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From the Diaspora…IAN CHANG BUDGET RULING AND FIVE DUCKLINGS

Feb 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…IAN CHANG BUDGET RULING AND FIVE DUCKLINGS

…where commonsense meets “book sense” By Ralph Seeram I am sure you readers are wondering what five ducklings have to do with Chief Justice (Ag) Ian Chang’s ruling on the budget issue. During...

Look of all people who Henry Jeffrey quotes

Feb 09, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Look of all people who Henry Jeffrey quotes

Dear Editor, In my long years of disagreement with Dr, Henry Jeffrey, I have never uttered one word of disparagement about his intellectual capacity. In many letters and columns in which I wrote...

Burdensome debt and elusive solutions

Feb 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Burdensome debt and elusive solutions

By Sir Ronald Sanders The debt of small Caribbean states has been unsustainable for some time now and, unless it is tackled effectively, it will further retard their economic growth and the quality...

Torturers are “the common enemies of all mankind.”

Feb 09, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Torturers are “the common enemies of all mankind.”

The People’s Progressive Party Civic administration has failed to convene a single commission of inquiry into reports of torture during its entire tenure of office. The Government of Guyana,...

Recognition must be accorded where it is due!

Feb 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Recognition must be accorded where it is due!

By Sharmain Grainger When Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis brought home a belt as a world boxing champion – the WBA Welterweight Title – in 2001, the then President, Bharrat Jagdeo, declared a...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Daylight robberies are going to become prevalent. A group of young men will attack a number of small businesses in the city. One of the attacks would occur no less than 200 metres from a police...

Southern Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)

Feb 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Southern Viscacha (Lagidium viscacia)

The southern viscacha (Lagidium viscacia) is a species of rodent in the family Chinchillidae and is found inArgentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It is a colonial animal living in small...

WHY WORRY? BE HAPPY!

Feb 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY WORRY? BE HAPPY!

So what if the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill is not passed by tomorrow in the National Assembly? So what if Guyana is subject to sanctions from the...

It is easy to be confused in Guyana

Feb 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on It is easy to be confused in Guyana

There was a lot of confusion this past week. For one, there was the problem with the ruling of the Chief Justice over whether the parliamentary opposition could slash the budget. Back in 2012, the...

Housing and You…Guyana does have its own building codes!

Feb 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Guyana does have its own building codes!

By Leonard Gildarie Over the past months, we have been discussing almost everything under the sun as it relates to building a home. Of course, some of the topics were overlapping. We spoke of...

Two Travelling Angels

Feb 09, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Two Travelling Angels

Two travelling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a...

Book Review…Timeless lessons on Dying, Death and Fate

Feb 09, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review…Timeless lessons on Dying, Death and Fate

Book: Soaring into Magnificence – Cancer: From Illness to Holiness by Hilary Kincaid Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby “Soaring into Magnificence” delivers an existential hardware that...

Current Money laundering amendments give Ministers outrageous powers

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Current Money laundering amendments give Ministers outrageous powers

… Executive obligated to treat the legislative branch respectfully- Granger Proposals put forward in the current Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill, are...

CG bandit shoot, rob pawnshop manager

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CG bandit shoot, rob pawnshop manager

“Dem really got to do something about these CG bandits,” blurted out one woman in apparent disgust as a crowd gathered outside the Bourda Pawn Shop at lot 132 Regent Road, Bourda. The time...

NICIL advertises sale of Customs House

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL advertises sale of Customs House

One of Main Street’s most prominent buildings, which up to last year was home to Customs House, has officially been placed on the market for sale. The property was left vacant after the Guyana...

Brumell willing to serve extended term as Top Cop

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Brumell willing to serve extended term as Top Cop

-reaches retirement age today Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell reaches the age of retirement today, but the country’s 30th Commissioner says that he is willing to serve an extended term as...

Woman kills reputed husband days before daughter’s wedding

Feb 08, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman kills reputed husband days before daughter’s wedding

…I didn’t mean to kill him Rehannah Trotz, 39, of Kwakwani Water Front Upper Berbice River is now in custody for killing her reputed husband Quinn Ferrier, 44. After her arrest, yesterday, she...

Dem boys seh…De Chronicle is Brazzy, de fat crook, bible

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Chronicle is Brazzy, de fat crook, bible

There is a old saying—tek de boo boo out of you eye before you tek dust out you mattie eye. Gerry Gouveia got de nerve to call on the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority that he want a full public...

NAGICO Regional Super50 cricket…Guyana Malta Supreme battle Jamaica today for top spot in Zone ‘A’

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Regional Super50 cricket…Guyana Malta Supreme battle Jamaica today for top spot in Zone ‘A’

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In Association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Giftland Office Max, Payless Variety Store & Leisure Inn & Car Rentals Guyana have beaten Jamaica nine times in...

Second Annual Milo Secondary Schools Football Tournament launched

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second Annual Milo Secondary Schools Football Tournament launched

The 2nd Annual Milo Secondary Schools Football Competition was launched yesterday, during a simple ceremony that was conducted in the Boardroom of Beepat Ltd on Regent Street. In attendance were...

Berbice Amateur Basketball Association begins outreach

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Amateur Basketball Association begins outreach

Newly elected President of the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA), Keith Myers, has begun a countywide outreach to clubs in the outlying areas in an effort to sensitise those in the...

Elizabeth Styles and BCB unveil U-19 Inter Zone Tourney

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elizabeth Styles and BCB unveil U-19 Inter Zone Tourney

six zones to contest The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with a plethora of activities, has unveiled yet another competition, this time in partnership...

Irish trash pointless W/Wards for first win

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Irish trash pointless W/Wards for first win

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In Association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Giftland Office Max, Payless Variety Store & Leisure Inn & Car Rentals The Windward Islands were defeated by Ireland by...

Several activities planned as CS&TC celebrates Guyana’s 44th year as a Republic

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several activities planned as CS&TC celebrates Guyana’s 44th year as a Republic

Race walkers are expected to turn out in their numbers tomorrow morning to pay homage to their fallen Public Relations Officer, Olga Harry, who departed this life one year ago after a brief period of...

Slingerz FC launches Stag Beer/West Side Mash Champion Cup

Feb 08, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC launches Stag Beer/West Side Mash Champion Cup

– Tournament kicks off Feb. 16 at Uitvlugt The first installation marked the birth of one of Guyana’s premier football club – Slingerz FC – and one year later, Ansa McAl is teaming...

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Rana five-for and enterprising batting put Bangladesh in the driver’s seat

Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more