December 2016

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Budget 2017 is one of Guyana’s most controversial

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Budget 2017 is one of Guyana’s most controversial

Dear Editor, Budget 2017 has been labelled as one of the most controversial budgets to be debated in Guyana’s 50 years of independence. It was reported in Parliament that Guyana’s economy...

Suggestions for improving IT technology at the GRA

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Suggestions for improving IT technology at the GRA

Dear Editor, The recent downtime experienced at the Guyana Revenue Authority is unacceptable in many ways. There should be little to no downtime at the country’s most important revenue generating...

Wesleyan Church extends goodwill to Vreed-en-Hoop Primary pupils

Dec 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Wesleyan Church extends goodwill to Vreed-en-Hoop Primary pupils

The Vreed-en-Hoop Wesleyan Church continued its 10-year-old commitment of sharing the message of hope in Christ by extending goodwill to the children of the Vreed–en-Hoop Primary school in this...

The budget debate has exposed the untruths of Minister Cathy Hughes

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The budget debate has exposed the untruths of Minister Cathy Hughes

Dear Editor, Listening to Minister Catherine Hughes’ presentation in Parliament shows that she is finally experiencing the good life compliments of the taxpayers. But the same cannot be said of the...

MRSA: The life-threatening infection that you need to know about

Dec 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on MRSA: The life-threatening infection that you need to know about

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency medicine Antibiotics misuse has led to a worldwide outbreak of MRSA. It is an infection that is resistant to conventional antibiotics...

Help! Help!

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Help! Help!

There are a lot of angry people around and their anger is directed at the government. Many are blaming the President for his apparent lenient and Christian-like approach to the current crime...

Book Review… Is a perfect world possible?

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Is a perfect world possible?

Book: The Path of Life Author: Ou Wen Wei Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby As a practitioner of Ou Wen Wei’s Qigong (an ancient Chinese art that promotes wellness and longevity), my review can be...

It is time Guyanese try to work together

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time Guyanese try to work together

Dear Editor, Like many Guyanese I read the papers every day and listen to the news. As a result I am forced to express my views on the matters affecting us all. First, I would like to point out that...

WE PROMISED YOU AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

Dec 18, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on WE PROMISED YOU AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

For too long in Guyana we have done things the old traditional way with a rigid economy that depended on a handful of agricultural products. Many countries had long diversified their agricultural,...

Great day for Guyana!

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Great day for Guyana!

It is not even Christmas and the good news has arrived. The Secretary General of the United Nations has given his decision in relation to the border dispute between Guyana and Suriname, and that...

All is not well within the Guyana Police Force

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on All is not well within the Guyana Police Force

Dear Editor, I have to say that I somewhat like the way the police are unearthing, discovering and apprehending those who are responsible for murders and other forms of vicious crimes done recently...

Citizenship

Dec 18, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Citizenship

(Excerpts from Budget 2017 presentation in the National Assembly by Hon. Winston Felix DSM, MP) The recently created Department of Citizenship within the Ministry of the Presidency, an initiative of...

Some people are out to weaken the leadership of the PPP

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some people are out to weaken the leadership of the PPP

Dear Editor, There are some who seek to discredit the PPP and its leadership by insinuating that the Party is stuck in some old ideological mode and is therefore unable to come up with new and...

Modern entrepreneurship and ancient history in the Pomeroon

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Modern entrepreneurship and ancient history in the Pomeroon

By Dennis Nichols A trip last Monday up the Pomeroon River to learn more about a touted super-food berry led by chance to my first glimpse of a prehistoric shell mound, and a snippet of insight into...

Outraged for black womanhood

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Outraged for black womanhood

By Sir Ronald Sanders After a lifetime in Caribbean and international politics, I thought the time had long since passed when I could be outraged by any event. But I was outraged last week and I...

The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)

The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) is a marine bird in the family Sulidae, which includes 10 species of long-winged seabirds. It belongs to the genus Sula, which comprises six species of boobies....

The girl in the pink pleated skirt

Dec 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The girl in the pink pleated skirt

– an appeal to friends I knew, about a 40-year-old cold case By Michael Jordan I want to make a request to some old friends of mine. I need your help. Something happened forty years ago that I...

GRA unveils aggressive plan to tackle tax dodgers…32,000 businesses active but not registered

Dec 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA unveils aggressive plan to tackle tax dodgers…32,000 businesses active but not registered

-$2B in taxes lost annually from alcohol, cigarette smuggling As the debate on taxes and collections continues, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a rash of measures to improve tax...

EU, Brazil join possible financiers for Guyana/Suriname Bridge

Dec 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on EU, Brazil join possible financiers for Guyana/Suriname Bridge

A few years ago, talks started between South American neighbours, Guyana and Suriname, for the construction of a bridge across the Corentyne River in Berbice to increased trade. The bridge is...

Guyana-Venezuela territorial issue…Good Offices Process to continue another year

Dec 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-Venezuela territorial issue…Good Offices Process to continue another year

-if no solution, matter will be handed to Int’l Court Guyana will have to wait another year before it could take Venezuela to the International Court of Justice over a border controversy that has...

Don’t grant bail to repeat offenders—Ramjattan

Dec 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t grant bail to repeat offenders—Ramjattan

-says legal principles exist to keep some accused remanded There are legal principles governing bail and Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan hopes that magistrates would not grant bail to...

Demerara Bridge minibus tolls to remain same; other categories raised

Dec 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Bridge minibus tolls to remain same; other categories raised

-taxpayers can no longer foot the bill Government has defended the raising of tolls on the Demerara Harbour Bridge, yesterday stressing that it will do away with the need for Government help and...

Govt. launches ‘fresh approach’ to war against drugs

Dec 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. launches ‘fresh approach’ to war against drugs

– National Anti Narcotics Agency formed – special court to deal with drug cases, Touting it as “a fresh approach in the war against drugs,” Minister of Public Security, Khemraj...

De criminals must rob Rum Jattan and See-all

Dec 17, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De criminals must rob Rum Jattan and See-all

Guyana got some sleepy police. Dem sleep till dem getting fat. And dem boys seh dem sure that all de police still sleeping because of de robberies that going on. Rum Jattan mek big talk about putting...

Qualfon’s contractor robbed, shot during robbery

Dec 17, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Qualfon’s contractor robbed, shot during robbery

– Believed to have been trailed from bank A 42-year-old man was robbed of $4M and shot to both legs around 15:00 hrs yesterday shortly after he arrived at his Lot 75 Prince William Street,...

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The Kara Kara conundrum

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

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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

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(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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