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GRA seizes $5M in smuggled Heineken, Johnny Walker whisky

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA seizes $5M in smuggled Heineken, Johnny Walker whisky

– detain vessels The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday last seized $5M worth of alcoholic beverages, including more than 600 cases of Heineken beer that was being smuggled into the...

Gee Whiz – It’s the Christmas season again

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Gee Whiz – It’s the Christmas season again

– The greatest gift of all By Michael Benjamin Wow, it’s the Christmas season again!! I’ve waited twelve months—twelve long dreary months for this season to come. When I last checked the...

GOOD KING WENCESLAS AND OTHER CAROLS

Dec 28, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on GOOD KING WENCESLAS AND OTHER CAROLS

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says the word most searched for online this year was “austerity” which means “enforced or extreme economy”. Given the crowds in the malls, streets and stores...

Man drowns on E’bo Coast

Dec 28, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns on E’bo Coast

Sixty-one-year-old Ramsey Persaud a/k Izick, of Mainstay Village, Essequibo Coast, was discovered in a trench at Land of Plenty on Christmas Day by his son, Mitesh Persaud. According to Police,...

Pele tackles Sunburst Camptown; Alpha face Bakewell Topp XX

Dec 28, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele tackles Sunburst Camptown; Alpha face Bakewell Topp XX

New Champions will be crowned when the curtains comes down on the 21st Edition of Guyana’s premiere football tournament on Saturday night at the National Stadium, Providence. Last evening at the...

Another baby dies

Dec 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Another baby dies

– relatives blame language barrier and inexperienced doctors…. “A language barrier and inexperienced doctors” are some of the things that caused his daughter-in-law Anita Forrester, 23,...

Cheekies presents gifts to 10 Christmas Day babies

Dec 28, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Cheekies presents gifts to 10 Christmas Day babies

As part of its long-standing Christmas tradition, Ansa McAl Trading Ltd., presented gifts to ten babies who were born on Christmas Day at city hospitals. To mark the occasion of the twelfth...

Sabrina Princess crowned champion at KMTC Race meet

Dec 28, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Sabrina Princess crowned champion at KMTC Race meet

Jagdeo stable take top honours, as two horses collapse and die Samuel Whyte Sabrina Princess of the Kris Jagdeo stable produced a brilliant performance to create a major upset to take the feature...

TTCB T20 Festival starts today in South Trinidad

Dec 28, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on TTCB T20 Festival starts today in South Trinidad

Guyana vying for TT$20,000 prize money By Sean Devers Guyana, the Region’s most successful T20 cricket team will have the added incentive of playing for a first prize of TT$20,000 when the Trinidad...

Rising Sun fund raising horserace Meet now set for Sunday January 2

Dec 28, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun fund raising horserace Meet now set for Sunday January 2

By Samuel Whyte The previously postponed Rising Sun Turf Club fund raising horserace Meet in collaboration with the Lions Cub of Durban Park and the Central Demerara Lions has now been slated for...

This must not happen again

Dec 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on This must not happen again

Dear Editor, My heart bleeds for right thinking people in Guyana. And those are the people who should be in the positions of professional authority especially in respect of the life, and limbs and...

Boxing Night vexations and the hate young Guyanese have for their country

Dec 28, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Boxing Night vexations and the hate young Guyanese have for their country

Each day in this country, you see not only the helplessness of the presidency, the Government of Guyana and the ruling party to instill some form of logic in their governance but the abominable,...

Guyana is fast becoming a Police State?

Dec 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is fast becoming a Police State?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is no longer an independent institution. Under the present Commissioner Henry Greene, supported by a number of senior officers, who form the top brass of...

We need to free our country from this incompetence

Dec 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on We need to free our country from this incompetence

Dear Editor, Now that the New Year is upon us, it is customary to make those New Year resolutions that we sometimes find difficult to bring to fruition. Some of the more common resolutions that...

Political arrests and victimization by the regime

Dec 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Political arrests and victimization by the regime

Dear Editor, The arrest and detention of Freddie Kissoon and Mark Benschop for a simple traffic violation has nothing to do with breaching the Traffic Laws. This is simply a political arrest and...

DARK CLOUDS BEHIND THE SILVER LINING

Dec 28, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DARK CLOUDS BEHIND THE SILVER LINING

As the year winds slowly down to an end, it is time to reflect on some of the more important developments of 2010. The economic scorecard is mixed. For the fifth straight year, Guyana will enjoy a...

The dilemma of West Indies cricket

Dec 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The dilemma of West Indies cricket

Dear Editor, It doesn’t appear to me that the strategists, revisionists, technocrats, directors and even the experts that are daily involved in the direction of West Indies cricket have...

Kaieteur News Editorial

Dec 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Kaieteur News Editorial

Dear Editor, The Editorial of Kaieteur News (December 21), “Lawlessness abounds in this society”, surely caught my eye; I thought that you were supporting my premises in my letter two days before...

The situation at the La Repentir Disposal Site is the result of a crime perpetuated against the citizens of G/T

Dec 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The situation at the La Repentir Disposal Site is the result of a crime perpetuated against the citizens of G/T

Dear Editor, Season Greetings to all Guyanese. The caption of the Demerara Waves online article, “Kissoon, Benschop arrested for blocking landfill site; Government intervenes in chaotic landfill”...

The naked display of contempt for the law speaks loudly how far we have returned to the ugly past

Dec 28, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The naked display of contempt for the law speaks loudly how far we have returned to the ugly past

Dear Editor, Just before UF-PNC coalition, the late Ms. Janet Jagan used to taunt Mr. L.F.S. Burnham with: All I wanted for Christmas is my Prime Ministership, my Prime Ministership, see my Prime...

The holidays have not been all bad

Dec 28, 2010 knews Editorial Comments Off on The holidays have not been all bad

The holidays brought to the fore the extent to which Guyanese long for family and friends, for seasonal foods, especially those that have become firmly associated with the season, and of course...

Breaking News: Ministry of Health fire… Army major, businessman charged for treason

Dec 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Ministry of Health fire… Army major, businessman charged for treason

An army major and his wife are among three persons arrested and facing treason charges for the July 2009 fire at the Ministry of Health. This fire has been blamed on a gang of what has been described...

Breaking News!! Agricola Kidnap Update… Cops looking for ‘Fishy’

Dec 27, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!! Agricola Kidnap Update… Cops looking for ‘Fishy’

– victim urges family to pay ransom Police are said to be looking for an underworld figure known as ‘Fishy’ in connection with Thursday’s kidnapping of 29-year-old Agricola Gail Perreira....

Woman kidnapped $20Million demanded

Dec 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman kidnapped $20Million demanded

Police were last night questioning a number of persons following the kidnapping of a 29-year-old woman from Agricola. Some men reportedly kidnapped the woman around 20:00 hrs on Thursday night. The...

Guyanese trio tries to extort $500,000 from wealthy Bergen woman

Dec 25, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese trio tries to extort $500,000 from wealthy Bergen woman

(from the Cliffview Pilot) A ruthless team of would-be extortionists tried strong-arming a wealthy Englewood Cliffs woman into paying more than $500,000 to keep them from sharing “compromising”...

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