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HIS LEGACY LIVES ON

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on HIS LEGACY LIVES ON

On February 23, thousands Guyanese celebrated Guyana’s 48thRepublic anniversary under the theme “Let’s Cooperate and Celebrate Republic 48.” For many, it was not only an occasion to...

Grangers opts out CARICOM heads meeting -to focus on domestic issues

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Grangers opts out CARICOM heads meeting -to focus on domestic issues

President David Granger will not be attending the Twenty-Ninth Inter-sessional Meeting of The Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM). “The Guyanese Head of State...

DRUG PROCUREMENT AND NATIONAL DRUG SECURITY FOR CONSUMER BENEFIT

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DRUG PROCUREMENT AND NATIONAL DRUG SECURITY FOR CONSUMER BENEFIT

Guyana imports most of the pharmaceuticals it uses and this costs several billion dollars. With this volume, it is not unlikely that some sub-standard items are imported. Such sub-standard...

Man who brutalized father jailed ..man’s hands broken in two places

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man who brutalized father jailed ..man’s hands broken in two places

The man who is always in the habit of ill-treating his parents and beating them for money to buy rum and drugs, has been jailed on a charge of wounding. The man, Michael Henriques, 38, of No19...

Hot or Cold? – Types and Use of Calibrated Thermometers

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Hot or Cold? – Types and Use of Calibrated Thermometers

The accurate measurement of temperature is vital across a broad spectrum of human activities, including industrial processes (e.g. making steel), manufacturing, monitoring (in food transport and...

QC Alumni hosts 250 Secondary school children in Guyana

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on QC Alumni hosts 250 Secondary school children in Guyana

SEEKING to inculcate key developmental skills in some 250 secondary school students, the fourth annual Queen’s College Student Conference (QCSC) was held on Thursday and Friday last, at Queen’s...

GTU proposes way forward on multi-million-dollar debunching issue

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTU proposes way forward on multi-million-dollar debunching issue

Public school teachers are owed debunching money amounting to a sum bordering on $600 million. But according to General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers Union [GTU], Ms. Coretta McDonald, “We...

Youths at fever pitch as multidisciplinary tech programme nears

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Youths at fever pitch as multidisciplinary tech programme nears

March 15 is launching date for National Coding Competition Enthusiastic Guyanese youths will soon have a chance to participate in a highly anticipated national multidisciplinary technology programme...

The Baccoo speaks

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

It seems as if people are in a hurry to go nowhere. Every so often there is a car crash when no other vehicle is on the road. This is not a new development, but it signals recklessness on the part of...

After 100 years with ExxonMobil… 20 African countries no better off today

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on After 100 years with ExxonMobil… 20 African countries no better off today

The splendour Mother Nature has bestowed upon the continent of Africa cannot be ignored. But neither can the fact that after 100 years of hosting ExxonMobil’s operations, the people of 20 African...

A valiant fight against a genetic disorder

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on A valiant fight against a genetic disorder

By Sharmain Grainger Many of us are familiar with the term kidney failure or chronic kidney disease, but not so many of us might be aware of polycystic kidney disease, also known as polycystic kidney...

The critics of the oil contract and reality

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The critics of the oil contract and reality

Guyana is changing and this is because of the news of the oil discovery. The change has been subtle, but Friday’s Mashramani float parade exposed the impact the find has had on the country. There...

Guyana starts out with a loss

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana starts out with a loss

The risks that ExxonMobil took during the exploration phase have become the justification for the generous terms and concessions granted to that company, under the 2016 agreement. It is argued that...

A strange killing at Camp Jaguar

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A strange killing at Camp Jaguar

– David La Rose was certain that his son’s death was no suicide…and he would not rest until he had exposed his killer. By Michael Jordan On Tuesday, April 11, 1995, the sound of a gunshot...

Social Protection pledges continuous support for Early Childhood care programme

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection pledges continuous support for Early Childhood care programme

Minister of Social Protection, Ms. Amna Ally, pledged the continuous support of her Ministry for the Early Childhood Development Programme. This programme is an initiative of the Office of the First...

What are we doing to our artistes?

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on What are we doing to our artistes?

By Leonard Gildarie Since May 2015, under the Coalition Government, a number of inquiries, forensic audits and reviews were ordered to determine the way forward for Guyana. There are several...

2017 deportation decrease despite an increase in ICE arrests

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 2017 deportation decrease despite an increase in ICE arrests

By Attorney Gail Seeram Many individuals who are detained in immigration detention facilities do not know their rights and are often misinformed by immigration officers and facility workers. If...

GTU proposes way forward on multimillion-dollar debunching issue

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTU proposes way forward on multimillion-dollar debunching issue

Public school teachers are owed debunching money amounting to a sum bordering on $600 million. But according to General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU], Ms. Coretta McDonald, “We...

We have become a mindless, inhuman, uncivilized nation

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on We have become a mindless, inhuman, uncivilized nation

Here is a long extract from an article in the March 8, 2018 issue of The New York Review of Books captioned “Hell of a Fiesta” by Enrique Krauze “In the spring of 2017, and all through the...

GPO needs to go back to the basics

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPO needs to go back to the basics

Dear Editor; I recognized a name from long ago as I read the letter about the GPOC and Old Age Pensions Like Mr Seeram, I too am a pensioner. But I lay claim to three other historical relevant...

GTC designs four-week technical programme for retrenched sugar worker

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTC designs four-week technical programme for retrenched sugar worker

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Training Centre (GTC) has developed a 120-hour training programme for retrenched sugar workers. At a recent meeting with Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman,...

Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)

Feb 25, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)

The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a large duck native to Mexico, Central, and South America. Small wild and feral breeding populations have established themselves in the United States,...

Where was Jumo during the Mash Guyana 2018 Float Parade?

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where was Jumo during the Mash Guyana 2018 Float Parade?

Dear Editor, A short while ago I was informed that Jumo has a new tune out called “HARDER,’ and that from the first viewing of the video, it was a knock out. Hands down, he is about the...

My terrible Mash experience at D’urban Park

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on My terrible Mash experience at D’urban Park

Dear Editor, Please allow me to comment on my Mash 2018 experience. Durban Park was packed to capacity. I settled with my family at stand Number 22. I expected the music, float and revelers to enter...

Reflections on fifty-six years (and nine days) ago

Feb 25, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Reflections on fifty-six years (and nine days) ago

By Dennis Nichols Two Fridays ago, I was among a group of downtowners huddled in shelter from the rain at the entrance to Demico House in Stabroek Square. Then an old-timer casually mentioned...

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…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- A few years ago, I was at a private hospital watching the workers “clock-in” to work... more