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From the Diaspora…DOES THE PNC NEED TO APOLOGIZE, SHOULD WE FORGET THE PAST

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…DOES THE PNC NEED TO APOLOGIZE, SHOULD WE FORGET THE PAST

By Ralph Seeram It was a large empty lot, occupied by cow pens and pig pens and covered with overgrown grass. Actually no one would think of even building a house there. But it had one advantage; it...

Enhancing agriculture industry part of APNU+AFC plan to develop Hinterland regions

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Enhancing agriculture industry part of APNU+AFC plan to develop Hinterland regions

A Partnership for National Unity plus Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has promised to develop Guyana’s hinterland region and its inhabitants through agricultural avenues in its recently released...

After 13-yuear-old gives birth…CPA director repeats call for improved community involvement

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on After 13-yuear-old gives birth…CPA director repeats call for improved community involvement

The Childcare and Protection Agency, (CPA) is closely monitoring the case of the 13-year-old student of Wakapoa Secondary School, who gave birth to twins at the Suddie Hospital Complex, in...

Guyana remains with ‘noticeable problems’ on World Press Freedom Index

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana remains with ‘noticeable problems’ on World Press Freedom Index

– Overall score drops By Desilon Daniels Though Guyana’s position on the World Press Freedom Index has risen five places from 2014, the country’s overall score has declined in the 2015...

UNFPA to support midwives globally in quest for healthy future

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on UNFPA to support midwives globally in quest for healthy future

Although maternal deaths globally have dropped by nearly 50 per cent, this achievement, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is still not enough. Currently recorded cases of...

Breaking News

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News

Guyana has a poor record of accountability, good governance

May 03, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana has a poor record of accountability, good governance

Guyana does not have a distinguished record of accountability, transparency and good governance under the current administration. The reason is a deliberate attempt to dictate to the people and not...

World Press Freedom Day 2015…Women remain under-represented in world’s media

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on World Press Freedom Day 2015…Women remain under-represented in world’s media

As hundreds of nations across the globe celebrate World Press Freedom Day today, gender equality and media safety, particularly in a digital age, have been placed high on the list of priorities as...

Jockey charged with attempted murder, granted bail

May 03, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jockey charged with attempted murder, granted bail

People’s Progressive Party/ Civic President Cup Horses race debacle… At the conclusion of the PPP/C President’s Cup Horses race meet last Sunday, two men were brutally stabbed and had to be...

The bloated Voters’ List makes the May 11, 2015 election ripe for rigging

May 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The bloated Voters’ List makes the May 11, 2015 election ripe for rigging

Dear Editor, I believe that this letter is of critical importance to this country on the eve of its closest election since 1964. The massive increase in the voters’ list is a travesty that opens...

A proven, greedy inclination for gifting away state assets to friends and cronies

May 03, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A proven, greedy inclination for gifting away state assets to friends and cronies

DEAR EDITOR, For the benefit of the doubting Thomases, naysayers and soup drinkers who adopt the Jagdeo refrain of “show me the evidence”, I refer them to consider the following facts which are...

Faith and Careful Planning go hand in hand

May 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Faith and Careful Planning go hand in hand

There must be a balance between faith and careful planning. Yet, talk to some religious people and you might think otherwise. For example, talk with some who are unemployed and they’ll tell you,...

Tribal desperadoes at the gate

May 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Tribal desperadoes at the gate

If God was to ask me to name something I would like to have, I would choose something I would like to see rather than have. I would like to see the faces of Indian supremacists after the PPP loses...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…Top 5 Immigration Tips

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…Top 5 Immigration Tips

By Attorney Gail Seeram Entering the United States as a first-time visitor can be an exciting experience. However, if you decide to overstay or fall into unlawful immigration status, then you...

Unanswered questions regarding the controversial Lethem to Georgetown terrestrial fibre optic cable

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Unanswered questions regarding the controversial Lethem to Georgetown terrestrial fibre optic cable

Viewpoint by Mike Singh The recent detailed and most insightful reports emanating from none less than the Kaieteur News as it relates to the controversial Government of Guyana’s terrestrial fibre...

More training key to sustaining local pediatric heart surgeries

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More training key to sustaining local pediatric heart surgeries

By Desilon Daniels “I want to be able to come back here at some point and have the people say, ‘thanks for coming but we really don’t need your help anymore’” – Dr. Debra Isaac From the...

Georgetown American Medical University signs partnership with New York Hospital

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown American Medical University signs partnership with New York Hospital

By Jarryl Bryan Georgetown American University, located in Bel Air Park, recently signed a landmark agreement with Wyckoff Heights Medical Centre, New York that will see students being granted the...

APNU+AFC WILL REFORM EVERY SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

May 03, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on APNU+AFC WILL REFORM EVERY SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

Presidential Candidate, David Granger “The principal objective of this Manifesto is to lay the foundation for establishing a government of national unity and democratic renewal as our country...

Youth, unemployment and selling citizenship

May 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Youth, unemployment and selling citizenship

By Sir Ronald Sanders The economies of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are not doing well. Belize, Guyana and Suriname are the only three economies showing appreciable growth. The major...

Madness has gripped the land

May 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Madness has gripped the land

Elections always bring out a side of people that we do not usually see. People who live as friends continue to live as friends but their conversations are limited because sometimes these friends sit...

Guyana, Planet Earth – cursed or blessed?

May 03, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana, Planet Earth – cursed or blessed?

Countryman – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis Nichols Living in a country like Guyana, it is often necessary for us as individuals to look at the...

The Role of Emergency Nurses

May 03, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Role of Emergency Nurses

By Dr Zulfikar Bux For those that would have accessed care at the GPHC Accident & Emergency Department (A&E) in the past couple of years, you would have noticed obvious improvements in...

Book Review…An artful presentation of our darkest hours

May 03, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…An artful presentation of our darkest hours

Book: The Whale House and other Stories Author: Sharon Millar Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Sharon Millar barrels through life’s darkest tunnel where any glimmer of redemption is illusory. In ‘the...

Vermilion Flycatcher

May 03, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Vermilion Flycatcher

The vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) is a small passerine bird in the Tyrannidae, or tyrant flycatcher family. Most flycatchers are rather drab, but the vermilion flycatcher is a...

The PPP thinks it can fool all of the people all of the time…Version 2.0

May 03, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The PPP thinks it can fool all of the people all of the time…Version 2.0

The People’s Progressive Party thought that it was able to fool some people into believing that it was serious about implementing its promises in its 2011 elections Manifesto ¯ entitled Working...

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The unconscionable terms of the PSA establish a case for renegotiation

The unconscionable terms, The unconscionable terms Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)... more