October 2015

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Dedicated rehab students are faces behind new medical NGO

Oct 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Dedicated rehab students are faces behind new medical NGO

By Desilon Daniels They function under the banner ‘University of Guyana Medical Rehabilitation Students’ Association’ (UGMRSA), young people who split their time between studying and making an...

Green violetear

Oct 25, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Green violetear

The green violetear (Colibri thalassinus) is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Mexico to northern South America. The green violetear...

BURNHAM AND JAGDEO ARE ON THE SAME PAGE

Oct 25, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BURNHAM AND JAGDEO ARE ON THE SAME PAGE

Bharrat Jagdeo, the former President of Guyana and the de facto leader of the People’s Progressive Party, has always been solid when it comes to economics. If you are a neo- liberalist you would...

The Story Within The Story…GRA and those tax evaders

Oct 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…GRA and those tax evaders

By Leonard Gildarie For years now, I have been heralded by stories and promises of the potential of this country. Our 83,000 square miles- large chunks of it still unexplored- boasts of gold,...

GUN AMNESTY ENDS, CRIMINALS NOW FACE THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW

Oct 25, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GUN AMNESTY ENDS, CRIMINALS NOW FACE THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW

The six-week firearm amnesty programme that commenced on September 1, 2015 netted a modest total of 186 illegal firearms. These included 153 shotguns, 13 pistols, 10 air rifles, nine revolvers and...

A trade unionist questions the democratic credentials of the APNU-AFC regime

Oct 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A trade unionist questions the democratic credentials of the APNU-AFC regime

Dear Editor, There was a time when I believed that a major problem in this society was the PPP based on the way the party governed the country. But today reports emanating from the public place me in...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS): Commonly used but grave side effects with misuse

Oct 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS): Commonly used but grave side effects with misuse

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine I am beginning to see a worrying trend with patients who are presenting with serious side effects associated with the misuse of NSAIDS....

Time to review the reciting of Christian prayers in schools

Oct 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time to review the reciting of Christian prayers in schools

Dear Editor, A recent article in the Newspapers titled “Government to Review Christian Prayers in Public Schools’ has caught my attention and I must heartily congratulate Minister of...

Guyana Foundation: Tackling suicide one life at a time

Oct 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Foundation: Tackling suicide one life at a time

By Desilon Daniels “We believe that the human resources of Guyana are the most valuable resource that this country has and we have to do everything within our power to develop it, to protect it and...

GUN AMNESTY ENDS, CRIMINALS NOW FACE THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW

Oct 25, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GUN AMNESTY ENDS, CRIMINALS NOW FACE THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW

The six-week firearm amnesty programme that commenced on September 1, 2015 netted a modest total of 186 illegal firearms. These included 153 shotguns, 13 pistols, 10 air rifles, nine revolvers and...

Cecil Cox is Region’s ‘2015 CAPE Champ’

Oct 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cecil Cox is Region’s ‘2015 CAPE Champ’

– Guyana claims title for the first time The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) top performer this year is our very own Cecil Cox. The achievement of the Queen’s College (QC)...

The dangers connected with beauty standards

Oct 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The dangers connected with beauty standards

By Akola Thompson It may seem a very over done area of focus, but beauty standards, aside from being a perplexing topic, has very real repercussions on the self-perception of individuals causing them...

The old system leaked money

Oct 25, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The old system leaked money

It is amazing how the world of politics could get people to react in ways considered unimaginable. For one, there was a hue and cry about the increases that the government Ministers got. The people...

The VAT – PART III

Oct 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The VAT – PART III

By Harold A. Bascom (During their investigation into the four Port Kaituma suicides, Yvonne Holder and Brent learn that all of the victims had gone for a jaunt into Jonestown and may have encountered...

Ankoko Island

Oct 25, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ankoko Island

“The Venezuelan National Armed Forces seized the 7-km² Ankoko Island in the Cuyuni River in October 1966, Guyana’s independence year, and has remained in illegal occupation ever since. The...

The house in the Back Street

Oct 25, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The house in the Back Street

By Michael Jordan In September 2006, when Savitri Singh heard that a baby had died in the house at Back Street, Stewartville, she wasn’t very surprised. Shocked, yes, but not surprised. Because...

GT&T – please ‘ do more’ for my mobile data plan

Oct 25, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GT&T – please ‘ do more’ for my mobile data plan

Dear Editor, Permit me to write on my frustration with the services of GTT’s mobile data plan. For two (2) consecutive days( 22nd – 23rd October 2015), my mobile data plan was disconnected,...

Nelsonia Persaud-Budhram, an educator with a passion for her profession

Oct 25, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Nelsonia Persaud-Budhram, an educator with a passion for her profession

By Akola Thompson Born and raised in Georgetown, Nelsonia Persaud-Budhram has always been academically inclined. Over the years she has sought to use her knowledge to enlighten and motivate those...

Government to slash free-for-all concessions – President Granger

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Government to slash free-for-all concessions – President Granger

Billions of dollars in tax waivers granted annually by the previous administration to largely businesses and others were highly unsustainable for the country. It will not continue in such an...

New GPC still to deliver on four-year-old drug contract

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on New GPC still to deliver on four-year-old drug contract

New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC), the previous administration’s largest supplier of drugs and medical supplies, was still benefiting from large contracts, mere days before the...

Bandits put shears to victims’ necks, terrorize household

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits put shears to victims’ necks, terrorize household

– escape with televisions, clothes, pots, gas bottle “We call 911 over and over but no one answered”- victims Five armed men on Thursday kicked, slapped, punched and put a pair of...

GECOM prepared to hold LGE after March 14

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM prepared to hold LGE after March 14

The Secretariat of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is now in full operational mode. It announced yesterday that it stands ready to conduct Local Government Elections (LGE) between March 14...

Bandits poses as patients, robs doctor, health centre staff

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits poses as patients, robs doctor, health centre staff

A gunman, pretending to be suffering from severe back pain, yesterday robbed a doctor and four nurses of their personal belongings at the Sophia Health Centre. The incident occurred shortly after...

Opposition stands as one with Govt against Venezuela

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition stands as one with Govt against Venezuela

In no way will Guyana be divided in the face of threats the country continues to face as Venezuela seeks to deprive it of three quarters of its territory. This was reiterated yesterday by Opposition...

Gunmen rob store, terrorize staff

Oct 24, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen rob store, terrorize staff

Staff at a Croal Street electronics store were left traumatized after gunmen posing as customers attacked and robbed them at around 15.30 hrs yesterday. The incident occurred at the A. N. Electronics...

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When someone we love is taken from us

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(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to probe for some more life lessons. I pressed Guru a much heavier question. “Guru,” I said, “how does one recover from losing someone one loves?” He did not answer immediately. Perhaps there are some questions that deserve...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

A double centurion-not Roman, but Guyanese

Sep 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I have honoured before and lived to regret the lapse. In the instance of Chartered Accountant, attorney-at-law, and social activist, there is firm belief that I’m on good grounds to publish this tribute. For the milestone of his 200th oil and gas column. A milestone...

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