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PAHO/WHO Rep. highlights impact of culture on health care

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO/WHO Rep. highlights impact of culture on health care

Culture is usually an important feature in many societies. But there are occasions that culture can prove to be detrimental even to the health care of some individuals. This was the recent disclosure...

Specialist emphasises prevention to keep vision loss at bay

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Specialist emphasises prevention to keep vision loss at bay

“We must get into prevention,” said Michele Ming of Ming’s Optical. As an Optometrist/ Opthalmic Optician, Ming has been in the business of eye care for more than two decades. Based on what...

Traffic advisory for Kitty Public Road area

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic advisory for Kitty Public Road area

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure says it is moving ahead with its culvert repair project at Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue. The final phase of this leg will begin this Saturday. In order...

Works progressing on East Coast road-widening project

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Works progressing on East Coast road-widening project

Despite challenges, the East Coast Demerara Road Widening and Improvement Project is moving apace, with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure remaining optimistic about meeting key milestones....

‘Short man’ gets 23 years for killing fireman

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Short man’ gets 23 years for killing fireman

By Feona Morrison Thirty-three year-old Errol Williams was yesterday sentenced to serve 23 years in jail for chopping fireman Patrick Daly to death in 2009. The custodial sentence was handed down by...

Head-on collision leaves 14 hospitalised

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Head-on collision leaves 14 hospitalised

Police are investigating an accident that occurred yesterday morning on the Vigilance, Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, in which 14 passengers were injured. According to an eyewitness, the...

Delayed alternative route Eccles bridge finally completed

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Delayed alternative route Eccles bridge finally completed

OOPs!- Yesterday this caption was published but with the wrong picture. We sincerely apologise for the error. After several months of being closed, and after delays, a key bridge linking Yubani...

Peacemaker fatally shoots employer’s abusive husband

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Peacemaker fatally shoots employer’s abusive husband

The police are investigating the murder of a Brazilian National who was killed around 10:00 hrs on Tuesday at Seven Hour Backdam, Dukwarie, Cuyuni River. The victim has only been identified as Nemar....

Senior cop sends porn to police social media group

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Senior cop sends porn to police social media group

An Assistant Superintendent of Police is being investigated after he sent a pornographic video to a social media group chat in which other senior officers are members. Yesterday, the Guyana Police...

Brawl over banana plants… Man who fatally chopped taxi driver charged with manslaughter

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Brawl over banana plants… Man who fatally chopped taxi driver charged with manslaughter

A labourer who allegedly chopped and killed a taxi driver and injured his father in the process after they had an argument over some banana plants was on Monday granted $300,000 bail by Magistrate...

Vendor freed of cocaine in fish charge

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor freed of cocaine in fish charge

Magistrate Rushell Liverpool yesterday dismissed the case against a fish vendor who was charged for trafficking over 18 pounds of cocaine in frozen fish at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...

Almost two years later… Rehab work on Kitty Market still incomplete

Oct 26, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Almost two years later… Rehab work on Kitty Market still incomplete

Almost two years after works commenced, the completion of the rehabilitation of the Kitty Market is yet to be determined. The Council embarked on a $250M restoration exercise, on February 12, 2016,...

I guess they think of poor people the way the Nazis did

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I guess they think of poor people the way the Nazis did

We ordinary folks would never understand what goes through the minds of humans who possess power. How can you in one swoop demolish the houses of very poor citizens; people who are at the lowest rung...

These legal hurdles have to be resolved in our courts

Oct 26, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 2

Anil Nandlall and Chris Ram are correct in their interpretation of the double negative “not unacceptable” contained in Article 161 of the Constitution of Guyana. If it was the intention of the...

Citizen’s Bank partners with Banks DIH for Pre-Guyana Cup Open Golf tourney

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Citizen’s Bank partners with Banks DIH for Pre-Guyana Cup Open Golf tourney

Citizen’s Bank has joined forces with Banks DIH for the hosting of the Pre- Guyana Cup Open Golf tournament which is set for Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club. The tournament which is expected tee...

Rising Sun Rodeo set for Sunday

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun Rodeo set for Sunday

The Rising Sun Rodeo Committee will once again stage the West Berbice Rodeo at the Rising Sun Turf Club. The annual event is set for this Sunday, at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast,...

Banks DIH/GABA Leagues… Top teams receive trophies and medals

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH/GABA Leagues… Top teams receive trophies and medals

Following the completion of the Banks DIH sponsored Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) first, second and Under-23 Division Leagues which were all swept by Bounty Colts Basketball...

Ramchands signs on to GMR&SC International Race of Champions

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramchands signs on to GMR&SC International Race of Champions

Ramchands Auto Spares is on board with this year’s Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) International Race of Champions which will speed off on next month, Saturday and Sunday, November...

Steve’s Jewellery’s gold pendants for Guyana Softball Cup MVPs

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Steve’s Jewellery’s gold pendants for Guyana Softball Cup MVPs

Seven years, seven pairs of gold pieces for the MVPs. That’s the commitment from Steve’s Jewellery to the Guyana Softball Cup, the seventh edition of which will be held from November 3-5. At a...

GTT honours Athletics Coach Leslie Black

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT honours Athletics Coach Leslie Black

As part of its programme to honour those identified as Cancer Warriors, which is all part of their Pinktober campaign the GTT has chosen to recognise the effort of Athletics Coach Leslie Black. GTT...

Regal Sports on board for U-19 tourney in Wakenaam

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Sports on board for U-19 tourney in Wakenaam

The Wakenaam Cricket Committee (WCC) has gained the backing of Regal Sports for the staging of an U-19 40-over tournament on the island. The competition is to commence on November 4 at the Wakenaam...

Region Nine gym for Nat. Intermediate Boxing Championships

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Region Nine gym for Nat. Intermediate Boxing Championships

The newly formed Savannah Boxing Gym (SBG) will be represented this weekend when the Guyana Boxing Association stages it Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate competition. SBG will join reigning...

Priyanna Ramdhani selected for Pan Am Badminton young talents camp

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Priyanna Ramdhani selected for Pan Am Badminton young talents camp

Guyana & Caribbean Ladies Badminton Champion Priyanna Ramdhani has been selected by the Pan American Badminton Federation Development Director to participate in the Young Talents Camp 2017 from...

Overseas-based Guyanese assists young Guyanese cyclists

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese assists young Guyanese cyclists

Overseas-based Guyanese Franco Crawford is back home and as he usually does whenever he is back home continues to assist his countrymen, especially those young cyclists in whatever way possible....

EyeWear Optical on board for Stage of Champions 2

Oct 25, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on EyeWear Optical on board for Stage of Champions 2

EyeWear Optical is the latest entity to throw their support behind the ‘Stage of Champions 2’ bodybuilding competition which is set for November 18 at Theatre Guild, Kingston. The entity’s...

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FIFA Arena Mini-Pitch in Linden nears completion

Oct 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The GFF is moving forward with its plan to increase access to quality football infrastructure as the installation works of football turf for FIFA Arena Mini-Pitch at Retrieve,...

Guyana has mislaid its Independence

Oct 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Yesterday, at the United Nations General Assembly, Guyana abstained from voting for a resolution calling for an end to the American economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba. It was a small act, requiring neither courage nor conviction. Yet it said more about the...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Guyana the unbelievable, the inexplicable

Oct 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana is one hell of a country. This country under the PPP Govt must qualify to be in an extremely ugly category of hell. I watch as a citizen is savaged repeatedly, and silence is the only sound that splits the air. Silence, the bleats of fear. Or cheap ambition. ...

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