August 2015

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The Falcon and The Branch

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought, News Comments Off on The Falcon and The Branch

Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be...

Deon Carter Dominoes postponed

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deon Carter Dominoes postponed

The Annual Deon Carter dominoes tournament which was set to commence today has now been re-scheduled for next weekend after vice president of the Georgetown Dominoes Association Colin Mc Ewan was...

Bartica, Mahdia earmarked for Special Victims Units – Social Protection Minister

Aug 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica, Mahdia earmarked for Special Victims Units – Social Protection Minister

As it seeks to tackle the scourge of domestic and sexual violence, the government is working to set up teams comprising investigators, social workers and psychologists that will be dedicated...

Does the right hand of the police force know what the left is doing?

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does the right hand of the police force know what the left is doing?

Dear Editor, On Thursday afternoon, I was driving north on Sugrim Singh Road (the continuation of Irving Street which kisses the army headquarters and runs parallel to Vlissengen Road). In the car...

Guyana wants bilateral not border talks with Venezuela

Aug 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana wants bilateral not border talks with Venezuela

It has been noted that there have been some local and regional newspapers and internet new websites headlines claiming that the President of Guyana, His Excellency Brig. David Granger has changed his...

Drug trafficker to know fate this week

Aug 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Drug trafficker to know fate this week

City Magistrate Ann McLennan is set to make her ruling in a drug trafficking case on Wednesday next after the defence closed its case on Thursday last, at the conclusion of a three months trial in...

Book Reviews…Simple lessons to last a lifetime

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Reviews…Simple lessons to last a lifetime

Books: Freddie’s First Race and The Great Compost Heap Author: Renaee Smith Illustrator: Somnath Chatterjee Dr. Glenville Ashby, Reviewer In these children’s books, Renaee Smith proves...

Mother, daughter remanded after selling cocaine to cop

Aug 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mother, daughter remanded after selling cocaine to cop

A pregnant Ayesha Rodriques and her mother Jacqueline Rodriques were remanded to prison by Magistrate Fabayo Azore when they turned up at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday on Drug...

Interesting Creatures… The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene)

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene)

The Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene), formerly known as the short-snouted spinner dolphin, is endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only confirmed case of hybrid speciation in marine mammals,...

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective

Stealth, savagery, vulnerability and ‘Murder most foul’ By Dennis Nichols Few of us like to contemplate murder, or are enthused by it. I don’t and I am not, but here we go again. Agatha...

Understanding the urgent need to temporarily relocate for enhancement

Aug 09, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Understanding the urgent need to temporarily relocate for enhancement

Unofficial estimates indicate that some 70 percent of the vendors retailing and wholesaling greens, ground provisions, coconuts, bottled beverages and even wild meat and fish on the dilapidated...

Skills, people & more skills

Aug 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Skills, people & more skills

By Lance Hinds If Guyana is going to participate fully in a 21st century environment using ICT as a pillar, there must be a specific set of initiatives that we must engage in order to achieve this...

The GPF needs an urgent upgrade in criminal investigative techniques

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GPF needs an urgent upgrade in criminal investigative techniques

Dear Editor, The GPF needs an urgent upgrade in criminal investigative techniques as they appear “at sea” when investigating major crimes and charging ALL responsible. I’ll highlight just two...

Is Jagdeo the new messiah against corruption?

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Jagdeo the new messiah against corruption?

Dear Editor, My pursuits since the 2015 elections campaign have taken me on a different course and thus I do not pay much attention to verbal emissions from Freedom House or in particular the...

Zulfikar’s embarrassing cry reveals how he was ‘favoured’

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Zulfikar’s embarrassing cry reveals how he was ‘favoured’

Dear Editor, I am reading that “Another member of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party has sued the APNU+AFC Government over the wrongful termination of his contract.” This gentleman is...

The facts about stroke

Aug 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The facts about stroke

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Stroke is one of the major causes of death in Guyana and worldwide. It also a very debilitating illness and families are often left with...

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

With each passing day there is some revelation or the other. Some rich people were enjoying water without paying, while the people who were being taxed by the very people enjoying the free water were...

Remembering the baby-faced backtracker

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Remembering the baby-faced backtracker

By Michael Jordan We like to think that a man’s deeds are stamped on his features, that his face is a mirror that reflects the good and ill of his past. We forget American gangsters like ‘Pretty...

From London to Leonora: Otesha Charles looks to make mark with Lady Jags!

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on From London to Leonora: Otesha Charles looks to make mark with Lady Jags!

By Santokie Nagulendran After a near five-year hiatus from International football, Guyana’s Senior Women’s team, known as the Lady Jags, resumed training last month in Georgetown, focusing on...

Alfie, Mahogany and the music that changed our lives forever

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Alfie, Mahogany and the music that changed our lives forever

It is natural to feel a touch of sadness when you hear a singer that had some shape on your consciousness has died. Recently two such artists passed away. Their music, like an event, book, movie,...

GUYSUCO can only recover through efficiency and a motivated workforce

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GUYSUCO can only recover through efficiency and a motivated workforce

Dear Editor, Very few corporations in the world can survive in a competitive market under government control. State apparatus are not equipped or designed to compete in this arena and as such they...

The gun and the human rights bodies are in sync

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The gun and the human rights bodies are in sync

The horror story these past few weeks was the killing of another elderly citizen by a young freak who seemed to have not one emotional bone in his body. The video recorded by the closed circuit...

The Story within the Story…An even playing field for all

Aug 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…An even playing field for all

By Leonard Gildarie In most countries that are supposedly democratic, there is one thing that is perceived to be constant in what the law and/or constitution intends – an even playing field for...

A People’s Budget

Aug 09, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A People’s Budget

Tomorrow, Monday August 10th, is Budget Day. The 2015 estimates will be laid in the National Assembly by Minster of Finance Mr Winston Jordan MP, in what has traditionally become known as the...

Mahaica Softball Cricket League to host 10/10 cricket and cultural show

Aug 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mahaica Softball Cricket League to host 10/10 cricket and cultural show

The Mahaica Softball Cricket League in collaboration with the GUYANA SOFTBALL LEAGUE will be hosting a 10/10 softball cricket tournament for males and females along with a lot of cultural events....

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Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

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(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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