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Five recognised for championing cause of consumers

Mar 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Five recognised for championing cause of consumers

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce to mark World Consumer Rights Day, hosted a special ceremony at the International Conference Centre, where five persons were honoured for their sterling...

Reaffirming a commitment

Mar 19, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Reaffirming a commitment

This newspaper has in the past stated its commitment to the widening and deepening of what has been termed “the public sphere”, by the German sociologist and philosopher Jürgen Habermas. This is...

Teen accused of firing weapon granted bail

Mar 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Teen accused of firing weapon granted bail

Bail was yesterday set to the tune of $125,000 for a 19-year-old labourer by Magistrate Faith McGusty when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be charged for discharging a loaded...

The discourse on inter-ethnic dynamics

Mar 19, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The discourse on inter-ethnic dynamics

At times academics can confuse more than they enlighten. This happens more from sins of omission than from sins of commission. This is not a personal criticism of anyone, just an observation that...

Auto electrician fined for threatening to chop off wife’s head

Mar 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Auto electrician fined for threatening to chop off wife’s head

An auto electrician who hails from Port Kaituma in the North West appeared yesterday in a city court and was fined $40,000 for hurling abusive language at his wife and threatening to chop off...

Duo charged for discharging rounds at home owner during invasion

Mar 19, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Duo charged for discharging rounds at home owner during invasion

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before a city Magistrate charged for discharging rounds at a Tucville resident whose house they allegedly invaded early last October....

A case of being held to ransom

Mar 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A case of being held to ransom

Dear Editor, Please allow me space to do a follow up on a letter you published for me a few months ago. It is a letter which described the delay in the powers that be to return my transport which was...

Pursue hydro development with zest

Mar 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pursue hydro development with zest

Dear Editor, Guyana enters the new decade with tremendous transformation opportunities in its energy sectors. All is not lost with the departure of Sithe Global but all is not safe for the nation...

Can Kendall please conduct a poll?

Mar 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Kendall please conduct a poll?

Dear Editor, I write in response to Ms. Donna Kendall (KN Mar 11) who asserted that I have been “trying to deceive Guyanese by skewing polls in favour of the PPP” and that “the party dumped me...

I want my properties back

Mar 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on I want my properties back

Dear Editor, More than twenty years have passed since Attorney-at-Law Ms. Sheila Chapman and the Legal Firm of Attorneys-at-Law Sheila A. Chapman, Avril A. Trotman and Raphael C.C. Trotman and...

Nandlall denies any relationship with jury foreman

Mar 19, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nandlall denies any relationship with jury foreman

Dear Mr. Editor, I wish to refer to a letter of some length published on the 17th March of the Kaieteur News “Was the P.P.P playing political games with the Lusignan Massacre trial?”...

2014 Budget… APNU will disapprove of spending not in the National Interest

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 Budget… APNU will disapprove of spending not in the National Interest

Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Brig. David Granger, expressed dissatisfaction with the consultation APNU has had with government over the Budget. He has now promised to disapprove...

Three Guyanese found dead in Ontario home

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three Guyanese found dead in Ontario home

Brampton, Canada – Jerry Pitamber’s life changed forever the instant he got home after a shift at his family’s restaurant on Monday to find his parents and brother poisoned by carbon...

Anti-money laundering measures… Over 200 Co-op societies face suspension for not complying

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering measures… Over 200 Co-op societies face suspension for not complying

Government has moved to cancel over 200 Cooperative societies across the country as authorities move ahead with the implementation of internationally mandated anti-money laundering measures....

Phagwah Day accidents leave one dead, several injured

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Phagwah Day accidents leave one dead, several injured

Amidst the colourful Phagwah celebrations, a fatal vehicular accident threw several families into grief as a pick up truck on the East Bank Demerara Public Road toppled yesterday afternoon leaving...

TSU force APNU MP to remove tint

Mar 18, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TSU force APNU MP to remove tint

It appears that the Guyana Police Force is sparing no one in its ongoing campaign to remove tint from motor vehicles. Last Wednesday, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament...

Two man learn bout de dog story

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Two man learn bout de dog story

Old people got a saying. “Every dog got its day.” Well nuff dog day run out over de holiday weekend and some of de way de thing happen got some people still smiling. A man was riding he motorbike...

Got To Go takes feature at Port Mourant Horserace meet Jumbo Jet stable triumphs again, Colin Ross is top Jockey

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Got To Go takes feature at Port Mourant Horserace meet Jumbo Jet stable triumphs again, Colin Ross is top Jockey

Got To Go of the Jumbo Jet stable, which was guided by Colin Ross and running with a classification of D3, went all the way as it returned to winning ways. The animal carrying a weight of 108 pounds...

Revlon Lake starts his campaign for big bucks as ‘The Contender’ series commence

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Revlon Lake starts his campaign for big bucks as ‘The Contender’ series commence

Barbados based Guyanese boxer, Revlon Lake, is bristling with confidence as he prepares to enter the ring in a highly anticipated slugfest against Jamaican, Sakima Mullings at the Chinese Benevolent...

GMR&SC March 23 Race Meet Roshandin banking on recent upgrade to dominate on Sunday

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC March 23 Race Meet Roshandin banking on recent upgrade to dominate on Sunday

He knows what it takes to be a champion, having earned the accolade many times before, so when Group 2A and B driver Shairaz Roshandin takes to the track this weekend to participate in the Guyana...

‘Sugar’-less Raiders ground Jets; Ravens ‘tie-up’ Colts -Teams to clash in National Basketball C/ship Final

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Sugar’-less Raiders ground Jets; Ravens ‘tie-up’ Colts -Teams to clash in National Basketball C/ship Final

By Edison Jefford Retrieve Raiders and Dyna’s Ravens will play for the National Division I Basketball title Sunday after winning their respective semi-final games at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall...

Large turn out to 1st Annual Thompson’s Reunion and Sports day

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Large turn out to 1st Annual Thompson’s Reunion and Sports day

A sea of national colours filled the National Park yesterday, as colorfully dressed relatives of the Thompson family held its first annual Family Reunion and Fun Day. The event which attracted some...

Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League Dick’s five guides Grove Hi Tech to big win over Herstelling

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer/EBFA Division One League Dick’s five guides Grove Hi Tech to big win over Herstelling

Joel Dick banged in five goals for Grove Hi Tech yesterday leading his team to a big 8-0 win over Herstelling Football Club when play in the Stag Beer/East Bank Football Association division-one...

Sparendaam Station MC Softball set for Sunday

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sparendaam Station MC Softball set for Sunday

Sparendaam Station Management committee will stage a 10 overs softball tournament at Hope Community Centre ground starting from 09:00 hrs on Sunday. Entrance fee is $15,000 and the winning team will...

Results from Queen’s College Inter Class football

Mar 18, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Results from Queen’s College Inter Class football

Following are the results of the Queen’s College Inter Class football tournament which was contested recently at the Queen’s College ground. 1 A Girls defeated 1 A D girls 1-0 on penalty, 1 B...

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An Open Letter to the election observer missions

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-Later this year, you will arrive in Guyana as protectors of the integrity of our democracy.... more