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Soesdyke children murder…Third child dies, prison inmates beat accused killer

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News 33

John Blanchard, who was charged on Friday with the murder of his two children, received a sound thrashing from fellow inmates at the Camp Street Prison. And this happened about four hours before the...

Corentyne woman found murdered in home

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne woman found murdered in home

-husband detained By Leon Suseran Police have detained an elderly rice farmer in connection with the murder of his 39-year-old reputed wife, whose body was found in her Number 48 Village,...

Soesdyke residents hold candle light vigil for slain children

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke residents hold candle light vigil for slain children

Residents of Soesdyke, parents of children attending St. Mary’s Primary School, Soesdyke, members of the Parent Teacher Association body and students of the school last evening held a...

Jamaican gunmen shoot Guyanese doctor in the head

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News 26

…man critical Doctors at the Kingston Hospital in Jamaica are desperately battling to save the life of Guyana-born gynaecologist, Dr. Lyndon Lord, who was shot in the head Friday...

Umpire and long-serving teacher…Dhieranidranauth Somwaru, is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 16, 2011 KNews News 4

Pull Quote: “I really love them (children) you know, and even up to today, I am at the Islamic School, and I keep talking to them, advising them. I wouldn’t be in it (teaching) if I...

Dem boys seh…No teeth goat can’t bite

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…No teeth goat can’t bite

Since you tun on de radio is one or two thing. Dem ah watch We or Put you hand Up. Is de two political party telling people fuh vote fuh dem. De music nice and people singing but dem...

Samuels, Simmons star in Windies series win

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Samuels, Simmons star in Windies series win

DHAKA (AFP) – Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons cracked half-centuries to help the West Indies clinch the one-day series with an easy eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second match...

Digicel Open Golf Tournament…Canada-based Rajkumar leads after Day One

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Open Golf Tournament…Canada-based Rajkumar leads after Day One

Canada-based Roger Rajkumar led a strong field at the end of the first day of competition in this year’s Digicel Open Golf Tournament which begun yesterday, at the Lusignan Course. Rajkumar,...

Preparations heighten for Rising Sun’s October 30 Rodeo

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations heighten for Rising Sun’s October 30 Rodeo

As Rodeo time draws nearer the Rodeo Fever is beginning to catch on with Preparatory works heightening for the annual grand one day rodeo organized by the Rodeo Committee of the Rising...

Charles (72) warms up for Regional Super50

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charles (72) warms up for Regional Super50

As Windwards beat Leewards in practice game Twenty-two year-old Johnson Charles warmed up for the Regional Super50 cricket series in Guyana with an attractive 72 to lead the Windward Islands...

Hemraj hits 81, Trevor Benn denied helmet-trick

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hemraj hits 81, Trevor Benn denied helmet-trick

GCA’s Carib Beer, Heroes Cup cricket… The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer, Heroes Cup two-day first division cricket competition continued yesterday with...

Host Guyana paired with Gandhi Youth Org for Super Club Assistance

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Host Guyana paired with Gandhi Youth Org for Super Club Assistance

Gros Islet, St Lucia – Host Guyana has been paired with Gandhi Youth Organization for the Super Club Assistance Programme during the Regional Super50 Tournament in Guyana. The random...

Fittest Rugby Sevens team for Pan AM Games

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fittest Rugby Sevens team for Pan AM Games

Guyana’s National Rugby Sevens team which is the fittest named will be embodying their homeland at the Pan Am Games in Mexico on October 28 and 29. The team which comprises of twelve...

GASP releases final qualifying list for National championships

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASP releases final qualifying list for National championships

The executive committee of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) has released the names of the nineteen eligible players to compete for a shot at Abigail McDonald’s...

From the glittering New York lights to Guyana’s dusty roads

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on From the glittering New York lights to Guyana’s dusty roads

Andrew Lewis resumes quest for world acclaim His boxing career commenced in 1985 at the young Achievers Boxing Gym in Albouystown, under the tutelage of coach, George ‘Kanchi’...

8th Hand In Hand 11 Race Cycle Meet…Pollydore captures feature race; Reece is top juvenile

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 8th Hand In Hand 11 Race Cycle Meet…Pollydore captures feature race; Reece is top juvenile

Overseas based Guyanese cyclist Godfrey Pollydore was a class above the field when he won the feature 35-lap school boys and invitational race at the National Park yesterday when the...

RHT Gizmos & Gadgets cricket team honours outstanding Teachers

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Gizmos & Gadgets cricket team honours outstanding Teachers

Four outstanding Secondary School teachers from the Lower Corentyne area were honoured on Thursday last at the Port Mourant Secondary School by the Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets...

Yellow journalism is part of the architecture of the media in Guyana

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Yellow journalism is part of the architecture of the media in Guyana

Dear Editor, Some time ago, I wrote that “In recent years, racial incitement to sustain a predatory political culture in Guyana continues to be at the top of the distortionists’...

Is there really a backlog of court cases?

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there really a backlog of court cases?

Dear Editor, I refer to a news item in the Kaieteur News of Monday, October 10, 2011 captioned, “Lawyer (Mr. Anil Nandlall) mulls new strategies to stem cases backlog.” Mr. Nandlall...

Mr. Ramotar is a proven failure before he leaves the starting blocks

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ramotar is a proven failure before he leaves the starting blocks

Dear Editor, Hopefully, the November 28 elections will bring an end to the scorching and scathing criticisms of the Caribbean’s most corrupt, vindictive, autocratic and lawless...

NCN online radio broadcast is an embarrassment

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on NCN online radio broadcast is an embarrassment

Dear Editor, The National Communications Network online radio broadcast is a shame and embarrassment. The online streams have been down for over a month now, and nobody seems to be...

Cane farmers entitled to EU compensation that Govt. received

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cane farmers entitled to EU compensation that Govt. received

Dear Editor, On May 30 2011 I aired a commentary which told the nation that the European Union development funds number 9 and number 10 which are being disbursed by the EU to the...

Young voters can be the change Guyana needs

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Young voters can be the change Guyana needs

Dear Editor, Recently I watched a video of an Alliance for Change (AFC) rally in Region 10 where Mr. Nigel Hughes delivered a moving message, in which he appealed to young people to...

What we have in Guyana today cannot sit well with any man of faith

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on What we have in Guyana today cannot sit well with any man of faith

Dear Editor, Who feels it knows it and neither the tycoons of Pradoville or the stuff-shirt elites of a certain political group, can speak to the real tragedy that is the plight of the...

Policies that make up the 2011 PPP/C manifesto are planks that Peter Ramsaroop has advocated

Oct 16, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Policies that make up the 2011 PPP/C manifesto are planks that Peter Ramsaroop has advocated

Dear Editor, He is known to be frank and outspoken, a character trait that often gets him into trouble. On his Facebook page, Peter Ramsaroop wrote, “We must ensure the right for all...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more