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Ramotar has indeed tweaked the nation’s conscience

Sep 13, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar has indeed tweaked the nation’s conscience

Dear Editor, Adam Harris is right in stating that “Donald Ramotar has tweaked the conscience” of the nation (KN Sep 9) especially with regards to his failure to change the way government has...

NOC Commission of Inquiry commences work

Sep 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NOC Commission of Inquiry commences work

The Commission of Inquiry which was set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent escape of inmates housed at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast...

When we die

Sep 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When we die

When Mrs. Janet Jagan died, the next day my column painted an unflattering portrait of her. The editor and publisher told me that I was out of protocol. Their point was that it was too soon to be so...

MORE CORONERS ARE NEEDED

Sep 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MORE CORONERS ARE NEEDED

There is no reason why an incident of unnatural death at the hands of the police should lead to calls by opposition parties for either the interdiction of ranks or for charges to be made. Politicians...

Mothers call for justice for shot sons

Sep 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mothers call for justice for shot sons

Shaquille Grant’s mother, Shonette Grant and Carol Bollers, the mother of another injured man, currently in the Brickdam lock ups, were among those at the Alliance for Change press briefing,...

I ask Mr. Bisram to recite only verifiable incidents

Sep 13, 2012 knews Letters Comments Off on I ask Mr. Bisram to recite only verifiable incidents

Dear Editor, Someone drew to my attention Vishnu Bisram’s letter of September 11, 2012, in reply to Wesley Kirton’s. His last two sentences about rigging at PNC Party Congress Elections...

Agricola police shooting… Eyewitness fears for life

Sep 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola police shooting… Eyewitness fears for life

A petrified eyewitness has given a detailed account of the shooting to death of 17-year-old Shaquille Grant, the youth killed during a police raid conducted in the Agricola community two days ago....

The path of poor planning

Sep 13, 2012 knews Editorial Comments Off on The path of poor planning

It is often expected that when people undertake major projects there would be some feasibility study. Such a study would indicate the possible problems likely to be encountered, the nature of the...

Guyana endorses US$506M construction deal in China

Sep 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana endorses US$506M construction deal in China

US$840M Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project… The construction agreement of what would be Guyana’s costliest infrastructural project – the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project...

Agricola residents, police face-off as teen shot dead

Sep 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola residents, police face-off as teen shot dead

– Cops claim planned robbery thwarted Tempers flared yesterday morning as angry Agricola residents faced-off with police after a shooting that left a teenager dead and another...

After four years remains finally buried

Sep 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on After four years remains finally buried

Lindo Creek massacre… After four painstaking years, the remains of the eight miners killed at Lindo Creek under the most controversial circumstances were finally laid to rest....

Coast Guard nabs three piracy suspects, two escape dragnet

Sep 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Coast Guard nabs three piracy suspects, two escape dragnet

– victims recall harrowing high sea ordeal By Jenelle Carter Three days after five heavily-armed pirates carried out vicious attacks on fishermen off the northernmost tip of...

Dem boys seh…Laugh, cry or complain to Uncle Donald

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Laugh, cry or complain to Uncle Donald

De world will always remember 9/11. That was de day in 2001 when terrorists knock America so hard that dem change up nuff of dem policy. 9/11/2012 knock Guyana hard. That was de day when Jagdeo...

Guyana lose 3-2 to El Salvador

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana lose 3-2 to El Salvador

Guyana’s chances of advancing further into the FIFA 2014 World Cup suffered a crushing blow when they went down to visitors El Salvador 3-2 yesterday at the National Stadium. A fair-sized crowd saw...

Wesenhagens advance to semi-finals in Novice Doubles

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wesenhagens advance to semi-finals in Novice Doubles

Trophy Stall Tennis Championships The Surinamese husband and wife pair of Dick and Joyce Wesenhagen showed the merits of good teamwork as they played excellent doubles in the Novice category of the...

Agricola killing … Car and tyres burnt, fire fighters, police summoned

Sep 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Agricola killing … Car and tyres burnt, fire fighters, police summoned

After the killing of 17-year-old Shaquille Grant by police Tuesday, Agricola residents have burnt tyres on the southern section of the four-lane East Bank Demerara Public Road for two successive...

Carlos Adams tops field

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carlos Adams tops field

El Dorado Golf Tournament Golfers are enjoying this brilliant weather and more so the best conditions of the Lusignan Golf Course for quite some time. Last weekend the players participated in the El...

Pepsi Sonics to host 1st, 3rd Division Tournament

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pepsi Sonics to host 1st, 3rd Division Tournament

– Hoping event will re-ignite interest in the sport In an effort to continue the resuscitation drive for the sport of basketball, Pepsi Sonics has organized a ‘Refresh Your Game’ 2012...

Sewnarine Chattergoon bats through for 121*

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sewnarine Chattergoon bats through for 121*

Tenelec Inc. 1st Div. 50-over competition Former West Indies opening batsman, Sewnarine Chattergoon, produced an outstanding performance with the bat for his club, Albion Community Centre, which...

Defending Champs DHQ assume early lead

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Defending Champs DHQ assume early lead

– Men’s High Jump thrills on opening day By Edison Jefford All the stars shone as bright as they could have on the opening day of the Guyana Defence Force Inter-Division Athletics...

New Amsterdam Prison is new champion

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Amsterdam Prison is new champion

The New Amsterdam Prisons astutely lead by its officer commanding Officer Assistant Superintendent Kevin ‘Show Stopper’ Pilgrim, upstaged defending champions the Georgetown Combination of...

Onus on all to help eliminate illiteracy – NLU Head

Sep 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Onus on all to help eliminate illiteracy – NLU Head

The performance of students at the National Assessments and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examination is testimony to the fact that Guyana, like other parts of the...

Accused pleads guilty, gets 8 years

Sep 12, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Accused pleads guilty, gets 8 years

Bel Air Park robbery… ….refuses to testify on prosecution’s behalf Twenty-year-old Rabindranauth Seemangal was yesterday sentenced to an eight-year jail term after pleading guilty...

Do the Maths on Jagdeo’s house

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Do the Maths on Jagdeo’s house

is going to fade away. That edifice is just too elaborate, luxurious, majestic and extravagant, for it not to continue in the news and among commentators. If a case could have been...

Inshan Khan smashes century in latest GFSCA Softball results

Sep 12, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inshan Khan smashes century in latest GFSCA Softball results

Inshan Khan smashed a ton as Success Warriors crushed Super Street, while Floodlights turned back Dynamic Security Force in latest play of the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA)...

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Protest electoral tyranny

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There comes a time in the life of a nation when silence is no longer an option, when the... more