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Granny to spend three years in prison

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Granny to spend three years in prison

by Malisa Playter Harry A 58-year-old woman was on Friday fined $15,000 and sent to prison for three years by Magistrate Marissa Mettleholzer at the Albion Magistrate’s Court. Ramraji Deonarine, of...

REMEMBERING Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr.

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on REMEMBERING Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr.

In the United States, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr birthday is celebrated every year on the third Monday in January. This year, it will be on January 15, the exact day he was born. It is a public...

Another year, another gastroenteritis outbreak

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Another year, another gastroenteritis outbreak

…but a proactive approach could be the answer By Sharmain Grainger Bloody watery stool, abdominal cramps, headaches and other pains together with vomiting, fever and loss of appetite, among a...

Hemp Association calls on President to repeal Hemp legislation

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hemp Association calls on President to repeal Hemp legislation

The Guyana Hemp Association (GHA) as well as other Hemp Associations and numbers of prospective hemp farmers, manufacturers and producers country wide are calling on President David Granger to let...

Community policing official implicated in carpenter’s death fired

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Community policing official implicated in carpenter’s death fired

The Community Policing Group Liaison officer Radica Ramanandan of Corriverton has been stripped of her responsibilities and is no longer required to conduct any business on behalf of the Community...

Metrology Bill on-stream – final opportunity for stakeholders’ inputs

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Metrology Bill on-stream – final opportunity for stakeholders’ inputs

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has completed the drafting of a new Metrology Bill which will significantly enhance the organisation’s ability to guide the implementation of an...

Trusting Bharrat Jagdeo can be a deadly mistake

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Trusting Bharrat Jagdeo can be a deadly mistake

Dear Editor, One should make political concessions while in power. It’s painful in the wilderness. Trusting the PPP and an opposition politician like Bharrat Jagdeo is the worst mistake any of his...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…BUYERS NEED BE ALERT

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…BUYERS NEED BE ALERT

by PAT DIAL Our column today will review the main consumer pitfalls in buying and selling transactions and will also briefly touch on consumers dealings with the Public Utilities. From time to time...

Mr Granger was declared President by an unconstitutional Chairman

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr Granger was declared President by an unconstitutional Chairman

Dear Editor, His Excellency has declared, led by his AG, a new Senior Counsel, that the Chairman of the Elections Commission has to be a judge; or someone who could be a judge. As to the other...

Why are the Bar Association and society silent on Article 161(2)?

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Why are the Bar Association and society silent on Article 161(2)?

Dear Editor, President Ganger said, in reference to the issue surrounding the GECOM list, that he will end breaches in the Constitution. Those “breaches” that took place in the past decades...

Sunday Cartoon

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

DENTAL HEALTH…HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU GET YOUR TEETH CLEANED

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU GET YOUR TEETH CLEANED

By Dr. Neromini Fagu Your car mechanic may tell you that after a certain number of kilometers you need to have your car oil changed or that you should rotate the tires. A frequently asked question in...

Preposterous idea from City Council about building malls

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Preposterous idea from City Council about building malls

Dear Editor, Reading a headline story in the local print media recently, regarding plans by the Georgetown Municipality to throw up in the near future two modern malls in our capital city provided me...

My experience working at the Ministry of Finance

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on My experience working at the Ministry of Finance

Dear Editor, I read in Kaieteur News, that the Chinese construction workers of the contractor, Shanghai Construction Group, for the Marriot hotel, a highly controversial project are squatting/strike...

Iris John celebrates 100 not out!

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Iris John celebrates 100 not out!

Iris Estella Martin-John (second from left) celebrated her 100th birth anniversary yesterday at Canterbury Walk, Beterverwagting with her relatives, church members and well-wishers. Pictured here is...

The way Guyana voted on the death penalty at the UN is wrong

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The way Guyana voted on the death penalty at the UN is wrong

Dear Editor, In an Addendum dated 2nd July 2015 subsequent to Guyana’s Universal Periodic Review, Guyana informed the United Nations that in relation to the death penalty, “A de facto moratorium...

Activist makes book donation

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Activist makes book donation

Community Activist and International Health Volunteer, Tabata Hicken, (fourth from left), on Sunday, last, facilitated friends from the Logos Hope, the World’s largest floating book fair. Hicken...

South American Ornate Horned Frogs (Ceratophrys)

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on South American Ornate Horned Frogs (Ceratophrys)

Ceratophrys is a genus of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae, subfamily Ceratophryinae. They are also known as South American ornate horned frogs as well as Pacman frogs due to their...

Our own law school and a Demerara River Bridge

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Our own law school and a Demerara River Bridge

The Story within the Story… By Leonard Gildarie There are two developments last week that Guyana should pay close attention to. I will start with the current situation at the Demerara Harbour...

Change in Cuban Immigration Policy

Jan 15, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Change in Cuban Immigration Policy

– Illegal entry no longer leads to legal status By Attorney Gail Seeram Effective January 12, 2017, the United States of America is changing its Cuban Immigration Policy. The Cuban Adjustment...

The end of ‘wet foot-dry foot’ – parting gift for whom?

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The end of ‘wet foot-dry foot’ – parting gift for whom?

By Sir Ronald Sanders Tomas Regalado, the Mayor of Miami – long a hot bed for Cuban exiles – has described as a “parting gift” the decision of the waning Obama administration to end the US...

Me and “Cloones” at the birth night of Abena Rockcliffe’s baby

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Me and “Cloones” at the birth night of Abena Rockcliffe’s baby

On Thursday evening I attended the 9th day of the birth of Abena Rockcliffe’s little baby boy. Abena is one of the live wires of Kaieteur News journalistic staff. I am still at a loss to find out...

UNDERSTANDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION

Jan 15, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on UNDERSTANDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION

Guyana’s long-awaited Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill was passed into law in July 2016 and soon after, a comprehensive set of regulations were drafted. They are still open for public comment....

Barack Obama and an unchanged world

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Barack Obama and an unchanged world

Barack Obama was a historic president. He rode to office against the expectations of change and hope, but at the end of his presidency Americans are asking themselves whether anything has changed,...

That column brought back memories of GUYSTAC

Jan 15, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on That column brought back memories of GUYSTAC

Dear Editor, I refer to the Freddie Kissoon column of Monday, January 9, 2017 with the headline, “Never Trust Guyanese Politicians.” Mr. Kissoon made mention of Emile Dodson who is Mr. Jagdeo’s...

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