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36 persons arrested in Cummingsburg-Kingston search operations

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 36 persons arrested in Cummingsburg-Kingston search operations

Police ranks yesterday arrested 36 persons in several cordon and search operations conducted in North Cummingsburg and Kingston. The 36 persons were detained in relation to several offences. Among...

PPP is not an option, but a lost Coalition isn’t an automatic alternative

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on PPP is not an option, but a lost Coalition isn’t an automatic alternative

So, Minister Lawrence has apologized for words “attributed” to her. I am not sure whether she meant the words that she uttered or that she was hinting that she was misquoted. But the fact is that...

Gastroenteritis: The unpleasant bout of vomiting and diarrhea

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux Comments Off on Gastroenteritis: The unpleasant bout of vomiting and diarrhea

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Gastroenteritis is an infection of the gut with viruses, bacteria or other microbes. These infections irritate the gut, causing you...

Behind the mask of a magistrate

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Behind the mask of a magistrate

The perception of a magistrate can be far from the truth. Generally, a magistrate is viewed as a beast sitting on its throne. A person who finds himself before a magistrate is often scared. For one,...

The Story Within The Story… The fish market debate

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… The fish market debate

By Leonard Gildarie In recent years, the stress on being politically correct has never been more evident. One has to be careful when writing. You can’t name a rape victim and publish details...

US$150M and counting at CJIA… Airport will get only four of promised 8 passenger bridges

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US$150M and counting at CJIA… Airport will get only four of promised 8 passenger bridges

In 2011, the then administration signed a fixed price contract for US$150M, with Chinese contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), for a brand new airport. The expansion would have...

GuySuCo, Crime and Minister Lawrence’s statements

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GuySuCo, Crime and Minister Lawrence’s statements

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder’s bravado statements, in the National Assembly, about money being allocated in the National Budget to pay sugar workers, whose jobs were made redundant...

No more guns and dolls but a frightening addiction

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on No more guns and dolls but a frightening addiction

Christmas is coming and with it all the things that people would want for their homes. There are going to be blinds, the new furniture, the paint jobs, and of course the things parents would...

The baccoo speaks

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

Waking up every morning can be a most joyful experience. It can make people want to do extraordinary things, and that is going to be the case of a young motorcyclist. He would be so excited that he...

IS THERE A STALKER OF ELDERLY MEN?

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on IS THERE A STALKER OF ELDERLY MEN?

By Michael Jordan If the man I spoke to a few years ago is correct, then there is someone out there who is stalking elderly men who live alone and killing them. The man to whom I spoke...

Book Review… Author Captures The Dark Side Of Life

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Author Captures The Dark Side Of Life

Book: Death Register Author Dwight Thompson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Author Dwight Thompson squeezes the last sliver of hope in humanity. Unapologetically, he lures us into the darkest...

The Salvation Army in Guyana – guided by its spiritual and social conscience

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Salvation Army in Guyana – guided by its spiritual and social conscience

By Dennis Nichols As Guyanese continue to digest the contents of our 2019 national budget, and as the Christmas buzz increases to a blast, thoughts may turn to those among us to whom this...

Questions to ask before hiring an Immigration Attorney

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Questions to ask before hiring an Immigration Attorney

By Attorney Gail Seeram If you are searching the yellow pages or on Google.com for an immigration attorney, you may be overwhelmed by the ads posted by numerous immigration attorneys. This is...

Interesting Creatures… The Boa Constrictor

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Boa Constrictor

The Boa constrictor, also called the red-tailed boa or the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity. The boa...

Contraband continues to leak into N/A prison

Dec 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Contraband continues to leak into N/A prison

Police and prison officers yesterday searched the New Amsterdam prison, between 06:30 and 09:30hrs, and found a quantity of contraband. The haul included 14 cell phones, five improvised...

Yesu Persaud, Forbes Burnham and me

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Yesu Persaud, Forbes Burnham and me

There are times when blackouts come at Turkeyen, where I live, in the evenings when you are on the computer. You don’t feel sleepy, so there are only two options. You can turn on your...

Freudian Slip or Amateur Politician

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freudian Slip or Amateur Politician

Dear Editor, The recent spotlight on Volda Lawrence’s foot in the mouth speeches were either Freudian slips or a sign of an immature politician. I am of the opinion that the minister is an...

What has happened to the PPP’s claims of LGE rigging?

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has happened to the PPP’s claims of LGE rigging?

Dear Editor, Now that the PPP has had a good showing at the last LGE, there is no more talk of rigging – by GECOM or GECOM Chairman or PNC or ABC or anybody for that matter. For all intents and...

I have always suspected that this CoI was pure political mischief

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I have always suspected that this CoI was pure political mischief

Dear Editor, So, the Kennard Commission of Inquiry-CoI Report (I will show it is a Comedy of Errors – CoE) is now prime news (leaked to the press; how and why is anyone’s guess). While the...

We may not be a developed country, but does that mean we can’t be clean?

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We may not be a developed country, but does that mean we can’t be clean?

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to talk about the garbage crisis facing our country. I am baffled as to why our politicians continue to ignore this problem. I traverse the East Bank Demerara to...

This document is an odious bundling of innocents with their murderers

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This document is an odious bundling of innocents with their murderers

Dear Editor, Following my letter of 25th November in which I asked for an independent investigation of the narrative of the ‘execution of 400 Black men’, I was sent the original document, in...

Police will be challenged to enforce the noise nuisance law among colleagues who own minibuses

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police will be challenged to enforce the noise nuisance law among colleagues who own minibuses

Dear Editor, After a recent investment of Seven million ($7,000,000.00) Guyanese taxpayers’ dollars to purchase Law Enforcement Sound Level Meters, the Police must now aggressively monitor...

Govt. should wait until these corrupt officials are kicked out before bailing out City Hall

Dec 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. should wait until these corrupt officials are kicked out before bailing out City Hall

Dear Editor, Once again the central government, like ‘A gallant knight in shining armour, has ridden in very chivalrously and saved the fair maidens at City Hall’, with another huge...