January 2014

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Drug shortage …Linden Hospital Complex short of over 40 essential pharmaceutical drugs

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Drug shortage …Linden Hospital Complex short of over 40 essential pharmaceutical drugs

We need a health system we can depend on and not one where the government continues to misuse funds and stifle the sector – Member of Parliament With the recent reports of shortage of...

The last of the load….Georgetown Magistrates’ Court proceedings set for the renovated building

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The last of the load….Georgetown Magistrates’ Court proceedings set for the renovated building

On Friday, staff bid farewell to the rented building of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court at 92, Middle Street, Georgetown as the last of the court’s possessions were being moved to its...

Upsurge in domestic violence… Is enough being done to reach out to young men?

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Upsurge in domestic violence… Is enough being done to reach out to young men?

By Dewjendra Rooplall An uneasy development has been growing and expanding exponentially in Guyana of recent. When we reflect on 2013 and see the overwhelming amount of domestic violence cases being...

As long as there are people standing on the street corner, in the rain…

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on As long as there are people standing on the street corner, in the rain…

DEAR EDITOR, “Why y’all out here? Was it your sons/brothers/fathers that got killed in Linden?” No, we weren’t blood relatives of those martyred in Linden. We were just “ordinary”...

Not a perfect Constitution, but it fundamentally provides for a law-based society

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Not a perfect Constitution, but it fundamentally provides for a law-based society

DEAR EDITOR, We sometimes take for granted the extent to which we enjoy religious freedom and tolerance in Guyana. According to a new study conducted by Pew Research Centre, violence and...

New wings commissioned at three Berbice schools

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New wings commissioned at three Berbice schools

Three Berbice schools are now in a better position to cater for the increased capacity in their respective institutions following the commissioning of new wings to the total cost of $30.7M at the...

Put country first, before party and ethnicity

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Put country first, before party and ethnicity

DEAR EDITOR, Two thousand and fourteen (2014) promises to be a particularly interesting year, as the size of the anticipated indiscriminate Budget-cuts are likely to provoke new elections by yearend....

Happy New Year, to the true nation-builders

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Happy New Year, to the true nation-builders

DEAR EDITOR, I waited with great patience for the executives of the Guyana Teachers’ Union to bid New Year’s greetings to the teachers they serve, but I’ll wait no more. So before the year gets...

GPHC – Bettering staff performance for improved services

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC – Bettering staff performance for improved services

Towards ensuring that quality service is delivered by the entire staff body of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), its administration will be taking even greater strides to...

Human Rights body advocates for independent investigation of Police Brutality case…

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Human Rights body advocates for independent investigation of Police Brutality case…

Challenges government to foot medical expenses It is the opinion of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is engaged in a “cover-up” rather than an...

High-level slackness and vulgar legacies

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on High-level slackness and vulgar legacies

DEAR EDITOR, The photo circulating of this country’s leader gyrating behind a woman (also known as ‘backballing’) at the army’s Old Year’s Night bash epitomises the vulgarity,...

Over 40 trained to perform child advocacy tasks

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Over 40 trained to perform child advocacy tasks

A total of 45 persons have been trained to help abused children get the justice that they deserve. These include stakeholders from the Guyana Police Force, the Child Care Protection Agency,...

E’bo Rural Constable critical after accident with minibus

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo Rural Constable critical after accident with minibus

Rural Constable Bercknell Spellen is now battling for his life after he was hit by a mini-bus which attempted to park in the Anna Regina car park, around 12:24 hrs on Saturday afternoon. Detectives...

GNBS adopts Caricom standards for packaged water

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GNBS adopts Caricom standards for packaged water

– anticipates improvement of water quality In a strategic move intended to help improve the safety of water, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) was last year able to...

Start the Year Strong

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Start the Year Strong

Often at the first part of any new year, people are coming out of the daze of the holiday season and feeling focused, determined and ready to accomplish their goals and resolutions. But if...

Sunday Cartoon

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

From the Diaspora…GAIUTRA BAHADUR “COOLIE WOMAN” A TRUE ACCOUNT OF SEX, RAPE, INFIDELITY, EXPLOITATION AND BRUTALIZATION OF THE INDENTURED “COOLIE WOMAN”

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…GAIUTRA BAHADUR “COOLIE WOMAN” A TRUE ACCOUNT OF SEX, RAPE, INFIDELITY, EXPLOITATION AND BRUTALIZATION OF THE INDENTURED “COOLIE WOMAN”

By Ralph Seeram It’s 2am and I am up reading. No book ever had me up at 2am to read, especially since only three hours earlier I laid the book down to have a good night’s rest. But I could...

US Ambassador hosts Howard University Hospital Medical Assoc. members

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US Ambassador hosts Howard University Hospital Medical Assoc. members

– as moves are made to strengthen ties It was an interactive atmosphere complemented with welcoming smiles and meaningful conversations, when individuals, mainly of a medical ilk, gathered at...

The Upper Demerara-Berbice Region can escape from the poverty trap

Jan 19, 2014 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Upper Demerara-Berbice Region can escape from the poverty trap

The Upper Demerara-Berbice Region need not be poor. The Region, with a size of 19,387 km², is bigger than the State of Kuwait, but its population of 55,000 is less than that of St Kitts-Nevis. It is...

The police – reaction versus proaction

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The police – reaction versus proaction

Why the Guyana Police Force continues to stumble from one negative to another is testimony to the decline in the society. The policemen come from the very society that is crying out for...

The Gecko

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Gecko

Geckos are lizards belonging to the infra-order Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 to 60 cm. Most geckos cannot blink, but they often lick their...

Housing and You…What’s wrong with those drawings?

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…What’s wrong with those drawings?

By Leonard Gildarie Most folks I know can get the hang of driving a new vehicle on the first try. That is because they have been driving for awhile. But imagine asking those same folks to...

The clock of death and other ‘hard to explain’ stories

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The clock of death and other ‘hard to explain’ stories

By Michael Jordan A clock that brings death to those who lie close to it…chairs that rock untouched by hand or breeze…ghostly figures that flit along passageways.. No, this isn’t the plot for...

U.S. immigration reform advocates see new hope in 2014

Jan 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. immigration reform advocates see new hope in 2014

(Reuters) – Immigration reform advocates, who saw their hopes dashed in 2013 for major legislation, are encouraged by stirrings in the Republican-led House of Representatives for taking up the...

Lady in red: Guyanese policemen and sodomy

Jan 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lady in red: Guyanese policemen and sodomy

Why would a policeman push a baton into the rectum of an accused thereby severely lacerating his intestines? Why would policemen shoot dead three protestors and injure more than fourteen...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Local tolerance for bull-a beauty to behold

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Guyanese should get first prize for their tolerance for bull, their bottomless reservoir of docility. And humour. They have grown in those respects relative to their head-of-state. Whatever has taken over his head, the astonishing is what...

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