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Boy, 2, dies after drinking hydrogen peroxide

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 2, dies after drinking hydrogen peroxide

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of two-year-old Eason Patram of 154 Middle Walk Dam, Tempe Village West Coast Berbice, who reportedly drank hydrogen peroxide and died...

EARL TALK AND WINDBAGS

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on EARL TALK AND WINDBAGS

Guyanese are the most hospitable people in the world. Trinidadians of my generation are next. It is true that neither Guyanese nor Trinidadians extend themselves as much as the people of the...

Bouterse arrives Monday for one-day State visit

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bouterse arrives Monday for one-day State visit

Officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Cooperation have confirmed that recently elected Surinamese President Desi Bouterse will be travelling to Guyana next Monday for...

Rotting corpse left at dilapidated New Amsterdam Mortuary

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rotting corpse left at dilapidated New Amsterdam Mortuary

Residents within the vicinity of the Old New Amsterdam hospital are complaining of the indifferent attitude of the relevant authorities after a decomposing body was left at the dilapidated...

History is written by the victors

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists Comments Off on History is written by the victors

There is ongoing talk of how this party or that party is rewriting Guyana’s history. I did not study Guyanese history in school, so what I learn is from what I research on my own. In doing this...

Night spot manager doused with acid

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Night spot manager doused with acid

– attackers flee on motorcycle The manager of the Sweet Water Lounge night spot had to be rushed to hospital on Monday night after a man posing as a patron threw a corrosive substance in his...

Three companies vie for lucrative medical equipment contract

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three companies vie for lucrative medical equipment contract

Three companies, including one from Trinidad and Tobago, will have their bids assessed for the supply and delivery of medical equipment to the Ministry of Health. The bids were yesterday opened at...

Private sector to lend support to procurement of ARVs

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Private sector to lend support to procurement of ARVs

Efforts by the Ministry of Health to procure the much needed antiretroviral drugs, to treat persons infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), is being bolstered by support from the...

Here is the reason why the PPP will lose the next election

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Here is the reason why the PPP will lose the next election

I was born in and spent my whole life in South Georgetown; Wortmanville to be specific. I migrated three years ago to Turkeyen. I have always maintained in my social commentary that if the thousands...

Computer savvy and the UG registration process

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Computer savvy and the UG registration process

The car park just in front of the Centre for Communication Studies was lined with vehicles of all makes and sizes while the catwalk, recently devoid of activity was teeming with freshmen (first year...

Will Jagdeo keep his word this time?

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Will Jagdeo keep his word this time?

More than one year after he promised that the Freedom of Information legislation would be in place and way beyond the deadline he set, President Bharrat Jagdeo is once more promising that the...

SAME OLD STORY AGAIN

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SAME OLD STORY AGAIN

It rarely happens, even for two newspapers operating in the same jurisdiction and covering the same story, to run almost the exact headlines on the same day about the same matters. What is even rarer...

UK businessman blocked from leaving Guyana

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on UK businessman blocked from leaving Guyana

– Former PNCR MP claims owed $100M A former Parliamentarian of the Peoples’ National Congress Reform (PNCR) has been granted an injunction blocking his former business partner from leaving...

The silence of Fip Motilall is deafening

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The silence of Fip Motilall is deafening

Dear Editor, In a court of law, the prosecutor meticulously chronicles the case against the defence. Some of the evidence were proven beyond reasonably doubt, and some derived purely by deductions;...

Why don’t people respond to the call to give blood?

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why don’t people respond to the call to give blood?

Dear Editor, Receiving an adequate supply of blood has always been a challenge for the Ministry of Health in Guyana and health facilities and organisations all over the world. Recently here, there...

One failure should not spell defeat for anyone

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on One failure should not spell defeat for anyone

Dear Editor, Students who wish to continue studies at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination level ‘must have been under 18 years of age on January 1, 2010’ according to the advertisement...

Support for new airline

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Support for new airline

Dear Editor, I am excited to read that foreign (Greek) investors (Kaieteur News August 31) are considering setting up a national airline to ply the Timehri/North American and Caribbean destinations....

Anonymous letter writers who bash other writers focus on personalities instead of issues

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anonymous letter writers who bash other writers focus on personalities instead of issues

Dear Editor, I read the letter, “AFC’s brand of politics is no good for women, democracy nor Guyana,” (Kaieteur News, August 31), and must say I am not one to shy away from a healthy debate or...

Digicel hits 11 million customer mark

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel hits 11 million customer mark

Digicel yesterday announced that it has hit the 11 million customer mark across its 32 markets worldwide. Since launching in Jamaica nine and a half years ago, Digicel has grown rapidly and today...

An open letter to the Minister of Health

Sep 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to the Minister of Health

Dear Sir, The situation at the New Amsterdam and Port Mourant hospitals, as regards the free delivery of health care has really left much to be desired over the past few months. People would go there...

Police to restrict slow moving vehicles along EBD

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police to restrict slow moving vehicles along EBD

In an effort to reduce the congestion on the East Bank of Demerara, the Guyana Police Force is informing the general public that very shortly traffic restrictions will be in place. A release from the...

Murdered miner was “peacemaker”

Sep 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered miner was “peacemaker”

Sylvester Simon, of St Ignatius, the miner who was stabbed to death on Sunday may have been the peacemaker. Clyde Bernibus, 21, who was stabbed once to chest explained that the incident started over...

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Guyana Beverages Inc. partners with GFF for Maid Marian Wheat Up Women’s Cup

Fastest growing economy and an empty stadium

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- It’s a classic Guyanese tale, really. You live in the fastest growing economy in the... more