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The Baccoo Speaks

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There is going to be an interesting twist in the reporting of ExxonMobil given the furore over the release of a list of companies solicited by the oil companies. The oil company will set about...

GABF refuses meager funding from GOA

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF refuses meager funding from GOA

In a correspondence to Kaieteur Sport, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has noted that they will refuse a US$1,500 funding that has been approved by Guyana Olympic Association (GOA)...

BALLAD OF A SAD-EYED WAITRESS -and of a killer hiding in plain sight

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on BALLAD OF A SAD-EYED WAITRESS -and of a killer hiding in plain sight

By Michael Jordan There always seemed to be a touch of mystery and sadness in her eyes, and looking at her standing behind the counter of the Chinese Restaurant I sometimes visited, I often wondered...

SOL Guyana cleans beach in observation of World Oceans Day

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on SOL Guyana cleans beach in observation of World Oceans Day

A wide cross-section of Guyanese and Sol staff turned out early yesterday morning to participate in Sol Guyana’s clean-up of the beach along the Kingston Seawall. The activity was in...

Justify wins the Triple Crown

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Justify wins the Triple Crown

Yahoo Sports – ELMONT, N.Y. — Justify’s career started late, but he’s more than made up for lost time. The strapping chestnut colt who did not race at age 2 completed the Triple Crown...

Guyana at 52: Are we a shithole country?

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana at 52: Are we a shithole country?

52 years ago, we became a sovereign nation. By any stretch of the imagination, in any sphere of life – national, individual, professional, building, etc., 52 years is a long, long time. If you...

The Story within the Story…When suicide visited my home

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…When suicide visited my home

By Leonard Gildarie I awoke on Friday morning to news of the death of Anthony Bourdain, an American celebrity chef, author, travel documentarian, and television personality whose show on CNN...

Looking at the impact of ExxonMobil

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Looking at the impact of ExxonMobil

Guyana has been a poor country for a long time, although to look at and to talk to the people, you would believe that Guyanese are like everyone else. Indeed, we find money to enjoy ourselves and we...

Walter Rodney on Race, Ethnicity and Class

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Walter Rodney on Race, Ethnicity and Class

A central aspect of Walter Rodney’s political thought, in relation to Guyana, was his ideas on ethnicity and class, self-emancipation and political violence. These inter-related planks of his...

Guyana’s cakes are being shared out

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana’s cakes are being shared out

America’s influence on the global stage is waning. Trump wants to reverse that. He wants to show the world that America cannot be taken for granted. He is putting America first and letting...

Commonly asked questions about sexually transmitted infections

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Commonly asked questions about sexually transmitted infections

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Sexually transmitted infections, often called STIs, are infections you can catch during sex. They are also called sexually transmitted...

Lumber trucks to use Linden back roads – decision to be enforced from June 15

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lumber trucks to use Linden back roads – decision to be enforced from June 15

Government is seeking to repair back roads in Wisroc and Noitgedacht in Linden for trucks to traverse, especially those transporting lumber. This is expected to be effective from June 15. This move...

Cartoon 10 -June-2018

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon 10 -June-2018

Allegation of racism at GECOM and the need for a Ministry of Labour

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Allegation of racism at GECOM and the need for a Ministry of Labour

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) prior to 1992 accused the People’s National Congress (PNC) Government of practicing racism in its employment policies, notably in the Public Service,...

Government-issued licence plates – a step in the right direction

Jun 10, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Government-issued licence plates – a step in the right direction

The Government has signaled its intention to take measures to regulate and centrally control the issuance of licence plates for motor vehicles. In time we will be apprised of control measures and by...

This scourge has been continuing for far too long

Jun 10, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on This scourge has been continuing for far too long

For at least two days last week, large parts of commercial Georgetown were plagued by blackouts. Standby power generators whirred and the traffic lights system went on the blink. For many in our...

Caribbean democracy demands Constitutional change

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean democracy demands Constitutional change

By Sir Ronald Sanders The Leader of the Opposition is assigned important roles in the Constitutions of all Commonwealth Caribbean (CC) countries. The roles stand at the heart of the democratic...

Donald Trump demands re-negotiations on trade deals but Guyana can’t demand on oil

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Donald Trump demands re-negotiations on trade deals but Guyana can’t demand on oil

Dear Editor, It is either “a fair deal or no deal.” That is essentially what the Trump administration is saying to Canada and Mexico as it moves to renegotiate the North American Free Trade...

‘Major Foods’ – Decades of producing quality condiments

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Major Foods’ – Decades of producing quality condiments

‘Major Foods’ is a family-owned company that is committed to producing quality products. From the sourcing of raw materials to the delivery of individual condiment creations, quality is...

TSA’s New Secret Watch List – the“95 List”

Jun 10, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on TSA’s New Secret Watch List – the“95 List”

By Gail Seeram TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has created a new secret watch list also known as a “95 list” to monitor people who may be targeted as potential threats at...

Guyana’s major problem is economic mismanagement by our major political parties

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s major problem is economic mismanagement by our major political parties

Dear Editor, The Democratic National Congress (DNC) was finally launched on May 23, 2018. The following is a section of the opening remarks, which we are confident is a major step in reconciling our...

Revisiting Jamaican Bauxite

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Revisiting Jamaican Bauxite

Book: Jamaican Bauxite: A Retrospective Author: Anthony R.D. Porter Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Jamaican Bauxite: A Retrospective explores the unique natural resource of a Caribbean nation....

The skeletons are falling out the closet

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The skeletons are falling out the closet

Dear Editor, I had three kids who attended Mae’s and wrote CXC. When my last kid wrote CXC last year, he was asked to attend school for work study. On his arrival at school, he was asked to leave...

A wake-up call for Indigenous people

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on A wake-up call for Indigenous people

Dear Editor, I refer to the treatment meted out to the nine year old Amerindian pupil by the Administration of Mae’s School on the occasion of Culture Day. Sir, I want to say that this...

An Aesop fable for the Exxon oil deal

Jun 10, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on An Aesop fable for the Exxon oil deal

By Dennis Nichols One of the poems I have enjoyed immensely since my youth is the entertaining parody of an ancient Aesop fable – The Fox and the Crow. Its author Guy Wetmore Carryl, added...

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