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Opposition parties call for revival of death squad probe

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition parties call for revival of death squad probe

…“We have to get to the truth, whatever it takes” The opposition parliamentary parties, with the exception of the Rise Organise and Rebuild (ROAR) Party, yesterday issued a call for the...

Global Warming – a threat to Mother Earth

May 23, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Global Warming – a threat to Mother Earth

Dear Editor, I am of the opinion that people in our society still look upon Global Warming as a joke but really there would be nothing to laugh about when it starts to take effect. Global Warming is...

OP distances self from Rohee’s comment on the judiciary

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on OP distances self from Rohee’s comment on the judiciary

“It is the judiciary and not the executive which is the guardian of the Constitution” – Acting Chief Justice The Office of the President says that the executive arm of Government does not...

Pit bull attack survivor recounts near death experience

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Pit bull attack survivor recounts near death experience

“I though for sure that I would’a dead…I did done give up already,” were the words of pit bull attack survivor, 20-year-old Rawle Ramsaywack, who was mauled by three vicious dogs on Tuesday....

Police link Durey Lane, Merriman Mall killings to Eve Leary, Ministry of Culture attacks

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Police link Durey Lane, Merriman Mall killings to Eve Leary, Ministry of Culture attacks

Ballistics examinations have linked the gunning down of Arjune Narine, in Durey Lane, Campbellville, to the execution of internet café owner, Lennox Drakes, and to the attacks on Police...

Body in car trunk…

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Body in car trunk…

Reputed wife and relatives released After questioning her for five days, detectives have released the reputed wife of Ganga Persaud, whose body was found in his car trunk last week. Kaieteur News was...

State fails to proceed with sedition charge against Hinckson

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on State fails to proceed with sedition charge against Hinckson

Former army lieutenant, Oliver Hinckson, once again appeared in court yesterday when the trial into the arms and ammunition charge against him continued. Sergeant Eon Jackson, a ballistics expert who...

Long wait at Passport Office

May 23, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Long wait at Passport Office

Dear Editor, The process for an application for a passport at the Passport Office in Georgetown is a very long and tedious process. About two weeks ago I had to accompany a member of my church to...

Contract certified electrician for any power extension

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Contract certified electrician for any power extension

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated is cautioning electricity consumers to utilise the services of a certified electrician whenever the need arises to install extended electricity from their...

Repossess lands in Anna Regina Industrial Scheme too

May 23, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Repossess lands in Anna Regina Industrial Scheme too

Dear Editor, According to Mr. Winston Brassington, Government is moving to repossess all lands that were leased to investors and not developed in Ruimveldt, Eccles and Coldingen. What about those...

Handicapped girl raped by neighbour, sisters traumatized

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Handicapped girl raped by neighbour, sisters traumatized

A distraught father is questioning whether moral values and genuine care for humanity still exist within the society since, according to him, his handicapped daughter was forced to endure a dreadful...

We must speak out against such cruelty

May 23, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must speak out against such cruelty

Dear Editor, Every so often I rescue an animal that has been so cruelly abused I cannot sleep at night. I wonder: Was the dog so trustful it let its owner beat it so, or was it tied up and beaten by...

Bandits shoot carpenter in failed robbery

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shoot carpenter in failed robbery

A carpenter from Number Two Village, East Canje, Berbice, sustained two gunshot wounds when he was accosted by a gunman while he was about to enter his yard at around midday on Wednesday. Chandra...

Business coalition to help mitigate impact of HIV/AIDS

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Business coalition to help mitigate impact of HIV/AIDS

The impact of HIV in the workplace and the community is likely to be significantly mitigated with the formal introduction of the Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS. This is according to...

GPL requires consumer assistance to continue stable electricity supply

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on GPL requires consumer assistance to continue stable electricity supply

The provision of a stable supply of electricity is now reliant on the support of consumers since, according to a release from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Incorporated, “consumers will have to...

Guyana avails itself to CARICOM for agricultural development

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana avails itself to CARICOM for agricultural development

Guyana has offered its rich agricultural resources to CARICOM in the pursuit of food production and Jamaica is taking up the offer by seeking Guyana’s expertise in the growing of rice in Jamaica....

Peeping Tom – Rubbing Salt in the Wounds

May 23, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – Rubbing Salt in the Wounds

During slavery, runaway slaves were savagely flogged with a cow pestle whip. The blows were extremely painful and cut deep into the skin of the victims. Searing wounds were opened that bled...

Gunmen strike at Fidelity Investments

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen strike at Fidelity Investments

Yesterday at approximately 10:20 hours, two gunmen rushed into the Fidelity Investments Incorporated building on High and Drysdale Streets, Charlestown, and relieved the cashier of $600,000 in cash....

Freddie Kissoon – The disheveled society

May 23, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon – The disheveled society

In Guyana one can clearly see the connection between social dishevelment and visionless, lackluster, uninspiring and jejune leadership. When leadership is driven by nationalist instincts, then...

US-based Guyanese peeved at police treatment

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese peeved at police treatment

For several years Guyana-born Dennis Seeraj has declined to accept US citizenship, but recent events at the hands of the local police have forced him to change his mind. Seeraj, a resident of New...

Blame the Government – Gas prices soar, government cuts back on taxes

May 23, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Blame the Government – Gas prices soar, government cuts back on taxes

The price of oil keeps rising and poor non-oil-producing governments are finding it harder to maintain daily life because so many things depend on oil. If people should only stop and consider, they...

The Parrot Speaks – Deal or no deal

May 23, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Parrot Speaks – Deal or no deal

The Parrot is an avid viewer of the popular NBC game show “Deal or no Deal” hosted by Howie Mandel. I must admit that my viewing interest may not necessarily be in the contestants and the amounts...

Minibus fare increase is not an unreasonable request

May 23, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minibus fare increase is not an unreasonable request

Dear Editor, Over the past couple of days I have noticed many passengers on the route Georgetown to Industry/University Guyana (UG) being verbally abusive to minibus drivers and conductors on the...

Nabaclis police manslaughter trial…

May 23, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Nabaclis police manslaughter trial…

Accused fled after the incident – witness The policeman accused of shooting a Nabaclis resident in controversial circumstances had sprinted away after villagers came to the victim’s aid. Police...

How Many More?

May 23, 2008 KNews Editorial Comments Off on How Many More?

Angry citizens have been calling us and expressing the view that not until such time as a member of the government or of Parliament or one of their relatives is attacked by pit bulls, will measures...

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What Guyanese leaders can learn from Donald Trump

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-There is little dispute that Donald Trump knows how to make an entrance. He does so without... more