June 2015

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PetroCaribe fund…PPP/C explanation about PetroCaribe funds ‘pathetic’ – Doerga

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PetroCaribe fund…PPP/C explanation about PetroCaribe funds ‘pathetic’ – Doerga

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Clement Rohee, recently offered an explanation why the PetroCaribe fund is not there. But rice industry experts have come out in...

GT&T takes customer to court over Skype

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T takes customer to court over Skype

…matter reaches CCJ The Caribbean Court of Justice heard arguments on June 2, last, in the matter of James Samuels v. GT&T. Samuels filed an appeal that included arguments concerning the...

NDIA estimates August completion of $3.6B Hope Canal project

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA estimates August completion of $3.6B Hope Canal project

….as test conducted to reduce Conservancy levels by Nicholas Peters The $3.6B Hope Canal project along East Coast Demerara is estimated to be completed in August, following years of delays....

From the Diaspora…PLEASE DON’T TERM PROSTITUTION TRAFFICKING

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…PLEASE DON’T TERM PROSTITUTION TRAFFICKING

By Ralph Seeram Bai dem gyals does do more than dem gyal here does do. Dem Spanish gyal can suck “cane” good. My friend on the other end of the phone was calling me from the heart of the jungle...

GPHC Maternal death…Husband outraged by hospital’s decision to withhold post mortem results

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Maternal death…Husband outraged by hospital’s decision to withhold post mortem results

Following the death of 41-year-old, Carol Bollers, of Festival City, South Ruimveldt, a post mortem (PM) was done at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last week to set the minds of...

Education Minister preparing to meet NGSA top one per cent

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister preparing to meet NGSA top one per cent

– has plans to “rapidly” improve output of low performers A total of 15,225 pupils participated in the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) this year. It is therefore understandable that...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Freddie Kissoon accuses Ramon Gaskin of hypocrisy

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon accuses Ramon Gaskin of hypocrisy

Dear Editor, One day in March I picked up the Stabroek News to find a letter by Ramon Gaskin that made hair-raising criticism of my character. Titled, “Kissoon has behaved like the rest of them,”...

The Mandate of the Guyana Revenue Authority

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Mandate of the Guyana Revenue Authority

Dear Editor, It is noted with grave concern the numerous missives, published in both the local newspapers and broadcast in the social media, which attempt to cast an incorrect and negative view of...

Face Difficulties Positively

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Face Difficulties Positively

This parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule praying or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully...

Special Miracles Ministries celebrates establishment of new sanctuary

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Special Miracles Ministries celebrates establishment of new sanctuary

It is often said that the church is the extension of the Kingdom of God on earth and from the beginning of time, the establishment and consecration of places of worship has been practiced by men of...

More of the recent past is retrogressive

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on More of the recent past is retrogressive

Dear Editor, Ruel Johnson’s letter to me, June,6 [D-Day] 2015 brought home to me the reality of CARIFESTA X11. Since I had concluded the discourse on Paloma, realising that truth and reason would...

Trio on trial for Campbellville murder … Court hears statement procured from accused

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trio on trial for Campbellville murder … Court hears statement procured from accused

The caution statement of Ralph Tyndall, the number one accused in the murder of Colleen Forrester has been admitted into evidence before the court. The statement was read aloud in court on Thursday....

Port Kaituma residents are indeed struggling for water

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Port Kaituma residents are indeed struggling for water

Dear Editor, Reference is made to an article penned by frustrated residents of Port Kaituma titled “ Port Kaituma struggling for water “ captured in today’s (June 13, 2015) edition of...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community …DS-260 Problems with Online System

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community …DS-260 Problems with Online System

By Attorney Gail Seeram The National Visa Center has reported experiencing technical difficulties with their online system related to the access of electronic immigrant visa applications (Form...

Understanding Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Understanding Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Our veins are responsible for returning blood to our heart for re-circulation. Disruption in this blood flow can lead to catastrophic...

The Caribbean Press has never published three books by Dr. Paloma Mohamed

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Caribbean Press has never published three books by Dr. Paloma Mohamed

Dear Editor, The Law Firm,Ibis Law Chambers has been retained by Dr. Paloma Mohamed-Martin, Senior Lecturer at the University of Guyana, to do all things necessary in relation to certain libellous...

Of children, water and wildlife

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Of children, water and wildlife

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis Nichols The somewhat cryptic title to this week’s Countryman episode tells a story. It is about some...

The Buff-tailed sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini)

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Buff-tailed sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini)

The buff-tailed sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini) is a species of hermit hummingbird from the lower Andes and adjacent west Amazonian lowlands from southern Colombia and northern...

Welcome to the Hotel California

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Welcome to the Hotel California

I bet that if you practice Eastern culture or Arab culture, if you are a Buddhist, or a Rastafari or Hindu devotee or you love classical music, you would like one of the most complete pop songs ever...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

When a new government comes into office there are people who are going to test it. When the PPP came into office, the test was the Loo Lands cocaine drop; tons of it. This time around the test is...

THANK YOU, GUYANA

Jun 14, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THANK YOU, GUYANA

The Alliance for Change (AFC) party, its executives and members will be eternally grateful for the overwhelming immeasurable support we received from Guyanese everywhere, at home and abroad. We...

VISIT SOME OF THESE WATERING HOLES

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on VISIT SOME OF THESE WATERING HOLES

Raids done to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) should be based on human intelligence. Information should be gathered, and only when there is a basis for a successful raid should it be undertaken....

I am deeply worried about our education system

Jun 14, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on I am deeply worried about our education system

The Story within the Story… By Leonard Gildarie This week, thousands of students learnt how they fared in National Grade Six Assessment. Back in my day, in the ‘80s (yes, I am that old),...

Guyana and Venezuela: Let the International Court decide

Jun 14, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Guyana and Venezuela: Let the International Court decide

By Sir Ronald Sanders It is, to say the least, unfortunate that Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, has allowed domestic pressures to cause him to take the extreme measure of issuing a decree...

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Nov 08, 2026

Cricinfo – Towhid Hridoy staged a turnaround for the ages as his record-breaking unbeaten 242 handed Bangladesh a 30-run first-innings lead on day three of the second Test against West Indies....

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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