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Performance management overlooked?

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Performance management overlooked?

Dear Editor, Those of us who reflect on the past while contemplating current institutional behaviour, cannot help noting the substantive difference in some employment procedures, moreso in the public...

NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET!

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET!

There are many well-intentioned Guyanese who are quick to burst into singing Dave Martin’s “Not a blade of grass” whenever the issue of Venezuela’s claim to two- thirds of Guyana’s...

Is Harmon saying they are all corrupt unless they are paid more?

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is Harmon saying they are all corrupt unless they are paid more?

Dear Editor, As I was preparing this letter, I came across a video on Facebook by CNN that profiled the CEO of one of the world’s top 10 Airlines (Japan Airlines). The CEO commutes with his workers...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…EDUCATION AS TO CAUSES OF MENTAL DISORDERS – A PUBLIC HEALTH NECESSITY

Oct 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…EDUCATION AS TO CAUSES OF MENTAL DISORDERS – A PUBLIC HEALTH NECESSITY

by PAT DIAL Last week, Mental Health Week was commemorated worldwide. It is an annual event aimed at helping the public to understand and appreciate the need to support the mentally ill and...

Jagdeo will be a footnote of Guyana’s history

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo will be a footnote of Guyana’s history

Dear Editor, Former President and leader of the opposition Bharat Jagdeo’svisit to Richmond Hill, Queens New York last week was the first since the PPP was defeated in the May elections. Richmond...

Standards – the world’s common language

Oct 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Standards – the world’s common language

STANDARDS IN FOCUS The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has designated October 12 to October 16, 2015 as National Quality Week. World Standards Day, which is commemorated annually on...

Eight men on bail for rape

Oct 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Eight men on bail for rape

A number of men were subsequently arrested and placed on $50,000 bail on Thursday on an allegation of rape leveled by a teenager. The teenager’s great uncle who was also implicated in the rape...

THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Oct 11, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE GREEN REVOLUTION

GREEN is the catchword of this millennium. Throughout most of the developed and developing world, a drive is on to reduce every country’s carbon footprint. These terminologies mean different...

The five murdered grandmothers

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The five murdered grandmothers

By Michael Jordan Do the names Kharpattie Shivnauth and Rajkumarie Mahadeo mean anything to you? They don’t? How about Prampattie Ramsundar, Khirul Najidam and Sukhdai Ramkilaum? Still nothing?...

Gout: The Unusual arthritis pains

Oct 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gout: The Unusual arthritis pains

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Historically gout was known as “rich man’s disease” because it was only found in the rich who ate lavish diets especially meats and...

An alarming number of men endure both physical and psychological abuse

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An alarming number of men endure both physical and psychological abuse

Dear Editor, Domestic violence continues to be one of the ills plaguing Guyana today, carrying in its wake a rising death toll. However, even as we continue to inspect and dissect the inherent evils...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The authorities are going to make another large drug bust. The increased vigilance of the foreign authorities coupled with information out of the country will fuel these busts. But there are always...

How Character is built

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on How Character is built

Often, we refer to well-known people from down the ages as historical characters or characters from history. Very often, we realize that these people had little character. But history records them as...

Excerpts from “The Defence of the New River” by David Granger and The Guyana –Suriname Boundary –A historical Review

Oct 11, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Excerpts from “The Defence of the New River” by David Granger and The Guyana –Suriname Boundary –A historical Review

The New River Triangle is part of our territory and has been in our possession from time immemorial. The New River Zone is estimated to be about 15,540 km2 (6,000 square miles) an area that is three...

The lure of the north is not as strong, busts are too frequent

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The lure of the north is not as strong, busts are too frequent

Guyana has a population of fewer than a million people. I must admit, though, that it is a beautiful country in which the people simply cannot accept that they are poor. These are the people who...

An evening on the Atlantic behind the Marriot

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An evening on the Atlantic behind the Marriot

It is five years since I walked on the sands of the Atlantic next to which lies the ill-fated Marriot Hotel. This place holds immense memories for me. If I say “large memories” it would be an...

ICT and Real Empowerment

Oct 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ICT and Real Empowerment

By Lance Hinds Sometimes, for very long periods, I get completely wrapped up in this world of information and communications technology and like many of my colleagues, forget myself. And so I delve...

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FL Sport provides financial boost to Guyana U-15 quartet

The mirage of citizen investment

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The latest song and dance from the corridors of political power in Guyana comes wrapped... more

The U.S. “Joining” the Commonwealth: an unreasonable expectation

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- Recent media stories have suggested that King Charles III could “invite” the United... more

The Great American Experiment

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- Oftentimes, but more frequently in recent times, I find myself thinking of... more

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Performance management overlooked?

NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET!

Is Harmon saying they are all corrupt unless they are paid more?

CONSUMER CONCERNS…EDUCATION AS TO CAUSES OF MENTAL DISORDERS – A PUBLIC HEALTH NECESSITY

Jagdeo will be a footnote of Guyana’s history

Standards – the world’s common language

Eight men on bail for rape

THE GREEN REVOLUTION

The five murdered grandmothers

Gout: The Unusual arthritis pains

An alarming number of men endure both physical and psychological abuse

The Baccoo Speaks

How Character is built

Excerpts from “The Defence of the New River” by David Granger and The Guyana –Suriname Boundary –A historical Review

The lure of the north is not as strong, busts are too frequent

An evening on the Atlantic behind the Marriot

ICT and Real Empowerment

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The U.S. “Joining” the Commonwealth: an unreasonable expectation

The Great American Experiment

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