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Guyana seeking to close trade facilitation gaps

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeking to close trade facilitation gaps

Guyana along with other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries on Thursday concluded a review of the implementation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)....

Cartoon May 27 2018

May 27, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon May 27 2018

US-based charity sponsors summer school for kids

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US-based charity sponsors summer school for kids

Famous African-American social reformer Frederick Douglass once said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” It is in this spirit that International Children’s...

EXPECTATION OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR IN REPORTING TO MANAGEMENT

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on EXPECTATION OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR IN REPORTING TO MANAGEMENT

Introduction May is designated International Internal Audit Awareness Month by the Institute of Internal Auditors Global (IIAG). The IIA Guyana Chapter (IIAGC), which is affiliated to the IIAG is...

A JUNGLE MYSTERY

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A JUNGLE MYSTERY

– will the Mazaruni ever reveal its secret about the three men who vanished nine years ago? By Michael Jordan Flying over Guyana’s interior in one of those tiny, flimsy-looking planes, you...

The Baccoo speaks

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is no end to the domestic violence and there is no copycat behaviour here. It is just a case of men assuming that women are property that can be treated in any manner. A man is going to assault...

Mae’s made an Amerindian boy feel out of place

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Mae’s made an Amerindian boy feel out of place

The school is the next best place after the home. In fact, the school is becoming increasingly important in the lives of children, because these days, more parents are away from home. The result is...

The Khemraj Ramjattan I once knew and admired

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Khemraj Ramjattan I once knew and admired

There are people you meet in an encounter, you look and listen, and there is this thing that tells you this person is bound to stand out above the crowd. In 1989, the WPA labeled the national...

Learn to prioritize

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Learn to prioritize

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day is not enough, Remember the mayonnaise jar and two cups of coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class And...

Our Independence 52 years later: Where is the love to be found?

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Our Independence 52 years later: Where is the love to be found?

BROTHER BOB Yesterday Guyana observed its 52nd anniversary as a sovereign nation. Bob Marley, one of the poetic geniuses of our Caribbean Independence, was moved in the 1970s in the song “Rebel...

APNU Committed to Coalition – We are Better Together

May 27, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Exchange Rates Comments Off on APNU Committed to Coalition – We are Better Together

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is committed to Coalition government. Our ten partners, Associate Members and Affiliate Members came together in 2011 with a single vision and common mission....

Major treated net distribution to commence next month

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Major treated net distribution to commence next month

campaign designed to combat scourge of malaria in endemic regions Free distribution of 91,000 insecticide treated bed and hammock nets will begin early next month. This is according to information...

STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

May 27, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

The Alliance for Change (AFC) must once again use this valuable space to address the very strange positions adopted/adumbrated by the Private Sector Business Support Organizations (BSO). Last week,...

Health Ministry to receive WHO award for work plugged into realising tobacco legislation

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry to receive WHO award for work plugged into realising tobacco legislation

Guyana’s intense work leading up to the passage of the Tobacco Control legislation has gained international recognition and has thus made it eligible for an auspicious award from the World Health...

Feeling bloated? Ensure it’s not something more serious

May 27, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Feeling bloated? Ensure it’s not something more serious

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Bloating is that uncomfortable feeling you get in your belly that makes you feel full and often, gassy. When you are bloated, you feel as...

PAHO/MOH training programme targets medical professionals

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO/MOH training programme targets medical professionals

A six-week training programme that focused on assessing and categorizing psychiatric patients was developed and commenced recently by the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the Pan...

The Story within the Story… Are we spending state monies to create criminals?

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… Are we spending state monies to create criminals?

By Leonard Gildarie On Friday, a Florida ban that prevents medical marijuana patients from smoking the stuff went up in smoke. Leon County Circuit Court Judge, Karen Gievers, ruled that the ban on...

Interesting Creatures… Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri)

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri)

The Chacoan peccary or tagua (Catagonus wagneri) is the last extant species of the genus Catagonus; it is a peccary found in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina....

The workers’ struggle for independence must not be taken for granted

May 27, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The workers’ struggle for independence must not be taken for granted

Our independence is about our will and collective determination as a people to determine, in our day-to-day affairs, what is just and fair for all of us. The impetus that fueled the action for...

Independence, elections, skepticism, and exhaling

May 27, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Independence, elections, skepticism, and exhaling

By Dennis Nichols Do politicians realize how overbearing they become when trumpeting their own or their political party’s achievements while debasing those of their opponents, even when some think...

Even the most evil have a right to natural justice

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Even the most evil have a right to natural justice

The Minister of Public Security should NOT ask the Commissioner of Police to reverse a decision which was taken to send Motie Dookie on special leave. He should advise the Commissioner to ignore the...

BV miner stabbed to death

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on BV miner stabbed to death

A miner was yesterday morning stabbed to death by his friend during an altercation in Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. The dead man has been identified as 23-year-old Edward Bevney of Triumph,...

An intention to injure the state

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on An intention to injure the state

Dear Editor, The Bar Association perpetual remit is to uphold the rule of Law in Guyana and must therefore be like Caesar’s wife-above suspicion. It must not condone or appear to condone behaviour...

Lawyers fighting extradition for US murder suspect to re-file defective affidavit

May 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers fighting extradition for US murder suspect to re-file defective affidavit

A ruling by High Court Judge Jo Ann Barlow on whether a Magistrate has the authority to hear extradition proceedings for US murder suspect Marvin Williams also referred to as Troy Thomas by local...

GuySuCo will never get better with the likes of Paul Bhim

May 27, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo will never get better with the likes of Paul Bhim

Dear Editor, I read with alarm and dismay sentiments expressed by Audreyanna Thomas on behalf of GuySuCo Staff, signed by Paul Bhim, sent to the Minister of Agriculture and deliberately leaked to...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more