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China-Taiwan issue trumps Caribbean co-operation

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on China-Taiwan issue trumps Caribbean co-operation

By Sir Ronald Sanders China may still be classified as a “developing” country because of its per capita income, but that is as far as the description is pertinent. In almost every other way,...

From the Diaspora…AMAILA FALLS HYDRO – A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENT RAMOTAR TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…AMAILA FALLS HYDRO – A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENT RAMOTAR TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY

By Ralph Seeram If you want to know who your true friends are tell them you are moving and you “need a hand”. Suddenly they will have a bad back, not feeling well, or have another...

Capitalism with a human face

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Capitalism with a human face

A few centuries ago the west stumbled on a new way of organising production – dubbed “Capitalism”. Even its most severe critic agreed that it delivered undreamed of wealth and improvements in...

Book Review: The Cat of Muritaro

Aug 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review: The Cat of Muritaro

Tales of Horror reap high marks Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby The Cat of Muritaro is a compilation of eight fantastical tales culled from the belly of Caribbean folklore. Peter Halder, a former...

The Venezuelan Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus)

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Venezuelan Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus)

The red howler (Alouatta seniculus) is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in the western Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador,...

HYDRO ‘GONE A FALLS’…NOW LET’S MOVE ON!

Aug 25, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on HYDRO ‘GONE A FALLS’…NOW LET’S MOVE ON!

By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Leader The role of reliable and competitive electricity rates in the economic development of any country cannot be overstated. Given our abundant natural resources,...

APNU pledges support for efficient hydropower development

Aug 25, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on APNU pledges support for efficient hydropower development

A Partnership for National Unity – APNU – pledges its total support for the development of Guyana’s hydropower potential for the benefit of all our people. APNU iterates its complete commitment...

A contradictory call by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A contradictory call by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association

Dear Editor, The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has certainly exposed itself in a recent media statement where at a meeting with President Donald Ramotar called for the...

The attainment levels of our hinterland students have improved

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The attainment levels of our hinterland students have improved

Dear Editor, It is good to know that our hinterland schools are putting out students who are fully matriculated as in the case of sixteen year old Mary Parker who got passes in ten subjects at this...

We have a living legend in our midst

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have a living legend in our midst

Dear Editor, I am so pleased that someone remembers Eusi Kwayana (Freddie Kissoon’s column, Kaieteur News, August 23, 2013.) Recently the government and people of Guyana erected a monument...

A mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on A mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar & the 2 cups of coffee. A Professor stood before his philosophy class...

Sithe’s notification of its decision to walk constitutes enough grounds for the revocation of the licence

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sithe’s notification of its decision to walk constitutes enough grounds for the revocation of the licence

Dear Editor, The debate on the Amaila Falls Hydropower project continues to rage two weeks after Sithe Global, the project sponsor, declared that it had pulled out. Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger...

Sunday Cartoon

Aug 25, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

APNU Leader responds to US Ambassador on Amaila…“My interest lies with Guyana and its people”- David Granger

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU Leader responds to US Ambassador on Amaila…“My interest lies with Guyana and its people”- David Granger

“He is a diplomat, represents a state, and I can understand that it is in his interest to advance the business of that state he represents. But I also have obligations to the Guyanese...

Worry mounts over gold prices, security…Miners ask for fuel concessions, guns

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Worry mounts over gold prices, security…Miners ask for fuel concessions, guns

Miners, claiming falling gold prices and rampant illegal activities in the sector, are calling on Government to implement a number of measures to ease growing challenges facing the industry. These...

C’bean Airlines Timehri crash due to pilot error – Draft Report says

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News 4

Two years after a Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) Boeing 737-800 aircraft crash-landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA), a draft report has been completed with the findings...

Cop charged for rape of girl, 14

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cop charged for rape of girl, 14

An arrest warrant was issued yesterday for a Police Corporal of Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice, after he did not appear before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to...

Mark Phillips to be new Army chief

Aug 24, 2013 KNews News 7

– Promoted to Brigadier Colonel Mark Phillips has been promoted to Brigadier and will be the country’s next army chief, as Rear Admiral Gary Best prepares to retire. According to...

Dem boys seh…Peeping Tom peep once too many

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Peeping Tom peep once too many

When Peeping Tom start fuh write fuh de Waterfalls paper nuff people start to ask who is Peeping Tom. One man put a spy fuh find out who is this person. Some people even corner dem reporters...

Guyana Martial Arts Open Championships…Local practitioners’ takes on T&T counterparts today

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Martial Arts Open Championships…Local practitioners’ takes on T&T counterparts today

Several of the best martial artists from the Black Hawks Martial Arts Management Network/Association will clash with their counterparts from Trinidad and Tobago when the Guyana Martial Arts...

LCPL T20 Semi-final 2…Tallawahs dispatch Trindents by 7 wkts; play Amazon Warriors in final tonight

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on LCPL T20 Semi-final 2…Tallawahs dispatch Trindents by 7 wkts; play Amazon Warriors in final tonight

By Zaheer Mohamed Led by a sparkling half century from man-of-the-match Kumar Sangakkara the Jamaica Tallawahs breezed past Barbados Tridents by 7 wickets to book their place in the final of the...

Trophy Stall is latest to support motor racing

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall is latest to support motor racing

Known for his unparalleled assistance to athletes and sports organisations, Proprietor of The Trophy Stall of Bourda Market Ramesh Sunich expressed delight when presented with the opportunity to join...

Players more informed as Cool Runnins Beach summer camp concludes

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Players more informed as Cool Runnins Beach summer camp concludes

Several Beach footballers are now much more educated in the intricacies of the sport following the conclusion a ten (10) days Beach Soccer summer camp under the auspices of the Cool Runnins Beach...

‘I’m in it for the long-haul’ says Hollywood actor Gerard Butler

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘I’m in it for the long-haul’ says Hollywood actor Gerard Butler

Port of Spain – Hollywood actor Gerard Butler has said his involvement with the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is for the long term after he arrived in Trinidad to watch the climax of the...

GCB lines up two foreign players to boost Guyana for T20s against T&T

Aug 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB lines up two foreign players to boost Guyana for T20s against T&T

Inaugural Limacol CPL T20 finalist Guyana will clash with defending Caribbean T20 Champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in two T20 matches at the Guyana National Stadium Providence on August 30...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more