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We need Divine intervention

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We need Divine intervention

During the past fifteen years, the former PPP administration has failed to maximize the full potential of the people and has handed over a country that slid from spiritual guidance, fellowship and...

GT restoration to be “tremendously expensive” – Public Infrastructure Minister

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GT restoration to be “tremendously expensive” – Public Infrastructure Minister

Though the supposed restoration of Georgetown has only just begun, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has already predicted that it will be “tremendously expensive”. During a...

Consumer Concerns…BEATING THE FLOODS

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Consumer Concerns…BEATING THE FLOODS

BY PAT DIAL Over the last few months, one of the major consumer concerns has been the flooding of the city of Georgetown and the farmlands over the Coastal regions. These disastrous floods have...

Abducted and shot carwash owner…Cops detain two, seek prime suspect

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Abducted and shot carwash owner…Cops detain two, seek prime suspect

Police have detained a man and a woman from a Sophia residence in connection with last Friday’s bizarre abducting and shooting of carwash owner Devon Chung. They are seeking a third Sophia resident...

$$B judicial debt….Guyana is liable to face more lawsuits for violation of the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas – Nandlall

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $$B judicial debt….Guyana is liable to face more lawsuits for violation of the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas – Nandlall

Guyana is bound to face a number of lawsuits given that the country remains in violation of the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Former Attorney General, (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil...

From the Diaspora…CUMMINGSBURG ACCORD UNRAVELLING

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…CUMMINGSBURG ACCORD UNRAVELLING

By Ralph Seeram “We are not say this to big-up ourselves, we are not saying this as a threat, but we are saying this, that we hold a guarantee that if things don’t go well, David, and you and I...

All of our Chancellors and Chief Justices have come from our own legal system

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on All of our Chancellors and Chief Justices have come from our own legal system

Dear Editor, Please allow me to make a small comment on an article that appeared in the Stabroek News and which was headed, ‘’Gov’t to advertise top judicial positions in the region’’. In...

The Flame of Hope

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The Flame of Hope

In a room there were four candles burning. The ambiance was so soft you could hear them talking. The first one said, “I am PEACE, however nobody can keep me lit. I believe I will go out.” It’s...

Cigarette burglar remanded on robbery charge

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cigarette burglar remanded on robbery charge

…court heard he bound and gagged his victim A fisherman, who allegedly carted off a quantity of cigarettes from his acquaintance’s shop, was remanded to prison on a robbery charge on Wednesday....

Mr. Veecock sounds like a fashion writer and critic

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Veecock sounds like a fashion writer and critic

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Mr. Carl Veecock (15.06.2015) in which he expressed disappointment with the president when meeting with foreign dignitaries. The Nehru suits are a thing of...

This immoral transfer of state assets suggest that some in the PPP knew they had lost the elections

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on This immoral transfer of state assets suggest that some in the PPP knew they had lost the elections

Dear Editor, It is quite clear from the revelations of impropriety committed by ministers and other senior functionaries of the former government that the majority of them knew that the PPP/C had...

Barber nabbed with 12 kilos of coke in milk, suitcase

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Barber nabbed with 12 kilos of coke in milk, suitcase

Ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Friday nabbed a 33-year-old man with 12.2 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The suspect, a barber from Canje,...

Community Policing Groups Must Work Hand In Hand With Police.

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Community Policing Groups Must Work Hand In Hand With Police.

Dear Editor, Please allow to share my frustration on a situation that occured on Tuesday 24th June, 2015 in Region 5 concerning the security sector. I was and am very upset as to the way the...

Sunday Cartoons

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoons

CHANGE IS INEVITABLE

Jun 28, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CHANGE IS INEVITABLE

Whether it is the advent of a new government or new management for a privately-held company, change is inevitable to address current problems and to remove the elements most contributable to the...

THE SUPPORTERS OF THE PPPC HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SUPPORTERS OF THE PPPC HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE

No one has yet assessed why it was that the political dynamics did not change as a result of the AFC joining with APNU. It was widely assumed that the decision of the AFC to join with APNU would have...

The Story within the Story…Cow manure being packaged and sold

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Cow manure being packaged and sold

By Leonard Gildarie Recently I took a long overdue break from work and visited the United States. Of course, I took the opportunity to visit Home Depot, a dream place for homeowners in that country....

The Commonwealth’s future – Part I

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Commonwealth’s future – Part I

By Sir Ronald Sanders Questioning the relevance and value of the Commonwealth of Nations is nothing new – for such has occurred ever since the modern Commonwealth was created in 1949. However,...

STARR Computer enhances GTI Tech Dept.

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on STARR Computer enhances GTI Tech Dept.

Starr Computer Inc. donated a quantity of computer equipment to the Government Technical Institute (GTI) recently as part of the company’s annual investment in the technology sector. Speaking at...

Blind Society helping to improve lives of sightless and visually impaired

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Blind Society helping to improve lives of sightless and visually impaired

By Sharmain Grainger Not only is being blind a condition that attracts some amount of stigma and discrimination, but President of the Guyana Society for the Blind, Mr Cecil Morris, is of the firm...

Sex—the miracle drug

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Sex—the miracle drug

It is amazing at what people study and the findings they produce. This past week I found an interesting article on prostate cancer. As fate would have it, I am always provided with headlines and...

I am ashamed at the way Guyanese East Indians behaved

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I am ashamed at the way Guyanese East Indians behaved

During the 2015 election campaign, I did journey with the Alliance For Change but technically and legally, I campaigned for the APNU-AFC coalition. Realistically, you had to belong to one of the six...

The Spectacled Porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)

Jun 28, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Spectacled Porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)

The Spectacled Porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is a rarely seen member of the porpoise family. The species is readily distinguished from other porpoises by a characteristic dark ring around the...

Citizenship

Jun 28, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Citizenship

(Excerpts from speech delivered in the National Assembly on Wednesday 25th June 2015, by Hon Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix DSM, MP) The word ‘Citizenship’ refers to the status of a person...

ICT – Telecoms Liberalisation…Now

Jun 28, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ICT – Telecoms Liberalisation…Now

By Lance Hinds In 1990, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) was granted an exclusive licence to provide: 1) public, radio, and pay station telephone, national and international...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more