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Jagdeo’s latest secret deal…Land three times the size of Barbados committed to ANSA McAL

Feb 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s latest secret deal…Land three times the size of Barbados committed to ANSA McAL

In an agreement reminiscent of the secret US$138M airport deal with a Chinese company in Jamaica, the former administration under President Bharrat Jagdeo, in September, signed yet another...

Beer giants, Digicel rule the road

Feb 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Beer giants, Digicel rule the road

– float parade returns to Berbice after two decades It took three giants –two into brewing and the other into mobile communications – to infuse much-needed energy to transform the...

Mahaica woman stung to death by African killer bees

Feb 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaica woman stung to death by African killer bees

While thousands took to the streets yesterday to celebrate Mashramani, the family of 57-year-old Moonia Sanicharra is left to mourn after Africanized Killer Bees attacked and...

Pregnant woman among two shot

Feb 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman among two shot

– bandit captured in canefield… Violence erupted in Vryheid’s Lust and Plaisance, East Coast Demerara yesterday after a cornered bandit opened fire wounding two persons, including a...

The German Example

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The German Example

In the midst of four years of economic turmoil in the developed world, Germany has been the one country to buck the tide of deterioration and decline. And this has been true even in the...

They will call another election; they will get another defeat

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on They will call another election; they will get another defeat

Any learned person will tell you that you can repair a defective biology but a damaged psychology is not easy to fix. In cultural studies worldwide, the debate rages on as to whether colonial...

TIME FOR A RETHINK OF MASH DAY

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME FOR A RETHINK OF MASH DAY

Over the past fifteen years, Mash Day celebrations have grown larger and larger. More money than ever before is now placed into the event. The number of revelers is growing each year....

Dem boys seh…Is pimping and thiefing all de time

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is pimping and thiefing all de time

People like fuh claim family especially when dem want do wrong things. De Rat guh to India fuh look fuh family because he believe that once he find family in India de people in...

Mr. Ramotar owes Region 10 an apology

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Ramotar owes Region 10 an apology

DEAR EDITOR, It is with much regret that I respond to the remarks made by His Excellency, Donald Ramotar, in the February 12 edition of the Sunday Chronicle. It is not that I cannot appreciate...

This matter should be taken more seriously

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This matter should be taken more seriously

DEAR EDITOR, I read your report on the following subject “Former headmaster crushed to death by cop’s car” in Kaieteur News Online. Here is a link to the article I read. Former...

I will continue to speak out

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on I will continue to speak out

DEAR EDITOR, I can almost hear your agony in your editorial in Wednesday’s (Feb. 22) issue. I agree with you fully on the negative influences of Dancehall and Chutney music. Our...

Is this how you would run the government?

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this how you would run the government?

DEAR EDITOR, There are some who, in defence of the government of their liking, whether the PNC of 28 years or the PPP of 20 years, have made some truly bizarre pronouncements. The latest...

Restoration of the dignity of the Guyanese people

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Restoration of the dignity of the Guyanese people

DEAR EDITOR, Agriculture is the backbone of our economy. This has been so since the colonial days and is likely to remain so for quite some time despite the fact that a fair measure of...

Giftland Office Max supports Powerlifters for Caribbean C/ships

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Giftland Office Max supports Powerlifters for Caribbean C/ships

Continuing their efforts in support of the development and exposure of Guyana’s sportsmen and women, corporate entity Giftland Office Max have recently powered up two of the Powerlifters...

Jamaica aim for 4th win, but Guyana look to spring a surprise

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica aim for 4th win, but Guyana look to spring a surprise

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua CMC – Jamaica are looking to continue their dominance, when they face Guyana in a top-of-the-table clash in the fourth round of the Regional 4-Day Tournament,...

Taylor stars as Windies win Series

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Taylor stars as Windies win Series

Roseau, Dominica — Allrounder Stefanie Taylor had another superb match as West Indies Women beat India Women by six wickets to win the fourth T20 International at Windsor...

Jamaica PM: WICB rude and owes me an apology

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica PM: WICB rude and owes me an apology

Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica has described the statement issued by the West Indies Cricket Board earlier this week as rude. They owe me an apology Mrs. Simpson Miller declared. She...

$2M doled out to Berbice cricket clubs by Food For the Poor (Guy) Inc. & BCB

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on $2M doled out to Berbice cricket clubs by Food For the Poor (Guy) Inc. & BCB

Twenty (20) cricket clubs in Berbice last Saturday received $2M worth of items from Food For the Poor (Guy) Inc. to assist in their development. The donation to the clubs was the fourth of its...

Guyana not send full-fledged contingent to NACAC Cross Country race

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana not send full-fledged contingent to NACAC Cross Country race

Guyana may not be sending a full-fledged contingent to the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country race scheduled for March 17 in Trinidad and Tobago, which is a...

AAG set qualifying timings for CARIFTA trials

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG set qualifying timings for CARIFTA trials

-trials set for March 4 with grand take away lunch as fund raiser The technical committee of the Athletic Association of Guyana along with several coaches from various clubs across Guyana,...

Spinners and Batsmen coaching clinics set for this weekend in Berbice

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Spinners and Batsmen coaching clinics set for this weekend in Berbice

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Special Events Committee would this weekend continue their 2012 coaching Programme when they host clinics for spinners and batsmen at the Albion...

Demerara Distillers Ltd sponsors Republic Anniversary Chess tournament

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara Distillers Ltd sponsors Republic Anniversary Chess tournament

Beverage giants, Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL), continues to place great faith in the administrators of the local Chess Federation when it acquiesced to another sponsorship deal to...

Central Police Station Operational Youth Club female cricket competition concludes

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Central Police Station Operational Youth Club female cricket competition concludes

The Central Police Station Operational Youth Club in New Amsterdam in collaboration with the Station Management Committee on Wednesday successfully staged a one day female 10/10 cricket...

Several players advance from semifinal encounters as Mash Badminton continues

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Several players advance from semifinal encounters as Mash Badminton continues

Guyana Badminton Association/National Sports Commission Annual Junior Mashramani Tournament continued at the Queens College Badminton Courts on Wednesday. The Tournament started on...

Demerara U-15 cricket to commence shortly

Feb 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Demerara U-15 cricket to commence shortly

The Demerara Cricket Board is advising all Area Associations that its Inter Association Under-15 competition for 2012 will commence very shortly and Associations are requested to...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more