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Jagdeo is back from the dead to haunt Guyana – Roopnarine

May 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo is back from the dead to haunt Guyana – Roopnarine

As A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition launched its manifesto on Thursday last, it used the opportunity to appeal to voters not to allow the incumbent...

Trying to befuddle the nation

May 02, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Trying to befuddle the nation

Whenever a government undertakes a major national project, such is the documentation that anyone wanting to research the project would have no problem finding about any aspect of the project. There...

GTTA shortlists respective national teams for training

May 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA shortlists respective national teams for training

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has named Pre-Cadet, Cadet, Junior and Senior players for training and preparation and possible selection to represent Guyana at the upcoming major regional...

You hold the power to change the direction of an entire nation – GTUC representative tells women

May 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on You hold the power to change the direction of an entire nation – GTUC representative tells women

Quoting the popular phrase of renowned, American labour activist Ralph Chaplin, Head of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, (GTUC) advisory committee, Karen Van Sluytman- Corbin, noted that women hold...

Letter to the Sports Editor When did the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association become a PPP/C franchise

May 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor When did the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association become a PPP/C franchise

Dear Sports Editor, From recent reports it appears that the PPP/C has found a new vote bank – the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UPCA). KN News reports that the “Upper Corentyne names team...

My childhood memories of Calvin Roberts

May 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on My childhood memories of Calvin Roberts

By Sean Devers When my mom told me that Sports Journalist Calvin Roberts had died on Tuesday evening it came as a shock to me even though I knew he was sick and needed a Kidney transplant. The...

GCC batsman Sookdeo continues to shine in T&T

May 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC batsman Sookdeo continues to shine in T&T

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) batsman Jeetendra Sookdeo continues to excel in the Shanghai Construction national cricket league in Trinidad and Tobago. Sookdeo helped his club Merryboys to the title...

The Electoral Corner…The Voting Process

May 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on The Electoral Corner…The Voting Process

With just about a week to the May 11, 2015 General and Regional Elections, the Guyana Elections Commission would like to urge all registered electors to vote for the party of your choice on Elections...

Our office will not be bullied into acting outside the ambit of the law

May 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Our office will not be bullied into acting outside the ambit of the law

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow me to comment on the article titled “Govt. and Berbice Bridge Co. conspire to conceal deep financial problems – Ram” published in KN 2015-04-26. As reported in the...

Eleven women among 54 slain in four months

May 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Eleven women among 54 slain in four months

At least 54 people have been slain since the start of the year. This is according to statistics compiled by Kaieteur News. The facts also show that 11 women are among the victims. Three of them were...

Death of woman at Berbice clinic…Doctor sent on administrative leave as probe continues

May 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Death of woman at Berbice clinic…Doctor sent on administrative leave as probe continues

The doctor at the centre of a reported botched abortion that claimed the life of 22-year-old Kamili Arjune, on Good Friday, has been sent on administrative leave pending the outcome of an...

US helping to tackle gender based violence to improve global health

May 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US helping to tackle gender based violence to improve global health

– but insists HIV/AIDS still needs keen attention The goal of improving global health is not limited to fighting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency (HIV/AIDS). This...

ECB/Busta 50-over festival Wakenaam, Leguan, EBE, Central record victories

May 02, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECB/Busta 50-over festival Wakenaam, Leguan, EBE, Central record victories

Wakenaam, Leguan, East Bank and Central Essequibo recorded victories when the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB)/Busta 50-over festival commenced yesterday. At Pomona, Wakenaam defeated Bartica by seven...

Bagotville murder…Victim’s friend gets death threat from alleged killer

May 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bagotville murder…Victim’s friend gets death threat from alleged killer

A close friend of murder victim Donessa Barker says that Barker’s alleged killer contacted her yesterday and warned that she would be his next victim. The friend, Sheniza Clarke, had tried to save...

PANCAP launches regional capacity building project

May 02, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PANCAP launches regional capacity building project

As efforts continue to reduce overall HIV transmission rates in the region, the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) launched a three-year project to build capacities in regional...

Here is how you can tell a country is dead

May 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Here is how you can tell a country is dead

The People Progressive Party is asking voters to elect them a sixth consecutive time. This party was first elected in 1992. From 1992 to April 2015, Guyana has seen venalities, depravities,...

THE MISSING THINGS

May 02, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MISSING THINGS

A manifesto is a distilled document. It presents the main things that a political party promises should it win political office; but a manifesto cannot cover all the things that a political party...

‘Fabulous’ remanded after bashing woman’s face with bottle

May 02, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Fabulous’ remanded after bashing woman’s face with bottle

A New Amsterdam man was on Thursday remanded to prison by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus when he appeared before her on a charge of felonious wounding. The man, Hubert Thomas, called,...

Can Mr. Kissoon prove this?

May 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Can Mr. Kissoon prove this?

DEAR EDITOR, Your columnist Freddie Kissoon on April 30, 2015 wrote: “One has to go back to ancient Hindu scripts and what those documents say about dark-skinned people, Africans and the framework...

Open Letter to APNU-AFC Supporters

May 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open Letter to APNU-AFC Supporters

FELLOW GUYANESE, As we approach Election Day 2015, I wish to share some thoughts which will hopefully guide you into making the right decision at the polls. This election is not about the PPP/C or...

All help is sorely needed in an increasingly dysfunctional society

May 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on All help is sorely needed in an increasingly dysfunctional society

DEAR EDITOR, More than one week ago the TV programme SPOTLIGHT aired a rather sobering discussion on domestic violence, including sexual abuse. It put in frightening perspective how prevalent was the...

Today, Buxtonions will say their final farewell to a matriarch of the village

May 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Today, Buxtonions will say their final farewell to a matriarch of the village

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana has produced many outstanding citizens who have dedicated their lives to lifting up their fellow human beings both as individuals and as communities. These people quietly, without...

History is replete with such masqueraders

May 02, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on History is replete with such masqueraders

DEAR EDITOR, I am sure that everyone would now agree that foreign forces which sought their own interests joined with our local lackeys to destroy the way of life in this once beautiful Guyana. But,...

Contractor gets exclusive rights to US$100M ICT project

May 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor gets exclusive rights to US$100M ICT project

Over a five-year period, between 2010 and 2014, Government budgeted $20B (US$100M) for its Information Communication Technology (ICT) programme that included its E-Governance and fibre optic cable...

Gifting fibre optic cable reminiscent of radio frequencies giveaway – Greenidge

May 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gifting fibre optic cable reminiscent of radio frequencies giveaway – Greenidge

A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) point man on Finance, Carl Greenidge, and financial analyst, Ramon Gaskin, have blasted the Government’s “sweetheart” deal with...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more