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God is dead, Marx is dead, Gandhi is dead, Mandela is sick

Apr 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on God is dead, Marx is dead, Gandhi is dead, Mandela is sick

…and I’m not feeling too well myself In France, in the turbulent sixties, the young French generation, cynical about their parents, elders, government and the world took to the streets in their...

The PPP has chosen

Apr 06, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The PPP has chosen

After all the storm and fury during the past year about “secret voting” versus “show of hands”, the predicted showdown in the PPP’s Central Committee over choosing their presidential...

Gun-toting bandits snatch $1M from C’tyne business woman

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Gun-toting bandits snatch $1M from C’tyne business woman

Police in Berbice are holding two men who they believe were the perpetrators of a daring armed robbery committed on business woman Rajpattie Ramnarace at Nigg Squatting Area, Corentyne, around 22:00...

WHILE THE WORLD OVERCOMES ITS PROBLEMS, GUYANA SHOULD HEAL ITS DIFFERENCES.

Apr 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHILE THE WORLD OVERCOMES ITS PROBLEMS, GUYANA SHOULD HEAL ITS DIFFERENCES.

The world is in turmoil. From revolution in the Middle East to civil war in Libya, to armed violence in the Ivory Coast, violence is the order of the day. Since the events in Tunisia, there has been...

Disagreeing with Vishnu Bisram

Apr 06, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disagreeing with Vishnu Bisram

Dear Editor, Please permit me a few lines in your column to respond to a letter, “Freddie should consider emulating Jeffrey’s scholarly penmanship”, by Mr. Bisram. I must begin by stating that...

Scrap metal trade banned again

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Scrap metal trade banned again

Government yesterday dropped the hammer on the scrap metal trade amidst a recent surge of vandalism. Announcing the suspension of the multi-million-dollar business, the Office of the Prime Minister...

Missing woman sparks concern

Apr 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing woman sparks concern

Lalita Achana, aka Evette, 25, of 108 Grove, East Bank Demerara, has been reported missing. She was last seen Monday morning heading to work in the city. She is employed at Queen Bee located in the...

Ramotar gets unanimous selection as PPP Presidential Candidate

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar gets unanimous selection as PPP Presidential Candidate

… after Ramkarran, Teixeira, Rohee withdraw Soviet-trained political scientist and economist, Donald Ramotar, was unanimously selected yesterday to lead the ruling People’s Progressive Party...

Tractor crushes man’s skull outside Stabroek Market

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tractor crushes man’s skull outside Stabroek Market

Shoppers and persons in the Stabroek Market environs were yesterday shocked to their wits at the sight of a man who was killed almost instantly after he had his head crushed by a tractor. Reports are...

Persaud bemoans migration of entrepreneurs

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Persaud bemoans migration of entrepreneurs

Business magnate, Dr Yesu Persaud, yesterday bemoaned the migration of entrepreneurs he helped breed through the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED). He also said that the political...

Enmore sugar packaging plant undergoes testing

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore sugar packaging plant undergoes testing

– operational by next month Tests are being carried out at the US$12M sugar packaging facility at Enmore with full operations likely next month. This is according to Paul Bhim, Chief Executive...

International Construction Company accused of being snail paced

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on International Construction Company accused of being snail paced

After paying an international construction company named Habiquad-Guyana, some clients are peeved at the slow pace of any move to construct their homes. According to Charmaine Matthews, her father...

Dem boys seh… No tricks, no living

Apr 05, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… No tricks, no living

De education channel come and de children gun get teaching from people who deh far. De Education Ministry ain’t got to find all de teachers. Dem boys want to know why dem didn’t think of this...

Guyana demands removal of Ram, Woolford from watchdog body

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana demands removal of Ram, Woolford from watchdog body

The Guyana Government has called on Transparency International (TI), a respected watchdog body, to cut ties with a number of prominent local members. The government said yesterday that it has lost...

Woman among five remanded

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman among five remanded

– arrest warrant issued for mastermind in Stockfeeds robbery Four men and one woman were yesterday charged with robbery under arms, following intense investigations into last Thursday’s...

Corentyne man stabbed to death

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man stabbed to death

A Corentyne man who was supposed to have turned out as a cane harvester today was stabbed to death on Sunday around 18:30 hrs by a man known in the area as a bad egg. Dead is Chrisendat Kalandawell,...

January 2011 Demerara Criminal Assizes ends

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on January 2011 Demerara Criminal Assizes ends

– Judges complete eight cases Jail delivery on Thursday brought to an end the January 2011 Criminal Assizes for Demerara. During this Assizes, eight matters were completed, five by Justice...

Stabbed woman protests Police inaction against reputed husband

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbed woman protests Police inaction against reputed husband

An East Coast Demerara woman yesterday protested police inaction in the wake of her complaints that she is being stalked and threatened by the man she once lived with for 23 years. And...

City waste disposal service irregular – King

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on City waste disposal service irregular – King

– contractors turnaround time cited as main cause Waste disposable schedules have been irregular for more than a week now in some sections of the city, a problem which has occurred due to the...

Parika couple remanded for ammo possession

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Parika couple remanded for ammo possession

Police on patrol, acting on information, swooped down on a house located at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo and unearthed three live matching rounds for a .32 pistol. As a result Erica Rampaul,...

Health Minister decries weight loss products

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister decries weight loss products

In recognition of the fact that there is no easy way for overweight persons to lose extra weight fast, Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, has issued a statement decrying any product that has...

Another police witness takes to the stand

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Another police witness takes to the stand

… Colin Jones’s alleged terror gang (PI) continues Detective constable #14996 Elias who is attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Brickdam Police Station was yesterday...

School break-in bothers parents

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on School break-in bothers parents

Teachers attached at the Novar Nursery School, East Coast Demerara, are peeved at the non-commitment by members of the Ministry of Education, after it was reported that the learning institution was...

Fire strikes in Aranka Backdam, Venezuelan perishes

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fire strikes in Aranka Backdam, Venezuelan perishes

Ranks from the Guyana Fire Service and the Guyana Police Force have been dispatched to the North West District following reports of a fire in the location. This newspaper was told that on Saturday...

Trio still in custody for cocaine in logs

Apr 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trio still in custody for cocaine in logs

Up to press time, three persons were still in police custody while investigators await further information from their Jamaican counterparts. The three were held over the weekend by Customs Anti...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more