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The hectic travel schedule of City Hall Fantastic 4

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The hectic travel schedule of City Hall Fantastic 4

Dear Editor, It seems as though each and every time I have reason to visit the CBJ International Airport either to travel in or out of Guyana or to receive or to send off relatives or friends, I...

Education in Guyana; an Inclusive framework

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Education in Guyana; an Inclusive framework

Dear Editor, All education system needs an inclusive framework which guides inclusive practices and polices. Guyana’s mainstream education system is no exception. It too needs a guiding inclusive...

Book Review… Dispelling the ghosts of Africa’s past

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Dispelling the ghosts of Africa’s past

Book: Eleven Testing Years: Dissonance and Discipline Author: Reginald Dumas Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Eleven Testing Years: Dissonance and Discipline continues the life journey of diplomat Reginald...

The amendments to the broadcast law reflect societal consensus

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The amendments to the broadcast law reflect societal consensus

Dear Editor, In my previous letter, I ended it by stating I will clarify on the issue of consultations. I am doing so now 1. I wish to state from the outset that I am not aware of any consultations...

Development of Leguan without political strings

Aug 27, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Development of Leguan without political strings

By Imran Khan, Director of Public Information It was way back in the 1980’s and I was only a young boy at the time, but I remember the day well – one does not readily relinquish certain...

Damned if you do; damned if you don’t

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Damned if you do; damned if you don’t

Some people in society are often caught in a situation where they are damned if they do and damned if they don’t, none more so than the government. The law enforcement officers are criticized when...

The 2015 suicide rate reduction for Guyana is factual

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 2015 suicide rate reduction for Guyana is factual

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice wonders why Ms. Annie Balliram (whose letter was recently published in the local media) is casting doubt on the 2015 suicide rate for Guyana, which shows a reduction...

You cannot and will not win in this country

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on You cannot and will not win in this country

When a country is blighted and has gone far beyond the boundary of irrationality and nihilism, the affliction permeates the entire country, not just the political and social hierarchy. The psychic...

Ship of Secrets

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Ship of Secrets

By Michael Jordan If you were to visit Bartica, you would see an ancient, half-sunken vessel jutting out of the river, in the vicinity of Triangular Street. It was a ship of secrets, some say; a...

Bloating and Gas: Uncomfortable and unsuspecting cause of belly pains

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bloating and Gas: Uncomfortable and unsuspecting cause of belly pains

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Belching or passing gas (flatus) is natural and common. Excessive belching or flatus, accompanied by bloating, pain or distention of your...

Boycotted for a Knighthood

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Boycotted for a Knighthood

By Sir Ronald Sanders Geoffrey Boycott is a BBC cricket commentator. He was an England cricketer for 24 years. Over that period, he scored 8,114 runs in 108 Test matches for England and was the first...

Health insurance

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Health insurance

The announcement that Ministers of the government have health insurance plans has come as a shock. It is also being suggested that the government has paid some $38M in premiums, a claim which remains...

Organise and Mobilise, Don’t Agonise…International Year for People of African Descent

Aug 27, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Organise and Mobilise, Don’t Agonise…International Year for People of African Descent

By David A. Granger Part 2 FIVE-POINT PROGRAMME The Government of Guyana will work with non-governmental organisations which represent people of African Descent – during the remaining years of the...

Public Utilities Commission needs to regulate GPL

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Public Utilities Commission needs to regulate GPL

Dear Editor, There are those who might say that valuing the GPL for rate making purposes would be an exercise in futility since the company is essentially owned by the Government of Guyana. Making...

Chris Ram and Ramon Gaskin have insulted Guyanese

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chris Ram and Ramon Gaskin have insulted Guyanese

Dear Editor, Wednesday August 23rd, I sat and encouraged my family to listen to a Plain Talk discussion hosted by Christopher Ram that included Ramon Gaskin. I know both men at an informal level....

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Another criminal band will attack a home in the eastern part of the country with some success. The homeowners would recognize one of the attackers and this would prove crucial to the police. There is...

Ovenbird [Seiurus aurocapilla]

Aug 27, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Ovenbird [Seiurus aurocapilla]

The ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family [Parulidae]. This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America, many Caribbean...

The Story within the Story….Sex and the private security companies

Aug 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story….Sex and the private security companies

By Leonard Gildarie This past week, there was a little piece of news that made me sit up and take notice. It should for all Guyanese as well, as, left unchecked, it will develop into a situation that...

Ministers paying half of health insurance

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministers paying half of health insurance

– Finance Minister defends deal, rubbishes Ramsammy’s claims Senior Government officials, who are now benefitting from health insurance, are paying half the costs, Finance Minister, Winston...

Jagdeo urges Govt. to release contracts PPP hid for 23 years

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo urges Govt. to release contracts PPP hid for 23 years

…Says coalition administration must stop hiding behind secrecy For almost 23 years, major contracts and concession agreements signed between the PPP regime and foreign entities were hidden from...

Minister Patterson clarifies…Exxon permitted to extract half billion barrels, not half million

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Patterson clarifies…Exxon permitted to extract half billion barrels, not half million

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson yesterday clarified that oil giant ExxonMobil has been given permission to produce 450 million barrels of oil during Liza Phase-1 as opposed to the...

Army in major exercise on border security

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Army in major exercise on border security

Commander-in-Chief, President David Granger, yesterday morning, congratulated the troops of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), who participated in the two week-long Field Tactical Exercise...

CJIA prepares for aircraft interruptions in October

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA prepares for aircraft interruptions in October

-duty free shop planned for Arrivals The Management of Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) is preparing for the last lap of the US$150M expansion currently ongoing. The airport...

GPL says electricity will return to normalcy today

Aug 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPL says electricity will return to normalcy today

– Efforts afoot to address generation shortfall Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) intends to address the issue of constant power outages today by re-connecting a generation engine that was down...

Police might handcuff a dead man next

Aug 26, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Police might handcuff a dead man next

Strange things happening. People telling lie and others repeating it. And a man who can’t even run from a baby end up in handcuff. All of a sudden people mekking statements that forcing some...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Imagine an official who believes he’s the last bastion of sanity in a world of incompetence.... more