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E’bo shop owner brutally slain

Aug 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on E’bo shop owner brutally slain

The Cinderella County was anything less than a fairytale story on Wednesday night with the brutal slaying of 63-year-old businessman John Paul. Paul was shot dead during a scuffle with bandits who...

PPP open to power-sharing with partners it could trust

Aug 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PPP open to power-sharing with partners it could trust

– Donald Ramotar General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Donald Ramotar said that his party has, since 2003, been open to power-sharing as it relates to governing the country,...

Excavators rushed to affected areas as more warnings issued

Aug 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Excavators rushed to affected areas as more warnings issued

As several parts of the country grapple with overtopping from spring tides, government yesterday announced that it has deployed equipment and workers to affected areas to assess the situation and...

Whyte-Nedd’s non-appointment reaches High Court

Aug 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Whyte-Nedd’s non-appointment reaches High Court

– Public Service Commission asked to give just cause The controversial non-appointment of Ms Genevieve Whyte-Nedd to the position of Chief Education Officer is currently engaging the attention...

Woman ‘may lose use of her arms’

Aug 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Woman ‘may lose use of her arms’

Forty-two year-old Latchmin Mohabir of Agriculture Road, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, who was savagely chopped by her husband in full view of the couple’s 11-year-old daughter is said to be...

Pregnant woman detained after spouse dies from stab wounds

Aug 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman detained after spouse dies from stab wounds

Police have detained a pregnant woman to determine whether her 38-year-old reputed husband killed himself or was brutally murdered. Alvin Kissoon, a 38-year-old labourer of Lot 1928 Section ‘C’...

Hand-in-Hand employee perishes in road accident

Aug 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand employee perishes in road accident

The death of a young office assistant of the Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company has plunged a North Ruimveldt family into deep mourning. Twenty-one-year-old Marvin Williams was...

UK commits to supporting Guyana in 2011 elections

Aug 13, 2010 knews News Comments Off on UK commits to supporting Guyana in 2011 elections

Acting British High Commissioner to Guyana, Simon Bond, was recently given a detailed account of major activities of the Commission as well as aspects of its undertakings associated with and leading...

Fire flattens Better Hope house

Aug 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire flattens Better Hope house

Police on the East Coast of Demerara have not ruled out arson as the cause of a fire that flattened a wooden building at 105 Dwarka Street, Better Hope, early yesterday morning. The lone occupant of...

WICB clarifies position on WIPA’s CLT/20 issues

Aug 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB clarifies position on WIPA’s CLT/20 issues

By Sean Devers A West Indies Players Association (WIPA) release on Wednesday raised several questions regarding the West Indies and Guyana Cricket Board’s role in the contract dispute between the...

FIFA/GFF COM-UNITY Seminar concludes

Aug 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA/GFF COM-UNITY Seminar concludes

– Hailed a success by Warner, Klass By Rawle Welch Chief Co-ordinator of the FIFA / Guyana Football Federation (GFF) COM-UNITY Seminar of Women’s Football Daryl Warner and Federation...

Local Girl Guides go “green”

Aug 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Local Girl Guides go “green”

The Guyana Girl Guides Association held a ‘Green Concert’ on Wednesday as they undertook a spate of activities centered on the environment and its protection. The members of the Guyana GOLD Team,...

Lethem needs a helping hand to really come into its own

Aug 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lethem needs a helping hand to really come into its own

Dear Editor, We here on the coastland are all too familiar with the sufferings of our fellow Guyanese way down south of the country, the border town of Lethem in the Rupununi. Despite the positive...

Man accused of Brazilian miner’s murder appears in court

Aug 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of Brazilian miner’s murder appears in court

The case of an argument that escalated into murder came before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday afternoon at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. On August 7, the accused, Mark Thompson,...

Alliances and the 2011 elections

Aug 13, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Alliances and the 2011 elections

Mr. Denis Chabrol has quoted me on his current page of demerarawaves.com as saying that the AFC, before it contemplates election alliances, should demand other parties take urgent steps to overhaul...

Franklin, Cummings win national TT trials

Aug 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Franklin, Cummings win national TT trials

Christopher Franklin and Natalie Cummings topped the men’s and women’s categories in the just-concluded Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior trials at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

When will this stinking unhealthy situation end?

Aug 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will this stinking unhealthy situation end?

Dear Editor, As we are all aware prevention is better than cure, and as such even though the public hospitals have good doctors and all necessary medicine it is still better to stay healthy and avoid...

POVERTY IS NOT THE CAUSE OF ELECTRICTY THEFT

Aug 13, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on POVERTY IS NOT THE CAUSE OF ELECTRICTY THEFT

There are many reasons why people steal electricity but poverty is not one of them. Poverty may force someone to consider stealing electricity but the actual decision to steal is based on...

Guyana record first win with dramatic 8-6 triumph over hosts

Aug 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana record first win with dramatic 8-6 triumph over hosts

Guyana’s national men’s hockey team registered their first win of the 2010 Indoor Pan American Championships in dramatic fashion on Wednesday afternoon in Barquisimeto, Venezuela over the home...

L.F.S. Burnham

Aug 13, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on L.F.S. Burnham

It is now twenty-five years that the first Executive President of Guyana – then only sixty-two – unexpectedly passed away while undergoing a routine operation at Georgetown Hospital. While it...

Free electricity for lucky Courts customers

Aug 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Free electricity for lucky Courts customers

Courts Guyana Inc. yesterday awarded four winners in its Stunning Appliances promotion with free electricity for one year, and joined with General Marine to donate $108,000 to the Lake Mainstay...

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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