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BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST

Feb 25, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST

The amount of rain that drenched the coastland in matter of a few days this week should have, by previous standards, led to widespread flooding reminiscent of the Great Flood of 2005. There was...

OP re-employs DFID-funded staffer

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on OP re-employs DFID-funded staffer

While not being able at the time to confirm the emolument of Consultant at Office of the President, Steven Grin, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday said that he would...

Former Kaieteur News reporter tops Standard Officers’ Course

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Former Kaieteur News reporter tops Standard Officers’ Course

After almost one year of rigorous training, 49 young men and three young women were commissioned as officers in their respective disciplined services. The new officers successfully completed the...

Sacked OP employee’s home searched for “flash drive with state secrets”

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Sacked OP employee’s home searched for “flash drive with state secrets”

Police swooped down on the West Coast Demerara home of the mother of sacked Office of the President employee Marcelle Joseph, yesterday, claiming that they were in search of a flash drive that...

Another American jailed for attempting to smuggle coke

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Another American jailed for attempting to smuggle coke

Another United States citizen who attempted to smuggle drugs out of Guyana on February 22, last, has been fined and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, after pleading guilty to the charge. The...

Magistrate chides GRA for “lackadaisical approach”

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Magistrate chides GRA for “lackadaisical approach”

…as court forced to dismiss matter By Latoya Giles “The court is perturbed that the Guyana Revenue Authority’s legal department would start criminal proceedings against people and would not...

Dem boys seh…OP crying today, no Waterfalls paper

Feb 25, 2011 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…OP crying today, no Waterfalls paper

Bright and early today everybody in Office of de President get confuse. De first thing dem does do when dem go in de office is read de Waterfalls paper. This morning dem go in as usual and dem see de...

UN representative speaks on peace as Rotary Int’l celebrates 106 years

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on UN representative speaks on peace as Rotary Int’l celebrates 106 years

Rotary International on Wednesday, last, celebrated its 106th anniversary, in a month that has been designated World Peace and Understanding Month. That day was also named World Peace and...

Bottle-bomb found in NCN compound

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Bottle-bomb found in NCN compound

Ranks from the police Crime Scene Unit were summoned to the National Communications Network (NCN) premises yesterday after a homemade explosive device was found in the compound. The crude device,...

AFC to picket OP today

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on AFC to picket OP today

Executive Members of the Alliance For Change (AFC), along with several other party affiliates and supporters, will today stage a picketing exercise outside of the Office of the President over the...

Cops search Tucville yard for stolen RDC cash

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Cops search Tucville yard for stolen RDC cash

– official’s son, nephew, driver likely to be charged Police are seeking legal advice to know whether they can institue charges against five suspects in connection with the recent...

Track star, Pompey pays courtesy call on Digicel

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Track star, Pompey pays courtesy call on Digicel

Guyana’s international track and field star, Aliann Pompey arrived in Georgetown yesterday for the National Sports Commission (NSC) Awards Ceremony following its postponement to March 4 and her...

David Granger launches book on Public Security

Feb 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on David Granger launches book on Public Security

Brigadier (ret.) David A. Granger launched his latest book last evening at Congress House in Sophia with a simple ceremony. The book entitled “Public Security; Criminal Violence and Policing in...

FOLLOW UP OPEN LETTER ON NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FOLLOW UP OPEN LETTER ON NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS

Dear Members of the National Sports Awards Panel, After my letter questioning the non-recognition of Samuel Ming and Christy Dey by the NSC Awards Panel appeared in the newspapers, I was engaged in...

Cavaliers Sports Club wraps up Mash activities with 10K event

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cavaliers Sports Club wraps up Mash activities with 10K event

Race walkers will be in action once again when the Cavalier’s Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) brings the curtains down on activities planned to commemorate Mashramani activities with a race walk in the...

Trio refused bail on possession of cocaine charge

Feb 25, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trio refused bail on possession of cocaine charge

Three persons, including a Nigerian national, who were allegedly caught on Wednesday, last, with an illicit substance while at a city hotel, were yesterday refused bail when they appeared before...

E’bo teen killed in hit-and-run accident

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on E’bo teen killed in hit-and-run accident

A Danielstown, Essequibo family is now in mourning, following the death of a teenaged loved one, as a result of a hit-and-run accident. Dead is 16-year-old, Manclik Matthews called Jomo, a fifth form...

Will Teixeira, Harding and Holder champion women’s issues?

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Teixeira, Harding and Holder champion women’s issues?

Dear Editor, I found your article interesting in that it raises the issue of violence against women and seeks to encourage women candidates to be a voice for women in Guyana. However, I believe all...

Hikers Hockey Club host Junior Indoor Tournament

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers Hockey Club host Junior Indoor Tournament

As part of its fund-raising drive, the Western Union branded Hikers Hockey Club Junior Programme will host its first annual indoor tournament starting tomorrow and end the following day, at the...

Mark Austin to face sternest test at Pro/Am boxing card tonight

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Austin to face sternest test at Pro/Am boxing card tonight

Tonight, then is the night; Stretched on the massage table He breathes liniment and sweat; And tries to close his ears to the roaring of the crowd, A murky sea of noise that bears upon its tide, The...

What, exactly is the truth about the Inter-Religious TV Channel?

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on What, exactly is the truth about the Inter-Religious TV Channel?

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter, “The Proposed IRO TV Station will provide a service for all Religions” and would be grateful for the opportunity to respond. Mr. McGarrell’s statements can...

What makes Guyana’s democracy so fragile?

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on What makes Guyana’s democracy so fragile?

Dear Editor, This is a rejoiner to Dr. Prem Misir’s letter of February 23rd in Kaieteur News titled: “Democracy in Guyana and PNC’s callous legacy”. Lest the readers lose the topic being...

Accused con woman likely in court today, faces fraud charges

Feb 25, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Accused con woman likely in court today, faces fraud charges

A Berbice woman, accused of ripping off several groceries and leaving a number of the owners embarrassed, is likely to appear in court today facing several fraud charges, according to police. The...

Teams express confidence ahead of historic competition

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams express confidence ahead of historic competition

The eight (8) teams set to compete in the first ever flood light knock-out Twenty20 cricket competition in Bartica have all been expressing confidence that they will take the champions trophy,...

The PNC will be judged by its ‘callous legacy’

Feb 25, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNC will be judged by its ‘callous legacy’

Dear Editor, I respond to a particular letter in the Kaieteur News of February 21, 2011, in which mention was made to Guyana’s democracy, and the “callous legacy’ of the PNC that followed the...

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Alarm in West Indies over radical two-division plan for Test cricket

The Horse Racing Authority Bill will solve nothing!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Horse Racing Authority Bill of 2024, though ostensibly aimed at regulating horse racing... more