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Public Charge Rule Expanded to Deny Green Card Faces Legal Challenges in U.S. Courts

Public Charge Rule Expanded to Deny Green Card Faces Legal Challenges in U.S. Courts

Aug 25, 2019 News Comments Off on Public Charge Rule Expanded to Deny Green Card Faces Legal Challenges in U.S. Courts

Immigration News For Our Community  By Attorney Gail Seeram On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, DHS published a final rule redefining the public charge ground for denying green card issuance. Lawsuits...
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Devin Persaud creates history as first Guyanese to secure a Minimum Qualification Score

Devin Persaud creates history as first Guyanese to secure a Minimum Qualification Score

Aug 25, 2019 Sports Comments Off on Devin Persaud creates history as first Guyanese to secure a Minimum Qualification Score

Archery Guyana’s Devin Persaud created history by becoming the first Guyanese to secure a Minimum Qualification Score for Recurve Men with a 640 score. At the recently concluded Caledon...
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Turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)

Turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)

Aug 25, 2019 Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)

The turquoise-throated puffleg (Eriocnemis godini), also known as Godin’s puffleg, is a species of hummingbird from Ecuador and Colombia. It is mostly green with blue undertail coverts and...
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Caribbean very appreciative of GBA’s efforts to develop regional boxing

Caribbean very appreciative of GBA’s efforts to develop regional boxing

Aug 25, 2019 Sports Comments Off on Caribbean very appreciative of GBA’s efforts to develop regional boxing

The Caribbean has heaped praise on the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) and its president Steve Ninvalle for organizing and successfully hosting the recently concluded Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean...
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Battered by hurricane, Guyanese teacher in BVI now loses home to fire

Battered by hurricane, Guyanese teacher in BVI now loses home to fire

Aug 25, 2019 News Comments Off on Battered by hurricane, Guyanese teacher in BVI now loses home to fire

Almost two years after being battered by Hurricane Irma and a flood in 2017, in the British Virgin Islands, a Guyanese family has now suffered another devastating blow. This time, it is a fire that...
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New fires in Brazil’s Amazon as army mobilises to fight blazes -More than 1,000 new fires spotted in the Amazon as six states request military’s help to combat the blazes.

New fires in Brazil’s Amazon as army mobilises to fight blazes -More than 1,000 new fires spotted in the Amazon as six states request military’s help to combat the blazes.

Aug 25, 2019 News Comments Off on New fires in Brazil’s Amazon as army mobilises to fight blazes -More than 1,000 new fires spotted in the Amazon as six states request military’s help to combat the blazes.

Brazil (Al Jazeera) – Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, according to official data, as six of the nine states in the region requested military assistance to...
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Seven Seas sponsors Archery Guyana’s Indoor Championship 2019

Seven Seas sponsors Archery Guyana’s Indoor Championship 2019

Aug 25, 2019 Sports Comments Off on Seven Seas sponsors Archery Guyana’s Indoor Championship 2019

Archery Guyana’s Indoor Championship 2019 has received sponsorship from Seven Seas for the event which will be held at the National Gymnasium today, Sunday 25th August and Sunday 1st September....
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Is the world really one?

Is the world really one?

Aug 25, 2019 Countryman, News Comments Off on Is the world really one?

By Dennis Nichols At times like this, (post-December 21, 2018) our country’s fanciful motto – One people; One nation; One destiny, seems hopelessly unachievable. Nevertheless it’s a very...
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A Journey to Wholeness

A Journey to Wholeness

Aug 25, 2019 Book Review… Comments Off on A Journey to Wholeness

Book: Madwoman Author: Shara McCallum Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Shara McCallum’s stark and edgy writings explore the underworld, a place where the conscious and the unconscious self merges; it...
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Kaieteur News Cartoon Aug. 25 2019

Kaieteur News Cartoon Aug. 25 2019

Aug 25, 2019 Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon Aug. 25 2019

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Without a Local Content Policy and legislation, Guyanese are fighting for crumbs that fall off the table

Without a Local Content Policy and legislation, Guyanese are fighting for crumbs that fall off the table

Aug 25, 2019 Letters Comments Off on Without a Local Content Policy and legislation, Guyanese are fighting for crumbs that fall off the table

Dear Editor, It has been One Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Five days since ExxonMobil announced the discovery of Oil in commercial quantities offshore Guyana. The APNU/AFC has not produced a final...
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Was Vishnu Bisram in hibernation during the rule of the PPP?

Was Vishnu Bisram in hibernation during the rule of the PPP?

Aug 25, 2019 Letters Comments Off on Was Vishnu Bisram in hibernation during the rule of the PPP?

Dear editor, A letter in KN, August 20th, captioned “Political victimization in Guyana” completely blew me away on account of its truthfulness and relevance on our political landscape. It is no...
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Are people going to vote for who is the best to lead them?

Are people going to vote for who is the best to lead them?

Aug 25, 2019 Letters Comments Off on Are people going to vote for who is the best to lead them?

Dear Editor In my letter “Disaffected APNU+AFC Supporters don’t want Bharrat Jagdeo as puppet master” (18th February 2019) I noted that the PPP/C cannot win over disaffected APNU+AFC supporters...
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Rice is in trouble – GRDB and the Minister are in La La land

Rice is in trouble – GRDB and the Minister are in La La land

Aug 25, 2019 Letters Comments Off on Rice is in trouble – GRDB and the Minister are in La La land

Dear Editor, I visited rice farmers in Regions 2,5 and 6 over the last couple of weeks. Rice farmers, small and large, are experiencing a torrid time, the livelihoods of their families in jeopardy,...
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It was Jagdeo who damaged and demoralised the GDF during his tenure

It was Jagdeo who damaged and demoralised the GDF during his tenure

Aug 25, 2019 Letters Comments Off on It was Jagdeo who damaged and demoralised the GDF during his tenure

Dear Editor, It was with great concern that I listened to the statements of former President Bharrat Jagdeo on the subject of the welfare of soldiers in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) sometime in...
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Let’s use this pre-election period to forge a sense of nationhood, regardless of party affiliation

Let’s use this pre-election period to forge a sense of nationhood, regardless of party affiliation

Aug 25, 2019 Letters Comments Off on Let’s use this pre-election period to forge a sense of nationhood, regardless of party affiliation

Dear Editor, Having had the good fortune of being involved in Sports, Academia, Business and Politics as a Guyanese; be it in the community where I reside, the business I manage, giving solicited or...
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With several developments on the horizon… Guyana must study economic impact of multiple FPSOs – University of Houston Instructor

With several developments on the horizon… Guyana must study economic impact of multiple FPSOs – University of Houston Instructor

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on With several developments on the horizon… Guyana must study economic impact of multiple FPSOs – University of Houston Instructor

By Kiana Wilburg ExxonMobil, Hess Corporation and CNOOC/NEXEN have all indicated that the Liza field within the oil-rich Stabroek Block holds the potential for at least five Floating Production...
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Oil companies should avail themselves to regular scrutiny from local media – Jagdeo

Oil companies should avail themselves to regular scrutiny from local media – Jagdeo

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Oil companies should avail themselves to regular scrutiny from local media – Jagdeo

Oil companies have a responsibility to answer to the Guyanese people, the sovereigns of the oil they intend to exploit. So they must make themselves available to local media for scrutiny. That is the...
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Deputy CJIA Chief granted bail on sexual assault charge

Deputy CJIA Chief granted bail on sexual assault charge

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Deputy CJIA Chief granted bail on sexual assault charge

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Andre Kellman, was yesterday arraigned before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly after he was slapped with a...
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City hit by water shortage due to damaged main

City hit by water shortage due to damaged main

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on City hit by water shortage due to damaged main

Residents of Georgetown were forced to endure several hours without potable water on Thursday and yesterday after a Guyana Water Inc. main broke. According to a brief Guyana Water Inc. online...
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Irfaan Ali to face fraud charges Monday, as appellate judge refuses to stay proceedings

Irfaan Ali to face fraud charges Monday, as appellate judge refuses to stay proceedings

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Irfaan Ali to face fraud charges Monday, as appellate judge refuses to stay proceedings

Former Housing Minister Irfaan Ali heads to court on Monday to face 19 fraud charges for allegedly selling several acres of state lands way below the market price to several high ranking public...
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Orinduik Partners gear up to drill next big target

Orinduik Partners gear up to drill next big target

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Orinduik Partners gear up to drill next big target

After making its first successful discovery on the Orinduik Block at the Jethro-1 well, Tullow Oil is preparing to hit its next big target called ‘Joe’ in just a matter of days. The Joe prospect...
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Thief caught on CCTV to spend Christmas in jail

Thief caught on CCTV to spend Christmas in jail

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Thief caught on CCTV to spend Christmas in jail

Yesterday during court proceedings, it was related that after a woman left her home to go to church, a labourer broke into her home and stole a quantity of cash and other items. That labourer,...
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Sick man runs away from $2,500 taxi fare, fined $25,000

Sick man runs away from $2,500 taxi fare, fined $25,000

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Sick man runs away from $2,500 taxi fare, fined $25,000

A man has moved from being a patient at the hospital to a potential inmate of the prisons after he yesterday admitted to defrauding a taxi driver by not paying the $2,500 fare for his transportation....
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Govt., Opposition cross swords over present, past public projects

Govt., Opposition cross swords over present, past public projects

Aug 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Govt., Opposition cross swords over present, past public projects

The Government and the Opposition are at loggerheads over past and present contracts. In recent days, Member of Parliament, Juan Edghill, the Shadow Minister for Public Infrastructure has been going...
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Government and GOA sponsors Guyana’s FIBA 3×3 team for AmeriCup in Puerto Rico

Government and GOA sponsors Guyana’s FIBA 3×3 team for...

Dec 11, 2024

-Team departs today Kaieteur Sports- Guyana’s basketball team departed today for San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they will compete in the Americas’ premier 3×3 basketball tournament, the...
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King hits 82, Seales takes 4-22 as West Indies dominate Bangladesh in second ODI to secure series victory

King hits 82, Seales takes 4-22 as West Indies...

Dec 11, 2024

Should the West Indies cricket team play independently?

Should the West Indies cricket team play...

Dec 11, 2024

Fazim Abdool crowned best equipped senior lifter as 19 records shattered

Fazim Abdool crowned best equipped senior lifter...

Dec 11, 2024

Kevin Sinclair 81 not out spearheads Rose Hall Namilco Thunderbolt Flour into BCB/ Madray 20/20 semifinals  

Kevin Sinclair 81 not out spearheads Rose Hall...

Dec 11, 2024

Maggie’s Snackette joins growing list of sponsors

Maggie’s Snackette joins growing list of...

Dec 11, 2024

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