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THE NEW COLD WAR: Is there a western conspiracy against Guyana?

Jul 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NEW COLD WAR: Is there a western conspiracy against Guyana?

There is a new Cold War. It is not an ideological world; instead it is taking place within the framework of the quest for international markets and international resources. This new war...

Housing and You…Remigrant Scheme, Expo and $15M mortgage limit

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Remigrant Scheme, Expo and $15M mortgage limit

By Leonard Gildarie The fourth International Building Expo is well underway and expected to end today, but it is my sincere hope that it will be extended one more day. It was a massive crowd Friday...

A chance worth taking in the most challenging of times

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on A chance worth taking in the most challenging of times

By Sharmain Grainger Intense physical pain has proven to be one of the most debilitating things that can happen to any human being. However, once the source of the pain is...

Every country has ministerial rascals but…

Jul 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Every country has ministerial rascals but…

One of the things the people of this land and the international community must drive home to the PPP leadership is that they must investigate financial and moral depravities committed...

The Butterfly

Jul 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly’s life cycle consists of...

OUR ARCHDUKES OF UNPRINCIPLEDOM – (Part 2)

Jul 07, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on OUR ARCHDUKES OF UNPRINCIPLEDOM – (Part 2)

– PPP & Procurement By Khemraj Ramjattan, AFC Leader Last week I cleared the air as to what the PPP’s position was in 2003 on the Public Procurement Commission. Just to...

Book Review: A Tongue-in-Cheek look at Jamaica’s Athletic Supremacy

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review: A Tongue-in-Cheek look at Jamaica’s Athletic Supremacy

Book: Mystical Speed by Hubert Guscott Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby What is likely to happen when five young men: Long-Pants, Joe, White- Shoes, Trini and Leroy embark on a trip to Jamaica to find the...

Total control, total collapse

Jul 07, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Total control, total collapse

Ronald Gajraj, Gail Teixeira and Clement Rohee – the last three Ministers of Home Affairs appointed by the People’s Progressive Party Civic – have pursued a public security policy which has...

Benefits of Struggling

Jul 07, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Benefits of Struggling

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it...

CJIA’s expansion and the toilet bowl explanation

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA’s expansion and the toilet bowl explanation

-legal experts at odds over “lump sum” contract On November 11, 2011, days before General Elections, a major contract to extend the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was signed between...

‘These young girls don’t understand the importance of courting’—Claudette Austin

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘These young girls don’t understand the importance of courting’—Claudette Austin

By Kiana Wilburg Sixty-nine-year-old, Claudette Austin Agricola, remarked, “I remember those golden days as though they were only yesterday. Courting back then was totally different to today. I...

EBD four-lane expansion…BK Int’l distances self from slothfulness of project

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EBD four-lane expansion…BK Int’l distances self from slothfulness of project

BK International contracted to widen the East Bank Demerara Public Road into a four-lane thoroughfare is not taking responsibility for the slothfulness of the project that causes daily...

Enterprise Primary School scores again

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Enterprise Primary School scores again

The Enterprise Support Group (ESG) New York Inc. has made good on its promise to match the increasing performance of students of the Enterprise Primary School, East Coast Demerara, with...

Execution attempt….Taxi driver in a “stable” condition

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Execution attempt….Taxi driver in a “stable” condition

Leslie Woode, the taxi driver who was shot on Friday in an execution attempt remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with a bullet lodged in his head and...

Gauze removed from woman’s healed wound almost two years later

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gauze removed from woman’s healed wound almost two years later

Although memories of an accident on the Mabura trail almost two years ago may never leave the mind of Jalisa Moore, she certainly did not expect 2013 to find her writhing in pain because of...

Lethem road paving the way for hydro project…Guyana, Brazil leaders to receive key report this month

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem road paving the way for hydro project…Guyana, Brazil leaders to receive key report this month

Guyana’s collaboration with neighbouring Brazil on a number of large-scale projects, including a hydro-electric facility and paving of the Linden/Lethem road, has moved closer to...

Education Ministry focusing on arts, drama

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry focusing on arts, drama

According to Annie Kidder, “Creativity is one of the key skills necessary to prosper in the twenty-first century, and arts education is one of the best ways to foster creativity and student...

CARIFESTA XI

Jul 07, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CARIFESTA XI

The Ministry of Culture announced that it is about to make the final cut to constitute a 50-person delegation to CARIFESTA XI, which is going to be held in Suriname between August 16 and August 26....

Building Expo 2013…GPL gives tips to homeowners on electrical installations

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Building Expo 2013…GPL gives tips to homeowners on electrical installations

By Rabindra Rooplall If you are a homeowner or business owner there are important things you need to know. According to Guyana Power Light (GPL) in order to protect property from fire and to...

Tiger Creek Bridge repaired

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Tiger Creek Bridge repaired

The Tiger Creek bridge leading to Mahdia, a Region Eight mining community, has been repaired and reopened to traffic, after the Regional Administration had complained about its dangerous state and...

ImmigrationINFO: Certain Waivers Now Filed In U.S. and Not At U.S. Embassy

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO: Certain Waivers Now Filed In U.S. and Not At U.S. Embassy

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected] Previously, applicants for immigrant visas outside the United States filed Form I-601 or Form I-212 with supporting evidence at a U.S. Embassy or...

Uninhibited mayhem – Sophia under siege

Jul 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Uninhibited mayhem – Sophia under siege

By Michael Jordan Two gunmen chase a young man into his girlfriend’s house and then rob and rape the girlfriend’s sister on a desolate roadway. A female soldier on her way home is attacked...

Sunday Cartoon

Jul 07, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

I have a toilet set that costs almost US2000

Jul 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have a toilet set that costs almost US2000

Dear Editor, I have been following the issue of the toilet prices proposed in the contract for the CJIA expansion project. I thought I would write about this because I do have a toilet set in my...

Is the average working class Guyanese better off than they were prior to 1992?

Jul 07, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the average working class Guyanese better off than they were prior to 1992?

Dear Editor, During the Cde Leader’s Government, the Guyana dollar held it’s own against the US currency and Guyanese were respected around the Caribbean community. Now our dollar is...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more