October 2014

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STARR Computer to offer free weekly Tech Workshops

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on STARR Computer to offer free weekly Tech Workshops

Technology giant STARR Computer Inc. will from Tuesday (October 28) be offering free weekly Technology Workshops. At its Lot 59 Brickdam, Stabroek head office, the company also plans to launch a...

TIME TO LOBBY FOREIGN GOVT’S AND INT’L ORGANIZATIONS

Oct 26, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME TO LOBBY FOREIGN GOVT’S AND INT’L ORGANIZATIONS

The PNC, when in power, was extremely dismissive of public opinion. It did not care much about public opposition to what it did. It did not care, because the PNC did not need public support to stay...

Guyana to host forum for Caribbean Statisticians

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to host forum for Caribbean Statisticians

Commencing tomorrow, Guyana will be hosting the 39th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) and the 24th Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC) at the Princess...

Sir Ronald Sanders receives honorary doctorate from UWI

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sir Ronald Sanders receives honorary doctorate from UWI

“I consider myself a consummate Caribbean man” (The following is an abbreviated version of the address by Sir Ronald Sanders to the Graduands of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the St...

Hamlet at the NCC: Civilization still alive in Guyana

Oct 26, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Hamlet at the NCC: Civilization still alive in Guyana

A British theatre group brought Hamlet to the National Cultural Centre (NCC) on Friday evening. It was an enjoyable production, but perhaps within the Guyana context the wrong Shakespeare play....

China wants its mining companies to disclose payments to overseas Govt’s

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on China wants its mining companies to disclose payments to overseas Govt’s

The China Chamber of Commerce for Mining, Metals and Chemicals – a Chinese government-affiliated body – on Friday launched a set of voluntary guidelines for Chinese mineral companies that operate...

The People Progressive Party – does it really care?

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The People Progressive Party – does it really care?

By Sheba Thomas The obsessive use of the new slogan ‘ Because we care’ by the People’s Progressive Party is intriguing; to care is a very humanistic quality that requires the provision of what...

Home is where the heart is, but don’t lose your head!

Oct 26, 2014 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Home is where the heart is, but don’t lose your head!

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis A. Nichols The Bahamas is beautiful, but it’s not home! America is the home of the brave, (and the...

Why has Chikungunya spread so fast countrywide?

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Why has Chikungunya spread so fast countrywide?

(From the desk of the Vector Control Director, Dr Reyaud Rahman) Chikungunya was first detected in Guyana in May 2014. It was however detected in the first Caribbean territory, St. Martin, in...

The Emergency Room visit (cont’d)

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The Emergency Room visit (cont’d)

(With Dr Zulfikar Bux, Head of GPHC’s A&E; Asst. Prof. of Emergency Medicine) The emergency room of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) works without a break. It is there to...

Ebola is a national threat. It requires a national response

Oct 26, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ebola is a national threat. It requires a national response

President Donald Ramotar’s broadcast to the nation last Friday, 17th October, was necessary but did not go far enough. The President indicated that his government is aware of the international...

The Crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)

Oct 26, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)

The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America (including Trinidad and Tobago). It is found from Costa...

Housing and You…Revisiting the mortgage application process

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Revisiting the mortgage application process

By Leonard Gildarie The rainy season appears imminent. Yesterday, it was raining cats and dogs, as they say, and I saw large pools of water in the pot-holed roads and the drains overflowing with...

Support group being touted as crucial feature for heart patients

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Support group being touted as crucial feature for heart patients

By Sharmain Grainger The possible formation of a support group for heart patients is currently being discussed among some patients of the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI). The relatively novel idea to...

Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

Oct 26, 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...

Book Review…A memoir of longing and hope inspires single women

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review…A memoir of longing and hope inspires single women

Book: The Not-so-Patiently Waiting Handbook: Will work for love Author: Day “Dream” Alston Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Often times, it is said that good things come in small packages. Author Day...

Facing criminal charges and the realities of the Magistrates’ Court

Oct 26, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Facing criminal charges and the realities of the Magistrates’ Court

By Sunita Samaroo So, you’ve found yourself on the wrong side of the law and you’re about to be charged. In fact, three days ago, you were sitting on the bench at a police station, not knowing...

The day I did the unthinkable

Oct 26, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The day I did the unthinkable

In my very young days I was a server or as some people say, an altar boy. I therefore participated in many funeral services in Anglican churches and I often heard the priest say, “Oh death, where...

Duty free concessions…GRA fails to monitor remigrant

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Duty free concessions…GRA fails to monitor remigrant

…allows AG’s uncle to dodge taxes There are strong indications that the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) failed to carry required audit checks, to ensure compliance on a remigrant who is at the...

Four remanded for Electrical engineer’s murder

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Four remanded for Electrical engineer’s murder

Four men were remanded yesterday for the murder of electrical engineer, Abdool Saleem Aziz, who was shot dead in Prashad Nagar last Sunday. Glenroy Griffith, 21, Jarrell Ward, 26, Julian Mack and...

Guyana staves off Intl. blacklisting again

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana staves off Intl. blacklisting again

…would have triggered Regional and General Elections -Dr. Luncheon Guyana has again managed to stave off international blacklisting following another review by the Financial Action Taskforce...

Three years later…Caribbean Airlines crash due to pilots’ error – report says

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three years later…Caribbean Airlines crash due to pilots’ error – report says

More than three years after late night crash which left a Caribbean Airlines plane broken in two, a report has found pilots’ errors to have likely been the cause. The findings were announced...

Six Lusignan residents homeless after Diwali fire

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Six Lusignan residents homeless after Diwali fire

While neighbours are claiming that it was unattended diyas that caused the fire at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) that resulted in two homes being burnt to the ground, owner of the house where...

Four homeless after Canal No.2 fire

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News 1

A fire ravaged the home of Shridevi Rajbar of lot 17, De Buff, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara (WBD), last Thursday evening. The blaze has left homeless, Rajbar along with her grandmother,...

Norway paying Guyana US$35M for global climate services – President Ramotar

Oct 25, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Norway paying Guyana US$35M for global climate services – President Ramotar

The Norwegian Government will pay Guyana some US $35M for the global climate services provided by the forest during 2012. This announcement was made yesterday by Head of State Donald Ramotar at a...

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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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