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Guyana/Venezuela Controversy and ICJ

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Guyana/Venezuela Controversy and ICJ

CONSUMER CONCERNS: By Pat Dial This column has endeavoured over the years to keep before the public the importance of the Guyana/Venezuela Controversy. Over the last year, the nation had been...

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD EXISTS TO HELP CURB ROAD ACCIDENTS

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL STANDARD EXISTS TO HELP CURB ROAD ACCIDENTS

STANDARDS IN FOCUS Road traffic accidents are the eighth leading cause of death globally and they are the greatest cause of death among young people aged 15 to 29 years. Perhaps even more shocking,...

After the CCJ, four groups in the spotlight

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on After the CCJ, four groups in the spotlight

This week begins with expectations that after the CCJ rules on Guyana’s elections, that this national horror story would be over. Rather regrettably, we struggle to fathom how it could be so, since...

A reminder of the world’s debt to persons of African descent

Jun 28, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on A reminder of the world’s debt to persons of African descent

(A Review of David Granger’s Crime against humanity: The Trans-Atlantic Trade in Captive Africans, 1440-180. ISBN 978-976-8178-15-2.) David Granger’s Crime against humanity: The Trans-Atlantic...

Scientists just beginning to understand the many health problems caused by COVID-19

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Scientists just beginning to understand the many health problems caused by COVID-19

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health...

The Art of Storytelling

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on The Art of Storytelling

Book Review… Book: Ernest Palmer’s Dreams and other stories Author: Earl McKenzie Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Earl McKenzie proves his salt as the consummate raconteur. In Ernest Palmer’s...

Stingless bee

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Stingless bee

Interesting Creatures… Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (about 500 species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe...

Coronavirus: It has mutated and is now even more infectious

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: It has mutated and is now even more infectious

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Scientists have found that the coronavirus has mutated and it is spreading more rapidly than previously. They are calling it the D614G...

This election has changed Guyana for the worse

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on This election has changed Guyana for the worse

Nobody can say with any confidence when and how Guyana’s current political impasse would end. This is partly because we have not been down this road before and partly because the final outcome is...

Nigel Hughes, fin de siècle, and my admission of schadenfreude

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nigel Hughes, fin de siècle, and my admission of schadenfreude

One evening a few years ago, during the Ramotar presidency at a public meeting at Stabroek Market square, Basil Williams was being his usual humorous self. I have known Basil since we were...

Boyfriend charged with murder of pregnant teen who drowned in Berbice River

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Boyfriend charged with murder of pregnant teen who drowned in Berbice River

A 19-year-old man of DeVeldt Village, Upper Berbice River and of Smithfield, New Amsterdam, was on Friday remanded to prison for the murder of his 17 year old pregnant girlfriend. Dequan Abrams was...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Nichole Nedd-Jerrick

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Nichole Nedd-Jerrick

By Sharmain Grainger We are not all cut from the same cloth. If we were the world would have been an especially dreary and bleak place with robotic and expected outcomes rather than spontaneous...

Over 200 prisoners released in last 3 months

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 200 prisoners released in last 3 months

Some 202 prisoners have been released in the last three months as part of efforts by the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) to reduce the population in wake of COVID-19. Director of Prisons, Gladwin...

Extension to Stay in U.S. during Coronavirus Pandemic

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Extension to Stay in U.S. during Coronavirus Pandemic

ImmigrationINFO… By Attorney Gail Seeram During this global coronavirus pandemic, many tourists with B-1/B-2 visas are not able to leave the U.S. before their given departure time. Many airports...

One people, one nation, one destiny…not!

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on One people, one nation, one destiny…not!

By Leonard Gildarie Former US president, Franklin D. Roosevelt said: “Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a...

Cellphone store looted by gunmen

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cellphone store looted by gunmen

A cell phone store located at Mon Repos East Coast Demerara (ECD) was looted on Friday last by a pair of armed bandits. The Celltronicx Guyana Cell Phone Sales and Repair Centre was robbed at around...

We should not take for granted the right to due process, judicial recourse and Rule of Law

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We should not take for granted the right to due process, judicial recourse and Rule of Law

The political challenges in Guyana at election time is not new. What is new is the reaction and responses by trusted allies which give rise to concern whether at the end of the process this nation...

Gold miners tell cops they beat, robbed boss because he owed them

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miners tell cops they beat, robbed boss because he owed them

Three gold miners are alleging that they beat and robbed their Brazilian employer because he had not paid them. Police said that the men admitted to robbing Adam Da Silva, 62, of a quantity of raw...

Death came knocking at her door – a former Governor’s daughter mistakenly let her killer in

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Death came knocking at her door – a former Governor’s daughter mistakenly let her killer in

By Michael Jordan When I went prowling around Quamina Street many years ago where she had once lived, not a single soul had anything bad to say about old Miss Dorothy King. She was kind, some said,...

Banks DIH donates to Santa Rosa

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH donates to Santa Rosa

Banks DIH Limited recently made a donation of Triskits Crackers to Santa Rosa in Moruca, Region One (Barima/Waini). This was following a call for assistance for the community which has been seriously...

Curlfete co-founder, Denisha Victor, dies suddenly

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Curlfete co-founder, Denisha Victor, dies suddenly

Natural enthusiast and stylist, Denisha Victor, died suddenly on Friday evening at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Immediately after the news got public, messages of condolences poured in on social...

Sarwan says he was mentally ‘framed out’ of WI cricket

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan says he was mentally ‘framed out’ of WI cricket

By Sean Devers Former Guyana and West Indies Captain Ramnaresh ‘Ronnie’ Sarwan, speaking with Alexis Jordon on the Jamaican Sports Max Zone TV programme on Friday Evening says he was ‘framed...

CCJ offers parties in Guyana pathway to rule of law

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CCJ offers parties in Guyana pathway to rule of law

By Sir Ronald Sanders There have been unhelpful and destructive attacks by leading members and zealous supporters of the APNU+AFC caretaker government in Guyana against all with whose position they...

Deep anger as photo of slaughtered deers surfaces

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Deep anger as photo of slaughtered deers surfaces

Residents along the East Coast of Demerara are calling for the authorities to consider more monitoring after photos of several slaughtered deers surfaced yesterday. It appeared the animals were...

New York Independence Cup called off, but Parasnauth confident of Prime Minister’s T20 Cup

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on New York Independence Cup called off, but Parasnauth confident of Prime Minister’s T20 Cup

Veteran softball player Bobby Parasnauth says we have to deal with the new reality of COVID-19 which affects this year’s New York Independence Softball Cup slated for July 1. However, he is...