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Deadly ‘killer bee’ attacks in Guyana

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly ‘killer bee’ attacks in Guyana

In August, 2010, 65-year-old Iris Singh was on the family’s farm at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo, when she heard a worker scream. From some 50 feet away, she then saw her husband,...

Grieving for almost 20 years… “When a drunk driver took my children’s lives, he took mine”

Aug 22, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Grieving for almost 20 years… “When a drunk driver took my children’s lives, he took mine”

Almost every time she opens the newspaper, she reads about the death of someone on the country’s roadway, and, too often, that victim died under the wheels of a drunk driver’s car. For this very...

SAY CHEESE AND SMILE SWEETLY

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on SAY CHEESE AND SMILE SWEETLY

The term “hard cheese” is a 19th Century British expression which means “tough luck”. It is not used as much these days since the density, firmness, even resilience of the coagulated,...

The tax hammer is too heavy

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

Taxes are necessary to administer a country. But it is not the need for taxes that is in dispute as much as the methods that are used to collect it. The government is taking an unenlightened...

NOT DOING DUE DILIGENCE

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on NOT DOING DUE DILIGENCE

It is an understatement to say that the government has become a victim of one of Murphy’s laws “If anything can go wrong, it will” made popular by Edward J. Murphy Jr. Its extreme version:If...

I throw my open support for the cause of Mr. McKay

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I throw my open support for the cause of Mr. McKay

DEAR EDITOR, For the second time in about a month, Senior Counsel Rex McKay has penned a letter to local newspapers complaining about the violation of zoning by-laws and the speed with which...

People must pressure their government to act

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on People must pressure their government to act

Dear Editor; I congratulate President Granger for announcing that the government would build a monument at the Parade Ground to properly memorialize the victims of the historic 1823 Demerara Revolt....

We Need More Fatima Karims in this country

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on We Need More Fatima Karims in this country

Dear Editor; Congrats on what can only be described as an enormous achievement. Twenty CSEC subjects! I am certain that this, by any measure, is not an easy feat. I managed eight subjects of average...

I disapprove of the way Mr. Sam was treated

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on I disapprove of the way Mr. Sam was treated

Dear Editor; I am aware that at the end of the day, little will come of this because as Guyanese we have been beaten down for so long that the power that we thrive on is our apathy. I must say...

An example of self-destructive Guyanese

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on An example of self-destructive Guyanese

Dear Editor; Within the past weeks there were two occurrences capturing my attention that again expose the docility and sad societal state in which we live. The first has to do with the recent visit...

Where are the male school children?

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where are the male school children?

Dear Editor; The recent CXC statistics released by the Ministry of Education indicate beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is a national crisis in our public education system. There are numerous...

You need to know this about Maracana Stadium

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on You need to know this about Maracana Stadium

Dear Editor; It was most fitting for Brazil to stage its opening and closing Olympic ceremonies at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That Stadium is famous for staging the largest crowd...

Time for policies that lead to sustainable community development

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time for policies that lead to sustainable community development

Dear Editor; After World War 2, encouraged by the United Nations, Europe embraced a focus on community development for repairing ravished areas of their various countries. The problem was that the...

UNACCEPTABLE THINGS AT THE GUYANA SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on UNACCEPTABLE THINGS AT THE GUYANA SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE

Dear Editor; I would just like to inform that I have successfully graduated from the Guyana School of Agriculture and I’m extremely happy to be out of that hell hole. Now I can live my life but my...

Electricity needed urgently in Farm Housing Scheme, E.B.D.

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Electricity needed urgently in Farm Housing Scheme, E.B.D.

Dear Editor; This letter serves to express my anger and frustration with the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). I was allotted a piece of land in Farm on the East Bank of Demerara...

Dr. David Hind owes an apology to James Singh

Aug 22, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. David Hind owes an apology to James Singh

Dear Editor; I write with reference to Kaieteur News article (K.N 4th Apri1,2016) in which Dr. David Hind is actually accusing Mr. James Singh (Commissioner of Forest) of “getting something in...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Accusations of conflict of interest have a peculiar way of rising to the surface in Guyana.... more

Clarifying misconceptions about the Panama Canal

Sir Ronald Sanders (Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and the OAS) By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News–... more

Budget 2025 predictions -money for everybody

Hard Truths… By GHK Lall Kaieteur News- My first prediction for Budget 2025 is that it will be another groundbreaker. ... more

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Deadly ‘killer bee’ attacks in Guyana

Grieving for almost 20 years… “When a drunk driver took my children’s lives, he took mine”

SAY CHEESE AND SMILE SWEETLY

The tax hammer is too heavy

NOT DOING DUE DILIGENCE

I throw my open support for the cause of Mr. McKay

People must pressure their government to act

We Need More Fatima Karims in this country

I disapprove of the way Mr. Sam was treated

An example of self-destructive Guyanese

Where are the male school children?

You need to know this about Maracana Stadium

Time for policies that lead to sustainable community development

UNACCEPTABLE THINGS AT THE GUYANA SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE

Electricity needed urgently in Farm Housing Scheme, E.B.D.

Dr. David Hind owes an apology to James Singh

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