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Jagdeo looks forward to ‘wonderful day’ in court with Freddie Kissoon

Jul 25, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo looks forward to ‘wonderful day’ in court with Freddie Kissoon

….Kissoon looks forward to “wonderful weeks” President Bharrat Jagdeo said, on Friday, he has charged libel against Kaieteur News and daily columnist Freddie Kissoon because, according to him,...

“Ah love meh wife….but I couldn’t take it anymore” murder suspect…

Jul 25, 2010 knews News Comments Off on “Ah love meh wife….but I couldn’t take it anymore” murder suspect…

Port Mourant murder suspect, Kumar Singh, in defending his actions, said that his wife Yashpattie Samaroo, had been blatantly unfaithful for a number of years. Singh stabbed his wife to death on...

Where is Fip the contractor and his equipment?

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Where is Fip the contractor and his equipment?

US$15M Amaila Falls Road Project… …as Jagdeo talks about signed framework The road to the Amaila Falls that is supposed to pave the way for the construction of the Hydro Electric Plant has...

Trade Unionist extraordinaire – Lincoln Lewis is a ‘Special Person’

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Trade Unionist extraordinaire – Lincoln Lewis is a ‘Special Person’

“I am prepared to give my life in pursuance of rights for the proletariat.” By Michael Benjamin He measures more than six feet tall and walks with a purposeful gait. He appears to be a most...

Dem boys seh….De flu ketch Bharrat

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….De flu ketch Bharrat

De flu picking off people and when it done wid dem is like if dem tun new people. All who get de flu does talk funny, like if something happen to dem throat. But wha surprise dem boys is that people...

Heavy vehicles start moving on bypass

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Heavy vehicles start moving on bypass

Damaged Ituni/Kwakwani road… Almost two weeks after flood waters washed away a section of the Ituni/Kwakwani roadway, heavy vehicles that were stranded have started to move again, easing worried...

Rain dampens Berbice Expo 2010

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Rain dampens Berbice Expo 2010

A fairly large crowd still braved the inclement weather and the muddy conditions to attend the 2010 edition of the Berbice Expo and Trade Fair now underway at the Rose Hall Community Centre in East...

Guyana ruggers produce dazzling display

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana ruggers produce dazzling display

– Ball handling was excellent – TD Whipple By Rawle Welch NACRA champions Guyana sounded an ominous warning to all after producing a dazzling display of Sevens rugby as the CAC...

Junior Jaguars maul Aruba 7-0 to win Group C; advance to 2nd stage

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Jaguars maul Aruba 7-0 to win Group C; advance to 2nd stage

Guyana’s Under-17 Junior Jaguars have advanced to the Second Stage of the Caribbean Football Union World Cup Qualifying competition following their 7-0 mauling of Aruba in their final Group C game...

Foo to the fore as Guyana make winning start

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foo to the fore as Guyana make winning start

Jonathan Foo played the innings of his life on Friday evening as Guyana beat Windward Islands in Match 3 of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Caribbean T20 Tournament. The previously unheard of...

Stabroek Market triumph in tense finish with GPHC

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stabroek Market triumph in tense finish with GPHC

In a tense game of wits and nerves Stabroek Market eked out a 1 run victory over Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC) when the two teams clashed in a 25-overs softball encounter at the...

Ageday could have only competed in one event

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ageday could have only competed in one event

– according to IAAF Competition Rule By Edison Jefford National sprinter, Chavez Ageday went to the International Association of Athletics Federations [IAAF] World Junior Championship in...

Netrockers/Amelia’s Ward FC KO to kick off on Wednesday

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Netrockers/Amelia’s Ward FC KO to kick off on Wednesday

Over $500,000 in cash and prizes at stake Competitive football action will return to the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden on Wednesday when Net Rockers FC in...

Tug-of-war splits church into fragments

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Tug-of-war splits church into fragments

… Church of God in crisis The local Church of God is in crisis with the head of the reformation movement, Pastor Samuel E. Paul, accusing an expatriate clergyman of attempting to hijack the...

CCC out to spoil Guyana’s run today after sensational match against Barbados

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on CCC out to spoil Guyana’s run today after sensational match against Barbados

By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Leisure Inn, Carib Beer & Digicel Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC) new Skipper says his team’s aim is not just to participate but the win the...

Disputed owner demolishes derelict building

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Disputed owner demolishes derelict building

… tenants forced to scurry to safety In a twist of event in James Street Albouystown, the occupants of a derelict building were made to scurry out after it was forcefully torn by down the alleged...

Nurses from 118th batch still to receive pay

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Nurses from 118th batch still to receive pay

Some seven months after successfully completing their examinations at the Georgetown School of Nursing, several nurses from the 118th batch are still to be paid salaries. The nurses have already been...

King, Vieira and Pires headline GMR&SC Prize Ceremony

Jul 25, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on King, Vieira and Pires headline GMR&SC Prize Ceremony

Even though it was a bit low-keyed, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club held its presentation of prizes ceremony on Friday evening, at its Headquarters on Albert Street. Headlining the list of...

Guyana strikes lucrative US$35M rice deal with Venezuela

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana strikes lucrative US$35M rice deal with Venezuela

– mulls buying fertilizers too By Leonard Gildarie Guyana has sealed another major rice deal with neighbouring Venezuela for US$35M, significantly increasing the amount to be shipped...

Jagdeo says govt. will continue to help City Council

Jul 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo says govt. will continue to help City Council

President Bharrat Jagdeo said, on Friday, that the government will continue to provide services to residents of the city despite its heavy criticism of the Georgetown municipality. “There are...

Georgetown garbage crisis: PPP’s dirty politics with citizen’s lives

Jul 25, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Georgetown garbage crisis: PPP’s dirty politics with citizen’s lives

There can be no doubt that the garbage situation in the capital city of Georgetown is of great concern to the citizens of Georgetown as it should be of the Government, particularly, the Ministry of...

Coming soon – ‘Who wants to be President’

Jul 25, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Coming soon – ‘Who wants to be President’

Dear Editor, Please allow me to have a voice in this ongoing discussion surrounding who will be the president after the 2011 election. I am sure that we are all familiar with the game show, “Who...

Fading Britain

Jul 25, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on Fading Britain

The news that Tate & Lyle has sold its European sugar operations to American Sugar Refining is another signal of Britain’s increasingly weakened relationship with its former colonies and by...

Grace Nichols – A Voice of Reclamation

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Grace Nichols – A Voice of Reclamation

– By Petamber Persaud It took me a while before I could open Picasso, I Want my Face Back, Bloodaxe Books (2009), another thought-provoking collection of poems by Grace Nichols. Yes, I was...

Don’t Burn Our Bridges: The Case for a Single Caribbean Airline

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Don’t Burn Our Bridges: The Case for a Single Caribbean Airline

By Sir Ronald Sanders “Don’t Burn Our Bridges: The Case for Owning Airlines” is the title of a book authored by Jean Holder, the current Chairman of the Caribbean airline, LIAT. It is a serious...

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Keevin Allicock – the next torchbearer for Guyanese professional boxing

Sometimes the best of leaders fail

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more