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Gardner makes it three in a row

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Gardner makes it three in a row

Masters athlete, Llewellyn Gardner made it three in a row on Sunday when he won the Volunteer Youth Corps Inc. 10km Road Race that was held under the theme “Protect a Child, Protect a Nation” at...

Dinanauth captures R. Bassoo Golf title

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Dinanauth captures R. Bassoo Golf title

Deoram Dinanauth captured his second tournament in just under a month when he emerged winner of the R. Bassoo and Sons Construction Medal Play golf competition last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf...

‘Hometown’ decisions bad for Guyana’s image

Nov 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on ‘Hometown’ decisions bad for Guyana’s image

Says Sean Devers Despite an almost hour late start, a faulty sound system for the singers and a lukewarm attendance, the Holland’s Enterprise Promotion Caribbean Fury 2 Boxing card at the Princess...

A decision most foul

Nov 09, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on A decision most foul

There should be a limit to nationalism. People should not be proud, though, when people take that nationalism to the point of cheating. And cheating it was when the judges awarded a fight to local...

These deaths could have been avoided

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on These deaths could have been avoided

Dear Editor, The brutal murder of Neesa Gopaul shocked the populace of Guyana and those overseas, who are connected to this beautiful land of ours. Fingers are still pointing at employees of...

You just laugh at these fools

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on You just laugh at these fools

You just laugh at the fools that administer this country. They rant and rave about the commentaries published on their incompetence as if what is written and said about their ignorance, asininity and...

Ministry’s disciplinary actions are justified

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Ministry’s disciplinary actions are justified

Dear Editor, I cannot understand the Guyana Teacher’s Union’s (GTU) stance against the Ministry of Education for disciplining those involved in the handling of the Neesa Gopaul case. It was...

YOU CAN DO WONDERS WITH US$ 50 PER NIGHT

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on YOU CAN DO WONDERS WITH US$ 50 PER NIGHT

Guyana is not all bad. There are many good things that happen and at times these need to also be spotlighted. The government may be awash with problems, incompetence and its fair share of corruption...

Our health care system needs revamping

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Our health care system needs revamping

Dear Editor, It saddens me to read of all the tragic, unavoidable maternal deaths in Guyana. Someone must be held accountable; it is negligence, Cytotec is used in small doses, .25 mgs every four...

There is much more wisdom in repeating a class than to get an automatic promotion

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is much more wisdom in repeating a class than to get an automatic promotion

Dear Editor, I am 70 years old and had been a teacher for 52 years, 38 years with the Ministry of Education and 14 years in after retirement service. Many have passed through my hands, some to great...

Mandir and villagers express gratitude for an incident free Diwali

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Mandir and villagers express gratitude for an incident free Diwali

Dear Editor, We, the executive and members of the Alexander Village Vishnu Mandir, and villagers, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to those responsible for peace prevailing in our...

Overseas-based Guyanese wants to return home but…

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese wants to return home but…

Dear Editor, I was recently in Guyana and feel strong repulsion toward the vulgarity the innocents are subjected to in the minibuses. I am an overseas-based Guyanese, who is madly in love with my...

SET THEM FREE?

Nov 09, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SET THEM FREE?

It seems only fair that since the laws of Guyana have been amended to remove the mandatory death penalty for a number of offenses that consideration should now be given to those who remain on death...

In defence of Kaieteur News

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on In defence of Kaieteur News

Dear Editor, I write in defence of Kaieteur News. In a letter written by Brian Azore (GC Nov. 6) in which he refers to Kaieteur News as, “fast attaining tabloid status…opting for fast and...

The CLO’s statement has implications for industrial relations

Nov 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The CLO’s statement has implications for industrial relations

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of October 30, 2010, carried an article under the heading – “Barama sacks four workers.” The article states that following a boiler shutdown that forced the...

Two men shot in car with no plates

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Two men shot in car with no plates

…left Starlite Drive In for Werk-en-Rust home, ended up in Guyhoc Park Two men are currently nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after being allegedly shot...

Last two bodies retrieved

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Last two bodies retrieved

Watooka boat mishap… The bodies of 12-year-old Mackenzie High School student Melinda Duggan, and her 20-year-old cousin Kishana Hollingsworth, were recovered approximately four hours apart...

Woodcutter shot dead in Canje River ambush

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woodcutter shot dead in Canje River ambush

Police were yesterday scouring the Canje area for two shotgun-toting men who killed a wood-cutter at around noon on Thursday, last, before fleeing with his outboard engine and other valuables. The...

Fire destroys house at Golden Grove

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys house at Golden Grove

Another family is now left homeless, after fire of unknown origin struck their three-bedroom house at Lot 27 Bush Corner, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, yesterday morning. The fire which occurred...

Line Path man, 52, found dead

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Line Path man, 52, found dead

– three detained LINE PATH, SKELDON – Three persons are now assisting the probe into the cause of death of a Corentyne man. Dead is 52-year old Ramesh Randolph also known as ‘Raka’ of...

Dem boys seh….Is scam pun more scam

Nov 08, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Is scam pun more scam

De hospital is a place to mek people get better but dem boys seh that in recent times it mekking people get more sick and some people actually dying. De whole story start when some women go in de...

Teen chopped after drinking binge

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Teen chopped after drinking binge

A teenager indentified as Junior Henry was nursing severe wounds about his body yesterday after a drinking binge with a friend at Bonasika Creek in the Essequibo River. Henry is a patient at the...

Number 63 Beach killer still at large

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Number 63 Beach killer still at large

One year after schoolboy’s murder… By Michael Jordan There are at least three people who know for sure what happened last year at Number 63 Beach, Corentyne. One of them is a girl named Susan...

Murray vows zero tolerance for corruption if elected

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Murray vows zero tolerance for corruption if elected

“Zero tolerance for corruption in my administration.” This was the pledge of Presidential hopeful Winston Murray who was at the time speaking at a well attended meeting with Party members at...

Berbice police intensify campaign against firecrackers

Nov 08, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice police intensify campaign against firecrackers

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force has stepped up its campaign against the sale and use of firecrackers. Yesterday, a senior official called on the populace to...