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Ex-cop hacked to death

Aug 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop hacked to death

The police are investigating the murder of one of their former colleagues whose brutally mutilated body was found on a dam, close to a roadside shop in Kildonan village, early yesterday morning. ...

Man jailed for throwing book at Magistrate

Aug 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man jailed for throwing book at Magistrate

Bisham Emandin, the man who threw the book “the Deceit of Lucifer” at Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid Edmond on July 2nd 2009 while she was presiding at the New Amsterdam Remand Centre was on...

Two detained for Plaisance bloodbath

Aug 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two detained for Plaisance bloodbath

– police searching for Taylor’s weapon The police have managed to make two arrests in connection with last Thursday’s Plaisance, East Coast Demerara bloodbath, which left two persons dead,...

Colin Mack again in custody

Aug 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Colin Mack again in custody

– reportedly assaulted a female at his home Popular events promoter Colin Mack has found himself in hot water once more, this time he was arrested at around 08:00 hrs yesterday at his South...

GFF All Stars lose to Cray Wanderers 3-4 on penalty kicks in bruising battle

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF All Stars lose to Cray Wanderers 3-4 on penalty kicks in bruising battle

Team lost but has proven that they have the tools to match the world On a beautiful, sunny afternoon at the Champion Hill Stadium, Edgar Kail Way, Dog Kennel Hill, East Dulwich, London, the Guyana...

First phase of Burnham Court rehabilitation underway

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on First phase of Burnham Court rehabilitation underway

The first of the four phased Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Burnham Court Rehabilitation Project is currently underway with the installation of six pole-mounted Metal Halide Flood...

Five practice games planed for Stadium as Guyana prepare for CLT20

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Five practice games planed for Stadium as Guyana prepare for CLT20

For the first time ever a Guyana Cricket team will be involved in a multi-million dollar International tournament and five practice matches are planned for the Guyana National Stadium at Providence...

Coordinator Johnny Barnwell labels ACDA sports events successful

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coordinator Johnny Barnwell labels ACDA sports events successful

Coordinator of the ACDA sports events; Johnny Barnwell has labeled the respective activities as successful and is grateful for the many persons that have rendered their support, organized in tandem...

RHTYSC concludes successful 14th annual cricket academy

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC concludes successful 14th annual cricket academy

– 85 young cricketers graduate National Under-19 standby player, Lloydel Lewis, was named cricketer of the academy when the curtains came down on the highly successful 14th annual RHTYSC...

Fire leaves Linden family homeless

Aug 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire leaves Linden family homeless

A fire of unknown origin Saturday night gutted a four-bedroom house at Lot 26 Wismar Hill, leaving the occupants with just the clothes on their backs, and a 27 inch television set. According to the...

Another suicide rocks Berbice

Aug 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Another suicide rocks Berbice

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The community of Winkel in New Amsterdam was thrown into shock yesterday morning when Nursing Assistant, Arlington Massey, attached to the New Amsterdam Hospital, hanged...

Gymkhana heading to Berbice

Aug 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gymkhana heading to Berbice

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – The Guyana Police Force is taking its gymkhana back to the Ancient County. According to the Director of Music and Culture of the Guyana Police Force/Head of the Joint...

Pedal cyclist killed on Diamond access road

Aug 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist killed on Diamond access road

– fourth fatality in seven months on same roadway A 33-year-old pedal cyclist was killed on the spot at around 18:20 hrs yesterday, after being struck by a Canter truck on the main access road...

WHERE IS UNCLE ADAM?

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHERE IS UNCLE ADAM?

It is moments like these that you miss Uncle Adam. The government is about to dump some really valuable shares on the market, a quarrel has broken out over the construction of a hotel in which the...

The most barefaced, morbid commentary in the history of Guyana

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The most barefaced, morbid commentary in the history of Guyana

I was a tiny bit annoyed but not to the point where I wished it didn’t happen. On Saturday morning, I got a call from an elderly gentleman at around 6.20 hours. I was just rising. He said he was...

THE CHINA SYNDROME

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THE CHINA SYNDROME

The China Syndrome is the perhaps exaggerated idea that the meltdown of a nuclear power plant can cause reactor core products to flow downwards, melting the earth’s crust and reaching as far as...

During elections campaign the issue of race is underhandedly used

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on During elections campaign the issue of race is underhandedly used

Dear Editor, Race relations and racism is never an issue in everyday life in Guyana. At the end of the day, we are all Guyanese. We live side by side, we work together, we eat together, we laugh and...

Our current electoral system is designed to preserve the dominance of the PPP and PNCR

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our current electoral system is designed to preserve the dominance of the PPP and PNCR

Dear Editor, I have noted the attacks on the Alliance For Change (AFC) coming out of the decision taken by its National Executive Committee (NEC) against entering into a pre-election coalition with...

Create a better life

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Create a better life

Dear Editor, I recently saw the Freddie Kissoon Column (August 6, 2010). Let me start off by reproducing what I penned in a previous article, and then I will add the finishing touches. I present the...

PNCR leadership must improve on its language to achieve reconciliation and victory

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on PNCR leadership must improve on its language to achieve reconciliation and victory

Dear Editor, The evolving recognition for coalition building within and among the political opposition in Guyana is welcoming. I hold firm to the view that this goal is realisable; yet I hasten to...

A New Political Posture

Aug 09, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A New Political Posture

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of...

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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