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Gold miner shot dead at Kurupung

Aug 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gold miner shot dead at Kurupung

A 30-year old gold miner from Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara became another murder victim in Guyana’s interior. Reports reaching this newspaper stated that Rawle Mentore was shot dead after...

Linden accident leaves two dead

Aug 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Linden accident leaves two dead

A gruesome accident at Kairuni on the Linden/Soesdyke highway has left two men dead and three others hospitalised with injuries not considered life threatening, according to informed sources. One of...

Early morning accident leaves one dead

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Early morning accident leaves one dead

– three others hospitalised An early morning accident on the Mandela Avenue, in the vicinity of the National Cultural Center yesterday, left one person dead and three others nursing various...

A political dance seeking credence among Afro-Guyanese – WPA

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on A political dance seeking credence among Afro-Guyanese – WPA

Jagdeo’s Buxton Visit… The Working Peoples’ Alliance says that it joins with others in characterising President Jagdeo’s recent visit to Buxton as a political dance aimed at satisfying the...

‘Killer’ drivers paying to stay out of jail

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Killer’ drivers paying to stay out of jail

By Michael Jordan How much is a child’s life worth? Five million dollars? $600,000? Half of this figure? All of the above, it seems. A three-month Kaieteur News investigation has unearthed a...

Dem boys seh…Is more thiefing

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is more thiefing

De lie detector people coming back again. De first time dem come, dem test all de security workers. Dem ketch some people lying and of course Bharrat knock dem off. Dem boys seh that all over de...

Businessman’s wife was not arrested for refusing to sing statement

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman’s wife was not arrested for refusing to sing statement

– police The Guyana Police Force has stated that the wife of a businessman who was handed over to Brazilian authorities early last week was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to obtain the...

The ‘Sheriff’ of East Ruimveldt Secondary

Aug 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on The ‘Sheriff’ of East Ruimveldt Secondary

Retired headmaster Samuel B. Moffatt is a ‘Special Person’ “You can’t build on sinking sand. I had a meeting with the Ministry of Education. I said. ‘You sent me there, I...

High Court halts CCWU’s election

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on High Court halts CCWU’s election

A High Court judge has granted court orders halting today’s elections for a new executive of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU). The application for the injunction was filed by the...

Guyana one step closer to receiving money from Norway

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana one step closer to receiving money from Norway

The Forestry Commission is currently seeking an Independent Forest Monitor, to undertake the initial scoping mission in 2010 and a monitoring assessment in 2011, which are required before any money...

CUSH FIRES USA TO ICC WCL TITLE

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on CUSH FIRES USA TO ICC WCL TITLE

All-rounder ready for Guyana’s Campaign in S/Africa By Sean Devers It has been a wonderful year so far for the versatile Lennox Cush and the Guyanese all-rounder is hoping that his success...

Lumumba returned as Alpha boss, Ninvalle is his deputy

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lumumba returned as Alpha boss, Ninvalle is his deputy

The Alpha United Football Club held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday last at the Water Chris Hotel and Odinga Lumumba has been returned as head of the country’s number one football club....

“Guyana’s CLT-20 2010 Effort – A rough road to travel; a long, long way to go!”

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Guyana’s CLT-20 2010 Effort – A rough road to travel; a long, long way to go!”

By Colin Croft Many would think that I should get into the melee that is the Champion’s League fiasco, with the Guyana Cricket Board in one corner, the Guyana cricket team in the 2nd corner, the...

Burnett opts out of Commonwealth Games

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Burnett opts out of Commonwealth Games

-cites illness, unpreparedness as reasons By Edison Jefford Guyana’s international middle-distance runner, Marian Burnett, have opted out of the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India in...

Toolsie Persaud doles out hefty sponsorship deal to athletic star

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Toolsie Persaud doles out hefty sponsorship deal to athletic star

Following his sterling performance at the Hampton Games in Trinidad and Tobago supported by a personal best time of 10:47secs in the 100M dash, star sprinter of the Enmore Athletics Club, Kenneth...

Cocaine Made Him Eat Dog Mess Yet He Can’t Let Go

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine Made Him Eat Dog Mess Yet He Can’t Let Go

By Michael Benjamin Scenario # One: A concerned mother tells her husband that she is upset about her son smoking marijuana. She is so upset that she takes a double dose of prescribed sleeping pills....

Health Ministry aims to triumph over malaria scourge

Aug 22, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry aims to triumph over malaria scourge

The ambitious target of reducing malaria from more than 40,000 cases per year by 2000 to less than 8,000 cases by 2012 has been charted into the local Ministry of Health’s agenda. Minister of...

GT&T says farewell to Joe Singh

Aug 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on GT&T says farewell to Joe Singh

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has said goodbye to its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Major General (rtd), Joe Singh, who demitted office on July 31, after five years at...

Queen’s College records outstanding CSEC performance

Aug 22, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Queen’s College records outstanding CSEC performance

“It basically feels good that we are coming out on top once again,” said Queen’s College Senior Mistress, Candida Williams, as she commented on the outstanding performances exhibited by...

Extract of an interview with Dr. Ian McDonald

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Extract of an interview with Dr. Ian McDonald

(Extract of an interview with Dr. Ian McDonald, June 30, 2010, Georgetown, Guyana. McDonald is a prizewinning poet, novelist, playwright, columnist and editor; he has to his credit six collections of...

Let’s not play cheap politics with a critical developmental strategy

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s not play cheap politics with a critical developmental strategy

Dear Editor, The announcement by President Jagdeo that the government will be expending some US$30 million for the purchase of computers to be distributed must be looked at with a jaundiced eye....

Killing the messenger

Aug 22, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Killing the messenger

Last week, to illustrate its report examining Venezuela’s failure to stem widespread violent crime, El Nacional, one of that country’s largest newspapers, published a photograph of bodies piled...

THE LIFE & LEGACY OF LFS BURNHAM, Part 2

Aug 22, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE LIFE & LEGACY OF LFS BURNHAM, Part 2

Excerpts of Presentation by MR ROBERT H O CORBIN, MP, on Thursday August 7, 2008 in the National Assembly on the Motion Recognising the contribution of Mr. LFS Burnham to Guyana. “In painful...

172 countries should matter: Making the G20 listen

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 172 countries should matter: Making the G20 listen

By Sir Ronald Sanders The G20 should be the ‘T20’ – trustees not just of the 20 rich countries that sit at their meetings but also of the 172 nations that are denied a seat at their table. This...

Welcome to the Plantation, Part Two

Aug 22, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on Welcome to the Plantation, Part Two

Three Novels by David Dabydeen By Keith Jardim (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) These thoughts are the result, again, of the question: “Why, Mrs. Rutherford wanted to know, did I become an engineer?”...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more