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The Plumbeous Ibis

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Plumbeous Ibis

The plumbeous ibis Theristicus caerulescens, also formerly called the blue ibis, is a large distinctive ibis species endemic to parts of central South America. This notably large ibis measures...

CONSUMER CONCERNS: PHASING OUT THE PRIVATE LESSON SYSTEM

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS: PHASING OUT THE PRIVATE LESSON SYSTEM

by PAT DIAL The subject of Education is of perennial concern to parents and consumers as a whole. It is acutely so at the beginning of the school year and continues throughout the first term of...

60 horror stories of rape

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 60 horror stories of rape

By Leonard Gildarie Today, my daughter, Ciara, is 10. I am taking her out later and she will have a good time. I look at her and I see the love and trust in her eyes. Her innocent hugs are something...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS: GNBS OFFERS TRACEABLE AND AFFORDABLE MEASUREMENT CALIBRATION SERVICES TO INDUSTRY

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS: GNBS OFFERS TRACEABLE AND AFFORDABLE MEASUREMENT CALIBRATION SERVICES TO INDUSTRY

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) as the National Metrology (Measurement) Institute (NMI), offers a wide range of calibration services to meet the needs of industry, regulators, and...

NIS pays out $82.6M to CARICOM pensioners

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NIS pays out $82.6M to CARICOM pensioners

The state-controlled, National Insurance Scheme, says it has paid out over $82M in old age pensions to CARICOM nationals. Speaking during the recent 49th anniversary celebrations, General Manager...

Finance Minister tours KSM Investments Inc.

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister tours KSM Investments Inc.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, continued his series of visits to local enterprises, on October 4, to KSM Investments Inc., at Good Hope on the East Coast Demerara. The visits are part of...

Canadian power company further retained to strengthen GPL’s management

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian power company further retained to strengthen GPL’s management

A Canadian company, Manitoba Hydro International Limited, that has been working to strengthen the management of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. is set to be here longer. Cabinet at its Sub-Committee...

NIS looks to clampdown in outlying areas -$24M collected from oil & gas employees for year

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NIS looks to clampdown in outlying areas -$24M collected from oil & gas employees for year

As Guyana moves nearer to a 2020 start in oil, the 49-year-old National Insurance Scheme (NIS) said it has started to collect contributions from the sector, General Manager, Holly Greaves, during the...

Lethem gets EPA approval for sanitary landfill site

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem gets EPA approval for sanitary landfill site

─ Once out of hand dumpsite in Lethem now under control The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a conditional approval to the Mayor and Town Council of Lethem, Region Nine, as the...

A girl named Naomi, or three countries and a ‘Hafu’

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A girl named Naomi, or three countries and a ‘Hafu’

By Dennis Nichols It’s a break from things Guyanese today, except to say that a month ago few of us may have known the name Naomi Osaka. Tennis buffs maybe. But on September 8 last, this...

CHPA orders Shamnarine Narine to cease construction at Ruimveldt

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CHPA orders Shamnarine Narine to cease construction at Ruimveldt

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) has served notice on Shamnarine Narine, of Guyana Tractor and Equipment Company (Guytrac) for unauthorized construction at Plot ‘HN’ Industrial...

How a mother’s battle with breast cancer inspired her daughter’s advocacy

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on How a mother’s battle with breast cancer inspired her daughter’s advocacy

By Feona Morrison and Tiana Cole Her mother was diagnosed with Stage Two breast cancer about a decade ago, and what they both experienced during her time of sickness has created a lasting...

Serious questions about Sam Hinds ‘moral authority’ in call for equal treatment for sugar and bauxite workers

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Serious questions about Sam Hinds ‘moral authority’ in call for equal treatment for sugar and bauxite workers

Politicians make a fundamental mistake thinking they are invincible, and the table would never turn. This fact is exemplified in Sam Hinds’ letters which he always signs off as “Former...

GTT takes Pinktober message to the streets

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTT takes Pinktober message to the streets

GTT took the PINKTOBER message to the streets of Georgetown during the past week. This saw Camp Street, between Robb and Regent Streets, coming alive as GTT officials continued to raise awareness...

Ministry, GGMC meet with Batavia’s Village Council on mining issue … Miner at the center of the controversy notably absent

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry, GGMC meet with Batavia’s Village Council on mining issue … Miner at the center of the controversy notably absent

Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe, on Wednesday met with representatives of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the Batavia Village Council...

E-networks celebrates 15 years of service

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E-networks celebrates 15 years of service

Congratulating the E-Networks company as a leader in innovative cable television services, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said it pioneered the transformation of quality services via cable and high...

Democracy is under threat

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Democracy is under threat

Local government elections are not under threat. The biggest threat is towards democracy and not just as the local level but also at the national level. The PPP/C is not the source of that...

Shotgun, 67 cartridges discovered on vessel intercepted in Pomeroon

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shotgun, 67 cartridges discovered on vessel intercepted in Pomeroon

Two men are now in police custody after their vessel was intercepted on Thursday at the Pomeroon River Mouth. According to reports, some time around 15:15 hrs on Thursday, a cargo vessel under...

THE WRITER’S CORNER…The Tragedy That Inspired An Author’s Work

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE WRITER’S CORNER…The Tragedy That Inspired An Author’s Work

Featuring Author and Humanitarian Caron Asgarali Interviewer: Glenville Ashby, PhD An unlikely victim of gun violence Caron Asgarali miraculous survival is dramatically captured in From Lion to Lamb:...

Corruption must be endemic in this society

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Corruption must be endemic in this society

I remember the anti-corruption campaign launched against the Bharrat Jagdeo administration. Almost every day there was published evidence but nothing changed. On one occasion I provided harsh...

The LGE puts power in Citizens’ hands

Oct 07, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The LGE puts power in Citizens’ hands

The last Local Government Elections (LGEs) held in March 2016 was historic especially because it has restored a most vital component of democratic governance in this country. LGE’s were brought...

What you need to know about Visa Revocation

Oct 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on What you need to know about Visa Revocation

Many visa holders seem surprised when their visas are revoked at the U.S. port of entry or upon a visit to the U.S. Embassy for renewal. However, the officers have the right to revoke ANY visa and...

A strange man…an equally strange death

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Murder and Mystery Comments Off on A strange man…an equally strange death

By Michael Jordan He apparently had no close friends. No women in his life…few photographs of himself. He seldom confided in anyone….not his family, not his colleagues. So no one could quite...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

All is not well at the remodeled Cheddi Jagan International Airport. A piece of equipment for the easy boarding and disembarking from planes is posing problems for one airline. In fact, it simply...

Sigmund Freud and the people who hugged Volda Lawrence

Oct 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sigmund Freud and the people who hugged Volda Lawrence

When you study that part of philosophy named “ontology,” then nothing irrational, illogical, inscrutable, inexplicable about human behaviour surprises you. The familiarity with ontology prepares...

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The PPPC does not practice political inclusion

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more