May 2014

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Rice farmer found dead in canal

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmer found dead in canal

A family at Affiance Village, Essequibo Coast, is awaiting a post mortem report to fully ascertain the sudden death of a 39-year-old family member whose lifeless body was discovered in a trench, at...

Untiring advocate for indigenous rights and environmental integrity

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Untiring advocate for indigenous rights and environmental integrity

…Jean La Rose is a ‘Special Person’ “I didn’t want to be a figurehead person or just a name, sitting on the (Constitutional Reform) commission; I wanted to contribute substantially.” By...

Construction of La Parfaite Harmonie access road taking shape

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Construction of La Parfaite Harmonie access road taking shape

The heavy flow of traffic in and out of Canal No.1 Polder main road is expected to reduce shortly with the completion of the $664.7M Alternative Access Road to La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank...

TIGI disappointed that Finance Minister got off scot free for Mash Day accident – TIGI

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TIGI disappointed that Finance Minister got off scot free for Mash Day accident – TIGI

The recent announcement that the Minister of Finance will not face any charges stemming from an accident on Republic Day last has not gone down well with the corruption watchdog body, Transparency...

Hijacked Toyota Premio found stripped in Nabaclis backdam

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hijacked Toyota Premio found stripped in Nabaclis backdam

Police on the East Coast of Demerara believe that they are moving closer to cracking a major carjacking ring following the discovery of a stripped Toyota Premio motor car in the Nabaclis backlands,...

Go-Invest lacks capacity to identify “High Risk Corrupt Companies”

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Go-Invest lacks capacity to identify “High Risk Corrupt Companies”

By Kiana Wilburg With its steady economic growth, Guyana has been deemed as having the ideal environment for foreign and local investors who desire success in a dynamic range of business ventures. Be...

Man drowns in Mandela Avenue Canal

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns in Mandela Avenue Canal

Despite the warning of loved ones and friends to end an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, a 65-year-old resident of Lot 227 Lodge Housing Scheme has left his nine children in awful grief as they...

The Guyanese East Indian: Notes on a psychic journey

May 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyanese East Indian: Notes on a psychic journey

Dear Editor, I found the letter, “The Nigam concert and false consciousness” by Romain Khan in the May 12, 2014 issue of Stabroek News a splendid opportunity for scholars, commentators and...

Timely emergence of Information Technology

May 18, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Timely emergence of Information Technology

It speaks well for Guyana’s recognition that the convergence of computing and communications and the exponential growth of digital technology (cyberspace) although bringing enormous benefits also...

“Hats Off to the Calgary Fire Dept

May 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on “Hats Off to the Calgary Fire Dept

If you “tear up” go ahead, who’s watching? In Calgary, Alberta a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6-year-old son, who was dying of terminal leukemia. Although her heart was filled...

Please do not continue to deny me my civic duty to vote

May 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please do not continue to deny me my civic duty to vote

Dear Editor, For the last 20 years, Guyana has failed to convene Local Government Elections (LGE), even though it is lawfully due every four years. This model of development cannot continue and will...

Thankful for the religious freedom and tolerance in this part of the world

May 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thankful for the religious freedom and tolerance in this part of the world

Dear Editor, According to a media report, a South Sudanese woman who married a Christian man was sentenced to death after she refused to recant her Christian faith. Meriam Ibrahim, whose father was...

Modi promises a dream of more jobs, less corruption

May 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Modi promises a dream of more jobs, less corruption

Dear Editor, Free at last, India is free at last. May Mr. Narendra Modi be blessed with continue health, strength, wisdom and intellect to unleash his plan to modernize India, create the jobs for the...

Prisoner beaten…Inmate’s mother wants investigation

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner beaten…Inmate’s mother wants investigation

Pearl Bailey, in defence of her son, Calvin Bailey, who was beaten by prison warders last week, is calling on the Minister of Home Affairs to investigate the true circumstances under which her son...

Fire destroys pensioner’s home

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys pensioner’s home

A Sparta, Essequibo, man escaped unhurt Friday evening after fire engulfed his three-bedroom concrete house. Sydney Blackman, a/k”Siddo”, 73, was asleep when the fire started. Fire tenders...

Is the NOC wrongly placed within this Ministry?

May 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the NOC wrongly placed within this Ministry?

Dear Editor, Few of us would not have experienced deep sadness on reading a mother in anguish say “I honestly thought that by sending my daughter to NOC(New Opportunity Corps) ….. that I...

Sunday Cartoon

May 18, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

I beg of our luminaries for some enlightenment on these issues

May 18, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I beg of our luminaries for some enlightenment on these issues

Dear Editor, As the public debate on matters local government continues, more and more it is becoming obvious that there is the need for the local intelligentsia to occupy its rightful place and not...

Guyanese and our Bahamian Connection (Part 1)

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese and our Bahamian Connection (Part 1)

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis Nichols Guyana and The Bahamas –...

What has APNU done?

May 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What has APNU done?

There is no problem with the administration of cricket in Guyana. What exist are problems between a rival faction and the Guyana Cricket Board. Those problems reached a head because that rival...

Every Indian Guyanese should learn the lesson of the election results in India

May 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Every Indian Guyanese should learn the lesson of the election results in India

If Rahul Gandhi was elected Prime Minister of India, it would have been four generations of the same family that would have governed India since Independence sixty-seven years ago. It is called...

US Embassy workshop emphasizes importance of media freedom in development

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy workshop emphasizes importance of media freedom in development

By Zena Henry In keeping with World Press Freedom Day 2014 which was celebrated some two weeks ago, the United States Embassy in Guyana has embarked on a “Media Professionalization and Development...

MURDER WITH UNSETTLING TWISTS

May 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on MURDER WITH UNSETTLING TWISTS

By Michael Jordan DEATH IN SHERIFF STREET Saturday, March 1, 2003 was quiet until the gunshots rang out. I was living in Hadfield Street, Lodge, back then, and the brief burst of gunfire had come...

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

May 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…The Deeds Registry and selling your transported property

Dear Readers, Due to an oversight, a section of last week’s column was inadvertently omitted. We have decided to reprint the article in its entirety. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience...

The Caribbean should show leadership in the Commonwealth

May 18, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Caribbean should show leadership in the Commonwealth

By Sir Ronald Sanders In my previous commentary, I argued that the 53-nation Commonwealth association is an important instrument for the promotion of the interests of small states, including those in...

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A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms: the return of Jim Crow America

Nov 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Looking on at the U.S. midterms, and there are all these moves that have thwarting at best, or cheating at worst, in the DNA. First point: if this is the U.S. the straight arrow, and there are these shenanigans-Supreme Court accommodations, State subterfuges, Federal...

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