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Amaila left hanging after Sithe pullout

Aug 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila left hanging after Sithe pullout

…APNU’s objections were never addressed by Govt. – Greenidge The future of the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project remains uncertain and while President Donald Ramotar has assured that...

GPHC Maternal death…Expert Committee finds negligence, poor management in care delivered

Aug 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Maternal death…Expert Committee finds negligence, poor management in care delivered

– Attending doctors were not qualified for role played An Expert Committee that was tasked with investigating the June 4 maternal death of 28-year-old Luan Rodney at the Georgetown Public...

French Guiana-based Guyanese accused of abducting son speaks out

Aug 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on French Guiana-based Guyanese accused of abducting son speaks out

– disguises himself to visit his homeland By Dale Andrews Ever since a wanted bulletin was issued for his arrest in 2008, 44-year-old Linden Sinclair has been forced to into...

Proficient attorney Rohan Chandan is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Proficient attorney Rohan Chandan is a ‘Special Person’

“While I was a trailblazer and I made the sacrifices, in my university days, I could not afford to buy law books, so I had to live in the library— that was a great sacrifice.” By Leon Suseran...

China-Caribbean relations: a new footing needed

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on China-Caribbean relations: a new footing needed

By Sir Ronald Sanders In China, recently, one of the country’s leading academics told me that a former Chinese Ambassador to the Caribbean said that the region has “a two-party system” – one...

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

A tear is never far away, especially since there are always copycats. Three women have been violently attacked with cutlasses, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. There will be other...

Sunday Cartoon

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Revelations – the final book in the Bible

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Revelations – the final book in the Bible

Revelations, the last book in the Bible has many prophesies. It talks about the end of the world which experts say is figurative. In Guyana there have been many revelations. Strange...

SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS

By Michael Jordan How many times have you heard people say of someone who had committed some heinous crime: “He was a quiet and peaceful man; we don’t know what got into him.”...

Emancipation and freedom

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Emancipation and freedom

During this Emancipation month, the dominant narrative has been of the heroic efforts of the slaves that actively rebelled against their oppressors so that slavery became no longer viable. There are...

Way cleared for Local Government Elections, hydro development

Aug 11, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Way cleared for Local Government Elections, hydro development

The Sitting of the National Assembly on August 7, 2013, saw the Alliance For Change giving its support for the four Local Government Bills and the Bill and Motion pertaining to the Amaila...

The five movements of Guyanese history

Aug 11, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The five movements of Guyanese history

(This article is an abridged version of an Address to the Forum on the State of Black African Guyana) The history of Guyana for four centuries has been marked by five major movements “...

Nigel Hughes and Khemraj Ramjattan

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nigel Hughes and Khemraj Ramjattan

Mark Benschop in a letter to this newspaper put my age as “touching 70s.” I didn’t reply to that because I think, not most, but all Guyanese know I am very far from seventy (by the way; do I...

The Army Ant

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Army Ant

The name army ant (or legionary ant or marabunta) is applied to over 200 ant species, in different lineages, due to their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as “raids”, in...

Caribbean Table Tennis pre- Cadet Championships open

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Table Tennis pre- Cadet Championships open

The Caribbean Table Tennis pre-Cadet 2013 Championships commenced last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The Tournament which involved host Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and...

Mo Farah wins 10,000m title at World Championships in Moscow

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mo Farah wins 10,000m title at World Championships in Moscow

BBC Sport – Double Olympic champion Mo Farah created history once again in Moscow as he became the first British man to win a 10,000m world title. A year on from winning the 10,000m and...

Kelly-Ann Baptiste tests positive, withdraws from World Championships

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kelly-Ann Baptiste tests positive, withdraws from World Championships

NBC Sport (Nick Zaccardi) – Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste tested positive for a banned substance and withdrew from the World Track and Field Championships one day...

Jumbo Jet family rolls out $30M 7th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet August 25

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet family rolls out $30M 7th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet August 25

‘Jumbo Jet’ by name and nature is huge in whatever it does and as such the sponsors of the Annual Guyana Cup Horse racing event is making a gargantuan investment as it rolls out a...

KMTC/Digicel one day horserace meet set for today

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC/Digicel one day horserace meet set for today

All is set for the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC)/Digicel one day Horserace Classic today at the club’s Bush Lot Farm racetrack, Corentyne Berbice. Over $13M in cash, trophies and...

“LCPL brings seriously contrasting fortunes and surprises!”

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “LCPL brings seriously contrasting fortunes and surprises!”

Colin E. H. Croft The colour has been dazzling, excitement electric and enjoyment all encompassing! This weekend brings more in Limacol Caribbean Premier League 2013, but it is also time for...

Digicel 2013 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships starts today

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel 2013 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships starts today

The Digicel 2013 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships powered by POWERADE and SMALTA starts today at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts with the commencement of the individual tournament. The...

Teams drawn for second GSCL 12/12…Defending champs Memorex draw bye for second round, tournament bowls off today

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams drawn for second GSCL 12/12…Defending champs Memorex draw bye for second round, tournament bowls off today

Defending champions of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated (GSCL Inc) organized 12/12 tournament, Memorex, has drawn the bye to the second round of this year’s...

Patterson Day of Sports being staged today

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patterson Day of Sports being staged today

A Day of Sports will be held in honour of the late Bonny Patterson today, Sunday August 11, at the Mahaicony Community Centre ground starting from 10:00 hrs. Events slated for the day are...

COFONA Emancipation cycling event pedals off today

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on COFONA Emancipation cycling event pedals off today

Another grueling event is anticipated as all the top cyclists in Berbice are expected to don their cycling gear and take to the road today for the Council of Friends of New Amsterdam (COFONA)...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Is accountability and transparency still a perquisite within the GFF?

Aug 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Is accountability and transparency still a perquisite within the GFF?

Dear Editor, The Christopher Matthias led administration of the Guyana Football Federation, recently completing 100 days in office, following the Elections of Office Bearers on Friday, April...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more