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Woman waits over six hours at N/A Hospital only to be told no drugs available

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman waits over six hours at N/A Hospital only to be told no drugs available

A woman claims that she wasted over six hours at the New Amsterdam Hospital to be diagnosed with an allergy only to be told by the pharmacist that they had none of the prescribed drugs in stock....

GWI begins upgrading service countrywide

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GWI begins upgrading service countrywide

– 5000 new meters and service connection for Berbice customers Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday commenced the installation of 3000 water service meters, including service...

Eight Magistrates and Seven prosecutors later

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Eight Magistrates and Seven prosecutors later

…escape trial still in court after five years It has now been heard by eight Magistrates and seven different Prosecutors, not to mention different defence attorneys, and after five years...

Govt is the best reference for TIP information

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt is the best reference for TIP information

While the international community is free to access information on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) in Guyana from various stakeholders, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee believes that for...

Yacht convoy to arrive in Guyana shortly

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Yacht convoy to arrive in Guyana shortly

A convoy of yachts will be gracing Guyana’s shores as they make their way from Trinidad and Tobago to French Guiana, as part of the Nereid’s Rally. The first of seven vessels arrived yesterday...

Relatives question ‘accidental’ death of BK worker

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News 1

Relatives of Lemuel Lynch, the 23-year-old man whose lifeless body was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation last evening following a freak accident, are seeking information on...

Aircraft engineer killed in car accident

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Aircraft engineer killed in car accident

An aeronautical engineer was yesterday pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital after his motorcar slammed into a utility pole on the Crane Public Road yesterday morning. The man...

Cuban Five…Guyana Solidarity movement reiterates calls for release

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cuban Five…Guyana Solidarity movement reiterates calls for release

President and Founder of Guyana Solidarity movement with Cuba, Halim Khan, joined calls with the International Committees for the release of the Five Cuban Anti-terrorist fighters convicted in the...

Rights & Responsibilities of a Green Card Holder

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rights & Responsibilities of a Green Card Holder

Attorney Gail Seeram, A green card is issued to all permanent residents as proof that they are authorized to live and work in the United States. If you are a permanent resident age 18 or...

Centenarian enjoys birthday with 67 grand, 120 greatgrands

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Centenarian enjoys birthday with 67 grand, 120 greatgrands

This year, Ramjohn Mohamed Khan, who turned 101 on August 16, last, enjoyed a party that was reserved for only close family members. The previous year in observance of his 100th birth...

Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer, a building contractor, of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying...

Tamika Henry is Guyana’s youngest Forensic Analyst

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News 3

By Kiana Wilburg From being described as the secluded nerd in high school to “bombshell beauty queen…and still nerd,” Tamika Affia Henry has made it implicitly clear that she is determined to...

From the Diaspora…CARIBBEAN AIRLINE THE WORST AND MOST INCOMPETENT AIRLINE

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…CARIBBEAN AIRLINE THE WORST AND MOST INCOMPETENT AIRLINE

By Ralph Seeram It was the worst flight I ever made to Guyana in fact the worst I ever made, and I must have done more than a quarter million air miles in my time. It was so horrible that I wonder...

G-20 distracted

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on G-20 distracted

After the western economies were rocked by the meltdown of their economies in 2008 and pushed into a recession, their leaders expanded their cozy G-8 club to include the emerging economies that were...

Former accountant Iris Cox is Guyana’s latest centenarian

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former accountant Iris Cox is Guyana’s latest centenarian

By Javone Vickerie As my former English teacher told me once during a class “many of us grow old but only a selected few get to be 100 not out”. At the Gentle Women’s Association I...

Sunday Cartoon

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Innovative ‘Education Month’ campaigns attracting much support

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Innovative ‘Education Month’ campaigns attracting much support

September is designated Education Month and as usual, a plethora of activities has been streamlined Region-wide to commemorate the month. Primary among the activities are two innovate campaigns –...

When men prize women above their own lives

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on When men prize women above their own lives

I was having a drink one day when my friend Henry Jeffrey, the same Dr Henry Jeffrey, became embroiled in a conversation I was having about smoking. He was not a smoker and I was, as were some...

Earning wealth

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Earning wealth

Growing up in a Hindu home, there was never any doubt about one’s attitude to acquiring wealth. It was right up there as one of the four fundamental “drives” of life – sensuous desires...

Guyana-Venezuela: A great leap forward but need for vigilance remains

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Guyana-Venezuela: A great leap forward but need for vigilance remains

By Sir Ronald Sanders A visit to Guyana by Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro Moros and a Joint Declaration issued by the two governments on August 31, represent a great leap forward in...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There are some things that cannot change and one of them is the future. For some time now, everyone who lived in rural Guyana kept out of the city because of the fear that they might be...

THE EXECUTION OF ‘BIG SIX’

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on THE EXECUTION OF ‘BIG SIX’

By Michael Jordan It took me two days to find the spot where they killed ‘Big Six.’ After all, it had happened 17 years ago, near a narrow wooden bridge in Savage Street. This is a long road...

LOCAL WORKERS NEED FOREIGN COMPETITION

Sep 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LOCAL WORKERS NEED FOREIGN COMPETITION

If finding good workers is not enough of a problem, employers now have a new worry: ensuring that workers turn up to work five days a week. The government recently amended the laws of Guyana...

Book review: Brian Lara: The Steep Price of Greatness

Sep 08, 2013 KNews News 2

By Dr Glenville Ashby James Fuller embarks on a literary journey that showcases the unfathomable prowess of Brian Lara, one of the most celebrated batsmen of the modern era. His unauthorised...

Amerindian development began long before 1992

Sep 08, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Amerindian development began long before 1992

The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that President Donald Ramotar, while addressing the opening ceremony for ‘Amerindian Heritage Month’ on Sunday 1st September, claimed that...

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