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Female footballers benefit as corporate entities donate much needed gears

Jul 22, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Female footballers benefit as corporate entities donate much needed gears

Sports administrators, cognizant of the importance of support towards the effective implementation of developmental initiatives, are constantly appealing for corporate intervention to achieve...

Neil Kumar fires back at Imran Khan

Jul 22, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Neil Kumar fires back at Imran Khan

Dear Editor, Local Newspapers of Wednesday July 11th last carried correspondence from Imran Khan which sought to degrade President Donald Ramotar’s “alleged unqualified advisors” and discredit...

Lawless Phantom Group Destroying Guyana Cricket

Jul 22, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Lawless Phantom Group Destroying Guyana Cricket

Dear Editor, The Berbice Cricket Board must be complimented for its principled and responsible stand against the recent efforts of a few individuals who seem hell-bent on violating the Laws, moral...

Digicel nationwide schools competition was a success

Jul 22, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel nationwide schools competition was a success

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the just concluded Digicel nationwide schools football competition. The tournament was definitely an overwhelming success for the teams and Digicel. Credit must...

The mouse trap

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on The mouse trap

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. “What food might this contain?” the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a...

Cartoon – July 22, 2012

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon – July 22, 2012

Thugs capitalize on Linden protest

Jul 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Thugs capitalize on Linden protest

The Public Works Ministry is waiting for the unrest in Linden to revert to normalcy before restoring vital infrastructure such as roads that have been damaged by protestors. The protest, which...

ImmigrationTalk: Questions & Answers

Jul 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationTalk: Questions & Answers

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. Many of you have questions on backlog time and eligibility –...

Diplomats meet Ramotar on Linden

Jul 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Diplomats meet Ramotar on Linden

President Donald Ramotar expressed his concerns over Linden, yesterday, and urged that it be restored to normalcy so that discussions on the electricity tariffs and other issues can move forward....

The response to the Tain and Linden protests speaks volumes of this regime’s racial ideology

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The response to the Tain and Linden protests speaks volumes of this regime’s racial ideology

Dear Editor, The great American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, once said; “our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”. On Thursday night a gunman...

Where were these leaders when the shooting started?

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where were these leaders when the shooting started?

Dear Editor, My blood boiled when I read the headline of Kaieteur news of July 19, 2012 which screamed, “Linden protest turns deadly, four dead two dozen injured.” The political opposition APNU...

Justice for the Linden dead must also include a reform of the Guyana Police Force

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice for the Linden dead must also include a reform of the Guyana Police Force

Dear Editor, Ron Somerset, Shemroy Bouyea and Ivan Lewis are now martyrs to Guyana’s version of independent and republic democracy. While the rest of the world was celebrating Mandela’s...

Berbicians brace for new tobacco legislation

Jul 22, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbicians brace for new tobacco legislation

“Guyana should always be ready for changes that deal with protecting people’s health,” said Kesaundra Alves, Legal Advisor, Bloomberg Tobacco Control Project. She was speaking at the University...

The Linden Martyrs must not be forgotten

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Linden Martyrs must not be forgotten

Dear Editor, As concerned Guyanese in the Diaspora, we strongly condemn the killing of three Guyanese citizens and the massive injuries of dozens of others at Linden. This is a timely reminder of how...

Leave no stone unturned

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leave no stone unturned

Dear Editor, Now that it is clear that the standard LS procedures were not used to confront what was an obvious peaceful protest at Linden, no stone must be left unturned in the pursuit of clarity...

The Auditor General’s (ag) actions have serious implications for the integrity of the Audit Office

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Auditor General’s (ag) actions have serious implications for the integrity of the Audit Office

Dear Editor, I had previously refrained from commenting on the allegations, indeed arguments and counter arguments, about the apparent conflict of interest involving the Minister of Finance and his...

I disagree with the concept that we should pay the same rate as Georgetown

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on I disagree with the concept that we should pay the same rate as Georgetown

Dear Editor, As a Linden layperson and an ex-Linmine pensioner, I’m tired of hearing about the subsidies that the Govt. has been giving to Linden to make up the cost of their electricity tariffs. ...

Common Sense

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Common Sense

The recent unfortunate events in Linden will bring to the fore once again commentators and politicians who will bemoan the refusal of ordinary folks to “see” matters as they do and more to the...

Guyana at the precipice

Jul 22, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana at the precipice

First They Came for the Jews First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist....

The Linden deaths: Where does Guyana go from here?

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Linden deaths: Where does Guyana go from here?

How can any citizen of this country accept the process of governmental administration as business as usual when three protestors were fired upon and killed and two dozen are in the hospital some with...

Who killed the lotto winner?

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Who killed the lotto winner?

– Did a murderer really slip through that tiny window in Gangadin Khedoo’s home? By Michael Jordan At around 01:45 hrs on Sunday, April 24, 2005, detectives at the Grove Police Station...

The darkness and the light

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The darkness and the light

In the midst of all the troubles there is always a bright star. Linden is in the midst of a crisis that was in the making for a long time. For starters, the young people had little or nothing to look...

THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMISSION SHOULD ANOINT ITSELF AS A GOOD OFFICER

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMISSION SHOULD ANOINT ITSELF AS A GOOD OFFICER

The Donald Ramotar administration must be congratulated for agreeing to a Commission of Inquiry into this past week’s disturbances in the mining town of Linden, after initially only committing...

Ballots not Bullets

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Ballots not Bullets

(In 2009 when I wrote this article, I was severely criticised by some who demanded a more confrontational opposition politics. I offer it again in the wake of the unfortunate killings in Linden.) As...

Making the judgement on Obama

Jul 22, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Making the judgement on Obama

By Sir Ronald Sanders The prospects of Barack Obama being re-elected as president of the United States appear to be hanging in the balance. The latest Times/CBS poll in the US shows that the race...

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The third parties will not survive this year’s elections

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The fate of third parties in this year’s general and regional elections is as predictable... more