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Money talks and we know what walks!

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Money talks and we know what walks!

Can you imagine in any part of the world an elected official telling citizens that instead of clamouring for more money from an oil deal, they should be more concerned as to how we will manage...

In light of squatting spree…”We will not relocate anyone without viable alternative”

Jan 07, 2018 KNews News, Peeping Tom Comments Off on In light of squatting spree…”We will not relocate anyone without viable alternative”

– CH&PA announces Without proper provisions in place, no squatters will be removed. This was the message that was sent by the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and...

Getting Pregnant: A nightmare for some couples

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Getting Pregnant: A nightmare for some couples

By Dr Zulfikar Bux: Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine If you and your partner are having a difficult time getting pregnant, you’re not alone. Infertility is the inability to conceive a...

Private business

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Private business

A recent event that has probably been already forgotten by many really holds deep national significance and needs to be formally addressed. The signs that were erected at the beach adjoining the...

The Blue-grey Tanager [Thraupis episcopus]

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Blue-grey Tanager [Thraupis episcopus]

The blue-grey tanager [Thraupis episcopus] is a medium-sized South American songbird of the tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil,...

A death in 2017 reminded me of my mother

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A death in 2017 reminded me of my mother

On June 10, 2015, a man by the name of Baytoram Ramharack published a letter on me in the Stabroek News. I quote the relevant section; “I am would not venture so far as to convene on Kissoon the...

The trainee teacher and her shady, obsessive companion

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The trainee teacher and her shady, obsessive companion

A corpse was the last thing that the residents of the quiet rice-farming community of Harlem, West Coast Demerara, expected to see on the long dirt road known as Back Street on Sunday, January 10,...

Today is your tomorrow

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Today is your tomorrow

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who...

EFFECTUATION OF TOBACCO CONTROL ACT A GREAT BOON

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on EFFECTUATION OF TOBACCO CONTROL ACT A GREAT BOON

By PAT DIAL In August 2017 the Tobacco Control Bill became Law. The Ministry of Public Health was given the responsibility of deciding on the commencement date on which the Law will become...

A national problem requires a national solution, not self-serving ones

Jan 07, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A national problem requires a national solution, not self-serving ones

Earlier this week, GAWU, the union that is owned and controlled by the opposition People’s Progressive Party, appeared to welcome announcements by Demerara Distillers Ltd that it has an interest in...

CLEAN-UP EFFORT – Albouystown

Jan 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CLEAN-UP EFFORT – Albouystown

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday paid a visit to the community of Albouystown, where he commended the residents on the clean-up exercise they undertook. The effort was organised by the...

The uphill fight against corruption

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The uphill fight against corruption

Dishonesty is a part of human character. People will do those things that are wrong, because they believe that they will not be caught. Such is the case with smuggling. This past week the authorities...

The Baccoo speaks

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

The holiday season is over; crime against the shopper is not an option because the shoppers are off the streets. But the criminals are still busy. The switch will be to homes again. A group will...

2017 deportation decrease despite an increase in ICE arrests

Jan 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 2017 deportation decrease despite an increase in ICE arrests

By Attorney Gail Seeram Many individuals who are detained in immigration detention facilities do not know their rights and are often misinformed by immigration officers and facility workers....

Georgetown businesses now require M&CC sanitation certificate

Jan 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Georgetown businesses now require M&CC sanitation certificate

This year, the Mayor and City Council will be dropping the hammer on businesses around Georgetown. They are all now required to present a ‘sanitation certificate’. Addressing this matter was Town...

Dr. Richard Van West Charles & Mr. Godfrey Statia are exemplary public servants

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Richard Van West Charles & Mr. Godfrey Statia are exemplary public servants

Dear Editor, Please allow me this opportunity to express heartfelt congratulations to two public officials who have impressed me with their sincere and efficient approach towards the management of...

A Colgate Comedy Hour

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Colgate Comedy Hour

Dear Editor, Each time you hear from the Georgetown City Council, it is always something more outrageous and bizarre than the previous declaration. On this occasion the Town Clerk revealed an...

Agreement versus meaningful consultation

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Agreement versus meaningful consultation

Dear Editor, “The Chancellor and the Chief Justice shall each be appointed by the President acting after obtaining the agreement of the leader of the opposition.” So mandates Article 127 (1) of...

Open letter to Exxon’s Country Manager

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open letter to Exxon’s Country Manager

Dear Editor, This is an open letter to Exxon’s Country Manager Dear Sir: We the people desire to be appraised as to the basis of your pronouncement that seven billion US dollars is the sum to be...

We have the resources to make Guyana one of the best countries to live in

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have the resources to make Guyana one of the best countries to live in

Dear Editor, Please permit some space in your most informative news paper to share my views which will surely help our struggling nation to live a more comfortable life… I began attending Primary...

The police force is in worse shape than we could ever imagine

Jan 07, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The police force is in worse shape than we could ever imagine

Dear Editor, If the media report that the Commissioner of Police said that it was not improper for Deputy Superintendent Dookie to leave the station when he was detained in connection with the...

Exxon announces largest oil find to date in Stabroek block

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon announces largest oil find to date in Stabroek block

Another well drilled at the offshore concessions of US-owned ExxonMobil and its partners, has struck more high quality oil. Yesterday, in separate announcements by both the Government of Guyana and...

K/News, CN Sharma, among six receiving radio licences

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on K/News, CN Sharma, among six receiving radio licences

A little more than six years after protests against the Bharrat Jagdeo government for the controversial issuance of radio licences to the former president’s close friends and party members, the new...

Cocaine, millions$$ seized in multi-region drug operation

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine, millions$$ seized in multi-region drug operation

foreigner among 10 arrested It appears that the authorities have dismantled a major drug smuggling ring. A four-day operation involving several security agencies has resulted in the arrests of 10...

British fraud expert back at SOCU

Jan 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on British fraud expert back at SOCU

British fraud expert, Sam Sittlington, whose tenure ended last year, is back to help boost the capacity of the police’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). On Tuesday, British High Commissioner,...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

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...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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