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Dover disappointed with Alpha’s performance

Jun 23, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Dover disappointed with Alpha’s performance

Head Coach of the Alpha United Football Club Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover did not spare any thoughts to describe the performance of his charges in their first game of the 4th Inter Guiana Club...

Is the “white man” better than us?

Jun 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is the “white man” better than us?

Go to any non-white country that was a former colony of the European empires and say out loudly that Third World people are of inferior quality to white Europeans and white Americans and you would...

Vastly different visions for a bankrupt GuySuCo

Jun 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Vastly different visions for a bankrupt GuySuCo

Dear Editor, Donald Ramotar wants to be the next President of Guyana. Fair enough. Everyone can aspire to be the President of a nation. But what has been Donald Ramotar’s legacy? He sat as a member...

We still need to hear from Dave Martindale!

Jun 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on We still need to hear from Dave Martindale!

Dear Editor, Names like Francis Carryl, Rachael Bakker, Dave Martindale and scores of others – have long been suspected of being assigned to letters that were regularly published in the Guyana...

LOGIC AND REASON

Jun 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LOGIC AND REASON

There have been numerous exchanges on the food bans instituted in the 1970s and 1980s by the then Forbes Burnham administration. It is indisputable that those bans affected all Guyanese. The fact...

Like Brigadier Granger, I too would like to see a female Prime Minister

Jun 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Like Brigadier Granger, I too would like to see a female Prime Minister

Dear Editor, Recently there has been lots of speculation in the media about who will be selected by the JOPP to be David Granger’s Prime Minister. Brigadier Granger has said that his first...

Joey Jagan confuses the electorate

Jun 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Joey Jagan confuses the electorate

Dear Editor, It would appear that the Ramotar faction of the PPP is busy looking for prominent individuals, who were members of the PPP or closely associated leading personalities of the PPP. One...

Did the law take its course then, Freddie?

Jun 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Did the law take its course then, Freddie?

Dear editor, I agree with my friend Mr. Freddie Kissoon that the population does not have much respect for the police, because most of the time they fail to do their job. But in his latest praise of...

It’s the wondering bee that finds the honey

Jun 23, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s the wondering bee that finds the honey

Dear Editor, Recently I saw Dr. Ramaya on television. The programme was about an AFC political meeting where Dr. Ramaya was a speaker. As I listened to the good Doctor I remembered something quite...

An absence of social services

Jun 23, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on An absence of social services

There is a strange wind blowing across the country. We see unnecessary road accidents, drownings, fires across the country and missing children, particularly girls. Parents seem to have lost the art...

PAC exposes continued financial impropriety

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PAC exposes continued financial impropriety

There are 55 instances of Government entities violating rules of financial transactions. The illegal actions fall into eight categories, according to the report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)...

High fuel prices rock Lethem

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on High fuel prices rock Lethem

– bad road leads to increased acquisition costs While the flood waters have receded and life is slowly getting back to normal in the Rupununi, the people of Lethem and surrounding communities...

Prosecution given two weeks to produce tapes

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Prosecution given two weeks to produce tapes

The preliminary inquiry into the treason charges aginst Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann, and former reserve officer Leonard Wharton, continued yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya...

Infant succumbs after ingesting kerosene

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Infant succumbs after ingesting kerosene

Family members of one-year-old Crystal Blackett are at a loss for words after the toddler ingested kerosene at her home yesterday afternoon and died after being admitted to the Georgetown Public...

Driver surrenders to police

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Driver surrenders to police

– injured boy able to talk The driver of the car that struck down two children on Monday morning, killing one of them on the spot, has surrendered to police in Berbice. The man turned himself...

Joint Services still on high alert

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Services still on high alert

12 days after NA prison escape… Members of the Joint Services remain on high alert with the objective of recapturing four criminals who escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison almost two weeks ago....

Dem boys seh…Some people can’t even get one vote

Jun 22, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some people can’t even get one vote

De opposition talking about joining. All of a sudden some political parties that can’t even get one vote talking how dem joining wid de main opposition to form a team to fight de government. And...

Lethem residents fearful of imminent rainy season

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem residents fearful of imminent rainy season

– farmers, households to receive Gov’t relief By Rabindra Rooplall Residents of Lethem are fearful that flooding will return with dire consequences, since the traditional rainy season is...

Missing teen’s body found in creek

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Missing teen’s body found in creek

A search party, including relatives and friends of 14-year-old Kevin Poulis, discovered the teenager’s lifeless body yesterday, some 50 metres away from where he was last seen on Sunday....

2009 forgery case ruling set for June 30

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 2009 forgery case ruling set for June 30

Thursday, June 30, is the date set for the ruling into the forgery matter for which Sita Ramlal and Norman Mc Lean are before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court....

Rice farmers claim GRPA bias

Jun 22, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmers claim GRPA bias

General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj, stated that the only bias the entity has is towards the representation of its members. He emphasized that...

Barath’s ‘come-back’ fifty fails to prevent Indian lead

Jun 22, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barath’s ‘come-back’ fifty fails to prevent Indian lead

Dravid unbeaten on 45 after Sammy’s let-off By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, Queensway, Western Union & Jamaica Pegasus Adrian Barath batted purposefully for 64 on his...

Fairy Landing lands big win at Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club

Jun 22, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fairy Landing lands big win at Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club

By Samuel Whyte Fairy Landing, owned by Mohamed Sheriff, returned to the Race track with a bang when it won the feature B class event last Sunday when the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club situated...

Fun and excitement galore as GT&T gets ready for ‘Fast Ball’ action

Jun 22, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fun and excitement galore as GT&T gets ready for ‘Fast Ball’ action

Months of intense planning will finally come to fruition when officials of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Ltd (GT&T) launch the inaugural GT&T Fast Ball Football competition at...

Alpha opened quest for 1st c/ship last night; pay courtesy call on Mayor Remire Montjoly

Jun 22, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Alpha opened quest for 1st c/ship last night; pay courtesy call on Mayor Remire Montjoly

It started right here in French Guiana four years ago with the same four clubs and the only nation not to have won the trophy is Guyana. This time around however, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United is...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more