July 2014

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The Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)

The Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in most of South America, apart from the most dense jungles, mountains and deserts (although...

When your own bug bites you

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on When your own bug bites you

As a Guyanese I have been exposed to the kind of reaction that US Ambassador Brent Hardt’s comments evoked from the Guyana Government. And the reaction, according to the government’s Chief...

When enough is enough!

Jul 06, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When enough is enough!

By Rajendra Bissessar It would take a lot to list the wrongdoing of the PPP. The list is well known and includes nepotism, favoritism, and the giving away of Guyana’s patrimony to friends and...

GNCPP welcomes officialdom of civil society’s status and role

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNCPP welcomes officialdom of civil society’s status and role

…prepares for first Civil Society conference By Zena Henry “President Donald Ramotar, a vital component of Parliament, must be intimately familiar with the Constitution of the Co-operative...

Guyanese fleeing an ‘avalanche of crimes’

Jul 06, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyanese fleeing an ‘avalanche of crimes’

President Donald Ramotar’s warning to the Guyana Police Force, on 24th April, that the country might be facing an “avalanche of crimes” has heightened anxiety over the state of human safety,...

Orealla – an emerging Eco-Tourism attraction

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Orealla – an emerging Eco-Tourism attraction

By Rawle Welch Nestled some 50 miles up the Corentyne River in East Berbice, Region 6, the Amerindian community of Orealla, home to the Arawak and Warrau tribes is an emerging eco-tourism attraction...

Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking – a heart-damaging combination

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking – a heart-damaging combination

By Sharmain Grainger It has long been established that excessive alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking can result in erectile dysfunction, a development most, if not all, men would not want to be...

CROSSING THE RED LINE

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CROSSING THE RED LINE

There seems to be a great deal of confusion as to what constitutes non-interference in the internal affairs of a country. It has been suggested, in some sections, that this principle is being...

Guyana has descended into chaos

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has descended into chaos

– Government and opposition to be blamed – Dr. Faith Harding “You don’t get a sense of a community of ownership going in the same direction…it’s always a fight; always a stretching...

Sunday Cartoon

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Manickchand’s blast of US envoy was prepared by Cabinet – Dr Luncheon

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Manickchand’s blast of US envoy was prepared by Cabinet – Dr Luncheon

It was Cabinet who prepared and cleared the speech that was delivered by Minister Priya Manickchand, chiding the US Ambassador, Brent Hardt, during a recent reception held in observance of...

Imbotero – Across the Venezuelan border and back

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Imbotero – Across the Venezuelan border and back

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis A. Nichols Most coastland Guyanese have probably never heard of a place called Imbotero. Last week’s...

Don’t Override the Inner Promptings

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Don’t Override the Inner Promptings

There’s a young man I know who used to do landscaping in our neighborhood. I saw him one day. His face was a mess. He had a black eye, and his lips were swollen. It looked like he had been in an...

Solar cookers are an excellent alternative energy option – GEA

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Solar cookers are an excellent alternative energy option – GEA

By Rabindra Rooplall Daily cooking has always required fire, fuel gathering and frequent attention to be sure food cooks evenly, doesn’t burn and stick to the pot in which it is being cooked. This...

Book Review: Poet unravels the mystery of love

Jul 06, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review: Poet unravels the mystery of love

Book: The Many Silences of Love Author: H. Lloyd Weston Dr Glenville Ashby, Critic We have all been smitten, bitten by a whirl of emotions that we call love. It’s a unique feeling that melts the...

Manickchand’s mannequin: Dying moments of a failed regime

Jul 06, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Manickchand’s mannequin: Dying moments of a failed regime

Any historian would tell you that there are certain characteristics of a government facing imminent dissolution of power. One such feature is the definite loss of rationality. A beleaguered...

E’bo erupts over late rice payments…Protest leader stripped naked by police as farmers burn tyres and block roadway in standoff

Jul 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo erupts over late rice payments…Protest leader stripped naked by police as farmers burn tyres and block roadway in standoff

A protest by Essequibo rice farmers over late payments turned ugly last night. Police fired teargas into an irate crowd that hurled bottles and other missiles at the ranks and burnt tyres on the...

Chinese company now has three major road contracts

Jul 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese company now has three major road contracts

China Railway First Group, the company at the centre of the controversy over a road project on the East Coast Demerara, has been awarded another contract on another controversial road namely, the...

FATF gives Guyana four months before targeted review

Jul 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on FATF gives Guyana four months before targeted review

After comprehensive consideration by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its June Plenary, Guyana was not considered for further blacklisting. Instead, Guyana having been referred to FATF by...

More troubles for Dynamic Airways, passengers taken to Miami

Jul 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on More troubles for Dynamic Airways, passengers taken to Miami

Just a week after its inaugural flight to New York, Dynamic Airways has been hit with another glitch, this time with over 60 passengers who were up to press time “stranded” at the Miami...

CCJ orders defaulting mortgagors to vacate property, pay costs

Jul 05, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ orders defaulting mortgagors to vacate property, pay costs

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ordered two Guyanese to vacate a property and pay costs to a purchaser who had bought it a decade ago. The case was taken to the regional court by...

Dem boys seh…Gerry is Mickey Mouse pardner

Jul 05, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Gerry is Mickey Mouse pardner

Dynamic Airways come and promise de moon, de sun and de stars. People start fuh run and buy de tickets because de airline offer cheap tickets. Well dem boys seh that Dynamic Airways not dynamic no...

Neymar: Injured Brazil forward ruled out of World Cup

Jul 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Neymar: Injured Brazil forward ruled out of World Cup

BBC Sport – Brazil forward Neymar has been ruled out of the World Cup after being injured in the 2-1 quarter-final win over Colombia. The 22-year-old was carried off on a stretcher and taken to...

GSA’s Digicel Nat Squash C/Ships Taylor orchestrates come-from behind win

Jul 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA’s Digicel Nat Squash C/Ships Taylor orchestrates come-from behind win

By Sean Devers A remarkable come-from behind victory by the fast rising Taylor Fernandes against Andrea King highlighted a competitive second night of the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Digicel...

Mings Products & Services Ltd sponsors Cassie George for CAC Junior Championship

Jul 05, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mings Products & Services Ltd sponsors Cassie George for CAC Junior Championship

Mings Products & Services Ltd is proud to, once again, be associated with facilitating Cassie George’s attendance to the XX Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships which is...

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Oct 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Retail giant Regal Super Centre has officially presented the remaining individual awards for the Lotto/Let’sBet One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast ahead of Sunday’s national...

How much do you love your country?

Oct 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After the fourth beer my friend’s tongue loosened. “Boy, Guyana is a beautiful place. Folks back home just do not know how good they have it. Look at us here in this freezing place. I would give anything to be outside Petboy Shop sipping a cold one on a Friday afternoon.”...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Routledge – differing from Adams, Ram, others

Oct 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I regret differing from respected brothers, Dr. Vincent Adams and Chris Ram, two peerless Guyanese. The source of the difference is Exxon Guyana President, Mr. Alistair Routledge’s statement that “it’s not our job to build the nation…they didn’t vote for us…we are...

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