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The continued growth of GTT

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The continued growth of GTT

Op-ed by Justin Nedd Justin Nedd is the Chief Executive Officer of GTT, Guyana’s strongest and longest serving technology provider In 1990, GTC, the state owned telephone company, was being...

Guard shot in stomach during robbery attempt at hotel

Oct 28, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guard shot in stomach during robbery attempt at hotel

Police are hunting for gunmen who shot an armed security guard in the stomach during a robbery attempt on Friday night at the Regency Hotel in Hadfield Street. The guard is said to be in critical...

Thinking about Shadow: Poverty is Hell

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Thinking about Shadow: Poverty is Hell

As a student of the mother music of the Anglophone Caribbean, the calypso, I weep for our region whenever one of the giants of the art-form passes on. Yes, I am saddened when the artist is called to...

The cat, the corpse and the killer

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The cat, the corpse and the killer

By Michael Jordan When I took him in to CID Headquarters. Eve Leary, five years ago, the youth they called ‘Big Foot’ didn’t seem to have a clue or care that I was taking him in for murder. It...

Book Review… Lust, Love and Rape – An Unlikely Outcome Defines Saga

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review… Lust, Love and Rape – An Unlikely Outcome Defines Saga

Book: Watershed Author: Kimberley Thompson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD In this page-turning drama, emotions are raw, mercurial and life-changing. Writer Kimberley Thompson transforms the ubiquitous...

Guyana: The untouchable class and the poor and powerless

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana: The untouchable class and the poor and powerless

There are times I look out my bedroom window straight onto the Atlantic and I wonder what became of me and my country when I was a freshman at university. There is a contemplative song, “Where Did...

Kaieteur News Cartoon-Oct.-28-2018

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon-Oct.-28-2018

Another Guyanese traveller is arrested outside Guyana

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Another Guyanese traveller is arrested outside Guyana

As a boy, my mother always told me to be contended and not to feel envy over what someone else has. But when one is hungry it is difficult not to envy someone who always seems to have a full belly....

Interesting Creatures… Greta oto or glasswing butterfly

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Greta oto or glasswing butterfly

Greta oto is a species of brush-footed butterfly and member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, and subtribe Godyridina. It is known by the common name glasswing butterfly for its...

The Baccoo speaks

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

It has long been known that there are many drug dealers but their money in the right hands often prevent them from arrests and detention. But what does not happen at home will happen elsewhere...

President’s Address to Parliament forgot the small man and working class

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on President’s Address to Parliament forgot the small man and working class

In keeping with the spirit and intent of the Article 67 (1) of the Guyana Constitution, in the past, it was customary for the President of our Cooperative Republic to address the Parliament at the...

Don’t be afraid

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Don’t be afraid

Here we are, afraid of losing what we have all the time, holding on to it so tight that not a soul can touch it. We think by hiding it from the world, it’s hidden and it’s ours. Nothing...

A migrant ‘caravan’ for the U.S. and a migrant trickle for Guyana

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A migrant ‘caravan’ for the U.S. and a migrant trickle for Guyana

By Dennis Nichols Migrants, and their recurrent plight, are in the news again. And it’s not good news. The British newspaper, The Guardian, says the mass movement of people is arguably the biggest...

CANU or can’t you?

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CANU or can’t you?

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is claiming some credit for the arrest of a Guyanese businessman suspected of drug trafficking. CANU is claiming that the arrest is as a result of international...

Overcoming fear: key to Belize’s future

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Overcoming fear: key to Belize’s future

By Sir Ronald Sanders In the introduction to his quite remarkable new book on the long-running Guatemalan claim to Belize, the author, Assad Shoman, makes the riveting comment that “Everyone is...

Costochondritis: The intense chest pain that wouldn’t kill you

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Costochondritis: The intense chest pain that wouldn’t kill you

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Costochondritis is a painful condition of the chest wall that causes chest pain. People who get chest pain are often frightened they have...

The good life – More than a slogan – Part one

Oct 28, 2018 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The good life – More than a slogan – Part one

“Guyana cannot become ‘One Nation’ if gross disparities persist between the hinterland and the coastland, between the educated few and a semi-literate mass and between the very rich and very...

The decision by the judges has proven our case

Oct 28, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The decision by the judges has proven our case

In recent days, Guyana’s higher courts have dealt very fairly with the PPP, we believe. In the first case, the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that H.E. President David Granger did have the legal...

Copyright Legislation, a shot in the foot

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Copyright Legislation, a shot in the foot

Dear Editor, I hope the intention behind these laws is to protect local content producers and not to prostrate to some external force like the Motion Picture Association of America. Intentions aside,...

Pensioners yet to receive a livable pension

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pensioners yet to receive a livable pension

Dear Editor, Our pensioners who have given yeoman service to this country are now being paid a pension of $19,500 per month. I am motivated to write on the pension being paid to citizens 65 years and...

Guyana Forestry Commission responds to Kaieteur News

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Forestry Commission responds to Kaieteur News

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of the Guyana Forestry Commission in response to your article dated October 24, 2018 written by Ms. Kiana Wilbur and titled ‘Audit reveals over 1900 breaches of...

The persecution of Baha’is continues

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The persecution of Baha’is continues

Dear Editor, The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran has raised concerns regarding “serious violations” against the Baha’i community in Iran. Presenting a major...

CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME

Oct 28, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME

With attempts by society to understand the high crime rate in Guyana, especially murder, it is difficult to fathom why there is such disregard for human life in the country. Neither can the public...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more