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Corruption and Power

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Corruption and Power

The Transparency International’s report on the state of corruption in Guyana has raised the usual frenetic howls of denials from officialdom. It is not that corruption does not exist, they concede,...

Chopped wife discharged, attacker still at large

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chopped wife discharged, attacker still at large

Celena Butts, the woman who was chopped on the head and hand by her common-law husband at around 20:00hrs last week Saturday, has been discharged from the High Dependency Unity (HDU) of the...

Govt’s complaints to international bodies biggest irony of the year

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s complaints to international bodies biggest irony of the year

– Sharma Solomon Regional Chairman of Linden Sharma Solomon says that the government’s complaints about threats to democracy must be the irony of this century. According to...

Man drowns at highway creek

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Man drowns at highway creek

Police are seeking the identity of a man who drowned at around 17:00 hrs yesterday in a creek on the Soesdyke/Linden highway. The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond...

Grand Christmas welcome for arrivals at CJIA

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Grand Christmas welcome for arrivals at CJIA

A grand Guyanese Christmas Welcome awaited more than 500 passengers arriving at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), early yesterday morning. With a dancing Santa and the sounds of a one...

Fierce exchanges as Guyana Boxing Association lowers curtains on year’s itinerary

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fierce exchanges as Guyana Boxing Association lowers curtains on year’s itinerary

Local amateur pugilists experienced mixed fortunes when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) closed its yearly activities with a one day U-16 tournament at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Boxing Gym...

Politics should take a back seat during the Yuletide season

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Politics should take a back seat during the Yuletide season

Dear Editor, In Guyana like most other nations, Christmas is in the air. However, life remains a tragedy for the poor and the working class, who have been abandoned by the PPP regime, as they try...

East Canje man charged for harbouring alleged wife-killer

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje man charged for harbouring alleged wife-killer

Kenneth Khanai called “Puri” who was recently charged for having an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, is now being charged for harbouring an alleged wife-killer. He appeared on...

Cricket, football and the Marriott Hotel project

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cricket, football and the Marriott Hotel project

There is a division in football. There is a division in cricket. There is a division on whether to build the Marriott Hotel. These divisions are multiplying the headaches of the Guyanese people at a...

Woodpecker Products Annual Badminton Junior Christmas singles winners collect prizes

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Annual Badminton Junior Christmas singles winners collect prizes

The respective category winners of the Woodpecker Products Annual Badminton Junior Christmas Singles tournament collected their prizes last Friday. The presentation was made to the Under-19 winners,...

British pub experience for Giftland Mall

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on British pub experience for Giftland Mall

Giftland Mall and Britannia Pubs Guyana (BPG) Inc. announced recently the licensing agreement with MCG Investments, located at Turkeyen East Coast, Demerara. Bobby Prashad, who is an...

Over 50 horses entered as entries closed yesterday for PMTC Old Year’s Day meet

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 50 horses entered as entries closed yesterday for PMTC Old Year’s Day meet

Entries were expected to be closed yesterday for the Port Mourant Turf club (PMTC) grand one day horserace meet set for Sunday December 30th at the clubs entity, Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice. ...

Region 9 receives minibuses and tractor

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Region 9 receives minibuses and tractor

As 2012 draws to a close, the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs is pushing to deliver on promised assistance to Amerindian communities. It is in this regards that subject Minister Pauline...

Over 95 entries for Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Horserace meet

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 95 entries for Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Horserace meet

One new race added, prize monies increase By Samuel Whyte With some resolution coming to the horseracing fraternity with things seemingly settling down nicely all attention is now focus on the...

Bin Hammam’s Life Ban by FIFA, a Lesson for Guyana’s Football

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bin Hammam’s Life Ban by FIFA, a Lesson for Guyana’s Football

Dear Sir, While sports are no longer sport, but rather serious business, whereas sponsors and financiers doles out untold sums, in pursuit of enhancing a specific brand of its choice, resulting in...

Family still mourns missing cook from capsized vessel

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Family still mourns missing cook from capsized vessel

Six months has passed since the Miss Elliza capsized with 65-year-old Gerald Fraser aboard, and the man’s death has not come any easier for his family; especially for his common-law wife of...

Causing death driver granted $650,000 bail

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Causing death driver granted $650,000 bail

One of the drivers from the accident on the Mahaicony Park Public Road on December 10 that claimed the life of Ramlakhan Samaroo has been charged with causing death by dangerous...

Regional Chairman says community not satisfied

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Regional Chairman says community not satisfied

Stalled Linden/ Government Agreement .… Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon says the community is not satisfied with the rate of implementation of the August 21st Agreement. Solomon yesterday...

A tribute to Smythfield

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A tribute to Smythfield

Dear Editor, In the 1830s, a steam sawmill was established on the west bank of the Canje Creek by Mr. William Fry to supply lumber for the construction of Fort Canje, now the psychiatric hospital....

SHERLOCK, SANTA AND THE THREE WISE MEN

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on SHERLOCK, SANTA AND THE THREE WISE MEN

If the world did not end on Friday and you are reading this today, one day before Christmas, you have to thank your lucky stars, one in particular that has attracted and guided the holy...

Christmas in yesteryear Guyana

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Christmas in yesteryear Guyana

Dear Editor, Growing up in Guyana, Christmas was a secular kind of holiday as it signaled the end of the year. Growing up in Berbice, I remember it as being celebrated by every religious group though...

Will we ever be able to find our way back?

Dec 24, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will we ever be able to find our way back?

Dear Editor, Two recent pieces – one a letter, one a news item – caused me to put on my thinking cap. The letter was headed “The age of consumerism” and seemed to me to send out mixed...

Christians to usher in Christmas at midnight mass

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Christians to usher in Christmas at midnight mass

Christians will, this evening, usher in the festival of the Birth of Jesus Christ by attending Christmas Eve Midnight Masses and Services. The tradition, a long- serving one, is...

Christmas cheer for Buxton’s youngest crime wave victims

Dec 24, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Christmas cheer for Buxton’s youngest crime wave victims

For the past five years, a few thoughtful citizens have been rendering assistance to children from Buxton who lost their fathers during the horrendous 2002-2006 crime wave. And this...

Chico Junior U-13 Round Robin Football tournament…

Dec 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chico Junior U-13 Round Robin Football tournament…

Soesdyke, West Ruimveldt Primary Schools commence on winning note Four schools have notched up convincing victories when the inaugural Chico Junior U-13 Round Robin Football Lien tournament got...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-If you had asked me ten years ago what I wanted for Guyana, I would have said a few things:... more