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Guyanese man, 23, arrested in St. Kitts for father’s shooting

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man, 23, arrested in St. Kitts for father’s shooting

St Kitts (the stkittsnevisobserver) – Police have arrested Krishna Chatram, a Guyanese, in connection with the shooting of his father, Shawn Chatram, Wednesday night. Chatram, according to...

Police corporal hospitalized following accident

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Police corporal hospitalized following accident

A police corporal is nursing a broken left foot at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was struck down by an alleged drunk driver late Wednesday night on the Diamond, East Bank...

Female construction worker injures associate over “borrow money”

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Female construction worker injures associate over “borrow money”

…released on court bond pending probation report A senior city Magistrate is set to sentence a 23-year-old female construction worker who during her first court hearing confessed to injuring an...

Stop dancing, Mr. Rohee

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop dancing, Mr. Rohee

Dear Editor, This P.P.P regime promised us Berbicians, at their last election campaign, that they will create lots of jobs, engage the Berbice Bridge Company to facilitate lowering of the bridge...

From this Diaspora…NOW EVERYONE FROM GUYANA IS A DRUG SUSPECT

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From this Diaspora…NOW EVERYONE FROM GUYANA IS A DRUG SUSPECT

By Ralph Seeram The message said “I am embarrassed as a Guyanese; I am embarrassed to identify myself as Guyanese because of drugs”. My friend and I were discussing the latest drug bust of a...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

A collation of the major political forces may be the best way forward

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A collation of the major political forces may be the best way forward

Dear Editor, There has recently been a strong signal from the main opposition party of its willingness to form a united government with the ruling party. I sincerely believe that this may be the...

Charges likely this week in Colwyn Harding baton rape

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Charges likely this week in Colwyn Harding baton rape

After almost six months of investigation, a policewoman and one of her male colleagues are likely to appear in court this week in connection with the alleged November, 2013 baton assault of Timehri...

Guyana has the fourth highest suicide rate in the world

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has the fourth highest suicide rate in the world

Dear Editor, Suicide: it seems to be fast becoming the ultimate answer for every kind of problem. Driven by a range of factors, suicide is often times linked with alcoholism, abusive and triangular...

Scare mongering on this anti-money laundering issue

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Scare mongering on this anti-money laundering issue

Dear Editor, The Ramotar administration is engaging is much scare mongering on this anti-money laundering issue and have failed to effectively level with the people. The international body, the...

Guyana has become incredibly primitive after 48 years of Independence

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has become incredibly primitive after 48 years of Independence

Dear Editor, Guyana has achieved forty-eight years of Independence. We are quickly creeping up to half a century. Take any textbook on the history of any country in the world and you will see what is...

The Power of a Praying Mother

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The Power of a Praying Mother

A while back, I heard a story about a young mother in the 1960’s. She and her family moved to New York City from Puerto Rico. They were very poor. They lived in a rough neighborhood in government...

Guyana and its HIV prevention fight

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana and its HIV prevention fight

Hearing of the gains made in HIV prevention to the extent that the prevalence has decreased, nationally, begs the question, ‘What is happening in the workplace?’ In the last decade workplace...

Attention on youths as Ministry crafts Sexual and Reproductive Health Plan

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Attention on youths as Ministry crafts Sexual and Reproductive Health Plan

It was writer Benjamin Disraeli who many years ago said “the youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity.” And since there is no denying this truism, moves have been consistently made across...

The Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)

Lampropeltis triangulum, commonly known as a milk snake, is a species of king snake. There are 24 subspecies of these snakes. Lampropeltis elapsoides, the scarlet king snake, was formerly...

The case of the murdered moonlighter

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The case of the murdered moonlighter

By Michael Jordan If indeed he had a secret and violent life, then he hid it very well and he fooled everyone. Those who believe that he lived some sort of Jekyll and Hyde existence would say that he...

WHAT HAPPENED LAST MONDAY!

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT HAPPENED LAST MONDAY!

Last Monday, I was cruising along the East Bank Public Road into the city. It was during peak hours, and yes, I was cruising. No traffic jams, no slothful movement of traffic. There were a great...

Growing demand for locally-made high-end furniture

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Growing demand for locally-made high-end furniture

– How one company has taken the market by storm Guyana’s sprawling expanse and its vast abundance of natural resources is a dream for investors, especially those from the developed countries....

The truth about Walter Rodney is being distorted

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The truth about Walter Rodney is being distorted

History is often not what is really recorded. What is often recorded is a story told by someone or a group of people as seen through their eyes. Sometimes there has to be a modification because...

This fake guru is exploiting young women

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on This fake guru is exploiting young women

Dear Editor, A few years ago I recall your newspaper carried a story of a fake pandit performing work in Guyana to help people and charging them lots of money, I would like to report a similar cases...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 01, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Guyana is trying to cope with the indiscipline that has permeated the society. The indiscipline has seen people lose their lives on the roads. This is not about to end because a young motorist who...

GNCPP advocates collective voice for civil society

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNCPP advocates collective voice for civil society

…prepares for national summit By Zena Henry The emerging Think Tank Policy Institute Group, the Guyana National Council on Public Policy (GNCPP), is advocating that the country’s numerous...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have...

Only a new government can fix Guyana’s problems

Jun 01, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Only a new government can fix Guyana’s problems

By Dominic Gaskin While willing to take credit for any positive developments that have taken place during their tenure, most governments are less keen to accept responsibility for things that have...

The Mahaicony Horror: Part One (A wail in the night)

Jun 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The Mahaicony Horror: Part One (A wail in the night)

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis A. Nichols Just as every country has its façade (see last week’s Countryman) every society has a...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more