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Granger calls for Mabaruma to be a Municipality

Jan 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Granger calls for Mabaruma to be a Municipality

Addressing a largely Amerindian audience at a ‘Town Hall Meeting’ at the Mabaruma Community Centre last Saturday evening, Brigadier (Rtd.) David Granger called for the community to be upgraded to...

City Constabulary upset farmers

Jan 31, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City Constabulary upset farmers

With the recent adjustment made by the Public Works Ministry surrounding the relocation of vendors outside and around the Stabroek Market, the City Constabulary has come in for grave criticism from...

Ramjattan’s Bath Settlement call has the potential to attract unhealthy debates

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramjattan’s Bath Settlement call has the potential to attract unhealthy debates

Dear Editor, Harry Gill’s letter (Kaieteur News 01/27/2011) captioned, “Ramjattan should not respond to this ridiculous charge”, has certainly missed the point or was penned with the intention...

Chief Scout of the world, the late Lord Baden Powell must be smiling

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chief Scout of the world, the late Lord Baden Powell must be smiling

Dear Editor, There is something happening in Linden that would make the founder of Scouts and Chief Scout of the world, Lord Baden Powell smile in his grave, though buried far away across the sea...

Can this ever happen anywhere else in the world?

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can this ever happen anywhere else in the world?

Dear Editor, The police in Berbice or in Guyana never cease to amaze me. Their continued inept and imbecilic actions prove more and more that their levels of intelligence and reasoning capabilities...

This year must see the adherence to the IYPAD’s objectives

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This year must see the adherence to the IYPAD’s objectives

Dear Editor, This letter serves to express concerns over the Government and society’s misrepresentation of the United Nation’s ‘International Year for People of African Descent’ (IYPAD) as...

The money being spent on laptops should be used to build or renovate community centres

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The money being spent on laptops should be used to build or renovate community centres

Dear Editor, Many of our children in Guyana are either malnourished or obese. Being malnourished, their mental, and physical development are progressing slowly. These setbacks make it difficult for...

Don’t stray your animals contact the GSPCA

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t stray your animals contact the GSPCA

Dear Editor, I want readers to understand the pain that dogs go through when their owners stray them. The following is just one of many examples I could relate. Several months ago a poor family lived...

Integrated Pest Management through Farmers’ Field Schools

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Integrated Pest Management through Farmers’ Field Schools

Dear Editor, When natural ecosystems are left undisturbed they generally exist in a healthy balance. For example, the numbers of pest and predator insect species balance one another, so plants can...

Today a book goes on sale on how Assange has changed the face of journalism forever

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Today a book goes on sale on how Assange has changed the face of journalism forever

Today, the shelves of bookstores around the world will sell, “Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy” by David Leigh and Luke Harding. This is the first comprehensive account of how...

TWO HUNDRED LESS VOTES PER DAY

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TWO HUNDRED LESS VOTES PER DAY

Each working day, the PPP loses about two hundred votes because of the operations of the Passport Office. Each day hundreds of Guyanese have to wait hours just to hand in their passports and have...

ONES UPON A TIME

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ONES UPON A TIME

“This year we will experience four unusual dates… 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 … NOW go figure this out…. take the last 2 digits of the year you were born plus the age you...

Voter Apathy

Jan 31, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Voter Apathy

One political party has already launched its political campaign for General Elections later this year. We hope that they and the other political operators will be able to reverse the steady increase...

Six potential candidates screened for kidney transplants at private hospital

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Six potential candidates screened for kidney transplants at private hospital

Six potential kidney transplant candidates were screened by prominent transplant surgeon, Dr Rahul Jindal, at the Balwant Singh Hospital yesterday, as plans take shape for an inaugural bout of...

No more fear, just painful memories

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No more fear, just painful memories

By Dale Andrews Friday, January 26, 2008 started like any other day. I was actually on annualised leave, tending to the arrangements for the wake of my grandmother who had died a few days earlier....

Bullet almost severs mentally ill man’s foot

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bullet almost severs mentally ill man’s foot

A 39-year old man had his left foot almost severed by a bullet after he challenged an off duty policeman during a heated rage yesterday afternoon. Cranston Lopes, of 2934 North Ruimveldt, who is said...

The epitome of a law enforcement officer

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on The epitome of a law enforcement officer

Former Top Cop, Henry Fraser, is a ‘Special Person’ “I told my officers to pay attention to the small things that people need help on, because when you need their assistance for the big...

Dem boys seh….Bharrat gone to Egypt

Jan 30, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Bharrat gone to Egypt

January is a month that does mek people get nervous. When madness was de order of de day in Guyana de rest of de world claim that wha happen in Guyana couldn’t happen to dem. That is when Fine Man...

Tax collection disappointing – says Town Council Treasurer

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tax collection disappointing – says Town Council Treasurer

Less than half of the collectable rates and taxes were collected by the New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) for last year. This was revealed by the town Treasurer, Ms Sharon Anderson. The...

Opposition wants more done for Afro-Guyanese

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition wants more done for Afro-Guyanese

Opposition Parliamentarians have called for more to be done to promote the interest of Afro-Guyanese, including enabling them to utilise their backlands for agriculture. Aubrey Norton, from the main...

Low cost airline touts flights to US for US$9.99

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Low cost airline touts flights to US for US$9.99

Low cost airline REDjet, which promises air tickets for the Caribbean from US$9.99, is gearing to lift up soon, airline sources have confirmed. REDjet would effectively be the cheapest airline in the...

Neighbour takes Zoom Inn to court over illegal fence

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Neighbour takes Zoom Inn to court over illegal fence

A Brickdam resident has taken her neighbour, the Zoom Inn Hotel, to court, claiming $10M for what has been described as an illegal fence separating her yard from the business place. Earlier this...

Region Two kicks off Children’s Mash

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two kicks off Children’s Mash

The Region Two Department of Education has kicked off the first in a series of activities to commence the Children’s Mashramani competition. Celebrating under the National Theme ‘Showcasing our...

Bullet in face bandit claimed that he was also robbed

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bullet in face bandit claimed that he was also robbed

With heavy police guard and a bullet lodged in the left side of his face, alleged armed robbery suspect, Robin Akeem Holder, yesterday refuted claims that he was the individual who swooped down on...

From the Diaspora … I AM A RUM SHOP DRINKER

Jan 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora … I AM A RUM SHOP DRINKER

Yes I am a “rum shop drinker” and a proud “rum shop drinker”, that’s why I take strong offence to anyone denigrating my fellow Berbician as “rum shop drinker”. I take it personally when...

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The wait is over, all roads lead to KMTC for their Grand Boxing Day Horse race meet

Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more