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How persons with disabilities are helping to keep GPHC operational

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on How persons with disabilities are helping to keep GPHC operational

By Sharmain Grainger While a health facility is usually validated by the work done by its doctors, nurses and other health professionals, what many of us may not readily recognise is that there are...

The waste of an asset

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The waste of an asset

Around 14:00 hrs on Thursday two vehicles collided on the Canefield Public Road, East Canje. Reports are that the Toyota Vista HC 6292 piloted by Phillip Yearwood clipped the other vehicle PJJ 3428,...

Gafoors to spend US$80,000 on sprinkler system

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gafoors to spend US$80,000 on sprinkler system

Chief Executive Officer of Gafoor’s Houston complex, Abdool Sattaur Gafoor, said that some persons feel that if they talk to the company today, that company will deliver its product or service the...

DANGER LURKING

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DANGER LURKING

In Guyana, danger is lurking for the economy that was already shrinking before the government came to office. Charting a new course will require a Herculean task but the government must develop...

Govt. to use ICT in creating a green economy – Minister Hughes

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to use ICT in creating a green economy – Minister Hughes

The development of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is going to parallel the government’s efforts to transition to a green economy. Minister of Public Telecommunications,...

Guyanese man found dead in Trinidad ditch with head bashed in

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man found dead in Trinidad ditch with head bashed in

Trinidad (Trinidad Guardian) – Police have requested video footage which may assist them in investigating the death of Guyanese national, Keith Miller, who had his head crushed in an accident...

Palmyra man tries to escape from police, found with unlicensed gun in car

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Palmyra man tries to escape from police, found with unlicensed gun in car

Kevin France, a 51-year-old self-employed resident of lot 55 Palmyra Village was yesterday caught with an unlicensed 9 mm pistol. It was approximately 01:00 hrs. According to police sources, ranks of...

Guyana working to empower young girls utilising 2016 CHDR recommendations

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana working to empower young girls utilising 2016 CHDR recommendations

Guyana is working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to ensure that polices are inclusive to provide a better future for young girls as .securing the future of the country’s...

Medical Officer introduces NGO to help battle scourge of cancer

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Medical Officer introduces NGO to help battle scourge of cancer

By Sharmain Grainger Although health sectors across the world have been constantly advising that early detection could help to save the lives of cancer patients, it has been failure to adhere to this...

97-year-old Hilton “Champ” Lewis is Uncle Eddie’s oldest

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 97-year-old Hilton “Champ” Lewis is Uncle Eddie’s oldest

By Isanella Patoir As the Month of the Elderly progresses with the theme, “Take a stand against ageism” Uncle Eddie’s oldest is one to for the books. He has been blessed with long life and good...

There is too much acrimony among our politicians

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is too much acrimony among our politicians

Dear Editor, It is most depressing to me, and I am sure all Guyanese who have the welfare of our country at heart, to see the continuing hostile attitude that seems to pervade the relationship...

Minister Raphael Trotman on the Barama decision

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Raphael Trotman on the Barama decision

Dear Editor, Following on Barama Company Ltd’s decision not to renew the forest concession the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Guyana Forestry Commission, will continue to engage Barama’s...

Blackouts in Bartica are overbearing

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blackouts in Bartica are overbearing

Dear Editor, I must say that in this new dispensation of government, I guess a lot was promised with only little actually done or still yet to be achieved. When would they actually formalise a...

Sunday Cartoon

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Let us fix this very broken country

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, On January 29, 1963, President John F. Kennedy made a speech on Education to the US Congress and it is still relevant in our Guyana’s context today. He said ‘…for the individual,...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…STANDARDS FOR COCONUT WATER AND COCONUT OIL

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…STANDARDS FOR COCONUT WATER AND COCONUT OIL

The hosting of the coconut festival by the Ministry of Business and the various supporting groups seems to have drawn the attention of many towards the economic, nutritional and other values of...

Eradicating poverty, synthesizing modern and 19th century Guyanese methodologies

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Eradicating poverty, synthesizing modern and 19th century Guyanese methodologies

CONSUMER CONCERNS PAT DIAL Every year on 17th October, the anniversary of the United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty is commemorated and people in public life all over the world join in...

How about an army retiree to inquire into this one?

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on How about an army retiree to inquire into this one?

Dear Editor, Since the present school term started, I’ve been taking my kids almost every day to the DeKendren Nursery and Zeelugt Primary schools and more than once kittens and pups could be seen...

What has become of Buxton cricketers?

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has become of Buxton cricketers?

Dear Editor, It warms my heart to see the media highlighting the plight of the disadvantaged in this country. As a Buxtonion and an ardent cricket enthusiast I just couldn’t resist penning this...

DENTAL HEALTH…THE DENTAL DRILL

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…THE DENTAL DRILL

By Dr. NerominiFagu If there is one thing about dentistry that brings fear to people about dentistry it is probably the sound of the dental drill. Known as the dental drill in layman’s term, the...

Granger and Nagamootoo see this misery almost every night

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Granger and Nagamootoo see this misery almost every night

Do you know who generates improvement in this country? The press! If the press does not highlight that a kite is stuck in a transformer, a road has a crater deeper than the Atlantic Ocean, a high...

Minimizing the frequency of your asthma attacks

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minimizing the frequency of your asthma attacks

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine As we become more industrialized, there is increased air pollution. This along with other factors has led to an increase in cases of...

The Dung Beetle

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Dung Beetle

Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on dung. A dung beetle can bury dung 250 times heavier than itself in one night. Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round...

Trees hold up the sky

Oct 23, 2016 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Trees hold up the sky

By HE David Granger Guyana is at the very centre of the Guiana Shield; one of the world’s last remaining blocks of virgin tropical rainforests. Guyana’s international commitment to sustainable...

The Baccoo Speaks

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The police are under pressure to keep the society safe, but political pressure will endure other ideas. The issue of crime was a major determinant in the change of political power. So it is that...

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