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Guyana-born journalist is Pulitzer finalist

May 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born journalist is Pulitzer finalist

– cops 2010 Dart Award for investigative series A Guyana-born journalist has done her former homeland proud by being a Pulitzer finalist and copping the 2010 Dart Award for a series of...

270 shotgun cartridges found at city wharf

May 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 270 shotgun cartridges found at city wharf

– shipping agent detained Police officers acting on a tip off, on Friday, seized a container destined for Ali’s Bakery, on the West Coast of Berbice. It contained more than 270 shotgun...

Understand that Govt. is spending taxpayers $$ – Lincoln Lewis

May 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Understand that Govt. is spending taxpayers $$ – Lincoln Lewis

“Fight back against these injustices… we have a civic and moral responsibility to hold government accountable and we must not shirk from it” – Lewis General Secretary of the Caribbean...

The media landscape has changed but the basics remain – US Charge d”affaires

May 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on The media landscape has changed but the basics remain – US Charge d”affaires

Tomorrow is World Press freedom Day. It is the day when journalists and reporters the world over grab the attention despite there is the tenet that reporters do not make the news. Indeed, with the...

WHAT ELSE COULD BE EXPECTED?

May 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on WHAT ELSE COULD BE EXPECTED?

National education situation out of control? – Clarence O. Perry Part 1 We cannot plant limes and hope to reap oranges! The Guyana Review (SN 25-02-10) reports: “Violence in schools poses...

P.J. Patterson appeals to OAS on Haiti’s behalf

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on P.J. Patterson appeals to OAS on Haiti’s behalf

CARICOM’s Special Representative on Haiti, P.J. Patterson on Wednesday last, challenged the Organization of American States (OAS) to work with the rest of the international community to help Haiti...

English at UG Berbice Campus

May 02, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on English at UG Berbice Campus

Dear Editor, My daughter obtained a Grade One in English A at the CSEC Examination. She went to the Teachers’ Training College Secondary at Rose Hall and majored in English. She then applied to UG...

Voters reject Panday’s independent candidacy

May 02, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Voters reject Panday’s independent candidacy

Dear Editor, As Trinidad goes to the polls on May 24, Trini voters have objected to Basdeo Panday, the former leader of the opposition, seeking re-election as an independent. Panday has been rejected...

What’s the reason for the reduction of govt. ads to KN?

May 02, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on What’s the reason for the reduction of govt. ads to KN?

Dear Editor, I have noted your notice to readers detailing a nefarious, systematic Government of Guyana campaign to strangle Kaieteur News by drastically decreasing or withdrawing government...

It is not unusual for ethnic identity organisations to highlight achievements

May 02, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on It is not unusual for ethnic identity organisations to highlight achievements

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon is a champion for ordinary Guyanese. His courage and moral certitude in addressing injustice in the Guyanese society are unquestionable. His humanist approach to analysis...

The Lotto Loot: The case of the people of Guyana versus the President of Guyana

May 02, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The Lotto Loot: The case of the people of Guyana versus the President of Guyana

Dear Editor, When political activist, Mr. Desmond Trotman, recently sued the Jagdeo Government over its failure to pay monies obtained from the Guyana Lottery Company into the Consolidated Fund, and...

Clarence was a big man in an era when such men progressively became an endangered species

May 02, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Clarence was a big man in an era when such men progressively became an endangered species

Dear Editor, I just returned to Arizona from Maryland where I went to bid farewell to by friend and mentor, Clarence Ellis. Although some of us knew the end was near for Clarence, when Bro Eusi...

CARICOM still concerned about OECD “gray” listing

May 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM still concerned about OECD “gray” listing

On Friday, Secretary-General of CARICOM,. Edwin Carrington, and Mr. Philip Kentwell, the first Plenipotentiary Representative of Australia to be assigned to CARICOM, began a new chapter in the...

PNCR SALUTES GUYANA WORKERS ON MAY DAY

May 02, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PNCR SALUTES GUYANA WORKERS ON MAY DAY

… as PPP assault on the trade unions continue The PNCR extends to the workers of Guyana and their trade unions, greetings of solidarity on their day, May Day 2010. For yet another year, Guyanese...

Man shot by brazen gunmen, bullet grazes head

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Man shot by brazen gunmen, bullet grazes head

A Sophia resident is counting his lucky stars after escaping without any serious injuries on Friday night when he was shot twice by two gunmen. The man Tony Prince, 33, of lot 52 North Sophia was...

Body fished from Goed Fortuin canal

May 02, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Body fished from Goed Fortuin canal

– two arrested as police suspect murder Two youths from the Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara have been taken into police custody following the discovery of a man’s body in a canal in the...

270 shotgun cartridges found at city wharf

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on 270 shotgun cartridges found at city wharf

– shipping agent detained Police officers acting on a tip off, on Friday, seized a container destined for Ali’s Bakery, on the West Coast of Berbice. It contained more than 270 shotgun...

Woman dies after set alight by son

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Woman dies after set alight by son

Gaitrie Dhanraj, the 52-year-old woman who was soaked with gasoline and set alight by her son has succumbed from her injuries. Hospital sources said that Dhanraj, of Enmore, East Coast Demerara, died...

Sharma has no desire to leave country – lawyers

May 02, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Sharma has no desire to leave country – lawyers

Lawyers for embattled television station owner, Chandra Narine Sharma, have dismissed the Director of Public Prosecutor’s Shalimar Ali Hack’s comments that their client has a desire to leave the...

Wisburg Secondary win Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Linden football final

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wisburg Secondary win Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Linden football final

Wisburg Secondary won the Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial 2nd annual football championship which culminated Friday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden. Wisburg Secondary beat...

Goodluck fires his way to championship honours, Lt. Col Stuart takes O Class

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Goodluck fires his way to championship honours, Lt. Col Stuart takes O Class

When true champions collide, the battle always goes down to the wire and in this case it was certainly no different when the final of three pulsating days of rivalry in the 2009 Guyana National Rifle...

WICB, players boost incomes as results nose dive

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB, players boost incomes as results nose dive

Cricket is definitely now big business The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its players are seeing more income now than ever before. The spectacle of watching the Windies go to their slaughter...

Carib Beer/Ansa McAl, Guyana Softball League, MCYS Softball fixtures continue

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib Beer/Ansa McAl, Guyana Softball League, MCYS Softball fixtures continue

Action in the Carib Beer Guyana Softball League cricket tournament continues today with several matches. ZONE F: BERBICE CANJIE ZONE; Cumberland Ground: 9:00am – Young Achievers vs Cumberland...

Getting rid of the recording

May 02, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Getting rid of the recording

The rainy season seems almost here again and coming out of City Hall, one can hear the very same excuses for why the capital is flooded so quickly. It seems almost as if there is a pre-recorded...

Patentia, McGillvary, Goed Fortuin register victories

May 02, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patentia, McGillvary, Goed Fortuin register victories

This year’s Seerja Construction Company / Al Sport & Tour Promotions Primary Schools Windball Cricket Competition continued recently with matches, at the Wales Community Centre ground. In...

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No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more