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Feb 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The day a conviction disturbed me
This past week a number of things bothered me, but none more than the 25-year sentence meted out to a media colleague. When the news reached me I was stunned. My mind went back to when the story...Feb 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks
A raid by a special organization will uncover another money laundering scheme. Indeed, there will be a political outcry, because the suspect was a contributor to a political party. At the same time...Feb 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Would the real tax havens please stand
By Sir Ronald Sanders “It is tantamount to an economic blockade”. That’s how Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, described the current withdrawal from Caribbean indigenous...Feb 28, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Legacy of two Rebel heroes
By Dennis Nichols Five days ago as we celebrated another Republic anniversary, there were many who felt and expressed renewed national pride as the outsize Golden Arrowhead was raised at...Feb 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Blunthead tree snake (Imantodes cenchoa)
Imantodes cenchoa (common names: blunthead tree snake, fiddle-string snake, mapepire corde violon) is a species of rear-fanged colubrid snake distributed in Mexico, Central America, and South...Feb 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s fiscal position over the years…Can the picture of incredible growth be trusted?
By Kiana Wilburg A country’s fiscal make-up is nothing simple. It’s an intricate web of government expenditures, taxation, and debt. It must all stay firmly together with strong policies lest it...Feb 28, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review: Slavery within slavery?
Book: Caribbean Irish Connections: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Editors: Allison Donnell, Maria McGarrity, and Evelyn O’Callaghan Reviewer: Dr Glenville Ashby ‘Caribbean Irish...Feb 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on A few of the fine dining gems in our midst
By Kiana Wilburg With a number of competitive fast food restaurants popping up on a regular basis, some question whether the days for fine dining in Guyana are numbered. But a visit to just a few of...Feb 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REBIRTH OF NATIONAL PRIDE?
It is not unusual for Guyanese to feel emotional whenever their national flag is raised. The Golden Arrowhead has that effect on people, because it is not just the symbol of Guyana’s nationhood,...Feb 28, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Local Govt. Elections, Democratic Renewal and Regional Development
Local government elections, scheduled for March 18, are being held not only because the administration is committed to the rule of law – which mandates such elections every three years – but also...Feb 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Hemorrhoids/Piles: A painful and uncomfortable condition
By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Hemorrhoids, or locally known as piles, are becoming an increasingly common condition, with projections indicating that up to 50% of...Feb 28, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Khemraj Ramjattan, Nigel Hughes, and philosophy
I took Carlyle Goring and Gordon April to lunch last week at “Excellence,” the working class restaurant on Charlotte Street, that I am fond of patronizing. I met Goring and April in the AFC...Feb 28, 2016 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CREATING THAT ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
– Financing for new, innovative Infrastructure (The following is an excerpt from Budget 2016 presented by Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan) ADDRESSING THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT “The absence...Feb 28, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…Marketing Guyana and our products
By Leonard Gildarie During the recent debate in the National Assembly over the 2016 budget, there were criticisms by the Opposition over a delay by Government to name new Ambassadors and High...Feb 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Massive corruption unearthed in fuel sector…$150M in taxes lost in Dem. fuel market weekly
– Over 60 Venezuelans trawlers slip in and out of the Demerara River weekly, each capable of fetching 25,000 gallons More details are emerging over the massive, countrywide fuel-smuggling...Feb 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Slain bandit’s girlfriend held for helping accomplice escape
The bandit who was shot dead by his own accomplice during Thursday night’s gas station robbery is notorious criminal, Jermaine Jerrick, who was part of a gang that had terrorized gold miners and...Feb 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. raises contract limits for Ministries, RDCs
Government has started making changes with regard to the limits of contracts that Ministries and other state agencies are allowed to independently award. According to a notice called the...Feb 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 80, survives plunge from Palms window
Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation are monitoring the condition of 80-year-old Lyma Peters, who survived a plunge through a window of the Palms geriatric home. Peters, the patient,...Feb 27, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai gun get nuff cow calf
Yesterday was one of dem gyal budday at de Waterfalls paper suh de boss man decide to carry de entire staff to lunch at Cara Lodge. Upon arrival dem boys hear singing: Oh Mahinda, Oh Mahinda, gas a...Feb 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA elects Swiss Infantino to lead it out of era of scandal
(Reuters) Swiss soccer executive Gianni Infantino vowed on Friday to lead FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, out of years of corruption and scandal after being elected president to succeed...Feb 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on PCL four-day cricket …Beaton’s career best rocks Volcanoes despite century stand between Smith & Robinson
By Sean Devers in St Lucia In association with Tower Suites & Trophy Stall A lively late afternoon spell from Guyana Jaguars’ pacer Ronsford Beaton, who produced a career best 5-43, ripped out...Feb 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on UG to lock horns with Caribs for top position in GTT/GRFU fifteens league
UG Wolves would be looking to take a commanding lead when they face Yamaha Caribs in the GRFU 15’s League today. UG are leading the tournament with 17 points, while Caribs are in second position on...Feb 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Amsterdam Warriors ready for Mecca battle
By Edison Jefford New Amsterdam Warriors have declared that the team is ready for battle in the upcoming National Basketball Championships: The Road to Mecca III, shrugging off any underdog tag ahead...Feb 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBBC ‘Hostile Territory’ Boxing Extravaganza…Whether by bus or car; all roads lead to the Giftland Shopping Mall
By Michael Benjamin Come by bus or car Come from near or far come along one and all All roads lead to the Giftland Shopping Mall When Clive Atwell and Dexter Gonsalves squared off at the Giftland...JAGDEO ADDING MORE DANGER TO GUYANA AND THE REGION
Apr 18, 2024
SportsMax – West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has been named Wisden’s leading Twenty20 Cricketer for 2023, as she topped all and sundry, including her male counterparts. Alan Gardner looks...Kaieteur News – Compliments of the Ministry of Education, our secondary school children are being treated to a stage... more
By Sir Ronald Sanders Waterfalls Magazine – On April 10, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States... more
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