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Combination of drugs can be fatal – Health Minister

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Combination of drugs can be fatal – Health Minister

“Anytime you combine medication and supplements the potential exists for adverse effects,” said Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday when he responded to questions related to the use of...

New Garden Street renamed in honour of Chanderpaul

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New Garden Street renamed in honour of Chanderpaul

Just a few short days after he was bestowed with the Cacique’s Crown of Honour, West Indies batting star, Shivarine Chanderpaul was again honoured when the City Mayor rerenamed New Garden Street,...

Drug ‘Kingpin’ gets maximum penalty

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Drug ‘Kingpin’ gets maximum penalty

A 19-year-old Berbician, who was described as a drug kingpin on the Corentyne, was given the maximum penalty by Magistrate Chandra Sohan at the Whim Magistrate’s Court for trafficking in narcotics....

Charles Hutson – Troolie Island’s master of aeronautical engineering

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Charles Hutson – Troolie Island’s master of aeronautical engineering

A truly ‘Special Person’… “Everything I have achieved I owe it to God, and I owe it to myself to share my knowledge for the benefit of this great country.” By Neil Marks When he was...

Special Constabulary ranks complain of poor working conditions

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Special Constabulary ranks complain of poor working conditions

Ranks of the Special Constabulary, charged with guarding the various Ministries and other entities like the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company,...

Auditor General not investigating Glenn Lall

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Auditor General not investigating Glenn Lall

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has begun investigating the bank accounts of those Guyana Revenue Authority ranks who were investigated during the Fidelity probe last year. Mr Sharma said that the...

Office of the President responds to comment on treatment at Presidential Suite

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Office of the President responds to comment on treatment at Presidential Suite

The government has responded to a comment in yesterday’s issue of Kaieteur News critical of the standards of the Presidential Suite for the current one-day series between West Indies and England....

Tourist beaten, robbed after cricket match

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Tourist beaten, robbed after cricket match

A British tourist was on Friday evening beaten and robbed after leaving the cricket match which was played at the National Stadium, Providence. According to reports, Bernard Melling, 55, of England,...

New airline coming to Guyana

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New airline coming to Guyana

A new airline, Regional Jet Express, has announced its intention to serve 12 Caribbean nations, including Guyana sometime next month. The airline is expected to serve destinations in Barbados,...

Victoria Village, still caught up in modern transformation

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Victoria Village, still caught up in modern transformation

(By Alex Wayne) It’s a unique little village that holds an interesting historical background. Over the years however, it has evolved from an undeveloped community where inhabitants were struggling...

Female prisoners feel threatened by mentally ill inmate

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Female prisoners feel threatened by mentally ill inmate

Female prisoners of the New Amsterdam Prison, angered by the recent news report, said that lesbianism was not at the centre of the recent prison riot in New Amsterdam. In a letter signed by more than...

Car abandoned in Roxanne Burnham Gardens

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Car abandoned in Roxanne Burnham Gardens

An abandoned Toyota Carina AT 212 car was discovered yesterday morning at approximately 8:00 hours yesterday, in Roxanne Burnham Gardens. Reports from persons in the area are that the silver/grey car...

11 year-old dies after misdiagnosis

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 11 year-old dies after misdiagnosis

A Bartica mother is blaming the negligence of health care workers at the Bartica Hospital for the death of her only son. According to the distraught mother Odessa Lynch, her now dead son, 11-year-old...

Bandits steal computers from Internet café

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bandits steal computers from Internet café

Bandits struck in the wee hours of Thursday morning, leaving a Vreed-en-Hoop businessman nursing some $1M in losses. According to Jagdesh Ramkissoon, who operates an Internet café in the shopping...

Amerindians still not being given a fighting chance

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Amerindians still not being given a fighting chance

By Gary Eleazar Paramakatoi is a village in Region Eight, which serves as home to a large settlement containing mainly persons from the Amerindian tribe, Patamona. Clyde Edwards is a 25-year-old man...

Blood and its importance

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Blood and its importance

By Fareeza Haniff Many of us are reluctant to donate blood; some because of the fact that we are scared of the needle which is inserted into our veins, while some of us just don’t care about who...

Regional leaders should not be seduced by decrease in food prices– Jagdeo

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Regional leaders should not be seduced by decrease in food prices– Jagdeo

Regional leaders should not be ‘seduced’ by the decrease in commodity prices, President Bharrat Jagdeo has said. He urged that agriculture continues to be placed as a high priority by governments...

All those condoms? Who is using them?

Mar 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on All those condoms? Who is using them?

By Neil Marks In 2007, more than two million condoms were brought into Guyana. Who is using them? Are they being used? “They aren’t being used as balloons for sure,” Nazim Hussain quips. He is...

Sunburst Camptown 3 Northern Rangers 1, Santos 2 Flamingo 0

Mar 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sunburst Camptown 3 Northern Rangers 1, Santos 2 Flamingo 0

By Franklin Wilson Sunburst Camptown and Santos moved on to the quarter-finals following respective wins on the opening night of action in the 2nd annual Banks Premium Beer Cup tournament at the...

A case of nepotism in Guyanese politics

Mar 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on A case of nepotism in Guyanese politics

Dear Editor, The appointment of Charles Corbin, brother of Opposition and PNCR Leader Mr. Robert Corbin, to the Guyana Elections Commission, presents a disgraceful case of nepotism in the Guyanese...

This is a problem that could be solved quickly

Mar 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on This is a problem that could be solved quickly

Dear Editor, A solution is long overdue to the daily traffic jam caused by the establishment of a school smack alongside a major traffic corridor. I refer to the Apex Private School, located at...

Harper’s half-century fail to prevent MSC from victory

Mar 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Harper’s half-century fail to prevent MSC from victory

Large crowd turn out for ‘Old Stagers’ match In sultry conditions at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC), former Guyana and West Indies players turned back the clock in a fun-filled ‘Old School’...

Where, when or how does the buck stop in dear land of Guyana?

Mar 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Where, when or how does the buck stop in dear land of Guyana?

Dear Editor, Everyday millions, if not billions, of dollars are being squandered and misspent in Guyana. Millions of dollars are being spent on Healthcare in this country, in the hospitals, health...

Comeback queens Fernandes, Khan reach semis of Swiss Squash tourney

Mar 22, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Comeback queens Fernandes, Khan reach semis of Swiss Squash tourney

Two players making welcome returns after extended injury layoffs, Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes and Carla Khan of Pakistan both continued to upset the seedings in the women’s event at the...

CLICO’s obituary in the making

Mar 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on CLICO’s obituary in the making

Dear Editor, After following the newscasts on the CLICO catastrophe and commentary from the Head of State and the Commissioner of Insurance with some assurances that one must not worry and jobs are...

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Guyanese boxers shine at T&T National Boxing Championships

A warning to President Ali on U.S. Overtures

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- It remains unknown what President Ali told the U.S. Secretary of State during their recent... more