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Doctor’s slain wife cremated

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor’s slain wife cremated

Yesterday following a private viewing and ceremony according to Hindu rites, and a public viewing and tribute at a relative’s home in Prashad Nagar, Shewraney Doobay was cremated. Some time after...

Kingston fire victims resist eviction

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Kingston fire victims resist eviction

…block site clearing equipment Morris Sookhoo, the man claiming ownership of the destroyed Barrack and High Streets property, and the remaining residents, yesterday morning got into a fierce...

Leading artist and anthropologist George Simon, A.A. is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 05, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Leading artist and anthropologist George Simon, A.A. is a ‘Special Person’

“My work is now concentrated on drawing attention to the indigenous people and how they have lived with the environment in mind. I hope this will lead to a general acceptance that man is related to...

Dem boys seh…Bar-Rat eat wid a Congo man

Jun 05, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bar-Rat eat wid a Congo man

Dem got a folk song “Me nah dead and dem ah pick me bones”. De police force ban de song. De choir use to sing it when dem had concert but since Henry de Yellow get sick and dem boys line up to...

Building your home? Tiling, PVC ceilings and ‘International Building Expo Two’

Jun 05, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Building your home? Tiling, PVC ceilings and ‘International Building Expo Two’

This week has been an eventful one in many ways as far as housing is concerned. On Friday, last, the government launched its second ‘International Building Expo’ at the National Stadium. If we...

Company says GM not guilty of racism, threatening behaviour

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Company says GM not guilty of racism, threatening behaviour

RUSAL’s ‘spade beating’ allegations… A special team appointed by RUSAL headquarters in Russia to probe allegations that a General Manager used a spade to threaten workers at the Aroaima site...

Robbery accused pleads guilty

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Robbery accused pleads guilty

Girlfriend, deportee and other man placed on bail Robbery accused Leroy Moore, 22, of Rose Hall Town who was recently nabbed with stolen booty taken from the Highest Grade Boutique and Wash Bay...

Guyanese nabbed at CJIA with cocaine in shoes

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese nabbed at CJIA with cocaine in shoes

A Guyanese woman is currently in custody assisting with investigations following the discovery of cocaine on her person while attempting to board a flight at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport,...

Magistrates should conduct voir dire

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrates should conduct voir dire

– Bar Association review 2011 By Rabindra Rooplall With all the arguments being advanced about the relevance of Magistrates conducting voir dire (trial within a trial), an article in the most...

30, 000 OLPF applications received, more to be received

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 30, 000 OLPF applications received, more to be received

An estimated 30,000 families have applied for laptops under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh, said Friday, and announced that applications would be...

Bar Association launches New Guyana Bar Review 2011

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bar Association launches New Guyana Bar Review 2011

The local Bar Association launched the fourth edition of the New Guyana Bar review at the Georgetown Club Friday. The launch attracted Chief Justice Ian Chang, former presidents of the Bar...

Calls for the Media Monitoring Unit to be resuscitated

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Calls for the Media Monitoring Unit to be resuscitated

– GECOM Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on Thursday appealed to members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to call for the resuscitation of the...

CDB helps 25 Guyanese contractors be more competitive

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on CDB helps 25 Guyanese contractors be more competitive

Some 25 small contractors graduated from a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) coordinated Computerised Job Estimation Tool Workshop on Friday, and Guyana joined seven other CDB borrowing member...

From the Diaspora…IS POWER SHARING A SOLUTION TO RACIAL UNITY?

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…IS POWER SHARING A SOLUTION TO RACIAL UNITY?

By Ralph Seeram With general elections coming up in a few months there is much talk of “shared governance” coming from certain quarters. Foremost leading this charge is David Hinds. A few...

FOUR IN LINE TO SUCCEED HENRY GREENE

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on FOUR IN LINE TO SUCCEED HENRY GREENE

Police Commissioner Henry Greene is back on the job after overcoming medical complications. But it is anyone’s guess how long Greene will remain in the position. There is a lot of speculation as to...

Man killed on Vryheid’s Lust Public Road

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed on Vryheid’s Lust Public Road

A route 44 minibus driver is currently in police custody following the death of a 67-year-old man who was struck down on the Vryheid’s Lust Public Road. Around 22:30 hours on Friday, 67-year-old...

Guyana-born financier in US$3B offer to bail CLICO

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born financier in US$3B offer to bail CLICO

Trinidad and Tobago (TTnewsday)– Questions are being raised about the authenticity of a US$3B proposal from a Guyana-born, Hong Kong-based financier to help solve the problems at CLICO,...

Jagdeo named roving ambassador for forest basins

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo named roving ambassador for forest basins

BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Leaders from the world’s three largest forest basins said they would work together to tackle deforestation, on the final day of a weeklong conference, in Brazzaville....

Did we miss an opportunity to alter the existing scenario in sport?

Jun 05, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Did we miss an opportunity to alter the existing scenario in sport?

By Rawle Welch The brag that has emanated from various quarters about the progress sport has made in Guyana and it being the vehicle for social and economic transformation among our youths has to be...

Donald Trotman’s poetry collection to be launched Thursday

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Donald Trotman’s poetry collection to be launched Thursday

The National Gallery of Art will be launching a new book of poetry, ‘Forest Leaves’, by Donald Trotman, at Castellani House, its Vlissengen Road, Georgetown premises this Thursday. Subtitled...

Grass Root Football Academy founder pleased with progress

Jun 05, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grass Root Football Academy founder pleased with progress

Hopes to hold another Pee Wee tourney this year By Sean Devers According to President and organiser of the Kingston Grassroots Soccer Academy (KGSA), United States based Guyanese Junior Forrester,...

New media, technologies pave way for the future of HIV prevention

Jun 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on New media, technologies pave way for the future of HIV prevention

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Stellenbosch University have brought together technology leaders, AIDS activists, social media experts and young people to discuss how...

West Indies v India – “Youth is not always wasted on the young”

Jun 05, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies v India – “Youth is not always wasted on the young”

Colin E. H. Croft If you live in Trinidad & Tobago, this weekend could be sweet sorrow, even if there is an unlikely West Indies sweep; winning all games scheduled for Queen’s Park Oval. That...

Coaches confident of doing well in 3rd Pan American Boxing Qualifier

Jun 05, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Coaches confident of doing well in 3rd Pan American Boxing Qualifier

As the nation’s best amateur pugilists prepare for international duty at the 3rd Pan American Boxing Qualifier two of the coaches assisting in their preparations are confident that they could...

Local businesses invited to T&T’s C’bean/China trade show

Jun 05, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Local businesses invited to T&T’s C’bean/China trade show

The Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) is teaming up with the Private Sector Commission (PSC), the Guyana/China Business Commission and the Guyana/China Friendship Society to...

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Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Ah, Christmas—the season of goodwill, good cheer, and, let’s not forget, good riddance!... more