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Labourer gets four years for burglary

Dec 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer gets four years for burglary

A 30-year-old labourer, who claimed to have stolen $2.2 M in items from his employer because he was underpaid, has been sentenced to imprisonment after he was found guilty. Roxroy...

Bargaining away Guyana’s territory and natural resources

Dec 29, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bargaining away Guyana’s territory and natural resources

Dear Editor, What does developing Guyana mean? It seems to be a commonly held position by this regime, doing or saying anything to portray that all is well, even when it is not. Wasn’t that...

Results on NOC Commission of Inquiry still pending

Dec 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Results on NOC Commission of Inquiry still pending

It has been almost a year, and the results of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) which was set up to investigate the violent breakout at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) has still not been revealed....

Piracy trial set to continue

Dec 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Piracy trial set to continue

Terry Joseph, Richard Mangal, Gary Joseph, Richard Joseph, Steve O’Neil and Eon Sampson were allegedly involved in a chain of robberies committed on September 8 in the territorial waters. On...

Charged in the US for a sin that is practiced every second in Guyana

Dec 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Charged in the US for a sin that is practiced every second in Guyana

Indian diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, was arrested in New York and charged for visa fraud after she stated in an immigration application for her helper that she paid her US$4,500...

Housing and You…Interesting information about block-laying

Dec 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Interesting information about block-laying

By Leonard Gildarie The holidays are almost over. Just New Year’s to celebrate and then it all starts again…the countdown to another season. On Christmas Day, like so many others, I...

Glenn Lall – Man of the Year for 2013

Dec 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Glenn Lall – Man of the Year for 2013

Each year this column selects a local personality who it believes has made the greatest impact – positive or negative – on the country. There is a bias towards those who have played a...

Latrodectus (Black Widow Spider)

Dec 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Latrodectus (Black Widow Spider)

Latrodectus is a genus of spider, in the family Theridiidae, which contains 32 recognized species. The black widow spider is perhaps the best-known member of the genus. The venomous bite of...

2013: A year of lost opportunities for Caribbean countries

Dec 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 2013: A year of lost opportunities for Caribbean countries

By Sir Ronald Sanders 2013 was not a good year for any of the 14 independent member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – not even for three of the four commodity-exporting nations Belize,...

There are too many fatal road accidents

Dec 29, 2013 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on There are too many fatal road accidents

The tragic death of Guyana’s Chief Librarian in a road accident on Christmas Eve day should have shocked the Guyana Police Force and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Then, again, the authorities were...

Of things past and of things to come

Dec 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Of things past and of things to come

Christmas Day dawned and I was at peace. I had lived to see another Christmas Day. And like the kid who has been dreaming about a vacation when the time comes, that kid is at a loss to...

Rebecca and the man with the tattooed arm

Dec 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Rebecca and the man with the tattooed arm

By Michael Jordan The slim, East Indian man on the mortuary slab had the words ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Love’ tattooed on his left arm, a cross and ‘Jesus’ printed on his right arm,...

“This is London” for Gravity Lounge

Dec 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “This is London” for Gravity Lounge

Culminating Gravity’s End of Year Events is their lavish Old Years Night party called “This is London”. As the name suggests, it will be heavily influenced by the rich history and...

The Baccoo Speaks

Dec 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

The level of violence in the society at this time is merely fueling more violence. There are the copycats. There will be another brutal case of domestic violence as yet another man loses his...

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander

Dec 29, 2013 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What’s good for the goose is good for the gander

By Khemraj Ramjattan All right-thinking Guyanese must view with alarm the ridiculous lengths to which the Ramotar Government is using Dr. Luncheon as the instrument of its neurotic and...

Book Review…An intuitive, impactful and captivating work

Dec 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Book Review…An intuitive, impactful and captivating work

Book: The Life of Mary by Charlotte Mandel Reviewer: Margaret Fechtmann Charlotte Mandel’s The Life of Mary is a concisely written book that requires some time to absorb. A first, second or even a...

Girl, 3 clings to life after puma attack

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 3 clings to life after puma attack

A three-year-old child from Isseneru, Region Seven is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being mauled by a large feline creature suspected...

Works Ministry demolishes BM Soat properties

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Works Ministry demolishes BM Soat properties

…company to sue for damage to property The stand-off between BM Soat Auto Sales and the Ministry of Public Works ended with the auto dealer who had invested more than $8M in property on...

Cops arrest BM Soat workers

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cops arrest BM Soat workers

The standoff between BM Soat and the Ministry of Works escalated last night with police detaining several of the auto dealer’s workers who had re-erected a section of a fence that was demolished...

Teenager shot dead by ex-lover on Boxing Day

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Teenager shot dead by ex-lover on Boxing Day

A 17-year-old girl was shot dead around 02:00hrs on Thursday at Moraikobai Village, Mahaicony, by her ex-lover, when she asked him to leave her home and never to contact her again. The dead girl has...

Child Care Agency rescues three toddlers

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Child Care Agency rescues three toddlers

…three-yr-old found wandering in rum shop Days before Christmas, the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) were forced to intervene in two situations to ensure that three children,...

Guyana’s accountability framework remains a disaster- Greenidge

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s accountability framework remains a disaster- Greenidge

Despite efforts this year by the government through the Ministry of Finance to enhance the ability of several agencies to be more accountable and transparent, thereby boasting and...

Unlicensed driver charged for Chief Librarian’s death

Dec 28, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicensed driver charged for Chief Librarian’s death

Three days after the fatal accident which resulted in the death of Chief Librarian, Gillian Thompson, a 24-year-old unlicensed driver, Odida Underwood, was brought before the court...

Dem boys seh…Bee Jay got experience wid husband

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bee Jay got experience wid husband

Christmas come and Christmas gone. Dem boys visit nuff place. Dem spend hours at de Tower Boxing Day; dem been to Gravity; dem been to Palm Court; dem pass by Seeta plus Geeta; dem ain’t see...

Derick Richmond wins national middleweight title and enhances reputation

Dec 28, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Derick Richmond wins national middleweight title and enhances reputation

Sends James Walcott to the ‘Sack’ By Michael Benjamin The recent devastating knockout victories over Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) middleweight champion, Edmond DeClou and upcoming...

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Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport endorses Mashramani Street Football Championships

Guyana’s silence represents a shocking neglect of its national interest

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Guyana has long championed the sanctity of territorial integrity and the rejection of aggression... more