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Youth For Local Government expresses its appreciation on LGE

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youth For Local Government expresses its appreciation on LGE

Dear Editor, March 18th 2016 will be chronicled in our history books as the “return of local government elections” A day that all of the candidates and members of Youth For Local Government will...

Finance Minister is bordering on double standards

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Finance Minister is bordering on double standards

Dear Editor, Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s position that he is guided by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) position on the issue of wages and salaries for public sector workers cannot...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…The Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation (CCA) Scheme – A proven success in Guyana.

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…The Caribbean Cooperation for Accreditation (CCA) Scheme – A proven success in Guyana.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) in its capacity as the National Accreditation Focal Point (NAFP) is the administrative link for promoting the use of the Caribbean Cooperation for...

The Education Ministry has a favourite printer

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Education Ministry has a favourite printer

Dear Editor, To the Ministry of Education I want you to look into this matter as early as possible. A certain person (name supplied) is the only man that gets all the printing work from the Ministry...

Urgent Inquiry needed at the Georgetown Hospital

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Urgent Inquiry needed at the Georgetown Hospital

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News journalist and other reporters who encountered the abuses by Dr. Amir at the GPHC, as reported in the KN, got a taste of what is normal at the GPHC. There needs to be...

From dawn to dusk and beyond

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on From dawn to dusk and beyond

Dear Editor, I was recently told by someone who has their child at one of the Municipal Day Care Centers in Georgetown, that City Hall is planning to introduce a Night Care Service in order to...

Three lessons to be learnt from the recent LGE

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Three lessons to be learnt from the recent LGE

Dear Editor, Many observers, including the government and the opposition PPP, framed the recent Local Government Elections (LGE) as a referendum on the APNU+AFC Coalition’s performance in...

ARE YOU MALE? DO YOU KNOW ANY MALE PERSONS? THEN READ THIS.

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ARE YOU MALE? DO YOU KNOW ANY MALE PERSONS? THEN READ THIS.

Most people already know that maintaining good oral health is important to overall health but recent studies have shown why it is especially crucial that men pay close attention to their teeth and...

The negative side of the functions of the smart phone

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The negative side of the functions of the smart phone

Dear Editor, I once heard someone referred to these high-tec multi feature cell phones as the book of good and evil. No one can deny the quantum-leap in mass communication and lighting speed...

Indecency outside the Amerindian Hostel

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Indecency outside the Amerindian Hostel

Dear Editor, I am a regular visitor to the Amerindian Hostel in Princess Street Georgetown. I have some concerns which I think the relevant authorities should look into. There are some shops across...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…Developing new standards for consumer goods and services

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…Developing new standards for consumer goods and services

PAT DIAL One of the greatest concerns which the Guyana Consumers Association, and indeed consumer advocates worldwide have is the standard of goods and services offered to consumers. The Guyana...

LBT Women encouraged to test the laws

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on LBT Women encouraged to test the laws

On Thursday, last, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) and the Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) – Guyana Project held its seventh monthly “Lunch Talk” forum....

The Father of Local Government in British Guiana – James McFarlane Corry

Mar 20, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Father of Local Government in British Guiana – James McFarlane Corry

(Address by His Excellency President David Granger on Thursday March 17, 2016 at the commemoration service in honour of James McFarlane Corry) James McFarlane Corry is the acknowledged and celebrated...

GOVT. RECALIBRATING CARBON CREDITS AGREEMENT WITH NORWAY

Mar 20, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GOVT. RECALIBRATING CARBON CREDITS AGREEMENT WITH NORWAY

The landmark agreement between Norway and Guyana signed in 2009 was supposed to have been premised on renewable energy initiatives, indigenous community development projects, development of the ICT...

The realities of A&E Departments that you may not know

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The realities of A&E Departments that you may not know

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine As I was reading a blog from an emergency medicine physician on patient misconceptions of an Emergency Department (ED), I couldn’t help...

The Baccoo Speaks

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

When the society thought that things were getting under control, when one thought that the situation in the Camp Street jail would serve as a deterrent to criminal behaviour, some gunmen would come...

One must always believe

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on One must always believe

I have heard people say, repeatedly, “Never say never.” Indeed all things are possible and if anyone needed an example, then that person only had to watch how England chased down 229 in a 20-over...

People I know

Mar 20, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on People I know

Al Pacino is among a list of ten artists drawn from around the world that I would put as the best talent I have seen on film. I always wondered why I chose “People I know” as my favourite...

Improving the integrity of Georgetown – a work in progress

Mar 20, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Improving the integrity of Georgetown – a work in progress

By Sharmain Grainger There were numerous boastful remarks coming out of City Hall during the past week that Georgetown is well on its way to salvaging the title of “Garden City”. And there is...

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Democracy is a long-term commitment

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Some things in life just shouldn’t have an expiration date—like true love, a fine bottle... more