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“Known character” shot in Leopold Street after Stabroek Market robbery

Aug 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Known character” shot in Leopold Street after Stabroek Market robbery

Police shot Leon Duncan aka “Whistle”, a “known character”, in Leopold Street yesterday morning after he was traced by an off duty police rank who reportedly witnessed him robbing and...

Irate teachers, Union blast MP for comments on salary increase proposal

Aug 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Irate teachers, Union blast MP for comments on salary increase proposal

With over 300 educators from Region 6 present at a meeting on Friday with the Guyana Teachers’ Union president, Mark Lyte and Regional Vice President in Berbice, Donette D’Andrade, many were...

A poet’s defiance stirs the imagination

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A poet’s defiance stirs the imagination

Book: Out from Babylon System: Liberation of Mind Poet: Christena AV Williams Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Christena Williams delivers her art with uncompromising tenor. Images flash and emotions...

Govt. to pay medical bills for man struck by President’s convoy Govt. to pay medical bills for man struck by President’s convoy

Aug 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to pay medical bills for man struck by President’s convoy Govt. to pay medical bills for man struck by President’s convoy

President David Granger paid an early morning visit yesterday to a New Hope resident who was involved in accident with the presidential convoy the evening before. According to the Ministry of the...

The Story Within The Story…Why GTT has to get better

Aug 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…Why GTT has to get better

By Leonard Gildarie The world of communications has changed so rapidly. The older folks will tell you of a time using the telephone of a neighbour or someone in the village to make an overseas call....

Putting confrontation in context given our history and innate desire for respect

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Putting confrontation in context given our history and innate desire for respect

The teachers’ just demand to have their rights be addressed through the process of Collective Bargaining has attracted various responses. Most notable is President David Granger’s. What the Head...

The allure of Essequibo’s ‘Rising of the moon’

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The allure of Essequibo’s ‘Rising of the moon’

By Dennis Nichols There are many ‘paradises’ on Earth. A few are in Guyana. Some are spectacular while others display nature’s simplicity. On the Essequibo Coast, between the villages of...

Dead puppies, dead baby chicks; inhuman action in a dead country

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon, News Comments Off on Dead puppies, dead baby chicks; inhuman action in a dead country

Here is a report in the Kaieteur News of July 25, 2018; “A 17-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in jail after he was found guilty on a charge of felonious wounding. Hemnarine Hardyal was...

KILL AND RUN! – they killed…they fled…and no one seems to be pursuing them

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on KILL AND RUN! – they killed…they fled…and no one seems to be pursuing them

By Michael Jordan The woman was at her window that Monday afternoon, on November 30, 2009, when the minibus carrying schoolchildren stopped near her Lot 69, Bagotville, West Bank Demerara home. She...

Bob Marley and the Caribbean that made him

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds, News Comments Off on Bob Marley and the Caribbean that made him

By Dr. David Hinds Bob Marley was first and foremost a political singer; he used his talents to articulate and convey political messages. Reggae music is by definition political music; its birth and...

A clear and present danger?

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A clear and present danger?

A few weeks ago, political analyst David Hinds, a leader of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) argued that ethnic imbalance is a clear and present danger that will consume us all. His focus...

Some useful tips about poisoning

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Some useful tips about poisoning

Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Poisoning is a significant problem in Guyana and worldwide. According to WHO data, in 2012 an estimated 193,460 people died worldwide from...

Visiting US Congressmen and the ensuing suspicion

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column, News Comments Off on Visiting US Congressmen and the ensuing suspicion

The largest number of United States Congressmen descended on Guyana recently, creating history since Guyana became an independent country. Guyana had already entered the record books by being the...

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There will be a fallout from a recent court decision. The state is going to appeal the decision but the outcome will not change. This will lead to a reinstitution of the charge sparking charges of...

Crotalus durissus

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Crotalus durissus

Crotalus durissus is a venomous pit viper species found in South America. The most widely distributed member of its genus, this species poses a serious medical problem in many parts of its...

A gentler Guyana is emerging

Aug 26, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on A gentler Guyana is emerging

(Excerpt from an address to the 20th Biennial Congress of the Peoples National Congress by H.E. David Granger) Our coalition Government is building a Public Education System that is suited to the...

Diabetes cannot be cured but it can be managed – says GDA President

Aug 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetes cannot be cured but it can be managed – says GDA President

“You will never be a diabetic survivor; you will die from the complications of the disease at some point.” This is the firm assertion of Ms. Glynis Alonzo-Beaton, who herself is living with...

The Caribbean Region is seismically active… Time to make building codes enforceable

Aug 26, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The Caribbean Region is seismically active… Time to make building codes enforceable

Last week’s big earthquake in northern Venezuela rattled the nerves and sensibilities of Guyanese, along with our sisters and brothers in the Caribbean. We did not expect it, and we were not made...

CONSUMER CONCERNS… RICE – A FAVOURITE CONSUMER STAPLE

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS… RICE – A FAVOURITE CONSUMER STAPLE

BY PAT DIAL One of the major and abiding consumer concerns worldwide is food. They wish to have an ample and continuous supply of good quality food at reasonable prices. One of the most...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS… BUILDING RESILIENT STRUCTURES WITH STANDARDS

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS… BUILDING RESILIENT STRUCTURES WITH STANDARDS

The tremor experienced in Guyana on Tuesday August 21, 2018 was a shaking reminder of our need as a nation to construct structures, including buildings and bridges, according to the requirements of...

If Govt. can bail out Guysuco, and raise parliamentarians’ salaries, it can pay workers higher, livable wages now

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on If Govt. can bail out Guysuco, and raise parliamentarians’ salaries, it can pay workers higher, livable wages now

Dear Editor, On August 14, 2018 I published a letter highlighting: (I) the coalition government (GOG) increased ministers and parliamentarians’ salaries by 50%, while teachers and other government...

Some bus operators have already raised their fares beyond the agreed amount

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some bus operators have already raised their fares beyond the agreed amount

Dear Editor, The headline of the Stabroek News of Tuesday, 21st August, 2018 reads $20.00 hike in bus fares from September 1st, 2018. Business Ministry announces after pact with operators. That may...

Direct cash transfer may work as a one-off cash payment

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Direct cash transfer may work as a one-off cash payment

Dear Editor I see that British High Commissioner to Guyana (Gregory Quinn) has waded into the discussion on how Guyana should spend its oil money. On the face of it, High Commissioner Gregory Quinn...

The majority of Guyanese never fall into crime even though Guyana is poverty stricken

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The majority of Guyanese never fall into crime even though Guyana is poverty stricken

Dear Editor, I would like to dwell on a letter which captions “Give ghetto youths a ladder to climb out of that despair “by Dr. Mark Devonish so as to put the murderous crime situation that has...

This personal attack started a long time ago

Aug 26, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This personal attack started a long time ago

Dear Editor, I have read with keen interest and saw the Evening News and I am convinced that the malicious and vitriolic attack on Mr. Gobin Harbhajan is meant to silence him in his fight against...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more