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Man sleeps in bed with murdered reputed wife

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News 20

A 21-year old man was arrested after he was found lying in a bed yesterday morning with the nude body of his reputed wife, whom he had allegedly murdered hours earlier. The 20-year old woman, cane...

Country loses billions in revenues…GRA going after big contractors, businesses in 2012

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Country loses billions in revenues…GRA going after big contractors, businesses in 2012

-KFC, other companies targeted in crackdown “It is barefaced what some of these businesses are doing…thinking that they are untouchable. Some are masquerading as charities but they are...

A New Wind

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A New Wind

There seems to be a new wind blowing through Guyana; a fresh wind and for now, a pleasant wind. It is too early, much too early to pronounce definitively on its temporality: there is...

Ceaseless cacophony of banalities and mediocrities

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Ceaseless cacophony of banalities and mediocrities

In living with power every day, the mind must reach a saturation point with men and women whose words are flaky, voices are unfriendly, styles are inelegant and personalities are pretentious. The...

ENCOURAGING!

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ENCOURAGING!

The President of Guyana has started his presidency on an encouraging note. He has extended an olive branch to the opposition, agreed for consultations with them on the Budget, set up a...

Dem boys seh…Dem gun get wuk one by one

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem gun get wuk one by one

Dem got a song at Christmas time ‘Wuk dem one by one, wuk dem two by two’ and so on. All dem contractors getting expose one by one. Under de big Rat dem been ah wuk de nation two by...

Bisram’s Poll on Target

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bisram’s Poll on Target

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram’s poll was on target and not wrong as stated by Mr. Chris Ram who conducted a detailed disaggregated analysis of the findings simply to prove the poll is incorrect in...

GECOM seeks to educate Freddie Kissoon

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM seeks to educate Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) deliberately disregarded Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s first accusation against the Commission on the issue of its response to the People’s...

Correcting Peeping Tom

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Correcting Peeping Tom

Dear Mr. Editor, Kindly direct this letter to Mr. Peeping Tom. Dear Mr. Peeping Tom, I am an admirer of your writings. On most occasions I find you to be objective and you do call a spade a...

UG Library offers unreliable service

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG Library offers unreliable service

Dear Editor, As a first year student at the University of Guyana, I believe that the library system is very atrocious. On a normal day a student has to wait several hours before paid...

Recycling and reshuffling

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recycling and reshuffling

Dear Editor, One of the reasons given for the bunch of recycled and reshuffled Ministers in the present Cabinet is that the President’s choice is limited to the PPP/C list of candidates....

Guyana Water Inc. and medication benefits are unfair to seniors

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Water Inc. and medication benefits are unfair to seniors

Dear Editor, Here is a scenario which is by no means farfetched. A four-apartment house is rented by four unrelated tenants aged 72, 73, 74 and 75. The landlord holds the transport for the...

Grove Hi Tec, Buxton Stars advance after thrilling contests in K&S Football extravaganza

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Grove Hi Tec, Buxton Stars advance after thrilling contests in K&S Football extravaganza

Grove Hi Tec FC played a robust game to dispose of Victoria Kings FC 3-2 moments before Buxton Stars FC needled BV/Triumph and advanced into the next round when action in the Kashif and...

GFA / Banks Beer Knockout Cup…GFC sets up Christmas Day date with Sunburst Camptown

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks Beer Knockout Cup…GFC sets up Christmas Day date with Sunburst Camptown

-Santos also progress to quarter-finals By Rawle Welch Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Santos FC booked the final two quarter-final spots after registering victories against Houston Stars FC and...

Reds to personally autograph his book at Oasis Café’ tomorrow

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reds to personally autograph his book at Oasis Café’ tomorrow

Book lovers in Guyana will have an opportunity tomorrow to have a personally autographed copy of ‘Living my dreams’ by veteran Guyanese Radio Cricket broadcaster Joseph ‘Reds’...

Greene takes swipe at absentee national players

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene takes swipe at absentee national players

– GTTA rewards National C/ships performers By Edison Jefford President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Henry Greene, took a swipe at the senior national male...

Season ending Horserace meet set for Rising Sun Turf club on New Year’s Day

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Season ending Horserace meet set for Rising Sun Turf club on New Year’s Day

$7M up for grabs By Samuel Whyte The final race for the 2011/2012 Horse racing season is set for the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice. The date is Sunday...

Caledonia AIA and Caribbean United football team hope to claim K&S ‘pound of gold’

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caledonia AIA and Caribbean United football team hope to claim K&S ‘pound of gold’

Trinidad and Tobago Professional League club Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA and Caribbean United of Barbados are in Guyana and has their sights set on this year’s Kashif and Shanghai...

Peaceful Woman Warrior- Sensei Celise Thomas

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Peaceful Woman Warrior- Sensei Celise Thomas

At age eight, she started martial arts in November of 1999 with Young Tigers Karate School located at Cumuto Trinidad. Celise was influenced to join this sport by a good friend who at...

Woodpecker Junior Badminton tournament to conclude today at QC

Dec 23, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Junior Badminton tournament to conclude today at QC

The Annual Woodpecker Junior Christmas Singles Tournament for 2011 started at the Queens College Badminton Courts yesterday and is expected to conclude today with the remaining matches....

Guyana banks on Ramotar administration to draw down on Norway Funds

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana banks on Ramotar administration to draw down on Norway Funds

…administration angered but sees renewed hope under Ramotar’s Presidency Spearheaded by Former Head-of-State Bharrat Jagdeo, and after much ranting and raving on his part, the Guyana Government...

Western Union $10M heist…Two youths detained, $6M recovered

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Western Union $10M heist…Two youths detained, $6M recovered

Quick action by police has resulted in the arrest of two youths and the recovery of over $6M from Wednesday’s night’s daring $10M heist at the Western Union outlet in Church Street....

Finally… temporary bypass bridge being constructed at La Parfaite Harmonie

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Finally… temporary bypass bridge being constructed at La Parfaite Harmonie

Days after this publication highlighted months of delay in the construction of the $80M La Parfaite Harmonie Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara main access bridge, the unknown contractor has...

GRA Changes Motor Vehicle Licence Renewal Process… Vehicle owners to renew/ purchase MVLs every fiscal year

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GRA Changes Motor Vehicle Licence Renewal Process… Vehicle owners to renew/ purchase MVLs every fiscal year

– Agency to network with Guyana Police Force The Guyana Revenue Authority announced on Wednesday that beginning January 1, 2012, a new Motor Vehicle Licences (MVLs) system will be...

Berbice Commander defies Greene gag order

Dec 23, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Commander defies Greene gag order

-describes it as disrespectful Commander of Police B Division Assistant Commissioner Steven Merai says that the gag order placed on the Commanders and Heads of Division of The Guyana Police Force...

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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