January 2017 - Page 54 of 55

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Community Development Officers urged to be more proactive

Jan 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Community Development Officers urged to be more proactive

Community Development Officers (CDOs) were reminded to remain proactive in the respective indigenous villages and communities they oversee. This was emphasised by Minister of Indigenous Peoples’...

DENTAL HEALTH…Dental Apps to Help You Care for Your Teeth

Jan 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…Dental Apps to Help You Care for Your Teeth

By Dr. Neromini Fagu I thought I would start out the New Year with some suggestions on fun ways to help you look after your oral health. Regular dental visits are important but what you do at home...

ONCE UPON A PASTIME

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ONCE UPON A PASTIME

I suppose I should begin this with “Once upon a time…” but if that opening phrase preferred by story-tellers like Aesop and Hans Christian Anderson were mandatory, almost every political speech...

GWI seeks to install alternative energy supply

Jan 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GWI seeks to install alternative energy supply

In seeking to further improve its service to customers, the Guyana Water Incorporated is seeking to install alternative energy to be able to provide 24 hours of water supply on a daily basis. The...

Music carts are a violation of our right to have peace

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Music carts are a violation of our right to have peace

Dear Editor, I am requesting the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown to take urgent steps to curb the noise menace that is now being posed by the music push carts commonly seen around...

The light of progress shall shine brighter in 2017

Jan 01, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The light of progress shall shine brighter in 2017

The Alliance for Change (AFC) welcomes this New Year with open arms. All of our members, executives and Ministers are in ready-mode to put into effect all of the plans, projects and programmes that...

Sherod Duncan enumerates his constituency’s accomplishments

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sherod Duncan enumerates his constituency’s accomplishments

Dear Editor, 2016 was a consequential year for Constituency 14: South Ruimveldt / Industrial Estate. Please permit me to highlight nine important things we have done in the last nine months, and then...

THE CHEDDI JAGAN RESEARCH CENTRE ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT RACE

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE CHEDDI JAGAN RESEARCH CENTRE ISSUE IS NOT ABOUT RACE

Dear Editor, The revocation of the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre Incorporated (CJRCI) lease is already being touted as a racial issue and has the potential, in the absence of urgent clarity of the...

The Story within the Story…Five persons who impressed me last year

Jan 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Five persons who impressed me last year

By Leonard Gildarie The year 2016 was a most challenging one by any accounts. From the local political situation, to the US elections and Donald Trump, to crime and the economy, the populace was...

Why did GPL have to repair the submarine cable?

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why did GPL have to repair the submarine cable?

Dear Editor, Your Christmas day article on the GPL tender leaves many loose ends hanging. Can you please give us more information on the CEMCO report on the initial CMC GPL Contract? Why are we...

The past is being relived

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The past is being relived

The Court is the domain in which to settle legal issues. If there is a dispute as to a legal question, it is to the Court to which one must turn. It is not for the Executive to assume the role of...

Beware of Paul Tennassee and his hidden agenda

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Beware of Paul Tennassee and his hidden agenda

Dear Editor, I refer to a think-tank formed by Mr. Paul Tennassee set up to mobilize and involve ordinary Guyanese and organised civil society in crafting policies. Mr. Tennassee says: “We believe...

December’s tradition and Old Year’s Night passage

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on December’s tradition and Old Year’s Night passage

By Dennis Nichols There’s no month in the calendar year quite like December. Call it the month of seasonal joy, the taking-stock month; the looking-ahead month; and the symbolic month of Jesus’...

Laying the foundation for National Unity and Democratic Renewal

Jan 01, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Laying the foundation for National Unity and Democratic Renewal

In 2016 the Coalition partners in government faced several challenges. Thankfully we are better together than asunder. Challenges aside we were able to bring relief to several neglected communities...

A perfect time to kill

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A perfect time to kill

By Michael Jordan When I was seven, there was a boy in my class who constantly talked about how his mother had died, and how his grief-stricken father killed himself after burying her. Call me...

Why did GPL have to repair the submarine cable?

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why did GPL have to repair the submarine cable?

Dear Editor, Your Christmas day article on the GPL tender leaves many loose ends hanging. Can you please give us more information on the CEMCO report on the initial CMC GPL Contract? Why are we...

Ruel Johnson on the RED HOUSE controversy

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ruel Johnson on the RED HOUSE controversy

Dear Editor, In the wake of the recent controversy over the eviction of the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre from the heritage property that is Red House, I am professionally and personally obligated to...

Former President, Donald Ramotar warns the nation

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Former President, Donald Ramotar warns the nation

Dear Editor, The vicious attack on the Cheddi Jagan Research Institute housed at Red House has brought the PNC led APNU+AFC regime to a new low. It reveals the vindictiveness, narrow mindedness and...

APNU+AFC should not trust Tacuma Ogunseye

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC should not trust Tacuma Ogunseye

Dear Editor, It is becoming clearer that Tacuma Ogunseye seems to carry much guilt and is unprepared to level with the people on how many gold coins he collected around the period when the late...

Book Review… A Story of Sin, Forgiveness and Redemption

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… A Story of Sin, Forgiveness and Redemption

Book: Hearts in Motion: An Inspiration Story Author: Janet Hilliman Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Arguably, Hearts in Motion is one of the most authentic and revelatory narratives. It is detailed,...

Tips for an Immigration Interview

Jan 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tips for an Immigration Interview

By Attorney Gail Seeram In most cases, an interview is required at the U.S. Embassy or local U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office before an immigrant visa is approved or issued. In...

The Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)

The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) also known as the Andean bear or Andean short-faced bear is the last remaining short-faced bear (subfamily Tremarctinae). Spectacled bears are the only...

There isn’t and cannot be another country like Guyana

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on There isn’t and cannot be another country like Guyana

Many of us who studied history still cannot understand why the German people allowed Hitler to move from one destructive act to another, to the point where Hitler took over Germany completely. If you...

I am in 2017 and I embrace it

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 1

A new year has dawned once more and there I was welcoming it with some nostalgia because I am one year older and everyone knows that this means one year closer to the end of the road. It seems as if...

Unprofessional behavior of the Springlands Police Station

Jan 01, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unprofessional behavior of the Springlands Police Station

Dear Editor, For the past week, officers at the Springlands Police Station have been receiving a plethora of criticisms for their tardy response to complaints and lackadaisical attitude towards...

PREV 52 535455 NEXT

The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more