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Book Review… Echoes of Time

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… Echoes of Time

Book: New Voices Selected by Lorna Goodison – Poet Laureate of Jamaica 2017-2020 Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD ‘New Voices’ is a well-crafted work of defining aesthetics and a literary...

Coronavirus: The protests are over; now we wait to see the consequences

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: The protests are over; now we wait to see the consequences

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Over the past two weeks, there have been protests for the unfortunate deaths of youths who were murdered in...

The Feral Pig (Sus scrofa)

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on The Feral Pig (Sus scrofa)

The feral pig (from Latin fera, “a wild beast”) is a pig (Sus scrofa) living in the wild, but which has descended from escaped domesticated swine in both the Old and New Worlds. Razorback...

Engineer falls to death through hole in 4-storey construction

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Engineer falls to death through hole in 4-storey construction

Police say they are investigating the death of Keith Scipio, age 69 years, an engineer of Lot 12 Kissoon Scheme, Good Hope, East Coast Demerara. The death occurred around 11:30hrs at Lot 112-113...

Zone of rigging, zone of fear, zone of Pompeo

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Zone of rigging, zone of fear, zone of Pompeo

I was tempted to ask my editor if for this edition of the newspaper, I can republish my Friday article titled, “Zone of peace, zone of Mia Mottley, zone of the dangerous mind.” That column dealt...

US, Guyana agree to jointly monitor, protect local maritime space

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US, Guyana agree to jointly monitor, protect local maritime space

The United States of America and the Cooperative Republic of Guyana have signed a bilateral agreement to come into force tomorrow, aimed at monitoring the local maritime space and suppressing the...

Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Javid Imran Aziz

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Javid Imran Aziz

“We need to protect ourselves and loved ones by taking all necessary precautions. But being on the task force brings on a certain adrenaline rush that I love and, so far, it has been a great...

Encouraging events, disturbing developments

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Encouraging events, disturbing developments

The GHK Lall Column… The media has been awash with the visit by US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to Guyana. Earlier, Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Hugh Todd, said that Venezuela was not on...

Vendor killed in hit-and-run following birthday celebrations

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor killed in hit-and-run following birthday celebrations

A vendor was yesterday killed in a suspected hit-and-run along the Mon Repos Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD), mere hours after celebrating his 23rd birthday. Dead is Devanand Bansie,...

F-1 M-1 Students Taking Full Online Courses in Fall 2020 Cannot Remain in U.S.

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on F-1 M-1 Students Taking Full Online Courses in Fall 2020 Cannot Remain in U.S.

ImmigrationINFO… Immigration News For Our Community  By Attorney Gail Seeram On July 6, 2020, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) announced modifications to a temporary exemptions...

Public schools and traffic

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Public schools and traffic

The Story within the Story… By Leonard Gildarie I left home earlier this week for work and got caught in traffic at Diamond. It took one hour from the Diamond access road to the DDL turn. There it...

Anthem To A Woman

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Anthem To A Woman

By Nal There is no one meaning to life which makes it unique She can be that girl who makes you say “damn she’s on fleek” She is not required to bow at anyone’s feet Trust her...

We Stand United CC mourns the loss of former national cyclist, Wilbert Benjamin

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on We Stand United CC mourns the loss of former national cyclist, Wilbert Benjamin

The President, executive and members of We Stand United Cycle Club (WSUCC) is extending sincere condolences to the wife, children, relatives and cycling fraternity of the late Wilbert Benjamin who is...

“Mecca 6 a definite no in 2020” – Mike Singh

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Mecca 6 a definite no in 2020” – Mike Singh

No basketball club C/ships since 2018 By Calvin Chapman What many basketball fans and players have feared since the elongated lockdown period due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Guyana has...

Has the time come for Caribbean Republics?

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Has the time come for Caribbean Republics?

By Sir Ronald Sanders In 1994, shortly after Antigua and Barbuda and Cuba established diplomatic relations, Fidel Castro and Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Lester Bird, had a memorable...

GBBC’s President clears the air on Vivian Harris’ comments

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC’s President clears the air on Vivian Harris’ comments

Harris explains what he meant by ‘Boxing officials’ By Sean Devers In Friday’s issue of this newspaper (Sept 18, 2000) in a story headlined ‘Never got money given by GOG for World Title’...

Reyaz Shahabudeen Baksh is a ‘Special Person’

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Reyaz Shahabudeen Baksh is a ‘Special Person’

Defying the odds to become a phenomenal make-up artist… By Romario Blair “It took a lot of bravery for me because it is challenging to go into the make-up business in this...

Coalition knew about free online courses since April

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition knew about free online courses since April

…but never followed through- Manickchand During her presentation to the National Assembly on Friday, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, informed the House that the previous coalition were...

Life after kidney transplant

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Life after kidney transplant

– a survivor shares his story By Rehanna Ramsay It has been five years since Kiran Hardyal underwent a life-saving kidney transplant operation at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

66 more COVID -19 cases recorded

Sep 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 66 more COVID -19 cases recorded

The Ministry of Health (MoH)has confirmed that Guyana has recorded 66 new cases of the COVID-19 disease bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,168. Of that number, the Ministry’s...

BCB assists twenty young cricketers with the Singh brother’s assistance

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB assists twenty young cricketers with the Singh brother’s assistance

Coaching sessions to restart shortly at club level The Berbice Cricket Board under the leadership of Hilbert Foster MS continues to work behind the scene as it seeks to develop cricket in the ancient...

Guyana should further consolidate national security and democracy alliance with America

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana should further consolidate national security and democracy alliance with America

Dear Editor, Regarding your several news items (KN Sept 18 and 19), if there is one thing one can learn from Guyana’s relations with the US, it is that America is the guarantor of democracy and...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 20/2020

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 20/2020

None can effectively govern at the exclusion of any group

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on None can effectively govern at the exclusion of any group

Dear Editor, It is almost two decades since “inclusionary democracy” was enshrined in the Constitution of Guyana as the “principal objective” of the “political system” as per Article 13....

Who speaks for the victims of violence?

Sep 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who speaks for the victims of violence?

Dear Editor, On January 12th 1998, more than 200 Indian-Guyanese were beaten, robbed and assaulted in the streets of Georgetown. These attacks were conducted in full view of the police, yet no...

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The clock and the cloud

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Time, as the ancients knew, is a trickster. It slips through the fingers of kings and commoners... more