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Psychiatrist’s car topples in Corentyne trench

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Psychiatrist’s car topples in Corentyne trench

Psychiatrist attached to the National Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Mayda Grajales, escaped with minor injuries after her vehicle ended up in a trench on the Corentyne. She has been trying to overtake a...

Gafoor’s replaces Cane Grove home

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gafoor’s replaces Cane Grove home

…in wake of storm In July, a storm destroyed the house occupied by Sonia Calistro at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara. At the time the woman had been living there with her five children. The...

Burglar takes cash from businessman’s home

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Burglar takes cash from businessman’s home

Businessman, Beesham Seepersaud, 38, of Johanna Cecilia, on the Essequibo Coast, is begging the police to maintain vigilance in their investigations into a recent robbery....

FISHERMAN FOUND DEAD ON PARADISE SEA SHORE

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on FISHERMAN FOUND DEAD ON PARADISE SEA SHORE

Residents of Jibb have expressed alarm at the discovery of a young fisherman, Ragu Persaud, whose body was discovered on the Paradise foreshore early yesterday morning. However,...

Linden IMC at odds with Local Govt Ministry

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Linden IMC at odds with Local Govt Ministry

Linden’s Interim Management Committee Chairman, Orrin Gordon, yesterday expressed total dissatisfaction over the fact that the Ministry of Local Government has advised council...

Army rank arrested after spitting on police

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Army rank arrested after spitting on police

– had assaulted female several weeks earlier The Guyana Defence Force rank who was involved in a fracas with local announcer Narissa Pearson a few weeks ago, has found...

Punishment for traffic offence…Elderly driver beaten, locked up

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Punishment for traffic offence…Elderly driver beaten, locked up

Although the Executive of the Police Association had expressed concern over the plethora of incidents and infractions that have been allegedly committed by members of the Guyana...

Parliamentary committee says parties should report ‘elections expenses’

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parliamentary committee says parties should report ‘elections expenses’

A Parliamentary committee, which did not benefit from the participation of opposition Parliamentarians, has agreed that all political parties contesting the 2011 national and regional...

Shoddy road works cost Linden municipality a fortune

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Shoddy road works cost Linden municipality a fortune

Substandard road and drainage works on both the Mackenzie and Wismar shore, have been raising the ire of Linden residents and the Interim Management Committee Chairman Orrin Gordon and other...

Region Six remains suicide capital- Dr Ramsammy

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six remains suicide capital- Dr Ramsammy

Every year in Guyana hundreds of individuals attempt to commit suicide. An estimated 150 to 200 persons unfortunately succeed at ending their lives. This situation has been so for decades,...

CARICOM seeks heightened cooperation with IICA

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM seeks heightened cooperation with IICA

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque this week welcomed the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture...

Guyana observes Caribbean Wellness Day 2011

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana observes Caribbean Wellness Day 2011

Scores turned up to celebrate Caribbean Wellness Day 2011, which was being observed under the theme “Love life, Stay healthy, Live long”, yesterday. The Ministry of Health in partnership...

New Amsterdam nurses in big cuff out

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam nurses in big cuff out

It was a case of who should make up a patient’s bed. One nurse said that she should not and actually instructed her colleague to. There was the refusal. One thing led to another and before long two...

GPSU signals interest to observe upcoming elections

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU signals interest to observe upcoming elections

At least one union has indicated an interest in observing the upcoming Regional and General Elections. On Wednesday the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) met with the Guyana Public...

Appreciation Night or Night of Shame?

Sep 10, 2011 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Appreciation Night or Night of Shame?

The Alliance For Change is alarmed, flabbergasted and horrified at the revelation that there is in train a so-called appreciation night for outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo. What the AFC...

Heavy drinking, intoxication associated with physical aggression

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News 1

– Research shows The harm associated with the consumption of alcohol, particularly among young people, is an area of growing concern and presents a major challenge to all levels...

Harold Bascom – From dreaming ‘country-boy’ to three-time Guyana Prize winner (Part 1 of 3)

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Harold Bascom – From dreaming ‘country-boy’ to three-time Guyana Prize winner (Part 1 of 3)

“The secret of my success as a writer is being an intense crafter of whatever fiction I put together. I believe in diligent crafting and plotting. I write the way I would put a model car...

Interesting creatures…The King Vulture

Sep 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting creatures…The King Vulture

The King Vulture, Sarcoramphus papa, is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in...

Guyana gets it right, criminalising HIV won’t work! – UNAIDS

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gets it right, criminalising HIV won’t work! – UNAIDS

Whatever else Guyana gets wrong, our position in the fight against HIV/AIDS is not one of them. Last Thursday, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy laid before the National Assembly...

Frank Sinatra will sing in 2012

Sep 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Frank Sinatra will sing in 2012

One of the Frank Sinatra songs I liked when I was in short pants was “The Best is Yet To Come.” Come 2012, we will play Frankie every day because we know that the best is yet to...

Haitian journalists visit

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Haitian journalists visit

As part of continuing efforts to fully integrate Haiti into the Caribbean Community and to ensure buy-in by key stakeholders, five journalists from Haiti are currently on a visit to Guyana....

Building your home? (Enhancing the value, beauty of your property)

Sep 10, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Building your home? (Enhancing the value, beauty of your property)

By Leonard Gildarie A reader asked us to explore ‘cheap’ ways to improve or raise the value of homes in Guyana. This may be a pretty tall order. The internet is literally filled with...

MURDER AND THE TING-A-KEES

Sep 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on MURDER AND THE TING-A-KEES

-why has violent death stalked this family? By Michael Jordan George Ting-A-Kee comes from a strong Christian background, so he would be the last one to question why violence has...

The wrath of a government

Sep 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The wrath of a government

Guyana has never before had so much scandal. Indeed there have been scandals, some reaching all the way to the top. But for the first time there seems to be a certain credibility to what is in...

LULA AND BHARRAT!

Sep 10, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LULA AND BHARRAT!

Two waves of chants were always expected to dominate the campaign of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as it attempts a fifth consecutive term in office. The cries of...

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Linden youth dies as tire explodes at vulcanizing shop

Kaieteur News – A 20-year-old mechanic from the mining town of Linden died on Tuesday after a tire exploded and struck... more