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Big schoolgirl Juliet?

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Big schoolgirl Juliet?

As a prelude to the start of a new school year, Stabroek vendor/ business woman Juliet Burrowes, a grandmother who sells just outside Demico House, got dressed up in her Charlestown Secondary School...

Give your best to relationships

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Give your best to relationships

A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a collection of marbles. The girl had some sweets with her. The boy told the girl that he will give her all his marbles in exchange for her sweets....

The curious politics of disadvantaging your own

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The curious politics of disadvantaging your own

by Sir Ronald Sanders Barack Obama will not get the credit he deserves for his sensible and sometimes visionary Presidency of the United States of America. At least not in the life of his...

IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE – GUYANA RESTORATION PROJECT

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE – GUYANA RESTORATION PROJECT

By Pat Dial The Guyana Consumers Association, like all consumer advocates worldwide, is deeply committed to improving the quality of life of all citizens. There is no disagreement in the Guyanese...

A Literary Gem that Redefines Repatriation (Part 1)

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Literary Gem that Redefines Repatriation (Part 1)

Book: Exodus! Heirs and Pioneers, Rastafari Return to Ethiopia Author: Dr Giulia Bonacci Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Sometimes the expression, ‘treasure trove of information’ is overstated, a...

The Crocodile

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Crocodile

They are often confused with alligators but there are clear distinctions that make the crocodile clearly different. According to www.livescience.com although it is not recommended in the wild, close...

THE SHOE IS NOW ON THE OTHER FOOT

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SHOE IS NOW ON THE OTHER FOOT

The PPP knows what sort of country it inherited in 1992. There are still persons who can recall what things looked like, the state of the physical infrastructure and the conditions of most homes. The...

GCA’s Noble House Seafood T20… UG whip GYO, TSC beat Police in high tension finish

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s Noble House Seafood T20… UG whip GYO, TSC beat Police in high tension finish

The Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) T20 first division cricket competition resumed inauspiciously yesterday at the Malteenoes ground with the opening game of the ‘double-header’ being...

Forbes Burnham Memorial Softball… Regal, Herstelling, Speed Boat and Adventure through to FINAL FOUR

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Forbes Burnham Memorial Softball… Regal, Herstelling, Speed Boat and Adventure through to FINAL FOUR

The inaugural Forbes Burnham Memorial 10/10 knock-out softball competition will culminate today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue with Regal, Herstelling, Speed Boat and Adventure...

Third Annual Foxy Ladies Football Tournament… Demerara Queens wins, Little Divas/Foxy Ladies battles to stalemate

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Annual Foxy Ladies Football Tournament… Demerara Queens wins, Little Divas/Foxy Ladies battles to stalemate

Demerara Queens started their trek to championship honours when they swamped Kuru Kururu Warriors 7-0 in their Group B encounter when the curtains went up on the Annual Women’s Football Tournament...

The government has tasks to fulfill

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The government has tasks to fulfill

It has been just over three months since the new government came into office and in that period there have been many disclosures that set tongues wagging. One had to do with the transfer of...

BCB/Tenelec Inc. U-15 Cricket 2014… Anderson’s ton, Sinclair and Simpson lead RHT Farfan & Mendes into semis

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Tenelec Inc. U-15 Cricket 2014… Anderson’s ton, Sinclair and Simpson lead RHT Farfan & Mendes into semis

Berbice Under-15 Captain Kevlon Anderson, Junior Sinclair and Keith Simpson combined efforts to lead Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes Under-15s into the semifinals of the 2014 Berbice Cricket Board...

The Lusignan hammer ‘murders’

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Lusignan hammer ‘murders’

Lena Somra can tell you almost to the hour when her troubles began. The time was 5 a.m., the day was Sunday, May 8, 2005, and someone was rapping at her front door. The insistent rapping continued...

RHTY&SC cricket teams to celebrate Rose Hall Town 45TH Anniversary

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC cricket teams to celebrate Rose Hall Town 45TH Anniversary

The Village of Rose Hall was on September 20, 1970 granted the status of Township by the administration of the late Prime Minister of Guyana, L.F.S. Burnham. The Village was sold to fifty-seven (57)...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community

Why Does My Green Card Expire in Two Years? In cases where permanent residence status is acquired based on a marriage to a U.S. citizen that was less than two years old on the day the immigrant...

Trophy Stall hands overmain trophy for Real Presidents Cup Horse Race Meet

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall hands overmain trophy for Real Presidents Cup Horse Race Meet

Thousands of race fans including His Excellency President David Arthur Granger, other top Government and Regional officials are expected to be in attendance at today’s eagerly anticipated ‘Real...

For Ethnic Impact Statements

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on For Ethnic Impact Statements

Dear Editor, I found it very positive that in its Manifesto, the APNU/AFC coalition in its “Foundations for Development” asserted that it will be “Ethnic Impact Statements of Cabinet Decisions...

Bounty Farm sponsors the Guyana Darts Association FUNDRAISING BAR-B-QUE

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Farm sponsors the Guyana Darts Association FUNDRAISING BAR-B-QUE

The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) will be holding a fundraising bar-b-que and lime today at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomaslands, sponsored by Bounty Farm Ltd. This activity is the first of many...

Are we guilty of creating criminals?

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Are we guilty of creating criminals?

By Leonard Gildarie I look at my kids and sometimes wonder how I would react if something happens to them. I worry if they end up in the hospital and have to be kept overnight. I was six when my dad...

SAVING OUR YOUTHS

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on SAVING OUR YOUTHS

All over Guyana youths are bored and are rebelling against the status quo. Many are unemployed and have become frustrated and despondent with the system that has ignored their plight. The APNU+AFC...

The anatomy of a national ICT plan

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The anatomy of a national ICT plan

By Lance Hinds I wish once again to highlight the words of the Minister of Finance during the presentation of the 2015 Budget in Parliament. “One of the first initiatives, therefore, must be the...

Government should expedite those house lot titles

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government should expedite those house lot titles

Dear Editor, I read recently how pleased in a practical sense one Guyanese already is with this government over how his land issue has been expeditiously dealt with. The writer told of the...

‘Dobby’ Dobson promises riveting performance tonight

Aug 30, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dobby’ Dobson promises riveting performance tonight

It all started from playing the lead character in a play called ‘Ali Baba and the Forty thieves’ where he was required to sing a few songs, and the resounding applause he received signalled to...

Persaud takes feature event as 39th “Teach then Young” cycle programme concludes

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud takes feature event as 39th “Teach then Young” cycle programme concludes

Robin Persaud used his experience to good effect, capturing the feature School Boys and Invitational 35-lap event when the 2015 “Teach Them Young” Cycle programme concluded yesterday at the...

Ethnic cleansing and the legacy of eugenics (not in Guyana)

Aug 30, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ethnic cleansing and the legacy of eugenics (not in Guyana)

By Dennis Nichols In the past several weeks the buzz phrase ‘ethnic cleansing’ has been thrown around in relation to the perceived discrimination against some Guyanese of a particular racial...