March 2014

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ECHO launches Vreed en Hoop “Most Improved school competition”

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO launches Vreed en Hoop “Most Improved school competition”

The Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) launched its Most Improved School Yard Competition with a Tree Planting Exercise, at Vreed-en-Hoop Primary School, West Bank Demerara last...

The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh...

What are some common foot problems with Diabetes?

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on What are some common foot problems with Diabetes?

By Dr. Kumar Sukhraj, BSC, MBBS Dear readers, I am pleased to present via this media, some common foot lesions that a diabetic can experience. Your feet are at risk because diabetes can cause damage...

Pepsi flies four persons to Trinidad Carnival 2014

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Pepsi flies four persons to Trinidad Carnival 2014

Two lucky consumers and two guests are on their way to Carnival 2014 compliments of Demerara Distillers Limited under its brand Pepsi. These two consumers have won themselves an all inclusive trip...

More than a million babies die at birth every year

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on More than a million babies die at birth every year

– Save the Children Org, argues that most of these deaths are preventable More than a million babies around the world die on the day of their birth yearly and a million more are stillborn,...

GPSU’s Credit Union is 50 today

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU’s Credit Union is 50 today

The Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union is celebrating its 50th anniversary today. The Credit Union was born after the Trade Union strike in 1963 which lasted for ninety days. The effects...

NOC teen bites the hand that fed her

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NOC teen bites the hand that fed her

Quick response by police officers attached to the Suddie and Aurora police stations, on the Essequibo Coast came in for high praises after they helped prevent a former New Opportunity Corps student...

Ramotar woos more Chinese investors

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar woos more Chinese investors

President Donald Ramotar has tapped partnerships as critical to Guyana’s economic future. The comments were made Friday while Ramotar was addressing the opening of the Chinese- owned Zhanghao...

No one held by police in No 69 shooting — investigators

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on No one held by police in No 69 shooting — investigators

A suspect is still to be held in connection with last Thursday’s shooting incident at Number 69 Village, Corentyne. On Thursday last Oumesh Ballram, 16 was shot in the abdomen at his Number 69...

Sunday Cartoon

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Human trafficking accused Ann Marie Carter walks free

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Human trafficking accused Ann Marie Carter walks free

After being tried for four counts of Trafficking in Person, a Magistrate in Bartica has dismissed all charges against Tiger Creek shop owner, Ann Marie Carter, a little over six months after the...

Govt. mulls parking ban in busy city streets to ease congestion

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. mulls parking ban in busy city streets to ease congestion

– live video footage of traffic situation to be aired on website The Ministries of Home Affairs and Public Works on Friday engaged a wide cross-section of stakeholders in an effort to drive...

Feasibility studies to be done in Mazaruni for hydropower development – Foreign Minister

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Feasibility studies to be done in Mazaruni for hydropower development – Foreign Minister

Government will be moving towards conducting pre-feasibility and feasibility studies on the development of a hydropower project in the Mazaruni, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett...

Rev Up Your Engine!

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Rev Up Your Engine!

A while back, late on a Friday night, my family and I were in the airport parking lot having just returned home from a “Night of Hope” in another state. It was about two o’clock in the morning....

A tongue-in-cheek look at Caribbean life in Britain

Mar 02, 2014 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A tongue-in-cheek look at Caribbean life in Britain

Book: Pardner Money Stories by Deanne Heron Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Deanne Heron has produced a blaring narrative – a compilation of short stories, replete with witty jabs, atmospheric...

Let’s save our capital city

Mar 02, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Let’s save our capital city

The City of Georgetown – Guyana’s more than 200-year-old national capital – is in a state of crisis. It is a well-known fact that Greater Georgetown’s commercial, demographic and geographical...

PPP wants to save its gravy train

Mar 02, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PPP wants to save its gravy train

– AFC says no to ‘no objection clause’ By Rajendra Bissessar On the morning of the 22nd of February, approaching 8 a.m., I tuned in to NCN. What I saw immediately reminded me of what...

Bottling company to invest $1B locally

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bottling company to invest $1B locally

The Caricom Bottling Company Inc. will be investing approximately $1 billion dollars into the local economy as the entity added six new flavours to its ever-growing beverage supply. This was...

A bullet to the back of the head

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on A bullet to the back of the head

By Michael Jordan It was at around 06:00 hrs on December 12, 2005, that the female security guard noticed a red Mitsubishi Lancer, licence number HB 1188, parked off the roadway in Woolford Avenue....

‘Slingshot’ laments cultural erosion during recent Mash celebrations

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Slingshot’ laments cultural erosion during recent Mash celebrations

“This is my country. I love that we are an independent nation and that we have republic status. Mash is a way of showing what our culture is all about but we are deviating from this culture....

GNCPP hosts Atlanta-based Guyanese donor on fact-finding mission

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNCPP hosts Atlanta-based Guyanese donor on fact-finding mission

By Zena Henry Fifty-six year-old Nabaclis-born Eslene Richmond-Shockley started an Atlanta- based $25M charity, Caring for Others Inc. with $25; now on a fact-finding mission here, she is seeking to...

Need for appropriate engineering legislation highlighted

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Need for appropriate engineering legislation highlighted

…as concerns mount over malpractice By Kiana Wilburg Who really is an engineer? In this country, what serves as a guide to indicate who may use the designation and what are the various...

To aid or not to aid?

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on To aid or not to aid?

Shakespeare in his play Hamlet exemplified the striking contrast between his protagonist’s humility and anger utilizing only five words, “to be or not to be” that indeed is the question, to be...

Aging – worrisome or excitement, you be the judge

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Aging – worrisome or excitement, you be the judge

Age to some is just a number, but to others it might represent the stark reality that their days of existence are fewer. This particular notion was emphasized in an article recently published on the...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Mar 02, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

E-Verify – Coming to your Employer Soon! By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com The word “E-Verify” will soon be an everyday term or process used when applying for a job in the United...

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GBF names boys’ and girls’ teams for Inter-Guiana Games...

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has named its boys’ and girls’ teams for the basketball competition at the 2026 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scheduled for October 23–25...

The politics of a box of cook-up

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During the PNC era, a gentleman who had been persuaded to participate in one of the many marches organised by the government received a box of food at the end of the proceedings. He opened it. Inside was cook-up rice and a generous piece of chicken. There was only one small...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

The Great Game: right around here

Oct 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana now has more than oil in its hands. Guyana has a strain of this century’s Great Game now hanging over its head. It’s not the Great Game played out by Britain and Imperial Russia almost 200 years ago for dominance in Central Asia. Wish it was that distant, and...

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