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Public figures, the media and the creation of historical knowledge

Jun 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Public figures, the media and the creation of historical knowledge

People do not like to be criticized. Guyanese public figures are not alone in this attitude. Maybe it is human nature. We in the media have to draw a line between public figures and their private...

LEF OR WRITE?

Jun 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LEF OR WRITE?

Out of 50,000 odd traffic tickets issued in 2009, only just 10,000 were honoured. This means that some 40,000 traffic tickets were not paid. If you do the math, you can estimate the amount of revenue...

UG Lecturer on bail…More fondling allegations surface

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG Lecturer on bail…More fondling allegations surface

University of Guyana Lecturer, Alvin Bowen, who has been at the centre of a sexual molestation allegation, has been released on $50,000 station bail as police continue their investigation....

Soesdyke newspaper vendor burnt to death in fire

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdyke newspaper vendor burnt to death in fire

A 68 year-old newspaper vendor identified as Kunti Singh was last evening burnt to death after fire destroyed her Old Road Soesdyke home. According to reports, the fire started around 19:00 hours in...

Prisoner jumps Camp Street jail fence

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner jumps Camp Street jail fence

A manhunt has been launched for a remand prisoner who scaled the fence of the Georgetown Prisons and secured his freedom. Sherwin Bobb made good his escape just after midday yesterday by scaling the...

Gov’t to print $5,000 note

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t to print $5,000 note

The Central Bank has recommended the introduction of a $5,000 note and the government has agreed. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon made the announcement yesterday at his weekly...

Antigua deports 12-year-old Guyanese boy for string of break-ins

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Antigua deports 12-year-old Guyanese boy for string of break-ins

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A boy, who has allegedly been breaking into people’s houses since age nine, will be returned to his country of birth, Guyana, following a deportation order by...

UG Chancellor Bourne resigns

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on UG Chancellor Bourne resigns

…protest action may have pushed him out Yesterday staffers and representatives from the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association took their protest action to office of the Pro Chancellor, Prem...

Judge rejects Juan Edghill application to send me to prison

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Judge rejects Juan Edghill application to send me to prison

Yesterday Parliament convened at 14:00 hours but PPP Parliamentarian, Juan Edghill (I do not recognize him as a Christian Bishop and that is my right that no one will be allowed to take away) could...

We need to look at those school leavers

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We need to look at those school leavers

Another school year is coming to an end, and we are fast approaching the time when there would be those who would be leaving school hoping to enter the world of work. These are the...

SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE THE SACRIFICE

On the eve of a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee to consider recommendations for confirmation of the appointments of some staff members of his Office, the issue of the wife of the Minister of...

Dem boys seh…Edghill got to pawn he chain

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Edghill got to pawn he chain

When a man learn from he friends to thief he might change but when he learn from he mooma and daady he gun thief till he dead. That is de case of de Chinee contractor who come fuh...

Guyanese busted for smuggling birds used in Queens song contests

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese busted for smuggling birds used in Queens song contests

New York (New York Daily News) – A Guyanese man was nabbed at Kennedy Airport with something singing up his sleeve — nine live finches bound for their shot at stardom. Marlon Hariram is the...

Edghill to pay Kaieteur News, Freddie Kissoon

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Edghill to pay Kaieteur News, Freddie Kissoon

…as Judge dismisses Contempt of Court case Justice Diana Insanally yesterday dismissed the contempt of court proceedings brought by Bishop Juan Edghill against columnist Freddie Kissoon and...

National Grade Six Assessment results…Mae’s, Graham’s Hall students share top spot

Jun 28, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on National Grade Six Assessment results…Mae’s, Graham’s Hall students share top spot

Two years ago when his sister topped the National Grade Six Assessment exams, Ramesh Sachin Ghir aimed for the same. The two children both attended Mae’s. His dream came through...

Saints beat a stubborn Charlestown 4-3 on penalty kicks in Digicel Schools football

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Saints beat a stubborn Charlestown 4-3 on penalty kicks in Digicel Schools football

– Tucville defeat Central It resembled the famous Biblical story of David, the little shepherd versus Goliath, the giant, but in yesterday’s scenario, the latter won a fiercely contested...

Prince Charles applauds Federer’s win at Wimbledon

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Prince Charles applauds Federer’s win at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Roger Federer gave Prince Charles a bow, then gave Fabio Fognini a royal thumping. With the Prince of Wales visiting Wimbledon for the first time since 1970, Federer...

GAPF Intermediate & Masters C/ships set for Sunday @ Saints

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF Intermediate & Masters C/ships set for Sunday @ Saints

Masters clash to feature Edwards, Perry & Stoby Powerlifting fever is set to be rekindled this weekend once again when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) hosts its Intermediate...

Third Seven Seas CARICOM Day 50-miler set for Sunday on West Dem

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Seven Seas CARICOM Day 50-miler set for Sunday on West Dem

Nations best to collide Following what has been described as the most testing National Cycling Championships ever last weekend in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden and the Linden Soesdyke...

Malta Supreme Cycle Meet @ NP on Saturday

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malta Supreme Cycle Meet @ NP on Saturday

Banks DIH under their Malta Supreme brand will on Saturday sponsor an 11 Race Cycle Meet at the Inner Circuit of the National Park, Guyana’s premier cycling track. The usual events that are...

Ganesh Singh and Oliver Kerr – seeking to earn selection on regional team

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ganesh Singh and Oliver Kerr – seeking to earn selection on regional team

Individuals, once referred to as disabled, have debunked those views and are now performing able bodied tasks just as efficiently as their unaffected counterparts. This is true not only...

Morgan donates bicycle to National Park security guards

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Morgan donates bicycle to National Park security guards

Guyana’s present distance queen, Alika Morgan is giving back to the National Park, a place where she usually conducts her daily train sessions for her athletic career. She recently...

Guyanese junior and senior athletes successful at Sagicor National Championships

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese junior and senior athletes successful at Sagicor National Championships

By Juanita Hooper Track and Field in Guyana will be one of the sports to produce more Olympians in years to come as the country is in the process of constructing its first ever synthetic track...

Guyana Olympic Association under-15 junior Badminton tournament concludes

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Olympic Association under-15 junior Badminton tournament concludes

The Guyana Olympic Association Under-15 Junior Badminton Tournament 2012 concluded on Monday at the Queens College Badminton Courts. The Tournament is part of a series of events that the GOA...

DCC hosts Bar-B-Q & Softball cricket fund raiser for U-13 team

Jun 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC hosts Bar-B-Q & Softball cricket fund raiser for U-13 team

As a part of the Demerara Cricket Club’s (DCC) centenary year celebrations (1912-2012) the Queenstown based club will be holding a fund-raising B-B-Q and Softball cricket competition on...

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National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more