September 2014

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ECHO reiterates urgent need for e-waste management in Guyana

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ECHO reiterates urgent need for e-waste management in Guyana

Guyana’s economy is continuously growing and with plans forwarded by the current Administration, technological advancement is deemed a huge part of the country’s growth. Enabling the...

Did you know?

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Did you know?

Did you know that Guyana once held the record for the widest margin of victory in a qualifying group match at the CFU level? Guyana’s 14-0 demolition of Anguilla in the 1998 Shell Caribbean Cup was...

‘CG’ bandits rob, shoot electrician

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘CG’ bandits rob, shoot electrician

An electrician was shot once to his leg and robbed around 19: 30 hours on Thursday last, while he was standing outside of his Charlestown residence. Leon Andrews, 35, of Lot 84 Sussex and St....

City clean-up exercise progressing smoothly

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City clean-up exercise progressing smoothly

– 85 % of works on canals completed Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker says he is pleased with the progress of work done thus far under the $500 M...

One positive doping test is one too many

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on One positive doping test is one too many

By Edison Jefford Executive Director of Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO), Tessa Chaderton-Shaw believes that one positive doping test is one too many in the fight against the...

As chances of UK split grow, costs to the world become clearer

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on As chances of UK split grow, costs to the world become clearer

By Anatole Kaletsky (Reuters – Opinion) Until this week almost nobody outside Scotland took very seriously the possibility that Europe’s most stable and durable nation, the only big...

65-yr-old man to face judge and jury for murdering Goed Bananen Land resident

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 65-yr-old man to face judge and jury for murdering Goed Bananen Land resident

A man who is no stranger to the law has been committed to stand trial at the next sitting of the Berbice High Court for the death of a chain saw operator up the Berbice River. The accused...

Interesting Creatures… Liophis miliaris

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Liophis miliaris

Liophis miliaris is a species of colubrid snake endemic to South America. In 1964 Gans gave it the name ‘common water snake’.South American common names for this species also...

Foundation unveils findings of study on suicidal behaviour

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Foundation unveils findings of study on suicidal behaviour

The Guyana Foundation has disclosed the findings of a research study into the underlying economic and social factors driving the high prevalence of suicide and suicidal behaviour in Guyana. The...

Calcutta A capture ACDA small goal title

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Calcutta A capture ACDA small goal title

Calcutta A overcame Calcutta B 3-1 on penalties to win the final of the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) five-a-side small goal football competition played on Sunday last at Calcutta...

‘CG’ bandits rob, shoot electrician

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘CG’ bandits rob, shoot electrician

An electrician was shot once to his leg and robbed around 19: 30 hours on Thursday last, while he was standing outside of his Charlestown residence. Leon Andrews, 35, of Lot 84 Sussex and St....

The End of the Drought Will Come

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The End of the Drought Will Come

I have a friend who lost his wife to cancer a while back. They had been married for over 30 years and were best friends since high school. Their sons had grown up and were successful. Just...

The Baccoo speaks

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Some people, some of you never knew existed, would turn up at your door with smiles and promises. This is not unusual at this time, because each has self-interest in the form of politics. Many of the...

Moraikobai Sojourn – Part 1

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Moraikobai Sojourn – Part 1

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis Nichols Unexpectedly simple pleasures abound in life, but you need to know how and where to find them....

“WI, on a hiding to nothing, must beat Bangladesh badly in these two Tests!”

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on “WI, on a hiding to nothing, must beat Bangladesh badly in these two Tests!”

Says Colin E. H. Croft I had heard this absurd comment somewhere: “If you win, you lose; if you lose, yes, you also still lose!” That should not make any headway in real or artificial...

Strides still being made to combat Chikungunya virus

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Strides still being made to combat Chikungunya virus

…as Ministry builds capacity in other Regions By Sharmain Grainger With cases of clinical Chikungunya virus being reported in many sections of the country, there is no denying that the...

The Stanleytown Stalker

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Stanleytown Stalker

– he used his knowledge of the backlands to abduct, rape and kill By Michael Jordan Travel through Inner Stanleytown, on the West Bank of Demerara, and you’ll observe the canefields,...

Treat this environmental situation with a greater sense of urgency

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Treat this environmental situation with a greater sense of urgency

Dear Editor, Over the last few weeks, the Environmental Community Health Organization (Echo) has been receiving calls from residents of Region One about the state of the Port Kaituma River. There...

THE CARBOLIC CARBUNCLE

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CARBOLIC CARBUNCLE

Everyone is entitled to change their minds. At one time, the 1980 Constitution was decried by opponents of the Forbes Burnham regime, including the PPP. There was, in particular, serious...

Making Caribbean tourism ‘Chinese-ready’

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Making Caribbean tourism ‘Chinese-ready’

By Sir Ronald Sanders In recent years Chinese tourists have been touted as the new opportunity for growth of the industry in the Caribbean. But how realistic is this prospect for countries in the...

I don’t want the Office of Professional Responsibility to speak to me, period!

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I don’t want the Office of Professional Responsibility to speak to me, period!

Dear Editor, Last week, for three consecutive days, the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) of the Guyana Police Force phoned me. On two occasions, I was driving therefore was legally...

Rights and the rule of law in the Guyana Constitution are non-negotiable

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rights and the rule of law in the Guyana Constitution are non-negotiable

Dear Editor, The motion piloted by MP Desmond Trotman and passed in 2013 demanding the removal of the barriers placed around the National Assembly and persons be allowed the right to petition...

Who will manage the same school heads?

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who will manage the same school heads?

DEAR EDITOR, Today’s report in the media (ref. KN, 5/9/14) titled: “Head-teachers urged to discipline errant staffers”) purportedly to achieve higher productivity through “better attendance,...

Housing and You… Incentives to use less popular wood

Sep 07, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You… Incentives to use less popular wood

By Leonard Gildarie Investing in a home is the single biggest investment that most families will ever make. For most folks it calls for a combination of finances from both savings and loans. Over...

The PPP/C cannot ever be trusted with any alliance talks

Sep 07, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C cannot ever be trusted with any alliance talks

Dear Editor, The PPP/C, through its General Secretary, Mr. Rohee said “it is moving to establish a broad national democratic front, ahead of the next General Elections.” This was followed up...

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The price of prosperity

Oct 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

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...

What if

Oct 04, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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