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The Speaker is the man of the moment

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Speaker is the man of the moment

The Minister of Finance is usually the central figure under the spotlight during the presentation and the debates over the country’s National Budget. It is the Minister of Finance who tables the...

Pandemonium in the Honourable House

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pandemonium in the Honourable House

Dear Editor, As a proud, patriotic Guyanese, I had hoped that the pandemonium in the Honourable House witnessed on Friday, April 4 was a thing of the distant past. I’ve seen men and women, whose...

Civil Society Organisations have crucial role in supporting HIV fight, says Activist

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Society Organisations have crucial role in supporting HIV fight, says Activist

The fight against one of the most chronic diseases, HIV, is certainly not one that Health Ministries across the world can engage alone. In fact, for many years the struggle has seen support from many...

The Baccoo Speaks

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The case of a woman accused of being involved in her husband’s death is going to take an interesting turn. This is because some of the witnesses will suffer memory lapses. Another thing is that the...

Those random operations near Stabroek Market

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Those random operations near Stabroek Market

One would notice that the area around Stabroek Market is crammed with shoppers, vehicles and vendors of all kinds on any given day…or night. In the midst of those persons who sell food around the...

There must be a spirit of give and take in these Budget deliberations

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on There must be a spirit of give and take in these Budget deliberations

Dear Editor, I am certain that there are a great number of Guyanese who must be wondering why is it that the exchanges in our Parliament in any debate when a budget is being presented are so...

Why not take a page out of Haiti’s book?

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Why not take a page out of Haiti’s book?

By Dwijendra Rooplall Even though Haiti is classified as the least economically developed country in the region and Guyana is one step ahead, according to a UN report, on placement, one is taken...

The Southern Pudu (Pudu puda)

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Southern Pudu (Pudu puda)

The Southern Pudu (pronounced “poo-doo”) belongs to the family Cervidae, which includes 43 species of deer in 16 genera. Pudu belong to the genus Pudu. There are two species of pudu: the Southern...

Police Harassment on the Western End of the Demerara Harbour Bridge

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police Harassment on the Western End of the Demerara Harbour Bridge

Dear Editor, Every single night ranks of different units are conducting unnecessary and inhospitable roadblocks at the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge. Some of these ranks who are...

Clive Thomas: Thank you for the revolution

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Clive Thomas: Thank you for the revolution

Last Sunday, I attended the symposium on the state of African Guyanese at the Bagotville Community Centre, West Bank Demerara. There was hardly any standing room so Troy Kellman of the 1823 Coalition...

Book Review… A mystical journey for the times

Apr 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review… A mystical journey for the times

Book: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Author and inspirational speaker, Robin Sharma, is a gifted transmitter of timeless wisdom. The message conveyed in The...

Noisy religious services and prayer calls

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Noisy religious services and prayer calls

Dear Editor, Recently I had cause to be on national television to discuss noise nuisance. Then, realizing the importance of the topic as one who has been articulating on the subject for many years,...

Japan’s yen for whales blown

Apr 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Japan’s yen for whales blown

By Sir Ronald Sanders It’s not often that, apart from funerals, grown men are seen to shed tears openly, and certainly not tough men who have fought hard political campaigns in the relentless...

The budget fails public health

Apr 06, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The budget fails public health

The Budget 2014 entitled “A Better Guyana for all Guyanese” prepared and presented to the National Assembly by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has fallen short and failed to address the...

APNU’s desk-banging protest silences Minister Manickchand

Apr 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on APNU’s desk-banging protest silences Minister Manickchand

– as First week of Budget debate ends in chaos The 2014 Budget debates last evening descended into chaos and Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman was forced to abandon the...

Massive fuel explosion at Port Kaituma

Apr 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Massive fuel explosion at Port Kaituma

Four boats, house and bonds destroyed A trawler unloading smuggled fuel exploded at the Port Kaituma waterfront shortly after 07.00 hrs yesterday, triggering a massive fire that destroyed three other...

East Bank man crushed on Coverden road

Apr 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank man crushed on Coverden road

A gruesome collision involving two ‘bush trucks’ and a pickup, which occurred at Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara, yesterday, has left a pedal cyclist dead. The deceased has been identified...

NCN producer suspended

Apr 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NCN producer suspended

…after Cathy Hughes clip mistakenly aired One day after being suspended for an aired “unauthorised” clip of the 2014 National Budget debate, a producer of the state-owned National...

New Amsterdam man perishes after fire guts home

Apr 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam man perishes after fire guts home

A New Amsterdam resident lost his life after he was badly burned in a fire which engulfed his home at Levi’s Dam Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice at around 19:45 hrs on Thursday. Prince...

Gold Board closes Bartica branch, police probe tampering racket

Apr 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gold Board closes Bartica branch, police probe tampering racket

An entire sub-office of the Guyana Gold Board has been closed and police are investigating several staff members over the alleged tampering of gold bought from miners. The scheme may have cost...

Dem boys seh…Donald overrule Kwame decision

Apr 05, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald overrule Kwame decision

Do suh nah like suh. When Kwame tek de story from de Hard Times paper and order dem at de Chronicle to carry it nobody didn’t knock he off. He jump and lie to Donald when Donald ask who give de...

World Twenty20 2014: India beat South Africa to reach final

Apr 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Twenty20 2014: India beat South Africa to reach final

BBC Sport – Virat Kohli guided India to a six-wicket win over South Africa and a World Twenty20 final meeting with Sri Lanka in Mirpur. Kohli’s classy 44-ball 72 not out got the 2007...

GBBC ‘Jamaican Invasion’ boxing affair…

Apr 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC ‘Jamaican Invasion’ boxing affair…

Hedge says he’ll knock out Marques in seven as Jamaicans get ready to rumble By Michael Benjamin If Jamaican flyweight pugilist, Rudolph ‘Cutting Edge’ Hedge, is to be believed then his...

GCU&SA to hold training seminar on April 27

Apr 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCU&SA to hold training seminar on April 27

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCU&SA) will be holding a training seminar on April 27 at the Clerical and Commercial and Workers Union (CCWU), Quamina Street starting...

Outspoken Jamaican Boxing Manager dismisses Guyana fighters’ chances

Apr 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Outspoken Jamaican Boxing Manager dismisses Guyana fighters’ chances

In an invited comment on today’s “Jamaica Invasion Boxing Event” at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Leiza Keane, Professional Boxing Manager doesn’t see how the Guyanese fighters could...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

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