October 2017

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New building to house GPHC’s Oncology Unit

Oct 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New building to house GPHC’s Oncology Unit

With an increasing incident of patients inflicted with cancer on its register, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] is working towards expanding its Oncology Unit. In this regard, this...

Teen allegedly busted with heroin at airport refused bail

Oct 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teen allegedly busted with heroin at airport refused bail

A 19-year-old Canadian citizen, who is a native of Guyana, has been remanded to prison, after she was allegedly busted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport last Thursday with a quantity of...

Importance of elders amplified as slain grannies laid to rest

Oct 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Importance of elders amplified as slain grannies laid to rest

“Tragic” and “inhumane” were adjectives used by Minister of Public Health, Ms. Volda Lawrence, to describe the demise of the two elderly women who were just over a week ago beaten, bound and...

Farmer charged for killing ‘White Boy’

Oct 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer charged for killing ‘White Boy’

Forty-six-year-old Charles Leonard, a farmer of Port Kaituma, North West District, was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of Romel Gouveia called ‘White Boy’. The unrepresented accused,...

GuyanaNRA 150th Anniversary/WIFBSC Caribbean C/ships …Irishman Gill creeps through to win Individuals

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyanaNRA 150th Anniversary/WIFBSC Caribbean C/ships …Irishman Gill creeps through to win Individuals

Persaud is top West Indian; Tiwari takes O-Class By Franklin Wilson A consistent day of performances by Irisman Alexander Gill on a day that presented many challenges for the shooters saw him...

Confident Uruguay Women’s team arrives for Pan American Cup title charge

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Confident Uruguay Women’s team arrives for Pan American Cup title charge

By Calvin Chapman Uruguay women are the first of seven (7) international teams to arrive in Guyana for the anticipated and historic 7th Indoor Pan American Cups (IPAC) that will be played in the...

Brusche Basketball Foundation names clubs for Biennial classic

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brusche Basketball Foundation names clubs for Biennial classic

With one week to go before the Biennial Brusche Basketball Classic bounces off in Linden, the eight teams have been named for the prestigious championship. Main power houses Georgetown and Linden are...

STSC/Bannas Foundation small goal football set for Sunday

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on STSC/Bannas Foundation small goal football set for Sunday

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee and Bannas Foundation will be hosting a 4-a-side and penalty shootout small goal football competition on Sunday at Meadowbrook Basketball tarmac starting at...

Floodlights, Wellman, Parika Defenders to play at Albion on Sunday

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights, Wellman, Parika Defenders to play at Albion on Sunday

The members of Jaihind Cricket Club will be hosting a grand fun raising event on Sunday at the Jaihind cricket ground located behind the Albion Police Station, Albion Front, Corentyne, Berbice. The...

Sham Grocery XI win Naeem Nasir Memorial Softball Title

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sham Grocery XI win Naeem Nasir Memorial Softball Title

– pockets $100,000 A determined Sham Grocery XI Team on Sunday last played purposeful cricket to win the 3rd Edition of the Naeem Nasir Memorial Softball Cricket Tournament. Playing in front of...

GuyanaNRA 150th Anniversary Individual Shoot set for today

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyanaNRA 150th Anniversary Individual Shoot set for today

Top 44 from WIFBSC C/ships to contest Following three days of intense and challenging rivalry, the top 44 shooters emerging from the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council (WIFBSC) Individual...

Jamaican karters to debut at GT Motorsports on October 21

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaican karters to debut at GT Motorsports on October 21

The ‘Reggae Boyz’ flavour will be added on the track when three leading Jamaican go-karters, who have been confirmed to compete for the first time, challenge local karters among others at GT...

V Net T20 Blast in Wakenaam …G Square Cavaliers, SS Jaguars book final berth

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on V Net T20 Blast in Wakenaam …G Square Cavaliers, SS Jaguars book final berth

G Square Cavaliers and Sans Souci Jaguars have booked their places in the final of the V Net Communications T20 tournament after recording victories in their respective semi-final matches played on...

A&B Shooting Federation celebrate a decade in the sport

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on A&B Shooting Federation celebrate a decade in the sport

Congratulate Guyana on 150th By Franklin Wilson One decade ago, it was right here at the Timehri Rifle Ranges that the twin island of Antigua and Barbuda made its international debut. Still in the...

BARTICA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION RECEIVES FLOODLIGHTS

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BARTICA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION RECEIVES FLOODLIGHTS

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) presented eight flood lamps to the Bartica Football Association (BarFA) last Saturday to aid in the development football in the region. This presentation was done...

GCB/CGI 3-Day Franchise League …E’bo scent first three-day title but L/C’tyne could spoil their party

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-Day Franchise League …E’bo scent first three-day title but L/C’tyne could spoil their party

By Sean Devers Essequibo are well on their way to claiming their first ever National Senior three-day cricket title but mathematically Lower Corentyne could still spoil their party, while West...

Ramnarine, Ramkissoon star as Wakenaam overcome NOC XI

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramnarine, Ramkissoon star as Wakenaam overcome NOC XI

Mahase Ramnarine struck fine half century, while off-spinner Bumeshwar Ramkissoon grabbed five wickets as Wakenaam defeated New Opportunity Corps Select XI by 37 runs in the second game of the Trophy...

Public Health Ministry prepares to roll out another HPV vaccination campaign

Oct 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Health Ministry prepares to roll out another HPV vaccination campaign

The Ministry of Public Health’s Maternal Child Health Unit, yesterday hosted a concert at the National Cultural Centre for Primary and Secondary students from Regions four, six and ten, as it...

Health Ministry seeks to ‘beef up’ screening in hinterland regions

Oct 12, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry seeks to ‘beef up’ screening in hinterland regions

October has been dedicated as the month of breast cancer awareness in Guyana, and the Ministry of Public Health has been hosting several functions to tackle the prevalent issue. At a recent forum, it...

PLAYING WITH FIRE

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PLAYING WITH FIRE

During the East-West conflict between the former Soviet Union and the United States, nuclear scientists had warned that there are enough nuclear weapons in existence to destroy the world and make it...

Bank of Guyana about to stop a Guyanese stupidity

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 5

I doubt there is another country as stupid as Guyana. My guess is this is the stupidest country in the world. What you are about to read exists in Guyana. It makes no sense to me and it will never...

This dismissal should be condemned and challenged

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

The dismissal of the Deputy Solicitor General of Guyana, Prithima Kissoon, must be exposed for what it is: a flagrant miscarriage of justice by a constitutional body; aided and abetted by the...

DEPUTY SOLICITOR GENERAL HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Prithima Kissoon has remained silent since her complaint against the Attorney General, Mr. Basil Williams S.C., to the Public Service Commission because public servants are prohibited...

Moses, you are falling in the eyes of the nation

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Moses, you are falling in the eyes of the nation

Dear Editor, Parliament will not reconvene until the return of the Speaker who is a trip to St Petersburg, Russia from October 11, 2017, to October 20, 2017. What nonsense? An entire nation’s...

The reason why Guyana needs Tax Reforms

Oct 12, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The reason why Guyana needs Tax Reforms

Dear Editor, President Granger did not mention the phrase (tax reform) once in his “2015 manifesto” message, while his PM Candidate stated that his team “proposes to restructure the tax...

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No good deed goes unpunished

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(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

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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

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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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