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Peter’s Hall dental lab undertakes $20M expansion

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Peter’s Hall dental lab undertakes $20M expansion

One of the country’s biggest dental laboratories has expanded with more equipment and rooms to deal with the growing crowds that have been coming. At the Lot 14 Public Road, Peter’s Hall...

Repossessed BiShanLin forest concessions being raided by loggers – Trotman

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Repossessed BiShanLin forest concessions being raided by loggers – Trotman

Logging operations continue on forest concessions once controlled by disgraced Chinese investor, BaiShanLin. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has denied that the company is behind the...

The Baccoo speaks

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

We knew about the quick police response following a robbery attempt. The results were made known. This will drastically reduce the attacks in the city, but the criminal-minded would seek easier...

White fans didn’t know he was an East Indian boy

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon, News Comments Off on White fans didn’t know he was an East Indian boy

If I was a travel writer, working and living in Guyana, given the nature of the human being that is called Guyanese, the accusations of embellishment and fictionalization would have been endless....

There need not be active gunmen

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There need not be active gunmen

Being a Guyanese is a matter of pride. We have so much to be thankful for, but many of us simply keep griping about something or the other. Even when things are going our way we gripe. I remember the...

After three years, we are back to square one

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on After three years, we are back to square one

By David Hinds Not unexpectedly, there has been some hype in the media about the performance of the current government as it marked its third anniversary in office. The government itself set the tone...

Abnormal bleeding in women: It is getting too common

May 20, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Abnormal bleeding in women: It is getting too common

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine We are becoming unhealthier in our eating and lifestyle. Of course, there are numerous consequences that arise from being unhealthy. For...

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)

The bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird of uncertain relation. It is tentatively placed in the tanager family. Its classification is debated, and it is often placed in...

The man with the tattooed arm

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The man with the tattooed arm

By Michael Jordan The slim, East Indian man on the mortuary slab had the words ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Love’ tattooed on his left arm, a cross and ‘Jesus’ printed on his right arm, and someone had...

The Art of Resistance

May 20, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Art of Resistance

Book: Black American History from Plantations to Rap Culture Author: Pascal Archimede Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Guadeloupean writer Pascal Archimede chronicles a cataclysmic era that tested the...

THE FIRE OF HOPE IS BURNING AGAIN

May 20, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE FIRE OF HOPE IS BURNING AGAIN

Supporters of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) are expected to do a lot more complaining in coming weeks/months as the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) and the State Assets...

Celebrate the bounty of Guyana’s soil this Saturday

May 20, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Celebrate the bounty of Guyana’s soil this Saturday

By Dennis Nichols On Saturday, Guyana turns 52. Although Independence Day celebrations have become somewhat muted over time, many of us still see May 26 as an iconic commemorative day in our...

One Nation, Guyana

May 20, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on One Nation, Guyana

Guyana achieved Independence on 26th May 1966, under the inspirational national motto – One People, One Nation, One Destiny. The Nation, this month, celebrates its 52nd anniversary of Independence....

Foreign Policy lessons from the Resistance of the Rastafari

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Foreign Policy lessons from the Resistance of the Rastafari

By Sir Ronald Sanders The use of force is still very much a part of the foreign policy and diplomatic considerations of all states, even small ones. In the latter case, what they consider is not...

The pursuit of good governance is challenging, but we must stay the course

May 20, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The pursuit of good governance is challenging, but we must stay the course

The pursuit of good governance is challenging, but not undoable, given that it requires managing people and their resources. In a heterogeneous society individuals and groups have their...

Branding Guyana, capitalizing on our traditions

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Branding Guyana, capitalizing on our traditions

By Leonard Gildarie I grew up in Enmore, a quiet East Coast Demerara sugar-producing village where traditions abound. The ways of the people were set. The community centre was a gathering place for...

Useful TIPS for a better existence

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Useful TIPS for a better existence

Successful people have two things on their lips, “smile and silence”. Smile can solve a problem, silence can avoid problems. Sugar and salt may be mixed together but ants reject the salt...

Digital Form I-94 (Not Paper) Issued Upon Entry into U.S.

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Digital Form I-94 (Not Paper) Issued Upon Entry into U.S.

By Attorney Gail Seeram When you enter the U.S. as a visitor, no longer will you get a white or green paper with your name, stamped with your entry date and with the date your stay expires. In...

Police Commander holds wide ranging discussions with stakeholders

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police Commander holds wide ranging discussions with stakeholders

Divisional Commander of Police B Division Assistant Commissioner Lyndon Alves and his senior officers continue their wide ranging meeting with stakeholders throughout Berbice in an effort to...

Competition legislation does not address dumping

May 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Competition legislation does not address dumping

Dear Editor, I write to address some points raised in the Peeping Tom article of April 3, 2018 on the subject- “There is no need for anti-dumping legislation”. Specifically, I write to clarify...

Why is Motie Dookie being targeted?

May 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is Motie Dookie being targeted?

Dear Editor, After reading the Editorial’s article published in the Stabroek News dated Tuesday May 15, 2018 relating to “The case of Deputy Superintendent Motie Dookie” …one would want to...

Holistic approach required to deal with mentally ill persons

May 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Holistic approach required to deal with mentally ill persons

Dear Editor, Mentally ill persons are still roaming the streets freely, and disrupting life in Guyana, in spite of repeated announcements of plans to solve this problem. No matter who is the...

Wife, brother of murdered poultry farm employee testify

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Wife, brother of murdered poultry farm employee testify

The wife and brother of murdered Edun Poultry Farm employee Aga Khan, were among the witnesses called to testify earlier this week, when the trial of Mahendra Bishundial continued at the High in...

Reforms need new concepts, language

May 20, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Reforms need new concepts, language

Dear Editor, Some 200 years after Karl Marx’s birth, many elites have taken unabashed pride in capitalism, a term that originally had negative connotations. To make our economy more just, we must...

Tobacco Act should be enforced without delay

May 20, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tobacco Act should be enforced without delay

By PAT DIAL Smoking and the use of tobacco products have been long controlled in almost all countries and especially in the most developed and intelligent. It is an accepted commonplace that the use...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more