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Where is the popular swing?

Apr 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Where is the popular swing?

It is almost impossible for any political party which lost an election by over ten percentage points to within a few years, say five years, overcome that deficit, save and except for a massive...

AFC mulls options to reprimand PM for misleading House

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC mulls options to reprimand PM for misleading House

…to push for FOI, Broadcast legislation before Parliament dissolves The life of the ninth Parliament of Guyana is set to come to an end in August when the constitutional deadline expires. The...

Skeletal remains found in Berbice

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Skeletal remains found in Berbice

Body was missing for over three months Police in Berbice made a gruesome discovery when they spotted the skeletal remains of a man who was later identified as Budraj Budnarine, 39, a fisherman of No...

Guyana deports Canadian for murder

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana deports Canadian for murder

A Canadian national who is wanted for murder in his homeland, was yesterday deported in the company of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Senior Police officials yesterday stated that the suspect,...

Man gets 17 years for killing Mark Gill

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets 17 years for killing Mark Gill

…one year for each stab wound A once promising graphic artist from a reputable family of pandits was yesterday sentenced to 17 years in jail for the 2005 murder of popular businessman, Mark Gill,...

Dem boys seh…Customs man hollering ‘dem a watch we’

Apr 16, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Customs man hollering ‘dem a watch we’

De Road March tune was ‘Dem ah watch me’. Everybody singing this song till people even tek up watching. Dem boys watching. De other day dem decide to go to an auction when some car was on sale....

Two more wanted for Govt. Department fraud

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two more wanted for Govt. Department fraud

Police have issued wanted bulletins for two more people in connection with a fraud committed at a Government Department. They are Sean Ron Gibson, a plumber, whose date of birth is given as February...

A people must first know from where they came to be able to successfully get to where they want

Apr 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on A people must first know from where they came to be able to successfully get to where they want

Dear Editor, The PPP is once again doing what they do best, consciously attempting to con the Guyanese people as national elections become imminent! James H (Kaieteur News, 13 April, 2011) is clearly...

The minibus culture across the country is most rapacious

Apr 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The minibus culture across the country is most rapacious

Dear Editor, The minibus debacle has become a ‘running sore’ and something has to be done. The owners, operators/conductors abuse their seeming indispensability. They ‘jack up’ the tariff,...

The GPF operates like a beheaded chicken

Apr 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The GPF operates like a beheaded chicken

Dear Editor, Your article (Kaieteur News, April 11) captioned “Interdicted ranks still to be re-instated” is no surprise. In my article of three weeks ago I wrote on the image of the Guyana...

Jagdeo continues to make himself the ‘head clown’ of his party

Apr 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo continues to make himself the ‘head clown’ of his party

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, is now the legitimate ‘campaigner in chief’ for the PPP/C presidential candidate, Donald Ramotar. And since assuming his role the President has done...

Development is best assessed when we seek some comparison

Apr 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Development is best assessed when we seek some comparison

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Donald Ramotar is very much an insider and has no other sensible choice but to stand by the record of the PPP/C government. What is however interesting is his claim that he intends...

Appropriate action will save many lives

Apr 16, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on Appropriate action will save many lives

When there is burgeoning crime in a society there must be many underlying factors. Some social analysts seek to link crime to rampant poverty. Their conclusion is that because the wants and needs of...

THE FORESTS ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE

Apr 16, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE FORESTS ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE

What is the big thing about the Indian forestry deal? What is so lacking in transparency? What is so worrying about something that is routine in the world? The Indian forestry deal is a commercial...

Northeast La Penitence needs street lights, cleared alleyways, etc.

Apr 16, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Northeast La Penitence needs street lights, cleared alleyways, etc.

DEAR EDITOR, For several months now Kiskadee Drive, located at the Mandela Avenue entrance to Northeast La Penitence has been without the valuable service of street lights. These lights serve as a...

Tactical blunders as Alpha and River Plate battle to nil all stalemate

Apr 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Tactical blunders as Alpha and River Plate battle to nil all stalemate

Missed opportunities and glaring blunders were the order of the day and resulted in a nil all stalemate when Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United and Puerto Rico’s club team, River Plate...

Synthetic Facility 40% complete – says Project Manager

Apr 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Synthetic Facility 40% complete – says Project Manager

– Progress of works satisfies Minister By Edison Jefford The Synthetic Track and Field Facility, which is currently under construction at Leonora, West Coast of Demerara, is 40 percent...

Mother seeks public help in locating 17-year-old daughter

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mother seeks public help in locating 17-year-old daughter

A 17-year-old girl due to sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) has not returned home since Monday under mysterious circumstances and her mother is pleading for the public’s help...

LTI dish out second major loss to Kwakwani

Apr 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on LTI dish out second major loss to Kwakwani

– Royals 2011 Championships enter Final Four By Edison Jefford Kwakwani Secondary did not learn much from their second half mistake against McKenzie High Wednesday. In all fairness to them, the...

Cops nab second suspect in D’urban Street heist

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cops nab second suspect in D’urban Street heist

A Middle Road, La Penitence resident has been identified as one of the gunmen who robbed businessman Godfrey Scipio, called “Saga” earlier this month and then fled following a shootout with...

Stag & El Dorado Softball fixtures continue tomorrow

Apr 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Stag & El Dorado Softball fixtures continue tomorrow

The Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum Male and Female Softball tournament continues tomorrow throughout the country. Fixtures are: Cyril Potter College ground: Pitch 1: 9:30am-Rockets vs Trophy Stall B....

HM sanctions teacher for comments posted on Facebook

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on HM sanctions teacher for comments posted on Facebook

A teacher attached to a secondary school in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) has been sanctioned by his headmistress for comments he posted on his Facebook wall. According to the teacher (name given),...

Visas now a requirement for Guyanese visiting St. Maarten

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Visas now a requirement for Guyanese visiting St. Maarten

Jamaica (GoJamaica.com) – The St. Maarten Government has confirmed that Guyanese will now need visas to travel to that country. The requirement took effect on Monday, and also applies to...

Melville beat Belle Plaine to take NT Computec Inter-Mandir softball title

Apr 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Melville beat Belle Plaine to take NT Computec Inter-Mandir softball title

Melville defeated Belle Plaine by 27 runs to win the final of the NT Computec 15 overs softball Inter-Mandir cricket competition on Sunday at Sewram’s tarmac in Belle Plaine, Wakenaam. Played in...

Woman accuses Woodlands Hospital of negligence

Apr 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman accuses Woodlands Hospital of negligence

…claims their actions almost killed her Kristen Macklingam What started as one of the most joyful and fully anticipated moments of a young woman’s childbirth experience ended up as the most...