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Businesswoman killed execution-style

Aug 05, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Businesswoman killed execution-style

A city businesswoman was gunned down last night in what investigators believe is an execution. Dead is 42-year-old Leriea Bristol of 285 Well Road, North Ruimveldt, who was shot dead just as she was...

Secret recording between duo surfaces

Aug 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Secret recording between duo surfaces

…reveals details of relationship By Michael Jordan A secretly recorded conversation on the mobile phone of Police Constable Kelvin Shepherd appears to reveal the motive for his murder and the...

Barge with equipment between Bahamas and Grenada -Benn

Aug 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Barge with equipment between Bahamas and Grenada -Benn

Minister of Public Works and Hydraulics Robeson Benn yesterday whilst refusing to go into details says that it is a tropical depression “Colin” which has caused the delay in the arrival of the...

Ranks no longer on the job still being paid

Aug 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Ranks no longer on the job still being paid

For the second time in less than a year a major scandal has broken out in the Finance Department of the Guyana Police Force. This time the Finance Clerk at the ‘C ‘Division (East Coast Demerara)...

Kitty murder accused faces court

Aug 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Kitty murder accused faces court

A fatal chopping which occurred two years ago has finally seen some headway, after the accused made an appearance in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Charged with the murder of 48-year-old Keith...

Dem boys seh… Wheh de silver lining deh?

Aug 05, 2010 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Wheh de silver lining deh?

People tired. Fuh years dem hearing that a better time deh behind some silver lining. People start fuh smile. Some people still smiling till dem have a permanent look pun dem face that anybody who...

PSC calls for more disclosure of Govt. involvement in project

Aug 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on PSC calls for more disclosure of Govt. involvement in project

“While we at the Private Sector Commission welcome the Marriott Brand Hotel to Guyana, we believe that more disclosure would lend to a greater appreciation of the dimension of government’s...

Court blocks establishment of UG Road car park

Aug 05, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Court blocks establishment of UG Road car park

– campus officials to raise issue next week A local court has barred government from building a car park on the University of Guyana access road. The car park, which was in proximity to the...

Guyana girls gear up for regional cricket tourney

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana girls gear up for regional cricket tourney

Team set to depart for St Vincent August 10 At a time when Guyana qualification for the Champions League in South Africa has ignited a cricket fever in Guyana, this country’s women’s...

Digicel on board once again

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel on board once again

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club’s August 15 Meeting received a significant boost when Digicel presented Justice Cecil Kennard with a total sponsorship of $300,000 yesterday in the Company’s...

Captain, Coach to be involved in team selection as Guyana prepare for CLT20

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Captain, Coach to be involved in team selection as Guyana prepare for CLT20

By Sean Devers They went, they saw and they conquered. With the inaugural Caribbean 20/20 title in the bag Ramnaresh Sarwan’s men are now focused on preparing to represent the Caribbean in the...

National Men’s Hockey players pay courtesy call on Venezuelan Ambassador

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Men’s Hockey players pay courtesy call on Venezuelan Ambassador

The national Men’s Hockey team which is scheduled to depart today to contest the Pan American Championship in Venezuela paid a courtesy call on the country’s Ambassador to Guyana Dario Morandy...

Guyana begin quest for top honours today; Fitness Express assists

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana begin quest for top honours today; Fitness Express assists

Guyana’s Powerlifters to the 8th IPF/NAPF North American Regional and 1st Central American and Caribbean Games Power Lifting Championships being held in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico will begin their...

E-Networks sponsors fourth place award

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on E-Networks sponsors fourth place award

Wireless Communication and Broadband Internet Company, E-Networks presented a cheque yesterday to the Coordinators of the upcoming President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic, which will fully...

Total Fitness Gym to host fundraising walk on Sunday

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Total Fitness Gym to host fundraising walk on Sunday

Participants to walk from Grove to Square of the Revolution Total Fitness Gym located at Grove Front Road, East Bank Demerara will be hosting a fund raising/fitness walk on Sunday from the East Bank...

WPA congratulates Guyana cricket team on Twenty20 win

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WPA congratulates Guyana cricket team on Twenty20 win

The Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) has sent out congratulations to the successful Guyana Twenty20 cricket teams, who won the regional championship and have qualified for the Champions League in South...

Linden Bauxite Flyers CC, Fernleaf day of cycling set for Sunday

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Bauxite Flyers CC, Fernleaf day of cycling set for Sunday

Main race from Land of Canaan to Linden By Franklin Wilson With just a mere 9 months in existence, the Linden Bauxite Flyers Cycle Club (LBFCC) have been extremely proactive in realising their aim of...

Find a solution to this situation

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Find a solution to this situation

Dear Editor, University of Guyana students who live on the East Coast need to have a comfortable location for the nine cars, the University of Guyana gave permission to shuttle us into campus. As it...

THE ROTTING FISH

Aug 05, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE ROTTING FISH

In South Africa, a top former law enforcement official has been sentenced to a fifteen-year jail term for graft (in his case, accepting bribes from organised crime). This will hopefully send a...

Imbibing in alcoholic beverages at weddings is a common practice

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Imbibing in alcoholic beverages at weddings is a common practice

Dear Editor, Imbibing in alcoholic beverages at social gatherings such as weddings is a common practice, and may be considered a convention. I will seize this opportunity to apprise Pandit Charanlall...

The two jokers in the pack!

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The two jokers in the pack!

Dear Editor, It is indeed an obvious reality that the once Garden City of Guyana has been reduced to a Garbage City, providing a haven and a proper habitat for the spread of diseases to which...

Politics of garbage, garbage of politics

Aug 05, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Politics of garbage, garbage of politics

There is no other tribalized nation in this world like Guyana. In no other country would you find a Prime Minister or President who won a UN environment award yet his capital city is the most fetid...

Worrying migration trends

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Worrying migration trends

Almost every flight out of Guyana is full and this is a remarkable thing for a country that has few people and is reputed to have no money. The cost of an airline ticket is the equivalent of three...

Something that bothers me

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something that bothers me

Dear Editor, As I understand it, a person appearing before a Magistrate charged with an offence – including murder, is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. Further I believe that some...

‘The truth is too simple for us’

Aug 05, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘The truth is too simple for us’

Dear Editor, As we emerge from another Emancipation Celebrations, it is necessary to ponder the nature or character of the freedom of the average Guyanese irrespective of race or place of residence....

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Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more