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No place for corporal punishment in Guyana- President Granger

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on No place for corporal punishment in Guyana- President Granger

By Abena Rockcliffe President David Granger is all for the abolition of corporal punishment in Guyana. In fact, he has said that the biblical quote, “Spare the rod and spoil the child” is...

CANU refutes claims of officers involvement in businessman’s detainment, jewellery confiscation

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CANU refutes claims of officers involvement in businessman’s detainment, jewellery confiscation

The Head of the Customs Anti- Narcotics Unit (CANU) is refuting claims made by businessman Richard Ramjit, who is accusing CANU officers of wrongfully detainment and confiscation of his jewellery. As...

Linden’s riverain schoolchildren get boat

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Linden’s riverain schoolchildren get boat

…as President Granger’s 3Bs programme goes to Region Ten Positing that education is top priority, and that his administration would do everything in its power to ensure that every child in Guyana...

Helpless Love

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Helpless Love

Once upon a time all feelings and emotions went to a coastal island for a vacation. According to their nature, each was having a good time. Suddenly, a warning of an impending storm was announced and...

Was Chanderpaul a selfish sportsman?

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was Chanderpaul a selfish sportsman?

Dear Editor, Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s resignation in my view came far too late. He should have done so more than 18 months ago when he was overlooked by the selectors in selecting teams for One Day...

Sunday Cartoon

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

What was the relevance of my name?

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on What was the relevance of my name?

Dear Editor, I sent the following letter to Stabroek News on Sunday, Jan 17 in response to what was written about me in that newspaper on that very day. I re-sent it but no publication as yet. The...

Impacted Wisdom Teeth

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Impacted Wisdom Teeth

By Dr. NerominiFagu Let’s continue our discussion about wisdom teeth from last week by looking at impacted wisdom teeth.An impacted tooth is any tooth that is prevented by tissue, bone, or another...

Politicians of all parties must work together

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politicians of all parties must work together

Dear Editor, One cannot help but be depressed about the equitable development of our nation when those on both sides of the political spectrum continue to carry on the affairs of our country with the...

Drivers should stop when asked to by the police to

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Drivers should stop when asked to by the police to

Dear Editor, “They are under instructions to stop a vehicle only if they observe a violation has occurred,” is a quote from Freddie Kissoon’s column in Saturday’s edition of...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…Clearing city of vagrants should be part of clean-up campaign

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…Clearing city of vagrants should be part of clean-up campaign

PAT DIAL Over the last several months, Government and the Georgetown City Council have been seriously addressing the problem of drainage and cleaning of the City and they have made much progress in...

President Jagdeo displaced over 3000 bauxite workers

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on President Jagdeo displaced over 3000 bauxite workers

Dear Editor, The call by Bharrat Jagdeo for meetings to address the issue of the proposed closure of the Wales estate that would affect 1600 workers, were one to examine same through the lens of...

Singing cop touts optimistic messages for troubling issues

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Singing cop touts optimistic messages for troubling issues

By Jarryl Bryan The scourge of suicide has almost been overwhelming in Guyana in recent times. The recent escalation caused President David Granger to convene a suicide prevention meeting on January...

Two murdered girls…two unsolved cases…

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Two murdered girls…two unsolved cases…

DO YOU KNOW THE BATH SETTLEMENT KILLER? By Michael Jordan “You look at these scattered houses, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: An increasingly common disorder in women

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: An increasingly common disorder in women

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine I have decided to highlight Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) this week, because it’s becoming a common finding in young females in...

Boycott watching the Academy Awards next month

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Boycott watching the Academy Awards next month

I don’t think I have looked at three Academy Awards (the Oscars) in my lifetime. I am not big on movies as I am on music. I have one of the largest music collections as a layman. And the genres are...

My wife and I contributed 50 years to the agricultural sector

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on My wife and I contributed 50 years to the agricultural sector

Dear Editor, My first letter to Stabroek News was sometime in late 1989, when as a 16-year old Sixth Former, I chose to highlight the lack of funding and deplorable condition of my old school. ...

The ‘secondary impact’ of criminal violence

Jan 24, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The ‘secondary impact’ of criminal violence

Address by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to a ‘Seminar on Tackling Domestic Abuse in Guyana’ sponsored by the Supreme Court in...

‘101 WORDS THAT TELL YOU’RE GUYANESE’…

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘101 WORDS THAT TELL YOU’RE GUYANESE’…

Bascom enlightens new generation about Guyanese rich oral tradition By Michael Jordan ‘Do you remember words like, ‘goady’, and ‘jombie-umbrella’—words like ‘poezee’, and‘...

Adherence to treatment – a key means of helping to combat filariasis

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Adherence to treatment – a key means of helping to combat filariasis

By Sharmain Grainger Mosquitoes have been known to transmit a number of diseases. Often fogging and residual spraying are the key measures to help safeguard people from these prevailing health...

The Pioneering Days of Stephen Campbell

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Pioneering Days of Stephen Campbell

By Dennis Nichols This week I’m back once more in the North West region of Guyana, to source another of our country’s great sons who ought to be remembered and homaged during the year’s...

Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Vampyressa bidens)

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Bidentate yellow-eared bat (Vampyressa bidens)

The bidentate yellow-eared bat (Vampyressa bidens), is a bat species from South America. Formerly classified in the monotypic genus Vampyriscus, genetic analysis has shown that they instead...

When hands fly and women die

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on When hands fly and women die

I interviewed President David Granger early Thursday morning. The topic was domestic violence. This is something that has been a bane to the Guyanese society. Men beat women and even kill them. I had...

NATURAL JUSTICE

Jan 24, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NATURAL JUSTICE

It is not outlawed for the Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority to share taxpayers’ information with foreign embassies. It is not outlawed for the holder of that office to also...

Waivers for Inadmissibility filed in U.S. not at Embassy

Jan 24, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Waivers for Inadmissibility filed in U.S. not at Embassy

ImmigrationINFO – Immigration News For Our Community…. Previously, applicants for immigrant visas outside the United States filed Form I-601 or Form I-212 with supporting evidence at a...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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