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Bandits riddle family function with beer bottles

Aug 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits riddle family function with beer bottles

A newly wedded couple is currently nursing injuries to their faces and about their bodies after bandits riddled the bride’s maternal home with empty beer bottles, during an ‘after-wedding’...

US Embassy celebrates Emancipation Guyanese style

Aug 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy celebrates Emancipation Guyanese style

The U.S. Embassy in Guyana commemorated Emancipation Day this year with a small but rich celebration to mark the anniversary of August 1, 1834, when slavery was first abolished in the West Indies. As...

Who will be held accountable?

Aug 01, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Who will be held accountable?

A political party is bigger than any individual. The interest of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) is supposed to supersede that of any individual. Thus, the party must never be seen as...

Emancipation messages

Aug 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Emancipation messages

People’s Progressive Party The People’s Progressive Party extends warm wishes to Guyanese from all walks of life as the nation again pays tribute to the struggles and sacrifices...

It will take more than175 years of freedom to erase 400 years of slavery

Aug 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on It will take more than175 years of freedom to erase 400 years of slavery

Guyana will today join the rest of the Caribbean in celebrating 175 years of freedom from slavery, which to some is a relatively long time to have attained such a noticeable feat. However,...

Policewoman battered by fiancé over car keys

Aug 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Policewoman battered by fiancé over car keys

Despite the zero tolerance on domestic violence, a police woman refused to give evidence against her fiancé in order to preserve her imminent wedding day. Magistrate Fabayo Azore read the...

Taxi driver charged for defrauding vulnerable entrepreneurs

Aug 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver charged for defrauding vulnerable entrepreneurs

A taxi driver was released on $750,000 bail after he appeared in court for allegedly swindling $2.4 million from a young business couple who had been trying to own their own home in...

Essequibo’s oldest celebrates another year

Aug 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo’s oldest celebrates another year

Praises and thanks were made to God on Wednesday evening by members of the Mashabo Adventist Church for extending the life of Essequibo’s oldest resident, 104-year old Lillian Elliot, when she...

LUSIGNAN MASSACRE TRIAL … Prosecution and Defence present strong closing arguments

Aug 01, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on LUSIGNAN MASSACRE TRIAL … Prosecution and Defence present strong closing arguments

-“case is the biggest perversion of justice” –Hughes – “trial made into circus by defence” – State Prosecutor The prosecution and defence squared off...

Nature and Nurture

Aug 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nature and Nurture

DEAR EDITOR, Pope Francis continues to impress the international public not only with his humility and simplicity, but also by his courage to pronounce on controversial issues such as the...

PPP’s Congress will not take Guyana out of its state of chaos

Aug 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP’s Congress will not take Guyana out of its state of chaos

Dear Editor, Guyanese who have been following the political, social and economic developments over the past ten years have finally concluded that the PPP has been incapable of providing insightful...

Kudos to Magistrate Moore

Aug 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos to Magistrate Moore

Dear Editor, Kudos to Magistrate Alex Moore for holding, or trying to hold the police accountable for their unprofessional and wasteful behaviour. Guyana needs more Magistrates and Judges with...

Rafi, The Melody King: A Tribute

Aug 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rafi, The Melody King: A Tribute

DEAR EDITOR, It’s been thirty-three years since the day one of the greatest singers of all time passed on, after decades of bringing music to the ears of millions the world over, including...

Kwakwani needs better roads

Aug 01, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kwakwani needs better roads

Dear Editor, There are two important things that I would like the relevant authorities to address urgently. First of all I would like to say that I always love to visit my home in Kwakwani,...