July 2011

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Dem boys seh…Woman forget de missing commandment

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Woman forget de missing commandment

A child does tun out to be wha he parents train he to do. When dem tun adult dem and got to fend fuh demself, dem does tek directions from dem boss or from de leaders of de land. De people who...

Bandits hit Sophia family and contracting company

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits hit Sophia family and contracting company

Up to press time police ranks were trying to locate a Kitty resident who reportedly orchestrated a robbery in the Sophia community on Monday night. Kaieteur News was told that home maker Dianne...

Mid-city garbage pile-up causes concern

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mid-city garbage pile-up causes concern

In Wellington Street, between Charlotte Street and South Road, there is an almost unmanageable heap of garbage piled up on a daily basis. This, according to residents of the mid-city area, would...

US Professor urges media to be more pluralistic

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on US Professor urges media to be more pluralistic

American Professor David Lublin, who is currently visiting Guyana as a guest speaker for the American Embassy’s series on “Democracy and the Role of Free, Fair, and Transparent Elections in the...

Cowards hide behind anonymity

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cowards hide behind anonymity

DEAR EDITOR, We are in the rapidly changing age of technology as proven in the changes of the forms of communication that we are utilizing at present. We used to express our views in the form of...

Troubling events are occurring

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Troubling events are occurring

DEAR EDITOR, It is time for the Guyanese people to rise and take note of what is happening to their rights of free expression and the public right to be informed. Recent events are troubling, and...

Man arrested in connection with Five Star robbery

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man arrested in connection with Five Star robbery

On Monday, Police arrested a man whom they believed was linked to last week Monday’s robbery at Five Star Backdam, North West District, which left one man nursing a gunshot injury. Reports are that...

When a policeman disregarded his appearance

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on When a policeman disregarded his appearance

Dear Editor, It was the 18th of July, 2011 shortly after 19:00 hrs 7pm. I was sitting outside the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, with a friend because her son was...

Third party insurance for speedboats to be mandatory – Maritime Official

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Third party insurance for speedboats to be mandatory – Maritime Official

Passengers who lost their luggage and valuables during Sunday’s speedboat mishap along the Parika to Supenaam route are unlikely to be compensated. According to Stephen Thomas, Director Maritime...

Transportation woes for West Demerara folk

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Transportation woes for West Demerara folk

Dear Editor I’m writing to highlight the plight of the people living on West Bank Demerara who depend on the route 31 minibuses (Wales to Georgetown) to get to and from work. It has now become a...

The death of a church heralds much worse, or does it?

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The death of a church heralds much worse, or does it?

Dear Editor, As an outsider looking in at the literal tearing down of a place of worship, the St Barnabas Church in Georgetown, I am extremely appalled at this situation to say the least. Churches,...

Some like it hot

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Some like it hot

The U.N.’s Framework Conference on Climate Change held two weeks of negotiations in Bonn, Germany last month, to plan the agenda for the major climate summit in Durban, South Africa, at the end...

FRIENDLIER LAWS ARE NEEDED

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FRIENDLIER LAWS ARE NEEDED

Forty years ago, there was a good chance that if a traffic cop stopped you on the road for some minor infraction, there was a seventy-five per cent chance that he would give you a friendly warning...

Kudos for the AFC

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos for the AFC

Dear Editor, The debate and influence pedaling measures are out in full measure of who is winning the battle for the minds of the rational Guyanese voter in the forthcoming General and Regional...

Access to Info Bill will create re-vamped version of GINA – GHRA

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Access to Info Bill will create re-vamped version of GINA – GHRA

Several weeks ago the Access to Information Bill No. 10 of 2011, was tabled in the National Assembly. That Bill is now in the Special Select Committee phase where the comments of concerned and...

Is there another country as jinxed as Guyana?

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is there another country as jinxed as Guyana?

This country has less than half a million voters yet election after election we cannot get pre-election bureaucracy into shape. There cannot be a scientific answer. The mystery must be supernatural....

Trio on robbery under arms charge refused bail

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Trio on robbery under arms charge refused bail

Joel Ali, Devon Cornette and Dudley Rampersaud, who were allegedly involved in an armed robbery committed in Alexander Village, were yesterday remanded to prison. They were charged indictably and...

Ghost writers abound all around the political divide

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ghost writers abound all around the political divide

Dear Editor, This is in reference to Mr. Mike Persaud’s letter (KN Jul 25) on the use of fictitious names (ghost writers) to defend the government. Yes, it appears there are letter writers using...

A challenge to Vishnu Bisram

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A challenge to Vishnu Bisram

Dear Editor, To what lengths will Vishnu Bisram go, and how ridiculous can be become? His latest heavy propaganda is like the straw that breaks the back of the camel. Replying to Malcolm...

Man gets three months for assault

Jul 27, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets three months for assault

Leon Smart, who was charged with assault, yesterday pleaded guilty and was subsequently sentenced to three months imprisonment. When Smart made his appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton...

Khan’s 4th five-wkt haul gives Guyana 1st day honours against T&T

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan’s 4th five-wkt haul gives Guyana 1st day honours against T&T

By Sean Devers Although the sun was out in all its glory all day yesterday, heavy early morning rain and tardy work removing the covers resulted in the first session of the opening day of the third...

U-20 ‘Lady Jags’ wrap up successful camp in Toronto

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on U-20 ‘Lady Jags’ wrap up successful camp in Toronto

Guyana’s Under-20 ‘Lady Jags’ wrapped up a very successful camp in Toronto held from July 11-16. A total of Eighteen (18) players drawn from Canada, United Kingdom and United States of America...

National Ladies Hockey team, GABBFF receives support from Digicel

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Ladies Hockey team, GABBFF receives support from Digicel

The national Ladies hockey team and the Guyana Amateur Body Building & Fitness Federation (GABBFF) were the beneficiaries of the sustained generosity of cellular giants Digicel when the Company...

East Coast takes centre stage today; 4 matches slated

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast takes centre stage today; 4 matches slated

By Franklin Wilson The battle for supremacy in the inaugural GT&T Fastball knock-out football competition continues today when round-of-32 matches continue at the BV Community Ground under lights...

Persaud powers to Wartsila Golf win

Jul 27, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud powers to Wartsila Golf win

Reigning Guyana Open champion Avinash Persaud won the Wartsila Golf Tournament on a Saturday that saw some high scores at the Lusignan Golf Club, thanks to very slick greens, tricky pin positions and...

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