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Kidney transplant patients given requisite care at GPHC – Dr Purohit

Mar 30, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Kidney transplant patients given requisite care at GPHC – Dr Purohit

Kidney transplant patients are afforded after-care services at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation that has proven to be on par with services offered at other medical facilities outside of...

Stop denigrating Richmond Hill

Mar 30, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Stop denigrating Richmond Hill

Dear Editor, In several of his columns, Kaieteur News’ daily columnist, Freddie Kissoon, castigated Indo-Guyanese living in Richmond Hill and the Bronx. Freddie has a tendency to use the term...

Sexual Harassment

Mar 30, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Sexual Harassment

The issue of violence against women has been firmly placed on the agenda of Guyana – not least by the gruesome cases that are sensationally reported daily in the press. The Ministry of Human...

Condolences on Janet Jagan’s passing

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Condolences on Janet Jagan’s passing

From the US Embassy The US Embassy community is very saddened to learn of the death early yesterday morning of former President Janet Jagan, a statement from the embassy said. Expressing condolences...

Janet Jagan – the Freedom Fighter

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Janet Jagan – the Freedom Fighter

– The former President’s early life and how she wanted to be remembered By Neil Marks In an interview for the documentary film on her life “Thunder in Guyana” Mrs. Janet Jagan said she...

Janet Jagan — Politician Extraordinaire

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Janet Jagan — Politician Extraordinaire

On December 15, 1997, the electorate turned out in large numbers to exercise its franchise. In what international observers described as a transparent process, 55 percent of the electorate voted for...

Chronicle production superintendant dies after car ends up in ditch

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Chronicle production superintendant dies after car ends up in ditch

A 54-year-old middle management staff of the Guyana Chronicle perished after he was pinned in his car, which crashed into a ditch alongside the Main East Coast Demerara Highway in the vicinity of...

Law dictates penalties for misuse of public funds

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Law dictates penalties for misuse of public funds

A Minister or official shall not in any manner misuse, misapply, or improperly dispose of public moneys, according to the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act of 2003. As it relates to the...

Police launch manhunt for taxi service owner

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police launch manhunt for taxi service owner

Police have issued an all station alert for Faizal Ally, called Yuppies, of High Street, Werk-en-Rust and owner of Wings Taxi Service. They want to arrest him in a charge of abducting a man from his...

Jagnarine Singh is our ‘Special Person’

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jagnarine Singh is our ‘Special Person’

Striving to keep our rice industry at the top… Pull Quote: “We should train our own young people to take up the mantle in the rice board. We have the talent and ability. Many times we import...

Runaway teenaged boy rescued from bisexuals’ home

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Runaway teenaged boy rescued from bisexuals’ home

Police swooped down on a Victoria East Coast Demerara house occupied by a group of bisexual men and a young woman and rescued a 14-year old boy who was being held against his will. The boy was...

‘Continental Destiny’ takes craft and performing arts to Brazil

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Continental Destiny’ takes craft and performing arts to Brazil

(By Alex Wayne) A very talented and reputable Guyanese group is headed to Brazil on May 3 to showcase local artwork, craft and culture in their aim to secure firmer ties between the two states and...

President Janet Jagan

Mar 29, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on President Janet Jagan

Former President Janet Jagan’s death unquestionably marks the end of an era – the era of our transition from colonial to modern politics. When she followed her husband, the newly minted Dr....

Mother collapses during daughter’s funeral

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mother collapses during daughter’s funeral

Alva Hendricks, the mother of Ula Brown, who was electrocuted in Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, collapsed at her home yesterday during her daughter’s burial proceedings in Vreed-en-Hoop, West...

Jacobs’ entertaining maiden fifty light up gloomy day

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Jacobs’ entertaining maiden fifty light up gloomy day

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Busta, Noble House Seafoods & Carib Beer Guyana had something to smile about yesterday as 20-year-old Steven Jacobs unleashed an array of pugnacious...

Pele & GDF pummel Beacon & Houston Stars by large margins

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele & GDF pummel Beacon & Houston Stars by large margins

By Franklin Wilson Pele and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were in destructive mode on Friday evening when the 2nd annual Banks Premium Beer Cup continued at the Tucville ground. Both teams...

D’Andrade wins Bishop 5k in Trinidad

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade wins Bishop 5k in Trinidad

– Forde misses at Southern Games Guyana’s leading male distance athletes opened their tender toward qualification for the upcoming Caribbean Games with dominant performances in two separate meets...

Kidney patient on the mend but concerned about blood sugar levels

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Kidney patient on the mend but concerned about blood sugar levels

Guyana’s second kidney recipient, retired Major Winston George, remains in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital recuperating after he had to be re-admitted because his body...

Statistics reveal greater HIV prevalence

Mar 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Statistics reveal greater HIV prevalence

…as more people know their status Last year March, USAID/Guyana entered the final year of its five-year HIV/AIDS strategy under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The...

GASA host 2008 awards ceremony

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GASA host 2008 awards ceremony

Age group champions honoured By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association hosted their annual awards ceremony on Friday evening at the Umana Yana where they honoured their age group...

Let there be an assessment of the hiring and firing practices at GWI

Mar 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let there be an assessment of the hiring and firing practices at GWI

Dear Editor, I appeal to your newspaper and every other media organisation, NGO’s and caring Civil Society Organisations to petition the powers that be, that along with current allegations of...

Morgan, Forde run away with top AAG awards

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Morgan, Forde run away with top AAG awards

– Ninvalle reassures commitment to sport The National Sports Commission’s ‘Sportswoman of the Year’, Alika Morgan added yet another accolade to her cabinet when she took home the Athletics...

Contrary to Mr. Persaud, Baracara is run-down, depressed and underdeveloped

Mar 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Contrary to Mr. Persaud, Baracara is run-down, depressed and underdeveloped

Dear Editor, Whether or not Guyana Chronicle letter writer Yogeshwar Persaud exists or not isn’t my business. However, this individual’s letter in Monday’s (23-03-2009) edition titled “Upset...

Den Amstel and Showtime to clash in Unity Cup final

Mar 29, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Den Amstel and Showtime to clash in Unity Cup final

The curtains will come down on another successful Unity Cup Inter-Ward competition this evening at the West Demerara Secondary school ground with Den Amstel tackling Showtime for the top prize of...

Janet Jagan, the woman for all Guyana

Mar 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Janet Jagan, the woman for all Guyana

Dear Editor, Having lived abroad for a good chunk of time, I have always cherished the thought of meeting Mrs. Janet Jagan. On my return to Guyana, I was blessed with the opportunity to sit with her...