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Eight miners slaughtered

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Eight miners slaughtered

– burnt bodies found 10 miles from bandits hide out The burnt bodies of eight diamond miners were reportedly found in a camp some ten miles below Christmas Falls, the scene of the recent...

Six gunmen reportedly spotted at Mabura

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Six gunmen reportedly spotted at Mabura

Joint Services ranks yesterday responded to a report that six men armed with guns were spotted on a trail near Mabura. According to a release, a man informed Police that he was going to one...

GIHR to host first annual conference

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GIHR to host first annual conference

Under the theme ‘Achieving the Millennium Goals by 2015: Eradicating Poverty in the African Guyanese Community’, the Guyana Institute of Historical Research will be hosting its first annual...

Buxton youth confesses to burning headteacher in house

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Buxton youth confesses to burning headteacher in house

Shock waves are reverberating through Buxton after a 17-year-old villager reportedly confessed to torching the home of former headmistress Dolly Trim while the woman was in the building. The youth,...

Cops investigate text message to Minister

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cops investigate text message to Minister

Kaieteur News staff questioned The Police have launched an investigation into allegations that Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud received a threatening text message purportedly from wanted man...

Horse cart blocks road in brazen robbery

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Horse cart blocks road in brazen robbery

Armed bandits carried out a daring robbery yesterday on Saffon Street, Charlestown, and made off with some $300,000 in cash. Their victims were three DIDCO employees. At around midday, the vehicle...

Interesting Creatures in Guyana…The Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures in Guyana…The Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

Regarded as the New World Monkeys of the family Atelidae, Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) are believed to be the most intelligent monkey species in the world. In fact, a recent comparative...

Guyanese Literature Junction

Jun 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Guyanese Literature Junction

By Petamber Persaud In mid-1940s, Forbes Burnham took part in a poetry ‘contest’ on the top of Kaieteur Falls where he ‘defeated’ Dan Debidin only to be ‘vanquished’ by Lilian Dewar....

D-Day for the ‘Golden Jaguars’

Jun 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on D-Day for the ‘Golden Jaguars’

Nothing less than a massive win needed By Franklin Wilson The Guyana National stadium at Providence will not only see history being created when the 2nd round return World Cup Qualifying game between...

GPL tariff increase still in limbo

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GPL tariff increase still in limbo

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon has hinted at the possible injection of cash into the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to avoid a tariff increases by the company. This is in...

AFC Column – Taxing times ahead

Jun 22, 2008 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on AFC Column – Taxing times ahead

By Khemraj Ramjattan BREAK TAX LAW; GET TAX BREAK So now the explanation is out that what was passed in Parliament, the Fiscal Enactment (Amendment) Act 2003, does not reflect Government’s...

US Army donates medical supplies to GFF

Jun 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on US Army donates medical supplies to GFF

Orthopedic Surgeon to work with ‘Golden Jaguars’ By Franklin Wilson The United States Army Medical Mission currently performing medical services in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden, yesterday...

RHTYSC inducts June Mendes as Honourary Patron

Jun 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC inducts June Mendes as Honourary Patron

Bakewell renews 2nd division sponsorship June Medes of Farfan and Medes Limited was last Thursday inducted as Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club’s (RHTYSC) third Honourary Patron, while Bakewell...

TCL Under-19 Tournament…LaFluer to captain Guyana

Jun 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on TCL Under-19 Tournament…LaFluer to captain Guyana

By Sean Devers Seventeen-year-old Left-handed all-rounder Eugene LaFluer will captain Guyana as they hunt consecutive TCL West Indies under-19 three-day cricket tile in Barbados next month while...

Yesu Persaud: An icon of sterling performance

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Yesu Persaud: An icon of sterling performance

Businessman makes cover of India’s magazine His life story has the plot of a bestseller novel on the New York Times list. At one time, his parents were unable, like many other poor families at that...

The Parrot speaks – The cartoon’s undertones are on the surface

Jun 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Parrot speaks – The cartoon’s undertones are on the surface

The Parrot is heartened by the recent comments made by the leader of the Palm Tree party down at the Place of CONgress in relation to the hosting of Carifesta X in August of this year. Others and I...

Khatweeb inspires Belle Plaine to victory, wins for All Star, Sea Shore

Jun 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Khatweeb inspires Belle Plaine to victory, wins for All Star, Sea Shore

A fine allround performance by Macksood Khatweeb guided Belle Plaine to a tense 15 run win over Maria’s Pleasure as the D.D.L. sponsored 15-over softball round robin cricket competition continued...

Blame the Government – When people act on false information

Jun 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Blame the Government – When people act on false information

The Head of State is having a difficult time trying to change some people but like his predecessors he is going to keep trying. This past week he was in New York and he attracted a picketing...

Freddie Kissoon column – Temporary paradise

Jun 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon column – Temporary paradise

I once remarked in one of these columns that once the government keeps hosting international events, we will see development in the city. If there wasn’t the Rio Summit, the Railway Embankment from...

Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH competition…Action continues with several matches today

Jun 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball League/Banks DIH competition…Action continues with several matches today

Play in the Guyana Softball League, Banks DIH sponsored cricket competition continues today with a number of matches at various venues. Starting at 9:00am: Cornelia Ida Invaders play Hyde Park XI at...

Attempted murderer succumbs to poison

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Attempted murderer succumbs to poison

By Melissa Johnson NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Earl Steve Bynoe, the man who attempted to kill his paramour yesterday, died at the New Amsterdam Hospital in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Earl...

Coaches want NSC to investigate Guyana Judo Association

Jun 22, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Coaches want NSC to investigate Guyana Judo Association

GJA President calls the pair disruptive forces By Sean Devers Since the Guyana Judo team medaled at the 1970 Pan American Games in their first ever international competition, the popularity of the...

Cyber crimes are here

Jun 22, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Cyber crimes are here

Cyber crimes are things that happen in every other country except Guyana. At least that is what we thought, until we came face to face with a report that someone had used a computer with an address...

My column – When fathers condemn their sons to criminality

Jun 22, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on My column – When fathers condemn their sons to criminality

For a long time we in Guyana had known that single-parent households were on the increase and that these households were headed by women. I had already noticed the trend where men seemed to be moving...

Toddler, baby drown in duck pond

Jun 22, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Toddler, baby drown in duck pond

A Vey-Vey, Mahaica family is in mourning following the drowning of an eight-year-old child and her 18-month-old brother in a pond in their yard yesterday afternoon. The children were left unattended...

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The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

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