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Will Guyanese be able to afford internet for these election season handout laptops?

Oct 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will Guyanese be able to afford internet for these election season handout laptops?

Dear Editor, Five thousand laptops as part of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) have arrived. They will he handed out in what will be an obvious PPP election gimmick and attempt to bribe taxpayers...

Mr. Edghill’s statement shot public trust straight to hell

Oct 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Edghill’s statement shot public trust straight to hell

Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter which appeared in your newspaper a few days ago- Bishop Edghill’s open endorsement of the PPP/C slate is not unusual for this part of the world by Ms. Gail...

The PPPC has delivered on its past manifesto promises

Oct 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPPC has delivered on its past manifesto promises

Dear Editor, The PPPC is poised to win yet another victory in the upcoming general and regional elections come November 28, 2011. One major contributory factor to the successes the Party enjoyed at...

Nagamootoo’s forced ouster may be bad news for PPP

Oct 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nagamootoo’s forced ouster may be bad news for PPP

Dear Editor, The relentless vilification of Moses Nagamootoo by the Chronicle, without doubt the government’s main propaganda mouthpiece, after he announced his resignation from the PPP, is eerily...

Can the small miners trust McWilfred to truly represent their interest?

Oct 31, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can the small miners trust McWilfred to truly represent their interest?

Dear Editor, The recent news that Mr. Mc Wilfred has joined the PPP/C and is on their list for our November National Election has surprised most of the Gold Miners. The debate that is currently...

Jagdeo’s Pension

Oct 31, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Jagdeo’s Pension

The Office of the President (OP) has responded to the claim made by Khemraj Ramjattan of the Alliance for Change (AFC) that President Jagdeo will be receiving a pension of $3 million per month. The...

Ease of doing business…Guyana slips one place in World Bank’s rankings

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ease of doing business…Guyana slips one place in World Bank’s rankings

Guyana has, in the latest World Bank International Financial Corporation’s Doing Business 2012: Doing Business in a More Transparent World report, slipped one place down the ratings to 114...

Truck driver averts collision, but ends up in canal

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver averts collision, but ends up in canal

A Leyland DAF truck, driven by 29-year-old Roy Narine of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD), yesterday swerved off the Friendship Public Road, into a trench to avoid a collision...

A man from another time…Aviation pioneer, Victor Fitt, is a special person.

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News 13

Pull quote: “I got a message asking if I would fly over and try to locate where Clement Cuffy was hiding. David Rose and a party of policemen had left on foot. I flew over and...

Miner dies after collision with truck

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Miner dies after collision with truck

While travelling home, 24-year-old miner Hillary Elias Augustus met his demise about noon yesterday at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara. He had come out of the interior to...

Man killed while collecting friend from wake

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed while collecting friend from wake

A young father of two died early yesterday morning at the West Demerara Regional Hospital while receiving treatment for injuries sustained after being involved in a vehicular smash up....

Dem boys seh…Uncle Freddie enjoying a free ride

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Freddie enjoying a free ride

People does want tek other people thing and do what dem wouldn’t even do to dem own. If a man borrow somebody car he gun drive it like he head ain’t good. He might even crash it and then...

Honours even after Bangladesh fight back

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Honours even after Bangladesh fight back

An inexperienced West Indies top order rose to the occasion to trigger a strong comeback in Mirpur after Bangladesh had enjoyed the better of the drawn first Test in Chittagong. On a...

Gayadin promises a day of exhilarating daredevilry on Nov 13

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gayadin promises a day of exhilarating daredevilry on Nov 13

Motor racing fans in Guyana and abroad have been promised a day of exhilarating daredevilry during the final leg of the GT&T Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship which is scheduled...

Today is Rodeo day

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Today is Rodeo day

The day has finally arrived and its Rodeo time again. A jam packed crowd is expected to throng to the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park Arena West Coast Berbice where all roads are expected to...

Special grading exercise held as GKC scores a first

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Special grading exercise held as GKC scores a first

The Guyana Karate College on Friday October 28 held special Kyu and Dan grading examinations for over sixty of its students under the review of the Chairman and Chief Instructor Shihan Frank...

GABA, GBBC seek to add international flavour to ProAm amateur segment

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA, GBBC seek to add international flavour to ProAm amateur segment

There is a high possibility that the November edition of the ProAm boxing series dubbed, ‘Friday Night Fights’, will see the amateur segment taking on an international flavour. This...

GFA / Banks DIH President Beer Super League kicks off today

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks DIH President Beer Super League kicks off today

Fourteen teams are anticipated to participate in the Opening Ceremony of the inaugural Georgetown Football Association (GFA) / Banks DIH President Beer Super League which kicks off...

Volleyball competition on today in Berbice

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Volleyball competition on today in Berbice

The Berbice Volleyball Association has organized yet another competition in the busy 2011 schedule. The Association which has been very active will be staging the inaugural Dilip...

Mayor Green 77th birthday Ward, Street, Village KO football starts Nov 9

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green 77th birthday Ward, Street, Village KO football starts Nov 9

The Mayor’s Cup Committee will from November 9 to 27 stage the Mayor Hamilton Green 77th birthday Inter Ward, Street and Village Knockout football tournament at the Georgetown...

Jamaican are Regional Super50 champions

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaican are Regional Super50 champions

After 5-wicket win against T&T in Final With four consecutive Regional four day titles but none at the One-Day level since 2007, Jamaica beat Trinidad and Tobago by five...

Shimron Hetmyer hits half century as Berbice beat Essequibo by 6 wkts

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shimron Hetmyer hits half century as Berbice beat Essequibo by 6 wkts

An attacking half century by opener Shimron Hetmyer guided Berbice to a 6 wicket victory over Essequibo at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground Friday in the Guyana Cricket Board U-17...

Warrior’s Jagdeo (105 and 2 for 5) and Latchman (62 and 4 for 32) demolish No. 70 Young Blood

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warrior’s Jagdeo (105 and 2 for 5) and Latchman (62 and 4 for 32) demolish No. 70 Young Blood

2011 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition … Hamant Jagdeo slammed 105, the first century of the competition, and his team mate Lakeram Latchman...

LOSS OF OLPF LAPTOP

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on LOSS OF OLPF LAPTOP

Dear Editor, I refer to the article carried in your Saturday Edition (Oct.29) captioned “First batch of 5,000 computers arrives for OLPF” in which Minister Manzoor Nadir was...

An open apology to Moses Nagamootoo

Oct 30, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open apology to Moses Nagamootoo

Dear Editor, Mr. Nagamootoo, I have berated you, condemned you and criticized you when you chose the path of silence to the egregiousness and atrocities of the Jagdeo regime that have...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more