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Fire at Hill Street leaves 20 homeless

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire at Hill Street leaves 20 homeless

By Latoya Giles and Gary Eleazar Almost 20 persons, among them seven children were rendered homeless after a fire of unknown origin broke out at Hill Street and Independence Boulevard, Albouystown,...

Fire strikes at Children’s Drop-in-Centre, displaces 46 children

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire strikes at Children’s Drop-in-Centre, displaces 46 children

Mere hours after a fire left scores homeless in an Albouystown fire, yesterday, some 46 children were displaced after another fire razed the male dorm of the Children’s Drop-In Centre on...

Mystery fire strikes again in Linden, another house destroyed

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mystery fire strikes again in Linden, another house destroyed

The blackened frame and piles of rubble and zinc sheets, are all that’s left of a house at Lot 105 Block 22,Wismar, Linden, after fire razed the property owned by 42-year-old Jennifer Alman,...

Health Minister asks Medical Council to review doctor’s suspension

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister asks Medical Council to review doctor’s suspension

… Tortured teen probe By Michael Jordan Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has asked the Guyana Medical Council to review their decision to suspend Dr. Mahendra Chand for his...

PPP never discussed issue of overseas voting

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PPP never discussed issue of overseas voting

…calls comments by Ramkarran his opinion The People’s Progress Party, yesterday, in a statement issued by its General Secretary, Donald Ramotar, has cleared the air on the recent comments made by...

Richard Narine is a ‘Special Person’ with a passion for acting

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Richard Narine is a ‘Special Person’ with a passion for acting

Talented, dedicated and a consummate professional! For someone who has firmly established himself as one of Guyana’s premier actors and one who revels in the entertainment he provides when on...

Police pledge to provide safe environment for Guyana leg of World 20/20 Cricket

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police pledge to provide safe environment for Guyana leg of World 20/20 Cricket

– as Annual Officers’ Conference ends on a high Policing the Guyana leg of this year’s ICC World 20/20 Cricket Competition was among the main topics for discussion at the just concluded...

Dem boys seh….Its Valentine Day

Feb 14, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Its Valentine Day

Was fire like mad yesterday. One fire burn a house in Linden, one in Albouystown and one tackle de place wheh homeless children does live. Well dem boys seh that de last fire was de worst. Dem seh...

Rice industry still in jeopardy

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rice industry still in jeopardy

…more still needed by Agri-Ministry to save thousands of acres – PNCR People’s National Congress Reform Member of Parliament, Africo Selman, recently chided the Agriculture Ministry,...

Mash camps tour presents impressive costumes

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mash camps tour presents impressive costumes

(By Mondale Smith) With eight days to go before persons adorn themselves with costumes or joining the revelry to celebrate Mashramani 2010, designers and their teams are working overtime to showcase...

Suriname admits 1990 plans to invade Guyana

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname admits 1990 plans to invade Guyana

OP: Country stands prepared to rebuff invaders Following Surinamese media reports over a planned military invasion in the late 90s of a part of Berbice, the Guyana Government in a sharp response said...

Health Ministry gets 36 more health workers

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry gets 36 more health workers

Community Health Workers (CHWs) may be regarded as the least among health workers in the public health system but their role in some cases may be the most crucial when it comes to saving lives. This...

Hygienic practices crucial to reduction of gastroenteritis – Health Ministry

Feb 14, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Hygienic practices crucial to reduction of gastroenteritis – Health Ministry

With just over 11,000 reported cases of gastroenteritis (diarrheal illnesses) in children, the Ministry of Health has been able to deduce that there has been a slight increase in the number of cases...

Marian Academy solicits blood as a ‘Gift of Love’

Feb 14, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Marian Academy solicits blood as a ‘Gift of Love’

The concept of blood as a gift of love was promoted yesterday at the Marian Academy when the academic institution, in collaboration with the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), spearheaded a...

Pot tells kettle he bottom black

Feb 14, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Pot tells kettle he bottom black

Dear Editor, I am always amazed by the utterances of Mr. Hamilton Green. Imagine Mr. Green attempting to upbraid the President about travelling overseas. Who could be more excessive that this new...

‘Mining’ other people’s business can be good for business

Feb 14, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Mining’ other people’s business can be good for business

Dear Editor. More often than not roads built by forest concessions open the way for mining activity. This was certainly the case when Unamco built its 50-mile access road connecting West Bank...

Freedom through humanism, not ugly ecstacy

Feb 14, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Freedom through humanism, not ugly ecstacy

Dear Editor, There is a miniscule portion of this society with full access to media houses and some other joints, deriving personal ecstasy when other people’s expectations are not met; and,...

GABF elections a move in the right direction

Feb 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF elections a move in the right direction

Dear Editor, Today’s Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation AGM and elections is indeed a move in the right direction for the sport in Guyana. My best wishes to the candidates as they truly must be...

I have only Guyanese nationality

Feb 14, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on I have only Guyanese nationality

Dear Editor, In the debate between government critics and government propagandists, the latter descend to levels that are either horrifyingly ironic or immensely comical. Just recently in my column I...

Pele snatch Mayor’s birthday 7-a-side football title

Feb 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele snatch Mayor’s birthday 7-a-side football title

Pele snatched the Mayor’s 75th Birth Anniversary 7-a-side Knockout Football title at the Tucville ground on Friday evening after they defeated Alpha United 4-1 in the final. Pele brushed aside the...

Bogus Marxist analysis

Feb 14, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Bogus Marxist analysis

Dear Editor, I refer to Freddie Kissoon’s “Elected dictatorship and semi-fascism in Guyana: A ‘Marxist’ analysis” (Kaieteur News, 12-02-10). I must say at the outset that Freddie has us all...

Philander blisters field to take feature 30-lap contest

Feb 14, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Philander blisters field to take feature 30-lap contest

By Franklin Wilson Albert ‘Bertie’ Philander won the feature 30-lap race of the 4th George Cumberbatch Memorial Cycle Meet in commanding style at the inner circuit of the National Park yesterday...

PEPFAR launches ‘Heroes Save Lives’ contest

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PEPFAR launches ‘Heroes Save Lives’ contest

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has earmarked US$52 million for Guyana in its 2009-2013 programme, is hosting a contest to highlight the contribution of...

Policewoman bed ridden after collision with GT&T contract vehicle

Feb 14, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Policewoman bed ridden after collision with GT&T contract vehicle

Prior to January 18, last, Renuka Harlequin, was a very active member of the Guyana Police Force and was everything to her two sons. However, all that changed on January 18, last, when she was struck...

History has a puckish way of repeating itself

Feb 14, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on History has a puckish way of repeating itself

Dear Editor, Albeit, for reasons which may not be obscure, at long last, a matter for which I was pilloried by President Hugh Desmond Hoyte and that section of the PNC, which had his unconditional...

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A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more