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Success depends on maturity (Pt.2)

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Success depends on maturity (Pt.2)

Maturity is the ability to live up to your responsibilities, and this means being dependable. It means keeping your word. Dependability is the hallmark of integrity. Do you mean what you say-and do...

Montane fish-eating rat (Neusticomys monticolus)

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Montane fish-eating rat (Neusticomys monticolus)

The montane fish-eating rat (Neusticomys monticolus) is a species of semi-aquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It inhabits the Andes Mountains of Colombia and Ecuador. Montane...

Guyana Bird Society is a bird’s best friend

Nov 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Bird Society is a bird’s best friend

“We have something so unique. Today, South America has over 5,000 birds and there are less than 10,000 birds in the world. The South American continent holds more than half of the world’s birds...

The Story within the Story…Two Diwalis and encouraging signs for the homeless

Nov 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Two Diwalis and encouraging signs for the homeless

By Leonard Gildarie There was some good news and some really bad news this past week. In keeping with tradition, I will start with the one that irked me the most. As Guyanese, we should never allow...

The role of exercise in the management of diabetes

Nov 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The role of exercise in the management of diabetes

By Dr. Kumar Sukhraj Lifestyle change (Diet and Exercise) is the foundation of any successful management plan for diabetes. Exercise plays a very important role in managing diabetes. Once diabetics...

The case of the Stanleytown stalker

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The case of the Stanleytown stalker

By Michael Jordan Travel through Inner Stanleytown, on the West Bank of Demerara and you’ll observe the canefields, the canals and the thick vegetation. It may then dawn on you that this area would...

The transformation is gratifying

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The transformation is gratifying

A Jamaican lawyer came to Guyana to meet with some deportees who still believe that they were wrongfully sent home. This lawyer, with a counterpart, came to Guyana to meet with the deportees and...

Mediterranean lunch at Giftland Mall

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mediterranean lunch at Giftland Mall

On Thursday midday, I took my wife and daughter to lunch at the food court at the Giftland Mall. We dined at a restaurant that offers Italian dishes. Interestingly, most of them had the name Gotti in...

Managing the difficult patient encounter in the ER

Nov 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Managing the difficult patient encounter in the ER

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine In the ideal world everybody gets along, and there aren’t personalities and cultural differences that make us differ in opinion....

Guyana fully committed to the rule of law

Nov 15, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana fully committed to the rule of law

(Address By Prime Minister Moses V. Nagamootoo to the Open Government Partnership Summit, Mexico City) Excellency, President Pena Nieto, Vice President of South Africa, Ministers, Ambassadors, Social...

Book Review… Caribbean poet delivers from the heart of Japan

Nov 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review… Caribbean poet delivers from the heart of Japan

Book: The Way I Learned To Ignore Author: Juleus Ghunta Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby A Jamaican writing from a remote village in Japan is a bit unique; as unique as the compelling amalgam of poems...

LEAD ME TO WATERS DARK

Nov 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on LEAD ME TO WATERS DARK

BY MICHAEL JORDAN My dear daughter, Do you remember the story I used to tell you, about two boys who did a terrible, thoughtless thing a long time ago? Remember how you would smile whenever I said...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The fires are here and every day a house goes up in flames. Two went up in flames within hours of each other. That would not be the end of the matter. Another fire would breakout in a house where a...

Our Environment

Nov 15, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Our Environment

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) applauds the efforts that are currently being made to reverse the environmental degradation that persisted over the last two decades in towns and villages...

From Mabaruma to Canada: Aspiring designer Roell Gomes has eyes on the prize

Nov 15, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on From Mabaruma to Canada: Aspiring designer Roell Gomes has eyes on the prize

By Mondale Smith Guyana-born, Canada-based aspiring designer Roell Gomes is chasing his dream of being one of the best in his field someday, and all being equal, he may just be on the right road. At...

AT THE MERCY OF THE MARKET!

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AT THE MERCY OF THE MARKET!

There is a new phase in neo-liberal capitalism. This new phase involves the penetration by market forces of public services, especially health care services. Health care, long considered in many...

Language lapses and Guyanese English

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Language lapses and Guyanese English

By Dennis Nichols English is a fascinating and beautifully-complex language. But Guyanese ‘Creolese’ (along with what’s commonly referred to as Broken English) is something else. A young...

Tax-Havens, the need for action – Part 2

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Tax-Havens, the need for action – Part 2

By Sir Ronald Sanders By the very criteria set in the United States (US) by the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC), several states in the US are “tax havens”. But, they have not been named in...

Attorney complains of detention at Piarco airport

Nov 15, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attorney complains of detention at Piarco airport

Dear Editor, I was in Guyana for 36 hours this past weekend to attend the 100 Year old Birthday Celebration of Ester Robertson of West Ruimveldt. Her grand-daughter and I are close friends. I came...

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Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more