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Re-thinking taxing tourism

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Re-thinking taxing tourism

By Sir Ronald Sanders Are governments in the Caribbean killing the goose that lays the golden egg? This question relates to the number of taxes that governments are applying to the...

Caribbean Airlines have us where it hurts

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines have us where it hurts

I have always heard that Guyana is a blessed country, that it is not hit by hurricanes and it does not experience earthquakes. Of course, should one hurricane pass through Guyana there would...

THANK YOU, UNCLE DONALD!

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THANK YOU, UNCLE DONALD!

The greatest exploiters of the working class are to be found within the rich. You think the government pays its workers poorly, try the private sector! If you believe that workers are...

Sustaining Sugar in Demerara

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Sustaining Sugar in Demerara

(With the sugar industry slipping into crisis mode by 2008, we made some proposals in a series of articles that we will republish since the crisis has only deepened.) The inquiry into the precipitous...

A wife strangled in Germany and two dead girls in Guyana

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A wife strangled in Germany and two dead girls in Guyana

By Michael Jordan The former American soldier looked me straight in the eye and told me that he was no killer. Maybe so, but surely he must be one of the unluckiest chaps I have ever met. How many...

Housing and You…Applying for a mortgage; a $19M ‘turn-key’ home

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Applying for a mortgage; a $19M ‘turn-key’ home

By Leonard Gildarie While writing on housing last year and then resuming a few weeks ago, I have over time drawn on personal experiences to “drive home” the need to be educated. I had...

Drivers, maids, waitresses, psychology and invincibility

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Drivers, maids, waitresses, psychology and invincibility

In a previous column, I mentioned what one of the former attendants of the New Thriving Restaurant told me about what a certain little dictator (who has one of the fanciest swimming pools; lives on...

Government’s ad hoc arrangements will not push development

Jun 23, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Government’s ad hoc arrangements will not push development

By Dominic Gaskin AFC Treasurer and National Executive Committee Member For a political party obsessed with control, the PPP/C Government exerts very little control over how this country...

Sinking ship leaves rats

Jun 23, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sinking ship leaves rats

Khemraj Ramjattan– a former chairman of the Progressive Youth Organisation and Member of the Central Committee–was among the first to desert the People’s Progressive Party’s sinking ship....

Book Review… The Madness of Slavery and the Human Spirit

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review… The Madness of Slavery and the Human Spirit

Book: The Family Mansion by Anthony C. Winkler Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby The Family Mansion bellows with the stench of misplaced pride. It is a showcase, no less, of two nations’ growing pains,...

Coconut farmers being trained on fertilization

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Coconut farmers being trained on fertilization

The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), an arm of the Agriculture Ministry, is currently working to sensitize farmers to the various technologies and strategies that they can use to...

Government unveils master plan to link Ogle to East Bank

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government unveils master plan to link Ogle to East Bank

– new housing schemes to be inter-connected via roads network By Leonard Gildarie Government has unveiled a master plan to link several communities along the East Bank of Demerara to an...

Linden in dire need of proper ambulance – Health Officer

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden in dire need of proper ambulance – Health Officer

Residents of Linden are calling on the Minister of Health to provide another ambulance for the community in the interim of the non-functioning ambulance that is in the workshop. Chairman of the...

Ministry pushing science, technology in schools

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry pushing science, technology in schools

One of the major objectives of the Ministry of Education is to raise the level of scientific consciousness in the country and to increase public understanding and appreciation of the...

Money Laundering… Financial Intelligence Unit not enough, investigative arm required-US Ambassador

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Money Laundering… Financial Intelligence Unit not enough, investigative arm required-US Ambassador

Having legislation in place is the first step, but the investigative capacity is even more critical in building cases and prosecuting persons in relation to money laundering. This is according to the...

“Sandy” doused with acid over triangular love affair

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Sandy” doused with acid over triangular love affair

‘Suspects still on the run’… – police By: Javone Vickerie and Kiana Wilburg After being doused in the face with “battery acid” on Friday last because of a triangular love...

Financial crimes legislation bad news, unconstitutional – Ramon Gaskin

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Financial crimes legislation bad news, unconstitutional – Ramon Gaskin

Consultant and former presidential advisor Ramon Gaskin, has described the 2009 financial crimes legislation as being unconstitutional and in direct contrast with existing laws. He told...

Construction sector hit by labour shortage

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Construction sector hit by labour shortage

– CH&PA targeting rogue developers Government says that it is battling a worrying labour shortage in the housing sector. The sector, along with gold, has been a main prop...

Trouble in Paradise

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Trouble in Paradise

Who would have thought that a million people would be in the streets of Brazil protesting over a ten-cent rise in the bus fare? But they did, in an ever-rising wave of frustration even...

Pull all Govt. contracts from Strategic Action Security- GYSM

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pull all Govt. contracts from Strategic Action Security- GYSM

President Donald Ramotar’s purported intolerance for corruption is now being tested as the Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM) demands that Government withdraws all State contracts awarded to...

From the Diaspora…THE OPPOSITION PARTIES IS TAKING THE WORD “OPPOSITION” TOO LITERALLY

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…THE OPPOSITION PARTIES IS TAKING THE WORD “OPPOSITION” TOO LITERALLY

By Ralph Seeram Since the 2011 national elections when the balance of power in Parliament shifted from the ruling PPP Government to the opposition parties, the opposition PNC/APNU and the AFC seem...

Investigation launched into N/A Hospital slapping incident

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation launched into N/A Hospital slapping incident

…doctor still on the job An investigation has been launched into the incident involving the doctor implicated for allegedly slapping his 25-year-old patient while tending to her bleeding nose...

Upcoming Yacht Rally for Guyana shores

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Upcoming Yacht Rally for Guyana shores

– Guyana destination for first leg of the rally At least 20 yachts are expected to grace Guyana’s waters come September, as the 10-day Nereid’s Rally leaves Trinidad and Tobago, bound for...

Criminal session in Berbice High Court halted absence of indicted persons, witnesses cited

Jun 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Criminal session in Berbice High Court halted absence of indicted persons, witnesses cited

There is an unusual development in the just opened June sessions of the Berbice Criminal Assizes. The session came to a halt on Friday due to the unavailability of the indicted persons and the...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 23, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

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A flawed interpretation of international law

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