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Pensioners get new waiting and toilet facilities at Reliance Post Office

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioners get new waiting and toilet facilities at Reliance Post Office

Pensioners using the Reliance Post Office in East Canje each month to collect their pensions will now have some relief. They will no longer have to wait in the sun or rain or in a dilapidated bus...

Guyanese teacher tops in Jamaica

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese teacher tops in Jamaica

Guyanese student, Albert Inshanally, will be graduating today from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus as Valedictorian representing graduates from eight teacher-training institutions...

Chinese firm awarded US$37M contract for broadband upgrade

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese firm awarded US$37M contract for broadband upgrade

Cabinet has noted the award of a US$37.6M contract to China’s Huawei Technologies Company Limited for the supply and implementation of equipment and service to upgrade the Guyana National Broadband...

Digicel takes wireless telephone service to Coomacka

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel takes wireless telephone service to Coomacka

Digicel Guyana yesterday commissioned its tallest tower at Coomacka, commonly called ‘The Mines’, a small village in the mining town of Linden. Residents now have access to mobile phone service...

Grove man seeks medical help for paralyzed arm

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Grove man seeks medical help for paralyzed arm

Hopeful of once again becoming the person he once was is Dave Singh. Dave Singh, a 32-year old of Grove, East Bank Demerara, lost mobility in his left arm last Christmas Eve after an accident at...

The call for a dictator

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The call for a dictator

Ethnically polarized politics, disputed elections, an ailing economy, rampant crime, corruption, and impending oil money. Sounds familiar? It is happening in Guyana. President Granger’s decision to...

NPIC ringing the changes for success across the Caribbean BPO sector

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NPIC ringing the changes for success across the Caribbean BPO sector

Tourists often say one of the Caribbean’s unique selling points, which entice them to come back to the islands again and again, is ‘the people’. Caribbean people are renowned for their warm,...

The game must go on but the rules must be adhered to

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The game must go on but the rules must be adhered to

Dear Editor, I beg to differ with the views expressed by Adam Harris with respect to the decision of president Granger to select the 84 years old James Patterson as head of The Guyana Elections...

The GCCI began this level of disrespect we are now seeing against our President

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GCCI began this level of disrespect we are now seeing against our President

Dear Editor, The level of gross disrespect demonstrated against the nation’s President in Parliament on Thursday is tragically profound. With this single act, the PPP has laid bare its intentions...

The judgment of the chief justice supports that the president acted constitutionally

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The judgment of the chief justice supports that the president acted constitutionally

Dear Editor, I offer a review of the key findings and reasoning of the Honourable Madame Chief Justice in support of my view that the judgment of the Honourable Madame Chief Justice supports the...

If I had my life to live over

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on If I had my life to live over

I would have talked less and listened more. I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded. I would have eaten the popcorn in the “good” living room...

Sunday Cartoon

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Financial Literacy: Entrepreneurs must manage Cash Flow to Survive

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Financial Literacy: Entrepreneurs must manage Cash Flow to Survive

Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana Why is cash flow and cash flow management so important? The focus of this article is on cash and cash flow (liquidity) management. Cash flow is...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Weighing and Measuring Tips for Christmas Shopping

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Weighing and Measuring Tips for Christmas Shopping

During this busy shopping season, it is customary for consumers to engage in the purchase of goods, such as rice, flour, sugar, meats, preserved fruits and cooking oil by Weights and Measures....

I told City Hall’s Legal Affairs Committee to refer this sex assault case to the DPP

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on I told City Hall’s Legal Affairs Committee to refer this sex assault case to the DPP

Dear Editor, Please grant me the space in your publication to clear up a misconception that the public may have regarding the sordid situation at City Hall involving a rank of the City Constabulary...

We do not know of this new group speaking on behalf of the Rastafarian community

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on We do not know of this new group speaking on behalf of the Rastafarian community

Dear Editor, I have noted letters in the media from ACDA. and an organization purported to be representing Rastafarians in Guyana. For the record, ACDA was invited by the Leader of the Opposition,...

Dehydration in Children: Water is life

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dehydration in Children: Water is life

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine I am not campaigning for GWI today, but I had to borrow their “water is life” phrase to emphasize the seriousness associated with...

My life: A reply to the PPP

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My life: A reply to the PPP

The PPP issued a press release in which it stated inter alia; “The truth is under Jagdeo’s Administration, Paul Slowe’s upward mobility in the Force landed him the post of Assistant...

Book review… A raw, brutal work of art

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book review… A raw, brutal work of art

Book: Everyone knows I am a Haunting Poet: Shivanee Ramlochan Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Trinidad-born Shivanee Ramlochan delivers a stark and aesthetically dark, edgy and haunting work. An...

NIS intensifies efforts to provide improved service

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NIS intensifies efforts to provide improved service

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is intensifying efforts to remove public distrust and improve its record keeping system. In this regard, the scheme has commenced meeting with major employers to...

MPs rebuke the PPP for threatening to undo the nation’s gains

Nov 05, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on MPs rebuke the PPP for threatening to undo the nation’s gains

A group of relatives were gathered in the living room of the Copelands’ house in Alberttown, Georgetown all watching the television coverage of the ruckus in front of our venerable house of...

Marietta – A local ‘Halloween’ tale of intrigue (Part 2)

Nov 05, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Marietta – A local ‘Halloween’ tale of intrigue (Part 2)

By Dennis Nichols The day after the party, Marlene DeJonge sat in her bedroom after her three cousins (Her father’s relatives) had gone to church at the Brickdam Cathedral. The thing that had...

The Skink

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Skink

Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae and the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species, the Scincidae are one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks...

Companies, communities and citizens can cooperate

Nov 05, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Companies, communities and citizens can cooperate

(Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the 30th Anniversary Celebration of Amazon Caribbean Guyana Limited on October 29, 2017) The...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 05, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The focus is on taxis. Many have been hijacked in the past, and this week the trend would continue, but with a difference. Some young men would have no interest in the vehicle but in the money they...

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Groups, schedule announced for One Guyana 3×3 Quest

Desecration, Disrespectful, and Disgraceful

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The solemnity of Babu Jaan, a site meant to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Cheddi... more