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The rise of femicide and women in drug trafficking

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News 1

By Andrea Mares, COHA Research Associate While men have predominantly run drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), women have participated in them since the 1920s. Their role may have...

St Batholomew is 166 years old

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on St Batholomew is 166 years old

St. Bartholomew, the oldest Anglican Church in Region Two, has celebrated another milestone. The 166-year-old church which is situated in Queenstown, Essequibo, was constructed by the descendants of...

Essequibo High Court session opens

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo High Court session opens

Senior ranks of ‘G’ Division were on hand at the tarmac of the Richard Fikal Training School at Suddie, recently, to conduct the customary march pass, which signaled the official opening...

Air traffic controllers celebrate 50th anniversary as universal body

Oct 30, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Air traffic controllers celebrate 50th anniversary as universal body

Guyana observed International Day of the Air Traffic Controller on October 20, the 50th anniversary of the body. IFATCA was established in 1961 under the theme– One Sky – One Voice. IFATCA...

Dem boys seh…Moses and scrap dealers mek de Big man cuss again

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Moses and scrap dealers mek de Big man cuss again

When de elections campaign start was cuss fuh so. Two people get cuss every day. Now de cuss man forget de two people because Moses give he a shock. Imagine at two meeting de man and he...

Taking credit for the wrong reasons

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Taking credit for the wrong reasons

The lengths to which people go to ensure that their children acquire an education indicate how they feel about the school system. Extra lessons seem to occupy pride of place in the...

A PATIENT SPIRIT

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A PATIENT SPIRIT

A reporter went to heaven and saw two lines. Over one line was a sign that read “For men who were dominated by their wives”. There were hundreds of men in that line. The other sign had a sign...

First batch of 5,000 computers arrives for OLPF

Oct 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on First batch of 5,000 computers arrives for OLPF

…as Nadir reiterates they are not for spying The first batch of 5,000 laptops arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday and forms the first consignment to be used for the...

Essequibo rice farmers stage protest

Oct 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo rice farmers stage protest

Farmers across Region Two staged a peaceful protest outside the Guyana Rice Development Board, at Anna Regina to complain about the serious problems they continue to encounter at rice mills on...

Guyana cops 16 of 28 CSEC awards

Oct 29, 2011 KNews News 9

-winners set to receive prizes in Trinidad Guyana has secured 16 of the 28 awards that will be given out to top performers in the region who wrote the recent Caribbean Secondary Education...

Joey Jagan says corruption is evident from top to bottom

Oct 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Joey Jagan says corruption is evident from top to bottom

– Believes Ramotar can reverse the trend Dr Cheddi ‘Joey’ Jagan has joined the alliance of the party his father, Dr Cheddi Jagan, founded because he believes its...

Cooperating JFK terror plot accused jailed four years

Oct 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Cooperating JFK terror plot accused jailed four years

New York (Reuters) – A Guyanese man who admitted to participating in the early stages of a plot to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport received a four-year prison sentence...

Fisherman clings to life after shooting

Oct 29, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman clings to life after shooting

Up to press time yesterday doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were monitoring the condition of a fisherman from Non Pareil who was shot early yesterday morning. According...

This type of literary depiction by Mr. Kissoon is divisive

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on This type of literary depiction by Mr. Kissoon is divisive

DEAR EDITOR, Mr. Freddie Kissoon penned a column in the Kaieteur News captioned “Sempiternal light versus eternal evil: Memories of Diwali” that was published on October 26th, 2011....

Is it worth another five years under the PPP/C?

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it worth another five years under the PPP/C?

Dear Editor, On Thursday morning, last, I was walking along Main Street in Georgetown, where I saw lots of people, old and young, sitting on the benches along the avenue, in deep...

Greece has only itself to blame

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Greece has only itself to blame

Dear Editor, The main thought on the minds of the financial markets as well as a lot of politicians in Europe is that Greece has only itself to blame for the trouble it is in. After...

A criticism of Ramotar et al

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A criticism of Ramotar et al

Dear Mr. Lall, Our letter was done as a kind gesture to encourage open and frank discussion about all the candidates. Surely, from our point of view, one candidate who is subjected to...

Sorry Bishop, but Jesus can’t vote!

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sorry Bishop, but Jesus can’t vote!

Dear Editor, In these increasingly tense days, perhaps some levity is appropriate. Within this context, I feel compelled to advise Bishop Juan Edghill that, notwithstanding Jesus...

It’s blasphemy and should be condemned by all

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s blasphemy and should be condemned by all

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the long letter from Gail Teixeira in the newspapers of 27th October, 2011. I have three observations 1. I did not know that diatribe could be piled that high....

It’s Gayle versus Narine today at Providence

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on It’s Gayle versus Narine today at Providence

As Jamaica battle T&T in Regional Super50 Final By Sean Devers While Trinidad and Tobago have been in every final except last year since Guyana won their last title in 2005, Jamaica enter their...

Digicel commits to three-year MoU with Schools’ Championships

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel commits to three-year MoU with Schools’ Championships

-Stakeholders launch 2011 Cycling, Swimming, Track and Field contest Guyana’s bigger, better network, Digicel, has committed to a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that covers a...

GT&T and Ansa McAl on board as ‘Wear Yellow’ initiative gathers momentum

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T and Ansa McAl on board as ‘Wear Yellow’ initiative gathers momentum

Ansa McAl and GT&T are the most recent corporate entities to board the ‘Wear Yellow’ train as the K&S collaborates with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in drumming up the...

Deadly explosion anticipated as DeClou takes aim at ‘Battersea Bomber’

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Deadly explosion anticipated as DeClou takes aim at ‘Battersea Bomber’

Former European and current middleweight champion, Howard “Battersea Bomber’ Eastman and up and coming prospect, Edmond DeClou, took aim at each other yesterday afternoon at the Banks DIH...

Campbell dominates 100M at UG sports

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Campbell dominates 100M at UG sports

A. Ally and Sons honours top junior cyclists for making Guyana proud

Oct 29, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on A. Ally and Sons honours top junior cyclists for making Guyana proud

Leading Berbice business enterprise A. Ally and Sons, with chain of stores in the county, has all reasons to be proud since they have been sponsoring national Junior Champion Cyclist...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

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