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Two off to Trinidad in Pan American Draughts trials and Goodwill games

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two off to Trinidad in Pan American Draughts trials and Goodwill games

The National Draughts Association would be sending a two-man team to Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday April 5th to participate in the Pan American Draught trials and Goodwill games. While other...

WCC Prasad Memorial on this weekend

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WCC Prasad Memorial on this weekend

The Wakenaam Cricket Committee Badri Prasad Memorial T20 tournament will resume today with several matches. At the Wakenaam Community Centre ground, Good Success will play G Square at 09:00hrs and at...

Guyana confident U.S. ban on catfish export will be lifted

Apr 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana confident U.S. ban on catfish export will be lifted

Nearly one month after the United States imposed a ban on catfish from Guyana, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, briefed Cabinet on efforts being made to meet the requirements to lift the...

April.-01-2018

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on April.-01-2018

Cease fining and jailing illegal Venezuelan immigrants

Apr 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cease fining and jailing illegal Venezuelan immigrants

– GHRA appeals for compassion Five non-governmental organizations have called on the Government to implement humanitarian procedures which will assist Venezuelans fleeing severe economic...

His death paved way for the New World Order

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on His death paved way for the New World Order

By Lincoln lewis Today the world, moreso the Christian community, marks this solemn day of Easter Sunday. According to religious account, on this day Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead....

The Story within the Story… The responsibilities of our executives at state-owned companies

Apr 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… The responsibilities of our executives at state-owned companies

By Leonard Gildarie Guyana is moving rapidly into another stratosphere of the business world. Yes, whether we like it or not, the oil and gas sector will change, in a very rapid way, the DNA of this...

Father of two arrested for murdering Linden businessman

Apr 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Father of two arrested for murdering Linden businessman

John Caesar, 35, a father of two was on Friday pointed out during an identification parade at the Brickdam Police Station as the man who is responsible for the shooting death and robbery of...

ImmigrationINFO: Fraud Indicators to Avoid in the Immigration Process

Apr 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO: Fraud Indicators to Avoid in the Immigration Process

There are millions of immigration petitions processed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State. Unfortunately, not all the petitions are good faith filings. In...

False measles report places Guyana on PAHO/WHO watch list

Apr 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on False measles report places Guyana on PAHO/WHO watch list

Efforts are being made continually by the Ministry of Public Health to improve its public health status. However, its efforts were recently marred, though for a moment, when Guyana was thrust onto a...

I’M NOT SEEING THE TV AS CLEARLY AS BEFORE. TO WHOM DO I GO TO CHECK MY EYES?

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Dr Karen Persram, Features / Columnists Comments Off on I’M NOT SEEING THE TV AS CLEARLY AS BEFORE. TO WHOM DO I GO TO CHECK MY EYES?

You would go to an optometrist. The optometrist is trained to diagnose and treat vision conditions such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism , and presbyopia. They check to see if the eyes...

A discernible break with tradition

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A discernible break with tradition

Good Friday in Guyana is not what it used to be. The day has lost its solemnity. The one day of the year in which Guyana came to a halt was on Good Friday. It was a day in which if a pin dropped you...

UNDERSTANDING THE METRIC (SI) SYSTEM – USING THE UNITS OF MASS

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on UNDERSTANDING THE METRIC (SI) SYSTEM – USING THE UNITS OF MASS

The Metric System, which is the legal system of measurement in Guyana, conforms to the Standard International (SI) units including the kilogramme that is used to measure mass. This system is simple...

Book Review… Of Love, Culture and Revolution

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Of Love, Culture and Revolution

Book: A Reason for Living Author: Julian Jingles Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD On a well-tapered literary canvas, author Julian Jingles has etched a brutal, provocative tale of excess, greed and...

EASTER HERALDS JOY AND UNITY

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on EASTER HERALDS JOY AND UNITY

by PAT DIAL Today is Easter Day. This is the holiest day in the Christian calendar since it is fundamental to the very meaning and existence of Christianity. God incarnated Himself in a human body as...

Neck Pains: Is it your blood pressure?

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Neck Pains: Is it your blood pressure?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Two out of three of us will have neck pain at some time in our lives. In most cases, it is not due to a serious disease or neck problem,...

Reflecting on Dr. Cheddi Jagan and the state of the APNU+AFC Coalition

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Reflecting on Dr. Cheddi Jagan and the state of the APNU+AFC Coalition

By Dr. David Hinds Last month – March 22 to be precise – marked the 100th birth anniversary of Dr. Cheddi Jagan. It is only fitting that Guyana stops for a moment and remembers this giant...

Miner stabbed after heated argument with friend

Apr 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Miner stabbed after heated argument with friend

Victor Davis, a 41-year-old miner of Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara, was stabbed in the abdomen on Thursday by a man known to him after he and the man had a confrontation. According to...

The GOOD in Good Friday – three days after

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The GOOD in Good Friday – three days after

By Dennis Nichols Many years ago, during the heyday of C.N. Sharma’s ‘Justice for All’ television programme, the popular host sought to ridicule the use of the term ‘Good Friday’ to...

Autocratization is present in Guyana since 2015

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Autocratization is present in Guyana since 2015

In political theory, autocratization is the gradual erosion of rights and freedoms whose beginning is almost indiscernible, and by the time the society sees its creeping nature, essential freedoms...

Region-wide training for CAPE’s Green Engineering teachers

Apr 01, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region-wide training for CAPE’s Green Engineering teachers

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says it will be undertaking a three-day training exercise to prepare teachers to deliver the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)’s new...

The Caribbean: Facing a Fatal Fate

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Caribbean: Facing a Fatal Fate

By Sir Ronald Sanders High-tide flooding is set to become an every-other-day affair in coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast of the United States of America by the year 2100. It...

EASTER CELEBRATIONS

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on EASTER CELEBRATIONS

In Guyana and in many other Western nations, Easter is celebrated by mostly Christians who believe that Jesus’ death and resurrection were to forgive them of their sins. It is probably the second...

A recipe for bloody murder

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A recipe for bloody murder

By Michael Jordan Let’s get a 31-year-old widower. Mix him with a lonely, love-struck married woman, add in a wealthy and jealous husband, and what do you get? You get a recipe for bloody murder....

Interesting Creatures… Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander)

Apr 01, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander)

The bare-tailed woolly opossum (Caluromys philander) is an opossum from South America. It was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is characterized by a grey head,...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more