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Walter Grant Stuart gets assistance from Felix family for UCI event in Italy

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Walter Grant Stuart gets assistance from Felix family for UCI event in Italy

Differently Able cyclist Walter Grant-Stuart continues to be assisted by companies and other well-wishers for his trip to Italy to participate in the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in...

Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association hosts Annual Karate Exam

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association hosts Annual Karate Exam

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association concluded their Annual Karate Exam on 29th July 2018 last, where students from the various dojos showcased great skills earning them the next...

The father of Emancipation

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The father of Emancipation

William Wilberforce was the father of Emancipation. Yet, surprisingly, not a single of Guyanese newspaper, local politician or local Emancipationist thought it fit to give honorary mention to this...

Reparation process must begin in Guyana – Ret’d Rear Admiral Best

Aug 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Reparation process must begin in Guyana – Ret’d Rear Admiral Best

As Guyanese observe 180 years of Emancipation, the issue of reparations for ancestors of enslaved Africans continues to be a topical issue across the region. This subject was discussed Monday evening...

Is David Granger behaving like Bharrat Jagdeo?

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is David Granger behaving like Bharrat Jagdeo?

If I ask the question, it is expected that readers would want to know my own thoughts. I will as early as these opening lines say yes, if what has been circulated about the appointment of Dr. Mark...

The evils in Guyana

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The evils in Guyana

Dear Editor, In Jonah chapter 3 and 4, God sent Jonah to warn the people of Nineveh of His displeasure. In the end, an entire city repented and destruction was averted. It may not be okay to suggest...

Let freedom reign in our hearts and minds

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let freedom reign in our hearts and minds

DEAR EDITOR, Today August 1, we celebrate 184 years of the abolition of slavery in Guyana. This significant event is better known as the period of emancipation and is widely acknowledged for the...

CONSOC member organizations and affiliated individuals are not receiving funding from the IDB

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on CONSOC member organizations and affiliated individuals are not receiving funding from the IDB

DEAR EDITOR, I am writing in response to a letter to the editor of July 31 in your publication captioned “Genuine concern of opposition politics?” The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) would...

West Berbice fire destroys home, leaves $$M in losses

Aug 02, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice fire destroys home, leaves $$M in losses

A fire at Kingsley Village, West Coast Berbice has left thirteen persons including eleven children homeless. The blaze occurred yesterday morning. Homeless are Ms. Shelly Long, her reputed husband...

It’s only fair that we enjoy similar benefits given to other regions

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s only fair that we enjoy similar benefits given to other regions

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, I visited the Passport Office in Georgetown and was very impressed by the level of professionalism and timely response offered by the staff as they served the public. However,...

The earlier the Budget, the worse it gets!

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The earlier the Budget, the worse it gets!

DEAR EDITOR, The former President of the USA, Barack Obama, had said that, ‘A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values’. I guess ‘values’ will...

I was shocked to hear some of what this gentleman had to say

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I was shocked to hear some of what this gentleman had to say

DEAR EDITOR, The dust has now settled on the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference of 2018. It was the twelfth such Conference to be convened here in Georgetown to date. I sat in the back row of...

A good time to reflect on how much we have progressed as a nation

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A good time to reflect on how much we have progressed as a nation

DEAR EDITOR, I wish to take this opportunity to salute our African brothers and sisters on the occasion of Emancipation Day. Slavery was finally abolished in 1838 which subsequently led to the...

Raising the profile of differently-able students

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Raising the profile of differently-able students

DEAR EDITOR, Traditionally, Guyana, like the rest of the Caribbean, does not have a good track record of how it treats its disabled people. This issue only affects you when you have a disabled person...

Preparing to say farewell to the Georgetown Mayor

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Preparing to say farewell to the Georgetown Mayor

Dear Editor, With the citizens of Georgetown having been subjected to enduring over the last two years, some of the worst living conditions that one could encounter in a capital city, it finally...

An objection to remembering Africa

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An objection to remembering Africa

Dear Editor, As I pen this piece millions around the world would be celebrating Emancipation Day. Many will be running around all happy with smiles on their faces dressed with their African apparel...

Rampant corruption in Region Six

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rampant corruption in Region Six

Dear Editor, Corruption in Region Six is taking a quantum leap and is mostly perpetrated by the AFC faction of the Coalition Government. There is a group of them who goes around in every nook and...

Let’s Make Hospitality & Good Customer Service a Big Deal

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s Make Hospitality & Good Customer Service a Big Deal

Dear Mr. Editor, Ever so often, there is a call for hospitality and better customer service, even though the two can take different forms in terms of definition and composition. Hospitality deals...

IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

Aug 02, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

No nation has ever developed without investing massively in infrastructure and indeed, this is why in the aftermath of the Second World War, Western Europe did so to ensure faster economic growth and...

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(Kaieteur News) – To live to a hundred: that is the wish. But beyond that, the body gives way—the joints harden into little more than stone, the eyes dim past the help of any knife, and the memory, that fragile vessel, empties itself without ceremony. That would be the proper time to go, to...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Two U.S. ambassadors on Exxon contract: times change

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(Kaieteur News) – During her Guyana tour, US Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch pronounced on the Exxon-Guyana oil contract. Current US Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot recently relayed Washington’s position on that same Exxon contract. The learned US diplomats are a study in...

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Walter Grant Stuart gets assistance from Felix family for UCI event in Italy

Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Karate Association hosts Annual Karate Exam

The father of Emancipation

Reparation process must begin in Guyana – Ret’d Rear Admiral Best

Is David Granger behaving like Bharrat Jagdeo?

The evils in Guyana

Let freedom reign in our hearts and minds

CONSOC member organizations and affiliated individuals are not receiving funding from the IDB

West Berbice fire destroys home, leaves $$M in losses

It’s only fair that we enjoy similar benefits given to other regions

The earlier the Budget, the worse it gets!

I was shocked to hear some of what this gentleman had to say

A good time to reflect on how much we have progressed as a nation

Raising the profile of differently-able students

Preparing to say farewell to the Georgetown Mayor

An objection to remembering Africa

Rampant corruption in Region Six

Let’s Make Hospitality & Good Customer Service a Big Deal

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