April 2018

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Baffling that businesses in the gold sector have serious issues with producing routine documents

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Baffling that businesses in the gold sector have serious issues with producing routine documents

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter written by ‘A concerned miner’ titled, “Gold Board killing the golden goose” (KN April 14). I was wondering when such a development would occur, and knew...

The woman with the roving eye and the man in the middle

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The woman with the roving eye and the man in the middle

The preponderance of single mothers is being cited as the reason for young criminals taking to the streets to make life miserable for the people who are trying to earn a living. It would seem that...

Interesting Creatures… The Bull Shark [Carcharhinus leucas]

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Bull Shark [Carcharhinus leucas]

The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally “zambi”) in Africa, and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a requiem shark commonly found...

A strange thing, but then again, Guyana is a strange place

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A strange thing, but then again, Guyana is a strange place

When I was small, I would accompany relatives to pay the light-bill at the GPL office on Main Street. Next to the GPL building was a huge empty lot right at the western corner of Main and New Market...

THE VET AND YOUR PET…CHOOSING A DOG AS YOUR COMPANION ANIMAL

Apr 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on THE VET AND YOUR PET…CHOOSING A DOG AS YOUR COMPANION ANIMAL

By Dr. Steve Surujbally Let us this week look at some specific considerations associated with choosing a dog as your companion animal. After all, we don’t want the animal to make a round-trip back...

WHAT EXACTLY IS 20/20 VISION?

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Dr Karen Persram, Features / Columnists Comments Off on WHAT EXACTLY IS 20/20 VISION?

Most people are familiar with the eye chart, either from the doctor’s office or the optometrist’s office. The Snellen eye chart is the most common. It was developed by Dr. Herman Snellen. The...

Book Review…The genius of poetic activism

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…The genius of poetic activism

Book: To Be the Daylight Author: Charlotte Mandel Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Charlotte Mandel has long proven her salt as an inimitable poet. Expectedly, with bated breath we wait her...

Why Democracy continues to be undermined in Guyana

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Why Democracy continues to be undermined in Guyana

Some people have asked me to explain why the current government, despite its many promises to govern differently from the PPP, has turned out to be no different from its predecessors as far as far as...

Painkillers: Use them to kill your pain; not you

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Painkillers: Use them to kill your pain; not you

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Painkillers are very helpful when we are having pains that may be caused by headaches, arthritis, injuries or many other painful...

The Commonwealth: What’s in it for small states?

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Commonwealth: What’s in it for small states?

By Sir Ronald Sanders Writing in the British Guardian Newspaper on April 10, my colleague, Professor Phillip Murphy, the Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London,...

The next leader of the PNCR

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The next leader of the PNCR

This year’s Congress of the People’s National Congress Reform will not elect a new leader. But this year’s Congress will be about political succession within the PNCR. It has to be. David...

Rivers and water security

Apr 15, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Rivers and water security

(Address of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the 8th World Water Forum, Brasilia, Brazil) Water is life. Without water there can be no life....

LEARNING THE METRIC SYSTEM – USING THE UNITS OF VOLUME

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on LEARNING THE METRIC SYSTEM – USING THE UNITS OF VOLUME

As Guyana maintains focus on the full implementation of the SI (Metric) Units in daily measurement practices, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is continuously offering guidance to...

Universal Health – Everyone, Everywhere

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Universal Health – Everyone, Everywhere

By PAT DIAL One of the greatest concerns not only of consumers, but of the public at large and of governments as well, is Health. Good health fosters greater life expectancy not only for adults but...

It’s One Blood – ours!

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on It’s One Blood – ours!

By Dennis Nichols Have you ever wondered if we, Homo sapiens, have become so resigned to bloodshed that we just accept it as a disconcerting part of life? I do. From time immemorial it seems, the...

Nothing but cheap theatrics & political distraction

Apr 15, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Nothing but cheap theatrics & political distraction

The Opposition Leader is hard at work defending his title as a man of little moral turpitude whose humanity could be seriously questioned. Last week with a straight face and utter lack of shame, he...

The Baccoo speaks

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Guyana has its problem with Venezuela. Now it is going to be involved on the international stage because of happenings beyond its control. The country is going to be asked to take sides following a...

Ignoring Corruption

Apr 15, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Ignoring Corruption

When in opposition, this government made many promises. There was the promise of good governance, the promise to tackle corruption, and to be honest, transparent and accountable to the people. It...

IMF alerts govt. to unfavourable profit sharing regime in ExxonMobil contract – Country almost alone in this category

Apr 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on IMF alerts govt. to unfavourable profit sharing regime in ExxonMobil contract – Country almost alone in this category

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has alerted the Government of Guyana to the fact that it has entered into a unique and disadvantageous agreement with oil giant...

Dilemma over two Boards of Directors at GuySuCo

Apr 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dilemma over two Boards of Directors at GuySuCo

– Finance Minister insists he’s not in charge of sugar industry Following the embarrassing confusion late last year over the redundancy of thousands of sugar workers, the handling of the...

Guyana records lowest growth rate in decades

Apr 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records lowest growth rate in decades

By Kiana Wilburg While it is still considered positive, a 2.1 percent growth rate for 2017 is the lowest Guyana has been in decades. This figure and accompanying details were released yesterday...

E’bo freak storm leaves families without roofs

Apr 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo freak storm leaves families without roofs

Three families were badly affected after a fearsome encounter with a freak storm yesterday on the Essequibo Coast. The families, all of whom are from Lima, some eight miles from Anna Regina on the...

Finance Ministry launches plan for modernized Nat’l Payment System

Apr 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Ministry launches plan for modernized Nat’l Payment System

…aims at efficient, safe means to conduct transactions Finance Minister, Winston Jordan yesterday officially launched the implementation plan for the National Payment System (NPS). He announced...

Cop overturns minibus, woman dead

Apr 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cop overturns minibus, woman dead

A woman died and several persons were injured following a minibus accident yesterday at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara. The driver of the minibus has since been identified as a police rank...

South African firm to explore precious metal refinery

Apr 14, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on South African firm to explore precious metal refinery

A team from SA Precious Metals (Pty) Ltd, a South African precious metal manufacturing company, is expected to visit Guyana this month to explore the establishment of a refinery to process special...

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No good deed goes unpunished

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(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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