March 2019

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A look at ‘simple remedies for the flu’

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A look at ‘simple remedies for the flu’

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine The “flu”, or influenza as it better known, is certainly not an eagerly anticipated episode in one’s life. It is a few days of...

Region Five schools to benefit from school feeding pilot─ Grades I to II and Nursery School pupils to benefit from daily breakfast

Mar 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region Five schools to benefit from school feeding pilot─ Grades I to II and Nursery School pupils to benefit from daily breakfast

Pupils in nine schools across the West Coast Berbice are identified for a pilot school feeding programme, scheduled to be launched by the Ministry of Education in Region Five, Mahaica-Berbice...

Book Review… Guyana – A Look from the Inside

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Guyana – A Look from the Inside

Book: Down In Demerara Author: Mike Manson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Mike Manson’s ‘Down in Demerara’ is storytelling at its best. Manson’s protagonist, Felix Radstock, is witty,...

Beware of the ‘wild-men’

Mar 17, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Beware of the ‘wild-men’

In the coming days, Guyanese can expect to hear a lot of ‘wild-talk’ from the usual ‘wild-men’ as they try to stoke fear and anxiety for their own political benefit. However, facts and the...

We will not return to the hard years of Govt. abuse

Mar 17, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We will not return to the hard years of Govt. abuse

BUSTED! In his characteristic finger-wagging style that he practiced even then, President Jagdeo spoke to the nation in 2005, well before the 28 August 2006 National Polls, explaining the reason(s)...

International conciliation is needed to resolve the political crisis

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on International conciliation is needed to resolve the political crisis

While the government and the opposition are butting heads as to who is right or wrong, the country is careening towards a constitutional crisis. Both sides are keen to demonstrate that they are in...

March 21st: Can we rise to the occasion?

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on March 21st: Can we rise to the occasion?

By Leonard Gildarie Last week, it was all about billion-dollar businesses. I travelled to Lethem, a town in Region 9 that borders with Brazil. Talking about westerns, Lethem does fit the bill. It is...

Forms of APNU+AFC governance that are less democratic

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Forms of APNU+AFC governance that are less democratic

On Thursday evening, in front of the AFC’s office, I was in conversation with AFC parliamentarian, Audwin Rutherford and AFC’s General-Secretary, Marlon Williams, the contents of which, I will...

A learning curve and some political ramblings

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A learning curve and some political ramblings

By Dennis Nichols Humans have learning problems, and many of us, Guyanese, seem to be floundering at the tail-end of a learning curve. This must be so, for how can a nation of less than one million...

The Baccoo speaks

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Tension is growing over the current political situation. The business community is jittery, especially because of the action by the Guyana Revenue Authority. Some businesses have cut back on exports....

Why is it so difficult for our leaders to understand?

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Why is it so difficult for our leaders to understand?

Guyana is once again at the political crossroads—it must be. There is a permanency to our condition. The idealists in our midst hope that things were different. As we mourn the loss of three...

Unnecessarily expensive coffins create problems for crematoriums

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unnecessarily expensive coffins create problems for crematoriums

Yesterday’s ( 16th March) media report titled a “ A Grave Matter” elaborated on the vandalization of graves which contain expensive items buried on behalf of relatives as expressions of various...

Fly Jamaica refunds

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fly Jamaica refunds

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, 5th March, 2019, Kaieteur News had an article titled ‘Passengers, travel agents impatient over Fly Jamaica refunds,’ That article revealed that the Guyana Civil Aviation...

Can Guyana Cricket be saved? The judiciary, government and people must decide

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Guyana Cricket be saved? The judiciary, government and people must decide

Dear Editor, I read with keen interest a letter from a Mr. Boston published in the Kaieteur News on March 10 2019 and Mr. Marvin Burns published in the same media outfit on March 14 and...

Shoddy treatment at Supenaam and Parika Stellings

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shoddy treatment at Supenaam and Parika Stellings

Dear Editor, Please permit a citizen of our dear land to vent a quite distasteful experience, which I had last Sunday (March 10, 2019) en route from Essequibo back to the ancient county. I arrived at...

The ethnic security dilemma from experience

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ethnic security dilemma from experience

Dear Editor, I would like to add a reference to the frequently mentioned Ethnic Security Dilemma discussion so often engrained on the parameters of political discussions; I am not a politician so my...

The PPP has been cooperative; Coalition still playing games

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP has been cooperative; Coalition still playing games

Dear Editor, As the Coalition rushes towards illegality in a few days, Granger who refuses to hold regular press conferences, takes to the air and calls for “cooperation,” and says the current...

Let the ‘crisis’ come! It may be good for Guyana

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let the ‘crisis’ come! It may be good for Guyana

Dear Editor, This writer is of the firm conviction that whatever causes a crisis to a people individually, or corporately as a nation, eventuates into something which can be for the common good. Let...

Rusal took its position to the brink

Mar 17, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Rusal took its position to the brink

For Rusal, sanity and a return to consciousness came late: what it had to do first, it is doing last. When all is considered, it is difficult to understand its thinking and tactics. From the...

Message from President Granger Govt protects the borders, natural resources, sovereignty; must remain in place until…

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Message from President Granger Govt protects the borders, natural resources, sovereignty; must remain in place until…

The current political situation in our nation which resulted from the no-confidence vote against the Government on 21st December 2018 in the National Assembly should not be a cause for alarm and...

Conspiracy charge dismissed against GECOM Chairman, Coalition Commissioners – Magistrate rules charge is frivolous, vexatious and lacks merit

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Conspiracy charge dismissed against GECOM Chairman, Coalition Commissioners – Magistrate rules charge is frivolous, vexatious and lacks merit

“The charge against the defendants are frivolous and vexatious; it lacks basic human merits,” said Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, yesterday. Immediately she dismissed arguments by Special...

Despite tampering of bid documents… System working to counter corruption – Finance Minister

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Despite tampering of bid documents… System working to counter corruption – Finance Minister

Government says it is steaming ahead with an internal probe of alleged tampering of bid documents at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB). According to Finance Minister,...

DDL launches $1B-plus warehouse -3mw solar farm for Diamond

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on DDL launches $1B-plus warehouse -3mw solar farm for Diamond

The Demerara Distillers Limited Group is continuing to roll out investments in keeping with a US$50M modernization and expansion programme. Yesterday, the beverage giant, which boasts over 1,200...

Queen’s Counsel presence sparks queries of conflict of interest

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Queen’s Counsel presence sparks queries of conflict of interest

Who would want to act in a manner that goes against the desires of someone who can potentially block or support their promotion? “No one, not one soul,” said attorney at law, Sanjeev Datadin. He...

Landlord allegedly breaks into tenant’s apartment, steals phone and cash

Mar 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Landlord allegedly breaks into tenant’s apartment, steals phone and cash

A landlord found himself in hot water as he was brought before the court after his tenant accused him of breaking and entering her home to steal her phone and a quantity of cash. Peter Rollox made an...

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A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

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Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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