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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...

BOOK REVIEW

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on BOOK REVIEW

After an illuminating Interview of Sir Wilson Harris by Professor Michael Gilkes brought to you by THE ARTS FORUM in two parts, we now offer a critical review of Harris’s final novel. We hope that...

A Battered Guyanese Citizen

Jul 25, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Battered Guyanese Citizen

I am a battered Guyanese Citizen. Anyone living in Guyana can understand this. Watch the newscasts, read the newspapers especially over this last week and you will understand what I’m talking...

Despite technology we remain backward

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Despite technology we remain backward

By Adam Harris I crossed the Berbice River Bridge for the first time on Friday and I was surprised that for one, it was so short. I had grown accustomed to the mile-long Demerara Harbour Bridge where...

Women hold up half the sky

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Women hold up half the sky

At any given time, I am likely to be reading two or three books at a time. I love to read. I read for entertainment, I read for information and sometimes I read just to read because it is so...

Ramesh Bess’ last fight

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Ramesh Bess’ last fight

– his final bout was in a death-battle far from the ring… Anyone who followed boxing during the seventies would remember him. Slightly-built but ferocious. Fighting from light-fly to...

The gypsy lied: The ghost of yesterday is alive

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The gypsy lied: The ghost of yesterday is alive

One of the most hilarious yet tragic moments in the political history of this country involved a dispute between Mr. Ralph Ramkarran in his capacity of Speaker of the National Assembly and Minister...

The Baccoo speaks

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

When some of the notorious gunmen were killed people jumped up and proclaimed that murder would decline. I warned them against such optimism. I told them that people are going to turn on themselves...

Grassroots View

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Grassroots View

I had a visit last Friday from two old (not in age) foot-soldiers from the ROAR days. After they had helped to (literally) close up shop back in 2007, we had met sporadically but this time they...

AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT

Jul 25, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT

The purpose of having journalists certified is to ensure that bona fide reporters are not shut out from doing their jobs. Unless there is a process of certification of reporters through the issuance...

Farmer knifed to death at Pomeroon

Jul 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Farmer knifed to death at Pomeroon

– identifies killers before succumbing A feud between two Pomeroon families ended in bloodshed at around 23:00 hrs on Thursday, with a 54-year-old farmer being cornered and stabbed to death...

KN reporter refused entry to President’s press conference

Jul 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on KN reporter refused entry to President’s press conference

– McCoy says must have govt. issued media pass – Jagdeo unaware of such a rule, unable to explain McCoy’s actions One of Kaieteur News’ senior reporters, Gary Eleazar was yesterday...

Mazaruni escapee ‘Bull Eye’ shot, recaptured

Jul 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni escapee ‘Bull Eye’ shot, recaptured

Prison escapee Nigel Williams, called ‘Bull Eye’, was shot and recaptured at around 17:00 hrs yesterday, just a month after his brazen escape from the Mazaruni penitentiary. Police sources said...

President discusses “modern new airport” with Chinese

Jul 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on President discusses “modern new airport” with Chinese

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday unveiled preliminary discussions with Chinese companies on building a new airport in Guyana as the country looks to secure a national flag carrier. “If we’re...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- It’s a classic Guyanese tale, really. You live in the fastest growing economy in the... more