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Girl,10, brother, 4, slaughtered in their beds

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Girl,10, brother, 4, slaughtered in their beds

-father detained Police were last night investigating a gruesome double killing at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, in which a 34-year-old father went berserk and slaughtered two of his children...

State media feels brunt of MMU report

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on State media feels brunt of MMU report

– pervasive breaching of salient principles cited The Media Monitoring Unit (MMU), which has been recently resuscitated and falls under the rubric of the Guyana Elections...

‘Non-equitable’ access to NCN sparks protest

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Non-equitable’ access to NCN sparks protest

…stakeholders say demands are non-negotiable The ‘Citizens in Defence of Human Rights and Free and Fair Elections’ group yesterday engaged in another round of protest action outside of the...

Chicken price remains high despite predicted reduction

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Chicken price remains high despite predicted reduction

Even after one month, the recent chicken shortage which was expected to have normalised by mid-September continues to be an issue of concern for the public as the prices remain the same in most parts...

Law and Order official on $200,000 bail for alleged misuse of funds

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Law and Order official on $200,000 bail for alleged misuse of funds

Arivindo Krishnalall, a member of the National Commission on Law and Order, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court yesterday to answer...

Pedal cyclist killed in collision with cop

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist killed in collision with cop

A male pedal cyclist was killed at around 20:45 hrs last night after being struck by a policeman’s motor cycle near Twelfth Avenue in Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. The pedal cyclist,...

Piari Landing attack…Second body identified as Laing Avenue resident

Oct 12, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Piari Landing attack…Second body identified as Laing Avenue resident

One of the alleged gunmen fished out of the Cuyuni River last week following the Piari Landing attack and robbery has been positively identified as Gregory Isaacs of Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt....

Dem boys seh…Dem reporters got family in high places

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem reporters got family in high places

When people cussing everybody know that dem don’t hold back. Old people does always seh that cuss ain’t got back door. For example, dem boys remember de time when a Black man watch an...

Vulture to Carrion Crow: “Keep looking at them, man!”

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Vulture to Carrion Crow: “Keep looking at them, man!”

The President referred to the private media as vultures and carrion crows. The place was the Kitty circus last Sunday when the PPP had its Georgetown rally for the upcoming national election. The...

Ramotar cannot unite the races

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar cannot unite the races

Dear Editor, There are two very old sayings that have impacted societies in both positive and negative ways. One is “What goes up must come down” and the other is “The longest...

There is satisfactory infrastructure development

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is satisfactory infrastructure development

Dear Editor, Correction Mr. Donald Ramotar, Guyana does not have widespread human development but satisfactory infrastructure development. In his address to a much smaller crowd (some...

An uncaring Republic Bank

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on An uncaring Republic Bank

Dear Editor, Over the past few weeks letters relating to the atrocious practices on staff by the management of Republic Bank here in Guyana, have been appearing in the print press. To...

Maxwell in an attempt to defame the PPP/C, caused injustice to the AFC

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Maxwell in an attempt to defame the PPP/C, caused injustice to the AFC

Dear Editor, Recently, I read a letter by Aaditey Persaud titled “PPP/C on the forefront of the 2011 elections, others doomed to fail” in the Kaieteur News and Guyana Chronicle on...

Blacks are responsible for their failings

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blacks are responsible for their failings

Dear Editor, Three quarters of the International year of People of African Ancestry has gone. Except for a few organizations in Guyana who reached out for Government hand-outs, what has been...

No latrines there, please

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on No latrines there, please

Dear Editor, I refer to the press release dated October 6, 2011 by the Pan African Movement (PAM) Guyana Branch, in which the body objected to the installation of public latrines east...

A prayer

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A prayer

Dear Editor, I also urge all right thinking Guyanese to pray this every day as many times as you can, “If Jesus makes Guyana free, Guyana will be free indeed. Jesus, have mercy on Guyana!...

Who is representing the Christian community here?

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is representing the Christian community here?

Dear Editor, As a minister of the gospel; I am currently observing a disagreeable situation that has presented itself within the confines of Christendom right here in Guyana. If left...

Picking on an honest mistake

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Picking on an honest mistake

Dear Editor, There was an attack on my character through a letter from Mr Neil Kumar published prominently in the Sunday Chronicle of October 9, calling me a vicious and mischievous...

Let Voting Day be a holiday

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let Voting Day be a holiday

Dear Editor, The long anxiously expected date for the general elections to be held in Guyana has been finally announced by the outgoing President, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo. And I am making a...

AFC losing focus

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on AFC losing focus

Dear Editor, I feel that Mr. Nyron Asgar Ali should continue to call the AFC frequently, probably every day, to continue to provide words of encouragement when “he feels we (AFC) are...

Guyanese gearing up for Regional Super50

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese gearing up for Regional Super50

Final practice match set for tomorrow at DCC Despite the absence of three team members the Digicel sponsored Guyana team is gearing up for this year’s Regional Super50 cricket tournament and will...

Rahim leads Bangladesh to thrilling win

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rahim leads Bangladesh to thrilling win

Dhaka (AFP): New captain Mushfiqur Rahim smashed a six off the penultimate ball to lead Bangladesh to a thrilling three-wicket victory over the West Indies in the one-off Twenty20...

FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014…‘Golden Jaguars’ draw against Bermuda 1-1

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014…‘Golden Jaguars’ draw against Bermuda 1-1

Shabazz urges Guyanese to dream positively Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ played with a big heart to rebound in style and earn a draw against home team Bermuda and in the process...

Fraser steps in as Sandiford unable to keep ring date in October ProAm

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fraser steps in as Sandiford unable to keep ring date in October ProAm

Boxing buffs, already a mite disappointed that woman bantamweight pugilist, Mandessa Moses would no longer comprise a part of the card for the October edition of the monthly ProAm boxing...

IGG male football team play Conquerors tonight

Oct 12, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG male football team play Conquerors tonight

-Coach Braithwaite impressed with composition By Edison Jefford National Football Coach attached to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports’ National Sports Commission, Gordon ‘Ultimate...