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BOOK REVIEW… Writer redefines history with haunting masterpiece

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on BOOK REVIEW… Writer redefines history with haunting masterpiece

Book: Providential Author: Colin Channer Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby Colin Channer’s Providential is raw, bold, fearfully dark, and unapologetic. But this is understandable. For how could anyone...

Cops nab suspect in “Black Chinese” killing

Aug 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops nab suspect in “Black Chinese” killing

Police believe that they have finally caught one of the men who were involved in the hacking to death of Chinese restaurant owner Zhenjz Su in his Mandela Avenue business place. The man in custody is...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…Cigarette and other tobacco use – dangerous to health

Aug 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…Cigarette and other tobacco use – dangerous to health

Pat Dial For many years now the dangers of tobacco use have been propagated worldwide, especially in the Western World where the main tobacco companies are based. International Organizations such as...

Students briefed on Public Speaking as DCC Academy concludes

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Students briefed on Public Speaking as DCC Academy concludes

People who are good speakers were not born that way, what’s the key to their success? Everyone who speaks well, from Barrack Obama to Les Brown rehearses their speeches ahead of time and asks...

Infant mortality perhaps at its worst …Over 160 infants died at Georgetown Public Hospital in five months last year – Health Minister

Aug 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Infant mortality perhaps at its worst …Over 160 infants died at Georgetown Public Hospital in five months last year – Health Minister

Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton expressed deep concern for the worsening state of infant mortality in Guyana on Friday night during the Budget 2015 debate. Dr. Norton revealed that in...

IS THE GOOD LIFE REALLY A GOOD LIFE!

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on IS THE GOOD LIFE REALLY A GOOD LIFE!

The Parliamentary debate on the 2015 budget of the newly elected APNU+AFC coalition government is finally over and the nation can now breathe a sigh of relief. But was it really a debate about the...

Sunday Cartoon

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING

Aug 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING

The holidays are quickly coming to an end and soon it will be back to school time for children. As always, during this period, there is a rush by parents and guardians to purchase school supplies,...

Countryman: Old time story and a muddle of statistics

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Countryman: Old time story and a muddle of statistics

By Dennis Nichols In my early reporter days, I was exhorted to write as simply and as succinctly as possible bearing in mind the readership of the hypothetical ‘average Joe’ – the man working...

This firing, forced vacations and “cleansing” must stop now, is government afraid of Jagdeo

Aug 23, 2015 KNews From the Diaspora Comments Off on This firing, forced vacations and “cleansing” must stop now, is government afraid of Jagdeo

By Ralph Seeram The biggest blunder this APNU/AFC government has made so far, is firing the nearly 2000 Amerindian Community Support Officers (CSO); in one sweep they put nearly 1952 people in the...

CARICOM: A collective bargaining unit for rights

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM: A collective bargaining unit for rights

By Sir Ronald Sanders The Caribbean regional integration project is often described and criticised almost entirely on the uneven benefits of trade to member countries. But, important as it is,...

Why’s a dog’s life span shorter than humans?

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Why’s a dog’s life span shorter than humans?

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very attached to...

Our silence caused the previous government to develop a mental disorder

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our silence caused the previous government to develop a mental disorder

Dear Editor, Some of us are amazed at the audacity of the opposition (the previous administration) in laying blame on the new government for the ills that they (the opposition) caused over the 20 odd...

Majority approve Granger’s performance, say give him a chance

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Majority approve Granger’s performance, say give him a chance

Dear Editor, A majority of the voting population approved of the performance of David Granger as President in the early days of his Presidency as revealed in the findings of an opinion poll conducted...

THE MAJOR PROMISES HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MAJOR PROMISES HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED

The hundred-day plan by APNU+AFC had a number of promises. There were, however, four main promises that mattered; the rest were trivial and did not represent any major policy shift. The first of the...

Did President Jagan deceive Mr. F. Hamley Case?

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did President Jagan deceive Mr. F. Hamley Case?

Dear Editor, I am responding to Mr. F. Hamley Case’s letter of august 18 on President Cheddi Jagan and the UNAMCO story in response to one of my columns. This is an immensely important statement on...

How can we fight Venezuela when half of our house contains cowards

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on How can we fight Venezuela when half of our house contains cowards

Dear Editor, How can we fight Venezuela when half of our house contains cowards? I asked myself this question at the end of speech given by the Leader of the Opposition during the National Budget...

Education Paramount For Nation Building

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Education Paramount For Nation Building

Dear Editor, It was published in the Stabroek News of August 5th, that the Hon. Minister of education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, disclosed that he intends to discard parts of the National Grade Six...

The Baccooo Speaks

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccooo Speaks

When one sees the madness on the roads one is forced to talk directly to the police authorities than to the people who end up being victims. It would seem that warnings do not work. How could I...

What you need to know about urinary tract infections

Aug 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on What you need to know about urinary tract infections

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection along any part of our urinary system. It can be limited to the tract where urine flows...

This little matter of Mathematics and Science

Aug 23, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on This little matter of Mathematics and Science

By Lance Hinds It is once again that time of the year when I get to marvel at my friends’ children, my young mentees and others who reached even more dizzying heights at the CSEC and CAPE...

Feeding off the crumbs from the master’s table

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Feeding off the crumbs from the master’s table

It’s not often that I comment on things like what people earn, because it is much more interesting to talk about things in life—things like days gone by, the economic system and perhaps a bit of...

Our Culture, Our Arts

Aug 23, 2015 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Our Culture, Our Arts

(Excerpt from 2015 Budget Presentation by Hon. Nicolette Henry, M.P. Minister within the Ministry of Education) We are our culture and tradition; if there is no culture or tradition we are no one. ...

Developing Tourism: Guyana – South America UNDISCOVERED

Aug 23, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Developing Tourism: Guyana – South America UNDISCOVERED

(Excerpted from Post-Budget Address to Parliament by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Catherine Hughes) I welcome the Opposition to this esteemed House and I look forward to us “working together”,...

‘Gov’t will not name Stadium Stands’ says Minister Henry

Aug 23, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Gov’t will not name Stadium Stands’ says Minister Henry

By Sean Devers The new Guyana Government, like the past Administration, has no intention of naming the stands at the Providence Stadium after Guyana’s most outstanding cricketers according to...

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Taharally rocks with 2 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze; Rogers snares 4 silver, 2 bronze

Guyanese first, thank you Barry and Timmy

Kaieteur News – There is always the hope that Guyanese would help Guyana turn the corner. The challenge is that some... more