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Will the Velvet Revolution in the Arab World reach Guyana?

Feb 03, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Will the Velvet Revolution in the Arab World reach Guyana?

At the time of writing this commentary, the European Union has frozen the assets of the ousted Tunisian President and France has seized his private jet. For sure, he is not going to get back that...

Ramcharan Narine and Linden McCoy hit tons in latest round

Feb 03, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ramcharan Narine and Linden McCoy hit tons in latest round

Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum Softball Cricket Competition, which is organized by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), continued last Sunday and Friday Night at various venues...

Two busted with marijuana during CANU raid

Feb 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two busted with marijuana during CANU raid

Bryan Small of lot 74 Campbellville Housing Scheme, Georgetown, found himself before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after ranks from Custom Anti...

McDonald recommends formula for successful sport associations

Feb 03, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on McDonald recommends formula for successful sport associations

By Edison Jefford “All sports organisations must make a resolution to strengthen and streamline the efficiency of their administration,” literary figure, Dr. Ian McDonald believes and recommended...

Chandrapal and Nagamootoo are dedicated sons of Guyana

Feb 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chandrapal and Nagamootoo are dedicated sons of Guyana

Dear Editor, Both Navin Chandrapal and Moses Nagamootoo have shown from their youth and to the present time that they are not afraid to speak for the betterment of Guyanese. A few days ago, I read on...

Team could spring a few surprises – Roberts

Feb 03, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Team could spring a few surprises – Roberts

Manager of the Guyana National Rugby squad currently preparing for the upcoming IRB World Sevens Series in Las Vegas, USA Robin Roberts believes the team could spring a few surprises at the...

Police hunt ‘Witch’

Feb 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police hunt ‘Witch’

Police are on the hunt for Clifton Ramcharran ,called Witch, 38, of Number Two Village, East Canje, Berbice. The man said to be‘ a regular offender, escaped from the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s...

GFF to continue training & educational programmes – TDO France

Feb 03, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on GFF to continue training & educational programmes – TDO France

By Franklin Wilson Technical Development Officer of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Lyndon France has informed that the governing body will continue to pursue a path of continuous training and...

Nestor’s fear of the AFC has prompted incoherent ramblings

Feb 03, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Nestor’s fear of the AFC has prompted incoherent ramblings

DEAR EDITOR, I am somewhat skeptical of responding to Lurlene Nestor’s dabbler excursions into a disturbing realm of puerility and illogic as contained in her last letter captioned, “A hunch...

Projected numbers fail to debunk Mrs. Holder’s thesis

Feb 03, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Projected numbers fail to debunk Mrs. Holder’s thesis

DEAR EDITOR, A statistician, letter writers, bloggers and Minister Manickchand have responded to Mrs. Sheila Holder’s thesis of phantom pensioners by proposing projected data on the number of...

Dictatorship has an expiry date

Feb 03, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Dictatorship has an expiry date

DEAR EDITOR, The people of Egypt are demonstrating that dictatorship has an expiry date. Their refusal to let up in their protests against the three decade dictatorial rule of President Hosni Mubarak...

Whom does Mr. Rohee thinks he is fooling?

Feb 03, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Whom does Mr. Rohee thinks he is fooling?

DEAR EDITOR, Reading the SN article of February 1, 2011, captioned, “Law and order at the optimal level – Rohee” was most disturbing. What was even more concerning is that Minister Rohee listed...

P&SSO should not be made the casualties of political quarrels

Feb 03, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on P&SSO should not be made the casualties of political quarrels

DEAR EDITOR, We are the Probation and Social Service Officers (P&SSO) working at the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security. We notice that recently in the budget presentation in...

Many young Amerindians are not registered

Feb 03, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Many young Amerindians are not registered

DEAR EDITOR, After doing a fan out exercise on behalf of the Alliance for Change, I found that many young people, who ought to be voting for the first time, are not registered. I have done work on...

That story about Guyana being safe

Feb 03, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on That story about Guyana being safe

Politicians issue statements designed to make their constituents feel comfortable. And this is what life is all about because people always need some reassurance. There must be something to motivate...

Each cost $295,000 = US$1,500

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Each cost $295,000 = US$1,500

Govt. one laptop per family programme… – Minister Jennifer Webster tells Parliament – No procurement bids undertaken The government yesterday said that the cost for one of the...

MPs face-off over contract employees

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on MPs face-off over contract employees

The Budget debates moved to a second stage yesterday in the National Assembly as the House resolved into the Committee of Supplies and scrutinised the allocations, both current and capital,...

Detective gets bail on rape charge

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Detective gets bail on rape charge

Detective Corporal Ricardo Inniss was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, charged with rape. The detective is accused of raping a...

Dem boys seh…Dem family laptop got problems

Feb 02, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem family laptop got problems

De debate in Parliament done. Everybody talk. Some talk nuff and some talk stupidness. One man claim how every man over forty should test fuh prostate. Well dem boys seh that de prostate test is...

Father of two is latest road fatality

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Father of two is latest road fatality

– struck by speeding car Forty-five-year old Alwyn Andrew Hanover, a landscaper from the village of Victoria on the East Coast of Demerara, was yesterday morning added to the country’s list...

No arrests yet as probe continues

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on No arrests yet as probe continues

Slain taxi driver… As the police continue their investigations into the brutal murder of taxi driver and Albouystown resident Charles Caesar, they are yet to make any arrests. Caesar, 24, was shot...

Women’s Army Corps celebrates 44th year

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Women’s Army Corps celebrates 44th year

Yesterday the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) observed yet another milestone, this time it was the 44th year of existence of the Women’s Army Corps. The celebration commenced with a thanksgiving...

Single women present more incomplete abortions

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Single women present more incomplete abortions

– Survey According to a research done by officials of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) medical complications resulting from incomplete abortions are most likely to affect...

‘Wild Hog’ writes Chancellor, causes commotion in Magistrate’s Court

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Wild Hog’ writes Chancellor, causes commotion in Magistrate’s Court

Thirty-seven year-old Clarence Williams, called Wild Hog, of Angoy’s Avenue, who is before the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on a number of charges has written to the Chancellor of the...

Beaten schoolboy moved to open ward

Feb 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Beaten schoolboy moved to open ward

…alleged assailant released on bail Leon Benjamin, the student of the Hope Secondary School, who was badly beaten by three other youths on Thursday last, was yesterday transferred from the High...

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Berbice ease past Demerara in low-scoring match

The geography of pettiness

Kaieteur News – You have to admire the commitment. Not to international diplomacy, mind you, but to the art of the... more