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The opposition political parties are wasting time

Aug 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The opposition political parties are wasting time

Dear Editor, It is amazing how the media happen to be leading the actions of the political parties. I am a Guyanese and I expect people to say that I an outside looking in. However, newspapers all...

Back to School

Aug 30, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Back to School

After the obligatory confusion that accompanies even the most innocuous announcement by our government bureaucracy, our children were spared the ignominy of going to school in August when it was...

UNASUR pushes forward with continental integration

Aug 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on UNASUR pushes forward with continental integration

…as leaders express unease over Colombia-US military pact By Odeen Ishmael The inauguration of President Rafael Correa of Ecuador coincided with the holding of the third regular presidential...

KAMARANG

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on KAMARANG

Day Three The cops came about an hour after Sealey entered the Jaguar’s Den. He was sitting by the bar, watching Alvin Benn sweep a number of beetles and cigarette butts into a spade. “Beetles...

National Library Centenary, part 4

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on National Library Centenary, part 4

By Petamber Persaud When last have you played such folk games like ‘farmer in the dell’, ‘coloured girl in the ring’, ‘in and out the bluebells’, ‘wah? who seh wah?’, ‘chi chi, bum...

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is no end to the motor violence and once more there is going to be a deadly crash. The young drivers are going to be under the influence and the police are going to become really angry. At the...

The UN: Small States interests and support for Finland

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The UN: Small States interests and support for Finland

By Sir Ronald Sanders Small countries, such as those in the Caribbean, depend upon an efficient and well balanced Security Council at the United Nations to help to safeguard them from adventures by...

Disciplined Forces: Beyond Cosmetic “Reform”

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Disciplined Forces: Beyond Cosmetic “Reform”

The barefaced and contemptible murder and robbery of Dweive Kant Ramdass perpetrated by members of the GDF, followed by the equally outrageous and despicable robbery committed by members of the...

DE PEEPING AND DE SEEING

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DE PEEPING AND DE SEEING

Everybody Peeping and dem seeing all de thiefing, Everybody Peeping and dem noticing how dem hiding And dem dodging and confusing And de helicopter coming fuh do some more peeping Because soldier...

Interesting Creatures… The Catfish

Aug 30, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Catfish

Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of bony fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat’s whiskers, catfish range in size and behaviour from the heaviest, the Mekong...

Who needs this embarrassment?

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Who needs this embarrassment?

By Adam Harris One of the moist embarrassing things to happen to a traveller is to go to the airport, bid farewell to relatives and friends, even if temporarily and then get detained and even denied...

The man who fell off the earth

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The man who fell off the earth

By Michael Jordan If you find this headline misleading, or if you think it’s sensational, then it probably is. But this is exactly what seems to have happened to this 67-year-old man with the...

Statements of another mind

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Statements of another mind

Each day as the Government of Guyana’s leading decision-makers say the most shocking things that insult the people of this country and damage the psyche of this nation, I think of what lies inside...

The Catfish

Aug 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Catfish

Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of bony fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat’s whiskers, catfish range in size and behaviour from the heaviest, the...

The Administration must be held accountable for the atrocities of the security forces

Aug 30, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Administration must be held accountable for the atrocities of the security forces

For many years the opinion leaders in our society have been forewarning of the impending disintegration within the security forces. These organisations, which are established to offer protection and...

MURDERED GRANNY, 80, FOUND NUDE, TIED TO BED

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on MURDERED GRANNY, 80, FOUND NUDE, TIED TO BED

The nude, bound and gagged body of an 80-year-old woman was found shortly after 19:00 hrs last night in the Lot 66 Independence Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara home in which she had lived...

Taxi driver mudered

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver mudered

When 72-year-old Mohammed Nazir Khan, a hard-working taxi driver, did not return home as he should have on Thursday evening, his 62 year-old wife, Sursattie understandably became worried, but was...

Bandits flee roadblock, nabbed by villagers

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bandits flee roadblock, nabbed by villagers

– bag with $millions recovered A substantial sum of cash, allegedly several millions, was recovered from three suspected bandits following a lively chase and manhunt on the foreshore of Weldaad...

Resuced from burial ground – kinapper captured hours later

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Resuced from burial ground – kinapper captured hours later

After three weeks of unbearable anxiety and uncertainty about her 4-year-old daughter’s whereabouts, a Leonora, West Coast Demerara mother was yesterday able to breathe a sigh of relief. However,...

‘Concerned citizens’, PNCR picketers clash outside Congress Place

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Concerned citizens’, PNCR picketers clash outside Congress Place

A group of just over a dozen persons calling themselves ‘concerned citizens’ was yesterday evicted from the roadway just outside the People’s National Congress Reform headquarters at Congress...

GTUC aims to ‘reverse decline into failed state’

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GTUC aims to ‘reverse decline into failed state’

Acting General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Norris Witter yesterday announced the union’s plans to confront the Government of Guyana in a bid to reverse what it calls the...

RUSAL sues union leaders- cites $$M strike losses

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on RUSAL sues union leaders- cites $$M strike losses

The Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI), the local subsidiary of Russian aluminum giant, United Company RUSAL, has instituted legal action against the leaders of the union representing...

Persaud now wants comprehensive audit of agri projects

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Persaud now wants comprehensive audit of agri projects

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud has written Auditor General Deodat Sharma requesting his role in carrying out additional comprehensive audits of ongoing projects. In an August 28 letter to the...

IDB gives US$6,500 to Women Artists’ Association

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on IDB gives US$6,500 to Women Artists’ Association

The Guyana Women Artists’ Association (GWAA) will receive a grant of $US 6,500 to fund a project entitled ‘Art: Remembering and preserving our Heritage.’ The objective of this project is to...

Shondell Alfred intensifies preparations for world title encounter

Aug 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Shondell Alfred intensifies preparations for world title encounter

By Michael Benjamin The bout is approximately four weeks away but local women’s bantamweight champion, Shondell Alfred, has already commenced sparring sessions as she aspires to be the second...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more