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PPP still undecided on taking up seats in the Opposition benches

Jun 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP still undecided on taking up seats in the Opposition benches

– prolonged absence could affect the work of sectoral committees Even though Parliament is set to convene within three days, Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, indicated yesterday...

Appalling working conditions at Bosai exposed…during impromptu visit by Minister

Jun 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Appalling working conditions at Bosai exposed…during impromptu visit by Minister

The atrocious conditions under which workers were forced to toil were exposed when Junior Minister of Social Protection Simona Broomes on Thursday conducted an onsite visit of the Bosai bauxite...

Private media hold the power of truth

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Private media hold the power of truth

The private media in Guyana have prided themselves on being the guardians of the people’s rights and the democratic process. Faithful to their raison d’être, both the print and electronic...

Bourda market vendors peeved at conditions

Jun 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bourda market vendors peeved at conditions

As heavy torrential rainfall continues to hit the coastland, vendors of the Bourda Market have expressed concerns about the despicable sanitation. They say that they are forced to work under severe...

From the Diaspora…CHANGE OR EXCHANGE? HEADS ROLLING AND SUBTLE WITCH HUNTING?

Jun 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…CHANGE OR EXCHANGE? HEADS ROLLING AND SUBTLE WITCH HUNTING?

By Ralph Seeram Three days after the current Cabinet of Ministers was announced, I gave the Editor of this newspaper three names that I felt will not last a year in Cabinet. How can I make such a...

Keep up the good work, Mr. Ramjattan

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Keep up the good work, Mr. Ramjattan

Dear Editor, It was with much relief and appreciation that many people responded to the news that the Minister of Public Security, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, instructed that the policeman who tortured a...

Bitter Sugar – The PPP’s parting gift to APNU/AFC and Guyanese

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bitter Sugar – The PPP’s parting gift to APNU/AFC and Guyanese

Dear Editor, Congratulations to APNU/AFC for defeating the PPP in the May 11th general elections and thereby saving Guyana from further economic ruin and racial polarization. While the victory was by...

Can the government deliver on its promises?

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can the government deliver on its promises?

Dear Editor, It is about high time for the PPP leadership to come to grips with the pronouncement of the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM), accept the results and concede victory to the APNU+AFC...

Can Mr. Rohee say why no such consultations were done

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Mr. Rohee say why no such consultations were done

Dear Editor, Clement Rohee was quoted in Kaieteur News (2/06/2015) as saying that the process of identifying candidates for Regional Councils and the National Assembly requires lengthy consultations...

Freddie replies to Ralph Ramkarran and BK Tiwarie

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie replies to Ralph Ramkarran and BK Tiwarie

Dear Editor, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, in response to my column of June 1, 2015, rejects my statement that during the PPP’s 23 years in power, his law firm of Cameron and Shepherd, did complex and...

Ms. Greene is equally entitled to have her right to due process

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ms. Greene is equally entitled to have her right to due process

Dear Editor, Many called for a change of government and the way the people’s business is being conducted. Of concern is that even as change requires prudent management such requirement jostles...

Shark Bait

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Shark Bait

During a research experiment a marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then released several small bait fish into the tank. As you would expect, the shark quickly swam around...

The coalition is stuck with the same economic model that the PPP/C favoured

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The coalition is stuck with the same economic model that the PPP/C favoured

Dear Editor, I must admit at the outset that I do not know all that is required for a political party to run a government successfully. But I do not think that it is a requirement that a political...

Sunday Cartoon

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

As if unlicenced guns are not enough to worry about, another young man is going to feel that he has reached the top of the world when he borrows a gun and attempts to hold up a city dweller. His...

Having a Head Injury: Would you know if it’s serious or not?

Jun 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Having a Head Injury: Would you know if it’s serious or not?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Our head houses our brain which functions as our main control centre. Every single thought and action that we perform is derived from this...

A measly $20,000 insurance for a car accident; that needs fixing

Jun 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on A measly $20,000 insurance for a car accident; that needs fixing

The Story within the Story By Leonard Gildarie Last week, I was highly critical of an unnamed business on Water Street, which made the news recently after clean-up crews announced that it had...

The Kigali experiment for Georgetown

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Kigali experiment for Georgetown

COUNTRYMAN – Stories about life, in and out of Guyana, from a Guyanese perspective By Dennis Nichols I have never been to Kigali, the capital of the East African nation of Rwanda, but I can easily...

Granger needs to find the people’s money

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Granger needs to find the people’s money

It seems as though there is no end to the disclosures. There was the discovery of a multi-million-dollar payday to a Canada-based Guyanese for work on the Rodney Commission-of-Inquiry. Needless to...

Revisiting the Cummingsburg Accord

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Revisiting the Cummingsburg Accord

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC) created something of a political miracle. Within just three months, the coalition was able to put together an effective...

Book Review: Emotions run deep in this poetic masterpiece

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review: Emotions run deep in this poetic masterpiece

Book: The Face of Water: New and Selected Poems Author: Shara McCallum Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby ‘The Face of Water’ offers a glimpse into the restless, provocative mind of Shara McCallum....

Special thanks to David and others in the election campaign

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Special thanks to David and others in the election campaign

During an election campaign, you mingle with colleagues who if wasn’t for the campaign, you would never have come to know beyond the superficial level. In an election campaign, the people that...

New Venezuelan decree claims ownership over Guyana’s continental shelf

Jun 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New Venezuelan decree claims ownership over Guyana’s continental shelf

By Odeen Ishmael Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro on May 27 issued a decree creating the “Atlantic coast of Venezuela” which now includes sovereignty over Guyana’s territorial waters in...

The Buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)

Jun 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)

The buff-breasted sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpiper and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Jun 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Back-track is NOT the Right-track into the United States By Attorney Gail Seeram Many immigrants see coming to the United States as an opportunity to escape poverty, crime, and abuse and to seek a...

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Storms hovering over the Caribbean

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In recent weeks, the United States—under the assertive tones of the Trump administration—has... more