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Serious management problems at MAE’S schools

May 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Serious management problems at MAE’S schools

Dear Editor, Please allow me a part of your newspaper to pen my letter to continue the conversation with regards to a popular private school in Guyana, Mae’s Schools. I’m a former teacher and...

Family medicine for Guyana

May 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Family medicine for Guyana

– Caring beyond prescription, giving hope for a better tomorrow By Krystle Fraser World Family Doctor Day, 19th May 2016, is an opportunity to highlight and commend family doctors for their...

The press is under threat from the new power-holders

May 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The press is under threat from the new power-holders

Dear Editor, I find it very ironic and disturbing at to see that the free press is being targeted for destruction with threats of libel and perceptive intimidation. One irony being played out, is...

More complaints about the Correia Group of companies

May 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on More complaints about the Correia Group of companies

Dear Editor, Minister Patterson has kindly undertaken a review of the lease between the Government of Guyana and Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) which would be instructive. The National Air Transport...

Who says marijuana use is a cause of crime?

May 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who says marijuana use is a cause of crime?

Dear Editor, In response to the piece published, editorials “…drugs and crime,” I find it highly inaccurate and somewhat biased. Though well written, it is extremely naive to assume that...

Guyana must save its jaguars

May 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana must save its jaguars

Dear Editor, In the February 16th 2014 issue of Stabroek News, Evi Paemelaere from the international Panthera organization (specialized in protection of wild cats) wrote: “In the land of giants,...

Guyana should emulate China’s model of Special Economic Zones

May 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana should emulate China’s model of Special Economic Zones

by Tanza McAlmont Globally, Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are nothing new; countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin-America have all experimented with this model of development. Some are called...

The Story within the Story…That Gafoor blaze and the lessons to be learnt

May 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…That Gafoor blaze and the lessons to be learnt

By Leonard Gildarie The fire at Gafoor’s Houston Complex last Monday is a tragedy that should worry all Guyanese. First of all, I don’t think we have seen a fire of that enormity for a long...

One Nation, Guyana

May 15, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on One Nation, Guyana

Guyana achieved Independence on 26th May 1966, under the inspirational national motto – One People, One Nation, One Destiny. The Nation, this month, will celebrate its 50th anniversary of...

Entrepreneurship is the answer

May 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Entrepreneurship is the answer

Dear Editor, Private sector development in Guyana is shaky and evolved haphazardly, hence high unemployment. Entrepreneurship is part of the solution. Governmental and political issues are part of...

Social cohesion is just not practical without the PPP

May 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Social cohesion is just not practical without the PPP

There is an old joke about a man who was in financial difficulty. One day he walked into a church and started to pray. ‘’Listen God,’’ he said. ‘’I know I haven’t been perfect but I...

The trusting Governor’s daughter

May 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The trusting Governor’s daughter

By Michael Jordan When I went prowling around Quamina Street where she had once lived, not a single soul had anything bad to say about old Miss Dorothy King. She was kind, some said. She reached out...

SUPERNATURAL…Sealey‘s Prostitute

May 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on SUPERNATURAL…Sealey‘s Prostitute

By Michael Jordan Vibert Sealey stared at the ceiling, his senses tuned to the Kamarang night. Somewhere overhead, he heard a passing night-bird’s mournful cry. Distant music from the direction of...

Performance enhancing drugs and their effects on your body

May 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Performance enhancing drugs and their effects on your body

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine There are some athletes who use performance enhancing drugs, especially androgens, to boost their performance. This is obviously illegal...

Fifty years later and we have dropped some good things

May 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 1

These past weeks I have been caught up with nostalgia. Like so many, I was here when Guyana became independent in 1966. I have seen the transformation that has occurred across the country. Last week...

Book Review… An in-depth look at a political icon

May 15, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… An in-depth look at a political icon

Book: The Legacy of Eric Williams: Caribbean Scholar and Statesman Editor: Colin A. Palmer Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby The Legacy of Eric Williams: Caribbean Scholar and Statesman is a sobering...

Guyana must have a professional public service

May 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana must have a professional public service

Dear Editor, The Public Service Commission of Inquiry has submitted its report to President David Granger. This report is awaited with much anticipation, given its Terms of Reference (ToR), and the...

Another Essequibo Coast ramble (Rainy days, jaguars, and ‘Juice Man’)

May 15, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Another Essequibo Coast ramble (Rainy days, jaguars, and ‘Juice Man’)

By Dennis Nichols I’ve just returned from a three-week revisit to the coast of the Cinderella County. Time passed slowly and monotonously, as heavy downpours intermittently pounded every inch of...

Turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)

May 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)

The turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini), also known as Godin’s puffleg, is a species of hummingbird from Ecuador and Colombia. It is mostly green with blue undertail coverts and...

The house with the golden windows

May 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The house with the golden windows

The little girl lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill and as she grew she would play in the small garden and as she grew she was able to see over the garden fence and across the valley...

Our livestock sector has proven to be financially self-sufficient

May 15, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Our livestock sector has proven to be financially self-sufficient

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s livestock sector has proven to be a financially self-sufficient industry. Even though it is not a major activity because of a shortage of adequate pasture land and the...

The Baccoo Speaks

May 15, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The 50th anniversary celebrations are going to be a talking point. However, there will be some incidents that would put a damper on some of the activities. At a public event, a quarrel would break...

Reparations rally to start on May 20th

May 15, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reparations rally to start on May 20th

Dear Editor, On Friday 20 May 2016, THE Guyana Reparations Committee will hold the Main event of its month long activities for the CARICOM International and Regional Youth Reparations Relay and Rally...

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What Guyanese leaders can learn from Donald Trump

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-There is little dispute that Donald Trump knows how to make an entrance. He does so without... more