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Top Cop plays Santa to Rosemary Lane Youths

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop plays Santa to Rosemary Lane Youths

Santa Claus came early to the children of Rosemary Lane in the form of a jolly Commissioner of Police Leroy Brumell, who doled out gifts and words of encouragement yesterday as the Rosemary...

Cheddi and power sharing after 1992

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Cheddi and power sharing after 1992

On his deathbed, Cheddi Jagan had an epiphany. He signed a note saying that he would like his wife to take over from him. It was so unlike Cheddi. He, after all, had once said at a political...

GPSU advises members to spend wisely this season

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU advises members to spend wisely this season

– warns against unsupportive private sector Public workers are being advised to be mindful of their spending this season in light of the “arbitrary five percentage wage imposition”...

DTV-8 celebrating 20 years of broadcasting

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on DTV-8 celebrating 20 years of broadcasting

Dave’s Television Channel 8 in New Amsterdam is marking its 20th Anniversary with a month- long of observances and activities. The TV station, founded by the late David ‘Dave’ Rambarran,...

$5000 note is released today

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $5000 note is released today

Guyana’s first $5000 note hits the streets today as circulation commences. The higher denomination note is intended to reduce the demand for other notes. The bill is expected to enhance the...

Where is the tape Jagdeo claimed he has about the PNC’s involvement in criminal activities at Buxton?

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where is the tape Jagdeo claimed he has about the PNC’s involvement in criminal activities at Buxton?

Dear Editor, A few years ago, then President Bharat Jagdeo made a startling declaration to the country that he had a tape in his possession to show that the PNC was involved in the criminal...

Abandon existing Anti-Money laundering law and adopt Barbados’- Chris Ram

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Abandon existing Anti-Money laundering law and adopt Barbados’- Chris Ram

With the window of opportunity rapidly closing for Guyana to comply with the recommendations set out by the Caribbean Financial Action Taskforce (CFATF) before it attracts greater sanctions,...

Anti-business posturing by the PPP is destroying Guyana’s fragile economy

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Anti-business posturing by the PPP is destroying Guyana’s fragile economy

Dear Editor, Upon the passage of the political baton from Jagdeo to Ramotar two years ago, several members of the legitimate business class thought that they will finally be allowed to conduct...

GCC makes second attempt at AGM

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GCC makes second attempt at AGM

Facing the possibility of a takeover by a local corporate entity, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will today try again to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) to discuss key club issues, and...

Who is speaking the truth – Minister Webster or Dr. Luncheon?

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is speaking the truth – Minister Webster or Dr. Luncheon?

Dear Editor, By the time one finishes reading this letter, the PPP Government would have borrowed more money in the name of the people to squander on another “Highway to Nowhere” Project like the...

Why are we entering politics?

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Why are we entering politics?

For the past two years millions of common Indians came out on streets to fight against the biggest evil in our country today – corruption. This people’s anti-corruption movement has...

I am so happy Ian is making a difference

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am so happy Ian is making a difference

Dear Editor, Several months ago I got a call from a visiting Guyanese/Canadian businessman. He told me he reads my Letters to the Editor on the Internet and wanted to meet me in person. I didn’t...

Vote out all and sundry who are messing with Town and Country

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Vote out all and sundry who are messing with Town and Country

Dear Editor, We are now experiencing a different type of flood. We the residents are being flooded out with the blame game. Who is responsible for the recent flash floods; the City Council did not...

Twilight cast wants to shoot segment in Guyana

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News 2

Fans of the Twilight Saga may very well be in for a treat, as makers of this popular “suspense romance horror” series, have expressed interest in shooting a segment of its latest film at...

Paul Clarke is the victim of double standards

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Paul Clarke is the victim of double standards

Dear Editor, Permit me to express my dismay at some of the statements made by Minister Ganga Persaud. He claims that Paul Clarke was not considered because of his previous job termination by the...

Guyana expo opens in Barbados

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana expo opens in Barbados

A two-day exposition of Guyanese goods and services that began Saturday at the Guyana Consulate in Barbados promises well for further development of trade ties between the two CARICOM states....

We must put an end to our own ‘apartheid’

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must put an end to our own ‘apartheid’

Dear Editor, The gloom of Nelson Mandela’s death certainly reverberated throughout the world on the 5th of December, with a magnitude outrivaling the earthquake in Haiti. Distant relatives in...

Human services Ministry to investigate Corentyne orphanage

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Human services Ministry to investigate Corentyne orphanage

– As allegations of maltreatment surface The Ministry of Human services plans to investigate the details surrounding the arrest of three orphaned teenagers, who were living at a...

Royston King mulls lawsuit over Sooba’s appointment

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Royston King mulls lawsuit over Sooba’s appointment

By Zena Henry The second most qualified applicant interviewed for the post of city Town Clerk has engaged in legal proceedings against the Local Government Ministry for the...

Prisoners silence courtroom

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners silence courtroom

The courtroom of the Chief Magistrate was on Friday left in a state of shock when the suspects in the much publicized Meten-meer-Zorg murder erupted over the conditions under which they are...

Lindeners concerned about drunk river operators

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners concerned about drunk river operators

Two Sundays ago, two men lost their lives in a horrific accident in the Demerara river, about twenty five miles upriver from Linden. Speculation was rife, as to what could have caused the...

Fire victims lose hope in the spirit of Christmas

Dec 09, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fire victims lose hope in the spirit of Christmas

– “starting over is never easy, the journey can make you question the Creator” Kiana Wilburg As Guyanese prepare to welcome the holiday season in fine style, gloom seems to be...

FIAT JUSTITIA OR JUST A SLOW COACH?

Dec 09, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FIAT JUSTITIA OR JUST A SLOW COACH?

When I was a young man, the Merrymen of Barbados, led by Emile Straker, was the hit band of the Caribbean. If you went to a “house” party you started the night with the Merrymen and...

Finance Minister fails to account for $8,000 million in five years

Dec 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister fails to account for $8,000 million in five years

The budgetary allocations for Revision of Wages and Salaries for public servants is now being regarded as a slush fund given that over the past five years there is more than $8B unaccounted for....

Indian group denies acquiring 10,000 acres land in Guyana

Dec 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Indian group denies acquiring 10,000 acres land in Guyana

…but Ramsammy says yes The DY Patil Group has denied that it has started works on agricultural lands in the Canje Basin and that it is in no way connected or has any links to former...

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Bent Street settle Back Circle 1-0 to lift Hamilton Green’s Inter-Ward Football KO C/ship

If the system is not broken why try to fix it?

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- A few years ago, I was at a private hospital watching the workers “clock-in” to work... more