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Predicting the continuation of evil

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Predicting the continuation of evil

Here is an extensive extraction from my November 15 article on flooded Georgetown, titled, “25 Minutes of Evil.” “I did not count the duration of the rain but I am inflexible on the...

43 schools to remain closed in wake of torrential rains

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 43 schools to remain closed in wake of torrential rains

…but teachers must still report for duty – Manickchand The Ministry of Education has announced that 42 schools in Georgetown and one on the East Coast of Demerara will remain closed...

Linden Hospital staff protests

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Hospital staff protests

Protest action by the staff of the Linden Hospital Complex, entered its third day yesterday, as the employees remained resolute in their decision to continue industrial action until their...

GASA Short Course Nationals…Leon Seaton breaks 8 and Under 50m free record on final day

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA Short Course Nationals…Leon Seaton breaks 8 and Under 50m free record on final day

The curtains came down on this year’s edition of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) National Short Course Championships on Sunday last at the Castellani Swimming Pool with the...

Caught on Camera: Two Timehri squatters nabbed after Amerijet break-in

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Caught on Camera: Two Timehri squatters nabbed after Amerijet break-in

Two men, who are squatters living in the Timehri area, were caught on Close Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) plundering the AmeriJet Bond, Timehri between November 19 and 20. The...

Guyanese in arson charge in Barbados

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese in arson charge in Barbados

A Barbados magistrate has remanded 33-year-old Guyanese, Gordon Andrew Roberts, to prison on charges of assault, and arson for a fire which destroyed the home of his estranged girlfriend, Shonette...

East Bank Berbice man remanded on attempted murder charge

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank Berbice man remanded on attempted murder charge

A man who wounded another with a knife during a heated argument has been remanded to jail. The man, Clive Marks 20, called ‘Black Boy’ or ‘Peppa eye’ of 821 Glasgow Housing Scheme, East...

Money problems hurt Guyana’s chances at judo gold

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Money problems hurt Guyana’s chances at judo gold

A lack of funding probably cost Guyana a gold medal in the Barbados 2013 International Judo Tournament on Saturday, as the country’s lone competitor, Delroy Murphy, sorely missed his...

Police investigations continue into Liliendaal shooting

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police investigations continue into Liliendaal shooting

– Robbery suspect in stable condition While robbery suspect, Lloyd Johnson remains in stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), police have stated in a...

Children on trial for stepfather’s murder

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Children on trial for stepfather’s murder

– Police witnesses testify The trial of the four persons accused of unlawfully killing US-based Guyanese Motielall Singh, continued on Tuesday at the Georgetown Supreme Court. The persons on...

Questionable constructions

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Questionable constructions

The recent roof collapse of a large store in Riga, capital of Latvia in the Baltic, has not made the kind of impact that one might reasonably expect here in Guyana – a country which over...

RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY!

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY!

There was no escaping what took place yesterday. While most of the country lay in their beds dreaming of a dry Christmas, the clouds belched open like a burst water main and drenched the...

Police probing shooting of Ogle pit-bulls by ranks

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police probing shooting of Ogle pit-bulls by ranks

…GSPCA calls on police to act against slaughter of caged pits The Guyana Police Force is currently investigating the circumstances that led to police ranks shooting to death several...

Mabaruma miner admits to killing countryman in Venezuela

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma miner admits to killing countryman in Venezuela

A Mabaruma man, who almost decapitated his countryman in a mining camp in neighbouring Venezuela earlier this week, has confessed to local police. Ivelaw Baird reportedly told a local detective who...

Mrs. Agnes Mc Lean is 102 not out, and humorous

Nov 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mrs. Agnes Mc Lean is 102 not out, and humorous

By Rehana Ahamad Agnes McLean, of Lot 277 Forshaw Street, Georgetown has turned 102. She is a sassy centenarian who possesses just the right amount of wit to turn a normal interview...

An astounding level of ignorance

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on An astounding level of ignorance

DEAR EDITOR, The level of ignorance in some communities is astounding and worse yet is the lack of judgement and common sense displayed by those who are supposed to be law officers. I,...

Can an elected govt. manage without a no-objection clause?

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can an elected govt. manage without a no-objection clause?

Dear Editor, I have been reading a lot about the delay and functioning of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC). Yes, I agree that the PPC should be functioning a long time ago with the...

The meaning of ‘cc’ in email correspondence

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The meaning of ‘cc’ in email correspondence

DEAR EDITOR, The other day I was speaking to a friend of mine of a younger generation, and who is quite a wizard in IT operations, while I, on the other hand, am an unfashionable...

Remembering Muriel ‘Babes’ Glasgow – A GT Girl Extraordinaire

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remembering Muriel ‘Babes’ Glasgow – A GT Girl Extraordinaire

DEAR EDITOR, Muriel ‘Babes’ Glasgow, woman of our soil, has left this earthly plane (23 November 2013). For a moment, a bright star in this universe was diminished, for in her petite...

We must make the Constitution work for us

Nov 28, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must make the Constitution work for us

DEAR EDITOR, The best written blueprint in the hands of those who don’t understand their role, care about the document’s intent and the people/community it sets out to serve, presents the...

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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