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Barbados beat St Lucia on D/L system to advance to ‘final-four

Aug 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Barbados beat St Lucia on D/L system to advance to ‘final-four

Guyanese have final chance to impress WI selectors today at Blairmont By Sean Devers Shakera Selman scampered a single off the 5th ball of the penultimate over to give Barbados a 5-wicket win against...

Driver remanded on multiple charges

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Driver remanded on multiple charges

Mahendranauth Singh, 21, of 202 Industry Housing Scheme, was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer traffic charges related to the death of two...

Jamaica move on to semi-final as rain has final say in Dominica encounter

Aug 20, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica move on to semi-final as rain has final say in Dominica encounter

A heavy downpour during the lunch interval spoiled what was shaping up to be an interesting match between Jamaica and Dominica when play in the Regional Women’s 50-over cricket tournament continued...

Fatal accident driver refused bail

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fatal accident driver refused bail

Christopher Evans was yesterday refused bail when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer charges of causing death by dangerous driving. The charges read in court indicated that on...

Change is a necessary process for development and transformation of the PNCR

Aug 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Change is a necessary process for development and transformation of the PNCR

Dear Editor, Come August 21st and 22nd our Party will be holding its 16th Biennial Congress. At this juncture, the challenges of our country are grave. The criminalization of the State, crippling...

Freddie and funding of polls

Aug 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Freddie and funding of polls

Dear Editor, Opinion polls are extremely important to help institutionalise democracy in a society. They need to be done with frequency and regularity. Hence the reason for ongoing NACTA polls in...

Outcome of Simels trial will not affect Roger Khan sentencing – NY attorney

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Outcome of Simels trial will not affect Roger Khan sentencing – NY attorney

The outcome of the Robert Simels witness tampering trial will have no bearing on the sentence to be imposed on self-confessed drug trafficker, Guyanese Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan. While Simels awaits...

No change in financial arrangements under PetroCaribe

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No change in financial arrangements under PetroCaribe

– Secretariat The PetroCaribe Secretariat yesterday said options to modify the PetroCaribe agreement, in which many Caribbean countries, including Guyana, buy fuel from Venezuela on...

Acts of torture took place under the PNC

Aug 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Acts of torture took place under the PNC

Dear Editor, As a former member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), I was waiting and hoping that someone from that party would have set the record straight with regards to acts of torture that...

East Demerara cane cutters down tools

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on East Demerara cane cutters down tools

Cane cutters attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s East Demerara estates are refusing to work in protest of what they called the arbitrary reduction of their agreed pay. The workers who are...

Is this the way policemen are trained to operate?

Aug 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is this the way policemen are trained to operate?

Dear Editor, I take this opportunity to focus on the attitude of members of the Guyana Police Force, and ask, what is the main focus of the training that police undergo before they are sent out into...

Penny wise, pound foolish

Aug 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Penny wise, pound foolish

Dear Editor, I write to contend the many waste talks that Mr. Bharrat Dindial, the CEO of GPL was reported as saying at the recent PUC hearings in Georgetown. I wonder when will the PUC organise and...

Public Service Minister rejects reports of bad conditions in Cuba

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Public Service Minister rejects reports of bad conditions in Cuba

“All students undergoing studies in varying disciplines in Cuba are well treated and any report suggesting otherwise is grossly inaccurate,” said Minister with responsibility for the Public...

Guyana needs a movement which can expose corruption

Aug 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a movement which can expose corruption

Dear Editor, Please accept my compliments on your on-going efforts to expose corruption in Guyana. Your newspaper has been bold enough to highlight questionable situations, which need answers. Not...

Victimization of the senior players by the WICB is unacceptable

Aug 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Victimization of the senior players by the WICB is unacceptable

Dear Editor What is happening with West Indies cricket specifically regarding the team to represent us at the ICC competition in South Africa next month? Just prior to the commencement of the series...

Greek national’s wound was self-inflicted

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Greek national’s wound was self-inflicted

A post mortem examination performed on the body of Greek national, Vlachakis Zackarias, has confirmed that the gunshot wound he sustained to the right temple was self-inflicted. Zackarias, 54, was...

Kissoon accuses McCoy of racism, complains to ERC

Aug 20, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Kissoon accuses McCoy of racism, complains to ERC

Dear Sir, I hereby make a formal complaint of the practice of racism against the Amerindian people by Mr. Kwame McCoy of the Office of the President. The following is the context. In one of my...

The state media should not criticise

Aug 20, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The state media should not criticise

One issue that will never go away is the debate about what is journalism. In most countries, news is about all the news that is fit to print. As a result, one would find some newspapers printing...

Rights of the Child Commission yet to meet

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Rights of the Child Commission yet to meet

– Three months after swearing-in ceremony Three months after 13 persons were sworn in to serve on the Rights of the Child Commission, the body is yet to have its first meeting and the...

Eddie Neblett nominated for four Accolades

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Eddie Neblett nominated for four Accolades

– Gets 110,000 hits on Youtube Already owning two Accolade awards for the best male gospel artiste of 2008, Guyanese Eddie Neblett is once again set to hit the spotlight as a four-time nominee...

Stanleytown Pump and engine

Aug 20, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Stanleytown Pump and engine

There has been a great deal of controversy surrounding the Stanleytown Pump Station, on the West Bank of Demerara, with some interestingly misleading responses following this publication’s...