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The OAS dangerously in disarray

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The OAS dangerously in disarray

By Sir Ronald Sanders Over the last few days, there has been a serious overreach by Luis Almagro, of the authority he has as Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS). If Mr....

How about a Committee for the Defence of the Constitution?

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on How about a Committee for the Defence of the Constitution?

A grouping of professional organizations and independent Guyanese came together and launched a highly successful boycott of the 1978 referendum. That grouping was known as the Committee of Concerned...

GTUC embarks on Venezuela border controversy outreach

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on GTUC embarks on Venezuela border controversy outreach

Two Thursdays ago, i.e. 10th January, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) boardroom was transformed into a reflective environment. This soon became very emotional and touching when former...

Guyana: A political cauldron of intense emotions

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Guyana: A political cauldron of intense emotions

By Leonard Gildarie At the time of writing, the Parliamentary Opposition – the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) – was preparing to choose a Presidential candidate and a new...

Immigration News For Our Community What you need to know about Visa Revocation

Jan 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration News For Our Community What you need to know about Visa Revocation

By Attorney Gail Seeram Many visa holders seem surprised when their visas are revoked at the U.S. port of entry or upon a visit to the U.S. Embassy for renewal. However, the officers...

The Baccoo Speaks

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

A decision by the Guyana Elections Commission will not find favour with the political opposition, although this course of action was previously endorsed by the opposition. This is going to...

Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)

The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) or eyra is a small wild cat native to southern North America and South America. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002....

Tall tales of devilish covenants

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tall tales of devilish covenants

By Dennis Nichols The holiday season is well and truly over, and whatever respite it provided from the political bombshell on December 21 has dissipated, as the aftershock reverberates across our...

Difficulty Swallowing: It can be a sign of seriousness

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Difficulty Swallowing: It can be a sign of seriousness

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine While difficulty swallowing is not a frequent complaint, it can indicate seriousness and is sometimes ignored by patients when it...

Book Review…From Ruins to Wholeness

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review…From Ruins to Wholeness

Book: This Is For You Author: Angel Castillo Critic: Dr. Glenville Ashby In her first published work, Angel Castillo proves her salt as a writer of enviable range. At the outset, Castillo...

GTUC embarks on Venezuela border controversy outreach

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GTUC embarks on Venezuela border controversy outreach

Two Thursdays ago, i.e. 10th January, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) boardroom was transformed into a reflective environment. This soon became very emotional and touching when former...

I cannot support abolition of the death penalty in general

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I cannot support abolition of the death penalty in general

Please Google the following words, “Mother and boyfriend accused of killing boy crushed to death in car.” Here is what happened. It took place in the UK. The boy was three years old. He was...

The City is poised for further transformation

Jan 20, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The City is poised for further transformation

(Excerpts from an address to the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown by Hon. Ronald Bulkan, Minister of Communities) The City of Georgetown, founded in 1781 has a rich and proud history...

Murder and Mystery Shooting the sleeping carpenter

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Murder and Mystery Shooting the sleeping carpenter

By Michael Jordan It was at around 23:00 hrs on Saturday, November 22, 2008, that police ranks from the East Coast of Demerara rushed to Lot 642 Seventeenth Street, Foulis, to find themselves...

Don’t spend hours on TV, touch base with your constituents to find out how you slipped up

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t spend hours on TV, touch base with your constituents to find out how you slipped up

Dear Editor, A democratically elected government is the most powerful institution in a country. This is because it represents all the people of the country and was chosen or came into power...

I believe that our political leaders will do what is best for our nation

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I believe that our political leaders will do what is best for our nation

Dear Editor, Aware as I am that there is an extant case before our Supreme Court of Judicature seeking a judicial interpretation of the word “majority” within the context of the vote of no...

The betrayal of a nation

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The betrayal of a nation

Dear Editor, It’s sad when a person uses his entire political life to cuss up, degrade, pull down, wash hands clean, fight for a better country to be out of the hands of the polluted...

The no-confidence vote revisited

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The no-confidence vote revisited

Dear Editor, There is a question which is boggling the mind of every Guyanese and one to which our legal ‘experts’ are giving diverse interpretations: Was Charrandass Persaud as a Member...

This move could cost the PPP the next General Elections

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on This move could cost the PPP the next General Elections

Dear Editor, Although the news of Irfaan Ali as the PPP Presidential candidate did not come as a great surprise, it is nevertheless the talking point in the diaspora and I am sure throughout...

I can see only diehard PPP supporters coming out to vote for this candidate

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on I can see only diehard PPP supporters coming out to vote for this candidate

Dear Editor, Now that it is official, there is a single simple question, who is going to vote for that fine learned gentleman? I can see only diehard PPP supporters coming out to exercise the...

New parties should see themselves as more than spoilers

Jan 20, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on New parties should see themselves as more than spoilers

A New and United Guyana (ANUG), through one of its founders, has taken to the media to offer representations on the party’s positions on several issues of particular interest. They are among the...

Malteenoes SC pays tribute to the late friend of the Club Allison Butters-Grant

Jan 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malteenoes SC pays tribute to the late friend of the Club Allison Butters-Grant

The Malteenoes Sports Club wishes to express our heartfelt sympathy to the immediate family, relatives and friends of the late Mrs. Allison Butters-Grant, CEO of Global Seafoods, a release...

Breaking News… PPP names former Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali, presidential candidate

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News… PPP names former Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali, presidential candidate

Former Housing Minister under the People’s Progressive Party, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, 38, was this morning chosen to be his party’s next presidential candidate. The party, which lost the early 2015...

“Guyana is the gift that keeps on giving…” – Exxon’s latest well could produce 300M barrels of oil -Wood Mackenzie

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “Guyana is the gift that keeps on giving…” – Exxon’s latest well could produce 300M barrels of oil -Wood Mackenzie

ExxonMobil’s latest discovery offshore Guyana, the Pluma-1 well, could very well produce around 300 million barrels of oil equivalent of recoverable reserves. This is according to Wood Mackenzie,...

Govt. files submissions in challenge to no-confidence motion vote count

Jan 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. files submissions in challenge to no-confidence motion vote count

Lawyers for the government have filed submissions in the High Court regarding its challenge to the ruling of the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland – that the motion of...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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