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The Basic ABCs of Diabetes

Sep 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Basic ABCs of Diabetes

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Diabetes is a condition that is plaguing our country. We are ranked above the average world diabetes prevalence. Approximately 14 percent...

BLUEPRINT FOR UPGRADING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

Sep 27, 2015 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on BLUEPRINT FOR UPGRADING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

…river and sea transport, large passenger buses A multifaceted policy and programme to overhaul infrastructure across the nation is on the move. The Ministry of Public Infrastructure under the...

Alpha United Footall Club holds AGM October 10

Sep 27, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha United Footall Club holds AGM October 10

The Alpha United Football Club will hold their Annual General Meeting on Saturday October 10 at the Water Chris Hotel from 10:00 in the morning. The respective reports and elections of office bearers...

The case of the twice-murdered man

Sep 27, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The case of the twice-murdered man

– is this man’s wife really trying to kill him? By Michael Jordan He was soft-spoken and he flashed a nervous smile every now and then as we sat in the interview room. He was 63-years old,...

Hacking vs. Open Source

Sep 27, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Hacking vs. Open Source

By Lance Hinds There were a series of events that generated some interest and also intense social media discourse this past week. It started off nicely enough with a number of local ICT practitioners...

Jagdeo performs gymnastics on Berbice Bridge

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo performs gymnastics on Berbice Bridge

…advocates Govt. buyout Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, has said that he would not oppose the Berbice Bridge toll being lowered. He is also promoting a buyout of the private equity in the...

Guyana complains to IDB about Venezuela threat

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana complains to IDB about Venezuela threat

By Leonard Gildarie Guyana raised the Venezuela threat situation with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), yesterday and complained of the negative impact on investors. President David Granger...

Granger got no invitation from Maduro for talks

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger got no invitation from Maduro for talks

President David Granger has said that he has not received an invitation for talks with Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, but he stands ready to listen to any advice on the issue. Questioned...

Guyana showcases military skills in face of Venezuela buildup

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana showcases military skills in face of Venezuela buildup

By Jarryl Bryan Three days after news of Venezuela’s gunboats entering the Cuyuni River made headlines, Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips has made it clear that the Guyana Defense Force (GDF)...

Civilians turn in 24 shotguns in one day

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Civilians turn in 24 shotguns in one day

With five days left for the firearm amnesty, civilians from interior locations yesterday turned in a whopping 24 illegal shotguns to the police. This occurred a day after a civilian at Omai gave...

$6M cocaine bribery scandal… Cash recovered from homes of implicated cops

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $6M cocaine bribery scandal… Cash recovered from homes of implicated cops

Police have recovered a fraction of the $6M that drug dealers allegedly gave an Assistant Superintendent and some of his junior colleagues to avoid prosecution, after a massive cocaine find. Crime...

GPHC records 44 neonatal deaths in one month— Health Minister says

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC records 44 neonatal deaths in one month— Health Minister says

…aims at reducing spate of neonatal deaths Of the 562 babies born at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last year August, 44 did not survive. The number of deaths in the identified...

Cop steals businessman’s firearm lodged at Eve Leary

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cop steals businessman’s firearm lodged at Eve Leary

Even as police officials are urging civilians to bring in illegal firearms, a young police constable may have put one more gun on the streets. Police sources said that a businessman had lodged his...

Jagdeo on he back and ee two foot in de air

Sep 26, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo on he back and ee two foot in de air

When you find youself wid you back against de wall you got to retaliate. Same way when a cat cornered he extremely dangerous. You does do and seh things that does surprise everybody, even youself....

Guyanese woman pickets Maduro in St Kitts

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman pickets Maduro in St Kitts

A Guyanese national, who was protesting on Wednesday against Venezuela’s claim to a large chunk of Guyana’s territory, and the recent build-up of heavily armed troops near Guyana’s western...

Roadside vendors picket Anna Regina Municipality

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Roadside vendors picket Anna Regina Municipality

The Anna Regina Town Council’s approach to restore the National Policy against road vending, especially in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam), was met with a protest staged by vendors, yesterday....

Unsupervised cancer patient bleeds out, dies

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Unsupervised cancer patient bleeds out, dies

…after catheter dislodges The Ministry of Public Health has launched an investigation into the death of a 10-year-old boy, who was allegedly left to bleed for a long time at the Georgetown Public...

Did I deliver one baby or two? Mother to sue Anamayah Hospital

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Did I deliver one baby or two? Mother to sue Anamayah Hospital

A mother, who was told that she was carrying twins for nine months, is set to sue the Anamayah Memorial Hospital in Berbice after she was given one baby when she woke up from a Caesarean section...

Local nurses undergo “Helping Babies Breathe’ training

Sep 26, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Local nurses undergo “Helping Babies Breathe’ training

With the expectation that they will be in a position to help save the lives of newborn babies, local nurses were recently exposed to crucial training. The training was facilitated by medical experts...

Stag Elite League… GDF get first win, Fruta Conquerors remain unbeaten

Sep 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Elite League… GDF get first win, Fruta Conquerors remain unbeaten

By Sean Devers Under a clear night sky and in breezy conditions the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Fruta Conquerors registered wins in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Elite League at the...

43rd CAC Championships – Bahamas… Mr. Guyana Kerwyn Clarke, Andrews, Davis, Campbell & Alisha Fortune to feature today

Sep 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on 43rd CAC Championships – Bahamas… Mr. Guyana Kerwyn Clarke, Andrews, Davis, Campbell & Alisha Fortune to feature today

Following some intense pre-judging at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas last night, Guyana’s athletes to the 43rd Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness...

Swiss open criminal investigation of world soccer chief Blatter

Sep 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Swiss open criminal investigation of world soccer chief Blatter

ZURICH (Reuters) Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head of world soccer body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation, the Swiss...

A 34-year-old Belarusian cyclist becomes the fastest time trialist on the planet

Sep 26, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on A 34-year-old Belarusian cyclist becomes the fastest time trialist on the planet

Officials check bike for a motor Business Insider – RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus did the ride of his life here on Wednesday at the UCI Road World Championships, claiming...

These are the people I refuse to live with

Sep 26, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on These are the people I refuse to live with

You can’t help feeling sorry for the new government. It must be merciless endurance in psychological torture to know that it has to live with PPP placements in the most strategic areas of the...

A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE SUGAR INDUSTRY

Sep 26, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE SUGAR INDUSTRY

In Guyana, agriculture, especially the sugar and the rice industries, remains the primary focus of the APNU+AFC government, especially the Minister of Agriculture. Historically, sugar has been the...

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Seifert hundred puts Kings on top

Aug 28, 2026

CPL – Saint Lucia Kings recorded back-to-back wins as they beat the Trinbago Knight Riders by 36-runs at the Queen’s Park Oval in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Tim Seifert...

Second-class patients

Aug 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something wonderfully modern about a health system in which the government pays a private hospital to provide a service to poor people, and the private hospital then tells those poor people to come back tomorrow for the results. It is almost as if the voucher comes...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Nothing to hide

Aug 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali has said that he has nothing to hide about his farm tucked away inside Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Comforts me to hear that statement. Having made his representation, the president is now obligated to go further. Beyond his words would be a good...

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