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Suriname seizes smuggled Bristol cigarettes

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname seizes smuggled Bristol cigarettes

Suriname police on Saturday seized some 50 cartons of Bristol cigarettes that were smuggled from Guyana. Suriname’s Starnieuws has reported that the seizure was made at control point in Coronie....

Minibus operators take advantage of rise in gas prices

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus operators take advantage of rise in gas prices

Despite the admonition by Minister of Tourism, Manniram Prashad, that minibus operators do not raise fares, many are paying no heed to this and are unofficially, demanding more money. This is the...

Cecil Jacques retains Presidency of Pele FC

Feb 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Cecil Jacques retains Presidency of Pele FC

Gordon Braithwaite is TD; Travis Grant Club Captain Former National Goalkeeper Cecil Jacques was retuned as President of the Pele Football club when that entity held its Annual General Meeting (AGM)...

Bag of stolen squash costs man $20,000

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bag of stolen squash costs man $20,000

Officers at the City Constabulary outpost near Bourda Market, Georgetown, arrested Junior Mc Ferlin after he was seen with a bag containing a quantity of cucumbers and squash which were suspected to...

UDFA host successful facilitator’s seminar

Feb 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on UDFA host successful facilitator’s seminar

Association prepares for the “Man Up! Be a Champion for Change” U23 tourney The Upper Demerara Football Association’s (UDFA) last week hosted a successful three-day facilitator’s seminar for...

Man granted bail for fraudulent conversion

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man granted bail for fraudulent conversion

“My worship, I took de money but please don’t send me to jail. I can’t go there right now,” were words of Michael Williams as he pleaded guilty to the offence of fraudulent conversion....

Rose was undermined

Feb 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rose was undermined

By Edison Jefford Trevor Rose was not disappointed when he lost the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Presidency Sunday afternoon, and maybe he had good reason not to be, since as...

Players wanted to leave since first day

Feb 15, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Players wanted to leave since first day

Says Leewards Manager Percy Daniels By Sean Devers Manager of the Leeward Islands team Percy Daniels said his players wanted to leave Guyana for Antigua since the first day of their second round...

Millions lost as fire razes Lethem store

Feb 15, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Millions lost as fire razes Lethem store

– first major fire in 40 years The absence of fire fighting facilities in the swiftly developing border location of Lethem was lamented yesterday when fire completely destroyed one of the...

Governance and responding to criticism

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Governance and responding to criticism

Dear Editor, The detailed response to your editorial of 11th February by the Corporate Secretary of the NDIA surely reflects the bankruptcy in the ability of most of the servants of our people to...

Police arrest wrong man for Norton Street murder

Feb 15, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Police arrest wrong man for Norton Street murder

As police continue to diligently investigate the murder of nursery school teacher, Natalie Loncke, one man is not too pleased having been mistakenly arrested for the suspect. Leylend Lewis was picked...

Are there no sentinels at the exchequer?

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Are there no sentinels at the exchequer?

Dear Editor, The Laptop scandal which has engulfed the Government of Guyana has reinforced allegations of rampant and systemic corruption and that the schemes and devices of this racketeering ruling...

Incestuous Education official for court today

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Incestuous Education official for court today

The 52-year-old Ministry of Education official who is accused of indecent conduct, against his 18-year-old stepdaugther, has been released on $25,000 station bail. Police said that they were advised...

Parkside continues to raise the bar for steel pan music

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Parkside continues to raise the bar for steel pan music

Dear Editor, Parkside Steel Orchestra arguably remains the modern Guyanese steel pan music standard bearers who continue to redefine musical excellence with their every performance. From its humble...

One cannot ignore or dispute that there was development

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on One cannot ignore or dispute that there was development

Dear Editor, There is no question that the government achieved major developmental progress during its tenure in office. AFC presidential hopeful, Khemraj Ramjatan acknowledged this when he stood...

Raphael Trotman needs a course in existentialist philosophy. I need a car

Feb 15, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Raphael Trotman needs a course in existentialist philosophy. I need a car

I think that the leader of the AFC, Mr. Raphael Trotman, was engaging in realpolitik when on a tour of New York, he told a radio station that a Guyanese living abroad with a Guyanese passport should...

Mr. Kissoon conveniently forgets what he writes

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Kissoon conveniently forgets what he writes

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon’s letter captioned, “It’s Mr. Hergash’s right to believe what he thinks of himself” in the February 13, 2011 edition of Kaieteur News, shows that Mr. Kissoon is...

When will Guyana’s youth wake up

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on When will Guyana’s youth wake up

Dear Editor, First Tunisia, then Egypt and the youth set the pace and called the shots. When will Guyana’s youth wake up and bring real change by retiring all the so-called politicians we have in...

HIV counsellor’s murder still unsolved

Feb 15, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on HIV counsellor’s murder still unsolved

One year ago, 42-year-old HIV Counsellor Seeraj Persaud (Sunny) of Lot 8 Hydronie, East Bank Essequibo, was found dead in his Parika, EBE office. According to an autopsy conducted on February 18,...

Which crew should the people choose?

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Which crew should the people choose?

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s column, “Harry Gill’s hariolation on a bennettitaceous performance in Guyana” Freddie’s humongous appetite for the use of ‘big’...

Who were asked for donations?

Feb 15, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Who were asked for donations?

The government has said that it was seeking donations for its one laptop per family project. But just who were these donations sought from and why was there no public notice that donations were being...

The ERC, GTUC and the Strategic Assessment Report

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The ERC, GTUC and the Strategic Assessment Report

Dear Editor, I wish to state from the outset that I do not read, much less buy, the Guyana Chronicle The article that appeared in pages 12 of the Guyana Chronicle dated Tuesday February 08...

Trotman will be on the list of candidates for the AFC

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Trotman will be on the list of candidates for the AFC

Dear Editor, It has become most evident that the PPP State apparatus has given the go ahead to spread untruths about the AFC, Navin Chandrapal Special Team I suspect is in full operation. I wish to...

Robust or gentle castigation must always be based on truth and facts, not speculation and gossip

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Robust or gentle castigation must always be based on truth and facts, not speculation and gossip

Dear Editor, Please permit me to comment on the Cartoon which was published under the title “Politicles” in the SN of Monday, February 7, 2011. In most print media houses, cartoonists are given a...

Egypt has shown how to end the rule of autocratic regimes

Feb 15, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Egypt has shown how to end the rule of autocratic regimes

Dear Editor, The events of the last couple of weeks in Egypt have shown the world that it is still possible to make revolution through peaceful and non-violent action. The people of Egypt and the...

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‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’

– spending US$2B on a project without financial, environmental studies is criminality at its worst – WPA Kaieteur... more