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Two masked men were in backseat of car

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two masked men were in backseat of car

Police sergeant in robbery… – Cops Ryan Kailass and Vijay Sirpaul, the two young men who were allegedly attacked and robbed by a police sergeant, his brother and another man, say that...

Hand in Hand bond not yet in force

Jun 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Hand in Hand bond not yet in force

…spokesperson explains procedure A director of Hand in Hand Group of Companies has said that the mobilisation bond covers the mobilisation stage which generally precedes the contract work which...

A passionate advocate for women’s rights

Jun 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on A passionate advocate for women’s rights

…Magda Pollard is a ‘Special Person’ “We all have a brain. We should all be free to participate in the areas where we have expertise.” By Neil Marks At the height of the second wave of...

Dem boys seh….Ali Baba and de 40 chores deh in Guyana

Jun 13, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Ali Baba and de 40 chores deh in Guyana

In school dem boys use to read bout Ali Baba and the forty thieves. When dem read de papers yesterday dem see that some Commission gun prosecute Patrick Manning, former Prime Minister of Trinidad and...

Guyana’s Wilson Harris receives Knighthood

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Wilson Harris receives Knighthood

– listed in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours List Eighty-nine-year-old Essex-based Guyanese writer, Wilson Harris, has been knighted for his services to literature. The honour was bestowed...

Bitter battle over Terry Bacchus’ multi-million $$$ estate

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bitter battle over Terry Bacchus’ multi-million $$$ estate

A bitter battle over the multi-million dollar estate of businessman Terry Bacchus is brewing, with the High Court Friday granting his common-law wife the right to be co-administrator of his assets....

OUT OF CONTROL? WHAT ELSE COULD BE EXPECTED?

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on OUT OF CONTROL? WHAT ELSE COULD BE EXPECTED?

– Clarence O. Perry – Part 5 What actions are essential for the implementation of a system of quality education? In Part 4, I outlined eight characteristics of an education system that is...

Kidnapped businessman’s wife turns hostile

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Kidnapped businessman’s wife turns hostile

Almost one week after boat builder, Fabian Gonsalves was kidnapped by three unknown gunmen from his mother-in-law’s residence, at Jacklow, Upper Pomeroon; his family has since evacuated the area...

Truck owner meets with Works Minister

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Truck owner meets with Works Minister

Truck owner, Mr. John Walcott, yesterday, said that he is a little relieved after his tragic ordeal four days ago when his truck plunged into the Essequibo River. He expressed his heartfelt...

GCCI courts potential investors

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI courts potential investors

… unveils Investor’s Guide to Doing Business in Guyana The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Friday night marked another milestone in its 100-year history when it launched its...

Shot gunman’s accomplice nabbed, positively identified

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Shot gunman’s accomplice nabbed, positively identified

The person who rode the escape motorcyclist the morning when businessman Oudit Seenarain thwarted the attack by a gunman, Enrico Inniss, has been arrested. The police picked him up on Friday while he...

Wound suggests victim killed self

Jun 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wound suggests victim killed self

… Amerindian Hostel death By Michael Jordan The knife wound that 63-year-old Evelyn Daniels sustained at the Amerindian Hostel indicated that she took her own life, a source close to the...

Bleak outlook as Kwakwani runs out of options

Jun 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Bleak outlook as Kwakwani runs out of options

– estimated 300 flood-weary residents out of work By Leonard Gildarie Kwakwani residents, hard hit by heavy rains and an overtopping Berbice River, are working in a last ditch attempt to move...

L.B.I Seventh Day Adventist makes presentation to Cheshire Home

Jun 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on L.B.I Seventh Day Adventist makes presentation to Cheshire Home

Yesterday, as part of the La Bonne Intention Seventist Church, Light Bearers Master Guide Club’s first anniversary, an outreach programme was held at the Cheshire Home, Mahaica. Yesterday’s...

Freddie Kissoon and the CADRES polls

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon and the CADRES polls

Dear Editor, I am pleased to read Mr. Freddie Kissoon praising and quoting the CADRES polls daily in his columns from June 4, but I wonder whether he has reflected on the queries he made about NACTA...

There are many freedoms!

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on There are many freedoms!

Dear Editor, The modern western world has led the outcries for freedom; freedom of speech, freedom of religious and cultural expressions, freedom of movement, freedom to assemble, freedom to choose;...

Let Slowe continue to serve

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Let Slowe continue to serve

Dear Editor, I would like to suggest that the retiring Assistance Commission of Police, Paul Slowe be asked to continue to serve this country by being appointed to head or at least to assist in the...

Hounded and harassed for payment for a service that is overpriced and shoddy

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Hounded and harassed for payment for a service that is overpriced and shoddy

Dear Editor, I have had visits from GPL’s disconnection teams both at my home and place of business, in Georgetown, during the past week, even though both bills were fully paid through a bank since...

Another example of the failure of promised police reform

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Another example of the failure of promised police reform

Dear Editor, The killing of 16-year-old Kelvin Anthony Fraser in Patentia comes as another example of the failure of promised police reform and reflects a disturbingly low point in the way in which...

The slow and painful disappearance of the old New Amsterdam Hospital

Jun 13, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The slow and painful disappearance of the old New Amsterdam Hospital

Dear Editor, Can we turn our attention away from the slow death of the old New Amsterdam Hospital to the human beings who have literally been tearing the thing down? While much or all of the focus on...

Parliamentary Paralysis

Jun 13, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Parliamentary Paralysis

On May 16, 2003, after the citizens of this country had been terrorised, brutalised and forced to cower behind their doors in fear, by ever escalating waves of mayhem and violence unleashed since the...

Sukra, Adams steal spotlight

Jun 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sukra, Adams steal spotlight

The highlight of the opening day was an impressive win by national junior player Krystal Sukra over GLTA Executive member Grace McCalman as play in the GBTI Open Tennis Competition opened at the...

An Outline of the Imaginative Literature of Guyanese of Indian Ancestry, Part Two

Jun 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on An Outline of the Imaginative Literature of Guyanese of Indian Ancestry, Part Two

– By Petamber Persaud (Extract of a lecture delivered on Friday May 28, 2010, in the Conference Room of the National Library by yours truly under the auspices of GOPIO [Guyana chapter] to...

Hanoman wins Banks Light Golf tourney

Jun 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hanoman wins Banks Light Golf tourney

Experienced golfer Robert Hanoman emerged winner of the Banks Light Beer Medal Play golf tournament played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club. Hanoman recorded a net score of 72 from a gross 95...

UNASUR moves to a new stage of transformation

Jun 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on UNASUR moves to a new stage of transformation

By Odeen Ishmael In a recent op-ed piece, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela called for the additional strengthening of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the early implementation of...

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EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-Over Cricket Competition continues

Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more