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A recipe for bloody murder

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A recipe for bloody murder

By Michael Jordan Let’s get a 31-year-old widower. Mix him with a lonely, lovestruck married woman, add in a wealthy and jealous husband, and what do you get? A recipe for bloody murder. Sounds...

An aging pit bull who wants to be vicious

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An aging pit bull who wants to be vicious

I didn’t know that Ralph Seeram had referred to me as jackass last week until it was brought to my attention that the Chronicle made reference to it last Friday. I don’t know who Ralph Seeram is;...

Treating the Chikungunya Virus

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Treating the Chikungunya Virus

(Details from the Desk of the Vector Control Director, Dr Reyaud Rahman) The Chikungunya Virus is a disease that was first identified in Tanzania in 1952. Its name comes from the Makonde ethnic group...

Taxi driver remanded for drug peddling

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded for drug peddling

A taxi driver reportedly busted with a quantity of marijuana on Thursday was remanded to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman the following day on a drug trafficking charge. Phillip Lovell, 38, of East...

Challenges to hinterland tourism

Sep 28, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Challenges to hinterland tourism

On September 27th Guyana joined the rest of the world in observing World Tourism Day (WTD). The theme for this year was, “Tourism and Community Development” According to the UN website the theme...

A Vision of Georgetown, (and Bourda) revealed

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Vision of Georgetown, (and Bourda) revealed

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis A. Nichols For most of my life I have lived in Georgetown, and for a major part of the last five decades...

STARR Computers introduces “Smart Lab” for growing IT sector

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on STARR Computers introduces “Smart Lab” for growing IT sector

– Targets educational institutions, interested clientele By Rabindra Rooplall Normally a computer lab would have a central processing unit (CPU), keyboard, mouse and monitor at each...

Book Review… A passionate appeal to Cayman identity

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review… A passionate appeal to Cayman identity

Book: Reflections from a Broken Mirror by J.A. Roy Bodden Reviewer: Dr. Glenville Ashby J.A. Roy Bodden’s Reflections from a Broken Mirror is written with a searing and exhaustive passion that...

Housing and You…The problems with squatting

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…The problems with squatting

By Leonard Gildarie Last week, we spoke of a touchy issue – land disputes. As expected, the calls were numerous. Many of them came from Guyanese living in North America. The hurt of a large...

We don’t even talk to each other

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on We don’t even talk to each other

The Man above gave human beings an intense gift—the gift of communication. The result is that people in any corner of the world enjoy a universal language that is often precipitated by a smile. I...

GDF without fixed-wing carrier following Cessna crash

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GDF without fixed-wing carrier following Cessna crash

…hopes to have Skyvan up by next week By Zena Henry The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is hoping to have its Skyvan back in operation as early as next week, especially since the Force’s Cessna...

Justice is hard to find for survivors of sexual assault – GHRA

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Justice is hard to find for survivors of sexual assault – GHRA

Sexual assault is an appalling ordeal, yet occurrences of this form of human rights violation remain rife in society. In fact, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), having examined the...

The Sirenia

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Sirenia

The Sirenia (commonly referred to as sea cows) are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. Four species are...

Minibus operator charged for defending wife – court hears

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus operator charged for defending wife – court hears

A minibus operator who reportedly cuffed another man several times to the face because he had spoken inappropriately to his wife was released on bail after facing a charge at the Georgetown...

Man fined for using cousin’s identity to get passport

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man fined for using cousin’s identity to get passport

A fifty-year-old man was fined $60,000 on Friday after he admitted to using his cousin’s birth certificate to obtain a machine readable passport. Sasenarine Etwaroo who appeared before Magistrate...

Discussions ongoing for yacht marina by 2016

Sep 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Discussions ongoing for yacht marina by 2016

Even as Guyana seeks to fully embrace the yachting tradition, negotiations are currently ongoing between Government and Italian yachtsman, David Matelicani to bolster yachting here. In fact at a...

PPPC thinks it can fool all of the people all the time

Sep 28, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PPPC thinks it can fool all of the people all the time

President Donald Ramotar has joined the queue of People’s Progressive Party Civic –PPPC – presidents who have systematically failed to conduct six successive local government elections over the...

“Right is might”- the reality and the dream

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on “Right is might”- the reality and the dream

By Sir Ronald Sanders Activities at the United Nations in New York this week may have looked like a celebration of internationalism, and recognition that territorial wars, terrorism, religious...

CREATIVE PROTESTS

Sep 28, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CREATIVE PROTESTS

I am still waiting for APNU to hold firm to its commitment to seek the advice of the Courts in relation to the spending of monies not approved of by the National Assembly. One leading light of APNU...