April 2017

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Revamped information system will address health services inequities – Dr. Boyle

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Revamped information system will address health services inequities – Dr. Boyle

With a plan to protect patients’ privacy, maintain confidentiality and provide security of sensitive data, the Ministry of Public Health is revamping its Health Information System (HIS). This...

Strength of our diplomatic relations key to economic development – Granger

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Strength of our diplomatic relations key to economic development – Granger

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell President David Granger was keen to note the importance of the Foreign Service during a recent interview on The Public Interest. He said that there is much to be gained...

Protesting VAT on tuition fees

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Protesting VAT on tuition fees

There were the protests against the parking meters that actually saw a suspension of the project. No one ever considered that while the parking meters were in operation people going to the commercial...

Urgent steps should be taken to re-open wildlife trade – Opposition Leader

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Urgent steps should be taken to re-open wildlife trade – Opposition Leader

The Office of the Leader of the Opposition has called on Government to immediately attend to its administrative responsibilities to enable the re-opening of the wildlife trade, simultaneously...

Enmore NDC raid…Opposition politicizing Enmore NDC raid – says SARU CEO

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore NDC raid…Opposition politicizing Enmore NDC raid – says SARU CEO

The Head of the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) Aubrey Heath-Retemyer has said that the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is using its supporters as political pawns to foster an agenda....

Region Two economic crunch banks on Agro Expo

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two economic crunch banks on Agro Expo

One year after its resuscitation, the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce has successfully launched its inaugural Agro and Trade Expo. The Pomeroon-Supenaam region, (Region Two), is highly dependent on its...

‘Health and Wellness’ remains the primary focus

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Health and Wellness’ remains the primary focus

…as Region Three Club celebrates three years of existence By Sharmain Grainger With a mission to educate, support and empower the people of their communities to improve and maintain their overall...

The Story within the Story…A tough year ahead

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…A tough year ahead

By Leonard Gildarie It is a foregone conclusion that 2017 will be one of the toughest years we have faced in the longest while. Consumer spending has taken a major hit and the ripple effects are...

Estranged wife must sell home

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Estranged wife must sell home

..in court on charges of assaulting husband A woman was evicted from a property she shared with her husband following a High Court order by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. The woman, Lilian Latiff...

Police demand pound fees for dead goat

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police demand pound fees for dead goat

A goat herd is now counting his losses after his goats were impounded. He is unable to get them released. Twenty-nine year old farmer, Ashab Bacchus, of Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice, said that...

Region Three residents benefit from medical outreach

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three residents benefit from medical outreach

Even the doctor needs to see another doctor sometimes. This was particularly emphasised yesterday when the Region Three Health and Wellness Club held an outreach at the Crane Assemblies of God...

Kicking death…Mom says counseling is not enough for daughter’s death

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Kicking death…Mom says counseling is not enough for daughter’s death

When someone’s loved one is tragically taken away from them, the person fights for justice—but imagine the pain one mother is going through knowing that her daughter is dead but that there will...

GPL worker jailed, fined $4.7M

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on GPL worker jailed, fined $4.7M

Quacy Murray, 34, of Cummings Lodge, Georgetown, was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of $4,719,000 after he pleaded guilty to a narcotics charge. Murray...

Rupununi students visit Iwokrama as part of Integrated Science research project

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rupununi students visit Iwokrama as part of Integrated Science research project

Students from across the Rupununi visited the Iwokrama rainforest, last Wednesday, as part of a Grade Nine Integrated Science research project. Ninety-one students from the St Ignatius Secondary...

Survey reveals police prosecutors ill-trained in domestic violence

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Survey reveals police prosecutors ill-trained in domestic violence

Prosecutors have the power to ensure that perpetrators of domestic violence (DV) against women are held accountable and to ensure that victims are safe. In fact, the protection of abused victims...

Sunday Cartoon

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

UG Council explains need for hike in tuition fees

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on UG Council explains need for hike in tuition fees

– Justifies 15 percent salary increase Although the tuition fees of students at the University of Guyana (UG) have been hiked by 35 percent, this increase is still considerably lower than what...

Investing significantly in a resurgent coconut industry

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Investing significantly in a resurgent coconut industry

Having conducted some twenty years of prudent business activities, Trevor Daniels has placed himself among a group of entrepreneurs that have made solid contributions to the economy of rural Pomeroon...

Youth and job creation in Guyana

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youth and job creation in Guyana

Dear Editor, Our Youth are complaining about the lack of job creation by new APNU+AFC government. Indeed all governments in developing states need to create an enabling environment for job creation...

STANDARDS IN FOCUS…GNBS – THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LABORATORY TEST RESULTS

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on STANDARDS IN FOCUS…GNBS – THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LABORATORY TEST RESULTS

When selecting a laboratory to fulfil your testing, calibration or measurement needs, you must be sure it can supply you with accurate and reliable results. Herein lies the need for GYS 223:2005...

Share with love and happiness

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Share with love and happiness

A few days ago I landed at the Bombay Airport (India) and took a cab to my scheduled destination in South Bombay. I was enjoying the busy traffic with people rushing in every possible directions then...

Dismissed Linden Town Clerk was a victim of bullyism

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dismissed Linden Town Clerk was a victim of bullyism

Dear Editor, Our working women must be protected from bullyism in the workplace by officials, who are seemingly protected by the current Coalition government, despite the many complaints to the...

East Demerara Estate cane planters denied work for over a month

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on East Demerara Estate cane planters denied work for over a month

Dear Editor, The cane planters of East Demerara Estate (Enmore Estate and LBI Estate) for more than four (4) weeks now are being directed by the GuySuCo Management to engage in cane cutting tasks....

Major-General Joe Singh should lead a third political party

Apr 09, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Major-General Joe Singh should lead a third political party

Dear Editor, There seems to be no end to the letters about the coming third party, the latest being last Friday in another newspaper. All the letters focus on the pros and cons of Freddie Kissoon as...

DENTAL HEALTH…GINGIVAL RECESSION

Apr 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DENTAL HEALTH…GINGIVAL RECESSION

By Dr. Neromini Fagu Gingival recession, commonly known as gum recession, is a condition that can occur in anyone at any age. Most times, you are unaware of the recession taking place until there is...

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No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

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...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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