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Sunday Cartoon

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

The value of life

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The value of life

A little boy went to his old grandpa and asked, “What’s the value of life?” The grandpa gave him one stone and said, “Find out the value of this stone, but don’t sell it.” The boy took...

Lions, Linden Fund USA rehabilitate Hospital Bus Shed

Apr 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lions, Linden Fund USA rehabilitate Hospital Bus Shed

In a simple ceremony the Lions Club of Linden in collaboration with the Linden Fund USA commissioned the newly rehabilitated bus shed at the Linden Hospital Complex on Thursday. President of the...

The Baccoo Speaks

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The advice to drivers is that they should buckle up. They should also ensure that passengers are buckled in. A man who refused to do so would be seriously hurt when the vehicle in which he was...

Globalisation disadvantaged small states

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Globalisation disadvantaged small states

By Sir Ronald Sanders Globalisation was originally a construct of industrialised nations whose economic activity had developed sufficiently to withstand competition within their own borders from...

The Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

The Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), or hyacinthine macaw, is a parrot native to central and eastern South America. While generally easily recognized, it can be confused with the far...

PPP and GAWU’s scare tactics must be challenged

Apr 30, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PPP and GAWU’s scare tactics must be challenged

The news that a ‘White Paper’ on the future of the sugar industry in Guyana is to be presented in the National Assembly is welcome. GuySuCo is the country’s largest employer. However over the...

Guyanese girls in ICT will expand our horizons

Apr 30, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyanese girls in ICT will expand our horizons

All over the world, especially in member countries of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), people came together on Thursday last (April 27) to spread awareness of the roles that women...

Book Review…A defining moment in Black history

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…A defining moment in Black history

Book: Returned Exile: A Biography of George James Christian of Dominica and the Gold Coast, 1869-1940 Authors: Margaret D. Rouse-Jones and Estelle M. Appiah Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby The spirit of...

What is the relationship between this businessman and the Government?

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What is the relationship between this businessman and the Government?

How could people like those in the leadership of the People’s National Congress and the Alliance For Change face so many of us now that they are in government? In my column yesterday, I looked at...

The Story within the Story…Prudence: Why this Government should pay attention

Apr 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Prudence: Why this Government should pay attention

By Leonard Gildarie Times are hard. The indications are that sales have dropped and people are more careful in their spending. Store owners are reporting that there is less foot traffic. I have a...

The pastor with a sordid past

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The pastor with a sordid past

– Is this unsolved murder a revenge killing? By Michael Jordan It was close to 30 years after his wife’s murder that the killers paid Pastor Motielall Persaud a visit. They say it was raining...

Time out Guyana – Nature snapshots from South Africa and The Bahamas

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Time out Guyana – Nature snapshots from South Africa and The Bahamas

By Dennis Nichols Sometimes it’s just too much – Guyana I mean, when credibility is stretched so thin, and you don’t know what or who to believe. It’s when the natural beauty of the country...

Crime is down, corruption is still rampant

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Crime is down, corruption is still rampant

It is unknown what was really going on in the country during the tenure of the previous administration. Here were the drastically declined Maths and English grades, the dramatic loss of skills as...

What you need to know about ultrasounds

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What you need to know about ultrasounds

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine An ultrasound is one of the handiest tools available to help detect medical conditions. It is user dependent and an accurate diagnosis...

Top Ten Reasons for Tourist Visa (B-1/B-2) Denials

Apr 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Top Ten Reasons for Tourist Visa (B-1/B-2) Denials

By Attorney Gail Seeram The most common and frequent emails I receive from my readers, describe the situation of applying for a tourist visa (B-1/B-2) and receiving a denial. Most of my readers are...

Strategic measures being proposed to help save the environment

Apr 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Strategic measures being proposed to help save the environment

By Sharmain Grainger City Hall is on the verge of launching a composting drive and the initial targets will be the 28 primary schools spread across the capital city. At least this has been the...

Authoritarianism

Apr 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

Guyana has a made a significant addition to the theory of authoritarian rule by identifying two routes by which an authoritarian culture can emerge. The first was through the desire to hold on to...

Education COI reveals…Ghost teachers lurking in the system – COI Chairman

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Education COI reveals…Ghost teachers lurking in the system – COI Chairman

– Minister calls situation “high fraud”, “beyond powers of the Ministry” Sometime ago calls were made for the Ministry of Human Services, now the Social Protection Ministry, to launch...

GPSU’s elections results in limbo

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU’s elections results in limbo

– Candidate accuses incumbent Yarde of stalling process It is being alleged that incumbent President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde is using his influence to delay the...

Gold dealer money laundering probe widens…GGMC declines to defend allegations of deficiencies

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gold dealer money laundering probe widens…GGMC declines to defend allegations of deficiencies

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has declined to represent and defend the integrity and efficiency of the agency. The Commission has been implicated in the investigations into the...

Push teachers’ retirement age to 65 – Commission proposes

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Push teachers’ retirement age to 65 – Commission proposes

Not only has a recommendation been made for the retirement age of teachers to move from 55 to 60, but Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry [COI] into the education system, Mr. Ed Caesar, said that a...

CBR rider dies in horrific crash with tractor in E’bo

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CBR rider dies in horrific crash with tractor in E’bo

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred on the Colombia Public Road, Essequibo Coast about 14:00hrs yesterday. The accident resulted in the death of 21-year-old Hazrul Bacchus Jr. of...

Regulator raps GPL over system losses

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Regulator raps GPL over system losses

Regulator, Public Utility Commission (PUC), has stopped short of fining the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) but has warned that improvements will have to be made. The decision was announced...

Prisoner recaptured after scaling station fence

Apr 29, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner recaptured after scaling station fence

Quick action by the police resulted in the arrest of a man, who scaled the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost early yesterday in an attempt to escape from custody. The suspect, who was being detained at...

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Jagdeo’s policies were a disaster

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Bharrat Jagdeo’s proclamation of his party’s approach to reducing income inequality... more