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Jul 26, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Guyana far from implementing sustainable energy

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana far from implementing sustainable energy

Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive. The world is at a time when 1.3 billion people worldwide lack...

PPP/C Elections petition…Lutchman seeks clarifications into allegations in petition

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C Elections petition…Lutchman seeks clarifications into allegations in petition

Attorney-at-law, Harold Lutchman, is seeking clarification into the allegations made by PPP/C member, Ganga Persaud, in the elections petition seeking to challenge the outcome of May 11 General and...

Regional U15 tourney… Guyana trounce Leewards, Barbados overcome Jamaica

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U15 tourney… Guyana trounce Leewards, Barbados overcome Jamaica

Guyana and Barbados recorded victories when the Regional U15 50-over tournament continued yesterday with two matches. At the Guyana National Stadium, the home team defeated the Leeward Islands by...

OLPF project was wasting taxpayers’ money – Minister of State

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on OLPF project was wasting taxpayers’ money – Minister of State

The One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, launched under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration, was wasting taxpayers’ money, said Minister of State, Joseph Harmon,...

Regional U19 50-over tourney… Hetmyer century propels Guyana to comfortable win

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U19 50-over tourney… Hetmyer century propels Guyana to comfortable win

Opener Shimron Hetmyer stroked an unbeaten century to guide defending champions Guyana to a six-wicket victory over Leeward Islands when the Regional U19 50-over tournament continued yesterday in...

Uniform voucher is intact – Education Minister

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Uniform voucher is intact – Education Minister

— possible augmentation not ruled out While some parents and guardians might be concerned about the availability of the Ministry of Education-issued uniform voucher for public school children,...

DACG/BPO Inter Ward Football… Double header on today at Den Amstel

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on DACG/BPO Inter Ward Football… Double header on today at Den Amstel

Two more matches will be contested today at the Dem Amstel Community Centre ground when play in the Den Amstel Culture Group (DACG) / Big Player Organization (BPO) Inter Block Football tournament...

Stag Beer Sponsors Mega Emancipation Darts Competition

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer Sponsors Mega Emancipation Darts Competition

The Guyana Darts Association GDA has planned its Emancipation Tournament for August 2, at the Malteenoes Sports Club. According to a release from the GDA, the tournament will commence from 13.00 hrs,...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community …How can a Green Card Holder (Permanent Resident) file for a Family Member?

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community …How can a Green Card Holder (Permanent Resident) file for a Family Member?

By Attorney Gail Seeram The most common question presented to my office is how a green card holder (permanent resident) can submit a sponsorship petition for their relatives. As a green...

Jury finds NY senator guilty, but Ed Ahmad testimony not credible

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jury finds NY senator guilty, but Ed Ahmad testimony not credible

New York (NY Times) – State Senator John L. Sampson was convicted on Friday of trying to thwart a federal investigation, becoming the latest New York lawmaker to face a prison sentence. He was...

THE NATION HAS LOST A FINE MIND

Jul 26, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE NATION HAS LOST A FINE MIND

The Alliance for Change is in a state of grief over the loss of an industrious party stalwart, a fine mind and certainly one of God’s children who genuinely cared about others. Our Executive...

Guyanese lives matter

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese lives matter

Dear Editor, Life matters! It was the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Outside of natural death no one...

George Bacchus: The man who knew too much

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on George Bacchus: The man who knew too much

By Michael Jordan I first met him around 1993. He just walked into the Chronicle’s Editorial Department like he owned it; this tallish, slim, bearded man with a sheaf of papers in one hand, and the...

Book Review… Author challenges U.S. Education

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Author challenges U.S. Education

Book: The Stigma Author: Sherwyn Besson Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Unwilling to muddy an ongoing legal battle that pits a Long Island School District against a handful of teachers, Sherwyn Besson...

The Story within the Story…Guyana’s tourism – Tapping into the diaspora in North America

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Guyana’s tourism – Tapping into the diaspora in North America

By Leonard Gildarie Growing up, I have always heard about Guyana’s potential – of being the breadbasket of the Caribbean; of becoming a first world country; of Georgetown becoming a garden...

We call on the government to address this PSC ruling

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We call on the government to address this PSC ruling

Dear Editor, We note with grave disappointment that the Police Service Commission has refused to fire Inspector Narine Lall,who was found by the High Court to have torturedTwyon Thomas, a 14 year...

The nightmare challenge that faces the Granger Government

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The nightmare challenge that faces the Granger Government

One of the most deadly and dangerous things that threaten the soul of any nation is when a perversion is accepted as normal and it becomes the standard by which people judge each other and their...

Some Proposals on Flooding, Local Government and Sugar

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some Proposals on Flooding, Local Government and Sugar

Dear Editor, The build-up of water in Georgetown during the rainy season is a natural feature of the city, along with other coastal areas which lie below or just about the sea level. Someone...

Creating Youth Employment

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Creating Youth Employment

By Lance Hinds Guyana’s population is one of the youngest in the region, with our youth being close to, if not over, 60% of the overall figure. What is also of tremendous concern, however, is the...

A GOOD LADY

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A GOOD LADY

The Foreign Ministry is the second most important Ministry in the country. It is second only to the Ministry of Finance, in terms of prestige and importance to a country. Your foreign ministry is...

Weather forces postponement of Bush Lot United Turf Club meet by a week

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Weather forces postponement of Bush Lot United Turf Club meet by a week

The inclement weather continues to play havoc with outdoor activities in Guyana. The unseasonal rain fall has forced the organizers of the Bush Lot United Turf Club (BLUTC) one day horserace meet...

Is it a Cold, or Seasonal Allergies?

Jul 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Is it a Cold, or Seasonal Allergies?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine I am sometimes told by persons of this “head cold” that they have had for most of their life. They often complain of sneezing,...

Shaggy is not the only one singing

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Shaggy is not the only one singing

When a gunman shot and killed Courtney Crum-Ewing, immediately people ascribed the killing to politicians. The conclusion was that since Crum-Ewing had become a high profile individual who was...

Climate change: Time for talking is over

Jul 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Climate change: Time for talking is over

By Sir Ronald Sanders Imagine if on the anniversary of its independence the friendliest message your nation gets is that if your country sinks underwater, a nearby island is willing to give your...

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more