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Caricom Day cycle road race set for today on the West of Demerara

Jul 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caricom Day cycle road race set for today on the West of Demerara

National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed MS has organized a 50 Miles Cycle Road Race for today in celebration of Caricom Day. The race will commence from Wales Police Station at 09:00hrs, proceed to...

Catastrophe: What went wrong in Zimbabwe?

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Catastrophe: What went wrong in Zimbabwe?

By Sir Ronald Sanders At midnight on 17-18 April 1980 as the flag of independent Zimbabwe was raised for the first time, Tanzania’s President, Julius Nyerere, told the new Prime Minister, Robert...

BOOK REVIEW

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on BOOK REVIEW

By Akima McPherson PART TWO Akima McPherson is a lecturer (on leave) in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies, School of Education and Humanities, University of Guyana (UG) and a practicing...

Ramotar clueless on a way forward, AFC challenges him to a public debate

Jul 03, 2011 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ramotar clueless on a way forward, AFC challenges him to a public debate

The Alliance For Change is at best amused at the comments of the PPP’s picked Presidential Candidate Mr. Donald Ramotar as reported in another section of the media to the effect that “Guyana’s...

Am I being targeted?

Jul 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Am I being targeted?

Dear Editor, On Saturday around 10:05am, I entered a minibus heading to Georgetown with a computer that I repaired for a friend. Just as the bus started to move, it was stopped by a police vehicle...

The phenomenon of ‘baby criminals’ under the PPP/C – urgent action needed

Jul 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The phenomenon of ‘baby criminals’ under the PPP/C – urgent action needed

Dear Editor, The case of the $50M kidnapping Plot is another bold indictment on this PPP/C government and its refusal to develop a comprehensive crime fighting strategy. When children, for those are...

Simple decisions attract controversy

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Simple decisions attract controversy

By Adam Harris It is amazing how Government projects attract so much conflict these days. There was the Marriott project. That project saw the award of a multi-million-dollar contract for the...

A naked, woman prisoner on the shores of the Georgetown Atlantic

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A naked, woman prisoner on the shores of the Georgetown Atlantic

Another day of dictatorship passes in the life of Guyana. What tomorrow brings we can anticipate and expect. Will it be a terrifyingly wrongful arrest by the police; a brutal, physical attack on a...

Let’s hear it for things Guyanese

Jul 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let’s hear it for things Guyanese

Dear Editor, As I write this letter, children drawn from 16 schools in Britain are preparing to perform at an event there called “World Party in the Park”. The piece that will be done is entitled...

Immigration TALK: Can I Drive while Visiting the U.S.?

Jul 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration TALK: Can I Drive while Visiting the U.S.?

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, [email protected] Recently, the United States tightened the requirements to obtain a driver’s license in the United States. Through the REAL ID Act, a federal...

Presidential Candidates should declare their policy

Jul 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Presidential Candidates should declare their policy

Dear Editor, General Elections may be held sometime later this year. The presidential candidates for the parties contesting to elections are trying their best to woo the electorate for their support....

Abducted and Drowned

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Abducted and Drowned

– who murdered Anita Persaud? There was no foreshadowing of the horror that was to come that evening of August 19, 2001, when Anita Persaud left her parents’ home at Good Faith, Mahaicony. It...

The Baccoo speaks

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There will be more of the same. Another horrible road accident will occur in the near future because again, careless driving will continue. In this case, a speeding car will attempt to overtake a...

Corruption and Capitalism

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Corruption and Capitalism

Of recent, I have been exhorted by some to speak out against corruption in our society. This is in the face of several pieces in which I attempted to deal with the wellsprings of corruption, with the...

THE REBRANDING OF THE PNCR

Jul 03, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE REBRANDING OF THE PNCR

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has surprised many with its strategies and tactics for this year’s elections. It has come up with a very interesting strategy, the full picture of...

A most unwanted situation

Jul 03, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A most unwanted situation

Child abandonment is a common feature these days. Parents are developing the same attitudes of the lower animals. They are producing children, nursing them until they are able to walk and then moving...

“Bitter” Property feud may have led to killing

Jul 02, 2011 knews News Comments Off on “Bitter” Property feud may have led to killing

Police are questioning the son of auto dealer, Harry Persaud Ramsaywack, of “TransPacific Motor Spares” as they follow leads which suggest that a property feud was the motive behind Thursday...

Defective police vehicle crushes woman

Jul 02, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Defective police vehicle crushes woman

Sixty-eight-year-old Shantrinie Sookdeo, aka “Seerani” is now dead after a police vehicle slammed into her, smashing her lower body, as she was awaiting transportation to return home after...

Speeding car kills 61-yr-old Lindener

Jul 02, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Speeding car kills 61-yr-old Lindener

An accident early yesterday morning involving a pedal cyclist and a car (wagon) PKK 3831 has left a 61-year-old Linden man dead, and his wife and family totally devastated. Dead is Carl Bentick, of...

Overloaded truck topples off Lethem Trail bridge … driver dies

Jul 02, 2011 knews News Comments Off on Overloaded truck topples off Lethem Trail bridge … driver dies

Thursday was apparently a ‘bad bridge’ day on the Lethem trail. Two accidents with large trucks occurred, one of them resulting in a fatality. The first and most serious incident occurred shortly...

Dem boys seh…De world forget we and people vex

Jul 02, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De world forget we and people vex

Is strange that people ignoring Guyana. Long time when dem other countries had dem function dem use to invite Guyana. De other day England had a royal wedding and dem ignore Guyana. No invitation...

Caricom Summit opens with tedious ceremony

Jul 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Caricom Summit opens with tedious ceremony

By Radha Motielall The 32nd annual conference of the Caricom Heads of Government got underway on Thursday with a marathon opening ceremony that lasted some five and a half hours. This tested the...

Laxman (72*) Dravid (55) give India victory hopes

Jul 02, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Laxman (72*) Dravid (55) give India victory hopes

Tourists lead by 240 going into final day By Sean Devers in Barbados in association with Digicel, Carib Beer & Queensway Half-centuries from VVS Laxman (72*) and Raul Dravid (55) kept India on...

President’s College PTA lambastes school Board

Jul 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on President’s College PTA lambastes school Board

Yesterday the Board that manages President’s College came in for strong criticisms from some members of the Parent Teacher Association. According to a member of the PTA, Janet White, the body...

Teacher, student to be sanctioned-Education Ministry

Jul 02, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher, student to be sanctioned-Education Ministry

Principal Education Officer (Georgetown), Marcel Hutson, recently met with parents of Charlestown Secondary School to discuss the way forward following the incident with the teacher and the student....