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Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on A decision that will takes this country backwards for decades
Dear Editor, The unilateral selection and appointment by President Granger of Justice Patterson to be the new Chairman of the Elections Commission takes the country backward for decades. This...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unilateral selection of GECOM Chairman is an affront to democracy
Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) was very disturbed and most upset when it learnt of the seemingly high-handed move by President David Granger to unilaterally...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The President has ignored the Chief Justice’s ruling
Dear Editor, President David Granger has acting in breach of the Constitution, in light of the ruling given by the Acting Chief Justice, Roxanne George by unilaterally appointing a Chairman of the...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on None of our politicians is interested in healing the nation
Dear Editor, The politics of Guyana continues to be politically divisive and socially averse, as we witnessed again, the failure of the highest office in the land to negotiate, even a little, to...Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…EXORCISING THE CULTURE OF SQUATTING FROM GUYANESE SOCIETY
PAT DIAL Towards the end of last week, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) took action to clear its Sophia property of squatters. Large numbers of these squatters had taken up...Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…Standards can propel the local Agri-Sector
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards in keeping with its mandate to develop national standards has formulated a number of agriculture related standards in order to improve the quality of products...Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Financial Literacy: Why it is important for Entrepreneurs in Guyana
Dr. Terence Smith, Deputy Governor, Bank of Guyana The need for entrepreneurs’ financial education According to the Harvard Business Review, “fostering entrepreneurship has become a core...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon
Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice Patterson’s appointment as GECOM chair is illegal
Dear Editor, Mr Granger has built a reputation of being unable to play a fair game. He can’t be trusted. And he is unfit to run a democracy. Obviously, democracy is on a death spiral under his...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does Granger believe the Guyanese people will accept his reason?
Dear Editor, A statement released by the Ministry of the Presidency on Thursday (October 19, 2017) sought to explain the basis on which President David Granger moved to appoint the Chairman of the...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on This decision will cause loss of confidence in the electoral system
Dear Editor, The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana is deeply concerned by the President’s unilateral appointment of the Chairman of the Elections Commission. No President of Guyana from...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on No evidence that James Patterson is a fit and proper person for the GECOM job
Dear Editor, President Granger’s decision to abandon the constitutionally agreed process for selecting a new Chair for the GECOM has plunged Guyana once again into an election-driven crisis. While...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Hello World!
Beginning today I will no longer worry about yesterday. It is in the past and the past will never change. Only I can change by choosing to do so. Beginning today I will no longer worry about...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who says age is not a factor in Guyana’s politics?
Dear Editor, Before you judge me for age discrimination, I wish to make it clear that age is not a barrier in its general context and I believe that experience plays a critical role for growth and...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2
I had planned this column to examine two press releases by the PPP, one specifically on my life in Guyana, in which alternative facts were used to describe what I achieved in my country. And the...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The women in the cemeteries
By Michael Jordan ‘DEE DEE’ The gravedigger was used to seeing corpses, but certainly not like the one he was seeing now. What was this one doing here…pregnant, mutilated, dumped in Le Repentir...Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two Diwalis: It is hard to forgive our Hindu leaders
The Story within the Story By Leonard Gildarie Ten years ago I joined Kaieteur News. I was bored and Glenn Lall asked me what I was doing at home. I was in media business before and had some...Oct 22, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO ..Immigration News For Our Community Ò…Understanding Denial & Revocation after Embassy Interview
By Attorney Gail Seeram Approval and then a denial and then a revocation – what does this mean? When an embassy interview is scheduled, the petitioner and beneficiary in most cases already have an...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana’s poisoned political climate
A man whom I have known for a very long time came up to me and asked what I thought of the decision of the President of Guyana to unilaterally appoint a Chairperson of the Guyana Elections...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)
The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both the Vaux’s swift and the Chapman’s swift; in...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lead Poisoning: The Secret Destroyer
By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Lead Poisoning affects the world population more than is often realized. The World Health Organization estimates that there are 143,000...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on No winners in secession – in Europe or the Caribbean
By Sir Ronald Sanders Should areas of countries break away and govern themselves as they see fit? That’s a question that has been debated in several parts of the world, and is in focus now between...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column 3
President David Granger seems to be in the middle of some flak from a growing group of self-proclaimed guardians of the society. This time the criticisms are coming from his decision to appoint a...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks
Last week a man opted to emulate so many other men these past few months. He went home and accused his wife of infidelity then he torched the house. He fled, but his attempt to maintain his freedom...Oct 22, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Our children’s questioning minds!
By Dennis Nichols I wonder what passes through the minds of our children when they see greying men, matronly women, and young Turks ranting and wild-eyed, or cunningly slick, jabbing their venomous...October 1st turn off your lights to bring about a change!
Oct 19, 2024
– Major step in Guyana’s football development By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sprots – A momentous occasion in the development of football in Guyana took place yesterday with the official...Kaieteur News – For decades, Guyana prided itself on an independent foreign policy, one that allowed it to punch above... more
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more
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