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The Heron

Dec 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Heron

Herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species (some are called “egrets” or “bitterns” instead of “heron”). Within Ardeidae, all...

A variant Guyanese Father Christmas story

Dec 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on A variant Guyanese Father Christmas story

By Dennis Nichols Many years ago there was a young Guyanese boy who believed in magic; not the rabbit-out-of-a-hat kind he’d read about in fanciful tales, or the school magician pulling yards of...

The Story within the Story…We have much this Christmas to be thankful for

Dec 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…We have much this Christmas to be thankful for

By Leonard Gildarie For as long as I can recall, Christmas has always been something that this country buckles down for. The food, the drinks, the shopping, the bonuses, the toys for the kids…the...

Book Review…The Philosophy of Life

Dec 25, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…The Philosophy of Life

The Road’s End: A Journey in Poetry Author: Roma Sinanan Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Educator Roma Sinanan feels the pulse of a dying humanity and offers counsel. Hers is a life shaped by an...

Oh! For the joys of Christmas

Dec 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Oh! For the joys of Christmas

Children would be waking up today to a well decorated home, unusual kitchen smells and happy mothers. Of course this would not always be the case, because there are those children who do not know the...

The man who vanished on Christmas Day

Dec 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The man who vanished on Christmas Day

The pepperpot and black cake were on the table…but where was Michael Harris? By Michael Jordan I guess you know about the Marie Celeste, but if you don’t, that was the American ship whose...

Foods that should not be a part of your regular diet

Dec 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Foods that should not be a part of your regular diet

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Are there foods you never should eat? Not really. If you crave an ice cream sundae occasionally, have a small one. But don’t make it...

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

Dec 25, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

Christmas is a long-held tradition in Guyana. The thing we’re most sure of is that it was introduced here by the British long before Independence. It came with their ways of celebrating the birth...

What it takes to make an education nation

Dec 25, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What it takes to make an education nation

(Excerpts from an address by President David Granger to the annual graduation ceremony of the Cyril Potter College of Education on December 15, 2016) Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter was an exemplary...

Coastal flooding…M&CC monitors overtopping in city

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coastal flooding…M&CC monitors overtopping in city

– Operation Room set up to receive info from sluice, pump attendants The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) following a tour throughout the city yesterday, said that a special technical team is...

UK’s biggest buyer relaxes outright ban for greenheart

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UK’s biggest buyer relaxes outright ban for greenheart

– agrees to allow Iwokrama’s FSC-certified timber More than a year after one of the biggest traders in the United Kingdom (UK) placed a procurement ban on Guyana’s greenheart timber,...

GRA clamps down on auto dealers still shipping vehicles over 8-yrs-old

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA clamps down on auto dealers still shipping vehicles over 8-yrs-old

Over a year ago, Government announced a number of critical changes regarding the importation of vehicles into the country. Among other things, it included restrictions on vehicles over eight years...

NIS eyes better compliance from employers

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NIS eyes better compliance from employers

– receives boost with 14 new inspectors The capacity of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to ensure compliance with employers has been boosted with the graduation of 14 inspectors. According...

Berbice fireman’s home goes up in flames

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice fireman’s home goes up in flames

A Berbice fireman will be spending a bleak Christmas after an early morning fire destroyed the two-storey wooden and concrete home he occupied. Kaieteur News understands that the fire started about...

Bandits tie, rob overseas-based Guyanese

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits tie, rob overseas-based Guyanese

An elderly woman, who came to Guyana to spend Christmas with her family, was tied and robbed by two men around 09:30 hrs on Friday at Meadow Bank, Georgetown. According to information received, the...

Soulja Bai show up Jagdeo when de rain fall

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai show up Jagdeo when de rain fall

Rain fall bucket a drop Friday morning. In fact, dem had so much rain that all who use to boast that flooding is a thing of de past had to shut dem mouth. Road tun river and car tun boat. People...

Coastal flooding…PM blasts Hydromet Office for ‘misleading’ citizens

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coastal flooding…PM blasts Hydromet Office for ‘misleading’ citizens

While empathising with flood-affected residents, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has labelled the forewarning mechanism at the Hydrometeorological Office as “unsatisfactory”. Nagamootoo said that...

Major works planned for UG with $202M approved allocation

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Major works planned for UG with $202M approved allocation

The University of Guyana is expected to undergo a number of upgrades and changes in 2017 as the government of Guyana through the Ministry of Education plans to spend a total of $202M on the Tertiary...

eGovernance project…Govt. has no choice but to buy bandwidth from GTT – Minister Hughes

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on eGovernance project…Govt. has no choice but to buy bandwidth from GTT – Minister Hughes

The government will continue to expand the E-Government project across Guyana in 2017. In doing so, Minister of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes has said that government will have to buy...

Analyst Food and Drug refuses entry to Chinese sardines

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Analyst Food and Drug refuses entry to Chinese sardines

…importer falsifies date of manufacture The Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) in collaboration with the Guyana Revenue Authority – Customs Department – has refused...

NDIA says fully prepared to address flooding

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NDIA says fully prepared to address flooding

– open to assisting M&CC where necessary The Christmas season has arrived with a seemingly unwanted guest. Guyanese awoke yesterday morning to discover several of their villages along the...

Proposals for GuySuCo’s future far exceed IMF expectations – Agri. Minister

Dec 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Proposals for GuySuCo’s future far exceed IMF expectations – Agri. Minister

By Kiana Wilburg Thousands of workers within the sugar sector will soon know their fate, as a Cabinet subcommittee has finally finished drafting its recommendations on the way forward with the...

Kvitova determined to play again after knife attack

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kvitova determined to play again after knife attack

(Reuters) Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova said yesterday she would do everything she could to return to tennis after suffering a hand injury in a knife attack that will keep her out of the...

Dave Pharmacy onboard for KPL fundraiser

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dave Pharmacy onboard for KPL fundraiser

Dave Pharmacy of Albert and Sixth Streets Georgetown has supported the KPL fundraising softball tournament which is set to commence on January 2 at the Carifesta Sports Complex. The entity recently...

Letter to the Sports Editor…More of Juman Yassin

Dec 24, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…More of Juman Yassin

Dear Mr. Editor, I was so upset but not surprised to wake up and see in the newspaper that Juman Yassin re-elected to the post as President, and I have my reasons why. Knowing how things are in...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more