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GPHC, St. Joseph Mercy receive dialysis machines

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC, St. Joseph Mercy receive dialysis machines

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital yesterday received key dialysis machines valued at US$40,000 from an overseas medical school. Eight of the machines...

A tale of two Britains

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, Suddenly Great Britain is thrust into the spotlight and not in a publicly endearing manner. On June 23, 2016, the people in the United Kingdom voted on a referendum to decide whether or...

Fitting tributes as veteran weightlifter, Sydney ‘Sandow’ Paul laid to rest

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitting tributes as veteran weightlifter, Sydney ‘Sandow’ Paul laid to rest

He spent sixty-eight years of his life ‘pumping iron,’ the term used for the noble, demanding sport of weightlifting. Even after his active years were over, Sydney Paul aka ‘Sandow’ continued...

Quarterfinal battle for Mayor’s Cup starts tomorrow at Victoria Ground

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Quarterfinal battle for Mayor’s Cup starts tomorrow at Victoria Ground

Quarterfinal action in this year’s Mayor’s Cup football championship will commence tomorrow evening at the Victoria Ground with a double header starting from 6:00pm as teams intensify their hunt...

Amazon Warriors interact with students of Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amazon Warriors interact with students of Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre

The Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre was the centre of attention when members of the Amazon Warriors team paid a visit to the institution on Friday, at its Carmichael Street location for an...

Buddy’s Gym gives free membership to every GAPLF member

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Buddy’s Gym gives free membership to every GAPLF member

Buddy’s inaugural Benchpress competition set for July 31 Yesterday afternoon the General Manager of Buddy’s Gym Seelall Pharbo presented membership cards to the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting...

Global Health Services and RHTY&SC cricket teams assist schools

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Global Health Services and RHTY&SC cricket teams assist schools

Global Health Services of Alberttown, Georgetown and the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club’s cricket teams have teamed up to assist schools in Berbice with trophies, prizes and medals for their...

St. Ignatius trounce Aishalton to book place in Regional 9 final

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Ignatius trounce Aishalton to book place in Regional 9 final

By Franklin Wilson in Lethem A compact display of football in both halves saw home team St. Ignatius Secondary romping to a comfortable 6-1 win over Aishalton Secondary which earned the winner a...

Guyana Association of Women Police, Rising Sun stage Charity Horserace meet July 17

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Association of Women Police, Rising Sun stage Charity Horserace meet July 17

The Rising Sun Turf Club is expected to come alive on Sunday 17th July when that entity in collaboration with the Guyana Association of Women Police holds a grand one day Fund Raising horserace meet...

This bank does not accept the new driver’s licence

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters 2

DEAR EDITOR, A few weeks ago I went to cash a cheque at one of our banks. I could not find my Guyana national ID card, so before I left home I grabbed my newly issued drivers’ licence. I have been...

SUNBUST continues support of Narayan Ramdhani

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on SUNBUST continues support of Narayan Ramdhani

Continental Group of Companies through its popular juice brand, SUNBURST Orange Juice has maintained its support towards the continued development of national Badminton champion, Narayan Ramdhani,...

Permaul pleased with performance; Gayle not too bothered about defeat

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Permaul pleased with performance; Gayle not too bothered about defeat

By Zaheer Mohamed Left arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul said he is please with his performance against the Jamaica Tallawahs on Thursday night at Providence. Permaul picked up 3-20 to help bowl out the...

Digicel Schools Football Championship…

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championship…

Chase Academic Foundation hammers GITC to advance to next stage Kelsey Benjamin fired in eight goals as Georgetown champs Chase Academic Foundation inflicted a crushing 24-0 win over Guyana...

AG prepares for FATF visit with sensitization project

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AG prepares for FATF visit with sensitization project

Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams, is seeking to make adequate preparation for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – International Cooperation Review Group...

Fragile race relations in the USA

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fragile race relations in the USA

DEAR EDITOR, The shooting in Dallas in which five police officers were killed and several others wounded is indicative of the fragility of race relations in the United States, especially between...

Why is it so difficult for females to enter law enforcement?

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, I have observed that there is a small percentage of women within the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force, although there are a large number of females applying and evening...

Local sponsorship of July 4; what’s wrong with that?

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Local sponsorship of July 4; what’s wrong with that?

DEAR EDITOR, Kindly spare me a few lines to comment on a letter in Friday’s edition of your newspaper regarding the sponsorship by local businesses of the national day celebrations of friendly...

Disappointed with GPHC’s Physiotherapy Dept.

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed with GPHC’s Physiotherapy Dept.

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to express my disappointment on operations of the Physiotherapy Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital. About three months ago I was referred by a doctor from the...

Annoying Dynamic Airways delays

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Annoying Dynamic Airways delays

DEAR EDITOR, I don’t know what’s happening with Dynamic Airways, but the airline seems to be having some serious delays of flights of recent, none of which seems to be publicized in the...

TIGER BAY SHOULD BE TURNED INTO A BUINESS DISTRICT

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

One of the areas that the government has not addressed is ghetto communities. A lot of attention was paid in the past to regularizing squatter settlements. But not much attention has been paid to...

Guyana’s backward traffic laws

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s backward traffic laws

DEAR EDITOR, On behalf of all the lesser mortals and “nobodies” in our dear land, I wish to enquire why, in the 21st century, we are required to appear before a Magistrate to answer charges...

Come clean with the public on the parking meter project

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, There is much talk touching on the proposed parking meters for Georgetown, and I am making a few comments, seeking clarification. I think it is in the interest of the proponents of the...

IS CARICOM STILL VIABLE?

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on IS CARICOM STILL VIABLE?

The 37th Heads of Government Conference of CARICOM) was held in Guyana at the National Cultural Centre and the government has rolled out the red carpet for the Heads of State. In his opening remarks,...

Our political system does not respect accountability

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our political system does not respect accountability

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has been disturbed over the generally unfocused approach to implementing constitutional reform in recent decades. For this reason, the...

Guyana concludes 4th round of political dialogue with European Union

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana concludes 4th round of political dialogue with European Union

The fourth round of European Union-Guyana political dialogue in the framework of Article 8 of the ACP-EU Cotonou Agreement has concluded with two sides expressing their satisfaction on its usefulness...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more