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New Cardiac Intensive Care Unit opens at GPHC – to ensure no patient is denied cardiac care

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Cardiac Intensive Care Unit opens at GPHC – to ensure no patient is denied cardiac care

In the quest to advance the delivery of cardiac care at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), a new Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) was yesterday commissioned during a simple...

Punitive budgetary measures will contribute to expansion of underground economy – PSC

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Punitive budgetary measures will contribute to expansion of underground economy – PSC

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell “Stricter the government, wiser the population” is what Executive Member of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ramesh Persaud, reminded the media as he spoke about...

Prince Harry begins state visit to Guyana

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Prince Harry begins state visit to Guyana

…visits President, lays wreaths Prince Harry of Wales arrived at the Eugene F. Correia airport, yesterday afternoon to a red carpet welcome. His first engagement in the country saw him paying a...

Corriverton Mayor gets the boot

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Corriverton Mayor gets the boot

– Gangadin refused to vote to elect deputy mayor The much anticipated Corriverton Mayor and Town Council’s Internal Elections yesterday ended with the current Mayor, Mr. Ganesh Gangadin,...

Govt. to begin receiving overpayments to contractors for ECD Highway

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to begin receiving overpayments to contractors for ECD Highway

Both the 2014 and 2015 audit reports prepared by Auditor General of Guyana, Deodat Sharma, revealed a number of overpayments made to contractors for works done on the East Coast Demerara Highway...

DNA tests back from overseas lab…Skeletal remains positively ID’d as Babita Sarjou’s

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on DNA tests back from overseas lab…Skeletal remains positively ID’d as Babita Sarjou’s

Champa Seonarine can now give her daughter a decent burial. That’s because Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday received DNA results that confirmed that the skeletal remains that his ranks dug up...

People show off dem bad manners

Dec 03, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on People show off dem bad manners

Some people ain’t got manners. Normally, when a stranger visiting, people does put on dem best manners. Dem does even try to talk proppa. Dem boys see women talking wid dem mouth close and when dem...

Bandit wounds guard, loses gun in bungled payroll heist

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit wounds guard, loses gun in bungled payroll heist

Police are hunting for a gunman who dropped his firearm after shooting a 52-year-old security guard in the leg, during a foiled attack yesterday. The guard, Lionel Nixon, was on a vehicle that was...

Unidentified female crushed at Eccles in Freak Accident

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Unidentified female crushed at Eccles in Freak Accident

Police have launched an investigation into a road fatality which resulted in the death of an unidentified woman at Eccles around noon hours yesterday. Reports indicate that the woman was crushed by a...

‘Are we going to complain about VAT on water and electricity?’

Dec 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Are we going to complain about VAT on water and electricity?’

…”or we going to get busy” – Trotman asks With several changes being proposed to the Value Added Tax (VAT) regime in the 2017 National Budget, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael...

Guyanese Blyden voted best batsman for Evergreen SC of Trinidad

Dec 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Blyden voted best batsman for Evergreen SC of Trinidad

Guyanese Travis Blyden was voted the best batsman for Rahamut’s Evergreen SC 50-over and T20 teams when the club held its annual awards ceremony recently in Trinidad and Tobago. Blyden who plays...

Blairmont Cricket Club receive uniforms for U17 team

Dec 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont Cricket Club receive uniforms for U17 team

The Blairmont Cricket Club (BCC) of West Bank Berbice has received a set of uniforms to be used by its Under-17 team for competitions in Berbice. The uniforms were donated by Bel Air Farm Equipment...

WBCA commence preparation for 50-over league tomorrow

Dec 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on WBCA commence preparation for 50-over league tomorrow

The West Berbice Cricket Association will commence preparations for the upcoming GCB 50-over Franchise League with a practice match tomorrow at the Bush Lot. The game will begin at 09:30hrs and the...

GFF offers condolence to Brazil Football Federation

Dec 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF offers condolence to Brazil Football Federation

The President of the Guyana Football Federation Inc. (GFF), on behalf of the football fraternity in Guyana, sent a letter of condolence to President Del Nero Marco Polo of the Confederacao Brasileira...

Guyana Boxing Association re-elects President

Dec 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Boxing Association re-elects President

Steve Ninvalle was re-elected President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) when the association held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday last at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA)...

3rd Annual Smalta Girls Schools Football Tournament…Champs aiming to make it two in a row; winless teams looking for points

Dec 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Annual Smalta Girls Schools Football Tournament…Champs aiming to make it two in a row; winless teams looking for points

Defending champion St. Stephen’s will look to make it two wins from as many matches when they square off against St. Margaret’s in one of two opening games today as play in the 3rd Annual Smalta...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Exciting action highlights final round of KO phase; round robin phase commences tonight

Dec 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Exciting action highlights final round of KO phase; round robin phase commences tonight

The final night of the knockout phase of the Georgetown Zone of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition produced another round of exciting action on Thursday evening, at the...