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Man dead, brother wounded in Mash night brawl

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Man dead, brother wounded in Mash night brawl

– attacked by drunken mob with broken bottles By Romila Boodram A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death and his brother wounded after they were viciously attacked on Mashramani night,...

Early elections, shared governance can break parliamentary impasse

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Early elections, shared governance can break parliamentary impasse

– Ralph Ramkarran Former PPPC stalwart Ralph Ramkarran believes that Guyana’s only solution to the present Parliamentary “tension and gridlock” is through early elections...

APNU Parliamentarian accuses cops of selective profiling

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on APNU Parliamentarian accuses cops of selective profiling

– following Tiger Bay raid A Partnership of National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament and Attorney at Law James Bond has accused the police of “blatantly profiling and...

Sawmill cocaine bust…CANU detains fourth suspect, forklift operator rearrested

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sawmill cocaine bust…CANU detains fourth suspect, forklift operator rearrested

Customs Anti- narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks have detained a fourth suspect and have re-arrested a forklift operator who was initially in custody following last Tuesday’s massive cocaine bust at a...

Toddler drowns in bucket of water

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Toddler drowns in bucket of water

A one-year-old boy drowned in a bucket of water at around 13:00 hrs yesterday after he was reportedly left in the care of a 14-year-old aunt. Akeem Peters, of Lot 192 Pike Street, North Sophia...

Dem boys seh…Luncheon mouth slip

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Luncheon mouth slip

Mash come and gone but some people still wondering wha happen mek de government let de cat out de bag bout de future plans fuh de Marriott. All de time de same government was telling de nation that...

Sarwan ushers Windies to series victory

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan ushers Windies to series victory

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Stroke-maker Ramnaresh Sarwan put to rest lingering fears about his future by crafting his first international century in nearly three years, as West Indies coasted to a an...

Greaves remains man to beat with another well crafted win

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves remains man to beat with another well crafted win

22nd R&R Int. 40 Mile Cycle Road Race Alonzo Greaves continues to be the standard bearer in the cycling arena when he notched up his 5th win of the season, the 22nd annual R&R International...

Stiff competition in Mashramani Darts Classic competition

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stiff competition in Mashramani Darts Classic competition

Sherwin Greene and Jamal Holligan dominated the Luck of the Draw 501 Doubles after defeating Bholonauth Ramdial and Shabana Ali 2-1, to take the $10,000 first prize when action in the Mashramani...

Todd wins ECI Engineering Mash Golf tourney

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Todd wins ECI Engineering Mash Golf tourney

Gavin Todd emerged winner of the ECI Engineering Services Mash Day Golf Tournament played Saturday at Lusignan golf Club. Todd defied an early rainy start to shoot net 62 to claim victory ahead of 35...

Windwards and T&T win latest Regional Super50 Championship matches

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windwards and T&T win latest Regional Super50 Championship matches

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago recorded victories in the third round of the Regional Super50 Championship on Sunday. At Arnos Vale: Windwards beat Guyana by seven...

Elderly man missing

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly man missing

Family members of 62-year-old Yacoob Alli, called Yacoob Musahid, are pleading for information about his whereabouts. He has been missing from his Lot 124 Old Road Vreed-en-hoop, West Coast Demerara...

Monica Higgins turned her creative talents into a thriving business

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Monica Higgins turned her creative talents into a thriving business

Independent and Enterprising women… Monica Higgins is one of those naturally talented persons, with a strong artistic and creative inclination, who sort of just stumbled on her business idea....

Where is the commitment to bring an end to runaway squandermania in Government?

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the commitment to bring an end to runaway squandermania in Government?

Dear Editor, The egregious corruption, cronyism, nepotism and social injustice under President Ramotar’s rule provided rich fodder for sound critiques. Yet, we held our pens, since we found it most...

Wismar farmer losing crops to accouri invasion

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Wismar farmer losing crops to accouri invasion

“The accouri (agouti) here are college educated, they don’t eat the wild eddoes and so on anymore, they eat eddoes, dasheen and dried coconuts, but their favorite is cassava and...

Ignorance or distortion by intent

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ignorance or distortion by intent

Dear Editor, One would think that there’s a school of thought dedicated to historical and social distortion active n our national ethos when reading some letters in the media, perhaps it’s a...

Minister Gopaul does not have his fingers on the pulse of what is happening

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Gopaul does not have his fingers on the pulse of what is happening

Dear Editor, Old people say “moon does run till day ketch am”; I refer to Kaieteur News editorial of February 21, 2013 and a news item carried by Stabroek News on the same date. This is with...

Another miner slain in violence-prone interior

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Another miner slain in violence-prone interior

Another miner has been murdered in the increasingly violence-prone interior. Police said that George Cardario, 51, of Middle Mazaruni, died at around 03:30 hrs yesterday after he was...

Is this the Guyana you want your children to inherit?

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this the Guyana you want your children to inherit?

DEAR EDITOR, This awry democracy that the government boasts about so often is nothing more than a creeping fascism that is closing its grip on our liberties, rights, resources and our citizenship....

Fatal crimes in Guyana

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fatal crimes in Guyana

Dear Editor, Regrettably another husband, father, brother and member of the Gold Mining Industry is robbed of his hard earned money, gold and jewellery and ultimately his life. Today, the crime is...

A definite sick and insensitive cartoon

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A definite sick and insensitive cartoon

Dear Editor, I have worked in the Media from 1983 onwards as a writer, Illustrator and cartoonist and I must add that I have spent a significant period of my life as a young man in West Ruimveldt. I...

11 years after mash day jailbreak…Special home to be built for heroine Roxanne Winfield

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 11 years after mash day jailbreak…Special home to be built for heroine Roxanne Winfield

By Dale Andrews Eleven years ago, Prison Officer Roxanne Winfield was staring down the road of death; doctors battled desperately while relatives prayed earnestly to save her life. She had...

China’s Growth “Secret”

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on China’s Growth “Secret”

While there may be quite a bit of disagreement in Guyana (especially among the politicians) about Chinese investment here, there is universal admiration for their economic success. We offer one...

Historical review of Linden…The “mining town’ celebrates one hundred years

Feb 25, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Historical review of Linden…The “mining town’ celebrates one hundred years

Part Two By Enid Joaquin It was easy to see how Bauxite discovery and its mining had changed both the economic and physical landscape of Mackenzie, over the years. More money was...

THAT TWENTY ONE DAY PROTOCOL

Feb 25, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THAT TWENTY ONE DAY PROTOCOL

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was in high spirits after it reportedly discovered a quantity of narcotics secreted amongst some lumber destined for Europe. The GRA was ecstatic by...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more