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The Indo-Guyanese Arrival Day-Labour Day tie-in

May 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Indo-Guyanese Arrival Day-Labour Day tie-in

By Dennis Nichols There is a fortuitous tie-in between the observance of last week’s two national holidays that should not go unnoticed by Guyanese. With Labour Day’s focus on workers,...

Do not see the flaws in someone but the good

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Do not see the flaws in someone but the good

A man married a beautiful girl. He loved her very much. One day she developed a skin disease. Slowly she started to lose her beauty. It so happened that one day her husband left for a tour. While...

Bharrat Jagdeo and the Russian connection

May 06, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo and the Russian connection

Revelation that former head of the Privatisation Unit, Winston Brassington and former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh were charged for the sale of a plot of land to Oleg Deripaska, head...

$240M drainage pump station commissioned on East Coast

May 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $240M drainage pump station commissioned on East Coast

Farmers and residents of New Friendship-Vigilance on the East Coast of Demerara will now benefit from a new $240M drainage pump station that was commissioned on Friday. Addressing the gathering at...

This pirate attack will change relations with Suriname

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on This pirate attack will change relations with Suriname

By Leonard Gildarie News broke this week of a major attack on fishing boats in Suriname by pirates. The attack was on four boats and sketchy information initially indicated that it was Guyanese...

Illegal vending in Charity becomes more problematic

May 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal vending in Charity becomes more problematic

Illegal vending within the business community of Charity, Pomeroon, has spiked over the past few months. According to reports, vendors, despite having a designated vending location, have taken their...

Good Journalism is like a toothache: it hurts but it warns

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Good Journalism is like a toothache: it hurts but it warns

By Sir Ronald Sanders Reporters Without Borders (RWB) just released its 2018 press freedom report, and, apart from two of them, the lowest mark for rated Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...

Cartoon May 6 2018

May 06, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon May 6 2018

Cheddi was no racist!

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cheddi was no racist!

A few years ago, declassified documents published under the review of U.S. Foreign Relations confirmed that regionalism was simply a pawn for Forbes Burnham to consolidate his grip on power in...

Eion Greaves Appreciation Concert highlights work of a musical pioneer

May 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Eion Greaves Appreciation Concert highlights work of a musical pioneer

–Singer bestowed with special honour from UN accredited body By Rehanna Ramsay Patrons of the Eion Greaves Appreciation Concert, held at the National Cultural Centre,(NCC) last weekend were no...

Signature required for Green Card & Work Permit upon delivery

May 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Signature required for Green Card & Work Permit upon delivery

By Attorney Gail Seeram U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that the agency is now phasing in use of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)’s Signature Confirmation...

Taxi driver Colin Clarke’s murder: Carjacking or execution?

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Taxi driver Colin Clarke’s murder: Carjacking or execution?

By Michael Jordan From what his friends and family told me, taxi driver Colin Clarke made quite a few fatal errors on Friday, November 27, 2015. First, he picked up a tall dreadlocked man near a bar...

American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) is a species of crocodilian found in the Neotropics. It is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodiles from the Americas....

The Baccoo speaks

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The madness in Suriname will test the relationship between the local police and their counterparts in the neighbouring republic. Guyanese over the years have left to seek the hospitality of the...

Criminality has reached maddening heights

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Criminality has reached maddening heights

Some things cannot be explained by a rational person. At the same time, people can be more cruel than some animals. Indeed, animals can be exceedingly cruel. A man called me from the Essequibo Coast...

Guyana: always the mundane, never the magical

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana: always the mundane, never the magical

I was born into a political environment that was anti-colonial, pro-Third World, heavily left-wing in ideological orientation, assertive in Black pride. Those instincts have never left me, though I...

The PPP and African Guyanese: You don’t destroy the psyche of a community, and then beg for votes as if nothing happened

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on The PPP and African Guyanese: You don’t destroy the psyche of a community, and then beg for votes as if nothing happened

I ended last week’s column with quotes from three PPP leaders on their interpretation of my politics. Their central thrust was two-fold. First, they contended that I was only concerned with the...

Famous photographer captures Spirit of the Caribbean in new book

May 06, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Famous photographer captures Spirit of the Caribbean in new book

Book: New York New York: A Visual Hymn Photographer: Richard Koek Interviewer: Glenville Ashby, PhD I met Dutch-Argentinian photographer Richard Koek at a social event in New York City....

Understanding Asthma

May 06, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Understanding Asthma

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Asthma is a chronic (long-term) disease of the lungs. It inflames and narrows the airways. These are tubes that carry air into and out of...

Access to information is a democratic right

May 06, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Access to information is a democratic right

(Excerpts from an address by H.E. David Granger to the Guyana Press Association on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2016) It is my considered opinion that the State is obliged to preserve,...

NEC agrees … the decades of neglect must end!

May 06, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on NEC agrees … the decades of neglect must end!

The Alliance For Change held its second quarterly National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting for this year at the Georgetown Club on Tuesday May 1st, the same day that thousands of workers across the...

US$460M “bonus” is a seditious act

May 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on US$460M “bonus” is a seditious act

Dear Editor, Guyana has agreed to pay Exxon’s Esso – US$460M Bonus, labelling it pre-contract costs. That is 2,500% higher than US$18M that was received by the Government of Guyana and...

NEW NATIONAL STANDARD FOR TYRES AVAILABLE

May 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on NEW NATIONAL STANDARD FOR TYRES AVAILABLE

Since the commencement of its product monitoring programme, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has been monitoring tyres to ensure they meet the requirements of the available national...

Fourteen year old goes missing

May 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fourteen year old goes missing

Fourteen-year-old, Adasier Jones of Lot 338 BB Eccles, Housing Scheme was last seen leaving her home on May 1 in the afternoon and has not returned since. The teen was reportedly going out with a...

GTT needs to improve Bartica service

May 06, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on GTT needs to improve Bartica service

Dear Editor, I am deeply frustrated with the attitudes of the technicians and their supervisor in the manner they handle my complaints. It has forced me to write this letter. On Monday, a truck came...

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