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Woman before court for posting nude photos of another

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Woman before court for posting nude photos of another

Bail was set at the tune of $20,000 for a Russell Street, Charlestown resident who was arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, after it was alleged that she published nude photos of a...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Transporting petroleum by bulk transportation carriers

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Transporting petroleum by bulk transportation carriers

The transport of petroleum and petroleum products using bulk transportation carriers is a daily business for many of truck owners in Guyana and because of the volatility of these products and the...

Renaissance of the university needs full support

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Renaissance of the university needs full support

CONSUMER CONCERNS PAT DIAL The University of Guyana has always been a major concern of the public and this is seen at the times of the Common Entrance and CXC Examinations when parents are in great...

Book Review… Guyanese writer delivers mythological masterpiece

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Guyanese writer delivers mythological masterpiece

Book: Children of the Spider Author: Imam Baksh Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Culture is the blood of civilization that finds meaning through generational layers of myths. Guyanese author Imam...

DOUBLE-DIPPING AND TRIPLE-DIPPING

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

The government contends that Guyanese living overseas will not be eligible for old age pension. This announcement was met with complaints by the opposition. But why should it? It was the PPP who,...

Plea of help from Corentyne fishermen

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Plea of help from Corentyne fishermen

Dear Editor, Please grant me space in your newspaper to publish this open letter from the CARRIBBEAN NETWORK OF FISHERFOLK ORGANISATION, the GUYANA NATIONAL FISHERFOLK ORGANISATION and the...

In finding yourself in Guyana, democracy has to be a casualty

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

I have been on television panels where the topic of President Forbes Burnham’s autocratic politics came up. On every occasion, the panelists, who are admirers of Mr. Burnham, would shamelessly say...

Ensuring careful management of Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ensuring careful management of Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals

By Kiana Wilburg From the manufacturing and mining sectors, to the field of agriculture, extremely toxic chemicals are used and emitted on a daily basis. And failure to monitor how these industries...

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF NURSING?

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on WHO IS IN CHARGE OF NURSING?

Dear Editor, As an executive member of the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA), I take this particular time to ask a few questions of the public so they may be the judge. Nurses for too long have been...

Explanations for the increase in revenues

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Recently, Finance Minister, Winston Jordon reported that central government’s revenue totaled $53.4 billion at the end of April 2016. According to him this represents an increase of $3...

The call is to have mercy on those brutal killers

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 2

It is amazing how people can insist that life is sacred at a time when there are those who seem not to care about the other person’s life. A team from the Human Rights Commission descended on...

Monitoring Guyana’s monetary supply

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Monitoring Guyana’s monetary supply

By Kiana Wilburg Keeping a close watch on the changes in money supply in a country is of paramount importance, simply because it has a direct impact on inflation levels, the exchange rate, and the...

The Race – of nuanced shades and textures

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Race – of nuanced shades and textures

By Dennis Nichols Guyana – land of six races! The concept was never really clear to me, although I understood that there were groups of people who looked, spoke, and generally expressed themselves...

I hope Nigel Hughes can persuade Dr. Bulkan

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I would like to contribute to the debate currently taking place in KN’s letter columns about the need for a third political party for the 2020 General Elections. I will say little of...

Guyana is part of the next frontier for tourism

Jul 24, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana is part of the next frontier for tourism

(Excerpts from an Address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the Annual Awards Dinner of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana)...

Descriptions of child abuse on the West Coast of Demerara

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Descriptions of child abuse on the West Coast of Demerara

Dear Editor, It has become unbearable for me to continue witnessing daily child abuses and not saying anything to help save children from these torments that they are brought into this world to...

Blind UG student optimistic about advancing his studies, but financially strapped

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Blind UG student optimistic about advancing his studies, but financially strapped

By Sharmain Grainger If you want something bad enough you simply have to work hard for it. Some may be more inclined to embrace this notion than others. But what can be especially astounding is when...

Checking if you have cancer

Jul 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Checking if you have cancer

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Checking to see if someone has a cancer is called cancer screening. Most often patients are misled with the fact that they can do one test...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There is no end to the madness. There will be another killing in the interior. This one will result from jealousy sparked by a simple conversation. The people in the vicinity would effect the arrest....

Lincoln Lewis is angry at race baiting in Region 5

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis is angry at race baiting in Region 5

Dear Editor, Last Thursday, 21st July, the Region Five Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was once again prevented from conducting its duly statutory meeting. This is as a result of a misconception...

The reasons Guyanese migrate

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The statement from Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine that 93% of all persons leaving Guyana have obtained tertiary education. He made the comment from the 2016 report by the...

A bullet to the back of the head

Jul 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A bullet to the back of the head

By Michael Jordan It was at around 06:00 hrs on December 12, 2005, that the female security guard noticed a red Mitsubishi Lancer, licence number HB 1188, parked off the roadway in Woolford Avenue....

THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION BILL

Jul 24, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION BILL

…second reading by the Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes This Bill repeals and replaces the Public Utilities Commission Act, Cap 57:01. It is composed of: (1) The provisions of...

3 bullet riddled bodies found in Berbice backdam

Jul 23, 2016 KNews News 1

-cops detain farmer Fear gripped the small Black Bush Polder Village of Mibicuri, Berbice yesterday, after the bodies of three men, with gaping bullet wounds, were found in the Kokrit Savannah...

GPHC Matron sent on administrative leave

Jul 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Matron sent on administrative leave

-but Nursing Association not pleased with decision The Director of Nursing Services (Matron) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Sister Collene Hicks, has been sent on...

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The danger of renting another country’s power

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(Kaieteur News) – There is an old temptation among small countries, particularly those situated beside larger and more troublesome neighbours. They often mistake the friendship of a great power for an insurance policy. The illusion is comforting. It permits governments to spend less time...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Praising President Ali, PPP for thinking of Guyanese

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(Kaieteur News) – I wish to thank publicly President Ali and the PPP Govt for keeping Guyanese in mind, caring for them. This should have been done before, but circumstances kept getting in the way. The president helped to get priorities in order, so here I am with gratitude in my heart,...

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