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Thousands flock National Park for Emancipation 2015 celebrations

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Thousands flock National Park for Emancipation 2015 celebrations

By Nicholas Peters The National Park was the scene of vibrant colours, rhythms, cultural enlightenment and delicious cuisines, as Guyana celebrated the 177th anniversary of the Emancipation Day....

Several teachers’ concerns get attention at GTU/CTF seminar

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Several teachers’ concerns get attention at GTU/CTF seminar

Access to needful upgrading and training programmes were highlighted among some of the protracted challenges that teachers within the public education system are faced with. These, among other...

What if Guyana…? Our vulnerability to water and wind

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What if Guyana…? Our vulnerability to water and wind

By Dennis Nichols My last ‘Countryman’ briefly and somewhat lightly addressed the Venezuelan threat to Guyana’s sovereignty. Now I want to look at another possible menace, this time to the...

Letter to Sports Editor… The State of Guyana’s Sport Stadiums: Providence, Bourda & Lenora

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to Sports Editor… The State of Guyana’s Sport Stadiums: Providence, Bourda & Lenora

Dear Sports Editor, During Guyana leg of this year’s Caribbean Premier League at the post match press conference of the Amazon Warriors vs St Lucia Zouks encounter, Zouks captain Kevin Pietersen...

Letter to the Sports Editor… WHERE IS LATOYA SMITH?

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor… WHERE IS LATOYA SMITH?

Dear Sports Editor, The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association has taken note of the decision of the Guyana Selectors to leave out Latoya Smith from its Fourteen players to represent this...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…Immigration Bond & Detention Issues

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…Immigration Bond & Detention Issues

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Detention has become more prevalent for undocumented individuals in the United States. If an undocumented individual is detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Petama Enterprise / Motor Trend Auto Sales, Spares & Repairs Softball starts August 9

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petama Enterprise / Motor Trend Auto Sales, Spares & Repairs Softball starts August 9

Petama Enterprise of 16 Delph Street, Campbellville and Motor Trend Auto Sales, Spares & Repairs of Old Public Road, Enmore are the newest sponsors of the next Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket...

The Story within the Story…Have you ever wondered what’s in our children’s lunch boxes?

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Have you ever wondered what’s in our children’s lunch boxes?

By Leonard Gildarie I saw a movie a few years back with African-American comedian Chris Rock. Chris wrote the script of “Head of State” and directed the movie which was released in 2003. In it he...

Gov’t takes control of key parliamentary committees

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t takes control of key parliamentary committees

The new government has paved the way for it to take control of the key parliamentary committees. By way of motion, the six-party coalition, A Partnership of National Unity and Alliance for Change...

Guyana and Venezuela – Peace under law

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Guyana and Venezuela – Peace under law

By Sir Ronald Sanders A search of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statements posted on his official website shows no mention of anything he said after a meeting last week with...

ACIC hosts successful medical outreach

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ACIC hosts successful medical outreach

The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) hosted a free medical outreach programme yesterday at the Complex, for residents of the West Coast Community. According to the organizer, Rajiv Singh, the...

Shot bandit died from shock, hemorrhage

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Shot bandit died from shock, hemorrhage

The gunman who was shot dead following a shootout with law enforcement officers on Wednesday died from shock and haemorrhage due to gunshot injuries. The shooting occurred in the vicinity of the No....

Bandits hit Berbice bakery truck

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hit Berbice bakery truck

Despite the law enforcement authorities’ best efforts, bandits continue to strike. Intruders around 15:30 hrs on Friday held up the porter and driver salesman of a bakery truck before robbing...

Samuel Hinds Jr. seeks High Court order to stay criminal proceedings against him

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Samuel Hinds Jr. seeks High Court order to stay criminal proceedings against him

Samuel Hinds Jr, the son of former Prime Minister, Sam Hinds, has moved to the High Court in an attempt to stay the Magistrate‘s court proceeding against him. He was found guilty of assaulting and...

Rename the Ogle Airport after he late Forbes Burnham

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rename the Ogle Airport after he late Forbes Burnham

Dear President Granger, On Thursday August 06, 2014 our nation will be observing the thirteenth death anniversary of our late President and father of this great nation President Linden Forbes...

We must vote sensibly and with confidence at LGE

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must vote sensibly and with confidence at LGE

Dear Editor, I read with great delight and utmost happiness in your newspaper dated July 31, 2015 that Local Government Election will be held sooner rather than later (December was touted as the...

Do not expect too much from the Budget

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Do not expect too much from the Budget

It has taken three months in arriving, but it is finally here. The 2015 Budget is expected to be read in the National Assembly on August 10. The coalition did not seem to be in a rush to meet the...

We cannot avoid a discussion of marginalisation in Guyana

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cannot avoid a discussion of marginalisation in Guyana

Dear Editor In his column, “What about a Black Guyanese Entrepreneurial Class?” Mr. Freddie Kissoon claims that while I identified an “African Security Dilemma” I did not proffer proposals...

Disabled children are not wanted in Guyana

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disabled children are not wanted in Guyana

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, “Boy abandoned at GPHC five years ago dies.” Disabled children are not wanted in Guyana. Joshua Moonsammy is dead. Who was Joshua Moonsammy? He was the...

The quarrel between M. Maxwell and the Stabroek News

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The quarrel between M. Maxwell and the Stabroek News

Dear Editor, In the light of the quarrel between the pen-name letter writer, M. Maxwell and the Stabroek News, I reproduce the New York Times’ policy on anonymity. Both independent dailies –...

Desert red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Desert red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)

The desert red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii), also known as the western red bat, is one of many species of bats. This particular one is from the Vespertilionidae family, which is the largest bat...

Religious communities need to foster national unity – Amna Ally

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Religious communities need to foster national unity – Amna Ally

Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, called upon religious communities in Guyana, to play a leading role in the fostering of national unity and social cohesion. She made this comment to members of...

A timely study on alternative medicine

Aug 02, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A timely study on alternative medicine

Book: Medicinal Plants of Barbados Author: Damian H. Cohall Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Conventional medicine has been slow to wholly embrace an alternative protocol in the field of wellness. For...

Standards In Focus…Understanding the workings of standards bodies like the GNBS

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Standards In Focus…Understanding the workings of standards bodies like the GNBS

As the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) commences this new initiative to share weekly insights in this column “Standards In Focus” on the various aspects of Standardisation,...

Michael Correia Jnr. is President of Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana

Aug 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Michael Correia Jnr. is President of Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) has elected Michael Correia, Jnr as President. Correia, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Trans Guyana Airways, had previously served as President of...