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Passports in five days for overseas Guyanese- Govt. promises

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Passports in five days for overseas Guyanese- Govt. promises

There is good news now for citizens and the applications for passports. According to Government yesterday, it is moving rapidly to decentralize operations, making it easier for persons living in...

More police ranks and animal patrols highlighted in new crime strategy

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on More police ranks and animal patrols highlighted in new crime strategy

A day after a high level meeting on the current crime situation in Guyana, the David Granger-led administration trotted out an elaborate plan to halt the spate of current criminal activity. The plan...

Stoby overpowers Williamson, Farley in last mile of 10K

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stoby overpowers Williamson, Farley in last mile of 10K

During training his runs, Reuben Stoby ran the Ceres Juices 10K Series course from Carrot Bay to Smugglers Cove and return, faster than the 42 minutes and 20 seconds he covered it on Saturday. But...

Venue Shopping Center and Beauty Salon lends support to BCB fundraiser

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Venue Shopping Center and Beauty Salon lends support to BCB fundraiser

Another popular and established business in the Upper Corentyne area, Venue Shopping Center and Beauty Salon of Public Road No 78 Village, has shown faith in the work of the BCB by providing...

Regional 50-over U-17 cricket in Tobago… Guyana suffer 2nd defeats in two days

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional 50-over U-17 cricket in Tobago… Guyana suffer 2nd defeats in two days

Guyana followed up their six-wicket loss to Jamaica on the opening day of the fourth annual WICB 50-over Regional under-17 cricket tournament in Tobago with a second defeat yesterday when they...

NCN Radio to broadcast CPL matches from Providence

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NCN Radio to broadcast CPL matches from Providence

But no live radio, TV in Guyana The National Communications Network (NCN) has assembled a Radio commentary team to broadcast the four matches in the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) that will...

GYM EXPO 2015 on stage at Pegasus Hotel Sunday

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GYM EXPO 2015 on stage at Pegasus Hotel Sunday

Bodybuilding, fitness and fashion aficionados are in for a special treat at the annual Fitness Paradise Gym Expo which will be held on Sunday in the Savannah Suite of the Pegasus hotel. This year’s...

Floodlights, Mike’s Wellwoman triumph

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights, Mike’s Wellwoman triumph

Floodlights and Mike’s Wellwoman won the male and female categories respectively when the Trevor Wharton softball cricket competition was contested on Sunday last at the Everest Cricket Club....

BCB CONGRATULATES FEMALE INTER COUNTY TEAM

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB CONGRATULATES FEMALE INTER COUNTY TEAM

The Berbice Cricket Board congratulates its female senior team for convincingly defending their title by winning the 2015 Inter County Championship after defeating a poor Essequibo team in the first...

Your newspaper brings enlightenment to the Guyanese public

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Your newspaper brings enlightenment to the Guyanese public

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the letter section of your newspaper for printing my letters over the years and especial thanks to Mr. Glenn Lall and Mr. Adam...

Ramotar draws curtain on career, confirms Jagdeo as Opposition Leader

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar draws curtain on career, confirms Jagdeo as Opposition Leader

— Ramsammy pulled off list due to serious health problems By Jarryl Bryan Former President Donald Ramotar has finally broken the seal of secrecy on his exclusion from the list of Members of...

The greatest of writers self-published

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The greatest of writers self-published

DEAR EDITOR, The letter column should be an avenue of information, but as all things human, it sometimes expresses depressing opinions of disinformation. On Monday March 2, 2015, Kaieteur News...

PPP blasts Government for perceived crime fighting lapse

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on PPP blasts Government for perceived crime fighting lapse

Former President Donald Ramotar has blasted A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Chance (APNU+AFC) for only now holding the crime fighting strategy meeting, stating that the Party should...

Barking man saved from jail on drug charge

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Barking man saved from jail on drug charge

Twenty-five year old, Kwame Durant, who has no fixed place of residence, was given a second chance yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge. As he sat in a corner of the docks...

There is nothing to celebrate if Parliament has members who have contempt for women

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is nothing to celebrate if Parliament has members who have contempt for women

DEAR EDITOR, The PPP has announced that Bheri Ramsaran and Anil Nandlall are on their list of MPs for the 11th Parliament. Bheri Ramsaran resigned as Minister of Health after condemnation of his...

CARICOM members should respect the Treaty of Chaguaramas

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on CARICOM members should respect the Treaty of Chaguaramas

DEAR EDITOR, The decision to establish CARICOM was taken by Heads of Government on July 4, 1972, and the following year, the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed, replacing CARIFTA, to have a more...

NOT MANY FOREIGN JUDGES WILL BE INTERESTED

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOT MANY FOREIGN JUDGES WILL BE INTERESTED

Some people simply do not get it. It is not that there is anything wrong with advertising judicial positions. Indeed advertising these posts allows for the best persons to be selected. The point is...

Success Elementary Awards students

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Success Elementary Awards students

… First Lady encourages students to develop Guyana By Shyon Hoppie Success Elementary School produced 24 of top one per cent performers at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) countrywide. A...

DPP to decide on fate of cops who killed mentally ill man

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on DPP to decide on fate of cops who killed mentally ill man

The Guyana Police Force will be seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution on the way forward with respect to the two policemen who fatally shot a mentally ill man at Cane Grove,...

Shiv must continue to play, but beyond the boundary

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shiv must continue to play, but beyond the boundary

DEAR EDITOR, I am tired of listening to and reading a lot of piffle about Shivnarine Chanderpaul not being given the opportunity to break Brian Lara’s record of scoring the most test runs by a West...

Man remanded for rape

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for rape

Leroy Smith, of Richmond Housing Scheme was remanded on Tuesday by Magistrate Dellon Best until July 21, after police charged him with rape. The matter was called in camera, at the Anna Regina...

Last Call for Alcohol

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Last Call for Alcohol

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me the opportunity to comment on a divisive issue of late, and that is the decision to enforce the closure of clubs and drinking pubs by 2 am. I recognize and accept the immediacy...

BASS operative placed on bail following shooting death

Jul 09, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on BASS operative placed on bail following shooting death

The question of the legality and the operations of the controversial Berbice Anti-Smuggling Squad (BASS) has been brought sharply into focus after operatives of that entity shot and killed a...

Stupid police force, stupid magistrates in a stupid country

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Stupid police force, stupid magistrates in a stupid country

Once you live in this country, its comical nature makes you feel we are the most asinine land on Planet Earth. In the space of one week, the Guyanese people learned we got more Judges and UG will get...

CRIME WILL EVENTUALLY CONQUER US

Jul 09, 2015 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CRIME WILL EVENTUALLY CONQUER US

In Guyana, we are forced to return to the issue of crime. This is prompted by the upsurge in murders and armed robberies over the last month. It calls for a concerted response by the Police and by...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more