September 2016

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Tendency for last minute medical attention puts strain on A&E – Dr. Bux

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tendency for last minute medical attention puts strain on A&E – Dr. Bux

… every day (every 10 minutes) 150 critically ill people are rushed to GPHC We have all heard stories about doctors telling family members that the lives of their loved ones could have been...

Importers complain about Japanese grant aid cement sold on local market

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Importers complain about Japanese grant aid cement sold on local market

A number of importers have written Government complaining about cement which was brought in under special conditions but is being sold on the local market. The cement reportedly came into the country...

UG confident with Medical School’s push for accreditation

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG confident with Medical School’s push for accreditation

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr Ivelaw Griffith, has said that he is comfortable with the position the UG medical school is in with respect to being re-accredited by the Caribbean...

View from atop Stabroek Market is simply amazing …Calls made for resuscitation of iconic Stabroek Market clock, bell

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News 1

By Rehanna Ramsay Like a pleasant memory, the true beauty of Stabroek Market is etched deep within. For any local, a visit to Stabroek Market is nothing out of the ordinary. Hundreds of people...

Soesdyke residents, NDC Chairman at odds over flood

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke residents, NDC Chairman at odds over flood

What residents of Grant Sand Road in Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, are calling negligence on the part of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), has now resulted in thousands of dollars in losses...

TV reporter/ anchor robbed at gunpoint

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on TV reporter/ anchor robbed at gunpoint

Two months after bandits “cleaned out” her La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home, a Safe-TV reporter and news anchor is frustrated and terrified after being robbed at gunpoint...

US$5M agreement signed with Germany for protected areas project

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US$5M agreement signed with Germany for protected areas project

Government, on Friday, inked a US$5M agreement with the German Government to support the implementation of the third phase of an ongoing programme to develop protected areas in the country. The...

GPHC to observe breastfeeding week from today

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC to observe breastfeeding week from today

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be observing International Breast Feeding Week from today as the institution aims to intensify its focus on educating mothers on the importance...

Funeral for Frank Maloney

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Funeral for Frank Maloney

The funeral for the late Queen’s College master, Frank Maloney is slated for tomorrow. Viewing of the body will be done at the Lyken’s Funeral Home from 12:00pm to 01:00pm. The body would then be...

Rawle Welch replies to Yassin’s accusations

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rawle Welch replies to Yassin’s accusations

Dear Editor, Mr. K. Juman Yassin in his response to an article that I had written earlier questioning his stewardship of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) once again displayed his ability to...

Tatoo artiste “Muscle head “ freed of teen murder

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Tatoo artiste “Muscle head “ freed of teen murder

A man who allegedly murdered a teen back in 2012 following some family disputes and was on trial in the Berbice High Court has been freed of the charge following a defence no case submission. The man...

GOA elections have always been transparent

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GOA elections have always been transparent

Dear Editor, I, unfortunately, have to write with respect to the article written by Mr. Rawle Welch in the Kaieteur News of September 14, 2016. He alleged that “the operations of the GOA have been...

Venezuelans stranded in the Demerara River beg for help

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Our nightmare began when we were hired by Mr. Uwem Augustine Jackson to locate the tanker M/T MELISSA JAY, at the time registered as “Pollux A”, in order to take her from Dominican...

Police witnesses testifies in Travis Rudder murder PI

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Police witnesses testifies in Travis Rudder murder PI

Two Police Corporals were called to testify when the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of Travis Rudder Sr., continued on Thursday before Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown...

Junior police ranks are a victimized, oppressed group

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Junior police ranks are a victimized, oppressed group

Dear Editor, I was motivated to write this letter after listening to Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine in the media lashing out at the police about soliciting from members of the public and...

Guyana has to do away from accepting the PPP and PNC

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The United Republican Party (URP) would like to ask the citizens of Guyana – especially the supporters of the Coalition – just one question. Here’s the question: How much more...

Canal Polder No. 2 people in a desperate appeal for help

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Canal Polder No. 2 people in a desperate appeal for help

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space in your newspaper to let the public know about my village, Canal No2 Polder. It’s on the West Bank of the Demerara River, situated only about sixteen (16)...

3 names I would like to see in a new political party

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on 3 names I would like to see in a new political party

Dear Editor, My father was a wholesale farmer to vendors at the Bourda Market. It was that income that educated three children. All of us in the family voted for the PPP until 2011. As an educated...

What is the government up to?

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

The decision of the government to establish a tribunal to investigate whether the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Mr. Carvil Duncan, should be removed from all constitutional service...

Counting carbs: An important means of blood sugar control

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Counting carbs: An important means of blood sugar control

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine In Guyana we tend to eat culturally and it is leading to poor health. We inherited the rice, roti and sweet diet, and eating in large...

The Baccoo Speaks

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The police, as a result of their stepped up campaign, would be pulling in many errant drivers. With the use of technology they are seeking to curb the recklessness. One man would deny a particular...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…There is a standard for cassava bread

Sep 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…There is a standard for cassava bread

As we celebrate Amerindian Heritage Month this September, the focus is on our Amerindian people and the various contributions they have made to our nation. They are known producers of cassava bread...

A Living Story of Survival and Success

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Living Story of Survival and Success

Book: Pressure Makes Diamonds: Becoming the Woman I pretended to be Author: Valerie Graves Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby Valerie Graves tells a compelling account of growing up black in Pontiac,...

Amerindian Heritage Month Chronicle Part 2 (Kayap and catastrophe)

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Amerindian Heritage Month Chronicle Part 2 (Kayap and catastrophe)

By Dennis Nichols Kayapis a word I learnt in 1976, after Mashramani, along with paiwari, beena, and bowkiya – all words of indigenous origin. Together with place names like Kamwatta and Koriabo,...

Morally irredeemable Guyanese politicians

Sep 18, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 4

Living in Guyana is not for the decent minded. Having to bear up with the relentless hypocrisy, immorality and depravity of the PPP leadership cannot be an achievable task. At some point the mind...

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WI seamers rattle Bangladesh, put visitors ahead in Sylhet

Nov 07, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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