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Not this George Daniels

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not this George Daniels

Dear Editor, I have received several phone calls regarding a letter published on February 11, 2016 titled ‘ Sugar’s future is long gone’. Please be advised that I was not the author of that...

Notes on driving madness

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Notes on driving madness

Dear Editor, A recent article in one of the dailies again raised my anger. An elderly lady was struck down while on a pedestrian crossing! A speeding truck was involved. Another news item told of a...

Lincoln Lewis accuses APNU-AFC Gov’t as being just like the PPP

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis accuses APNU-AFC Gov’t as being just like the PPP

Dear Editor, The support given on any issue to a group or individual, governmental or non-governmental, is premised on upholding and respecting laws, international conventions, charters,...

Guyana’s attractive eco-tourism offering remains matchless

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s attractive eco-tourism offering remains matchless

By Kiana Wilburg Endowed with massive, pristine tracts of tropical rainforest, high species biodiversity, amazing wildlife, magnificent rivers and waterfalls, mountain ranges, savannahs, wetlands,...

Renewing the Dream: The Coalition’s Policy for Homes and Communities

Feb 14, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Renewing the Dream: The Coalition’s Policy for Homes and Communities

In our 2015 Manifesto, we stated that, ‘The APNU+AFC will initiate a policy called, “Renewing the Dream.” We committed ourselves to, ‘expand and upgrade housing development and facilitate...

There is love for some, today

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There is love for some, today

Today is Valentine’s Day. It is a day when for some reason people focus on love for just that day. To see them behave the way they do, one would think that Guyana is the most loving country in the...

These photographs tell the story of a failed 50-year-old journey

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on These photographs tell the story of a failed 50-year-old journey

From reading my columns, you would know that I politely (it was a polite “no thank you” reaction) declined the Government’s invitation to sit on the National Commemoration Commission. I could...

Vitamin Supplements: What you need to know

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Vitamin Supplements: What you need to know

By Dr Zulfikar Bux I am often asked quite a few questions by patients on vitamin supplements and think this may be the best way to shed some light on the “need to know” of Vitamin supplements....

Civil Society Groups not backing down in LGE

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Society Groups not backing down in LGE

… voter education outreach begins in earnest By Suraj Narine As the ball leading up to Local Government Elections (LGE) continues to roll and gather momentum, several persons attached to...

On a street dismal, dark and deadly

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on On a street dismal, dark and deadly

…Who killed Trevor Fung on Valentine’s Day 12 years ago? Last night I walked along Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park, where an unsolved murder happened 12 years ago and devastated a family. I had walked...

The legacy of a pioneer in a challenging industry

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The legacy of a pioneer in a challenging industry

By Jarryl Bryan Guyana’s tourist industry had an early trailblazer in the person of Richard Ousman, who defied all odds to form his own company, Wonderland Tours, 25 years ago. His views on the...

Team Legacy appeals to Georgetowners

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Team Legacy appeals to Georgetowners

Dear Editor, Stockholm syndrome is sometimes subtle. Even intelligent, forward-thinking folks can fall victim to it. The basic premise is not that difficult – you starve someone of something...

Sexual harassment in the police force

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sexual harassment in the police force

Dear Editor, The recent allegations by a “television reporter” about irregularities and illegalities in the Guyana Police Force require intervention at the level of a Commission of Inquiry or an...

Can Sanders trump Trump?

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Can Sanders trump Trump?

By Sir Ronald Sanders In the United States, particularly in Washington DC the nation’s capital, it is impossible to escape the current elections by the Republican and Democratic parties to choose a...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The more the nation attempts to control the carnage on the roads the more careless drivers, many of them with little experience, would take the roads. Over the past few days five people died on the...

Three and Ten-Year Bans From the United States

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Three and Ten-Year Bans From the United States

Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, aliens who depart the United States after being unlawfully present in the United States for certain periods can be...

Be careful who you choose as your lover

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Be careful who you choose as your lover

Dear Editor, Every time I read in the Guyanese news media regarding the death of yet another female, the victim of domestic abuse, I can’t help while struggling to subdue my internal anguish, to...

Mentally-unbalanced – The Good, the Bad and the Indifferent

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Mentally-unbalanced – The Good, the Bad and the Indifferent

By Dennis Nichols There’s news, and there’s news, and then there’s reality. They’re not necessarily the same. Media news can be easily spun, distorted, underreported or sensationalized due to...

Dinoponera

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Dinoponera

Dinoponera is a strictly South American genus of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae, commonly called tocandiras or giant Amazonian ants. These ants are generally less well known than Paraponera clavata,...

OUR BLUEPRINT FOR A VIBRANT GUYANA IS AS CLEAR AS IT EVER WAS

Feb 14, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on OUR BLUEPRINT FOR A VIBRANT GUYANA IS AS CLEAR AS IT EVER WAS

We are responding to a request by a number of our supporters who are asking for public reassurance that the AFC is steadfastly committed to the pillars that the party has built its foundation on. ...

Book Review…Former minister urges political reform

Feb 14, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…Former minister urges political reform

Book: Crisis and Promise in the Caribbean, Politics and Convergence Author: Winston Dookeran Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby A global revolution is sweeping our planet and the process is creating a new...

The Story within the Story…Our country is crying for more

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Our country is crying for more

By Leonard Gildarie The year 2015, surely, must have been a watershed year for Guyana. After two decades, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) lost its grip on power with a new Government,...

GBCHA – helping businesses take the lead to improve the nation’s health

Feb 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GBCHA – helping businesses take the lead to improve the nation’s health

By Sharmain Grainger “Regardless of how physically healthy you are, if you are not mentally healthy it simply doesn’t count.” This profound statement was recently vocalized by Executive...

Jagdeo denies PPP distributed 100% of Guyana’s productive forest

Feb 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo denies PPP distributed 100% of Guyana’s productive forest

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, is disputing statements made by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, who had told the National Assembly on Thursday that when the new government...

PPP blew up the “twin towers” of transparency and accountability–Prime Minister

Feb 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP blew up the “twin towers” of transparency and accountability–Prime Minister

Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, was intent on showing how the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) had no respect for the principles of transparency and accountability during its reign. Describing...

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Rivas’ winner sends GIA into Quarters as Tucville, Leonora Primary...

Oct 11, 2026

– Courts Pee Wee U11 Football tournament moves to quarterfinals phase (Kaieteur News) – Georgetown International Academy (GIA) and defending champions Leonora Primary continued their...

No more plundering, no more exploitation

Oct 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Rev. Jim Jones, who led more than 900 Americans to their deaths in a mass murder-suicide in Guyana in 1978, had a sign behind his throne that read: “Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.” That warning is particularly relevant to Guyana today. We...

Haiti: When the Promise of a Haitian-Led Solution Begins to Fade

Oct 11, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Who speaks for Haiti? It is a question the international community can no longer avoid. For years, governments and international organisations have insisted that the country’s deepening crisis must have a “Haitian-led solution”. The principle is...

MV Barima COI in ICU

Oct 11, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I want to give the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI) the space of grace. How can I (any Guyanese)? Check its origins. Revisit some of its personnel. Chair Smith said that the COI will follow the evidence to hell and back. It’s hoped that he...

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