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CONSUMER CONCERNS…The jubilee celebrations and the Jagan-Burnham spontaneous embrace

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…The jubilee celebrations and the Jagan-Burnham spontaneous embrace

PAT DIAL The most important event in this month’s consumer calendar is the Golden Jubilee of National Independence commemoration and celebrations. It is also an event of importance to the whole...

Guyanese teen heads to Harvard following acceptance to 21 universities in the US

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese teen heads to Harvard following acceptance to 21 universities in the US

Much like any regular teenager, New York based- Guyanese, Kelly Hyles is care- free, fun-loving and enjoys listening to pop music, but although she appears ordinary on the surface, this teen has had...

A foreign diplomat may be in a conflict of interest

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on A foreign diplomat may be in a conflict of interest

Dear Editor, Senior Public servants are usually debarred from conducting or carrying business activities that bring them into conflict of interest situations. The code of conduct which is soon to be...

Oppression will continue if people do not take a stand

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oppression will continue if people do not take a stand

Dear Editor, There was a time in this country, at the level of government, where not to know what was happening in the area of responsibility was considered a travesty and persons held to account. In...

Samantha Williams is Miss Big, Bold and Beautiful

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Samantha Williams is Miss Big, Bold and Beautiful

They were big, beautiful and certainly very bold. They were the plus-sized women who strutted their stuff on stage Thursday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground. They gyrated with abandon and...

Man gets 13 years for manslaughter

May 22, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man gets 13 years for manslaughter

Justice James Bovell Drakes handed down a 13-year jail term to a Kaow Island, Essequibo River man early last week who pleaded guilty to killing his drinking partner in 2013. Basdeo, a/k” Papo”...

Comments on the traffic chaos in Guyana

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, As normal, every time someone is put to head our traffic department in Guyana, the media would get interviews from that person about their vision and the way they plan to enhance the...

The Pain of Life

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The Pain of Life

Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he had a very sad life and asked for a solution. The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water...

The Govt. must not be ungrateful to the sugar industry

May 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Govt. must not be ungrateful to the sugar industry

Dear Editor, Many may have observed that over the last few weeks, I was placed into a position where I have to call out the Coalition Government, which I supported in 2015, for its less than...

Sunday Cartoon

May 22, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Things bad in Guyana, but remember the Roman Empire?

May 22, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Things bad in Guyana, but remember the Roman Empire?

By Dennis Nichols How bad are things in Guyana? Or how good! I guess it depends on which side of the perception table you sit. In Wednesday’s Kaieteur News a Letters to the Editor contributor...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community …How to Petition for a Family Member?

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community …How to Petition for a Family Member?

By Attorney Gail Seeram The most common question presented to my office is how to submit a sponsorship petition for a relative. As a green card holder (permanent resident) and U.S. citizen, you may...

HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY ….“GUYANA MEANS SERIOUS BUSINESS”

May 22, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY ….“GUYANA MEANS SERIOUS BUSINESS”

The Alliance For Change extends hearty greetings to every Guyanese, no matter where they may live, for a celebratory, life-changing 50th Independence Anniversary. The Government has just marked its...

The Baccoo Speaks

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Holidays are always exciting times, but some people allow their exuberance to get the better of them. There was the motorcycle duo who, as I said, would invoke the wrath of a community. Another gang...

The Story within the Story…50 years later: Our politicians have to stop talking and deliver

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…50 years later: Our politicians have to stop talking and deliver

By Leonard GildarieThis week, we are celebrating our 50th year since being declared an independent country, away from British rule. There are several events across the country with even a Chinese...

CARICOM deficiencies leading to fragmentation and weakness

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM deficiencies leading to fragmentation and weakness

By Sir Ronald Sanders (This commentary is a shortened version of a Feature Address to the St Lucia Hotels and Tourist Association on 19 May, 2016) I start with the now proven premise that no CARICOM...

One year of enigmas, secrets and Simona Broomes

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on One year of enigmas, secrets and Simona Broomes

In analyzing the first year of the Coalition’s balance sheet, comparisons and juxtapositions have to be used. Life is about comparisons. Bernie Sanders is the most radical, left wing presidential...

VAT: An outrage or a blessing?

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on VAT: An outrage or a blessing?

Governments treasure it. Quite a few consumers see it as an abomination and many in our business community are wary of it. But let’s face it, whether your politics lean left or right, the Value...

Pampas Fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus)

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Pampas Fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus)

The pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus), also known as Azara’s fox, or Azara’s zorro, is a medium-sized zorro, or “false” fox, native to the South American pampas. The alternative common...

Book Review…The soul of Caribbean culture

May 22, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…The soul of Caribbean culture

Book: East Side of Flatbush, North of Love: An Ethnography of Home Author: Danielle Brown, Ph. D. Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby “East of Flatbush, North of Love”, barrels through time charting a...

Guyana’s ‘Green’ Economy

May 22, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana’s ‘Green’ Economy

(An excerpt from the address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the opening of GuyExpo 2016) GREEN ECONOMY Guyana is the largest state in...

Getting heart healthy the active way

May 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Getting heart healthy the active way

By Sharmain Grainger Guyana is home to two cardiac facilities, neither of which is wanting for clients. This essentially amplifies the notion that Guyana has a serious cardiovascular disease...

A leaner public service is the answer to Guyana’s problems

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A leaner public service is the answer to Guyana’s problems

The recommendation for the reintroduction of merit increments within the public service may seem like a positive and progressive idea. It is, however, a backward recommendation, because it fails to...

Fifty years later: Guyana is changing for the better

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 1

The past few days have brought a lot of recollection from me. In another few days it would be fifty years since Guyana became independent. It would also be fifty years since I joined the world of...

Leptospirosis: A deadly disease in our country

May 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Leptospirosis: A deadly disease in our country

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine During the rain-induced floods in 2005, there was a Leptospirosis outbreak in Guyana that claimed the lives of many. Ever since, it has...

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This must not be our hour of humiliation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There are moments in the history of nations when fate lays before them a choice not of... more