Bill Introduced by Senate Attorney Gail Seeram (Part 2)

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTalk…Immigration Bill Introduced by Senate Attorney Gail Seeram (Part 2)

By Gail Seeram Amendments to Family Immigration & Elimination of Brother/Sister Sponsorship: Under the new system there will be two family preference categories and they will cover...

Woman fraudster on the run jailed for two years ‘in absentia’

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman fraudster on the run jailed for two years ‘in absentia’

A woman who decided to plan a scheme to fleece her one time nephew-in-law is now on the run and an arrested warrant issued for her arrest after she was jailed in her absence for...

Another person collapses and dies at CJIA

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another person collapses and dies at CJIA

…family criticizes poor response “…security didn’t even help us…nothing—nothing…not even a walker, not a tissue, nobody responded! There was no ambulance, no Limacol!”...

Block 22 is picturesquely beautiful!

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Block 22 is picturesquely beautiful!

By Enid Joaquin This community that was in the past derogatorily referred to as “Vietnam’ because of all the negativity that pervaded it, has morphed into a close knit community of...

Local flight school to host vacation programme

Apr 21, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local flight school to host vacation programme

…focus on preparing hinterland-based operators For the first time, Air Services Limited Flight School (ASLFTS) will be offering the Private Pilot Programme over the August holidays....

Biggest Weakness Can Become Your Biggest Strength

Apr 21, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Biggest Weakness Can Become Your Biggest Strength

Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm...

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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