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PM fails to justify Jagdeo’s pension

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PM fails to justify Jagdeo’s pension

Trotman questions draw comparison with civil servants’ wage While he defended it as non-discriminatory, the hefty presidential pension that President Bharrat Jagdeo will receive, braced...

Robb Street ‘granny execution’…Ex-cop Otis Grant turns self in

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Robb Street ‘granny execution’…Ex-cop Otis Grant turns self in

A man in whom the police had expressed an interest for questioning into a murder has turned himself in. According to a police release, about 19:30hours on Tuesday the man along with his lawyer...

Businessman Robert Badal endorses AFC

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman Robert Badal endorses AFC

…says fear has kept private sector silent Pull Quote: “I am a Businessman not a Politician, but as a businessman and a citizen of this country it is my duty to say something is wrong...

Woman, 65, loses hand after mauling by own dogs

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 65, loses hand after mauling by own dogs

A 65-year old woman from Stanleytown, Berbice lost her right hand following a mauling by two dogs at her home on Tuesday midday. The woman whose name was given as Wilem Saul, had her...

Fires destroy….Residents save property from going up in flames

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fires destroy….Residents save property from going up in flames

A Grove, East Bank Demerara family yesterday averted disaster after some young men who reside in the area saw smoke coming out from the lower flat of a building that housed 11 persons and...

Fire strikes at Reliance, Essequibo

Nov 03, 2011 KNews News 4

The home of a Reliance, Essequibo family went up in flames yesterday. No one was at home around 14:00 hours when the fire started. According to a relative of the occupants of the well...

Dem boys seh…Bar Rat bad fuh Donald

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bar Rat bad fuh Donald

Bar Rat is bad news fuh de Donald. Dem had a special breakfast fuh reporters and when dem boys check is only dem who wukking wid de state tun up. Nobody didn’t guh from de Big Market paper,...

THE LONG COMMUTE!

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE LONG COMMUTE!

You are a young girl, just out of school and you live in one of the new housing schemes in West Demerara. It is called La Parfaite Harmonie It is a combination of a French word ‘Parfaite’,...

Logical deductions in an election campaign

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Logical deductions in an election campaign

I begin this essay by commenting on the incredibly barefaced Rickey Singh who in his Chronicle columns extolled the results of a polling organization named NACTA. For over five years now it has been...

Permitting lawlessness

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Permitting lawlessness

There is a level to which political parties could sink as they vie for the leadership of the country. Some personal attacks become par for the course, but only as these relate to morality. For...

How efficient will the EAB be as an observer group for Guyana’s elections?

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on How efficient will the EAB be as an observer group for Guyana’s elections?

DEAR EDITOR, Sometime ago (approximately 3-4 weeks), I indicated my interest to the EAB of being an Election Observer in Region 3 and gave my coordinates as requested by the EAB official. When I...

Duty calls

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Duty calls

Dear Editor, This is a fervent plea to all young people of voting age to do their duty, as Guyana needs them. Remember that today the stage is being set for tomorrow, – a tomorrow when...

Our “carrion crows” and “vultures” must continue drawing our attention to the decay

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our “carrion crows” and “vultures” must continue drawing our attention to the decay

DEAR EDITOR, Universal rights and the rule of law are paramount in the construction, maintenance and development of any modern society and cannot be compromised as we march on in the...

A challenge for global institutions

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A challenge for global institutions

Dear Editor, I read with interest a newspaper story of “wife-sharing” in a small Indian community involving women who were forced against their will to share husbands due to a paucity of...

Candidates must debate publicly and be questioned away from their parties’ props

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Candidates must debate publicly and be questioned away from their parties’ props

Dear Editor, Guyanese voters should know where the candidates and/or political parties stand on the various issues such as jobs, rebuilding industries, creating a safe and dynamic business...

Thousands of breaches at one junction

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thousands of breaches at one junction

DEAR EDITOR, Can the authorities please advise why there is no regular traffic rank located at the junction of Avenue of the Republic and Regent Street? The traffic situation is horrible and...

Bishoo spins West Indies to series win

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bishoo spins West Indies to series win

Devendra Bishoo spearheaded West Indies’ victory march on the final day in Mirpur with his maiden five-for, to deliver a confidence-boosting series success ahead of a tougher assignment in...

Charles hat-trick pilots U-20 Lady Jags to 7-0 victory over Antigua and Barbuda

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charles hat-trick pilots U-20 Lady Jags to 7-0 victory over Antigua and Barbuda

Roaring to a sweet victory by a 7-nil margin against their opponents at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground yesterday afternoon were Guyana’s Golden Jaguars female U-20 team in the...

Carib t20 East Coast finals at Enterprise on Saturday

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib t20 East Coast finals at Enterprise on Saturday

By Sean Devers Fun, frolic and plenty of pulsating cricket action is anticipated on Saturday evening at the Enterprise ground in the finals of the East Coast Cricket Board (EECB) Carib t20...

Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Festival launched

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Festival launched

-teams expected from T&T, B/dos, Canada By Rawle Welch Some eight foreign teams from Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Barbados (B/dos) and Canada have signalled an interest in participation...

Carib Beer/Heroes Cup cricket resumes this weekend in GT

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carib Beer/Heroes Cup cricket resumes this weekend in GT

The Georgetown Cricket Association’s Carib Beer/ Heroes Cup First Division and Noble House Seafoods second Division two-day cricket competitions are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in the...

Competitors told of rules for November 13 CMRC Meet

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Competitors told of rules for November 13 CMRC Meet

Local drivers and riders who will be competing in the GT&T / Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship were presented with the rules of competition by the committee set up to overlook...

Windies on the upward curve says Clive Lloyd

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies on the upward curve says Clive Lloyd

– core group of 15-20 players can take Windies forward St John’s, Antigua – The former legendary captain of the all-conquering West Indies team, Clive Lloyd says that he is...

Elizabeth Style East Coast 40-over cricket launched

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elizabeth Style East Coast 40-over cricket launched

Two new 40-over cricket competitions will begin on the East Coast of Demerara on November 12 and 13 respectively under the USA’s Elizabeth Style Cosmetics brand involving 42 teams. ECCB...

Lowden/Persaud captures Men’s 40 Doubles title

Nov 03, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lowden/Persaud captures Men’s 40 Doubles title

Leacock/Barckoy advance to Men’s semi-finals Play resumed in the Trophy Stall Doubles tournament with Godfrey Lowden/Omar Persaud posting two convincing wins to claim the...

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EBDCA/D&R Construction 40-Over Cricket Competition continues

Land, taxes and penalties

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-The American humorist Will Rogers once remarked that the best investment on earth is earth... more