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DNA to solve puzzle of missing farmer and burnt human remains

Sep 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DNA to solve puzzle of missing farmer and burnt human remains

Investigators are hoping that a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test can solve the puzzle of a missing 63-year-old farmer and what seemed to be burnt human bones, teeth and hair on a farm at Silicone...

Family blames GPHC for baby’s death

Sep 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Family blames GPHC for baby’s death

…mother believes infant was overdosed with antibiotics The sudden death of one month old Hailey Henry has brought the Georgetown Public Hospital [GPHC] into the spotlights once again. Parents of‘...

Stronger legal support and protection for victims of sexual crimes

Sep 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Stronger legal support and protection for victims of sexual crimes

– as Public Health Ministry launches new three-prong initiative Demanding stronger legal support and protection for victims of sexual crimes, the Public Health Ministry this past week launched...

Positive thought – a strong tool of success

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Positive thought – a strong tool of success

Once upon a time there was bunch of tiny frogs that arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…THE PUC WELCOMES CONSUMERS TO ITS PUBLIC HEARINGS

Sep 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…THE PUC WELCOMES CONSUMERS TO ITS PUBLIC HEARINGS

by PAT DIAL In this offering, we will consider the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and its role in Regulation of the Public Utilities. We will also touch on the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Co....

Financial Literacy: Young People and Numeracy (Part 1)

Sep 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Financial Literacy: Young People and Numeracy (Part 1)

Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana Understanding financial literacy and financial concepts Exposing young people to financial concepts is particularly important. The earlier that...

Drug dealer, 21, nabbed for the fourth time

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Drug dealer, 21, nabbed for the fourth time

… third time within a year Ron Cadogan, 21, a drug dealer, who is well known to the authorities, has been nabbed again even as he is on bail for another drug related offence. His latest arrest is...

Sunday Cartoon

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON THE HORIZON FOR EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Sep 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON THE HORIZON FOR EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has for long advocated that in order to create a true culture of Standardisation in Guyana, significant focus must be placed on the education system and...

Shake-up or clean out?

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Shake-up or clean out?

The report of the Commission of Inquiry into the police investigation of an alleged plot to assassinate the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana has not yet been made public, but already...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The police would respond to the sighting of an escaped criminal in the eastern part of the country. The reports are that the escaped prisoners are desirous of reaching Cayenne where the country has...

The Leonora axe murders

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Leonora axe murders

By Michael Jordan -he lured his family into the house, and slaughtered them one by one… This is part horror story, part ghost story, and now that I have your attention, let me tell you some of what...

Preserving miners’ health & the environment

Sep 10, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Preserving miners’ health & the environment

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) staged its annual Mining Week from August 20 to 26 last under the theme “Mining Clean, Living Green”. In keeping with the most talked-about topic...

Adumbrations on the cruel manifestations of capitalism

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, In a letter by Rudolph Singh dated Sept.08, 2017 and captioned, “ The arguments denouncing capitalism are flawed” He seeks to criticise Gerald Perreira for unscientifically...

This government had adopted Jagdeo’s secrecy mentality

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This government had adopted Jagdeo’s secrecy mentality

Dear Editor, It is now public knowledge that some of the major contracts or business deals inked by the PPP/C regime contained secrecy clause. These include the Berbice Bridge, Sanata Complex,...

The Story Within The Story…Irma: A few deadly hours

Sep 10, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…Irma: A few deadly hours

By Leonard Gildarie This past week, one of the world’s strongest hurricanes, Irma, started up and on its path to Florida, USA, battered parts of the Caribbean, leaving a trail of destruction that...

Gastrointestinal bleeding: Internal bleeding that can be deadly

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Gastrointestinal bleeding: Internal bleeding that can be deadly

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a very common cause of Hospitalization worldwide. Symptoms can be life threatening when not treated...

Magistrates need to understand the law in relation to bail

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Magistrates need to understand the law in relation to bail

Dear Editor, I seek your indulgence and ask that you publish the following opinion on the question whether a Magistrate who has convicted an offender and sentenced him to prison can grant bail...

Book Review… A psychological tool worth learning

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… A psychological tool worth learning

Book; Mindfulness for Life Authors; Craig Hassed and Stephen McKenzie Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Mindfulness is a therapeutic system that promotes self-awareness amid existential challenges. It is...

UG and the failed leadership of Granger and Nagamootoo

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG and the failed leadership of Granger and Nagamootoo

Dear Editor, The editorial of this newspaper for Monday, September 4, 2017 on UG observed the following, “After a year of new leadership, many students believe that the philosophy of UG has changed...

Pan-Africanism and nationalism

Sep 10, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Pan-Africanism and nationalism

Pan-Africanism has its roots deeply embedded in two historical events. The first, the Trans-Atlantic Trade in Captive Africans, resulted in the forced removal of millions of Africans from the...

A ‘Rohingya’ reflection on ethnic cleansing

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A ‘Rohingya’ reflection on ethnic cleansing

By Dennis Nichols Well, for the past two weeks it’s been all about Harvey and Irma – the guy and the gal who reminded us that the Caribbean is indeed, as seen by some, part of America’s...

Who owns lands in this country?

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

A very interesting piece of information came out of the Lands Commission Inquiry by Mr. Aubrey Charles, General Manager of the MMA scheme. It was not commented on by anyone in the society but it is...

Bicolored hawk (Accipiter bicolor)

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Bicolored hawk (Accipiter bicolor)

The bicolored hawk (Accipiter bicolor) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in forest, woodland, second growth, plantations, and wooded savannah in southeastern...

The plight of people with depression

Sep 10, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 1

Two things caught my attention this past week and they all involved people close to me. It is not that these people are really related but in recent times I have been spending most of my waking hours...

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Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more