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GT&T’s Jingle and Song Competition…Behind the scenes of $60M-plus worth of glitz and glamour

Nov 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T’s Jingle and Song Competition…Behind the scenes of $60M-plus worth of glitz and glamour

– a dancing, pregnant singer and flowers for Charmaine Blackman By Leonard Gildarie It has suddenly evolved into one of the most watched shows in Guyana. Not only for its diverse,...

The clock of death and other stories

Nov 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The clock of death and other stories

By Michael Jordan A clock that brings death to those who lie close to it…chairs that rock untouched by hand or breeze…ghostly figures that flit along passageways.. No, this isn’t the plot for...

The money is flowing a few days before the elections

Nov 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The money is flowing a few days before the elections

I have been walking the streets ever since President Bharrat Jagdeo announced the date for the 2011 elections and I have seen a lot. I have seen people working late at nights putting up posters...

DEM A WATCH THE PPP!

Nov 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DEM A WATCH THE PPP!

APNU means A Partnership for National Unity, but it could very well mean A Partnership Nobody Understands. If Thursday‘s disgusting display in Buxton is anything to go by then it is clear...

AFC proposes implementation of National Procurement Commission

Nov 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC proposes implementation of National Procurement Commission

The establishment of a National Procurement Commission as a constitutional body will be one of the immediate measures to be introduced if the Alliance for Change (AFC) is able to secure...

Banking for Development

Nov 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Banking for Development

Following the 1989 IMF’s prescriptions, our banking system was privatised. But this move failed to efficiently intermediate the savings of the populace into investments. And –...

Sixth Annual Rockstone Fish Festival launched

Nov 06, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sixth Annual Rockstone Fish Festival launched

…billed for November 19 and 20 The Sixth annual Rockstone Fish Festival, billed for November 19 and 20, was officially launched Friday by Tourism Ministry with promises of bigger and better...

The Commonwealth at its turning point: The EPG Report and CHOGM 2011

Nov 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on The Commonwealth at its turning point: The EPG Report and CHOGM 2011

By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is a member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) The report of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on urgent reform of the Commonwealth dominated the 2011...

The Baccoo Speaks

Nov 06, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

It must be that the roads are thirsty for blood, because for some unknown and inexplicable reason, people would be driving safely when they would lose control of their vehicles. They would...

Hit man paid killers $400,000 to execute Robb Street granny

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hit man paid killers $400,000 to execute Robb Street granny

-ex-cop Otis Grant released on $100,000 bail Four men reportedly received $400,000 to execute the 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, who was gunned down in her home last June. Police are said to...

PPP/C to complain to Intl. Community, GECOM following Buxton meeting

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C to complain to Intl. Community, GECOM following Buxton meeting

…but APNU says that report is a fabrication The meeting has come and gone but the dust is yet to settle as the People’s Progressive Party Civic is preparing to lodge complaints with the...

Soesdyke children murder…Prison inmates beat Blanchard again

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke children murder…Prison inmates beat Blanchard again

It had not been long after John Blanchard was taken to the holding area of the court located on the bottom flat, on the Western end of the building that screams emanated from the holding area....

AFC calls eight per cent increase “obvious bribery”

Nov 05, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on AFC calls eight per cent increase “obvious bribery”

Government’s decision to offer public servants an eight per cent increase a mere three weeks ahead of the national elections has aroused much concern within the Alliance for Change (AFC). At...

Guyana and the drug trade

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana and the drug trade

For a few years now, Guyana was said to be a transshipment point for cocaine leaving the South American continent for Europe and North America. In fact, the other transshipment points...

When defeat stares you in the face, you stand up with honour and dignity!

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on When defeat stares you in the face, you stand up with honour and dignity!

Whenever the supporters of a political party are forced to resort to the tactics adopted last Thursday during a PPPC meeting in Buxton, then the writing is on the wall for that party....

Dem boys seh…Full praise to de police

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Full praise to de police

Some people does walk round de place looking fuh praise but dem boys seh praise should only be given to de Man above. Dem don’t like shower praise pun people or institution. Well one man...

Was the AFC list…a false copy?

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Was the AFC list…a false copy?

Dear Editor, Nomination day is now gone, and we now know that four Political parties will be contesting the national and regional elections on November 28, 2011. These are: The ruling...

The significance of the 18-35 demographic on Nov. 28

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The significance of the 18-35 demographic on Nov. 28

DEAR EDITOR, It is fitting that this year’s elections will be decided by the youth of Guyana, a generation that for too long have been bereft of power, neglected and stereotyped....

Mr. Donald Ramotar, like Dr. Cheddi Jagan is a man of modest upbringing and a humble, down-to-earth nature

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Donald Ramotar, like Dr. Cheddi Jagan is a man of modest upbringing and a humble, down-to-earth nature

DEAR EDITOR, Anyone intimately, or even cursorily, familiar with our nation’s founding-father, our former President, and my grandfather, Dr. Cheddi Berret Jagan can effortlessly...

Continuity of our social and economic gains can only be assured with a PPP/C victory

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Continuity of our social and economic gains can only be assured with a PPP/C victory

Dear Editor, Guyana has moved up the UNDP Human Development Index by an additional two points and is now ranked as a medium human development country. This is a significant leap...

It’s blatant lies! I was never expelled from the PPP

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s blatant lies! I was never expelled from the PPP

DEAR EDITOR, Kaieteur News of Tuesday, October 25, 2011, on page 14, reports His Excellency the President of Guyana, Bharat Jagdeo, as saying, at the Lusignan rally that he threw me,...

Death on remand in prison

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Death on remand in prison

DEAR EDITOR, So sad to read that a prisoner died while on remand at the central prison, because “the prison has no authority to take a prisoner to the hospital for treatment at...

Jagdeo’s sudden payout: PPP’s panic button is in acceleration mode

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo’s sudden payout: PPP’s panic button is in acceleration mode

Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has done it all. This is surely a moment of ’moon ah run til day catch am’. When all else fails its only options become...

8% public servant pay increase is not what it seems

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on 8% public servant pay increase is not what it seems

DEAR EDITOR, The truth always comes out with Bharrat Jagdeo. In this election season of trying to buy Guyanese voters with their own money, he announced an 8% pay increase for public...

Optimism of swimming achievements high as National Aquatic Centre commissioned

Nov 05, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Optimism of swimming achievements high as National Aquatic Centre commissioned

After years of agitation and resolute patience, local swimmers are now delighted following the commissioning of a state of the art National Aquatic Centre by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more