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APNU steps up pressure to remove Returning Officer

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU steps up pressure to remove Returning Officer

– pickets GECOM’s offices for meeting on media access With just less than six weeks to go before the November 28th General and Regional Elections, the Guyana Elections...

Freddie Kissoon, Henry Jeffrey believed targets at UG

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon, Henry Jeffrey believed targets at UG

…Student Society in solidarity with threatened lecturers A practice that has been in place at the University of Guyana (UG) for several years is now being challenged by the government...

Full Court restores Nadir as TUF leader

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Full Court restores Nadir as TUF leader

The Full Court, comprising Justice William Ramlal and Justice Winston Patterson, dismissed the injunction granted by Justice James Bovell-Drakes, to Ms. Valerie Garrido-Lowe against Manzoor...

Health Ministry probes death at ‘Sister’ Lynn’s clinic

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– cops release herbalist, assistant By Michael Jordan Police yesterday released popular herbalist Lurline Smith and her assistant as they await a post mortem on 61-year-old...

20 ‘litter bugs’ pay $162,500 in fines

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 20 ‘litter bugs’ pay $162,500 in fines

– 22 more for court The City Constabulary, the law enforcement arm of the Mayor and City Council, recently arrested and charged 42 persons for littering the streets of...

More rotting carcasses in police station

Oct 19, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on More rotting carcasses in police station

The Guyana Police Force seems not to have learnt their lesson as yet another animal has succumbed while in their care. This time it is a cow and its swollen carcass was left in the headquarters of...

Dem boys seh…Lef de people cow, or else

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Lef de people cow, or else

Things really bad. Wid all dem woman around a man got to mek love to a cow. Dem boys seh that is either he think he is a bull or because wid a cow he can’t get AIDS. And de man heading fuh...

There has got to be a modern Guyana after the 2011 elections

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on There has got to be a modern Guyana after the 2011 elections

Two announcements that show the inferiority/superiority difference between countries came two weeks ago at the same time. The NIS announced that it is perilously close to an exhaustion of funds. At...

Unprecedented Radio coverage for Regional Super50

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unprecedented Radio coverage for Regional Super50

As teams battle for Clive Lloyd Trophy from tomorrow By Sean Devers The Regional Super50 cricket competition set from tomorrow to October 29 in Guyana was officially launched yesterday...

Regional Super 50 bowls off today

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super 50 bowls off today

Guyana face Windwards at Providence By Sean Devers The Regional Super 50 cricket tournament bowls off in Guyana with the Digicel sponsored Guyana team facing the Windwards at the Guyana National...

Suhai Feng crowned New Sasha Cells National Junior Chess Champion

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Suhai Feng crowned New Sasha Cells National Junior Chess Champion

Suhai Feng was crowned the new National Junior Chess Champion after defeating Cecil Cox in a playoff by a margin of two games to one. Heading into the final round Feng had secured a half point lead...

Brilliant Rajiv Ivan leads Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to title

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brilliant Rajiv Ivan leads Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets to title

8th Busta Champion of Champions final Another fine performance from Berbice all-rounder Rajiv Ivan led his team Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets (RHTG&G) to an easy 35 run...

Race Walkers take to the road this weekend

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Race Walkers take to the road this weekend

Rudolph Mitchell anxious to preserve unbeaten streak Over the years, national race-walk champion, Rudolph Mitchell has dominated the race walk track so much so that he has...

Bangladesh win after routing West Indies for 61

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bangladesh win after routing West Indies for 61

The threat of rain loomed over gloomy Chittagong but the weather stayed clear enough for Bangladesh to demolish West Indies for their second-lowest total in one-day internationals,...

Profiles of Inter- Guiana Games Athletics Team

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Profiles of Inter- Guiana Games Athletics Team

The Inter- Guiana Games Athletics team, departs Guyana today for Suriname, Paramaribo to compete in the Tri-Nation Games which is slated for October 19-24. Guyana’s Athletics Team will be looking...

Nicolette Fernandes cops bronze as XVI Pan American Games continues

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nicolette Fernandes cops bronze as XVI Pan American Games continues

Nicolette Fernandes dropped her semi-final game in the Individual Women’s event against Mexican, Samantha Theran and had to settle for a bronze medal when action in the XVI Pan...

Defending joint champs Barbados face HPC at Everest

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Defending joint champs Barbados face HPC at Everest

Barbados have reached more Regional 50-overs finals (17) than any other team since beating Trinidad and Tobago in the final of the first two tournaments in 1976 and 1977. However, the...

Entries for Trophy Stall Doubles tournament close today

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries for Trophy Stall Doubles tournament close today

Defending Men’s champions Godfrey Lowden / Phillip Squires are still the firm favourites to win this year’s title when the Doubles Tournament sponsored by Trophy Stall serves off...

Who is who on the IGG female basketball team

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Who is who on the IGG female basketball team

Guyana’s junior national female basketball team that will compete at the 2011 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) will have a daunting task of reversing history against Suriname and...

University (Mis)education?

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on University (Mis)education?

The University of Guyana is in the news once again – unfortunately however, not for the reasons that have transfixed educators in the developed world that we are supposed to be emulating. While...

REACHING OVER AND CROSSING OVER

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REACHING OVER AND CROSSING OVER

A wish is being granted. The outgoing representative of the European Union to Guyana recently called on this country to reach across the political divide. Some of our politicians and citizens are...

‘Thirst Park Explosion’

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Thirst Park Explosion’

‘Stealth Bomber’ O’Neil promises to explode; London promises fireworks If Gwendolyn O’Neil and Pauline London have their way, the Banks DIH Thirst Park Ground would be...

Fredricks in for Chattergoon

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fredricks in for Chattergoon

Essequibo opening batsman Norman Fredricks has replaced Sewnarine Chattergoon in the Guyana 14-member squad for the Regional Super 50 competition. This replacement was due to...

The undemocratic PPP

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The undemocratic PPP

Dear Editor, The PNC with all its flaws is still a far more democratic organization than the PPP. The PNC dared to have a primary while the PPP dared not. After 19 years in office the...

Targeting David Granger

Oct 19, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Targeting David Granger

Dear Editor, I write this note as Press and Publicity Officer to President Bharrat Jagdeo so that future records would not be distorted. It is well known that President Jagdeo’s...

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CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more