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GPHC gets Chinese support to conduct first modern orthopaedic procedure

Sep 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC gets Chinese support to conduct first modern orthopaedic procedure

The use of CT Scan and the exchange of knowledge has been key factors that have positioned the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] to improve its capacity to deal with difficult fractures....

GMC records 18% increase in export of non-traditional commodities

Sep 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GMC records 18% increase in export of non-traditional commodities

The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has recorded an increase in the quality of non-traditional agricultural commodities that have been processed at its packaging facilities. During the period...

Juvenile Justice Commencement Order yet to be issued

Sep 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Juvenile Justice Commencement Order yet to be issued

Five months have passed since the Juvenile Justice Bill was read and passed in parliament; however, it has not yet enacted. The Juvenile Justice Bill aims to eradicate the criminality of loitering...

Remembering the cell phone killer eight years later

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Remembering the cell phone killer eight years later

By Michael Jordan I dialed Sheema Mangar’s phone number two years ago. Of course I didn’t expect to get an answer. After all, Manger had been dead for five years. And the person who had killed...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

As if the road fatality figure must be at a certain number ever so often there is a spate of road deaths. This trend is going to continue this week with yet another fatality. The victim will be a...

Looking askance at the coming of Trinidad

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Looking askance at the coming of Trinidad

A change in one’s fortunes will always bring many friends if that change is for the better. Guyana is suddenly attractive because of the discovery of oil and the fact that the oil could be coming...

In the face of imminent Oil-Wealth Guyanese must resist becoming insular

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on In the face of imminent Oil-Wealth Guyanese must resist becoming insular

As Guyana prepares for the coming Oil and Gas dispensation, there is not unexpectedly, a lot of debate over what direction the government should take. We have heard from experts, at least one...

Every Guyanese should watch the Stephen Curry interview

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Every Guyanese should watch the Stephen Curry interview

During the CPL semi-final, my wife and I were switching channels after each over to escape the onerous banality of seeing the same commercials every five minutes (it can harm you psychologically). My...

Anxiety Disorder: The missed illness

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Anxiety Disorder: The missed illness

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Our mind can be our greatest friend and yet it can become our biggest enemy. Persons who suffer with anxiety disorders tend to be...

Book: Lovers Rock – Let the Music Play

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book: Lovers Rock – Let the Music Play

Author: Hartley Hines Glenville Ashby, PhD A Soulful Novel Author Hartley Hines takes a sanguine look at affairs of the heart. With sheer craft he uses the power of music to reflect our innermost...

Local democracy is not merely about the holding of local government elections

Sep 23, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Local democracy is not merely about the holding of local government elections

The expectation of the framers of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana in relation to the system of local government was to create self-reliant, productive and prosperous...

The Story within the Story… That Trinidad energy agreement: A major opportunity for Guyana

Sep 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… That Trinidad energy agreement: A major opportunity for Guyana

By Leonard Gildarie This past week Guyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding, with Trinidad and Tobago, opening a number of ways that that neighbouring Twin Island Republic can work with Guyana on...

RE-BUILDING THE POLICE FORCE FROM WITHIN

Sep 23, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on RE-BUILDING THE POLICE FORCE FROM WITHIN

Quite recently the governing Coalition moved to change the leadership of the Guyana Police Force, appointing a new Commissioner of Police, naming four deputies and opening the path for promotion of...

Pensioner, 67, secures judgment against NIS

Sep 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner, 67, secures judgment against NIS

A 67-year-old former security guard can now breathe a sigh of relief after an order was issued by the Court for the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to pay her after seven years. Chief Justice (Ag.)...

Understanding the criminal mind, and a Ministry of Parenting

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Understanding the criminal mind, and a Ministry of Parenting

By Dennis Nichols The use of illegal and harmful substanes by children is a global problem. Not very long ago it was a minor one in this country. Now our Minister of Public Security has made a...

When will Guyana make an example of Jadgeo?

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will Guyana make an example of Jadgeo?

Dear Editor: Thank you for allowing me the space in your excellent newspaper Kaieteur News to share my view on the above topic. There is hardly ever a time I read some ridiculous pronouncement by...

EXPOSED: Massive extortion of CORE workers by Region 5 APNU+AFC Regional Councillor

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on EXPOSED: Massive extortion of CORE workers by Region 5 APNU+AFC Regional Councillor

Dear Editor, Without a doubt, Region Five is the cesspool and breeding ground for corrupt APNU+AFC officials. And like the Administration they represent, these minions are brazen and have little or...

Politicized Labour and Industrial Relations in the Public Sector

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politicized Labour and Industrial Relations in the Public Sector

Dear Editor, Major labour industrial relations issues are considered to be politically sensitive once they affect any state sector/funded agency, and especially if unions, linked to political parties...

Let’s reserve our safety salutations until they are deserved

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s reserve our safety salutations until they are deserved

Dear Editor, Your front page photo in Kaieteur News on Friday and the comment, “This contractor should be saluted” bears a sad reflection on the attitude to safety practices here in Guyana. Not...

The matter of RUSAL/BGCI and bauxite workers must be dealt with now

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The matter of RUSAL/BGCI and bauxite workers must be dealt with now

Government makes a fundamental mistake when it allows any business, local or foreign, to think the Constitution and Laws of Guyana are not held sacred and we, the people, are not entitled to be...

Criminals, Gangsters- Make a Change for Good!

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Criminals, Gangsters- Make a Change for Good!

Dear editor If I were a criminal or gangster, this is how I should reason: “How would I feel if someone were to hold me up at gunpoint or with a knife and take my money or other possessions?...

Missing Events calendar- indigenous Heritage month

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Missing Events calendar- indigenous Heritage month

Dear Editor: This letter is for the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs Why is there no (easily accessible) Events calendar for the indigenous heritage month on your website??? I have wasted...

The information portfolio is split

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The information portfolio is split

It is generally accepted that information management has been a problem for Guyana’s political directorates, past and present. Various information agencies have historically been established to try...

IDB launches Blue Tech Challenge with up to US$2M in funding

Sep 23, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on IDB launches Blue Tech Challenge with up to US$2M in funding

The IDB through its Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), Natural Capital Lab, Sustainable Islands Platform, and in alliance with the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility, which is also supported by...

UNTIMELY ‘DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT’ OF OUR SUGAR INDUSTRY

Sep 23, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on UNTIMELY ‘DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT’ OF OUR SUGAR INDUSTRY

Dear Editor, I believe that the (21/09/18) Editorial in the Kaieteur News prematurely announced the death knell of Guyana’s Sugar Industry. The focus of the editorial was on raw/bulk sugar and the...