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The country is without a Chief Education Officer

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The country is without a Chief Education Officer

Dear Editor, It is very startling that this country’s education system has been without a Chief Education Officer since September 2016. The vacancy for a Chief Education Officer was advertised,...

Dental health…150 YEARS OF DENTISTRY

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dental health…150 YEARS OF DENTISTRY

By Dr. Neromini Fagu I recently attended the Ontario Dental Association’s Annual Spring Meeting which was hosted in conjunction with the Canadian Dental Association. It was an amazing opportunity...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community Ò….Understanding Denial & Revocation after Embassy Interview

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community Ò….Understanding Denial & Revocation after Embassy Interview

By Attorney Gail Seeram Approval and then a denial and then a revocation – what does this mean? When an embassy interview is scheduled, the petitioner and beneficiary in most cases already have an...

The Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus)

May 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus)

The culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), sometimes known as the zorro culpeo or Andean fox (wolf), is a South American species of wild dog. It is the second largest native canid on the continent, after the...

Anxiety Disorder: The missed illness

May 21, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Anxiety Disorder: The missed illness

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Our mind can be our greatest friend and yet it can become our biggest enemy. Persons who suffer with anxiety disorders tend to be fighting...

THIS GOVERNMENT IS PRO-UNION

May 21, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THIS GOVERNMENT IS PRO-UNION

(This is the third and final segment of the speech delivered to the nation’s workers on Labour Day 2017 by Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Raphael Trotman for the Government of Guyana. In the...

Noise from an illegal rum shop affecting prayers in the churches

May 21, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Noise from an illegal rum shop affecting prayers in the churches

Dear Editor, It would seem that the adult son of a wealthy businessman is above the law with the presumptuous selling of alcoholic beverages in unlicensed premises in his home village Region Two....

Book Review… The thorny road to healing

May 21, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… The thorny road to healing

Book: The Fisherman Author: LeRoy Martin James Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby LeRoy Martin James captures the Jekyll and Hyde of Father Time in measured, constrained terms. Hemmed in by tradition and...

Effective communication is vital!

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Effective communication is vital!

– Consultant reminds Internal Auditors By Kiana Wilburg Effective communication is as essential to internal auditors as it is to journalists. That said, internal auditors cannot operate in a vacuum...

Bullets for a banker

May 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Bullets for a banker

-why did someone execute Thomas Orderson? By Michael Jordan If the man lying motionless near the white Mitsubishi Lancer had been some shady underworld figure, then it would have been understandable...

We are nothing but shadow and mist

May 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on We are nothing but shadow and mist

Here are some of the lyrics from the theme song of the movie, “Last Tango in Paris,” definitely the second greatest existentialist film ever made after the Italian masterpiece, “La Dolce...

Business is not bad. The businesses are moving out of Georgetown

May 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Business is not bad. The businesses are moving out of Georgetown

President David Granger is bent on pursuing a programme that would ensure a good life for all. In the face of talk about unemployment there is increasing employment. It may not be recognized, but...

The Story within the Story…Constitutional reform must become a priority

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Constitutional reform must become a priority

By Leonard Gildarie A country is as strong as its laws. When we speak of laws, we should not only be concerned by what is written or assented to in the Constitution of Guyana. It has to do with the...

Woman who allegedly supplied students with ganja gets High Court bail

May 21, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Woman who allegedly supplied students with ganja gets High Court bail

Suria Somaria, the 64-year-old woman who was charged back in March with helping to supply students of the Kuru Kuru Training College with marijuana, has been released on High Court bail. Somaria,...

National development for the benefit of all the people

May 21, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on National development for the benefit of all the people

On May 16, 2015 His Excellency Brigadier David Granger was sworn in as President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance for...

Searching for heroes among us

May 21, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Searching for heroes among us

By Dennis Nichols There are a lot of things wrong with the world we live in, like the reality of evil which no one seems to quite understand, since the majority of us, humans, profess to be...

The Baccoo Speaks

May 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The pressure on some people actually causes them to do strange things. There is going to be a surprising twist to the protest against value added tax on tuition fees. One parent is going to seek some...

The purge and the plunge

May 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The purge and the plunge

Guyana’s public service has long suffered from a lack of skills. There was always a shortage of skills necessary for developing, implementing and monitoring projects of the government. The shortage...

OAS compromised by its Secretary-General

May 21, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on OAS compromised by its Secretary-General

By Sir Ronald Sanders The Organisation of American States (OAS) has lost credibility as a multilateral institution capable of contributing to a resolution of the growing conflict in Venezuela. There...

No bail for man who allegedly stole boat, gun, cash from miner

May 21, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on No bail for man who allegedly stole boat, gun, cash from miner

Twenty-seven-year-old Hemchand Hitlall was on Friday remanded to prison on a charge of break and entry and larceny, when he appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

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Runsfest ends in draw, as arch rivals play hearts out

The mirage of citizen investment

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The latest song and dance from the corridors of political power in Guyana comes wrapped... more