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A work of immense importance

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A work of immense importance

Book: Contemplation Volumes 1 and 2 Poet: Deanne Heron Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Award winning writer Deanne Heron does not disappoint with this two-tiered poetic masterpiece. Her naturalism...

Protecting our patrimony

Jan 21, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Protecting our patrimony

(H.E. David Granger’s remarks at the Signing Ceremony of the Mainstreaming Sustainable Land Development and Management Project on 18th January, 2018) Guyana is a beautiful and bountiful...

$Soldier accused of fracturing man’s skull charged$

Soldier accused of fracturing man’s skull charged

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier accused of fracturing man’s skull charged

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who is accused of fracturing a man’s skull, seven months ago was on Friday charged with felonious wounding. Kadeem Andrews appeared in the Vreed-en-Hoop...

Not likely Guyana’s obligations to CARICOM will increase after oil

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Not likely Guyana’s obligations to CARICOM will increase after oil

As the regional bloc continues to face some financial challenges, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, said that Guyana has been honouring its financial obligations. On Wednesday, Minister...

City Manager System could renew city

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on City Manager System could renew city

By PAT DIAL For many years now, the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) has been advocating that the Georgetown City Council be replaced by a City Management System headed by a City Manager. City...

A startling question at the GSPCA that floored me

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A startling question at the GSPCA that floored me

I keep writing and saying ad infinitum that you find negative things here that are not in existence elsewhere. A few days before Christmas, I saw another such situation. For years now, my wife and I...

Social media is the new eye of the world

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Social media is the new eye of the world

Social media is responsible for many things coming to light, some of the incidents so disturbing that there are people who simply cannot watch the gruesome nature of the scenes contained in some of...

How can a Green Card Holder (Permanent Resident) file for a Family Member?

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on How can a Green Card Holder (Permanent Resident) file for a Family Member?

By Attorney Gail Seeram The most common question presented to my office is how can a green card holder (permanent resident) submit a sponsorship petition for their relatives. As a green card...

The chickens have come home to roost in the sugar industry

Jan 21, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The chickens have come home to roost in the sugar industry

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has always been the trade union or labour arm of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). It has also always been a key player and the main...

Shooting of 15-year-old in mouth… Accused Cadet Officer still to call final witness

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Shooting of 15-year-old in mouth… Accused Cadet Officer still to call final witness

Cadet Officer Franz Paul who is accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy in the mouth is still to call his final witness in his defence. It is alleged that on April 30, 2014 at Georgetown, Franz Paul...

Knee replacement: Taking away the pains

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Knee replacement: Taking away the pains

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine For years persons with severe arthritis to their knees had to withstand the severe pains and try pain medications that had serious side...

PPP, councillors blasted for boycotting launch of regional consultations body

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP, councillors blasted for boycotting launch of regional consultations body

The People Progressive Party (PPP) councillors were a no-show at Friday’s inaugural meeting of the National Regional Development Consultative Committee (NRDCC). Minister of Communities, Ronald...

I salute the media for keeping me on my toes– Trotman

Jan 21, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on I salute the media for keeping me on my toes– Trotman

While Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, seems perturbed at the media for its reporting on the looming oil industry, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, said that he...

Proposed Energy Efficiency Standard

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Proposed Energy Efficiency Standard

– A GREEN INITIATIVE FOR CARICOM MEMBER STATES The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is working collaboratively with the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and...

What are the powers of the City Police?

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What are the powers of the City Police?

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has once again come under the spotlight, following an incident last week in which a young man, believed to be mentally ill, was fatally shot. The facts...

Khemdat Sukhul’s strange abduction… What kind of kidnappers would turn down $30M?

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Khemdat Sukhul’s strange abduction… What kind of kidnappers would turn down $30M?

By Michael Jordan Maybe it was because he wasn’t well known. Maybe it was because it happened on the same day that the cambio dealer with the glamourous wife wound up dead in his Bel Air home. You...

Life lessons

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Life lessons

Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset.” “Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but doesn’t get you anywhere.” “The...

The Baccoo speaks

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Money always attracts criminals. The decision by the government to pay the retrenched sugar workers will see a shift in criminal activities to the eastern part of the country. It is not that the...

Need to regain loss of trust and confidence in our society

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Need to regain loss of trust and confidence in our society

Dear Editor, Today’s (Saturday, 20/01/18) media report of the previous day’s meeting between Government and the Unions operating in the sugar industry is a most welcome sign. I am sure all Guyana...

We must be careful that in condemning Trump, we don’t let ourselves look as foolish as him

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must be careful that in condemning Trump, we don’t let ourselves look as foolish as him

Dear Editor, “We, the undersigned representatives of the sovereign people of the Caribbean hereby declare that President Donald Trump of the United States of America is “Persona Non Grata” in...

An interesting admission from this PPP official

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on An interesting admission from this PPP official

Dear Editor, At the Statutory Meeting of the RDC that was held on Thursday, December 21st, 2017, it was shocking to hear that the Regional Chairman accepts that he did not do any investigation...

Haiti is a s-hole and Guyana is a madhouse

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Haiti is a s-hole and Guyana is a madhouse

Dear Editor, Recently there was much outrage over Trump’s statement on how Haiti is a s-hole country. What was even more amusing is the amount of people who were outraged by this statement. Right...

I applaud the reintroduction of the National Cadet Corp

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on I applaud the reintroduction of the National Cadet Corp

Dear Editor, It is with much pleasure that I applaud the re-launch of the National Cadet Corp (NCC). I was a Cadet in the NCC for about four or five years while in secondary school and it was one of...

Oil and Bad Politics: Part 1

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Oil and Bad Politics: Part 1

Dear Editor, During the days leading up to the end of 2017, the APNU-AFC Coalition Government revealed the long asked for Petroleum Agreement between oil giant, ExxonMobil and Guyana. While it is...

GIVE OFFENDERS A SECOND CHANCE IN 2018.

Jan 21, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GIVE OFFENDERS A SECOND CHANCE IN 2018.

Over the years, many have watched in frustration and are disturbed at the ever growing number of young men in handcuffs being escorted to the country’s prisons. It should not be surprising to any...

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Sep 19, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL… GAW vs. JKM – Kingsmen tick all boxes in historic chase, will play Falcons in final (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors blew both opportunities to secure a...

The sweetest bend-over

Sep 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Why is it that Guyana is accepting people deported from the United States who have committed no crime, have no connection to Guyana and, in some cases, may never have set foot in this country before. The government says they are non-criminal, vetted and skilled, and that they...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Siemens Energy – PPP Govt. has done well

Sep 19, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Finally, a breath of air. Finally, a whiff of hope. The Germans are coming. To Wales. To operate and manage the 300-magawatt power plant. To give energy-starved Guyanese a boost. I have every confidence in the Germans. Recommend the same is cultivated by Guyanese,...

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