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Human Rights body recommends police probe into extra judicial killings, prison reform

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Human Rights body recommends police probe into extra judicial killings, prison reform

The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGPAD), a Human Rights body established under the purview of United Nations, made recommendations for adequate police probes into extra...

Local strawberries!

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local strawberries!

For years Guyanese were told that the much loved fruit—strawberry—cannot be planted in Guyana due to its tropical climate. But one farmer has proved that contention wrong. Fergusson Bell’s...

Govt. awards $23 million for N/A maternal unit

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. awards $23 million for N/A maternal unit

Just over 23 million has been approved by Cabinet for the construction of the first phase of a maternal unit for the Region Six New Amsterdam Hospital. This disclosure was made by Minister of State,...

Gunmen escape with DVR after robbing Sueria Manufacturing

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen escape with DVR after robbing Sueria Manufacturing

Three armed bandits early yesterday stormed the office of Sueria Manufacturing and escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash and cheques. The gunmen entered the entity’s Eccles Industrial site,...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…NATIONAL QUALITY WEEK BEGINS TODAY

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…NATIONAL QUALITY WEEK BEGINS TODAY

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has designated October 8 to October 14, 2017 as National Quality Week. World Standards Day, which is commemorated annually on October 14, is part of the...

Racially based motive in the dismissal of large numbers of state employees

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Racially based motive in the dismissal of large numbers of state employees

Dear Editor, I have watched with a sense of profound foreboding over the last 27 months as the APNU/AFC Coalition government has steadfastly and calculatedly terminated thousands of workers in the...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE NINE NEW TOWNS

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE NINE NEW TOWNS

PAT DIAL For nearly two centuries Guyana was content to have two towns – Georgetown, the capital of Demerara and later the whole country, and New Amsterdam, the capital of Berbice. In the 21st...

Media exposure helped us at NAREI

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Media exposure helped us at NAREI

Dear Editor, I wish to not only use this medium to highlight what is wrong in society and at my place of employment, but also to praise good efforts when I see same. I want to firstly say thank you...

Sunday Cartoon

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Beware of sexual predators bearing gifts

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Beware of sexual predators bearing gifts

Dear Editor, The event has passed but since the theme is relevant, I would wish publication of this letter/ Over two hundred students of the St.Ignatius Secondary School dormitory in central...

The Emily Dodson appointment may have an ethnic twist to it

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, On reading Christopher Ram’s letter in Stabroek News about persons the APNU+AFC government removed but other persons they kept after it came to power, I saw where he left out two names...

Face Difficulties Positively

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Face Difficulties Positively

This parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule praying or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully...

Nobody is spared:

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nobody is spared:

Thieves have no mercy when it comes to taking. In this case, early yesterday morning, someone spied an opportunity when he saw this Toyota Avensis parked on a bridge, in Diamond, East Bank Demerara....

Stolen Iphones found on Linden man

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Stolen Iphones found on Linden man

A 20-year-old Lindener who police allegedly caught after tracking one of four stolen Iphones was yesterday ordered to post $150,000 bail after he denied a simple larceny charge. Lester Drakes, of Lot...

Men remanded for robbing hotel patrons

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Men remanded for robbing hotel patrons

Two men who allegedly robbed some men as they exited John’s Hotel which is located at George Street, Werk-en-rust, Georgetown, were on Friday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate, Judy...

The government is against the legalization of hemp

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government is against the legalization of hemp

Dear Editor, The Guyana Hemp Association has called on the President David Granger and the APNU/AFC administration to inform the nation on what is causing the delay for the removal of the legislative...

Financial Literacy: Our Disordered Relationship with Money (Part 2)

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Financial Literacy: Our Disordered Relationship with Money (Part 2)

Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana Our unconscious beliefs about money In last week’s article, we discussed how money influences every financial decision we make and the reasons for...

Cuss down politics every year at Dr. Jagan’s death anniversary

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cuss down politics every year at Dr. Jagan’s death anniversary

Dear Editor, The late Dr Cheddi Jagan, former president of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, has been recognized as one of the nation’s anti-colonial fighters, and advocate for independence. He...

Dr. Roger Luncheon clarifies on the NIS investment policy

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I write in reference to the October 3rd 2017, article in the media that reported on the presentation made by the Chairman of the NIS Board at its 48th Anniversary celebration held on...

When a wrong is promoted as right

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 1

There is a basic rule that states, “If something accrues from an illegality then that thing is also an illegality.” Simply put, you cannot do something wrong and claim that the end product is...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 08, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Madness has gripped the country. In recent weeks, there have been some killings that defied the imagination. Sadly, this is not the end of the period. A group of young people will attack a household...

The meaning of Minamata for Guyana

Oct 08, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The meaning of Minamata for Guyana

Excerpts from an address by H.E. David Granger to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Geneva, Switzerland 2017.09.28) Mercury is not a plaything. It is harmful to human health and to the physical...

OUR VISION FOR TRANSFORMATION OF POSTAL SERVICES

Oct 08, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on OUR VISION FOR TRANSFORMATION OF POSTAL SERVICES

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) was established in the year 1874 in Bern, Switzerland and its anniversary is celebrated on October 9 every year. The anniversary of the Universal Postal Union was...

The Story Within The Story…Hurricanes fallouts: Striking while the iron is hot

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…Hurricanes fallouts: Striking while the iron is hot

By Leonard Gildarie I have in the last few years been paying real close attention to the happenings in the region. We are far from insulated. It would be foolhardy of us as a country to believe that...

ImmigrationINFO ..Immigration News For Our Community Ò…DACA Phase-out in 6 months – Steps going forward…

Oct 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO ..Immigration News For Our Community Ò…DACA Phase-out in 6 months – Steps going forward…

By Attorney Gail Seeram On Sept. 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced the orderly phase out of the programme known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that was initiated by...

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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