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Medicine Chest Pharmacy spreads Christmas cheer

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Medicine Chest Pharmacy spreads Christmas cheer

The Medicine Chest Pharmacy made a monetary donation to the International Women’s Aid to Mahaica Hospital yesterday as part of corporate commitment to helping charitable organisations during the...

Hundreds turn out for gift giving at GT&T’s Magical Night of Christmas

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds turn out for gift giving at GT&T’s Magical Night of Christmas

GT&T’s Magical Night of Christmas has become a traditional feature in the Christmas calendar of events in Guyana of the past few years. The event has outgrown its traditional venue in...

Are You Begging or Thanking?

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Are You Begging or Thanking?

When our son Jonathan got his driver’s license a couple of years ago, we bought him a used car. A few months after he got that car, Alexandra, at age thirteen, came up to me and said,...

Anti-Money Laundering amendments…Private sector supports APNU on strengthening of FIU, BOG

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-Money Laundering amendments…Private sector supports APNU on strengthening of FIU, BOG

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has come out in support of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), in relation to its stance on the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of...

Women murder accused further remanded in US citizen’s death

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Women murder accused further remanded in US citizen’s death

Second PI underway Two women, including the wife of the now dead US-based Guyanese, Abdool Shakeel Majid, charged with his murder are undergoing their second Preliminary Inquiry. The...

Essequibo speedboat operators make a ‘killing’

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo speedboat operators make a ‘killing’

Speed boat operators plying the Parika/Supenaam route after the regulated cut off time of 17:30 hours are making huge profits from passengers who are willing to take the risk to...

Collapsed bridge on the Linden/Lethem trail

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Collapsed bridge on the Linden/Lethem trail

Dangerous! – Last week drivers were faced with this partially collapsed bridge located on the Linden/Lethem trail, about 90 minutes from Kurupukari. The road is a gateway to many interior...

Scotia Bank Bartica Branch gives Christmas cheer

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Scotia Bank Bartica Branch gives Christmas cheer

For over 14 years, the staff members of Scotiabank Bartica have been volunteering with the Bartica International Volunteers to host the annual senior citizens Christmas party and also...

GPL not planning to spread any Christmas cheer

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL not planning to spread any Christmas cheer

Dear Editor, Christmas is a standing offence to the idea of economic and social rationality. The entire population launches on an orgy of over-eating, gift-giving, card-sending and...

How the PNC and PPP Underdeveloped Guyana

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on How the PNC and PPP Underdeveloped Guyana

Dear Editor, I would like to offer a brief recap of the strategies played out by the People’s National Congress and the People’s Progressive Party, which individually, but when examined...

Sunday Cartoon

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Pepsi Dream prize winner attends live Beyonce concert

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pepsi Dream prize winner attends live Beyonce concert

Demerara Distillers Limited and Pepsi announced that the winner of the Pepsi Dream Prize Promotion left Guyana for the all expenses paid VIP Experience trip and concert in New York City...

Promotions and the police officers

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Promotions and the police officers

Based upon observations it seems likely that annual promotions within the officer ranks of the Guyana Police Force will once again be stagnated this time due to the absence of a quorum in the...

Guyana needs an integrated management plan to address solid waste problems

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs an integrated management plan to address solid waste problems

Dear Editor, After witnessing the debacle surrounding the appointment of the Georgetown Municipality Town Clerk under circumstances that undermine due process and procedures and which...

“Senza Fine” and winged impulse

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Senza Fine” and winged impulse

Writer’s note: Because of the large number of people I ran into this season that I never knew migrated, I am republishing my May 8, 2008 column with three small additions. “Senza Fine”...

The AFC is here to stay!

Dec 22, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The AFC is here to stay!

By Moses Nagamootoo M.P A major success was the defeat of the notion that a “third party” such as the Alliance For Change (AFC) could not survive in our divisive and polarized political...

A thirst for cars and killing

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A thirst for cars and killing

By Michael Jordan Taxi drivers claim to have a built-in instinct about danger, but the driver in the burgundy Toyota Carina felt no apprehension when the three boys approached his car. Maybe...

Salvation Army volunteers…The people who keep the pots boiling for others at Christmas

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Salvation Army volunteers…The people who keep the pots boiling for others at Christmas

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad When most of us think of Christmas, we think of not just a day, but of an entire season, including the beginning of the New Year. We think of all the cleaning, shopping,...

Housing and You…Moving in for the holidays

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Moving in for the holidays

By Leonard Gildarie There will be quite a number of Guyanese who will be sleeping in their new homes this Christmas. There can never be a more grand feeling than owning a piece of real estate...

The Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger)

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger)

The hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger) is a small dolphin in the family Delphinidae that inhabits Antarctic and sub-antarctic waters. The dolphin has rarely been seen. It was...

IS THERE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT?

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS THERE A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT?

It was to be expected that the main opposition groupings, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) would throw their support behind the Guyana Public Service...

Over 5,000 house lots distributed this year

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Over 5,000 house lots distributed this year

The Ministry of Housing has achieved its allocation target of over 5,000 house lots for this year. More are expected to be distributed before year-end since the Ministry intends to host more One Stop...

Book review… A pricey literary gem of unrivaled worth

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book review… A pricey literary gem of unrivaled worth

Book: Poetic Jewels by Michael Ashby Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Poets have always stirred the conscience, embedding themselves in struggles for social change. Their words are also celebratory finding...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 22, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Frustration often causes people to do things that they come to regret. From the national standpoint it is causing the country to lose its human resource. This time around there have been more...

Education Ministry to probe teaching hindrances – CEO

Dec 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry to probe teaching hindrances – CEO

“With innovation comes great expectation,” was the notion emphasised by Chief Education Officer (CEO), Olato Sam, when he addressed the audience at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE)...

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KARCC hails 2025 Guyana-Suriname Group Ride a massive success

The burden of proof rests on the asserting party

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In recent days there have been serious assertions made and associations implied without... more