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Nov 01, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

CONSUMER CONCERNS…HOMES FOR ELDERLY COULD BE ENRICHED BY ANCIENT WISDOM

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…HOMES FOR ELDERLY COULD BE ENRICHED BY ANCIENT WISDOM

By PAT DIAL In Western societies, from medieval times, the aged were never regarded as a challenge. It was only when societies became industrialized with concomitant urbanization that Old People...

YCG collaborating with CUSO Int’l to support women entrepreneurs

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on YCG collaborating with CUSO Int’l to support women entrepreneurs

The owner of Beautique Salon and Cosmetology School, Tracy Bailey, is one of the close to four dozen women who have been benefiting from Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) women’s entrepreneurship...

These young violent men may not be human after all

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on These young violent men may not be human after all

Dear Editor, I write with a feeling of total disgust at the spiraling crime rate and more so the way bandits have been violently desecrating our women folk, it would appear that when bandits enter a...

Child abuse needs unceasing monitoring

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Child abuse needs unceasing monitoring

Dear Editor, It is no secret that the previous Minister of Education, Priya Manikchand tried effortlessly with some success towards raising the education system in our schools. Whilst many complain,...

Education and training must no longer be on political generosity

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Education and training must no longer be on political generosity

Dear Editor, Time for Action; the report of the West Indian Commission, quotes “Education, skills, the knowledge-base and entrepreneurship constitute together the human input into the...

Guyanese East Indians or Guyanese Asians?

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese East Indians or Guyanese Asians?

Dear Editor, A recent letter posed the question “Where are the Indian-Guyanese intellectuals”? The question posed is “Why aren’t Indians speaking out about their physical existence? According...

All Hindu Leaders must unite for Deepavali

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on All Hindu Leaders must unite for Deepavali

Dear Editor, The celebration of Diwali as the “victory of good over evil” refers to the light of higher knowledge dispelling all ignorance, the ignorance that masks one’s true nature. As we...

Did Mr. Jagdeo live in Guyana the past twenty three years?

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did Mr. Jagdeo live in Guyana the past twenty three years?

Dear Editor, One must ask whether a special type of political psychosis exist in the universe that leads men who have lost an election to make ridiculous statements about areas of governance where...

Poor management at the GRDB Rice Research Station

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Poor management at the GRDB Rice Research Station

Dear Editor, The rice industry in Guyana is plays a vital role in the country which contributes to the greatly to the GDP. The Burma Rice Research Station which should be the premium institution for...

An election in India holds importance for Indo-Guyanese in the Diaspora

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An election in India holds importance for Indo-Guyanese in the Diaspora

Dear Editor, Several Indo-Guyanese Americans are keenly following elections in the state of Bihar, India from where their indentured ancestors hail from because of the potential benefits that could...

Correction and apology

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Correction and apology

In the caption of our lead letter yesterday on the DiwaliI date by the leading Hindu organizations and Pandits , we mistakenly put Diwali as being on November 11. The correct date is November 10.

Stray animals will continue to cause fatal accidents

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stray animals will continue to cause fatal accidents

Dear Editor, The stray animals on our roads should be a cause for concern to all motorists and all other categories of road users, but the (NDC’s) Neighbourhood Democratic Councils, The Town...

Hindu organisations support November 10 as Deepawali 2015

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hindu organisations support November 10 as Deepawali 2015

Several Hindu organizations have come out in a profound sense of compulsion to publicly state and/or reiterate the position taken that Deepawali 2015 must be observed on the night of November 10. The...

M&CC considers extending Tax Amnesty – Hamilton Green

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC considers extending Tax Amnesty – Hamilton Green

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is “favourably considering” extending the Tax Amnesty project for a few more days. This disclosure was made by Mayor Hamilton Green, yesterday....

Two cars collide on Canje Public Road

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Two cars collide on Canje Public Road

The drivers of these two cars escaped with minor injuries after they were involved in a head on collision on the Goed Bananen Land Public Road, East Canje, Berbice. According to information,...

Protest hits MMA/ADA open day activities

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Protest hits MMA/ADA open day activities

As Guyana continues its search for rice markets, farmers from the West Coast Berbice (WCB) staged a protest outside the Mahaica Maichony Abary/ Agriculture Development Authority (MMA/ADA) head office...

Foot Care When You Have Diabetes

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Foot Care When You Have Diabetes

By Dr. Kumar Sukhraj For people with diabetes, practicing proper foot care is an important step towards successful diabetes management. They need to have access to superior, cutting-edge care of...

Facing the fear of death… An 11-year-old cancer patient tells her story

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Facing the fear of death… An 11-year-old cancer patient tells her story

By Romila Boodram It is no secret that being inflicted with cancer could result in a long and hard battle, and leave an indelible impression on the patient and everyone close to that person. For many...

GTT now offering Mobile Money service to Digicel customers

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GTT now offering Mobile Money service to Digicel customers

More than two and half years after GTT launched its Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) service, the telephone company yesterday announced that Digicel customers can now join up. The initiative was effective...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The police are on a roll. They are cracking cases like nobody’s business. The reason is the approach. They are talking to people, really talking and people are talking back. This is going to be the...

The stutter has halted, things are happening

Nov 01, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The stutter has halted, things are happening

For the past two months I have been hearing about a slowing down of the economy. The comment by politicians is that people are skeptical of the new government and therefore they are cutting back on...

Low Back Pain: Understanding the basics is the key to improvement

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Low Back Pain: Understanding the basics is the key to improvement

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Almost everyone gets back pain at some point. Low back pain can be scary but it is almost never serious and would usually go away on its...

Education is the key to employment and enterprise

Nov 01, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Education is the key to employment and enterprise

(Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the 17th Award Ceremony of the President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana, Saturday October...

Quick response by Firemen saves Crescent Mall

Nov 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Quick response by Firemen saves Crescent Mall

A mid-morning fire at the Crescent Mall in Co-Op Crescent, Linden, believed to be of electrical origin left one store completely destroyed and another scorched. The quick response of the fire service...

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