June 2014

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Be Resilient

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Be Resilient

During their famous expedition, American explorers, Lewis and Clark, faced incredible hardships. On reaching the Missouri River, they thought the worst was over – then they saw the Rockies!...

Rotary Club of Georgetown reviews 30 years of community service

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Club of Georgetown reviews 30 years of community service

By Rehanna Ramsay Celebrating more than three decades of service to communities across Guyana, the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central (RCGC) is poised to improve the lives of Guyanese, “one...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The PPPC administration must act now to stop the road carnage

Jun 15, 2014 KNews APNU Column Comments Off on The PPPC administration must act now to stop the road carnage

The deaths of three children from one family in multiple road accidents at Phillippi Village on the Corentyne Coast last Wednesday shocked the nation. Two teenage sisters, Tabithia and Wanita Bagot...

An unprofessional outburst

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on An unprofessional outburst

It was most disgusting to note the scurrilous attack made recently by a top public functionary against the Pegasus Hotel (Guyana). This onslaught was made on public television and would therefore...

Housing and You…Raising the value of your home

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Raising the value of your home

By Leonard Gildarie Because of the housing demands in recent years, homeowners have mostly been concentrating on getting a roof over their head. More and more, I have been finding that while many...

Home design, layout, appliances and lifestyles greatly impact energy use – GEA

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Home design, layout, appliances and lifestyles greatly impact energy use – GEA

By Rabindra Rooplall Energy is fundamental to our existence and plays a critical role in our daily routines. The rising cost of fossil-based fuels and prevailing global environmental concerns compel...

The obsessive mystery man who showed no mercy

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The obsessive mystery man who showed no mercy

By Michael Jordan A corpse was the last thing that the residents of the quiet rice-farming community of Harlem, West Coast Demerara expected to see on the long dirt road known as Back Street on...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There is no end to the madness. We have had the promised media event with the senseless killing of a young boy. There has also been the road accident that the nation had been warned about. Sadly,...

Government not serious about passing AML Bill

Jun 15, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Government not serious about passing AML Bill

It is now more than a year since the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2013 was tabled in the National Assembly. Since then there has been a lot of...

Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@GailLaw.com Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you...

The celebrations are in order, but so too is the worry

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The celebrations are in order, but so too is the worry

The results of the Common Entrance are out. By now we have come to realise that the private schools have presented themselves as the place for one’s child if one expects his child to become...

Stop cursing CARICOM as darkness; it is a light not yet fully turned-on

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Stop cursing CARICOM as darkness; it is a light not yet fully turned-on

By Sir Ronald Sanders Dr Franklin Johnston, a strategist, project manager and advisor to the Jamaica Minister of Education, wrote a column in the Jamaica Observer of May 30 in which he...

Le Repentir Cemetery “running out of space”

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Le Repentir Cemetery “running out of space”

“Council doesn’t currently have resources to tackle the issue” – Royston King By Dwijendra Rooplall We are all concerned by the current state of Le Repentir Cemetery with its unpleasant...

Dolly Hassan, your slip is showing!

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dolly Hassan, your slip is showing!

I don’t know who Dolly Hassan is (hereafter referred to as Dolly). I got to like the name Dolly after my brother took me to Empire Cinema in 1970 to see Dolly Baksh dance to the phenomenal guitar...

Book Review…A poetic call to Identity and Nationhood

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review…A poetic call to Identity and Nationhood

Book: Navel String by Adrian Augier Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Adrian Augier’s Navel String is a paradoxical treatise. A fine work that reveals the inexorable pain of displaced souls. Its...

Improved performances recorded in all NGSA subjects areas, except Maths

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Improved performances recorded in all NGSA subjects areas, except Maths

While some might be wishing that they could be given a second chance to “put their best foot forward”, there are a few others who are in celebratory mode having performed remarkably at the 2014...

The Grey Gull (Leucophaeus modestus)

Jun 15, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Grey Gull (Leucophaeus modestus)

The grey gull (Leucophaeus modestus) is a medium-sized gull native to South America. Unusual among gulls, it breeds inland in the extremely dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile, although it is...

Parfaite Sign

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Parfaite Sign

Shameful! Residents of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, have expressed anger over this downed sign which was erected a few weeks ago over the alternative bridge into the housing scheme. The...

Old School Education: Part 1 – Cutteridge and The Mighty Sparrow

Jun 15, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Old School Education: Part 1 – Cutteridge and The Mighty Sparrow

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective “De poems an’ de lessons they write an’ sen’ from England’ impress me dey were tryin’ to...

Hijacked taxi driver…Suspects lead cops to body in Parika canefield

Jun 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hijacked taxi driver…Suspects lead cops to body in Parika canefield

The search for abducted taxi driver Dhanraj Latchman ended at around 19.30 hrs yesterday, after two teens suspected of killing him led police to a Parika, East Bank Essequibo canefield where they had...

NICIL purposefully took minority share in Marriott

Jun 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL purposefully took minority share in Marriott

…investing more meant more debt responsibility – Dr Singh Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has defended the use of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) financing model in the...

Friendship man charged with wife’s killing

Jun 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Friendship man charged with wife’s killing

A 31-year-old man was yesterday charged before a senior city Magistrate for allegedly killing his reputed wife. The woman, whose body, with head partly submerged in a bucket of water, was found...

Teen driver remanded for Berbice road tragedy

Jun 14, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen driver remanded for Berbice road tragedy

…his parents visit the victims’ relatives Yesterday, 18-year-old Makesh Persaud of Lot 121, Number 51 Village, Corentyne, appeared before Magistrate Rabindra Singh at the Springlands...

Dem boys seh…Dem gun prove nuff people wrang

Jun 14, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem gun prove nuff people wrang

De Waterfalls boss man fuming. Smoke coming out he ears. He cuss Badam and all dem reporters fuh buy de crap wha Ash Knee tell dem de other day bout de IFMAS. He seh was a crappy excuse and a scanty...

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Walls eyes AmeriCup breakthrough for Guyana

Jun 24, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Newly appointed Guyana Men’s National Basketball Team Head Coach Alan Walls wasted little time settling into his new role, arriving in Guyana last Friday and...

MOTHER KNOWS BEST!

Jun 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when a young man receiving his first pay packet did not suddenly transform himself into an international financial expert. He did not rush to buy expensive sneakers, upgrade his cellphone, or begin offering investment advice to people twice his age. In those...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank – what’s coming

Jun 24, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Development Bank (GDB) has generated much excitement. Not yet fully airborne, but still stirring considerable interest. Guyanese sit, wait, smile. They are ready. One set anticipates what’s in it for them. To get them off the...

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