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Sunday Cartoon

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

More logging, poorer forests, poorer Guyana

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on More logging, poorer forests, poorer Guyana

Dear Editor, During the last week, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) in two full-page paid advertisements in Kaieteur News on (13 August, page 21 and 15 August, page 25) has defended the massive...

A vigorous approach to gun crimes is needed

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A vigorous approach to gun crimes is needed

The increasing incidents of gun crimes are cause for serious questions not least of which would be what is being done to arrest this dangerous situation where human lives are being snuffed out like a...

The PPP is content to maintain the status quo of miserly living standards

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is content to maintain the status quo of miserly living standards

Dear Editor, My previous letters on the Government’s management of the affairs of Guyana have been less than flattering. Yet, based on the seemingly glowing half year performance presented...

From the Diaspora…WHETHER A THIEF ENTERS THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OR BACK DOOR, HE STILL REMAINS A THIEF

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…WHETHER A THIEF ENTERS THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OR BACK DOOR, HE STILL REMAINS A THIEF

By Ralph Seeram I was all set to write on a different subject today, about how my four-year-old grandson volunteered to show me how to download programs on my Kindle, as he said “Papa you don’t...

Ann’s Grove youths remanded for burning down elderly woman’s house

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ann’s Grove youths remanded for burning down elderly woman’s house

– to face several other charges Two youths who set fire to an Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara house after beating and robbing its 81-year old owner last Tuesday night were remanded to prison...

Freddie seeks conceptual clarity from Dr. Jeffrey

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie seeks conceptual clarity from Dr. Jeffrey

Dear Editor, I refer to Dr. Henry Jeffrey’s letter (“Perhaps Mr. Kissoon has some other quote/reference of my saying,” KN, August 13, 2014.) Dr. Jeffrey’s correspondence is a reaction to my...

Large-scale corn, soya cultivation to commence by year-end

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Large-scale corn, soya cultivation to commence by year-end

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says that the target set in the National Agriculture Strategy 2013-2020 to reduce the importation of corn and soya by 15-25 percent is not only...

National Service may be the salvation

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on National Service may be the salvation

For three straight months the police keep reporting a drop in serious crimes, but they are quick to point out that murders and gun crimes have gone up. Indeed there are more murders and gun crimes,...

Godly and ungodly moment outside the First Assembly of God

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Godly and ungodly moment outside the First Assembly of God

One of the discomforting motifs I have to live with is the almost impossible choice I have to make in prioritizing between reading the memoirs of a media operative or a politician. My whole life I...

Guyana, South Africa, and a lesson being learnt!

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, South Africa, and a lesson being learnt!

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis A. Nichols In November 2000, a bus-full of broadcasters from several commonwealth countries...

Caribbean Press launches newest collection of publications

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Press launches newest collection of publications

With impressive works like my ‘My Father’s Wish’, written by medical student, Andrew Hutson, and ‘Bitter’ by young Medical Practitioner, Portia Dodson, both first-time novelists, The...

The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

An alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in appearance. There are two breeds of alpaca; the Suri alpaca and...

Combating the Chikungunya Virus requires your support too

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Combating the Chikungunya Virus requires your support too

By Sharmain Grainger Guyana, through its health sector, has over the years dealt with many emerging public health threats ranging from leptospirosis to gastroenteritis, which have claimed lives....

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Another fit of anger in the mining districts would lead to another murder. Indeed, this part of the country has become the murder capital, largely because of the quality of intelligence that...

The PPP-C is testing the tolerance of the Guyanese people

Aug 17, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The PPP-C is testing the tolerance of the Guyanese people

By Dominic Gaskin The right to govern this country derives from the laws of this country and from the results of periodic elections by the people of this country. The Constitution of the Republic of...

Scotland’s Independence: Should the Commonwealth Caribbean care?

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Scotland’s Independence: Should the Commonwealth Caribbean care?

By Sir Ronald Sanders On September 18, the electorate in Scotland will vote in a referendum to decide if Scotland should be independent of the United Kingdom (UK). A vote for independence will...

Ramotar’s presidency plagued by hinterland protests

Aug 17, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ramotar’s presidency plagued by hinterland protests

Poor President Donald Ramotar! His nearly three-year tenure of office has been plagued by a wave of angry public protests, particularly in hinterland communities and from the Amerindian people living...

Two dead girls from one squalid street

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Two dead girls from one squalid street

By Michael Jordan They were both in their late teens. They both lived in a squalid little street in the city. And within a year, they were both dead. It was around 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 15,...

BOOK REVIEW… An author’s guidelines to self-realisation

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on BOOK REVIEW… An author’s guidelines to self-realisation

Book: New Beginnings Author: E. Lloyd Smith Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby E. Lloyd Smith’s New Beginnings joins the slew of self-help books that have flooded the market over the last decade. We...

Major rice deal inked with Panama

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Major rice deal inked with Panama

Guyana’s rice industry would more than likely achieve its 2020 target of exporting 500,000 tons this year, thanks to Government securing the Panamanian market on a long term basis. The actual...

Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

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

A real estate scam with little alternative for victims

Aug 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on A real estate scam with little alternative for victims

By Leonard Gildarie The housing sector is so wide and diverse that one can easily find something to write about at the drop of a hat. We have spoken and written extensively about the acquisition of a...

BAI SHAN LIN

Aug 17, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BAI SHAN LIN

It is not that Glenn Lall does not love the President of Guyana; he loves him like a brother. It is just that he loves Guyana more. There is no one that I have met in my lifetime who is as concerned...

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The government is in choppy waters

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The government stands like a beleaguered captain at the helm of a storm-tossed ship, finds itself... more