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Contractor cry foul

Oct 22, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Contractor cry foul

Dem boys get confused because dem always know that contract bids should go to de most reasonable tender. However, dem now find out that people does get vex when dem bid come close to de engineer’s...

Ignorance of developments within the rice industry

Oct 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Ignorance of developments within the rice industry

Dear Editor, The letter in Kaieteur news issue of October 20, 2009 has allowed Mr. Jinnah Rahaman to once again exhibit his ignorance of developments within the rice industry. I would like to start...

Overseas-based Guyanese can now access machine readable passports

Oct 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese can now access machine readable passports

All machine readable passport applicants living aboard would now have their necessary particulars obtained from the nearest overseas missions, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr....

How different is this from the Burnham era?

Oct 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on How different is this from the Burnham era?

Dear Editor, I respond to my friend Mr. Ravi Dev’s column, “For Malcolm,” (Kaieteur News 10-18-09). Let me respectfully say to Ravi that I served him and ROAR with the same zeal and enthusiasm...

Good will overcome the ‘cabal of evil’

Oct 22, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Good will overcome the ‘cabal of evil’

Dear Editor, A billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, was one of six arrested recently by the FBI on charges of running an insider trading scheme according to Forbes Magazine. However, the...

THE VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE

Oct 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE

When Brian Lara left the cricketing stage after Cricket World Cup 2007, he asked his adoring fans one final question, “ Did I please you? “ There was no need for an answer to that question. Brian...

A thank you for Mr. Bisram

Oct 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A thank you for Mr. Bisram

I thank Mr. Bisram for some positive words on some of my columns in his letter to this newspaper yesterday. Given our ongoing disagreement, he didn’t have to do that. I appreciate the comments and...

The drug trade and Guyana’s image

Oct 22, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The drug trade and Guyana’s image

The message should have gone out by now that everyone around the world associates Guyanese with drug dealings. Aircraft originating in Guyana and landing at any North American airport is subject to...

Opposition not heartened, no confidence without international probe

Oct 22, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Opposition not heartened, no confidence without international probe

…public opinion has made an impact-Corbin Leader of the Opposition, Robert Corbin, has said that his party is not heartened by the recent announcement that a special team has been tasked with the...

Funeral parlour owner, two others detained

Oct 21, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Funeral parlour owner, two others detained

Degutted bodies… Police were last night questioning a funeral parlour owner, his brother and an employee in connection with the brutal murder of the crew members of the Island Princess. The men...

Police ordered to investigate ‘Phantom Killings’

Oct 21, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Police ordered to investigate ‘Phantom Killings’

…plea for public assistance in gathering evidence The Commissioner of Police has been given the directive to aggressively pursue the investigations into the mysterious killings of what the...

LIEUTENANT DISMISSED

Oct 21, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on LIEUTENANT DISMISSED

Army/Police ammo probe… The Guyana Defence Force has dismissed the army lieutenant implicated in the suspected sale of a quantity of assault rifle ammunition. A senior army official confirmed...

Four fires affecting one family cannot be ignored

Oct 21, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Four fires affecting one family cannot be ignored

Hamid’s family fires… – Minister Rohee Even as suspicions abound regarding the origin of the Regent Street fires Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says comments made of the...

Magistrate sues Govt.

Oct 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate sues Govt.

Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond has filed a constitutional writ against the members of the Judicial Service Commission. The members are Attorney General Charles Ramson, Acting Chancellor Justice Carl...

Pastor dies in crash

Oct 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Pastor dies in crash

The Methodist circuit of Essequibo Coast, where Reverend Mark Piggott preached and the Methodist churches across the wider Caribbean were thrown into deep mourning, yesterday, after they learnt...

Bernard Kerik Sent to Jail

Oct 21, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bernard Kerik Sent to Jail

– Judge describes him as an obstacle to be circumvented One-time candidate for Security Adviser to President Bharrat Jagdeo, Bernard Kerik, will remain behind bars until his trial begins on...

Dem boys seh… Every single weeeeek Jagdeo out de country

Oct 21, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Every single weeeeek Jagdeo out de country

Dem boys seh that dem does always remember wha Jagdeo seh how dem people at de Waterfalls paper does fabricate story. He went on to say, “Every single day dis hap-pens.” Dem boys know dat dem...

Brickdam lockups undergoing rehabilitation

Oct 21, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Brickdam lockups undergoing rehabilitation

With a mere four weeks into its rehabilitation, the Brickdam Lockups is already showing evidence of the massive transformation that is intended to substantially improve the environment of those being...

Old Fort ‘A’ shock defending champions

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Old Fort ‘A’ shock defending champions

– Hikers ‘A’, GCC Tigers, Western Dragons also score wins Hikers ‘A’ and Old Fort ‘A’ Men teams got off to blistering starts in the GT&T National Indoor Hockey Championships...

Stag Power Stout East Bank Division One football league launched

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Power Stout East Bank Division One football league launched

After a lengthy hiatus of some three years, the East Bank Football Sub Association (EBFSA) has launched its Division one Super League and play is expected to get underway shortly. The launching...

Guyanese riders confident of doing well

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese riders confident of doing well

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s five-man team to the 9th Elite Caribbean Road Race Cycling Championships being hosted by the Barbados Cycling Union this weekend has expressed confidence of doing well...

Buxton Inter-Block cricket begins today

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Buxton Inter-Block cricket begins today

The Buxton Carl Hooper Cricket Club is holding an Inter-Block cricket competition to raise funds for the participation of the club’s under-15, 17 and 19 teams in the East Coast cricket...

Fudadin, Chattergoon, Permaul impress in national practice match

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin, Chattergoon, Permaul impress in national practice match

Sarwan returns tomorrow, Chanderpaul’s whereabouts unknown By Sean Devers Former West Indies under-19 player Assad Fudadin fell one short of his fifty while Test opener Sewnarine Chattergoon (44)...

Reifer among players for WICB retainer contracts

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reifer among players for WICB retainer contracts

Chattergoon loses out, Ganga not on list By Sean Devers According to a reliable source close to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), 37-year-old Makeshift West Indies Captain Floyd Reifer is...

Bentley calls out leading local cyclists

Oct 21, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bentley calls out leading local cyclists

– as he moves closer to official return By Edison Jefford The passion and enthusiasm in his voice told their own story, but what was more gripping was when former national cyclist, Jude Bentley...