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PPP writes GECOM on volunteer ‘assaults’

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP writes GECOM on volunteer ‘assaults’

-Top Cop to write political parties The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has written to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) over what it said were ‘assaults’ of its...

Hydro-Power developers still without substantive licence

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hydro-Power developers still without substantive licence

Chartered Accountant, Civil Activist and Attorney-at-Law, Christopher Ram, fears that the developers of the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project may be operating outside the confines of the...

Speculation and Food Prices

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Speculation and Food Prices

Today, ”World Food Day”, is being commemorated under the theme ‘Food Prices- from Crisis to Stability’. On Saturday we reported the remarks of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),...

Mangrove programme goes to Berbice schools

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove programme goes to Berbice schools

The Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP) has begun a massive education drive in the Berbice schools. According to Head of the MRP, Mrs Annette Arjoon- Martins, specially tailored presentations...

Soldier’s mother pleads for his discharge from GDF

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier’s mother pleads for his discharge from GDF

The mother of a 19-year old soldier is regretting the moment she enlisted her son in the Guyana Defence Force. She is now desperate for him to be discharged. However, she may have to wait...

Essequibo Technical Institute gets $$29M dormitory

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Technical Institute gets $$29M dormitory

Prospective applicants from Bartica, Moruka, Pomeroon, Leguan and Waknaam, in the Essequibo River, would be soon be facilitated in a dormitory currently being constructed next to a building at...

From the Diaspora…THIS ‘THIEFING’ MENTALITY HAS TO STOP

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…THIS ‘THIEFING’ MENTALITY HAS TO STOP

By Ralph Seeram “Ah jus put de mat fuh sun on the porch and deh gone with it, nat even ah hour”, lamented my relative as she was bringing in her rocking chair from her...

Failure Isn’t At Fault

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Food For Thought Comments Off on Failure Isn’t At Fault

“Failure separates those who think they want success from those who are determined to win. Failure narrows the playing field. The first people out are those that blame others, next out...

Two years on and crippled worker awaits help

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two years on and crippled worker awaits help

For most people, birthdays are awaited with joyous anticipation of all the things to do, places to go and friends to see. But for a few, birthdays are sometimes awaited with much trepidation...

THE AFC IS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE POLITICAL PARTY

Oct 16, 2011 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE AFC IS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE POLITICAL PARTY

By Sasenarine Singh The critical part of retaining teachers is increasing salaries – as it is for all other workers in Guyana. As the elections draw nearer and with the chances of the...

Interesting Creatures…The Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana 1

In some parts of the world, a Chickenhawk or Chicken Hawk is an unofficial designation for three species of hawks: the Cooper’s Hawk, the Sharp-shinned Hawk and the Red-tailed...

The Beatles, philosophy, my daughter and the sempiternal dream in one’s heart

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

My daughter was born in 1989, twenty years after the breakup of history’s most phenomenal music band, the Beatles. The Beatles was a nuanced group though it was confined to a particular genre in...

Housing and you: Those rising costs…

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and you: Those rising costs…

By Leonard Gildarie Whew! I am at it again. Just about a year after finishing my home, I am now doing some extensions, enclosing my garage and building a back shed to add a gym and a hangout spot. I...

Even criminals don’t accept certain crimes

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Even criminals don’t accept certain crimes

There are not many of us who would want to go to jail. Not even the most serious criminals in our midst ever contemplate going to jail. Of course some of them do the most stupid things,...

ACCESS TO THE MEDIA

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ACCESS TO THE MEDIA

The state media cannot be described as balanced or fair in so far as its coverage of the opposition parties is concerned. The coverage of the state-owned media is often slanted in favour of...

Still no ideology?

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Still no ideology?

The imminent collapse of the Eurozone, brought about by the profligacy of the PIIGS based on neo-liberal market fundamentalism and financialisation, reminds us that the 2008 US-induced crisis was not...

Reform or diminish: The Commonwealth challenge

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Reform or diminish: The Commonwealth challenge

By Sir Ronald Sanders On October 12th, as a member of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) established by Commonwealth Heads of Government to advise them on reform of the Commonwealth, I delivered...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The nation has not seen the last of the murders. One will stem from a robbery and the other will result from a domestic dispute. One will be rather brutal because the anger that will...