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Remigrants face unpleasant attitudes from pubic servants

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remigrants face unpleasant attitudes from pubic servants

Dear Editor, In heeding the President’s call to overseas Guyanese to return home to help rebuild the nation, I visited Guyana twice since May 2016. My purpose was/is to identify areas where the...

TOPCO Juice company should have been awarded the contract

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on TOPCO Juice company should have been awarded the contract

Dear Editor, I hold no brief either for Tropical Orchards Products Limited (TOPCO), a subsidiary of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), or Caribbean International Distribution Inc (CIDI), a subsidiary...

Every child in school

Sep 25, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Every child in school

A child’s education begins long before birth. It is said: “The proper time to influence the character of a child is about one hundred years before he is born.” Anglican Dean, William Ralph...

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…What to Expect in Immigration Removal Proceedings?

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community…What to Expect in Immigration Removal Proceedings?

Removal proceedings (or “deportation”) can be initiated against a lawful permanent resident or undocumented noncitizen (collectively referred to as “noncitizens”). Removal & deportation...

From Bethany, Supenaam with blessings

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on From Bethany, Supenaam with blessings

By Dennis Nichols As Amerindian Heritage Month activities wind down, I conclude my trilogy of articles with a brief but enlightening profile coming out of a visit to one of the possibly lesser-known...

IMF-World Bank meetings: a rare opportunity

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on IMF-World Bank meetings: a rare opportunity

By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the OAS. He is also Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and...

When a Chinese contractor in Guyana carried coals to Newcastle

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on When a Chinese contractor in Guyana carried coals to Newcastle

It is amazing how much Guyanese imitate the rich ion the developed world and how little they are prepared to work for their own development. It is also remarkable how people take us for granted and...

Facts about food poisoning

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Facts about food poisoning

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Food poisoning is a very common occurrence worldwide. Patients that have food poisoning will go through the bout and most often recover. A...

Latrodectus (Black Widow Spider)

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Latrodectus (Black Widow Spider)

Latrodectus is a genus of spider, in the family Theridiidae, which contains 32 recognized species. The black widow spider is perhaps the best-known member of the genus. The venomous bite of these...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

This fight against violent crime is turning out to be a game of catch me if you can. A group of young men are now daring the police to catch them in the act. That is why they stage bold daylight...

Black or White

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Black or White

When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day. I was...

Mangrove Restoration project grows into birding expedition

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mangrove Restoration project grows into birding expedition

The Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project which has been responsible for the replanting of mangroves along an extensive area of Guyana’s coastline is a well known effort. Significant support from...

Opportunities beckon: CXC worries and Suriname’s woes

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Opportunities beckon: CXC worries and Suriname’s woes

The Story Within The Story… By Leonard Gildarie It is indeed frightening. Chief of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Glenroy Cumberbatch, this past week made a significant statement about...

Islamic organisation head begins Caribbean tour tomorrow

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Islamic organisation head begins Caribbean tour tomorrow

NEW YORK, USA — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general, Iyad Madani, will tomorrow begin his first tour of the two OIC member states in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),...

Anti-national

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Anti-national

What does it mean to be anti-national? Does the criticism of the government or its policies, internationally by a citizen or the opposition constitute an anti- nationalist position? During the bitter...

Do Guyanese believe the horizon is freer?

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Do Guyanese believe the horizon is freer?

One of the factors that kept the culture of silence alive during the PPP regime, beginning with President Janet Jagan, was the ubiquity of fear. Most of the violations of the government from the time...

State of the Industry…Public Infrastructure Ministers spotlight major projects

Sep 25, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on State of the Industry…Public Infrastructure Ministers spotlight major projects

Ministers David Patterson and Annette Ferguson met with the media recently to provide for the general public updates on the progress of major developmental projects nationwide. In two segments, we...

Book Review…Sports, Sexual Assault, and the Law

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…Sports, Sexual Assault, and the Law

Book: Unsportsmanlike conduct: College football and the politics of rape Author: Jessica Luther Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Unsportsmanlike conduct is a revealing study that raises key sociological...

The killer, the taxi driver and the girl

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The killer, the taxi driver and the girl

By Michael Jordan They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. The gunman that was waiting to kill Balram Jadoonauth might not have known this proverb, but his unhurried manner suggested that he...

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The business class also funds undemocratic parties

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more