September 9, 2018

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INTEGRATING STANDARDISATION INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on INTEGRATING STANDARDISATION INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Tomorrow, it is anticipated that all teachers and students will be fully back into the classrooms, all across Guyana, as the moulding of minds continues for another school year. The Guyana...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The country will record an outbreak of a mystery ailment in the hinterland. The initial belief is that it came from Venezuela with the migrating residents, but further tests will be concluded. The...

The increased pay is coming, let’s see the results

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column, Sports Comments Off on The increased pay is coming, let’s see the results

The past week was a most interesting week, with teachers doing something they had not done in living memory. They took strike action in their numbers, some chanting slogans that were thought to be...

Aretha Franklin, Neil Simon and sempiternal memories

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon, News Comments Off on Aretha Franklin, Neil Simon and sempiternal memories

Life is about stages and in each stage, memories are born that stay forever. From school to university, we embrace wonderful memories. We leave our cultural niche, travel abroad and see people and...

Granger’s candidacy in 2020: A mixed bag

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds, News Comments Off on Granger’s candidacy in 2020: A mixed bag

There has been some speculation about President’s Granger’s candidacy at the top of the Coalition’s ticket at the next general election. The assumption is that the present coalition would...

Silent Heart Attacks: They happen more often that you may think

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Silent Heart Attacks: They happen more often that you may think

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine We often associate having a heart attack with chest pains. Well this is not always the case with heart attacks. There are times when...

Kuru Kuru Cooperative College – Offering unmatched service to the nation

Sep 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kuru Cooperative College – Offering unmatched service to the nation

By Sharmain Grainger There are some people in our society who are convinced that the mainstream education system has failed some of our youths who eventually enter adulthood but are barely able to...

Indigenous heritage is a national treasure

Sep 09, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Indigenous heritage is a national treasure

(By H.E. David Granger at the launch of Indigenous Heritage Month on September 1, 2018) Guyana’s multicultural heritage is a national treasure. Chinese Arrival Day was celebrated on 12th...

Presidential Scholarship Awardee chooses Warwick University

Sep 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential Scholarship Awardee chooses Warwick University

Eighteen year-old Kayshav Tewari was awarded Most Outstanding Candidate in Sciences and Most Outstanding Candidate Overall in 2016 at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)...

Interesting times are ahead as we speed towards first oil

Sep 09, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Interesting times are ahead as we speed towards first oil

As Guyana prepares for the economic and social transformation expected from our oil and gas (O&G) industry, the debate about local content requirements and the deeper roles of the State is taking...

Police, GRA, raid Rosignol “Strip Club”, arrest seven women

Sep 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police, GRA, raid Rosignol “Strip Club”, arrest seven women

A raid that was carried out on a Rosignol, West Coast Berbice, Night Club on Friday night, saw the arrest of the female manager of the establishment and six female foreign nationals. The operation...

Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)

Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) live in the grasslands of South America at low elevations. They are known as venado or gama in Spanish and as veado-campeiro in Portuguese. Their habitat...

The Story Within The Story…The teachers’ strike is a wake-up call for labour

Sep 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story…The teachers’ strike is a wake-up call for labour

By Leonard Gildarie I have great friends in the political divide. Friends who are not afraid to speak out even about the shortcomings of their party or the Coalition. I read the recent statements of...

A Vacation Takes A Tragic Turn

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Vacation Takes A Tragic Turn

Book: Once Upon a Time in the Corentyne Author: Malcolm Alves Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Malcolm Alves’ dance with life is as spirited and artful as the swirling dervishes. Unbowed, Alves’...

Not so fast! Teachers’ struggle for improved salary and working conditions is not over

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Not so fast! Teachers’ struggle for improved salary and working conditions is not over

Our public-school teachers started returning to the classroom last Friday as a result of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and Ministry of Education (MoE) last Thursday signing the Terms of...

The Black must be discharged!

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Black must be discharged!

By Sir Ronald Sanders Racism was the bedrock of European colonialism in the Caribbean. The subjugation, oppression and exploitation of African people as ‘sub-human’ was justified by colonial...

Are our driving habits taking us ‘accidentally’ to the grave?

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Are our driving habits taking us ‘accidentally’ to the grave?

By Dennis Nichols Located as we are in the western part of the world, Guyanese can be described as an occidental (as opposed to oriental) nation. Adding dark humour to this term, we could call...

Child Traveling Internationally & Child Seeking to Emigrate to U.S. Need Consent of Both Parents

Sep 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Child Traveling Internationally & Child Seeking to Emigrate to U.S. Need Consent of Both Parents

By Attorney Gail Seeram Unless a child is accompanied by both parents while traveling internationally, the adult accompanying the child must have a note from the child’s other parent (or, in the...

The Council of Legal Education and the proposed law school in Guyana

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Council of Legal Education and the proposed law school in Guyana

The institutions of the Caribbean Community were created at a particular juncture in history when the region saw the role of the state as being highly instrumental in promoting development. These...

Are there moves to sabotage talks between the government and opposition?

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are there moves to sabotage talks between the government and opposition?

Dear Editor, I had earlier written a letter in which I pointed out a pattern that has emerged over a year or so which shows that whenever President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo...

It’s time President Granger and his team tackle this crime situation before it escalates

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s time President Granger and his team tackle this crime situation before it escalates

Dear Editor, The constant rise of crime in Guyana has been a worrying phenomenon to the business and working class. Every day decent citizens are robbed and sometimes injured and killed but there is...

I had to call the PUC when GPL failed to fix leaning poles near our home

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I had to call the PUC when GPL failed to fix leaning poles near our home

Dear Editor, Recently, on a Saturday afternoon, two utility poles, one on the northern side and the other on the southern side of our home broke at their bases, bursting some power and telephone...

The PPP continues to libel me

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP continues to libel me

Dear Editor, The PPP has been libelling me on Social Media. Please permit me the opportunity of correcting the lies being peddled to defame my person. I would also show how pettiness prevented...

A brighter future for Skeldon Estate

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A brighter future for Skeldon Estate

Dear Editor, It is indeed encouraging to see letters like the one by Mr Yusuf in the Stabroek News of 8/8/18 adverting to a bright future for Skeldon Estate, and by extension, the upper Corentyne...

Teachers are exhibiting symptoms of the “Wealth Effect”

Sep 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Teachers are exhibiting symptoms of the “Wealth Effect”

Dear Editor, Teachers were on strike demanding more compensation, not because students are doing well in their exams or on a national standardized testing for kindergarten through secondary, but...

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Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

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(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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