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‘Romel’ and ‘Ratta’, wanted for Brazilian businessman’s murder

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Romel’ and ‘Ratta’, wanted for Brazilian businessman’s murder

Rayon Anthony Gilford, called “Romel” and another man known as “Ratta” are wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Brazilian businessman Vanderlei Keinen, who...

ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO …Immigration News For Our Community

Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a...

La Belle Sports Club Dominoes set for December 9

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on La Belle Sports Club Dominoes set for December 9

The La Belle Sports Club open Dominoes competition is set to start on December 9 at Dynasty Sports Bar. Among the teams set to battle for the top prize of $150,000 and a trophy are...

UCCA 20/20 floodlight cricket festival on today

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCCA 20/20 floodlight cricket festival on today

The No. 69 Vikings ground, Upper Corentyne will come alive this today in what is expected to be the biggest cricketing event of the year in the Upper Corentyne area. The day’s...

Braithwaite leads GNRA handgun shooting c/ships

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Braithwaite leads GNRA handgun shooting c/ships

Reigning Caribbean Fullbore Shooting champion Lennox Braithwaite took his winning ways to the shorter ranges, emerging as the leader in the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA)...

Letter to the Sports Editor …Kennard responds to Colin Elcock’s letter and KN article

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor …Kennard responds to Colin Elcock’s letter and KN article

Dear Sports Editor, I refer to the recent letter of Mr. Colin Elcock and the article written by Mr. Samuel Whyte on Horseracing. I wish to clarify certain points on the issues mentioned....

Restore the canals in Georgetown

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Restore the canals in Georgetown

The rains came on Wednesday and within hours the city was literally under water. This was the second occasion within a decade that so much water had lodged in the city streets to the...

Trio remanded for receiving stolen property

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Trio remanded for receiving stolen property

Three men were indicted at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday for the indictable charges of receiving stolen property. The charges stemmed from a recent Lusignan car theft. Conmen posed as...

Eversham nonagenarian abandoned in old house

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Eversham nonagenarian abandoned in old house

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and Government talks a lot about care for the elderly. But talk has done little for a retired school teacher who is currently—to put it...

Cops seek ‘Big Foot’ for murder of South Central proprietor

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek ‘Big Foot’ for murder of South Central proprietor

Police are trying to locate 19-year-old Brian Leitch, called “Big Foot,” in connection with the murder of South Central proprietor Joseph Jagdeo, whose bound, gagged and strangled body was...

Port Mourant victim was strangled, cops seek suspect

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Port Mourant victim was strangled, cops seek suspect

Police have questioned two individuals and are looking for a third man in connection with the murder of 34-year-old Nandkumar ‘Champa’ Poonwassie, whose body was found last Tuesday on Day...

Justice Desiree Bernard meets London Lawyers

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Desiree Bernard meets London Lawyers

Madame Justice Desiree Bernard was the guest speaker at a forum organised by the Guyana Law Association of the United Kingdom. The focus of her lecture was ‘The Caribbean Court of...

APNU HAS CONFIDENCE IN CITY HALL

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU HAS CONFIDENCE IN CITY HALL

Even as it prepares for local government elections, APNU is calling for centralization of management within the country. This would seem to be in direct contradiction with the movement towards...

Health Ministry: 15 maternal deaths for year; two in November

Nov 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry: 15 maternal deaths for year; two in November

The Ministry of Health remains consistent in its monitoring of Goal No 5 of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It is working on ensuring that all maternal deaths are reported,...

Rain forces delay of GSCL/Digimax tourney

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain forces delay of GSCL/Digimax tourney

Persistent showers which have been plaguing the Capital City over the past 72 hours, affecting several outdoor events in the process, has forced the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc...

‘Make a Wish’ Programme for Youths unveiled by RHTY&SC

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Make a Wish’ Programme for Youths unveiled by RHTY&SC

What is being described as another major programme, “Make A Wish”, was unveiled on Wednesday last by the various cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC)....

Fistic Fury as boxing returns to the Mining Town on Boxing Night

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fistic Fury as boxing returns to the Mining Town on Boxing Night

By Michael Benjamin Together, Shawndell Park and Shelly ‘The Boom’ Gibson weighs over 450lbs and on Boxing Night, December 26 next, every ounce of them will go after each other in a super...

Protector of the Realm

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Protector of the Realm

DEAR EDITOR, Many of your readers must be intrigued by the exchanges (however erudite) between Senior Counsel on the one hand, and the AG on the other, as published in the press recently. The...

Political opportunism while an industry collapses

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political opportunism while an industry collapses

DEAR EDITOR, Tony Vieira and E.B. John have done a commendable job putting statistics and cold hard facts about GuySuCo into the public sphere. They have both highlighted the outlandish wage costs of...

Blatant disregard for every type of protocol

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blatant disregard for every type of protocol

DEAR EDITOR, How is it that the Pensions Officer is distributing Old Age Pension Books out of the PPP office at Kumaka, Mabaruma? Is this legal? Or is the PPP office an annex to the...

No urgency in helping those affected by gender-based violence

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on No urgency in helping those affected by gender-based violence

Dear Editor, The statement issued by the Minister of Human Services for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was woefully lacking in any commitment on her part to do...

Ignoring the Procurement Commission laws for selfish reasons

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ignoring the Procurement Commission laws for selfish reasons

DEAR EDITOR, As most Guyanese know, Government procurement is based on Principles, Government Rules of Sourcing (where they apply to the National Tender Board as controlled by the Ministry...

Is the Amaila Falls Project the best solution for Guyana?

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Amaila Falls Project the best solution for Guyana?

DEAR EDITOR, Every Guyanese looks forward to cheaper and more reliable electricity. Many of us want the source of this cheaper and more reliable electricity to be hydropower. With the Amaila...

Freddie, Carter’s conclusion is an opinion, not a fact

Nov 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie, Carter’s conclusion is an opinion, not a fact

Dear Editor, I write to applaud my friend Freddie Kissoon for being a believer now on the power of “sources and stats to support on argument” (KN Nov 21). Having made numerous claims...

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Gimme de ting wah the doctor order me!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more