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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...

THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS – GUYANA CHAPTER

May 20, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS – GUYANA CHAPTER

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Global has declared the month of May, Internal Audit Awareness month, as has been the practice over the years. The Guyana Chapter of the IIA commenced in...

Today is World Metrology Day – Focus is on the revision of the SI Units

May 20, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Today is World Metrology Day – Focus is on the revision of the SI Units

Today May 20, Metrology (Measurement) Institutions around the world join in celebrating World Metrology Day under the theme: Constant evolution of the International System of Units. The Guyana...

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES

May 20, 2018 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES

On Tuesday May 15, Guyana joined several countries around the world to observe International Day of Families. In 1993, the UN General Assembly proclaimed May 15 every year thereafter as The...

‘ExxonMobil did not force our hands’ – Trotman tells Parliamentary Committee

May 19, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ‘ExxonMobil did not force our hands’ – Trotman tells Parliamentary Committee

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Persons, who were convinced that ExxonMobil took advantage of Guyana; and, forced an oppressive contract upon the country, were proven wrong yesterday when Minister...

GuyOil’s Finance Manager on leave after $48M wire transfer fraud

May 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil’s Finance Manager on leave after $48M wire transfer fraud

The Finance Manager of the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil), Uma Daniels, has been sent on administrative leave after a multi-million dollar fraud was uncovered. The discovery of the fraud was made at the...

Sindicato gang hold 28 workers at bay in Cuyuni mining camp raid

May 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sindicato gang hold 28 workers at bay in Cuyuni mining camp raid

– raw gold, shotgun carted off Miners have expressed alarm and calling for more protection after a worrying raid on a mining camp Wednesday evening. The incident took place at a place called...

Bandits killed after botched robbery

May 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits killed after botched robbery

Two gunmen were shot dead yesterday, one by the proprietor of Les Varity store, the other by police when he attempted to escape from the botched robbery. Trevor Barrow called ‘Buddha’,...

Gold Board burns amalgam at Pure Diamond Lab

May 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gold Board burns amalgam at Pure Diamond Lab

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell “Right now, there is no gold being burnt at Brickdam. We are using the services of a dealer and we thank that dealer…I can assure you that no burning will ever occur...

“Imprisoned” man rescued from backyard pen

May 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Imprisoned” man rescued from backyard pen

Authorities from the Guyana Police Force were yesterday called in to rescue a young man who was locked in a pen and forced to live like an animal for over three years. Gopaul Etwaroo, the 22-year-old...

GuySuCo management upset over leaked reports on quotas, price rackets

May 19, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo management upset over leaked reports on quotas, price rackets

Management of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) are upset that internal reports detailing allegations of rackets being run at that cash-strapped entity. Over the past days, Kaieteur...

ExxonMobil to verify local content claims before Parliamentary Committee

May 19, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil to verify local content claims before Parliamentary Committee

Senior executives of United States oil giant, ExxonMobil, are to appear before the bi-partisan Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources to provide information about its operations in...

Exxon coulda mek Trotty drop he pants

May 19, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon coulda mek Trotty drop he pants

Every time some sport coming on, dem have a group of young men who believe dat dem got to rob somebody or some place. Is like if dem got a special forum wheh dem does sit down and plan. Yesterday,...

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Shadman hits fifty, WI drop three catches on truncated day

A little room to breathe and a podium of their own!

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Week after week, the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)... more