August 2016

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Keep moving!

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Keep moving!

A college class was graduating on a hot and humid day. As the graduates walked across the platform and received their diplomas from the president of the college, he smiled, shook their hands, and...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…ACCURACY IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR DEPENDS ON ROUTINE VERIFICATION BY THE GNBS

Aug 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…ACCURACY IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR DEPENDS ON ROUTINE VERIFICATION BY THE GNBS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) which is empowered under the Weights and Measures Act of 1981 has been mandated to check and verify the accuracy of bulk meters, fuel pumps and other...

AFTER-EXTRACTION CARE

Aug 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AFTER-EXTRACTION CARE

By Dr. Neromini Fagu Dental extractions, also referred to as oral surgery, are usually experienced by most persons in their lifetime. After care plays a significant part in the healing process. It is...

The Baccoo Speaks

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

An argument is going to turn deadly when two men fail to settle a dispute over money. One of them would have promised to repay a loan but he would renege on his promise. His partner would become very...

Why does it take ages for a teacher’s application to be answered?

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why does it take ages for a teacher’s application to be answered?

Dear Editor, I urge; please give qualified teacher applicants the respect and dignity they deserve by processing their applications in a timely manner. In a recent conversation with a...

The Tamandua

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Tamandua

Tamandua is a genus of anteaters. It has two members: the southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) and the northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana). They live in forests and grasslands, are...

The role of the storage bond fiasco

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The role of the storage bond fiasco

Dear Editor, Having dealt with the bond fiasco, I now turn my attention to BK International /Haagsbosch. This saga, as it is unfolding, has more twist and turns in its plot, than any Hollywood or...

A tale of murder and obsession

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A tale of murder and obsession

By Michael Jordan It was at around ten o’clock on Tuesday, August 31, 1971, that a deafening explosion shook Khan’s Guest House near Radio Demerara in High Street. Inside the room from which the...

Most humans are decent, many are not visionary

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

I do accept most of the philosophical points of Arthur Koestler on the congenital flaws of Homo sapiens that will forever endanger civilization. I think the arguments of the role of genetic...

The ‘Two of Me’ battle (sinner and saint)

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The ‘Two of Me’ battle (sinner and saint)

By Dennis Nichols The human mind mystifies humans; and the erratic heart magnifies the mystery. Human expressions of love, hatred, compassion, and selfishness will forever be debated on, written...

More on that statement made by Minister Ramjattan

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on More on that statement made by Minister Ramjattan

Dear Editor, Minister Khemraj Ramjattan is a man I know and supported from the Corentyne. As a young man he gave us the impression that he really cared for the citizens of this country and this...

Martyrdom and freedom

Aug 28, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Martyrdom and freedom

“We are assembled today to commemorate the massacre which occurred, and to pay homage to the martyrs who were killed, on Wednesday 20th August 1823 at Bachelor’s Adventure on the East Coast...

Where is the Local Government Commission?

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the Local Government Commission?

Dear Editor, Something has to be considerably wrong, which is preventing the Government from peopling and commencing the operations of the Local Government Commission (LGE). Several weeks ago, the...

ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community Ò…Same-sex Marriages Eligible for Immigration Benefits

Aug 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community Ò…Same-sex Marriages Eligible for Immigration Benefits

By Attorney Gail Seeram Same-sex marriages that are valid under State law are eligible to apply and receive immigration benefits. Applicants will still be required to prove to Department of...

WHAT ETHNIC CLEANSING?

Aug 28, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on WHAT ETHNIC CLEANSING?

We believe that Guyanese people in general are tired of the cesspool of racism that the PPP continues to stir no matter how distasteful people find it. This is just one more thing that distracts the...

Blind teacher wants Blind Society and Unit to collaborate

Aug 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Blind teacher wants Blind Society and Unit to collaborate

Collaboration between the Guyana Society for the Blind and the Ministry of Education’s Unit for the Blind could serve to help enhance the abilities of blind and visually impaired individuals...

Trump’s Mississippi miscalculation

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Trump’s Mississippi miscalculation

By Sir Ronald Sanders Five years ago, on June 26, 2011, a 47-year-old man, Craig Anderson, was on his way to celebrate his birthday when he was attacked and murdered by ten white teenagers in a...

Constrains in constructing high rise buildings

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Constrains in constructing high rise buildings

Dear Editor, Guyana’s infrastructural development is directly proportional to its engineering magnitude. Our surroundings mirror our achievements or lack thereof… The buildings (new and old)...

Ministers Scott and Lawrence are contemptuous of workers’ rights

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ministers Scott and Lawrence are contemptuous of workers’ rights

Dear Editor, Ministers Volda Lawrence and Keith Scott are self-serving, lawless and contemptuous of workers. Lawrence is a member of the PNCR and under the leadership of Desmond Hoyte rose to the...

Insect bites and stings: What you need to know

Aug 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Insect bites and stings: What you need to know

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine We live in a tropical country and are more often exposed to insect bites and stings. For the most part we tolerate them well, but there...

Burnham is dead, long live Burnham!

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Burnham is dead, long live Burnham!

President Granger has committed the biggest blunder of his political career in his first address, since assuming the Presidency, to his party’s biennial Congress. The President may have gone a bit...

Why is a mini-bus driver allowed to operate like this?

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is a mini-bus driver allowed to operate like this?

Dear Editor, Since there has been an increase of fatal accidents on our roadways, I wish to bring to attention of the Traffic Chief and Public Security Minister to ONE of the reasons for the carnage...

The Story within the Story…Dirty traffic cops and our supervising engineers

Aug 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Dirty traffic cops and our supervising engineers

By Leonard Gildarie Over the past few weeks, the complaints against traffic cops and police roadblocks have risen. So much so that I even saw a piece last week by columnist of Kaieteur News, Freddie...

Economic incentives vital for development of the Guiana Shield

Aug 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Economic incentives vital for development of the Guiana Shield

By Dr Odeen Ishmael The fourth international congress on the biodiversity of the Guiana Shield, sponsored by the International Biodiversity Society of the Guiana Shield (IBG) in conjunction with the...

Book review…The wretched of the earth

Aug 28, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book review…The wretched of the earth

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(Kaieteur News) – The undefeated Guyana Amazon Warriors extended their flawless win streak this season while keeping their 2-0 record at home safe, after crushing the St. Kitts & Nevis...

The Kara Kara conundrum

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council does not possess an untouchable constitutional right to administer its affairs. The Constitution does not confer upon the Linden Town Council an unfettered right to govern Linden in whatever manner it chooses. It establishes local government within the...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Exxon upping the amps – profits

Sep 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It is fascinating to watch Exxon on the move. Its people taking the floor, speaking with power and supreme confidence. What’s good news for Exxon’s investors is bad news for Guyanese. Follow Exxon’s sequence. It moved quickly. Burst the halo and bubble surrounding...

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