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Two dead, 15 injured

Jul 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two dead, 15 injured

… Kwakwani accident Kwakwani was plunged into mourning yesterday afternoon, after news of a fatal accident, which claimed the lives of two men, spread like wildfire through the community. The...

Benn chainsaws GT&T signs

Jul 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Benn chainsaws GT&T signs

– telephone company disappointed One day before the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) would have launched one of the country’s biggest technological initiatives, the city’s...

NCN, Guyana Chronicle fabricate stories – says AFC

Jul 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on NCN, Guyana Chronicle fabricate stories – says AFC

The Alliance For Change yesterday lashed out at the National Communications Network and the Guyana Chronicle, and denounced in the strongest terms, articles that the two news entities carried. The...

JFK terror plot trial opens with battle over evidence

Jul 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on JFK terror plot trial opens with battle over evidence

The trial of Abdul Kadir and Russell De Freitas got underway yesterday in the US Courts before Judge Dora Irizarry, who in a preliminary ruling, said that the defendants have to prove under law why...

Irregularities in various magisterial districts in 1992 still not resolved – PAC seeks closure

Jul 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Irregularities in various magisterial districts in 1992 still not resolved – PAC seeks closure

The Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament is seeking closure of the investigation into millions of dollars of irregularities that were uncovered at various magisterial districts in 1992. The...

DDL launches Demerara Rum Heritage Month

Jul 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DDL launches Demerara Rum Heritage Month

– World renowned El Dorado rums to be showcased Beverage giant Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) will be staging a host of activities to mark its first ever Demerara Rum Heritage Month to be...

Guyana stands to face sanctions over bauxite workers’ brouhaha

Jul 01, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana stands to face sanctions over bauxite workers’ brouhaha

… as country has some 26 reports outstanding to ILO Guyana stands to be sanctioned by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as a result of the brouhaha surrounding the sacked bauxite workers...

Our people no longer seem to have a voice

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our people no longer seem to have a voice

Dear Editor, I just returned to New York after a brief visit to my native land. Except for the thieving customs official/s in Trinidad who seemed to like a few pieces of my gold jewellery and a few...

Colour code for taxis seems thoughtless

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Colour code for taxis seems thoughtless

Dear Editor, There are several things that Government has done wrong in administering the new taxi colour code. President Bharrat Jagdeo did outline Government’s intention since last November to...

Waste, fraud, abuse and TI

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Waste, fraud, abuse and TI

Dear Editor, I am still awestruck by the Amaila Falls award and by the dozens of politically exposed persons who seek to defend a glaring example of political patronage. It is astonishing, that an...

We have been down this road in Guyana before

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have been down this road in Guyana before

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), Mr. James Singh, purporting to explain the search of my luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on...

I pray for that innocent child

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on I pray for that innocent child

Dear Editor, I am very disturbed, angry and sick after reading the article in your Wednesday edition (June 30) about a handicapped child being sexually molested by a 62-yr old male companion of her...

Success Masters XI upset Regal Masters XI to book quarter-finals place

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Success Masters XI upset Regal Masters XI to book quarter-finals place

Success XI defeated Regal Masters XI by 40 runs and booked their place in the quarter-finals when play in the 4R Masters’ Cup and Females Softball Cricket tournament continued on Sunday June 27...

Making a mountain out of a molehill

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Making a mountain out of a molehill

Dear Editor, I write to thank CANU for its official response that its searches of passengers’ belongings are not politically driven. I can’t tell readers how relieved I am that people are not...

Two day Emancipation floodlight Softball cricket tourney to start July 31

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Two day Emancipation floodlight Softball cricket tourney to start July 31

Attractive prizes at stake Rainbow Promotion in collaboration with Full Group Entertainment and the Guyana Softball League will stage a floodlight softball cricket competition on Saturday July 31 and...

Are human beings fundamentally robotic?

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Are human beings fundamentally robotic?

At the wreath-laying ceremony to mark the beginning of Labour Day, I asked a person who was once powerful in the Forbes Burnham Government, why no one could have intervened and stopped some of the...

Six athletes confirmed for CAC Games

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Six athletes confirmed for CAC Games

– newcomer, Bond still to verify place By Edison Jefford Amidst the furore over procuring the necessary funding to compete at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games scheduled for this...

A WORRYING TREND

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A WORRYING TREND

One of the signs that the ruling administration is losing its grip on the affairs of government can be evidenced by its hysterical reaction to comments that expose the administration. Just yesterday,...

Turbo Energy & Aqua Mist Water to boost Media Cricketers

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Turbo Energy & Aqua Mist Water to boost Media Cricketers

Compliments, Guyana Beverage Inc. The Media Cricket team currently preparing for their clash against Mc Gill Superstars as part of the DJ Stress Twenty20 Festival set for Sunday, yesterday received a...

RHTY&SC says thanks to GBC Inc.

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC says thanks to GBC Inc.

The Executive and members of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club recently said thanks to the Managing Director and staff of the Guyana Beverage Company Inc. for their dedicated support to the...

BHS are Humphrey Memorial football champs

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on BHS are Humphrey Memorial football champs

Berbice High School exact revenge on old nemesis Vryman’s Erven Secondary school, whipping them 5-2 to come out winners of the 12th annual Hilbert ‘Old Beef’ Humphrey annual memorial school...

The education conundrum

Jul 01, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The education conundrum

Each year the grim reality hits home. There are going to be children who are not academically qualified and for whom the country has not made adequate provisions. This may sound a harsh indictment...

40 junior players attend successful BCB Captaincy seminar

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on 40 junior players attend successful BCB Captaincy seminar

A total of 40 cricketers from the Under-13 to 19 levels including females attended a Captaincy seminar as the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) seeks to prepare its future leaders of the game on and off...

Melanie Lions are inaugural Mark Sutton Foundation 7-a-side football champs

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Melanie Lions are inaugural Mark Sutton Foundation 7-a-side football champs

Defeat Victoria Kings 2-0 Goals by William Europe and Ryan Croal piloted Melanie Lions to a comfortable 2-0 win over Victoria Kings and overall victory in the inaugural Mark Sutton Foundation...

Batavia Warriors defeat DDL to take Bartica Zone Essequibo 10/10 Softball cricket

Jul 01, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Batavia Warriors defeat DDL to take Bartica Zone Essequibo 10/10 Softball cricket

A small but vocal crowd was on hand to witness Batavia Warriors emerge victorious over Demerara Distillers Limited when play in the Bartica Zone of the Essequibo Islands 10/10 Soft ball cricket...

Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy...

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A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more