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No procurement commission, no anti-money Laundering Bill- AFC

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No procurement commission, no anti-money Laundering Bill- AFC

The Alliance For Change (AFC), in its quest to secure an effective Public Procurement Commission, (PPC) has decided to withhold its Parliamentary support for amendments to the...

Book Review – A Provocative challenge to mainstream religion

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review – A Provocative challenge to mainstream religion

Book: God vs. Judaism and Christianity God vs. Judaism and Christianity is a cleverly written treatise. Panamanian-born Theo Chambers, of Jamaican heritage, uses his distinguished military and legal...

For the want of a healthy kidney

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on For the want of a healthy kidney

Not so long ago, people in Guyana rarely heard of renal failure. This was because we simply did not treat the disease. I suppose many people simply died and they did not have to be old people. For a...

Housing and You… The new schemes: A chicken and egg situation

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You… The new schemes: A chicken and egg situation

Last week we spoke on the issue of gated communities and I did promise to attempt to get one of the major developers to shed some light on this addition to the housing boom. The newspaper would have...

AFC column – The face of corruption

Oct 13, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on AFC column – The face of corruption

This past week a Mission from the Organisation of American States (OAS) would have been in Guyana gathering opinions, possibly data, and generally looking into corruption in Guyana as well as...

How the PPP is degrading Guyana’s democracy

Oct 13, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on How the PPP is degrading Guyana’s democracy

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has deliberately degraded Guyana’s democratic institutions over the past 21 years. The current rash of rural rallies to celebrate the party’s 21st...

Confidence trickster poses as tour operator, fleeces visitors

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Confidence trickster poses as tour operator, fleeces visitors

A “phony” tour operator may have jeopardized a potential tourism boost for Guyana when he coned an overseas couple out of close to $100,000. The couple had intended to organize a large tour group...

Hampshire robbery/murder…Cameras were off during attack

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hampshire robbery/murder…Cameras were off during attack

Police in Berbice are “very close” to cracking the case involving the slain Hampshire businessman, Devendra ‘Dave’ Deodat, 34, of Lot 72 Hampshire Squatting Area. Deodat was gunned down...

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN GUYANA

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN IN GUYANA

By Ralph Seeram A world famous singer was coming to Guyana and a friend wanted VIP tickets for the show, and inquired if I can use “my connection through another connection” to get the ticket. I...

New lawyers vow to upkeep profession’s integrity

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New lawyers vow to upkeep profession’s integrity

Two newly admitted Attorneys to the Bar have vowed to serve in their positions with much integrity. Attorneys Sandia Rebekah Harold-Ramnarine and Denise Onica Hodge have said that they are committed...

$83M Mahaica market officially handed over

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $83M Mahaica market officially handed over

Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker, on Friday officially handed over the GYD$83M Mahaica market to the area’s Neighbourhood Democratic...

GuySuCo in shambles

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo in shambles

The company is in jeopardy with such a low level of production – Ramon Gaskin Guyana’s sugar producing level is at an all time embarrassing low as reports have indicated that the Guyana Sugar...

APNU dismisses calls for early general elections

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU dismisses calls for early general elections

…no intention to bring no confidence motion against Govt. – Granger Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger, says that his party has no intention of tabling a ‘no...

ImmigrationINFO (Immigration News For Our Community)…Traveling under advance parole does not lead to inadmission

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO (Immigration News For Our Community)…Traveling under advance parole does not lead to inadmission

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, GailLaw.com Under U.S. Immigration laws, individuals who depart the United States after having lived there without lawful status for one year or more are barred from...

Ailing child amongst Fly Jamaica ticket winners

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ailing child amongst Fly Jamaica ticket winners

A secondary school child in need of medical assistance is among several persons who received free tickets to travel to a destination of their choice yesterday. Raphael Williams and his father Shawn...

Lawyers not buying Law Reports from Legal Affairs Ministry

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers not buying Law Reports from Legal Affairs Ministry

– instead they are downloading and printing it By Latoya Giles The Ministry of Legal Affairs is accusing some members of the legal profession of downloading and printing copies of...

Positive thought – a strong tool of success

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Positive thought – a strong tool of success

Once upon a time there was bunch of tiny frogs that arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race...

Interesting Creatures…The Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures…The Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)

The Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), also referred to as the orca whale or orca, and less commonly, as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are...

Caribbean Court of Justice delivers for the Caribbean’s people

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders 2

Caribbean Court of Justice delivers for the Caribbean’s people By Sir Ronald Sanders For years, nationals of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have complained of the...

This so-called Democratic Party wants to fetter the independent press

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on This so-called Democratic Party wants to fetter the independent press

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in your edition of Tuesday 8th October 2013 titled “PPP wants media regulated.” This is a shocking but not unsurprising statement coming from the...

Estonian teacher on intriguing world travel

Oct 13, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Estonian teacher on intriguing world travel

– Journey began two years ago, 38 countries already seen “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, rather than by the ones you did, so...

No one has approached me to be a witness in the Rodney Inquiry

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on No one has approached me to be a witness in the Rodney Inquiry

Dear Editor, I first read in GuyanaOnLine the statement that I had been approached to be a witness in the long delayed Rodney Inquiry. I wondered then who had spoken in my name. I...

Mr. Paul is asking us to support a Government that does not support us

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Paul is asking us to support a Government that does not support us

Dear Editor, If my memory serves me right, I can recall seeing a few letters from Mr. Roy Paul, either in the Kaieteur News or Stabroek News or both. His letters are adorned with advice...

The Dangerous Consequences of the Geetanjali Singh story

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Letters 4

Dear Editor, Geetanjali Singh is an attractive but unassuming woman. She initially appears very quiet and will perhaps never be in anyone’s face. She is a dedicated wife to a busy,...

The UGBC is like a sinking ship

Oct 13, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The UGBC is like a sinking ship

Dear Editor, I am a Berbician and a teacher. I started attending the Berbice Campus of the University of Guyana in September, 2011 to study for a degree in Social Studies, a four year...

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