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Government’s hinterland policies hamper development, hinder security – APNU

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government’s hinterland policies hamper development, hinder security – APNU

A Partnership for National Unity says that they would put the blame on government for the unsafe environment, underdevelopment of physical infrastructure, unsettled Amerindian land issues and the...

Delegation inquired on Guyanese attitude towards Venezuela

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Delegation inquired on Guyanese attitude towards Venezuela

…armed soldiers, corrected situation when breach was pointed out-Dr. Luncheon The Venezuelan delegation that was in Guyana accompanied by armed military personnel from that country, was in fact a...

TB initiative to roll out in hinterland communities

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on TB initiative to roll out in hinterland communities

An initiative of volunteers treating and caring for Tuberculosis (TB) patients to reduce deaths in hinterland communities would soon be launched in Region Eight by the National Tuberculosis...

Environmentally friendly food containers available on local market

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News 1

– Distributors call for cultural shift, tax breaks, concessions Keeran Danny and Javon Vickerie A cultural shift from bio-degradable containers for food packaging as an alternative to...

GPHC looking to attain baby-friendly status by next year

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC looking to attain baby-friendly status by next year

– encourages support as National Breast Feeding Week is celebrated Although the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) may never be able to realise a 100 per cent baby-friendly...

Annette Arjoon – Changing the face of local aviation with an Amerindian heritage

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Annette Arjoon – Changing the face of local aviation with an Amerindian heritage

By Zena Henry It wasn’t being thick-skinned that soothed Air Services Limited (ASL) executive, pilot and conservationist Annette Arjoon-Martin when she was called ‘Buck Banana’,...

Region Four officials to halt slaughtering of animals at market

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four officials to halt slaughtering of animals at market

– businessman threatens legal action A Mon Repos businessman is threatening legal action against the Neighbourhood Democratic Council that is responsible for the sanitation of the...

Intruder torches couple’s car

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Intruder torches couple’s car

A Princes Street, Lodge, family is now concerned for their safety after an unknown intruder sneaked into their yard early yesterday morning, during a heavy downpour, and set their Toyota Premio...

Crime and Intelligence

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Crime and Intelligence

The official police reports show that the number of armed robberies, especially with the use of guns, has continued its upward march, with a 10 per cent jump over last year. And we have not...

It Will Be Worth It

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on It Will Be Worth It

I’m tired of living for other people. I’m tired of trying to make everyone else happy. You know what happens when you do that? You’re miserable! You know why you’re miserable? Because...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The more the warning the less people listen. Psychiatrists say that it is human nature to ignore anything that promises to threaten the peace and stability of the human mind. Danger warnings...

Book Review… “An Oratory that defines a people and Nation.”

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review… “An Oratory that defines a people and Nation.”

Book: A Voice to Enlighten and Empower by Dr Jerome Teelucksingh Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Dr Jerome Teelucksingh is a prolific writer with an enviable range. His present literary work is a...

Sunday Cartoon

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Hinterland development has been hindered by PPPC’s hubris

Sep 15, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Hinterland development has been hindered by PPPC’s hubris

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration, despite its boastfulness and bluster during the current ‘Amerindian Heritage Month,’ has actually hampered the long-term development...

From the Diaspora…GUYANESE MEN CAN’T TEK LEF…CARIBBEAN AIRLINES RESPONDS TO MY CRITICISM

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News 3

By Ralph Seeram My old friend and late Guyanese folklorist, Wordsworth McAndrew, would say, ‘It’s the “typee”’. The Mighty Sparrow said that it’s the “bag of sugar down dey”. For me,...

AFC wants energy security for Guyana

Sep 15, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on AFC wants energy security for Guyana

In keeping with our Action Plan, the Alliance for Change (AFC) will table in Parliament a Green Paper that outlines comprehensive policy measures for energy security in Guyana. The party will...

Is Norway an inhuman, insane, nihilistic country?

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is Norway an inhuman, insane, nihilistic country?

Let me make it quite plain; I will never live in Norway. They say one should never say never, but I am saying I will never live in Norway. Life has fantastic, unseen ironies, in that my only child...

The cop who killed himself twice

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The cop who killed himself twice

By Michael Jordan If there is one thing that retired Senior Superintendent of Police Ivan Daniels is sure of, it is that his son is no killer. Call it a father’s love, but the last time we spoke,...

Guyana, the land of shortages

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 5

Not so long ago the authorities used to boast that Guyana was self-sufficient in food. Forbes Burnham had conducted a studied campaign to ensure that Guyanese grow their own food, since the...

Housing and You…The contractor should put up some cash insurance

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…The contractor should put up some cash insurance

By Leonard Gildarie Last week, we spoke of some kind of mechanisms to be established that will place responsibility squarely on the contractor’s shoulders to deliver quality work, on time. After...

For a Professional Police Force

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For a Professional Police Force

In condemning the brutal slaying of young businessman Zulficar Namdar, the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) noted: “the recent upsurge in criminality bears a sinister likeness in the modus operandi...

ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community…Certain Waivers Filed In U.S. And Not At U.S. Embassy

Sep 15, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community…Certain Waivers Filed In U.S. And Not At U.S. Embassy

By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, 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 consulate if a consular...

What about the Syrian people? Do they count?

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on What about the Syrian people? Do they count?

By Sir Ronald Sanders The last month’s chessboard politics about Syria and the use of chemical weapons have done nothing to stop the large-scale suffering of the mass of Syrian people, but...

APNU IS ON SHAKY GROUND

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU IS ON SHAKY GROUND

APNU has shown scant regard for the local private sector. Beginning with the Linden saga when an APNU-controlled region objected to the presence of representatives of the private sector at a...

Mismanagement is one of the main factors for GPL’s decline

Sep 15, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mismanagement is one of the main factors for GPL’s decline

Dear Editor, Reading the reports about GPL and the fight against electricity lost/theft during the past week in KN and SN, I come to the conclusion that the officials are hell bent on trying...

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‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’

– spending US$2B on a project without financial, environmental studies is criminality at its worst – WPA Kaieteur... more