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Denny Dalton a ‘Dangerous’ proposition for Rawle Frank

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Denny Dalton a ‘Dangerous’ proposition for Rawle Frank

By Michael Benjamin Approximately four months subsequent to Briso Promotions inaugural international boxing card at the Princess International Hotel Guyana, head of Holland’s Entertainment...

Unsettling memories rekindled by Charlestown killings

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Unsettling memories rekindled by Charlestown killings

Yesterday’s events at Russell and Howes Street in Georgetown that left two dead and two others injured brought back unsettling memories of similar mass killings. On a rainy day on May 29, 1980,...

Couple charged with simple larceny

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Couple charged with simple larceny

Twenty-one year-old Shawn Gibson, a taxi driver, of 425 Grove Old Road, East Bank Demerara and Tiffany Greene, a bond clerk, of 849 Diamond Housing Scheme East Bank Demerara, appeared before...

AND 1 Legends will electrify All-Star Weekend

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on AND 1 Legends will electrify All-Star Weekend

By Edison Jefford There is no way better way to bring down the curtains on what has been an intense basketball season than to have an All-Star gathering at the country’s premier indoor facility for...

C’tyne woman died from excessive bleeding

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on C’tyne woman died from excessive bleeding

A post mortem conducted on 21-year-old Yogeeta Bishram on Monday at the New Amsterdam Hospital revealed that she died from excessive bleeding. Government pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh performed the...

Intriguing matches lined up as competition continues

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Intriguing matches lined up as competition continues

First round action in the3rd Annual Mackeson/Digicel Sweet Sixteen is over and the teams competing for championship honours will resume the fierce rivalry tomorrow October 29 when Golden Stars battle...

Mike Schmidt sees Caribbean Fury as a Product for Guyana to sell

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mike Schmidt sees Caribbean Fury as a Product for Guyana to sell

Mike Schmidt, as lawyer and agent for Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee, acting as Manager for current WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown announced that the Lisa “Bad News’...

DCMCO Softball Cricket tourney reaches quarter-final stage

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCMCO Softball Cricket tourney reaches quarter-final stage

Play in the District of Columbia Metro Organisation (DCMCO) 15 overs round hand knockout Countrywide Softball cricket Tournament organized by The Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the...

Inquest finds lorry driver responsible for child’s death

Oct 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Inquest finds lorry driver responsible for child’s death

The inquest which was conducted at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court by Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton into the 2001 death of eight-year-old, Troy Hughes, of 49 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam,...

Deon Barnwell’s achievement against French Guiana is a world record

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deon Barnwell’s achievement against French Guiana is a world record

– If the 1985 friendlies were internationally recognised Dear Editor, Saturday October 23, 2010 the ‘King’ of Football turned 70. Pele won his first cap with the Brazilian national team...

BIG WUCK AWAITING TWO PERSONS

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BIG WUCK AWAITING TWO PERSONS

One of the reasons why Guyana is still such a wonderful and relatively peaceful country to live in, is because of this special ability of the Guyanese people to make light of the many political...

The uncaring nurses at GPHC Maternity Ward

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The uncaring nurses at GPHC Maternity Ward

Dear Editor, What I’m about to say will undoubtedly upset many people in the medical profession, but it must be said. Nurses in the public health care facilities are hogs to the people they serve...

Some Regional Councillors are delusional

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some Regional Councillors are delusional

Dear Editor, This article is in responce to a letter appearing in your paper. My Region Ten Democratic Council colleague recently wrote an article giving much credit for illusive development works...

There is no comparison

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no comparison

Dear Editor, Please grant me the privilege to respond to a letter in your October 25, 2010 letter column (p.23) by Mr. Mervyn Williams M.P. One would have thought that since Mr. Williams is a Member...

Just a matter of facts

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Just a matter of facts

Dear Editor, While countries like Guyana continue to be affected by climate change, writers like Mr. Charles Sohan, as part of an ongoing campaign, continue to undermine efforts by the government in...

THE HOPE CANAL WRANGLING

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE HOPE CANAL WRANGLING

Dear Editor, Mr. Maurice Veecock’s talk on the Hope Canal Project (which I attended) was a straightforward discourse on water management in this country. The unnecessary attack on the gentleman by...

Security workers claim maltreatment

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Security workers claim maltreatment

Dear Mr. Editor, The workers of the private security companies viz Kanhai’s Security Service and RK Security Service in Region Two are experiencing a serious injustice as it relates to their...

Correcting Mervyn Williams on the Grow More campaign

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Correcting Mervyn Williams on the Grow More campaign

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mervyn Williams (Stabroek News, Monday October 25, 20010) captioned “The continuation of PNC’s ‘Grow More Food” campaign would have yielded considerable...

Ladies, tell those abusive men, “Hell, No!”

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Stella Says Comments Off on Ladies, tell those abusive men, “Hell, No!”

In March 2006, over four long years ago, this newspaper published a sobering editorial focusing on the need for the nation to start taking a strong stance against violence against women. This is how...

Timely intervention by Mr. Ralph Ramkarran may resolve Barama’s problems

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Timely intervention by Mr. Ralph Ramkarran may resolve Barama’s problems

Dear Editor, I read in last week’s papers that Barama’s boiler has been severely damaged and may take a year or more to be replaced. As a result some 274 Barama workers at their Land of Canaan...

Khurshid Sattaur is running scared

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Khurshid Sattaur is running scared

Dear Sir, Sattaur’s (Chronicle of 26/10/2010) tirade against Kaieteur News for the “blackmail report” is symptomatic of the child being caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Sattaur should be...

It is my opinion that the PPP wants Surujbally out

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on It is my opinion that the PPP wants Surujbally out

There was an explosive exchange between GECOM’s Chairman, Dr. Surujbally and President Jagdeo not so long ago. Now, Dr. Luncheon took some subtle digs at the chairman over the failed attempt to...

Alexander Village Mandir looks forward to peace at Diwali

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Alexander Village Mandir looks forward to peace at Diwali

Dear Editor, The Alexander Village Mandir, located at the corner of Third and Cross Streets, has a long history of serving the Village and beyond for more than one hundred years. One of the most...

The Masque of Africa

Oct 27, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Masque of Africa

Johann Hari, from Slate, offers a rather dispassionate view of the premises of VS Naipaul’s latest book: “The Masque of Africa”. “There is a great thudding taboo in any discussion of Africa....

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Sammy to be appointed as West Indies Senior Men’s Head Coach for all formats

The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more