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NPG Packaging and Plastic Incorporated /UCCA T20…Quarterfinal action on today

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on NPG Packaging and Plastic Incorporated /UCCA T20…Quarterfinal action on today

The NPG Packaging and Plastic Incorporated T20 cricket competition in the Upper Corentyne/Black Bush area has reached the quarter final stage of the competition with No. 48 Challengers, No. 70A, No....

12 cops on bail for attempted murder, bribery, other offences

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News 1

Recently, Commissioner of Police (a g) David Ramnarine, revealed that 24 police ranks are currently before the court for offences ranging from attempted murder to assault. For the year, Kaieteur News...

NY court convicts Lusignan fish exporter in $1.6B frozen shrimp coke bust

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NY court convicts Lusignan fish exporter in $1.6B frozen shrimp coke bust

New York (New York Daily News) -The jury didn’t buy this guy’s fish story. The owner of a company that imports fish from Guyana was convicted Friday in Brooklyn Federal Court of smuggling 250...

Iwokrama receives coveted Forest Management certification

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Iwokrama receives coveted Forest Management certification

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development (Iwokrama) on Friday announced that it has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification for Forest Management...

New store promises value for money purchases

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New store promises value for money purchases

There is no denying that the cost of living is high. This is essentially a deterrent to many customers being unable to purchase good quality merchandise. As a result, many opt for inferior, low cost...

Eddy Grant to flip the switch on Brixton’s Electric Avenue

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Eddy Grant to flip the switch on Brixton’s Electric Avenue

After a £1M project to refurbish Brixton’s Electric Avenue, England, Guyanese-born artiste Eddy Grant is slated to switch on the new illuminated sign marking the completion of the project. The...

A VISIONARY BUDGET NEEDED

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A VISIONARY BUDGET NEEDED

The passage of the last Budget in Parliament halted the trend of irrational spending. Now the people are hoping that the 2017 budget expected on December 5 will resuscitate the economy, create jobs,...

Guyana elected to PAHO’s Directing Council General Committee

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana elected to PAHO’s Directing Council General Committee

Caribbean member states have committed to developing National Polio Preparedness and Response Plans in order to achieve the required 80 percent target coverage for all the surveillance indicators for...

Brazilian shot dead during robbery

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian shot dead during robbery

The body of a Brazilian national was found at 10 Miles, Port Kaituma on Friday morning with gunshot wounds to the body. The victim has been identified as 43-year-old Mario Cozzer. According to...

UG students raise awareness on Digital Eye Strain for World Sight Day 2016

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG students raise awareness on Digital Eye Strain for World Sight Day 2016

World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. This year is the fourth year of the World...

An uphill battle to live with a costly condition

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on An uphill battle to live with a costly condition

By Sharmain Grainger While it is particularly hard to lose a family member suddenly, it could be just as difficult to watch that next of kin or even a close friend suffer until the end. Some people...

$83M sluice commissioned at Bagotville

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $83M sluice commissioned at Bagotville

A new sluice at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara was commissioned Friday by Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder. The sluice was designed to drain an area of 1,060 acres and benefit approximately 2,500...

Dataram, wife deported from Suriname

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News 1

…handed over to Guyanese authorities -false passports raise troubling questions One day after being dramatically captured by a Surinamese SWAT team while hiding out in Paramaribo, convicted...

The dangerous obsession with material things

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The dangerous obsession with material things

Dear Editor, Re-feeding syndrome occurs when some of the underfed are introduced to food and their systems cannot handle it. Upon getting food after starving, some take more than their body needs to...

Stabroek Market Clock; is time running in or out?

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stabroek Market Clock; is time running in or out?

Dear Editor, Lately, there has been so much brouhaha about the Stabroek Market Clock, its restoration and seeming negative implications that time has struck me out. Yes, I am somewhat taken aback and...

How funding was secured for the Under 15 Basketball Team

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on How funding was secured for the Under 15 Basketball Team

Dear Editor, Recent articles appearing in the Kaieteur News (August 28, October 8 and 9) suggest that the President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds, who at the time was...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…World Standards Day Message

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…World Standards Day Message

On Friday October 14, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) joined the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), the International Electro-technical Committee (IEC) and...

The best type of person

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The best type of person

A sage presented a prince with a set of three small dolls. The prince was not amused. “Am I a girl that you give me dolls?” – He asked. “This is a gift for a future king,” Said the sage....

What is meant by “blood on the carpet?”

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is meant by “blood on the carpet?”

Dear Editor, The theme which ran through my last article was the systematic undermining of independent institutions of the State. As a result of recent developments, I feel compelled to continue this...

CONSUMER CONCERNS…Success of mental health programmes depends on mental health education of society

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CONSUMER CONCERNS…Success of mental health programmes depends on mental health education of society

PAT DIAL Mental Health is a branch of Medicine to which greater attention is being paid today than formerly. This is not surprising as it is only from the 19th century with the development of...

Sunday Cartoon

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

DENTAL HEALTH…CHIPPED TOOTH

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…CHIPPED TOOTH

By Dr. NerominiFagu The culprit could be a plantain chip or a chicken bone. It is not always easy to predict if you are going to harm your teeth when eating. Accidents happen, and when they happen to...

Region 6 Government is controlled by the PPP

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Region 6 Government is controlled by the PPP

Dear Editor, The Lancaster/Hogstye NDC has been the victim of neglect for decades under the PPP/C Government and this plight is now continuing under this current Coalition Government which is...

Pedal cyclist killed in WBD accident

Oct 16, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist killed in WBD accident

A member of the Guyana Fire Service was taken into police custody after he struck and killed a 60-year-old pedal cyclist as he was crossing the Bagotville, West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road on...

Quoting John F. Kennedy in defence of Duncan’s suspension

Oct 16, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Quoting John F. Kennedy in defence of Duncan’s suspension

Dear Editor, With the stroke of a pen, the power of the Presidency is executed. Finally, President Granger has used his powers vested under Article 225(6) of the Guyana Constitution to suspend Carvil...

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A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more