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Useful TIPS for a better existence

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Useful TIPS for a better existence

Successful people have two things on their lips, “smile and silence”. Smile can solve a problem, silence can avoid problems. Sugar and salt may be mixed together but ants reject...

Education must feature multiculturalism

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Education Corner, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Education must feature multiculturalism

The holiday season provides an ideal opportunity for us to reflect upon the cultural diversity that defines us as Guyanese and the role the education system should play in this regard. We have forged...

Another 16 wardens certified to police environmental laws

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Another 16 wardens certified to police environmental laws

The second batch for the corps of wardens graduated recently at the Guyana Police Training Centre. Sixteen men and women were certified as Supernumerary Constables with the authority to enact...

First Lady impersonator woos Magistrate with Christmas present

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady impersonator woos Magistrate with Christmas present

A male prisoner wowed Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Friday, when he presented her with a token—a Christmas card—which she read aloud in court. The words engrave in the card read, “Dear past,...

Grey short-tailed opossum [Monodelphis domestica]

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Grey short-tailed opossum [Monodelphis domestica]

The grey short-tailed opossum [Monodelphis domestica] is a small South American member of the Didelphidae family of opossums. Unlike most other marsupials, the grey short-tailed opossum does...

Buy safe toys and playthings for your children

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Buy safe toys and playthings for your children

Toys and playthings are one of the commodities monitored by the GNBS under its Standards Compliance Programme especially during this Christmas season. When purchasing toys, parents have a significant...

Police to partner with GRA, insurance company to crack carjacking ring

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police to partner with GRA, insurance company to crack carjacking ring

With vehicles being hijacked almost daily throughout the country, acting Crime Chief, Paul Williams, said that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has had enough of such cases. It is now determined more...

GL&SC repossesses over 1000 acres of Mocha lands for non-performance

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GL&SC repossesses over 1000 acres of Mocha lands for non-performance

Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC), Trevor Benn, has defended a decision to cancel the leases of four businessmen in the Mocha Community and debunked claims that the...

Don’t panic when faced with a Request For Evidence

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t panic when faced with a Request For Evidence

By Attorney Gail Seeram Many of our clients are already very nervous while awaiting decisions related to their immigration status. The last thing they want to receive in the mail is a Request...

There is nothing better than a Guyanese Christmas

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There is nothing better than a Guyanese Christmas

Another Christmas and another round of enjoyment to the extreme. That is what Christmas does. There was a time when I was totally wrapped up in the season. As a boy, Christmas meant varnish, polish,...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 24, 2017 KNews The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

A year does not go by without the madness on the roads at this time. This year is no different. Some motorcycle bandits would try to attack a car. They would trail the occupants with a view to...

Social Protection Ministry intensifies efforts in patient care, fight against sexual and domestic violence

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Ministry intensifies efforts in patient care, fight against sexual and domestic violence

The Ministry of Social Protection has racked up a number of accomplishments for 2017 and the plans in the pipeline for next year regarding patient care and the fight against sexual and domestic...

The man who loved CSI

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The man who loved CSI

By Michael Jordan I have a strange request for you. I want those of you, who love crime dramas, particularly the CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) television series, to tell me if you recall any...

Facts about painful periods

Dec 24, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Facts about painful periods

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Many women experience menstrual pains just before and during their menstrual periods. Statistics show that as many as 90% of adolescent...

It’s the attitude that counts…If you love your country, read and circulate this so that as many people can reflect on it and change. Think about it…

Dec 24, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on It’s the attitude that counts…If you love your country, read and circulate this so that as many people can reflect on it and change. Think about it…

The difference between the poor and rich nations is not the age of the nation. This can be demonstrated by countries like India and Egypt, which are more than 2000 years old and are still poor...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more