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IS THERE A WESTERN CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT?

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS THERE A WESTERN CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT?

Is the international community ganging up on Guyana? Has there been, as a consequence, an overemphasizing of governance and corruption? And do these actions indicate some form of conspiracy...

Endangered marine turtle populations increasing in Guyana

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Endangered marine turtle populations increasing in Guyana

By Keeran Danny Guyana can essentially be called a home to the Leatherback, Green, Hawksbill and Olive Ridley turtles, which are listed as critically endangered worldwide. These turtles are...

Don’t drink a laxative on the drill square

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t drink a laxative on the drill square

…the lighter side of National Service By Michael Jordan Food was often scarce, you often had to work guard detail on chilly nights and march in the blazing sun. But you made lifelong...

There is so much to learn

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There is so much to learn

There are so many lessons to be learned in life that one wonders if at any time people actually stop learning. It would seem that there is never enough time to learn some of the things that...

Housing and You…Getting permission from the NDC to build; Int’l Building Expo

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Getting permission from the NDC to build; Int’l Building Expo

By Leonard Gildarie Next weekend, for the fourth year in a row, the Housing Ministry is set to host its popular International Building Expo at the National Stadium, Providence....

The Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)

The brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is a species of three-toed sloth found in the neo-tropical eco-zone. It is the most common of the four species of three-toed...

Perhaps the saddest thing in the world

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Perhaps the saddest thing in the world

I spent four years studying history as an undergraduate at the University of Guyana. Before UG, I was exposed to plenty philosophy, because I worked as a sixteen-year-old youth at the Michael Forde...

OUR ARCHDUKES OF UNPRINCIPLEDOM – PPP and Procurement

Jun 30, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on OUR ARCHDUKES OF UNPRINCIPLEDOM – PPP and Procurement

By Khemraj Ramjattan, Leader AFC The PPP Government, from its very laudatory position of 2003 when it promoted its relinquishment of authority over procurement matters, today argues that Cabinet must...

Law west of Fort Island

Jun 30, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Law west of Fort Island

Guyana’s hinterland west of Fort Island on the Essequibo River could be a very lawless and dangerous place. Banditry is rampant; contraband smuggling is commonplace; disease is...

Book Review… An author’s portrayal of an empty, tragic society

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review… An author’s portrayal of an empty, tragic society

Book: Ordinary people in a Normal Society by Dr Jerome Teelucksingh Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Dr Jerome Teelucksinghs’s latest offering is a macédoine of interfacing dialogue and disjointed...

The important things in life

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The important things in life

A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to...

Guyana’s “development” is influenced by corruption

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s “development” is influenced by corruption

Corruption has become pervasive in Guyana with some Government officials compromising quality of works executed by contractors for kickbacks on projects; manipulating inside information to...

Salvation Army divisional commanders relate Guyana experience

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Salvation Army divisional commanders relate Guyana experience

“The past ten years would not have been the same without them …We just want to celebrate who they are and what they have done for us”. One member of the Salvation Army noting the input...

5% decline in peace costs US$473 billion

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 5% decline in peace costs US$473 billion

A dramatic rise in the number of homicides and more countries increasing their military expenditure as a percentage of GDP were the key drivers in making the world a less peaceful...

Guyana Fire Service receives 3000-gallon water tankers

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Fire Service receives 3000-gallon water tankers

Recognizing the need for the Guyana Fire Service to be fully equipped to fulfill its mandate in protecting life and property from the destruction of fire, provisions were made to supply the...

Falling gold prices pose threat to small scale miners

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Falling gold prices pose threat to small scale miners

By Zena Henry Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud, told Kaieteur News yesterday, that any drop in gold prices is a need for concern. He was alluding to the dangers falling gold...

“The Thomas Carroll Affair”….US Embassy official sold 25 visas per week at US$8000 a piece

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “The Thomas Carroll Affair”….US Embassy official sold 25 visas per week at US$8000 a piece

“In a small economy, that much money had a profound effect”-author David Casavis By Dale Andrews David Casavis is fascinated by the United States of America State Department, dedicating most of...

METRO offers $4M support to St. Francis

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on METRO offers $4M support to St. Francis

Local computer and office supplies giants, Metro Computer and Office Supplies, in collaboration with its United States counterpart, Metropolitan Office and Computer Supplies, recently extended...

$60M in contracts signed for Works in Region Six

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $60M in contracts signed for Works in Region Six

In an effort to get residents involved in what is happening in their respective communities the Regional Six Regional Administration has made an unprecedented move and has taken the signing of...

Amputees unite to help teenage palsy victim

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amputees unite to help teenage palsy victim

It is said that there is strength in numbers and that determination is the key to success. This was evident yesterday as several amputees from across the country placed themselves along the New...

From the Diaspora…How the PNC turned “Cow Dam” (Angoy’s Avenue) into Guyana’s largest squatter settlement

Jun 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…How the PNC turned “Cow Dam” (Angoy’s Avenue) into Guyana’s largest squatter settlement

By Ralph Seeram The area was of mixed use, pasture, some housing, but mostly pig pens, cow pens, donkey pens and some farming. The houses were mainly located along “Cow Dam” stretching from...

Income Inequality

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Income Inequality

The furore raised over the introduction of the minimum wage, scheduled to kick in tomorrow, raises the issue of income inequality. This issue has become a burning question not only in the US and...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The underlings in this criminal enterprise have blended into Guyana’s political power assembly

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The underlings in this criminal enterprise have blended into Guyana’s political power assembly

Dear Editor, David Casavis’ book documenting the mafia-like criminal connections between an American Embassy Official and Haleem Khan, exposes the development of a criminal enterprise that...

Ron Webster acquired 85.31% stake in CCI for G$300,000 – and no money paid

Jun 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ron Webster acquired 85.31% stake in CCI for G$300,000 – and no money paid

Dear Editor, A review by Business Page of Sunday Stabroek of May 5, 2013 of the annual reports and financial statements of three companies, including Caribbean Container Inc. (CCI), about...

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Mashramani Street Football Championship kicks off tonight in Mocha

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more