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Those commuted death sentences

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Those commuted death sentences

Four Death Row inmates recently had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. The main reason offered was that the men had been on Death Row for too long and that to execute them now...

Corruption can be prosecuted after the fact – UN

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corruption can be prosecuted after the fact – UN

Corruption can be prosecuted after the fact, but first and foremost, it requires prevention, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The anti-corruption agency noted that states...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo clean up left, right but not centre

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo clean up left, right but not centre

‘Lawd, we can’t tek it no more’. That was a song. Today dem boys singing that de whole country can’t tek it no more. De foreigners, including de UN people can’t tek it no...

Are those who did not support the PPP now second-class voters?

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Are those who did not support the PPP now second-class voters?

DEAR EDITOR, Coming from me, this letter and the opinions in it may surprise many because of my 41-year stand-off with the People’s National Congress. Yet it would be irresponsible for me to...

Just another cheap, publicity-seeking stunt

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Just another cheap, publicity-seeking stunt

DEAR EDITOR, It was revealed in the local press with a lot of fanfare that the ambassadors of Canada, United States, the EU and U.K were on a clean-up campaign in the city. These gentlemen...

‘Trafficking in persons’ and a strange, frightening request

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on ‘Trafficking in persons’ and a strange, frightening request

DEAR EDITOR, I read the news item about ‘trafficking in persons’, which warned about “the virulence and persistence of the plague of trafficking in persons over the past two...

Better coping strategies should be devised for those who are emotionally abused

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Better coping strategies should be devised for those who are emotionally abused

DEAR EDITOR, Once again the print and electronic media is inundated with news of domestic violence perpetuated against women. These unforgivably destructive acts are so innumerable that it makes it...

Nationwide Digicel Schools Football Tournament launched

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nationwide Digicel Schools Football Tournament launched

By Rawle Welch With pertinent stakeholders such as the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Sport and the Guyana Football Federation in attendance, the Second Edition of the Annual Digicel...

Sammy: Victory essential!

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy: Victory essential!

Birmingham, England – Darren Sammy said it was important for West Indies to win the third and final Test against England, starting on Thursday at Edgbaston. The West Indies captain said his...

Team Guyana rebound with win over Tiger Bay

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana rebound with win over Tiger Bay

– Murray Jnr maintains rich form Team Guyana (Back Circle) rebounded after their previous loss to make it to the semi-finals of the Banks DIH-sponsored Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’...

Ja seek funding to stage Junior Squash Champs

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ja seek funding to stage Junior Squash Champs

WITH less than two months to go, the Jamaica Squash Association (JSA) is looking to make up a $1-million shortfall in sponsorship to stage the Caribbean Area Squash Associations (CASA) Junior...

Lodge/Meadowbrook remain unbeaten

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lodge/Meadowbrook remain unbeaten

– Clash of the Titans on tonight By Edison Jefford Lodge/Meadowbrook continued to establish itself as the team to beat when they easily dismissed whatever little challenge South...

Guyana Horse Racing Authority IMC formed

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Horse Racing Authority IMC formed

Justice Kennard to head body until next year An Interim Management Committee (IMC) has been formed to run the affairs of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) until January...

Inter Ministry & Corporations Football…GPC teach Min of Education a 10-nil lesson

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter Ministry & Corporations Football…GPC teach Min of Education a 10-nil lesson

GPC taught the Ministry of Education a lesson with a 10-nil drubbing as action in the Inter Ministry & Corporations seven-a-side Football competition continued on Tuesday evening at...

Action resumes in Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football tournament today

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Action resumes in Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football tournament today

– Lodge and Christ Church to battle for semifinal spot Action in the Scotiabank/Pepsi School Football Academy Tournament continues today at the Tucville ground better known as the...

Bakewell/MYO Inter Jamaat 15 overs cricket…Semifinals start this weekend

Jun 07, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell/MYO Inter Jamaat 15 overs cricket…Semifinals start this weekend

The first semifinal of the annual Bakewell sponsored 15-overs Inter Jamaat softball cricket competition will be contested on Sunday at the Muslim Youth Organisation Ground, Woolford...

Govt.’s budget cuts court challenge…Speaker warns of constitutional crisis

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s budget cuts court challenge…Speaker warns of constitutional crisis

– AG says stance is “unfortunate” Government’s High Court challenge of the budget cuts has alarmed the National Assembly with the House Speaker, Raphael Trotman, warning yesterday of a...

Parika Backdam residents allege shoddy sea defence works

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Parika Backdam residents allege shoddy sea defence works

Residents of Salem, East Bank Essequibo, are calling on the Minister of Public Works and other relevant authorities to investigate sea defence works being carried out in the village. The government...

Chief Justice explains commuting death sentences

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice explains commuting death sentences

Chief Justice Ian Chang has explained why he commuted the sentences of four Death Row inmates on Monday. According to Justice Chang, all of the men had served what is considered to be a life...

Chicken prices soar, gold industry blamed

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chicken prices soar, gold industry blamed

Major players in the poultry industry are convinced that the country’s expanding gold mining industry is responsible for the current chicken shortage on the local market. But there could be...

City Council dumps garbage in front of Water Street business

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City Council dumps garbage in front of Water Street business

– claims workers on “sit in”, garbage truck broke down The owners of “Big Gill Fashion” located on Water Street, Georgetown, upon their arrival to open the business entity Monday...

Appalling conditions at Vreed-en-Hoop stelling

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Appalling conditions at Vreed-en-Hoop stelling

– Operators complain of danger to elders Speedboat operators at the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling, have warned of the dangerous conditions there and are calling for remedial action....

GRANGER SEES NEED FOR FULL-TIME PARLIAMENTARIANS

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRANGER SEES NEED FOR FULL-TIME PARLIAMENTARIANS

Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger, has issued a call for his colleagues to consider constitutional changes to permit the election of full-time members of the National Assembly some...

GWI invests over $100M to upgrade network

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GWI invests over $100M to upgrade network

Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) is further upgrading its services as was revealed when several tenders were opened Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the...

Man too drunk to remember threat

Jun 07, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man too drunk to remember threat

A Port Kaituma man was fined $15,000 on Tuesday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton for threatening to chop off his wife’s head because she had not prepared his...

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Choosing between bad and worse

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I’ve always had an aversion to elections, which I suppose is natural for someone who... more