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New Councilors for Orealla/Siparuta

May 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New Councilors for Orealla/Siparuta

OREALLA, CORENTYNE RIVER – McLean Devair was elected unopposed, recently, and would continue to serve as Toshao of Orealla and Siparuta on the Corentyne River for another three years. Two...

Give Mrs. Jagan her due, but remember those who preceded her

May 04, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Give Mrs. Jagan her due, but remember those who preceded her

Dear Editor, I do not wish to take issue with Mr. Frank Fyffe, whose letters I do take the time to read, since we originally hailed from the same community and understood the ordinary man’s...

MUM’S THE WORD

May 04, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on MUM’S THE WORD

Pablo Picasso did it and Tiger Woods didn’t. What? Picasso used his mother’s surname. Had he used his father’s, he would have been Pablo Ruiz. Had Tiger used his mother’s surname he would...

Chancellor refutes charges by Sita Ramlal

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Chancellor refutes charges by Sita Ramlal

Embattled Supreme Court Registrar Sita Ramal could face another legal challenge this time from Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh, over a letter she had written to the Head of the...

Government distributes 700 house lots on West Demerara

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Government distributes 700 house lots on West Demerara

President Bharrat Jagdeo said, yesterday, that the local housing project is the best when compared to models in other countries. He also boasted that Government has distributed more than 12,000 house...

Bride-to-be found with throat slit

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bride-to-be found with throat slit

Police and army ranks are hunting a suspect in the murder of 20-year-old bride-to-be, Naiomi Singh, whose body, with throat slit, was found behind her parent’s home at Morashi, East Bank...

Global financial crisis impacting workers in the region – CCL

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Global financial crisis impacting workers in the region – CCL

…labour movement not as equipped as it ought to be General Secretary of the Caribbean Council of Labour (CCL), Lincoln Lewis, in his May Day address to the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) rally...

CHI undertakes first Myxoma Resection

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CHI undertakes first Myxoma Resection

…as it continues its heart surgeries By Sharmain Cornette Adding to the list of inaugural operations undertaken at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) since its commissioning some years ago,...

An intense dedication to religion and promoting youths’ involvement

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on An intense dedication to religion and promoting youths’ involvement

Shri Prakash Gossai is a ‘Special Person’ “Gone are the days when these religious institutions are only places of singing, chanting and poojas. They must now be higher institutions for...

Man goes into hiding after giving daughter poison

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man goes into hiding after giving daughter poison

A Black Bush Polder man who gave his daughter poison after beating her for money and accusing her of knowing that his wife was unfaithful to him has gone into hiding. Kaieteur News understands that...

Laparkan offers special rates to customers

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Laparkan offers special rates to customers

Given the current economic challenges, families both in Guyana and in the United States have less disposable income. Laparkan has therefore introduced a special offer for the shipment of boxes and...

GT&T Cellink Jingles Competition returns with a bang!

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GT&T Cellink Jingles Competition returns with a bang!

After a one-year hiatus, the much anticipated GT&T Cellink Jingle and Song Competition is returning, and with a prize tag bigger than ever before. According to word coming from the...

Coup D’État is a must read for all Guyanese

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Coup D’État is a must read for all Guyanese

By Michael Benjamin Forty years ago, in 1969, Theodore J Raffudeen departed Guyana for the United States of America in pursuit of academic accolades in the field of business. Five years later,...

GMR&SC race Meet King takes pole

May 03, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC race Meet King takes pole

Reigning Group 4 Champion Andrew King registered a blistering 35.96 seconds to grab pole position for today’s feature race at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club season opener which will...

Geography teachers take a field trip

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Geography teachers take a field trip

Georgetown Geography teachers were recently privy to a preliminary field trip to Linden and its immediate environs where they were allowed to practise what they teach in the classroom and have a...

Prepaid meters to be installed by August

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Prepaid meters to be installed by August

Prepaid meters are already in the country and Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is currently involved in community engagement. Kitty, North Ruimveldt, Stabroek and Bourda Markets and Black Bush Polder are...

Soldier shot at Coast Guard HQ

May 03, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Soldier shot at Coast Guard HQ

Doctors at the Georgetown Hospital were last night battling to save the life of army Private Howard Willis, who was shot shortly after 20:00 hrs at the Coast Guard Headquarters in Ruimveldt. The...

Silent tragedy of pensioners in Guyana

May 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Silent tragedy of pensioners in Guyana

Dear Editor, As our lawmakers and leaders now seek to ensure that their retirement years are very, very comfortable, it may be a good time to bring to the fore the silent tragedy of pensioners in...

NCN’s ‘Morning Show’ can be better

May 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on NCN’s ‘Morning Show’ can be better

Dear Editor, I am appalled how a rookie broadcaster is put on the air and left on her own to anchor an important show like the Morning Show without any regard for the listening public. The current...

Disappointed with management of Leonora Mandir

May 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Disappointed with management of Leonora Mandir

Dear Editor, We are a few dedicated devotees of Leonora Mandir, who wish to speak out against the ill treatment we have received and have been receiving at the hands of the management of the temple....

Abortion is another form of violence

May 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Abortion is another form of violence

Dear Editor, Queen Victoria would have wanted the men who were protesting against domestic violence to protest against the killing of innocent babies every single day as well through abortions. I...

Janet Jagan was unfairly treated and a victim of misconception and misrepresentation

May 03, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Janet Jagan was unfairly treated and a victim of misconception and misrepresentation

Dear Editor, Now that her death is all done, every ember form the pyre burned cold and the thoughts and wagging tongues – some slowly, some quickly fading and dying as is the way with all...

A multi-cultural nation

May 03, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on A multi-cultural nation

The observance of Arrival Day as a Public Holiday by the nation on Tuesday should remind us that we are a multi-cultural society since each of the group that arrived into this country brought...

May 03, 2009 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on

The Monica Reece Murder Mystery

May 03, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery 2

By Michael Jordan “One of these days, I gun tell you something about Monica Reece that gun shock you,” the senior police official said to me. It was December 27, 1993, eight months after Reece...