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Lab technician, photographer robbed in separate incidents

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lab technician, photographer robbed in separate incidents

A 41-year-old laboratory technician and a 37-year-old photographer were robbed of their personal belongings by two gunmen on Thursday and Friday. Around 14:00 hrs on Thursday, the lab technician,...

GTT staff takes Xmas cheer to children in Lombard St.

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTT staff takes Xmas cheer to children in Lombard St.

Over 40 children from the Lombard and Broad Streets, Charlestown community had Christmas cheer taken to them through the recent presentation of gifts donated by the staff of GTT. The gift-giving...

The Story within the Story… Of oil contracts, 2017 and a new year

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… Of oil contracts, 2017 and a new year

By Leonard Gildarie This would be our last engagement for the year. It has been a roller-coaster one and as we enter a brand new one tomorrow, it will be filled with hopes, but from all indications,...

Interesting Creatures… Waved Albatross [Phoebastria irrorata]

Dec 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Waved Albatross [Phoebastria irrorata]

The waved albatross [Phoebastria irrorata], also known as Galapagos albatross, is the only member of the family Diomedeidae located in the tropics. When they forage, they follow a straight path to a...

ImmigrationINFO: How to Extend my Visit in the U.S.

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO: How to Extend my Visit in the U.S.

By Attorney Gail Seeram In certain situations, when you travel to the United States on a tourist visa (B-1/B-2) you may want to extend your stay. As a B-1/B-2 tourist visa...

Enmore Association of New York spreads holiday merriment

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore Association of New York spreads holiday merriment

For the 16th year in succession, the Enmore Association of New York (EANY) feted hundreds of children and elderly folks to a grand Christmas lunch and party at Enmore, East Coast Demerara. The more...

Book Review… A multilayered model for learning

Dec 31, 2017 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… A multilayered model for learning

Leadership for Success: The Jamaican School Experience Editors: Disraeli M. Hutton and Beverly Johnson Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby ‘Leadership for Success: The Jamaica School Experience’ offers...

End-of-year rituals and that ‘Auld Lang Syne’ feeling

Dec 31, 2017 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on End-of-year rituals and that ‘Auld Lang Syne’ feeling

By Dennis Nichols Here’s something to think about! Our 365-day year peaks with church-going and merry-making on December 31, just before it fades into history. And it reinvents itself one second...

It pays to steal from your employer … You can pay the fine and still make a profit

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on It pays to steal from your employer … You can pay the fine and still make a profit

The need to revamp local laws has been gathering steam in recent years. The reforms do not only include provisions in the Constitution for presidential term limits, but also for little offences, some...

Sod turned for Linden/Region Ten Passport Office

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sod turned for Linden/Region Ten Passport Office

By Enid Joaquin Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, yesterday turned the sod for the Linden/Region Ten Passport Office at Retrieve, Linden. On hand to witness the event were several Regional...

Pensioner dies after being rescued from submerged car

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner dies after being rescued from submerged car

A pensioner lost his life on the Essequibo Coast Public Road last Friday night, when his car overturned in a trench near Danielstown. The deceased was identified as 70-year-old Royston Peterson, of...

2018 will test CARICOM’s collective resolve

Dec 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 2018 will test CARICOM’s collective resolve

By Sir Ronald Sanders In 2018, unless Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries eschew their tendency to pursue narrow ‘national interests’ in the conduct of their international relations, each of...

More than a week later…Rape accused yet to be charged despite DPP’s recommendation

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on More than a week later…Rape accused yet to be charged despite DPP’s recommendation

The mother of a nine-year-old girl, who was raped on September 21, last when a minibus driver sneaked into their home, is getting frustrated by every passing day. This is because the Director of...

And the ‘Person of the Year’ for 2017 is…

Dec 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on And the ‘Person of the Year’ for 2017 is…

Each year this column selects someone whom it feels has made the most significant contribution to national life – the person need not have made consistent contributions over the foregoing...

One jailed, three freed on arm robbery charge

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on One jailed, three freed on arm robbery charge

One of four men who were on trial in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court on a charge of robbery under arms, has been jailed while the other three were freed due to insufficient evidence. Kevon...

Charity NDC blames Puran Bros. for garbage buildup in market place.

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Charity NDC blames Puran Bros. for garbage buildup in market place.

The poor disposal of garbage within the community of Charity remains a major threat to health and sanitation, jeopardising the wellbeing of all in the community. The situation has escalated so much...

Many schools fail to meet WHO water quality standard

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Many schools fail to meet WHO water quality standard

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) over the past year conducted a series of water quality tests in three different Regions, in joint venture with the Ministry of Education. It was found that close...

Trotman allowed ExxonMobil to strangle Guyana in stability clause of contract – Ram

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman allowed ExxonMobil to strangle Guyana in stability clause of contract – Ram

When ExxonMobil’s Country Manager, Rod Henson, addressed the media, he said that Guyana secured a “fair” contract. He said that it was internationally competitive and that the interest of...

DDL molasses supply threatened by GuySuCo’s production cuts- contemplates entry in sugar industry; wants estates remain operational

Dec 31, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DDL molasses supply threatened by GuySuCo’s production cuts- contemplates entry in sugar industry; wants estates remain operational

By Leonard Gildarie Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has expressed deep worry over the impact that the planned closure of three sugar estates will have on its rum production. The...

How do you keep the music playing?

Dec 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on How do you keep the music playing?

Depending on your perspective on life, the end of the current year and the beginning of a new one probably will bring contrasting emotions, feelings and thoughts. As I observed in my Christmas...

Guyana is a nation in transition to becoming a ‘green’ state

Dec 31, 2017 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana is a nation in transition to becoming a ‘green’ state

By H.E. David Granger The Government of Guyana is at mid-term and, ever mindful of its duty to the people, will continue to aim at providing a good life for all in 2018. The Nation’s economy has...

Earnestly preparing to oversee the construction of another Dem. River Bridge

Dec 31, 2017 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Earnestly preparing to oversee the construction of another Dem. River Bridge

When it was built and completed during the Administration of Prime Minister Forbes Burnham back in 1978, the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) was designed to last, in its original form, for about a...

What happens when you get shortness of breath?

Dec 31, 2017 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What happens when you get shortness of breath?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Getting shortness of breath is never a nice experience. It’s mostly a sign that your body is not getting enough oxygen. People who have...

New Year and I can see more sniping at Granger

Dec 31, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on New Year and I can see more sniping at Granger

The New Year is hours away and there are some things that will come with it. One will be an eclipse of the moon. Some people will enter the world of work for the first time. They are the first group...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 31, 2017 KNews The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The madness is still here. Young boys are bent on making themselves comfortable at the expense of others. Yet another is going to be caught, making it three in three days. One was severely beaten,...

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The great old-age pension gold rush

Oct 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese aged 65 and over, who have spent decades living comfortably in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, are suddenly discovering that the land of their birth has something more attractive than pepperpot and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). It has an old-age...

The Caribbean “Too Rich for Help”: When Will the Fiction End?

Oct 18, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 14 October, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that higher borrowing costs, falling development assistance and other economic pressures threaten to widen the distance between advanced and developing economies. She appealed for additional...

EPA Director, Parsram

Oct 18, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – My good friend, Mr. Khemraj Parsram is at it again. Trying his hand at being a jester. He should stick to his role as Guyana’s EPA Director, which is proving to be more than a handful for him. The man should collect war pay for his heroic efforts to...

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