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The Baccoo speaks

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

It has long been known that there are many drug dealers but their money in the right hands often prevent them from arrests and detention. But what does not happen at home will happen elsewhere...

President’s Address to Parliament forgot the small man and working class

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on President’s Address to Parliament forgot the small man and working class

In keeping with the spirit and intent of the Article 67 (1) of the Guyana Constitution, in the past, it was customary for the President of our Cooperative Republic to address the Parliament at the...

Don’t be afraid

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Don’t be afraid

Here we are, afraid of losing what we have all the time, holding on to it so tight that not a soul can touch it. We think by hiding it from the world, it’s hidden and it’s ours. Nothing...

A migrant ‘caravan’ for the U.S. and a migrant trickle for Guyana

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A migrant ‘caravan’ for the U.S. and a migrant trickle for Guyana

By Dennis Nichols Migrants, and their recurrent plight, are in the news again. And it’s not good news. The British newspaper, The Guardian, says the mass movement of people is arguably the biggest...

CANU or can’t you?

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CANU or can’t you?

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is claiming some credit for the arrest of a Guyanese businessman suspected of drug trafficking. CANU is claiming that the arrest is as a result of international...

Overcoming fear: key to Belize’s future

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Overcoming fear: key to Belize’s future

By Sir Ronald Sanders In the introduction to his quite remarkable new book on the long-running Guatemalan claim to Belize, the author, Assad Shoman, makes the riveting comment that “Everyone is...

Costochondritis: The intense chest pain that wouldn’t kill you

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Costochondritis: The intense chest pain that wouldn’t kill you

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Costochondritis is a painful condition of the chest wall that causes chest pain. People who get chest pain are often frightened they have...

The good life – More than a slogan – Part one

Oct 28, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The good life – More than a slogan – Part one

“Guyana cannot become ‘One Nation’ if gross disparities persist between the hinterland and the coastland, between the educated few and a semi-literate mass and between the very rich and very...

The decision by the judges has proven our case

Oct 28, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The decision by the judges has proven our case

In recent days, Guyana’s higher courts have dealt very fairly with the PPP, we believe. In the first case, the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that H.E. President David Granger did have the legal...

Copyright Legislation, a shot in the foot

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Copyright Legislation, a shot in the foot

Dear Editor, I hope the intention behind these laws is to protect local content producers and not to prostrate to some external force like the Motion Picture Association of America. Intentions aside,...

Pensioners yet to receive a livable pension

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pensioners yet to receive a livable pension

Dear Editor, Our pensioners who have given yeoman service to this country are now being paid a pension of $19,500 per month. I am motivated to write on the pension being paid to citizens 65 years and...

Guyana Forestry Commission responds to Kaieteur News

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Forestry Commission responds to Kaieteur News

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of the Guyana Forestry Commission in response to your article dated October 24, 2018 written by Ms. Kiana Wilbur and titled ‘Audit reveals over 1900 breaches of...

The persecution of Baha’is continues

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The persecution of Baha’is continues

Dear Editor, The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran has raised concerns regarding “serious violations” against the Baha’i community in Iran. Presenting a major...

CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME

With attempts by society to understand the high crime rate in Guyana, especially murder, it is difficult to fathom why there is such disregard for human life in the country. Neither can the public...

No confidence motion … Mayor asked to ‘shut up’ at COI …accepted unsolicited legal advice from Town Clerk

Oct 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No confidence motion … Mayor asked to ‘shut up’ at COI …accepted unsolicited legal advice from Town Clerk

Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase- Green faced the heat over the manner in which she dealt with the no-confidence motion brought against Town Clerk Royston King, as she appeared before the...

Four CAPE/CSEC students gain Presidential scholarships

Oct 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Four CAPE/CSEC students gain Presidential scholarships

as Education Ministry hosts 22nd National Awards Ceremony The two most outstanding performers of the 2018 May/June sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certification examination [CSEC] and...

Porter crushed to death after truck plows into Providence Stadium fence

Oct 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Porter crushed to death after truck plows into Providence Stadium fence

early Friday morning crash that saw a truck running off the East Bank Public Road and plowing into the fence of the National Stadium, Providence, left 45-year-old Kirk Peters of Sophia dead, while...

Guyana yet to set itself to become a successful oil producer

Oct 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana yet to set itself to become a successful oil producer

Still to secure three fundamentals to be a successful oil producer – Oil Expert By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell How many times have we heard, “It’s not what you have, it is what you do with...

GBTI contempt trial…Defence mounts challenge to SOCU affidavit

Oct 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GBTI contempt trial…Defence mounts challenge to SOCU affidavit

Lawyers for top ranking officials at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) who are charged with contempt over failing to hand over certain documents to the Special Organized Unit (SOCU), have...

Conflict of interest…Minister Hughes to withdraw from Cabinet discussions on oil and gas

Oct 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Conflict of interest…Minister Hughes to withdraw from Cabinet discussions on oil and gas

Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes,‘ said she will not participate in discussions on oil and gas at the Cabinet level following conflict of interest concerns based on her...

CANU vows to bring down more key figures in local drug trade-as “Big Head” faces extradition to US following arrest in Jamaica

Oct 27, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CANU vows to bring down more key figures in local drug trade-as “Big Head” faces extradition to US following arrest in Jamaica

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit has vowed to bring down the major players in the local drug trade, thereby dispelling the impression that only the low level dealers are being interdicted. The promise...

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The Windfall Tax paradox

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- It is a curious feature of the modern age that the more complex our agreements, the more... more