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Miners granted permission for foreign $$$ accounts at local banks

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Miners granted permission for foreign $$$ accounts at local banks

Gold miners, battling for a number of concessions that will ease cost of production, has managed to wrest from Government, permission to operate a foreign exchange account at the local banks....

Isaiah Moore highlights tournament with Twenty seconds knockout

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Isaiah Moore highlights tournament with Twenty seconds knockout

2nd edition of the DDL/Guyana Boxing Association U-16 Boxing Championship… Isaiah Moore (HEBG) was in a devastating mood and needed just 20 seconds to dispose of Emmanuel King in...

Anti Money Laundering Impasse …Former Canadian Deputy Judge willing to help

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money Laundering Impasse …Former Canadian Deputy Judge willing to help

A Canadian former deputy Judge Oudit N. Rai (B.A.,M.A.,LL.B), has expressed his willingness to help Guyana draft its Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism...

Minibus driver killed

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver killed

Safraz Rahim, 26, died before he could access medical attention at the Oscar Joseph Hospital, Charity, Friday night, after the minibus he was driving, BRR7926, slammed into a culvert, uprooting a...

GASA Short Course Nationals…Simmons and Scott set new records on day three; today is final day

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA Short Course Nationals…Simmons and Scott set new records on day three; today is final day

By Franklin Wilson Sorroya Simmons (15-17 age group) and Daniel Scott (11-12 age group) set new records in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly respectively when competition in the Guyana...

Guyanese Santa lookalike questioned after elderly man falls onto subway tracks

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese Santa lookalike questioned after elderly man falls onto subway tracks

US (NY Post) -A drunken Guyanese man who distinctly resembles Santa Claus was being grilled by investigators Saturday after he may have pushed an elderly man onto the tracks in a Harlem subway...

The PPP is about to complete yet another billion dollar raid on State resources.

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP is about to complete yet another billion dollar raid on State resources.

Dear Editor, One may ask, what is a government elected to do? Our primary understanding would be to govern in the national interest for the betterment of all the people; not in the...

Begin Again

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Begin Again

There was a man by the name of Zerubbabel in the Holy Scriptures. He had a dream to rebuild the temple. The whole city had been destroyed, but Zerubbabel came back and laid the foundation. The...

Bannas Foundation to stage Dominoes tomorrow

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bannas Foundation to stage Dominoes tomorrow

Bannas Foundation will stage a dominoes competition tomorrow at Smash Hide out C Field Sophia. Among the six teams that are slated to take part are; Cobra, Sophia and C Field. Trophies donated...

Mayor Green Inter-Ward/Village Football finals set for Dec 1

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green Inter-Ward/Village Football finals set for Dec 1

The finals of the Mayor Hamilton Green 79th Birth Anniversary 7-a-side Inter-Ward/Village Football tournament will be played on December 1 at the Den Amstel ground from 14:00hrs with Eight...

Move courageously into uncertain future – says valedictorian

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Move courageously into uncertain future – says valedictorian

Ms. Coffiea Coretta Brummell was the Best Graduating Student at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus’s 12 th Convocation last evening on the University lawns in Berbice. Ms. Brummell, who...

A comprehensive effort was made to destroy the Afrikan presence in business

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on A comprehensive effort was made to destroy the Afrikan presence in business

Dear Editor, What does Mr. Ramracha mean when he speaks of black impediments” and “black inadequacies” in the letter “Indians still strive for progress …..”? Kaieteur News,...

Kashif and Shanghai Inaugural Secondary School Tournament…Participating teams collect playing kits

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kashif and Shanghai Inaugural Secondary School Tournament…Participating teams collect playing kits

The 24 teams taking part in next month Kashif and Shanghai Inaugural Secondary Schools football tournament yesterday received their playing kits, consisting of hoses, trunks, jerseys and other...

From the Diaspora…WHY DO WE REALLY CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS, WHO STARTED THIS TREND

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…WHY DO WE REALLY CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS, WHO STARTED THIS TREND

By Ralph Seeram The world was reminded this week that it was 50 years ago that the late President John F Kennedy was assassinated. The 50th anniversary of his death dominated the news last...

Jagdeo and Ashni Singh must answer to the Guyanese people

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo and Ashni Singh must answer to the Guyanese people

Dear Editor, The statement by the Caribbean Financial Action Taskforce (CFATF) on Thursday that Government was told in November 2011 to take certain steps to make Guyana compliant is highly...

Quizzes prove a boon to education

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Quizzes prove a boon to education

Guyana is trying its utmost to turn its academic fortunes. It is borrowing ideas from various quarters, not least, the developed world. Today, we borrow the opinions first published in...

Manslaughter convict dies in Camp Street Prison

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Manslaughter convict dies in Camp Street Prison

An inmate of the Georgetown Prison was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital after falling gravely ill in his cell a few days ago. Kassim Mohamed, 62, who was serving a 20-year...

National Darts Championships…All Stars team win Trophy Stall Cup

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Darts Championships…All Stars team win Trophy Stall Cup

The National Darts Championships got off to a good start last Friday night at the CCWU on Quamina Street, Georgetown, with teams competing for this year’s title. In the end, the All...

Some other insights about the creative industry in Guyana

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some other insights about the creative industry in Guyana

Dear Editor, Monday 18th November Kaieteur News carried an interview about me as a writer /artist and self publisher in the reality of Guyana. The interview was conducted by a friend and writer...

Sunday Cartoon

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Younger children being targeted for sexual abuse

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Younger children being targeted for sexual abuse

“It is of concern because the victims are so young; they really can’t accuse their abuser… They have no voice… We have to empower our children at a very early age” –Ann...

City Councilor Desmond Moses dies

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City Councilor Desmond Moses dies

City Councilor, AFC member and former longstanding PNC member, Desmond Moses, was found dead yesterday in his Robb Street residence, after a period of illness. City Mayor Hamilton Green expressed...

The quiet computer technician’s secret life

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The quiet computer technician’s secret life

By Michael Jordan None of us suspected that he might have a secret life. None of us thought that the time would come when his name would be mentioned in the same sentence with unsavoury...

The Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

Nov 24, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

The green anaconda is the world’s heaviest and one of the world’s longest snakes, reaching more than 6.6 m (22 ft) long. More typical mature specimens reportedly can range up to 5 m (16...

Book Review…A sassy look at Society, Gender and Romance

Nov 24, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review…A sassy look at Society, Gender and Romance

____________________________ BOOK: Singleholic by Katherine Bing CRITIC: Dr Glenville Ashby _________________________________ Oftentimes, we are told to judge a book by its merits, not its...

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No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more