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Either we prove Mr. Granger’s election rigging involvement or find something else to hammer him on

Apr 30, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Either we prove Mr. Granger’s election rigging involvement or find something else to hammer him on

Dear Editor, I have long expressed my unequivocal backing of the Alliance For Change (AFC) to both break the PPP-PNC ethnic-based stranglehold on the Guyanese electorate and to form a new government...

Robbery in Montrose… Gunmen caught with loot after robbery

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Robbery in Montrose… Gunmen caught with loot after robbery

… one held with firearm, cash in crotch Two brazen bandits attacked Lahago’s Super Centre of 11 Public Road, Montrose, East Coast Demerara, and snatched an undisclosed sum of money, cellular...

Minibus driver crushes colleague’s skull in fatal crash

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver crushes colleague’s skull in fatal crash

A 36-year-old minibus driver met a tragic end yesterday morning when his head was crushed against a concrete wall by an out of control bus BGG 3731, on the Strathspey Public Road, East Coast...

Gunmen shoot Good Hope businessman, chop wife

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen shoot Good Hope businessman, chop wife

– escape with cash and gold By Latoya Giles Just two days after Auto Dealer, Bedi Ramjewan, was slain at Industry East Coast Demerara, armed bandits robbed and shot another East Coast Demerara...

Policeman shooting… Cops looking for two ‘known’ men

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Policeman shooting… Cops looking for two ‘known’ men

Police are trying to locate two known criminals in connection with last week Saturday’s $2M heist in which their colleague, Sergeant Ransford Liverpool, was shot. Detectives appear positive that...

Dem boys seh… Bharrat giving Uncle Glenn headache

Apr 30, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Bharrat giving Uncle Glenn headache

Everybody is a contractor suh till criminals telling police how dem is contractor. Two men decide to go pun a robbery spree. Dem break into a house at Good Hope and terrorise de family. One of dem...

AFC, Cane Grove residents picket Ministry of Health

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC, Cane Grove residents picket Ministry of Health

Braving the scorching sun, placard-bearing residents of Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, supported by members of the Alliance for Change (AFC), including Presidential Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan,...

UG Centre of Communication benefits from UNESCO

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UG Centre of Communication benefits from UNESCO

– funded Radio Laboratory Facilities Amidst much criticisms of the absence of modernity, administrators of the Centre of Communication (CCS), University of Guyana, recently commissioned a...

Industry businessman died from shock and hemorrhage

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Industry businessman died from shock and hemorrhage

– Detained persons remain in custody A post mortem examination performed on the remains of Industry, East Coast Demerara businessman, Bedi Ramjewan, revealed that he died from shock and...

William weds Kate as billions watch – and hope

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on William weds Kate as billions watch – and hope

LONDON (AP) – With not one but two kisses and tender whispered words, Prince William and Kate Middleton smiled and blushed yesterday as they started their life as future king and queen. A day of...

Digicel helps Kingston fire victims

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel helps Kingston fire victims

– Digicel helps Kingston fire victims A large number of persons, whose home went up in flames on Easter Monday at High and Barrack Streets, Kingston, yesterday received donations worth $500,000...

Miners criticised for destroying GWI pipelines in Mahdia

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miners criticised for destroying GWI pipelines in Mahdia

– Minister Ali to speak with relevant authorities for urgent action Miners operating in the Salbora Creek, Mahdia area, have been condemned by Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, for the...

Caribbean Airlines’ increased fare not coincidental – Dr Luncheon

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines’ increased fare not coincidental – Dr Luncheon

Cabinet has noted that the further financial imposition by Caribbean Airlines on Guyanese travelers to Trinidad and Tobago is frustrating to the traveling public. This is according to Head of the...

Ramjattan was a principal leader of the PYO in the 1990’s

Apr 30, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Ramjattan was a principal leader of the PYO in the 1990’s

Dear Editor, There appears a missive in the newspapers titled, “It was Mr. Rohan Singh who achieved much of the change being credited to Mr. Ramjattan.” I was the Organising and Planning...

Have we as a nation no longer care for the dead?

Apr 30, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Have we as a nation no longer care for the dead?

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to express my appreciation for the improvements this country has made in the last few years. I was especially impressed with the renovations done at the Cheddi...

Subsidizing transportation costs for these students would be better appreciated than the OLPF project

Apr 30, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Subsidizing transportation costs for these students would be better appreciated than the OLPF project

Dear Editor, The One Laptop Per Family project, that is promised by the government, the opposition parties and also the beneficiaries, all are making comments and quite rightly so. I am sure that...

Questions continue to be raised about Mr. Granger’s military service

Apr 30, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Questions continue to be raised about Mr. Granger’s military service

Dear Editor, Mr. David Granger has been elected the PNCR’s presidential candidate for the approaching elections. While he continues to make a good impression in many ways, some of the statements...

Why can’t the PPP muster its own resources to run its election campaign?

Apr 30, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Why can’t the PPP muster its own resources to run its election campaign?

Dear Editor, As our societies evolve, notions of what is right and wrong change. Sometimes they change between generations or from one year to another or from one day to another; or as in our...

Comments of Prime Minister Sam Hinds

Apr 30, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Comments of Prime Minister Sam Hinds

Dear Editor, As an anti-racism/human rights activist I am often amazed at some of the commentaries and positions taken with respect to race relations in Guyana. Where do these people get their ideas?...

A tattered labour movement

Apr 30, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on A tattered labour movement

Tomorrow is May Day and it is going to be greeted by further division in the labour movement. The founding fathers of the labour movement when they started it early in the 20th Century, felt that...

Bladen Hall Multilateral prevails

Apr 30, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Bladen Hall Multilateral prevails

Bladen Hall Multilateral School turned in a commendable performance to capture the honours when the curtains came down on the East Coast Inter-School football extravaganza on April 24 last. Plaisance...

Retrieve Unknowns ease into semis

Apr 30, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Retrieve Unknowns ease into semis

When rivalry in the Banks DIH Limited sponsored Guinness Greatest of the Streets Football competition continued in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden on Wednesday night, Retrieve Unknowns made eased...

Paul Vieira calls on Corporate Heads to get on board

Apr 30, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Paul Vieira calls on Corporate Heads to get on board

By Rawle Welch Rated as one of the most efficient and smooth drivers to come out of Guyana, Canada-based racing champion Paul Vieira speaking with Kaieteur Sport shortly before returning home said...

Man rapes daughter, 12, eludes police

Apr 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man rapes daughter, 12, eludes police

A father of five has gone into hiding after his 12-year-old daughter leveled an allegation of sexual misconduct against him. The 37-year-old man, police said, has not been located after intense...

Unity residents organise matches in honour of Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Apr 30, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Unity residents organise matches in honour of Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Cricket lovers along the East Coast corridor are in for an entertaining weekend when a group of enthusiasts of the sport stages two matches on the Unity Ground today and tomorrow starting at 10:00hrs...