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Jagdeo blows fuse at PPP/C Whim Rally

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo blows fuse at PPP/C Whim Rally

“Hughes is a racist; Bissessar collected garbage at OP; Badal tried to steal a company; Ramayya a quack doctor; Singh fired 5 times; Nagamootoo an egotist.” By Leon Suseran...

Water cannon lands in Guyana

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Water cannon lands in Guyana

…Rohee says expected in a few weeks When the 2011 Capital and Current Expenditures were unveiled during the budget presentation it had outlined a $37M allocation for the procurement of a...

Brazilian dredge owner severely chopped for fondling sleeping cook

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian dredge owner severely chopped for fondling sleeping cook

A Brazilian dredge owner was badly chopped early yesterday morning by one of his Guyanese employees after he was allegedly caught fondling a female cook in his Princeville Backdam, Mahdia,...

Govt. admits it has been wiretapping

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. admits it has been wiretapping

…no requests made to GT&T, Digicel The Government of Guyana, through its Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, yesterday admitted to the use of wiretapping, utilising the...

Sita Ramlal appointed Solicitor General

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News 24

Former Registrar of the High Court, Sita Ramlal who had forgery charges dismissed against her last month has been appointed Solicitor General. Ramlal’s appointment was effective from November 1....

Movie Towne officially launched in Guyana… Owners mum on land acquisition cost

Nov 09, 2011 KNews News 8

Guyana’s entertainment stock will receive a big boost with the establishment of Movie Towne Guyana. The venture was officially launched yesterday during a simple ceremony at the Georgetown...

Corruption and Spin

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Corruption and Spin

It is not unexpected that during this last lap to Election Day political parties would burnish their wares. In fact we would be surprised if they did not. Spin is not only deployed in...

When a legacy of struggle is replaced by corruption and evil

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When a legacy of struggle is replaced by corruption and evil

I am asked the same question over and over – why in the campaign the PPP leaders keep returning to the seventies and eighties which have long gone and a long, long time ago? It is...

WHAT INTERFERENCE?

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT INTERFERENCE?

One of the side effects of globalization has been the increasing tendency of legislators, prominent individuals and corporations to engage governments without the knowledge and consent of...

Dem boys seh…Bar Rat mouth foaming when he talk

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bar Rat mouth foaming when he talk

Bar Rat running mad. He been to Whim last week. Moses been deh too. He go back this week and is when he open he mouth people see de foam at he mouth corner. Is then dem know that de man mad....

Guyana’s football has come of age; Golden Jaguars ready for the challenge

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s football has come of age; Golden Jaguars ready for the challenge

The last time these two countries clashed in a World Cup qualifying game was back in 1998 when the Twin Island Republic prevailed in the home and away tie by margins of 1-0 and 4-0...

McDonald survives close contest against Belony to retain National Scrabble title

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on McDonald survives close contest against Belony to retain National Scrabble title

Though an interesting game, scrabble hardly fits the bill as a sport that attracts boisterous crowds yet the intense and cunning showdown between defending champion, Abigail McDonald...

GFA / Banks DIH President Beer Super League…Santos looking to extend unbeaten run

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks DIH President Beer Super League…Santos looking to extend unbeaten run

Santos will attempt to make it two victories on the trot when they clash with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the feature game of a double header as play in the GFA / Banks DIH...

Several teams vie for top dominoes prize

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several teams vie for top dominoes prize

Dominoes players will contest for lucrative prizes when the South Turkeyen Sports Committee hosts a winner take all competition at the Guyoil Canteen, Carifesta Avenue, starting at...

Graham ready to give fans treat on Sunday

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Graham ready to give fans treat on Sunday

Undoubtedly, one of the best Super Bike riders to have graced these shores, Canadian Kevin Graham speaking with Kaieteur Sport via telephone yesterday disclosed that he is feeling good...

Mayor Green 77th birthday Ward, Street, Village KO football rescheduled

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green 77th birthday Ward, Street, Village KO football rescheduled

Today is Mayor Hamilton Green’s 77th birthday, and the Inter Ward, Street and Village Knockout football tournament being staged in his honour has had to be rescheduled to start on...

Devers resigns from GCB due to work commitments

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Devers resigns from GCB due to work commitments

International Radio cricket commentator and former Guyana cricketer Sean Devers has resigned from the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Cricket Development Committee. The Cricket...

Sinclair (131) & Giddings (4-26) lead RHT Bakewell to victory

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sinclair (131) & Giddings (4-26) lead RHT Bakewell to victory

New Building Society 2nd Div. 40 over cricket A superb innings of 131 not out by Jason Sinclair and a fine bowling effort by West Indies female pacer Erva Giddings (4 for 26)...

Franklin wins Star Party Rentals Power 16 TT tournament

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Franklin wins Star Party Rentals Power 16 TT tournament

National Senior Table Tennis Player, Christopher Franklin powered his way to an emphatic win over national counterpart, Edinho Lewis Monday night at the Malteenoes Sports Club in the...

Hicken’s Six are Tony’s Jewellery birthday dominoes champs

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hicken’s Six are Tony’s Jewellery birthday dominoes champs

It took the experience and nerves of David Patterson to seal victory for Hicken’s Six in what was seemingly a one sided dominoes match against Austin Six and Alli’s Six which was...

Is the Prime Minister deceitful?

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Prime Minister deceitful?

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Prime Minister Samuel A.A. Hinds, O.E, captioned “Prime Minister clarifies continued distortions of Presidential Pension”. My first...

Will community service to get laptops include doing PPP propaganda and election work?

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will community service to get laptops include doing PPP propaganda and election work?

Dear Editor, You can’t get one of those PPP election season handout laptops unless you attend training at an ICT Hub and perform 10 to 20 hours of community service. Nobody knows what...

A most dangerous assault on Guyana’s sovereignty

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A most dangerous assault on Guyana’s sovereignty

Dear Editor, I read with absolute horror the news report that the Governor of a neighbouring super power was invited to be present at, and speak on, the platform of one of the parties...

Chronicle stoops to a most disgusting low

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chronicle stoops to a most disgusting low

Dear Editor, It is with a feeling of great disgust that I pen this letter in response to a photograph published in the Guyana Chronicle of Friday November 4, 2011. Persons who live on...

Only the PPP side supported the President’s Pension Bill

Nov 09, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Only the PPP side supported the President’s Pension Bill

Dear Editor, I am intrigued by the statement (S/N Tuesday November 8) attributed to Mr. Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture/Campaign Manager of the PPP/C on the current exchanges on...

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Democracy is a long-term commitment

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Some things in life just shouldn’t have an expiration date—like true love, a fine bottle... more