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TNT cop Gittens Dominoes title

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on TNT cop Gittens Dominoes title

TNT marked 85 games to win the Lyall Gittens Dominoes competition when the final was contested on Sunday night last at August Beverage Company Norton Street. Providence placed second with 75 followed...

LABA invites clubs to discuss Christmas championship at MSC Pavilion today

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA invites clubs to discuss Christmas championship at MSC Pavilion today

Plans for the staging of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s Open Challenge Christmas championship are to be disclosed when the organizers hold an emergency meeting with club...

US congress reps hear of Ramotar’s “creeping dictatorship”

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on US congress reps hear of Ramotar’s “creeping dictatorship”

By Abena Rockcliffe President Donald Ramotar was labeled a “creeping dictator” as United States (US) based members and supporters of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance For...

More students gravitating to the Sciences – Manickchand

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on More students gravitating to the Sciences – Manickchand

– development linked to programmes designed to spur interest A deliberate move by the Ministry of Education to foster interest in the sciences has resulted in more children across the country...

Another death in custody

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Another death in custody

Just when the Guyanese people were about to breathe a quiet sigh of relief that perhaps the Guyana Police Force would stay out of the negative limelight, we hear claims of a man dying from a beating...

Sun and Sand Hotel to sit on 10.5 acres

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sun and Sand Hotel to sit on 10.5 acres

…to be granted 50-year lease at $250,000 per annum The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) is only now drawing up a lease agreement for the Sun and Sand Hotel and Casino Project, some five...

New changes for traffic flow in Queenstown

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on New changes for traffic flow in Queenstown

The Guyana Police Force and the Ministry of Public Works have instituted changes in the flow of traffic in the Queenstown area, effective from December 1, 2014. According to an advisory released...

Blue Caps says Nandlall has no place in our society

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Blue Caps says Nandlall has no place in our society

Following IACHR directive to Govt… Youth advocate group, Blue Caps, has joined calls for the resignation or removal of Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General (AG), Anil Nandlall, in...

Porter critical after being hit overboard

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Porter critical after being hit overboard

A porter employed at Muneshwer’s Limited is currently critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was hit overboard by a container that was being moved at the company’s...

Private jet, private money, private space in a drug country

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Private jet, private money, private space in a drug country

The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is a strange outfit. Only God can actually tell a Guyanese how the DEA operates with regard to its surveillance in Guyana. There are times you want to believe...

Second injured bandit from botched CG robbery succumbs

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Second injured bandit from botched CG robbery succumbs

Ten days after his accomplice suffered a similar fate, the second bandit from the November 18 botched robbery at La Bonne Intention has succumbed from injuries he sustained while escaping on a CG...

THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF THE 10TH PARLIAMENT

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF THE 10TH PARLIAMENT

All manner of arguments are being made about the constitutionality of prorogation. Yet it seems to have escaped attention of those arguing such a line, that prorogation is itself a creature of the...

2014 Sagicor Visionaries Challenge champ to be named today

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 Sagicor Visionaries Challenge champ to be named today

Today will be the day of reckoning when the designated judges decide which single science project is worthy to be named the entrant to compete at the Sagicor Visionaries Challenge regional...

Rohee must bear responsibility for police misconduct – APNU

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee must bear responsibility for police misconduct – APNU

Given the public security situation and its deterioration since Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee’s appointment as General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) last year, A...

CRIP road programme improves No. 64 village

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on CRIP road programme improves No. 64 village

After sheltering from the heavy downpour, 73-year-old, JaswahRamlall, stood proudly on the newly constructed Double Bitumen Surface Treatment (DBST) road at No.64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. All the...

Truck hits woman on pedestrian crossing

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Truck hits woman on pedestrian crossing

A 62-year-old janitor is currently in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after she was struck by a truck, while walking on the pedestrian crossing in front of the...

Taxi driver warns against con artist

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver warns against con artist

A taxi driver who was scammed out of his day’s pay is on a quest to expose the perpetrator of the crime and to warn fellow members of the profession to be on the lookout for con artists, especially...

West Canje shooting death…Defence no case submission overruled

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on West Canje shooting death…Defence no case submission overruled

The defendant in the Caracas house demolition shooting death case has been called upon to lead a defence, after no case submissions in the preliminary inquiry were overruled. The preliminary inquiry...

18 year old pleads guilty to simple larceny and gets 48 months

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 18 year old pleads guilty to simple larceny and gets 48 months

An eighteen- year old farmer from West Ruimveldt was charged with two counts of simple larceny yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It is alleged that on November 18 at Leopold Street...

Labourer remanded on ‘break and enter’ charge

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer remanded on ‘break and enter’ charge

A labourer stood before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday, charged with the offence of break and enter and larceny. It is alleged that between November 24 and...

Gunman jailed for 170 months, to serve 108 months

Nov 29, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gunman jailed for 170 months, to serve 108 months

Ronley Rampersaud, one of the two men, who was detained during a confrontation on November 14, between police and slain robbery suspect, Royston Waldron, was imprisoned on five criminal charges,...

The decline of education in Guyana has been a decades-old concern

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The decline of education in Guyana has been a decades-old concern

DEAR EDITOR, The decline of education in Guyana since the 1980s until today has been a major concern for every educated Guyanese citizen living and working here. As our political and economic...

Flooding was never as frequent and extensive as it is today

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Flooding was never as frequent and extensive as it is today

Dear Editor, It appeared that the Nov’14 – Jan’15 rainy season commenced on Nov 19, arriving with a vengeance as it dumped over five inches of rainfall on Georgetown and much of the...

Identifying the ‘real’ reasons for increased violence in schools

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Identifying the ‘real’ reasons for increased violence in schools

DEAR EDITOR, I read your editorial (Violence in Schools, Nov 28th) and I was captivated, with great sadness, by your opening sentence, “The intensity and frequency of violence in schools have...

Providing clarity on the highly contentious issue of frequencies

Nov 29, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Providing clarity on the highly contentious issue of frequencies

DEAR EDITOR, Since I see some confusion regarding the allocation of frequencies and the way they should be obtained, I would like to offer some observations to the public which hopefully will bring...

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When silence speaks louder than words

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The United States has spoken. Reacting to the conviction of Marine Le Pen in a French... more