February 2019

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Brain scanning for criminal thinking?

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Brain scanning for criminal thinking?

By Dennis Nichols On any given day, there are maybe two or three violent crime reports in our newspapers. These are the sort of acts that a few decades ago would have been splashed across the front...

Bronchiolitis: A common condition that puts your baby at risk

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bronchiolitis: A common condition that puts your baby at risk

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Bronchiolitis is swelling and mucus (cold) buildup in the smallest air passages in the lungs (bronchioles). It is usually due to a...

The Portrait of an Icon

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Portrait of an Icon

Book: Earl Lovelace (The Caribbean Biography Series) Author: Funso Aiyejina Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Earl Lovelace needs no introduction. Masterfully original and versatile, his literary...

The corpse in the strange blue car

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The corpse in the strange blue car

By Michael Jordan No one saw when the blue car., PEE 587, entered Eighth Street, Diamond Housing Scheme, on the night of Friday, May 16, 2008. But there it was the next day, parked on the...

Unity is a vital prerequisite to a better life for all

Feb 17, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Unity is a vital prerequisite to a better life for all

In his maiden address to the 11th Parliament on June 10th 2015, President David Granger said; “your government acknowledges the democratically-expressed will of the people of this great country as...

THE FACTS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION

Feb 17, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE FACTS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION

There are many Guyanese in Guyana and in the Diaspora who are very concerned about what is currently happening in our country. They want to know what the government’s position is, and some persons...

The reason for the shooting of Dr. O’Toole and the bomb threats

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The reason for the shooting of Dr. O’Toole and the bomb threats

I didn’t use “reason” in the plural deliberately. There is one fundamental cultural, sociological and psychological reason why Dr. O’ Toole was shot and some schools endured bomb threats....

Cabinet has resigned

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cabinet has resigned

President David Granger was truthful when, at a political event in Vreed-en-Hoop, he announced that he had not resigned. He did not need to; he and his Cabinet had been resigned by operation of law...

Outstanding entrepreneur, Dave Narine, is a ‘Special Person’

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Special Person Comments Off on Outstanding entrepreneur, Dave Narine, is a ‘Special Person’

“When I started Dave West Indian Imports, it was my intention to push Guyanese products into the U.S. and world arena because of the good stuff we have. Our products are sought after across...

Has anything changed?

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Has anything changed?

Dear Editor, Statements made by President Granger at the opening of the PNC office at Vreed-en-Hoop two weeks ago, clearly indicates his contempt of the provisions of the Constitution and the ruling...

Mr. Persaud cannot deliberately disregard his serious ethical responsibility

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Persaud cannot deliberately disregard his serious ethical responsibility

Dear Editor, Permit me some space, please, if you may, to offer a brief clarificatory comment on some ONLINE responses to my letter published in the 12th February, 2019, ONLINE EDITION OF THE GUYANA...

Cleaning the trenches, dumping mud and grass on the roadways

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cleaning the trenches, dumping mud and grass on the roadways

Dear Editor, First somebody get “a vaps” and decided to clean the trench in Church Street. Maybe Mash is coming, or the new Council wants to show that they are working. The crews come under cover...

Ms. Sherronie James’ mentoring has played a big part in the success of many of us

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ms. Sherronie James’ mentoring has played a big part in the success of many of us

Dear Editor, It seems that Sam Sittlington has now fully embraced the ways of some Guyanese big people. Sittlington made a gallant attempt at besmirching the integrity of his former colleague, Ms....

Why is APNU+AFC so secretive about the EXXON $US18M?

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why is APNU+AFC so secretive about the EXXON $US18M?

Dear Editor, Several weeks ago, I asked where is the $30B the government, through SPU/NICIL, took on behalf of GUYSUCO? To this day, no one in Government is providing answers to the people. Now I am...

Jagdeo is playing the media like an old fiddle

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo is playing the media like an old fiddle

Dear Sir, The former President of the Republic of Guyana, now opposition leader of the PPP political party, should be congratulated for taking a page out of the President of the United States...

Will the mushrooming of new political parties break the backbone of ethnic voting?

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the mushrooming of new political parties break the backbone of ethnic voting?

Dear Editor, What will be the impact on the national landscape with the mushrooming of several new political parties in recent weeks? Will this development break decades of ethnic voting and weaken...

Rusal is an insulting company

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Rusal is an insulting company

Workers have rights; fundamental rights; sacred rights, as enshrined in the constitution and labour laws of this country. And yet here it is that another company, a foreign company, first slaps them...

Tensions flare in Region 10… Rusal workers refuse 1% percent increase; management orders them to leave

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Tensions flare in Region 10… Rusal workers refuse 1% percent increase; management orders them to leave

Scores of bauxite workers for Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI), yesterday downed tools protesting a one percent pay increase that they say was arbitrarily decided. By last evening,...

Elections matters not enough to force National Assembly sitting–Harmon

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Elections matters not enough to force National Assembly sitting–Harmon

The government does not know when the next sitting of the National Assembly will be since it does not have enough matters on its agenda for this purpose, said Minister of State, Joseph Harmon,...

Govt. circular is only reason banks have better rates for foreign currency – bigger problems coming – Jagdeo

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. circular is only reason banks have better rates for foreign currency – bigger problems coming – Jagdeo

It is true that the local banks are offering better rates for foreign currency but that is not a reflection of the non-existence of a problem on the market. The only reason the banks are offering a...

Guyanese man murders 11-yr-old daughter in Canada

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man murders 11-yr-old daughter in Canada

Brampton, Canada – The frantic search for an 11-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her father on her birthday, Thursday, ended in tragedy after the child was found dead inside a...

Ministerial Plenary meeting with all powers of Cabinet

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ministerial Plenary meeting with all powers of Cabinet

By Kiana Wilburg The government is no longer holding Cabinet meetings. This is being done as a sign of respect for the court’s ruling that Cabinet ceases to exist once a No-Confidence Motion is...

Prisoner joins father on charge for impersonating Volda Lawrence

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner joins father on charge for impersonating Volda Lawrence

An inmate of the Camp Street Prison, who is currently serving a prison sentence for impersonating First Lady Sandra Granger, has once again been charged. This time he is accused of obtaining $2.1M...

US$18M signing bonus still to make way to Consolidated Fund – Opposition Leader

Feb 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US$18M signing bonus still to make way to Consolidated Fund – Opposition Leader

On Thursday, Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo blasted the government for failing to uphold the law and constitution in several instances. Jagdeo’s main focus was on Government’s ignoring of the...

Nuff man half dead after Valentine’s Day

Feb 16, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Nuff man half dead after Valentine’s Day

On Thursday, some stores mek money because man really spend money. Who didn’t pay $10,000 fuh $500 chocolate because it wrap up nice in red and white, buy flowers dat people does normally sell fuh...

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Warriors secure win over Knight Riders

Sep 13, 2026

The Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their playoff hopes alive with a 25 run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2026 Limacol WCPL. Runs for Shermaine Campbell and wickets from Shabnim Ismail and...

The other side of Linden’s electricity crisis

Sep 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I am not surprised that electricity demand in Linden has surged by more than 135 per cent from its 2005 level. In fact, given the price at which electricity is supplied there, it would be surprising if demand had not surged. The figures tell the story. Electricity consumption...

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...

Jagdeo on breaches Part 2

Sep 13, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Never knew Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to be sneaky. Sloppy, hostility personified and sleeker than mercury, he can be. But not sneaky, not he. Hence, I weigh why he waited until Pres. Ali’s back was turned to show his face at the Arthur Chung Convention Center...

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