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GECOM Chairman warns perpetrators of attacks on media

Oct 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman warns perpetrators of attacks on media

“The confounded nonsense must cease and it must cease now.” “The confounded nonsense must cease and it must cease now,” were the words of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission...

Moses Nagamootoo withdraws from PPP/C

Oct 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Moses Nagamootoo withdraws from PPP/C

…says clique bulldozed him out of leadership Pull Quote: “I hold dearly his (Jagan) great ideals for a free and democratic Guyana where leaders ought to be judged by character, integrity and...

Emotional farewell for murdered children

Oct 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Emotional farewell for murdered children

Yesterday scores of residents, as well as students and teachers from the St. Mary’s Primary and Soesdyke Nursery Schools gathered at the Church of Nazarene, Soesdyke, to bid farewell to the...

Jamaica Top Cop urges strict regulation of private security companies

Oct 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaica Top Cop urges strict regulation of private security companies

– Rohee acknowledges increasing role of entities By Dale Andrews There can be no question that because of the changing circumstances of societies, the demand for the...

30,000-plus ID cards still to be uplifted – GECOM

Oct 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 30,000-plus ID cards still to be uplifted – GECOM

A high level team from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday provided an update on the Election readiness of the entity and reminded that there is in excess of 30,000 Identification Cards...

Dem boys seh…Everybody running and some running dem mouth

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Everybody running and some running dem mouth

When children dead people does sympathise wid de parents. In this case three children dead and people vex wid de parents. One in jail fuh killing de children and de other one, de less said de better....

The horrible sides of Guyana we don’t know about

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The horrible sides of Guyana we don’t know about

Last Wednesday evening, I was in New Amsterdam again, invited again to be on the live call-in programme on DTV hosted by attorney Charrandas Persaud. I was reluctant this time. On each journey...

Lobbying or Bribing?

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Lobbying or Bribing?

As democracy develops in Guyana under a free-enterprise economic regime, there have been some very unwelcome developments that this newspaper, for one, has been at pains to highlight. We refer to the...

APNU SHOULD SIGN A LIMITED CODE OF CONDUCT

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU SHOULD SIGN A LIMITED CODE OF CONDUCT

APNU is not inclined to sign the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) code of conduct. The grouping has no objection to what the code contains, but rather to what is missing from...

Depoo responds to the Express editorial

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Depoo responds to the Express editorial

Dear Editor, I read your rather shrill editorial of today’s date pertaining to the four-month suspension of the broadcasting license of CNS Channel 6 in Guyana with great concern. Your editorial...

Jagdeo may have behavioral issues

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo may have behavioral issues

Dear Editor, Evidently President Jagdeo takes pride in what he calls “cussing out” the media and has escalated his tirade as an election campaign strategy which suggests this nation is...

Time is a unifier

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Time is a unifier

Dear Editor, This election season has so much to celebrate and to fantasize about. Has there ever been a time in Guyana’s history when former ‘enemies’ are now comrades in arms? We have...

Panic is stepping in

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Panic is stepping in

Dear Editor, It is no surprise Jagdeo and the PPP/C are frantically attacking both the opposition parties and the Press. They have realized ...

A sad situation

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A sad situation

Dear Editor, So sad about 10-year-old Richardo, who disappeared from his home. He seems an alert, pleasant child, and one hopes he is found soon and no harm befalls him. No child runs...

AFC, the ‘new kid on the Block’

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC, the ‘new kid on the Block’

Dear Editor, I understand that the AFC is trying its best to attract the voting populace, especially, the youth, now that election is drawing nearer. But, the party has been proposing...

A question of impartiality

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A question of impartiality

Dear Editor, Please permit me to point out via your letter column that, irrespective of whether or not GECOM rescinds the accreditation of the GPSU’s Local Observer...

Reifer, Mayers lead Combined Campus and Colleges to upset win over T&T

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reifer, Mayers lead Combined Campus and Colleges to upset win over T&T

Combined Campus and Colleges (CCC), led by resilient batting from Floyd Reifer and Kyle Mayers, created a major upset, defeating Trinidad and Tobago by 5 wickets when the second day’s play...

Regional Super50 cricket…Jamaica hammer sub standard Leewards

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 cricket…Jamaica hammer sub standard Leewards

Jamaica lost three wickets in three overs after lunch but easily reached 101-3 off 15.4 overs replying to the 97 all out in 35 overs made by a sub-standard Leewards in their opening zone...

Kumar urges Guyanese to win – IGG opens in Suriname

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kumar urges Guyanese to win – IGG opens in Suriname

By Edison Jefford in Suriname In association with Warsila, YK Investments and R&D Engineering Director of Sport, Neil Kumar had no problem if the other participating delegations from...

Absence of 18-hole Course a serious oversight-Rajkumar

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Absence of 18-hole Course a serious oversight-Rajkumar

Overseas-based golfer Roger Rajkumar, who returned to Guyana recently to participate in the Digicel Classic and Guyana Open speaking with the media, said he believes that the absence of...

Pacesetters ‘A’ unstoppable

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pacesetters ‘A’ unstoppable

King Street Ballers and Above the Rim also advance Senior National players Stephan Gillis and Royston Siland made sure that their team didn’t suffer the same faith as the other...

Big hitting Jamaica push Skeldon CC to top of money pile

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Big hitting Jamaica push Skeldon CC to top of money pile

Georgetown, Guyana – Jamaica’s crushing victory over the Leeward Islands pushed their partner club – Skeldon Cricket Club – to the top of the money pile in the WICB Super Club...

Over 85 horses entered for Norman Singh Memorial, Shariff Stable Mega horserace Meet

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 85 horses entered for Norman Singh Memorial, Shariff Stable Mega horserace Meet

As race day draws nearer most of the top stables have confirmed their entries for the big mega horserace meet organized by the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with the Shariff...

Inaugural Universal DVD & Universal Solutions Twenty/20 Cricket starts this weekend

Oct 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inaugural Universal DVD & Universal Solutions Twenty/20 Cricket starts this weekend

The first ever Universal DVD & Universal Solutions sponsored First Division Twenty/20 Cricket Competition starts this weekend with first and second round matches fixed for Saturday and...

$113M contract awarded for Leonora’s synthetic sports track, facilities

Oct 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on $113M contract awarded for Leonora’s synthetic sports track, facilities

Government has approved a number of critical contracts, including the construction of a synthetic track and field facilities at Leonora and rehabilitation of the Public Prosecutors’ offices....

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- What if in tabling the 2025 Budget, the Minister with responsibility for Finance did... more