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Medical practitioners to be trained to detect microcephaly in pregnancy

Apr 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Medical practitioners to be trained to detect microcephaly in pregnancy

In recognition of the fact that the Zika Virus is still a formidable threat to the health sector, the Ministry of Public Health has been fervently putting measures in place to tackle its impact. As...

Father of two killed in McDoom accident

Apr 20, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Father of two killed in McDoom accident

A father of two was killed in an accident on the McDoom, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road around 01:00 hr yesterday. The dead man has been identified as 40-year-old Troy Cordwell of 1...

C’bean Teacher’s Union Les Harris t20 cricket…Osborne, Samaroo set up Guyana’s win over T&T…Jamaica destroy Bahamas by 10 Wkts

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on C’bean Teacher’s Union Les Harris t20 cricket…Osborne, Samaroo set up Guyana’s win over T&T…Jamaica destroy Bahamas by 10 Wkts

By Sean Devers Guyana and Jamaica registered second round victories in the Caribbean Teachers Union Les Harris four-day t20 tournament at the GDF ground yesterday to give Jamaica their second win and...

GCF executive pays Minister Henry courtesy call…Relays plans for inaugural Chess and Scholastic Centre

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF executive pays Minister Henry courtesy call…Relays plans for inaugural Chess and Scholastic Centre

The recently installed executive body of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) continues to work assiduously towards the development of the sport and is putting the modalities in place to integrate chess...

Guyanese earns Expo 11 Masters of Martial Arts award in Atlantic City event

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese earns Expo 11 Masters of Martial Arts award in Atlantic City event

The Host/Producer of Maximum Sports Combat & Strength (MSCS), Guyana’s popular “live” one-hour TV Sports programme, which is aired Fridays from 9.05pm on NCN TV, Mr. Max Massiah, a 3rd...

Inter Association U-19 Cricket…Perez, Mohamed powers GT to crushing win over West Dem

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter Association U-19 Cricket…Perez, Mohamed powers GT to crushing win over West Dem

A dashing 110 from Raymond Perez laced with 11 fours and an attacking 52 from Renaldo Ali Mohamed, which included four fours and two sixes, spearheaded Georgetown to a crushing 126-run win against...

Chin Chan Family and Friends sponsored Cycle Road Race…Hamza Eastman prevails in senior segment; Briton John is top junior

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chin Chan Family and Friends sponsored Cycle Road Race…Hamza Eastman prevails in senior segment; Briton John is top junior

Team Coco’s Hamza Eastman came out winner of last Sunday’s Chin Chan Family and Friends sponsored 65-mile cycle road race from the city to the Coca Cola sign on the Linden, Soesdyke Highway...

WICB and UWI sign MOU in honour of five Caribbean media stalwarts

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB and UWI sign MOU in honour of five Caribbean media stalwarts

Kingston, JAMAICA – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the University of the West Indies (UWI), through the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communications (CARIMAC), on Tuesday April 18,...

GCB thanks Drubahadur

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB thanks Drubahadur

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) would like to thank its outgoing President Mr. Drubahadur, who served the board for four years as President. Mr. Drubahadur tendered his resignation effective 10th...

Jadunauth retained as Chairman of Enmore CCCC

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jadunauth retained as Chairman of Enmore CCCC

Taajnauth Jadunauth was unanimously re-elected as the Chairman of the Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club when the body held its Annual General Meeting recently. Bheemraj Ramkelawan was elected as...

Massy Industries joins list of sponsors for YWCC Mash Cup

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Massy Industries joins list of sponsors for YWCC Mash Cup

Massy Industries joined the list of sponsors for The Young Warriors Cricket Club fund raising, Mash Cup 2017 which is set for April 30 at the Cumberland Cricket Ground, East Canje, Berbice....

Lessons to learn after CARIFTA success

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lessons to learn after CARIFTA success

By Edison Jefford The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has another opportunity to end the proliferation of its inability to transition talented and promising athletes to the next level with the...

GCB names Jaguars Squad for 10th Round game

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB names Jaguars Squad for 10th Round game

The Guyana Jaguars enters its final round of the Digicel WICB Regional Four Day PCL from tomorrow, Friday 21st April, 2017, against Leeward Islands at the National Stadium – Providence. The...

Cheong, Sooklall guide NSC to 33-run win over Dindyal XI

Apr 20, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cheong, Sooklall guide NSC to 33-run win over Dindyal XI

Half centuries from Matthew Cheong and Navindra Sooklall handed Noitgedacht SC a 33-run victory over Sachin Dindyal XI in a 30-over U19 match played on Tuesday at the Wakenaam Community Centre...

Smugglers escape as GEA seizes boats, illegal fuel in Mahaica operation

Apr 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Smugglers escape as GEA seizes boats, illegal fuel in Mahaica operation

Inspectors of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), with support from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), on Monday conducted an operation in the Mahaica area, seizing two...

Houston-Versailles link best choice for new Demerara River crossing

Apr 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Houston-Versailles link best choice for new Demerara River crossing

Of the seven possible locations to construct the new Demerara River Bridge, the Houston-Versailles link has been dubbed the most economically viable option. This was revealed during a stakeholder...

Two Colours murder trial… Police recorded interview between police and accused

Apr 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two Colours murder trial… Police recorded interview between police and accused

Police Witness, Carlson Rockcliffe, told the court yesterday that he recorded the interview between investigators and the second named accused in the murder of cosmetologist, Ashmini Harriram....

Over 13,000 pupils participate in 2017 NGSA

Apr 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Over 13,000 pupils participate in 2017 NGSA

More than 13,000 pupils began participating in the National Grade Six Assessment which commenced yesterday. Giving pupils motivational talks at two primary schools – Plaisance and Bel Air...

GWI forced to re-commission two old water treatment plants

Apr 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GWI forced to re-commission two old water treatment plants

…original plants were badly designed The government and the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) have to now fork out $150M to re-commission two old water treatment plants at Mackenzie and Watooka after...

Premature “baby’s” death at West Dem… No resuscitation attempts for foetuses below 28 weeks – MoPH PRO

Apr 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Premature “baby’s” death at West Dem… No resuscitation attempts for foetuses below 28 weeks – MoPH PRO

The premature baby who died recently at the West Demerara Regional Hospital was 25 weeks old. It is therefore being regarded by local health authorities as being more of a non-viable foetus than an...

Lethem residents benefit from GWI photovoltaic training

Apr 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem residents benefit from GWI photovoltaic training

By Brushell Blackman in Lethem Twenty-seven Region Nine residents were certified in photovoltaic solar education, on Tuesday, at the Indigenous conference Hall in Lethem. At a simple but significant...

FAUX PAS

Apr 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on FAUX PAS

In yesterday’s edition Kaieteur News carried a headline “Insulin shortage leads to increased diabetic cases”. This was inaccurately attributed to President of the Guyana Diabetic...

Taylor ends brief retirement from Tests

Apr 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Taylor ends brief retirement from Tests

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Fast bowler Jerome Taylor has made an abrupt about-turn and come out of retirement from Test cricket, only ten months after quitting the longest format. The West Indies...

Petra Organisation/GT Beer Futsal Competition…Exciting climax beckons Saturday…- Organisers commend fans good behaviour

Apr 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra Organisation/GT Beer Futsal Competition…Exciting climax beckons Saturday…- Organisers commend fans good behaviour

By Rawle Welch The highly popular Petra Organisation/GT Beer Futsal Competition heads for an exciting climax on Saturday when beaten finalist of the inaugural event, Sparta Boss, seek redemption...

Mark Singh presents Carib Foods hamper to winner- GCB 75th Anniversary Raffle

Apr 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Singh presents Carib Foods hamper to winner- GCB 75th Anniversary Raffle

The Guyana Cricket Board recently announced the launching of its grand fund raising 75th Anniversary Raffle in aid of youth and female cricket development. There was a SPECIAL DRAWING during the 3rd...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more