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Govt. reaches out to Ituni residents -as it moves ahead with schools’ curriculum reform

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. reaches out to Ituni residents -as it moves ahead with schools’ curriculum reform

Guyana is likely to soon be named the only territory within the Caribbean Community to introduce robotics to all its primary level schools. At least this was the recent disclosure of Minister of...

CANTO appoints GTT to serve as Board Member

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CANTO appoints GTT to serve as Board Member

The leading non-profit Telecommunications Association in the Caribbean, CANTO, recently appointed GTT’s Chief Executive Officer, Justin Nedd, to serve as one of its Directors for the period...

Accused Corentyne businessman killer go on trial

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Accused Corentyne businessman killer go on trial

One of two brothers initially charged with murdering a businessman on the Corentyne back in 2013 is on trial for the crime in the Berbice High Court. Ramnarine Jagmohan, 34, of Belvedere Squatting...

Guyana is a remarkable place, with strange people

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Guyana is a remarkable place, with strange people

Guyana is a lawless society and we like it that way. Those words were spoken to me in the wake of the fight against parking meters. I supported parking meters because they made the roads around...

Guyana should not be a poor country

Feb 24, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana should not be a poor country

On August 29, 1969, the National Assembly passed a Resolution constituting the State of Guyana a Republic, with effect on the twenty-third day of February 1970. This year 2019, we celebrate 49 years...

GECOM NEEDS TIME TO PREPARE PROPERLY FOR ELECTIONS … in 2014 it was 180 days

Feb 24, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GECOM NEEDS TIME TO PREPARE PROPERLY FOR ELECTIONS … in 2014 it was 180 days

In recent days, there has been a rash of pronouncements, threats and demands by the opposition PPP for General and Regional elections by the third week of March, 90 days after the passage of the...

Second-class citizens in our own country

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Second-class citizens in our own country

By Leonard Gildarie As I write, Mash is being celebrated. It is time to enjoy our uniqueness. To see colours. To hear the pulsating music. Thousands will converge in the city for a...

Legal and fair

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Legal and fair

The no-confidence vote (NCV) has provided fertilizer for the divisions within society. On the one side, are the government and its supporters, who are willing to discard principles for the sake of...

I cannot forgive PPP leaders; they shouldn’t rule my country again

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I cannot forgive PPP leaders; they shouldn’t rule my country again

They say in life, you must forgive, forget and move on. I don’t know who coined that saying, but everything has context, and it must have been said in a context that does not have universal...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Guyana is often referred to as a land of six races although in reality it is a land of many ethnicities. In the coming weeks the ethnic divide is going to be even more divided, as some...

The overspill of Haiti’s persistent problems

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The overspill of Haiti’s persistent problems

By Sir Ronald Sanders This commentary, being written on Thursday February 21, is about troubling developments in Haiti and the constraints upon the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that...

Jacobs Agro poised to make mark on local market

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jacobs Agro poised to make mark on local market

When Mark Jacobs, a University of Guyana (UG) student started experimenting with chemical research, and delving into agro- processing, he never imagined that his work would lead to the...

Just another sad anniversary …15 years of not knowing Trevor Fung’s killers

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Just another sad anniversary …15 years of not knowing Trevor Fung’s killers

Three years ago, I walked along Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park, where an unsolved murder happened and devastated a family. I had walked there before, back in February 2004, looking for answers, finding...

Passengers should hold minibus operators accountable to new code of conduct

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Passengers should hold minibus operators accountable to new code of conduct

Passengers have a responsibility to hold minibus operators accountable to the new code of conduct. This code is being brought into force by officials of the Consumer Affairs Division of the Ministry...

Guyana’s 49th Flag Raising Ceremony

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s 49th Flag Raising Ceremony

The Flag Raising Ceremony for Guyana’s 49th Anniversary as Republic started early last Friday night, with thousands Guyanese flocking the stands of D’Urban Park. Government...

This is a time for national unity in the face of external threats

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on This is a time for national unity in the face of external threats

This is a time when the attack on our sovereignty, on bauxite workers, the people of Guyana and our government, by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI), presents an opportunity for us to unite....

Immigration News For Our Community Questions and Answers: Some things you need to know

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Immigration News For Our Community Questions and Answers: Some things you need to know

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a question that...

The city streets came alive for Mash 2019

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on The city streets came alive for Mash 2019

Guyanese and tourists were treated to fair weather yesterday as thousands of persons gyrated down the road through the city of Georgetown. Energetic persons flocked the streets moving their body to...

How many rivers do we have to cross: Notes on Republicanism, Ethnicity and External Intervention

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on How many rivers do we have to cross: Notes on Republicanism, Ethnicity and External Intervention

Yesterday Guyana observed its 49th anniversary as a republic. Forty-nine years is not a long time in the life of a nation; we are still a young republic. But, as we reflect on our journey since 1970,...

The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), also known as the tiger owl (originally derived from early naturalists’ description as the “winged tiger” or “tiger of the air”)...

Black history and me

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Black history and me

By Dennis Nichols I don’t put undue emphasis on the idea of race/ethnicity, having grown up with a simple understanding that I and my family were Afro-Guyanese. For me though, it had less to do...

Staff of Local Government Commission to receive outstanding salaries

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Staff of Local Government Commission to receive outstanding salaries

Staff of the Local Government Commission (LGC) will receive their outstanding remuneration, a source close to the Commission revealed this week. The decision was made following a meeting between...

Private Sector Commission says Constitution must be adhered to

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector Commission says Constitution must be adhered to

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has resolved that it will not seek to force any of its members into silence, because their freedom to voice those opinions is a Constitutional right. This...

What happens if you feel your heart fluttering?

Feb 24, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What happens if you feel your heart fluttering?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine We all would have experienced our heart fluttering for different reasons. In Guyana, we often say our heart is “flattering”. Its...

Lucky:

Feb 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lucky:

The driver of this sports car reportedly escaped death Friday night after it went under this container parked on Broad Street, Charlestown. Persons on the scene were critical about the position of...

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