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Dem boys seh…Brazzy tekking money fuh hotel, not fuh workers

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy tekking money fuh hotel, not fuh workers

Good and bad deh all over de world. Mankind living wid good and bad all de time. De Creator mek that happen from de inception. De result is that dem got government because de Creator seh suh fuh...

“High stakes, rock star life, peak performances in sports, drugs – Something has got to give!”

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “High stakes, rock star life, peak performances in sports, drugs – Something has got to give!”

Colin E. H. Croft This is not about mega-star Jack Nicholson, or that magnificent film, ‘Something gotta give’, which found Jack in love with one woman, Dianne Keaton, while dating, and bedding,...

Miss India Worldwide engages students as her reign comes to an end

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miss India Worldwide engages students as her reign comes to an end

Even as her reign as Miss India Worldwide 2012 draws to an end, Alana Seebarran has not been taking her role lightly. In fact she has been seeking to establish her place as a role model for young...

‘In the Ring’ – a Commonwealth Secretary-General’s memoir

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on ‘In the Ring’ – a Commonwealth Secretary-General’s memoir

By Sir Ronald Sanders (On 26 February, Sir Ronald Sanders was invited to launch, “In the Ring”, a Commonwealth Memoir written by Sir Donald McKinnon former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth...

Political zugzwang

Mar 03, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Political zugzwang

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman, with each succeeding sitting, contrives to astound the nation even more. His most recent ‘Ruling’– issued not in the customary manner from the...

The bubble will soon burst

Mar 03, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The bubble will soon burst

– That scandalous Marriott Hotel Project Ponzi scheme By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Leader One year ago, in this same column I argued that the Marriott Hotel Project was a Ponzi scheme. In a Ponzi...

The police owe us an explanation

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The police owe us an explanation

By Adam Harris The Linden Commission of Inquiry is over. The report has been presented and while some may be smiling, others are not. The issue of the quantum of compensation looms large. According...

School of the Nations seeks to spark interest in Humanities

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on School of the Nations seeks to spark interest in Humanities

“I want to be a doctor,” blurted 10-year-old Travis when asked what he’d like to be when he grows up. His answer is certainly not dissimilar to many young children today who have for some...

Three Rivers Kids Foundation … Saving lives, restoring hope to families

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three Rivers Kids Foundation … Saving lives, restoring hope to families

By Rehana Ashley Ahamad The Three Rivers Kids Foundation (TRKF) is a charitable organization which was set up in 2005 by Canadian-based Guyanese Nurse, Ms. Jeannette Singh. It has been...

Thoughts of a first-time Parliamentarian

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Thoughts of a first-time Parliamentarian

“Every project undergone by this administration is top-secret and that shows contempt against the people.” By Abena Rockcliffe After a year and a few months as a Member of...

Vodu exhibit captivates US

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vodu exhibit captivates US

By Dr Glenville Ashby Vintage Vodu flags will be exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the US – a total of twenty states. Curators, art aficionados and religio-cultural enthusiasts are...

Victoria Village celebrates 175 years

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Victoria Village celebrates 175 years

…and houses the national mangrove project They have successfully planted nine kilometers of black and white mangroves along the East Coast Demerara. And, Annette Arjoon, Chairperson of the...

From the Diaspora … IS THE PPP NOW INTO CENSORSHIP?

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora … IS THE PPP NOW INTO CENSORSHIP?

By Ralph Seeram The phone calls were coming in from powerful people of the day, some abusive, some threatening and some accusing me of being an “enemy of the state”. The term “enemy of the...

Prisoner awaiting trial for murder found with ganja in jail

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner awaiting trial for murder found with ganja in jail

A man who is in prison since 2007 on a charge of murder, and who was committed to stand trial in the high court, in 2012 was nabbed with a quantity of marijuana. He was said to be a drug dealer in...

Duo on bail for Popeye’s thievery allegation

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Duo on bail for Popeye’s thievery allegation

A father of nine and a mother of five faced the court on Tuesday on a joint charge of simple larceny. Shawn Reid, a building contractor and former security guard at Popeye’s Chicken and Seafood,...

Weekend diary: The Pope, Fazal Khan, Raul Castro and Rohee

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Weekend diary: The Pope, Fazal Khan, Raul Castro and Rohee

The first thing I read last Thursday morning was a Reuters news item on the Pope who has just retired. The writer of the story could not have missed a most journalistic contradiction. It said that in...

EPA gives permission for noise and dust polluting joinery shop

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on EPA gives permission for noise and dust polluting joinery shop

An elderly Berbice resident suffering from asthma and bronchitis is peeved that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave permission for a joinery shop to operate adjacent to his residence...

Chief Co-operative officer requests seven days to respond to charges of illegal land sale

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Co-operative officer requests seven days to respond to charges of illegal land sale

… seeks lawyers’ intervention As drama continues over an alleged illegal land sale in Lamaha Gardens, that now has Chief Co-operative Development Officer, Kareem Abdul-Jabar in hot...

Prisoners being raped by jail system, comprehensive audit needed – Former staff

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners being raped by jail system, comprehensive audit needed – Former staff

– System designed to help trafficking, corruption By Rabindra Rooplall After working for the Guyana Prison Service for five years, and being gagged under the Prison Act, Chapter 11:01 of the...

Caricom 14-point security strategy will complement local plan – Home Affairs Ministry

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom 14-point security strategy will complement local plan – Home Affairs Ministry

The 24th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM recently adopted a “Regional Crime and Security Strategy”. The Strategy resulted from consultations among...

Surinamese accused of stealing $7M, shot dead on Corentyne

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Surinamese accused of stealing $7M, shot dead on Corentyne

A Suriname national, 30-year-old Lucien Agard, who lived with his Guyanese wife, Tricia, at Number 59 Village Corentyne, was shot in his head by unknown persons, Friday night. According to his widow,...

The fish exporter’s execution

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The fish exporter’s execution

– Why did a professional hit-man kill ‘Motie’ Sonilall? By Michael Jordan At around 19:30 hrs on April 9, 2010, a female resident of Second Street, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was...

The Baccoo Speaks

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

A prominent individual is going to make the news for all the wrong reasons. He is going to be caught up in a confrontation with a citizen. Things would turn ugly and the police would intervene....

THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM IS NOT FINITE

Mar 03, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM IS NOT FINITE

Guyana’s problem is not the finite nature of the electromagnetic spectrum; Guyana’s problem is not the overcrowding of this space. Guyana’s problem is just how many carriers can be accommodated...

Man tells court…‘I cultivated “weed” instead of food to provide for family’

Mar 03, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man tells court…‘I cultivated “weed” instead of food to provide for family’

Yesterday, Roland Hosea appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of cultivating a prohibited plant. According to police...

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TOTALTEC to open hospitality complex in Houston

Kaieteur News – TOTALTEC Inc., a provider of services to the energy and construction sectors here on Monday announced... more