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The implications of the CCJ’s recent decision

May 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The implications of the CCJ’s recent decision

The chickens have finally come home to roost. Guyana was always courting disaster with the application of its environmental tax. It had for over ten years ignored the concerns expressed over that...

GNCPP expresses concerns over government’s response to LEAD project

May 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNCPP expresses concerns over government’s response to LEAD project

By Zena Henry The public policy think tank group, the Guyana National Council on Public Policy (GNCPP) has expressed concerns over what it believes could be, “the negative impact that the Political...

LBI Secondary – an institution on a mission to make a noticeable impact

May 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on LBI Secondary – an institution on a mission to make a noticeable impact

By Sharmain Grainger The notion that there are only a few schools that produce the best performers or have the best teachers has long become a thing of the past in Guyana. And a number of schools, at...

The Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus)

May 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus)

The Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus) is a large humming bird that is a resident breeder in Venezuela, the Guianas, and north-eastern Brazil. This species is commonly...

The Baccoo Speaks

May 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

With the number of guns around the police are going to keep reaping a harvest of illegal guns. Two young men are going to tempt fate when they attack a businessman. Gunshots would erupt but the young...

The pursuit of truth and the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry

May 11, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The pursuit of truth and the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry

The Commission of Inquiry now in session is set to miss the chance to pursue the truth about Dr. Walter Rodney’s death. There has always been widespread support for the establishment of a...

Many of us would be pretending today

May 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Many of us would be pretending today

Today is the day when those of us who still have our mothers with us are going to join with the rest of the world to show our mothers that we love them. Some with money are going to pull out the...

The genes of an aging dinosaur

May 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The genes of an aging dinosaur

Ethnic solidarity is perhaps the worst instinct in Homo sapiens. Ethnic solidarity is dangerous in the sense that though a person feels that he/she should support the race that he/she belongs to,...

Three days in May, woven into our national psyche

May 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three days in May, woven into our national psyche

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis Nichols A little less than two weeks ago, I put on my imagination cap, and took a meandering...

What a hazard…that Environmental Tax

May 11, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What a hazard…that Environmental Tax

(An edited, modified version of Khemraj Ramjattan’s address in Parliament on the Customs (Amendment) Bill 2013 – Bill No. 2/20130) Thank you very much Madam Deputy Speaker. The repercussions of...

The ethics of journalism

May 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The ethics of journalism

It is a known fact that reporting or journalism is, among other things, geared towards being a watchdog entity over the state as well as keeping account of the historical timeline of occurrences....

A man loved by the masses will become India’s Prime Minister

May 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A man loved by the masses will become India’s Prime Minister

Dear Editor, This is in response to “Finally someone from the masses will rule India” (KN May 10 by Sase Singh). I was in India for the ongoing general elections (nine phases with the final...

Who will guard the bodyguard?

May 11, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Who will guard the bodyguard?

– Gary Sinclair was watching his boss’ back…but no one was watching his… By Michael Jordan Even after 18 years, Gary Sinclair’s relatives are still apprehensive about talking about that...

Housing and You…The Deeds Registry and selling your transported property

May 11, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…The Deeds Registry and selling your transported property

By Leonard Gildarie I recently had to sell a vehicle that ended up costing me big time. It was a classic example of how simple things like failing to file your tax returns can end up biting you where...

Where were the initiators of this project when the trampling on our people was going on?

May 11, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where were the initiators of this project when the trampling on our people was going on?

Dear Editor, I believe that, if we remember the history of our country’s struggles towards independence and thereafter, we would be better able to judge whether our government’s resistance to any...