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Wesleyan Church honours stalwart during “Month of the Elderly”

Oct 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Wesleyan Church honours stalwart during “Month of the Elderly”

Eighty-seven-year-old Amy Geraldine Layne of 75 Norton Street, Lodge, was yesterday given a memorable experience when she was visited by some of the young children of the Mountain Heights Wesleyan...

Drug dealer jailed

Oct 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Drug dealer jailed

A man who was caught with cocaine and marijuana was on Friday found guilty on two counts of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. He was sentenced to two years in jail by Magistrate...

Cartoons Sun. Oct. 24, 2010

Oct 24, 2010 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoons Sun. Oct. 24, 2010

12-year-old remains in police custody beyond 72 hours

Oct 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on 12-year-old remains in police custody beyond 72 hours

The 12-year-old boy who has been detained since Wednesday by ranks of the Turkeyen Police Station, remained in police custody up to press time yesterday. The child’s mother, Sonia Drayton, told...

Police shoot cutlass wielding Essequibian

Oct 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police shoot cutlass wielding Essequibian

Police have said the man who confronted them with a cutlass on Friday is in custody. Trevor Piper of Sand Pit, Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast was shot after police ranks were forced to open fire....

Thieves break into post office, pensioners not paid

Oct 24, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves break into post office, pensioners not paid

Pensioners who turned up at the Danielstown Post Office on Friday were denied their Government stipulated earnings. They were told by the Postmaster in charged that the office was broken into. The...

Alpha maintain dominance with 3-0 thumping of Buxton; Seawall edge Victoria Kings 1-0

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha maintain dominance with 3-0 thumping of Buxton; Seawall edge Victoria Kings 1-0

Defending champions Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United maintained their dominance of the Guyana Football Federation Super League Championship with a 3-0 thumping of Buxton United when play...

The Sanderling

Oct 24, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Sanderling

The Sanderling is a small wader which is a circumpolar Arctic breeder. It is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in...

Recent Maternal Deaths… Jagdeo orders independent investigation

Oct 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Recent Maternal Deaths… Jagdeo orders independent investigation

President Bharrat Jagdeo has ordered an independent investigation into the recent spate of maternal deaths at the New Amsterdam Hospital and has promised that should negligence found to be the cause,...

VAT no burden, no need to revise it – Jagdeo

Oct 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on VAT no burden, no need to revise it – Jagdeo

Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo says that he does not see the Value Added Tax as a burden and as such, there is no need to revise it with a view to lower the rate. This disclosure was made during a...

WICB mourns the loss of Barbados Prime Minister Hon David Thompson

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB mourns the loss of Barbados Prime Minister Hon David Thompson

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board on Saturday expressed deepest sympathies to the Government and people of Barbados on the passing of Prime Minister, the Honourable David John...

Ministry of sport mourns passing of cycling stalwart Ulric Pollydore

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of sport mourns passing of cycling stalwart Ulric Pollydore

Former President of the Kaieteur Cycling Club and the Guyana Cycling Federation Ulric Pollydore rode the final race of life a few days ago and the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport has expressed...

DCMCO 15-overs Countrywide Softball cricket continues today

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCMCO 15-overs Countrywide Softball cricket continues today

Play in the District of Columbia Metro Organisation (DCMCO) 15 Overs round hand knockout Countrywide Softball Cricket Tournament organized by The Guyana Softball League continues today with several...

Aztec Viagra, ancient pyramids, and ‘no paint’ houses

Oct 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Aztec Viagra, ancient pyramids, and ‘no paint’ houses

– Neil Marks takes a hurried look at Mexico City Chaos finds its definition on the streets of Mexico City, the largest city in the Americas with an estimated 22 million people trying to get...

General Marine Female & Over 40 Male Softball cricket continues today

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on General Marine Female & Over 40 Male Softball cricket continues today

Play in the above named competition will continue today with several matches. At Ogle Ground: 10:00am – Lusignan Street Warriors vs Ogle Angels 1:00pm – The Defenders vs Enterprise At GCC...

Integrate, compete or perish

Oct 24, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Integrate, compete or perish

By Sir Ronald Sanders At a recent Forum held by the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) at the Guildhall in the City of London, the huge competition that the Caribbean faces in attracting much needed...

Guyanese must find ways to correct the current illegalities of govt.

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese must find ways to correct the current illegalities of govt.

Dear Editor, In Kaieteur News’ October 14 news article, “NICIL operating in violation of the law for several years,” PNCR Member of Parliament and presidential hopeful, Mr. Winston Murray, said...

Essequibo Night highlights agricultural produce

Oct 24, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo Night highlights agricultural produce

Scores of Essequibians attended the Essequibo Night annual exhibition and fair, Friday night. The event, which coincides with Agriculture Month, featured several booths showcasing products which are...

CREATIVE WRITING

Oct 24, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on CREATIVE WRITING

Prologue to: A Lantern in the Wind A Novel in Progress By Ameena Gafoor Continued from last week: The Gopaul’s two sons, twenty and eighteen years old respectively, had received ample preparation...

Phillip Bynoe is dead wrong about the PPP/C

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Phillip Bynoe is dead wrong about the PPP/C

Dear Editor, People who do not understand American politics should avoid the subject completely. In a letter by Phillip Bynoe: “All Guyana should pause and reflect on what this democracy is all...

Jobless in the US

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Jobless in the US

With almost every Guyanese having a relative in the US, and receiving some sort of assistance from those relatives, it is still difficult for us to appreciate that their remittances inject more...

WE ARE CONVINCED THE PPP ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING TO DELAY ELECTIONS

Oct 24, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on WE ARE CONVINCED THE PPP ADMINISTRATION IS SEEKING TO DELAY ELECTIONS

The AFC is convinced that the ruling party is frustrating the operations of GECOM so as to force a crisis and consequential delay of the elections because of its internal problems, and to give...

Domestic violence – From a man’s point of view

Oct 24, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Domestic violence – From a man’s point of view

A friend suggested to me that it would be good to get a man’s viewpoint on domestic violence and then she connected me with Luke Daniels, who was born and raised in Guyana then moved to London...

Sedley Joseph’s 1964 squad was stronger than the 1970 Ken Gibbs team says George Green

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sedley Joseph’s 1964 squad was stronger than the 1970 Ken Gibbs team says George Green

Dear Editor, According to the Coach of Guyana’s 1970 National Football team former West Indies and National player George Green, the Sedley Joseph led 1964 Trinidad & Tobago National Football...

Barama on the closure of its plywood factory

Oct 24, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Barama on the closure of its plywood factory

Dear Editor, We refer to articles and letters published in SN and Kaieteur News on 18 and 19 October 2010. We thank the Editor and readers for their comments, and appreciate their feedback. We would...

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more