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Apr 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos to the current administrators of Skeldon Estate
Dear Editor, It is Friday 27th April 2018; I am on the Caribbean Airline Flight 600 from Guyana to Toronto with lots of time to read the day’s newspapers. Of particular interest to me is the...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the fish eagle, sea hawk, river hawk, or fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor. The osprey tolerates a...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Social media can be a positive tool for change
Dear Editor, On Tuesday April 10 around 11:30 a.m., I received a facebook message and photo from Leon Andy Targoonchandrue, Mahaicony, about a donkey that had been suffering for several days. I asked...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Welcome Prince Charles by Royal wish and better sense
By Sir Ronald Sanders For two and half years since Commonwealth Heads of Government met in Malta in 2015, the British Government had been anxious to ensure that Prince Charles should succeed his...Apr 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… Am I being targeted: My firearm licence application is in limbo
By Leonard Gildarie Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets,...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP introduced a programme that resulted in prolonged discriminatory practices against bauxite workers
Dear Editor, I write to respond to a letter by GAWU General Secretary Seepaul Narine (KN “Workers can become hapless victims”- 28th April 2018). “What’s good for the goose is also...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…A Naturalist’s view on Life and Existence
Book: The Illusion of Immortality Author: Corliss Lamont Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD With scholarly rigour, naturalist Corliss Lamont counters transcultural beliefs regarding the afterlife. He...Apr 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall to reboot anti-littering campaign
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council is likely to reboot an aggressive enforcement campaign as a means of addressing the persistent problem of littering in the city. Recently officials of City Hall...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A new approach is needed to public service management
There were these two girls from the village. They were close friends. They were like two peas in a pod. When you saw one, you saw the other. As they grew older, their friendship became stronger. The...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon Apr. 29 2018
Apr 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Secondary school teacher, former student disappears after leaked video
Investigators and relatives are making stringent efforts to locate a New Amsterdam Secondary School teacher and one of his former students who went missing on Tuesday. Their sudden disappearance has...Apr 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City inspector warns against purchasing unsafe meat
— Moves afoot to clamp down on errant vendors The Public Health Department of Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is warning against the dangers of purchasing uninspected meat. Meat sold...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is our duty to ensure that our rights and interests are continuously respected and represented by those we elected to govern
Dear Editor, To reinforce and put structure to comments I have made on social media, Section 18.1 (a) of the 2016 Cybercrime Bill has no place in the laws of a modern liberal democracy. It...Apr 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Celebrating 180th Anniversary of Indian Arrivals Day in Guyana
By Vidur Dindayal It is truly wonderful that we are celebrating Indian Arrivals Day. We say thanksgiving prayers to our forebears who suffered and toiled to make a good life for themselves and for us...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SHIFT IN U.S.-NORTH KOREA RELATIONS
For almost three decades, no diplomatic relations existed between the United States and North Korea which the U.S. labelled a rogue state. And to make matters worse, several U.S. presidents refused...Apr 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Wholesalers receive prizes in G&J anniversary promotion
In light of celebrating their 25th anniversary, G&J Phone cards decided to give back to their wholesalers throughout the 10 different regions. The business owner, Mr. Rampertab Etwar, also known...Apr 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on George Subraj Foundation to lend more support to GPHC
– will conduct major eye clinics in three Regions next month Through the United States-based George Subraj Family Foundation, cornea transplants have become a regular feature at the Georgetown...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is Chris Ram right about trade unions, its leadership?
By Lincoln Lewis The trade union is a public institution and, like every institution, ought to be subject to overview and held accountable based on its mandate and governing principles. The movement...Apr 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Big Bold and Beautiful Pageant drew mammoth crowd
The Big Bold and Beautiful Pageant returned to the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, Thursday night with a bang after a hiatus of two years. Promoted by Nelson Entertainment, the event drew a mammoth...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Protecting Women
By PAT DIAL Violence against women has now become one of the terrible ailments of Guyanese society and domestic violence is an area of such violence which seems to be the most common. Incidents of...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Death visits Mrs. Doobay
She welcomed her visitor with refreshments;He beat her to death with a hammer By Michael Jordan The van with the two alleged killers exited the police station. I followed at a discreet distance....Apr 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Adopt the Bed and Breakfast standard to cash in on accommodation for Independence celebrations
As Guyana prepares to celebrate its 52nd anniversary as an independent nation during May 2018, and with the anticipated influx of foreigners for Carnival and the other events, homeowners can develop...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Domestic violence is so unnecessary
There seems to be no end to the shocking things that are happening in Guyana at this time. There is an increase in domestic violence that is leaving women dead. There were four such deaths in the...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Many stayed and endured; that is sacrifice
I don’t know if you’ve heard of the name Dr. Mark Kirton, but we were contemporary students at UG in the mid-seventies. Dr. Kirton and I graduated at the same time. We went abroad to do higher...Apr 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on My Contrary Politics, the PPP and Guyana’s Critical, Independent Tradition
One of the criticisms I face daily from government supporters is that my critique of the government, valid or invalid, serves the PPP cause. This kind of reaction is inevitable in our ethnic-based...Dec 25, 2024
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By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The year 2024 has underscored a grim reality: poverty continues to be an unyielding... more
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