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Security guard’s execution…Prime suspects remain in custody

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard’s execution…Prime suspects remain in custody

Police are working on a number of leads and are said to have some prime suspects in custody. They are working to crack the case in which a key witness in an impending murder trial was shot dead...

From the Diaspora…DRUGS, TERRORISTS, PRESS FREEDOM AND THE $1.2M MAN

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…DRUGS, TERRORISTS, PRESS FREEDOM AND THE $1.2M MAN

By Ralph Seeram It has been a tough week for Guyana’s International image this week, and it has been all negative publicity. What makes it worse, it would seem that the Guyana Government or its law...

Ambitious small businessman optimistic about local youths

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ambitious small businessman optimistic about local youths

Although reports suggest that there is a growing number of youths finding themselves in situations of a criminal nature, there is one young man who is of the firm belief that there is yet...

Rotary Club of Demerara observes World Understanding Month

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rotary Club of Demerara observes World Understanding Month

Unlike most people, February is not just a month for the hundreds of thousands of Rotarians found in every corner of the earth. This month, Rotarians around the world celebrate ‘World...

ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO…Immigration News For Our Community

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

Love web sees housewives, another woman face court

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Love web sees housewives, another woman face court

Two Enmore housewives were on Friday brought before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to assault charges which stemmed from an altercation with...

Two in custody after robbery and high speed chase

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two in custody after robbery and high speed chase

Quick response by police led to the arrest of two suspected bandits and to their car being impounded after high speed chase over the Berbice River Bridge. Two men are in custody. The police are now...

Singing “De Truth” enables “De Professor” to retain calypso crown

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Singing “De Truth” enables “De Professor” to retain calypso crown

In one of the most competitive competitions in recent years Lester ‘De Professor’ Charles once again reigned supreme, delivering a sterling lesson in kaiso to retain his calypso monarchy. Such...

Bus driver accused of biting cop, trial commences

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver accused of biting cop, trial commences

The trial of a bus driver accused of biting a police officer in his efforts to resist being arrested, on Friday commenced before Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

New CPG executives elected for “A” Division

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New CPG executives elected for “A” Division

Following the split of the “A” Division Community Policing Group, Division Two which runs from Eccles, East Bank Demerara to Long Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway held its Annual General...

“This is a dark time, my love”

Feb 16, 2014 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on “This is a dark time, my love”

By Sheba Thomas Youth For Change member “This is the dark time, my love; it is the season of oppression, dark metal, and tears. It is the festival of guns, the carnival of misery”. These words...

The Panamanian night monkey (Aotus zonalis)

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Panamanian night monkey (Aotus zonalis)

The Panamanian night monkey or Chocoan night monkey (Aotus zonalis) is a species of night monkey formerly considered a subspecies of the grey-bellied night monkey of the...

I had a scary week

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on I had a scary week

Every child is scared of the dark, of death and of the unknown. As we grow older we hear that there is really nothing to be afraid of, but fear itself. Yet many of us, perhaps because of the...

“Too black to be Prime Minister”: the shackles of mental slavery

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on “Too black to be Prime Minister”: the shackles of mental slavery

By Sir Ronald Sanders Of all the offensive – and unintelligent – statements made in the politics of the post-independence Caribbean, an assertion, that Dr Keith Rowley, the leader of the...

These individuals have failed to represent the teachers they were elected to serve

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on These individuals have failed to represent the teachers they were elected to serve

Dear Editor, With respect to a not so recent publication in last Sunday’s edition of your dailies, 9th February 2014. I pen these words to bring attention to the “Notice” which read Guyana...

Upgraded Zoological Park to feature animals in Guyana’s eco-types

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Upgraded Zoological Park to feature animals in Guyana’s eco-types

The Guyana Zoological Park was established in 1952 and today serves as a sanctuary for injured wild animals and remains an important nature-based recreational facility. Situated in the heart of...

The Baccoo Speaks

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Berbice will be in the news again. A determined police division will be making life tough for the criminals who until recently had a field day. They are going to stage a raid and nab a group of men...

GPHC’s disposal system “serving its intended purpose”

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC’s disposal system “serving its intended purpose”

By Romila Boodram After nearly two years of operation, health officials are satisfied that the state-of-the-art disposal system at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is “serving its...

Desinco Trading, CAL join forces to aid ailing child

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Desinco Trading, CAL join forces to aid ailing child

Dealing with an ill child is very difficult for any parent, but no one is prepared to hear that their two-year-old has been diagnosed with a deadly, flesh-eating bacteria. Life for Sandra...

Housing and You…Fire safety in home construction

Feb 16, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Housing and You…Fire safety in home construction

By Leonard Gildarie Until I built my home over three years ago, as a practising journalist I would treat fires as just another story. After a while, unless you want to run the risk of becoming...

The kidnapping of Roy Bell

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The kidnapping of Roy Bell

– A brutal unsolved case from the crime wave era By Michael Jordan On Saturday, April 12, 2003, 16-year-old School of the Nations student Roy Bell and a brother entered a car outside...

The PNCR does not subscribe to public brawls via the media

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNCR does not subscribe to public brawls via the media

Dear Editor, Please permit me the opportunity to respond to a letter penned by Mr. Bevon Curry dated Thursday 13th February 2014 under the caption ‘An unequivocal apology must be demanded...

A bout of constitutional heresy

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A bout of constitutional heresy

Dear Editor, I do not usually engage in exchanges in the press, with non-lawyers on matters of law. I extend this rule to some lawyers as well, when the content of what they espouse is devoid of...

On the absence of a succession policy in political parties

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on On the absence of a succession policy in political parties

“Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to...

Police cricket and Fun Day were super

Feb 16, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police cricket and Fun Day were super

Dear Editor, I ashamedly must admit that it is the first time I attended the Police Cricket 10/0 and Fun day, titled: “Leroy Brumell 10/10 Cricket Finals and Fun Day at Eve Leary on Sunday, 9th...

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Slingerz FC shines at Guyana Energy Conference and Youth Forum

The clock and the cloud

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Time, as the ancients knew, is a trickster. It slips through the fingers of kings and commoners... more