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The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The dry spell is not good for farmers nor is it good for homeowners. Fires are the common features and one such fire is going to raze a house because a homeowner is attempting to burn garbage....

Kill them all?

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Kill them all?

As the killing spree continues in Guyana, with the lives of one in every 8,000 citizens lost so far this year in violent crimes, there is no doubt that our people want an end to wanton criminal...

Book Review…A Timely Book on Health and Wellness

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review…A Timely Book on Health and Wellness

Book: An Ounce of Prevention – Especially for Women by Dr. Anthony Vendryes Review by Margaret Fechtmann Like many of us over 50, what I used to get away with in my 20’s and 30’s...

Renal failure patient hopes to benefit from free transplant

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Renal failure patient hopes to benefit from free transplant

– aspires to eventually become a doctor By Sharman Grainger While many young men approaching adulthood are more focused on getting their “manly game on”, 18-year-old Carl...

Housing and You…Minister provides insight on affordable housing

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Minister provides insight on affordable housing

By Leonard Gildarie The debate has been raging this past week over land on the East Bank of Demerara that has been granted to private developers to construct homes. On one hand, the Opposition has...

A strange killing in Stevedore Scheme

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A strange killing in Stevedore Scheme

By Michael Jordan It was just beginning to rain on the evening of Saturday, November 1, 2004, when five men entered Philip Bess’s yard in Stevedore Housing Scheme squatting area....

Chat language will get us no jobs

Oct 20, 2013 KNews My Column Comments Off on Chat language will get us no jobs

To listen to the talk around us, we would be left to believe that for all the development, nothing good is happening to the people. Hardly a day goes by without some person not trying to land a job....

Sunday Cartoon

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Strong winds blow over roof of Farm NDC

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Strong winds blow over roof of Farm NDC

The Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) of Farm East Bank Demerara is currently counting its losses after strong winds destroyed the roofs of two buildings and a pavilion housed in its...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The dry spell is not good for farmers nor is it good for homeowners. Fires are the common features and one such fire is going to raze a house because a homeowner is attempting to burn garbage....

Ashni Singh makes pitch for IFI’s to revise strategies

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News 1

Minister of Finance Dr.Ashni Singh met recently with several key international financial institutions in Washington DC to discuss ways in which these institutions can better serve the needs of Guyana...

Govt. deliberately not enforcing NIS Act – AFC

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. deliberately not enforcing NIS Act – AFC

Lax enforcement of penalties under the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Act is a tactic being employed by Government to enrich their friends, who contribute significantly to the People’s...

Guyana School of Agriculture turns 50

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana School of Agriculture turns 50

By Rehanna Ramsay In observance of its 50th anniversary, the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) has launched a magazine celebrating its numerous achievements and highlights the vision for...

We must as a matter of justice reply to Minister Manickchand

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must as a matter of justice reply to Minister Manickchand

Dear Editor, I entered the supermarket with my wife on Friday, and a senior employee came up to me and in a tone of disbelief asked me if I read what was said about a leading media personality...

Priya, you will endear yourself to all women when you are consistent in your fight for them

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Priya, you will endear yourself to all women when you are consistent in your fight for them

Dear Editor, My good friend and colleague Minister Priya Manickchand has recently found tremendous form in writing in de fence of Ms Gitanjali Singh, our hard-working and most...

Ms. Jaya Manickchand’s post also reveals a bigoted perception of crime

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Letters 9

Dear Editor, “I am happy they [the three suspected bandits killed by the Police] are dead and I don’t care about the details of a post-mortem. In fact why is the state even wasting...

The Police Commissioner has his work cut out with rogue elements in the Force

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Police Commissioner has his work cut out with rogue elements in the Force

Dear Editor, It is difficult that private individuals, including business persons, could collaborate a common view on a matter that involves a concluded criminal unit, active and dangerous to their...

Whopping $848M in coins currently in circulation

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News 1

There is currently in excess of $56B in notes and coins in circulation around the country. This is according to the information gazzetted by the Bank of Guyana when it reported on the nation’s...

Remembering Jessica Huntley

Oct 20, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remembering Jessica Huntley

Dear Editor, This is our first, immediate response to the news of Jessica Huntley’s death. There is much more to be said. The late, but ever present Jessica Huntley, mother of Karl,...

AMAILA FALLS: A PICTURE IS INDEED WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AMAILA FALLS: A PICTURE IS INDEED WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

By Ralph Seeram Just when you think the controversy over the Amaila Falls has died down, another round of doubts about the feasibility of this project has erupted, creating another Public...

Young Guyanese takes leadership message to the C’bean

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Young Guyanese takes leadership message to the C’bean

A single mention of the name Astell Collins and a number of appealing adjectives often follow, primarily among members of the young population whose life he has so skilfully touched with his words in...

Guyana, 38 others achieve UN goal on extreme hunger

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, 38 others achieve UN goal on extreme hunger

…also attain universal primary education By Zena Henry Guyana is among 189 countries that adopted the United Nations’ Millennium Declaration which captures the agreement of eight internationally...

National Quality Week 2013…Fifteen GNBS staffers awarded for long service

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on National Quality Week 2013…Fifteen GNBS staffers awarded for long service

As activities bring the curtain down on National Quality Week, 2013, fifteen staff members of Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) were awarded in the 16th long service award ceremony held...

Affidavit of Support – 2013 Poverty Guidelines

Oct 20, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Affidavit of Support – 2013 Poverty Guidelines

Attorney Gail Seeram, [email protected] Under the current immigration laws, every person who immigrates based on a family petition must have a financial sponsor. The law requires a sponsor to prove...

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What Guyanese leaders can learn from Donald Trump

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-There is little dispute that Donald Trump knows how to make an entrance. He does so without... more