October 2015

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DENTAL HEALTH: DENTAL CHECK-UPS

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH: DENTAL CHECK-UPS

Ask some people when their last dental check-up was and they will look at you bewildered. “Check-up?”, “My teeth don’t hurt” or “I don’t have problems with my mouth”. These are some...

Strange that Mr. Ashley is now complaining about a situation that existed for 23 years

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Strange that Mr. Ashley is now complaining about a situation that existed for 23 years

Dear Editor, I recently read an article with the headline: ‘North West residents demand equality and Justice – want transportation costs reduced as for Berbicians’. In the article, the...

Standards in Focus…Understanding the usefulness of International Standards

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Standards in Focus…Understanding the usefulness of International Standards

International standardization is well-established for many technologies in such diverse fields as information processing and communications, textiles, packaging, distribution of goods, energy...

Education Dept. spearheads suicide awareness initiative

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Education Dept. spearheads suicide awareness initiative

— gets support from Miss Guyana-World In an attempt to help tackle suicide, a mental health challenge which too often manifests in the society, the Department of Education of Region Three has...

Sunday Cartoon

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

300 families to benefit from FFTP Food Drive

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 300 families to benefit from FFTP Food Drive

Three hundred families are slated to benefit from a food drive recently launched by Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFTP). The initiative, which is intended to be the organisation’s way...

Suriname Venezuela rice deal is a slap to CARICOM

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suriname Venezuela rice deal is a slap to CARICOM

Dear Editor, As a former staff member of the CARICOM Secretariat I am saddened to witness the decline of the little influence this body had in regional and international affairs. The aborted rice...

The best type of person

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The best type of person

A sage presented a prince with a set of three small dolls. The prince was not amused. “Am I a girl that you give me dolls?” – He asked. “This is a gift for a future king,” Said the sage....

The value of sociology in providing solutions for the new political order

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The value of sociology in providing solutions for the new political order

Dear Editor, The study of sociology underscores an integrative understanding of the behaviours of individuals, dynamics of social groups and the functional settings of social institutions. This three...

GT&T shares and the Chinese connection

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on GT&T shares and the Chinese connection

Dear Editor, I read the write-up about GT&T shares and the Chinese connection, and was struck by the sentence “When the shares were initially placed on the market, GT&T employees had...

PREPARING BARTICA FOR TOWNSHIP STATUS

Oct 18, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PREPARING BARTICA FOR TOWNSHIP STATUS

… converting Region 7 into a model for sustainability From the point where Guyana, Brazil and Venezuela meet, stretching eastward and to the north for some 47,213 km², is the second largest...

Small Scale Farming is the Answer to feeding the world

Oct 18, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Small Scale Farming is the Answer to feeding the world

On October 16, World Food Day was observed. The theme for this year’s observances was ‘Social Protection and Agriculture’. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United...

Bushy Park tragedy… Eyewitness refutes mother’s story

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bushy Park tragedy… Eyewitness refutes mother’s story

A woman, who claimed that she witnessed the drowning of 14-year-old Charles Anthony Pross, at Bushy Park, East Bank Essequibo, two Sundays ago, is refuting the story that is being narrated by the...

On this day 20 years ago, I saw death

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On this day 20 years ago, I saw death

I really wanted to be like a father to Nicholas Hoyte but I was simply too busy with UG work, my political activism, my journalism and related activities to take on that role. But the fundamental...

Citizens’ rights and Open Government

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Citizens’ rights and Open Government

By Lance Hinds Amidst all the yelling and screaming in the dailies about whether or not ministers should get an increase in salaries, and even more noise about how this increase was going to be...

Recently released prisoner burns house after gun disappears

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Recently released prisoner burns house after gun disappears

A recently released prisoner early yesterday set a house on fire in ‘D’ Field Sophia and stood in front of the yard with a gun in his hand, threatening to shoot if neighbours tried to extinguish...

A simple explanation of the Ministers’ salary increase

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on A simple explanation of the Ministers’ salary increase

These past few days saw comments, demonstrations and angry conversations involving many Guyanese both at home and in the Diaspora. This is not to say that this is anything strange because as a people...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

This dry weather is not helping the cause of careless people. Fires will continue to spring up, especially in areas where people indulge in burning whatever they do. In one case the embers from a...

Workers protest dictatorial practices at Lusignan Gold Club

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Workers protest dictatorial practices at Lusignan Gold Club

A group of angry former employees of the Lusignan Golf Club are in consultations with their attorneys following their involuntary removal from the entity. The workers, some of whom were fired and...

What really is sickle cell anemia?

Oct 18, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on What really is sickle cell anemia?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Life with sickle cell anemia is literally very painful and debilitating. It is a lifelong condition and is more common in Guyana than we...

Open Bible Church hosts successful health, financial fair

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Open Bible Church hosts successful health, financial fair

Churches are well known for being a spiritual sanctuary to many and for the education they provide. But yesterday, for the Guyana Open Bible Church, it was all about healthy bodies. The Guyana Open...

Kross Kolor brings Christmas cheer with new album

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Kross Kolor brings Christmas cheer with new album

With the simple aim of creating music that represents the unique Guyanese Christmas experience, Kross Kolor Records (KKR) has produced a new Christmas album, packed with a host of stars. The new...

Yoruba Singers performs for Palms residents

Oct 18, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Yoruba Singers performs for Palms residents

In observance of Month of the Elderly, the Yoruba singers on Tuesday performed for scores who gathered at the Palms Geriatric Centre. The gathering consisted of elderly citizens who reside at the...

ExxonMobil ramps up preparations for possible 2018 operations

Oct 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil ramps up preparations for possible 2018 operations

US-owned ExxonMobil is said to be examining bids from floater contractors aiming to supply the company with a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the fast-track development...

Pradoville 2 expose…Jagdeo, Fmr. Ministers purchased land at 2000% below market value

Oct 17, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 expose…Jagdeo, Fmr. Ministers purchased land at 2000% below market value

The Pradoville 2 lands, sold to former President Bharrat Jagdeo and several Ministers of the previous administration were undervalued by almost 2,000 per cent. They were sold at $114 per square foot....

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CPL awaits new champions as Kingsmen and Falcons look to make history

Sep 20, 2026

(Cricinfo) – For only the third time in CPL history, a final will be played without Trinbago Knight Riders or their fiercest rivals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, participating. After Nicholas...

A failure of planning

Sep 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The electricity crisis in Guyana has now reached the point where it can no longer be explained away as a series of unfortunate technical incidents, because GPL itself has acknowledged that surging demand is placing enormous pressure on the distribution network and causing...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

PPP Govt. – sponsored noise nuisance

Sep 20, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – There is a creature called government noise nuisance. A government monster. Not VP Jagdeo at full blast. Nor Excellency Ali furiously boiling over. Follow the vibrations. Saturday, 12th Sept, 2026: 10:00 a.m. –14:00hrs Monday,14th Sept, 2026:09:00 a.m....

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