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OLPF project to be phased out, 3,152 units still in stock

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on OLPF project to be phased out, 3,152 units still in stock

By Jarryl Bryan As the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) administration prepares for the final batch of nearly 10,000 One Laptop Per Family units expected to arrive,...

Peacemaker stabbed in Port Kaituma

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Peacemaker stabbed in Port Kaituma

Being a peacemaker can sometimes end with you either in trouble or harmed. Over the years there have been a number of persons who were injured and in some cases killed when intervening in an active...

Finding Happiness

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Finding Happiness

Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each person a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all...

Teen stabs Nandy Park welder

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Teen stabs Nandy Park welder

Police still to apprehend assailant Yet another family is frustrated, one month after their seriously injured relative seems not to be getting any justice. The family of Nandy Park, welder, Mohamed...

A pickled boiled egg, a washdown and Ramjattan’s stupid curfew

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, From the Diaspora Comments Off on A pickled boiled egg, a washdown and Ramjattan’s stupid curfew

By Ralph Seeram The text came on my Messenger, “We taking a “washdown” at PK, accompanied by a photograph of my friends having some “drinks”. The name stumped me for a few seconds. What PK...

The murder of Cecil and the ghost in the machine

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The murder of Cecil and the ghost in the machine

It was Mark Twain who once wrote that man is the only animal that inflicts pain for the pleasure of it. But it was the philosopher Arthur Koestler who best explained the theory that human kind or...

Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs

Aug 02, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs

By Hon. Sydney Allicock M.P. Extreme poverty can only be eliminated through sustained, committed and dedicated efforts. It is known that the indigenous peoples’ population of the deep hinterland...

Who terminated the exterminator?

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Who terminated the exterminator?

By Michael Jordan The gunmen wanted Mohamed Baksh dead and they didn’t seem to care where the job was done and who saw them do it. They didn’t care that he was sitting in an enclosed place;...

FREEDOM AT LAST!

Aug 02, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on FREEDOM AT LAST!

In this year 2015, the word Emancipation developed new dimensions for us in Guyana. Denotatively, Emancipation signifies any of various efforts to procure economic and social rights, political...

Mining Advocate receives death threats

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mining Advocate receives death threats

– report made to police Days after issuing a call for the full disclosure of the agreement inked between Canadian mining company Guyana Gold Fields and the previous People’s Progressive...

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The police have been able to dent the spate of gun crimes, but each day some copycats emerge. And they are in the eastern part of the country, largely people who travel from the city. This has...

Late-night alcohol consumption: The Emergency Room Perspective

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Late-night alcohol consumption: The Emergency Room Perspective

By Dr Zulfikar Bux, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Alcohol consumption is becoming an increasing risk factor for deaths and morbidities worldwide. Consumption is on the increase in our...

Creating Youth Employment – Part II

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Creating Youth Employment – Part II

By Lance Hinds The development of significant, sustainable youth employment, using ICT, has to be done with the goal of creating short- to medium-term jobs, in conjunction with the capacity building...

Emancipation in an emancipated Guyana

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Emancipation in an emancipated Guyana

Yesterday was Emancipation Day and the people, particularly the black people decided to mimic their African roots. Women in particular went out of their way to buy the prints that have become the...

Newly elected RDC councillors assured: Central Govt. will not run roughshod over constitutional rights

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Newly elected RDC councillors assured: Central Govt. will not run roughshod over constitutional rights

The newly elected councillors of the 10 Regional Democratic Councils (RDC) have been assured that the new administration will not make the mistake of its predecessor- of totally disregarding their...