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Brawl over woman ends in murder

Dec 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Brawl over woman ends in murder

The spate of violence in the hinterland escalated yesterday with the stabbing to death of 25-year-old Jermaine Mc Kenzie at an interior shop at Blue Mountain Mazaruni. Mc Kenzie, of Grove...

Liberalisation row…GT&T challenges Digicel to release its financials

Dec 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Liberalisation row…GT&T challenges Digicel to release its financials

The debate over liberalisation of the telecommunication industry has revved up once again with the two giants’ Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and Digicel (Guyana) trading blows....

Memorial service held for AFC stalwart Sheila Holder

Dec 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Memorial service held for AFC stalwart Sheila Holder

Late Parliamentarian and founding member of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Sheila Holder, was yesterday eulogized when family members and friends assembled at St. George’s Cathedral, Georgetown, to...

Top Cop finally on leave from today

Dec 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop finally on leave from today

Embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene has finally proceeded on leave to facilitate an investigation into allegations of rape made against him by a 34-year old woman. In Greene’s...

Fishermen’s Co-op official held in piracy probe

Dec 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fishermen’s Co-op official held in piracy probe

– His boat identified by victims Police in Berbice have detained a senior official of the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Co-op Society as they investigate his alleged...

APNU unveils list of MPs

Dec 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on APNU unveils list of MPs

A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) has identified its candidates for the National Assembly and the Regional Democratic Councils, following the official declaration of results for recently...

Live not the lie

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Live not the lie

Vaclav Havel, who ushered in the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989, ending four decades of communist totalitarian rule, died last Sunday. His death was not much remarked on in our country,...

The vibes are flowing in opposite directions

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The vibes are flowing in opposite directions

If you have followed my articles in KN over the past decade, you would know that I died many times after picking up the newspapers and reading some of the most ridiculous things to come out of the...

Roll-on/ Roll-off ferries… Works Minister unaware of BK contract

Dec 21, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Roll-on/ Roll-off ferries… Works Minister unaware of BK contract

The two Roll-On/ Roll-Off ferries from China are currently stalled in Trinidad until further notice. In the meantime, the construction to modify the Parika Stelling, East Bank Essequibo is...

Dem boys seh…Nuff dutty story gun come out

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Nuff dutty story gun come out

Bar Rat want tell de nation that de Waterfalls paper sell he and de Chronicle a printing press without tender. Bar Rat was de man who buy de printing press from de Waterfalls paper fuh...

DEATH BY STRANGULATION AT CHRISTMAS

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DEATH BY STRANGULATION AT CHRISTMAS

The family of the poultry farmer who was found strangled to death at Unity, East Coast Demerara, are going to have a very sad Christmas. They have lost a loved one and they are entitled to...

Review the Hope Canal project

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Review the Hope Canal project

Dear Editor, Reference to an article in the newspapers of 20th December 2011 concerning the Hope canal which at this time is only 10 per cent complete, the technical reasons why this project...

It is a serious mistake to dismiss the youths

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is a serious mistake to dismiss the youths

Dear Editor, It is obvious that it is Christmas time in the city, as evidenced by the traffic jams, crowded sidewalks, the lights and the sounds of the season. What is different,...

Is this pandering to those with connections?

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is this pandering to those with connections?

Dear Editor, I write this letter with a deep sense of concern for the welfare of the many families in Region Ten and other Guyanese who are taking care of their families by mining...

Ramotar’s budget could be the turning point

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar’s budget could be the turning point

Dear Editor, President Ramotar’s 2012 budget, soon to be released, will bring to bear a new era of fiscal responsibility on the shoulders of the PPP. My humble advice is let’s...

Perceptions could cause discomfort

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Perceptions could cause discomfort

The Editor, When I functioned as a chauffeur/security for the former Prime Minister, I got to know Mr. Gerry Gouveia, Mr. Gouveia wrote a letter to Mr. Granger complaining about...

Banks Beer Knockout Cup…Mortie Stewart to roll back years against Santos

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer Knockout Cup…Mortie Stewart to roll back years against Santos

-fans could win $$$$ in quiz contest Former national player and Banks DIH Outdoor Events Manager, Mortimer Stewart, has agreed to roll back the years and will be making his appearance for...

Hooper takes 6-22 in practice match

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hooper takes 6-22 in practice match

Two more matches set for today at Bourda Twenty-year-old Eon Hooper grabbed 6-22 but then struggled to get the ball off the square when he batted in a practice match for the national t20 team...

BV/Triumph enjoy home advantage to Buxton Stars as K&S football tourney continues

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on BV/Triumph enjoy home advantage to Buxton Stars as K&S football tourney continues

Captain of the BV/Triumph football team, Colin Jones, would be nurturing high ambitions of advancing to the next stage when his team faces off with Buxton Stars FC at the BV Community Centre...

Universal Sports presents gear to nat’l cricketers

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Universal Sports presents gear to nat’l cricketers

Universal Sports Services’ CEO Ian Andrew Budhan yesterday presented a pair of track shoes each to National t20 Skipper Chris Barnwell and National under-19 player Shawn Perreira. The...

Changes made to Kashif and Shanghai tournament fixtures

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Changes made to Kashif and Shanghai tournament fixtures

Several changes have been made to the fixtures of the Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament in relation to action on December 25, 26 and 28. The tournament continues today with a...

RHTY&SC teams hosts 2nd Annual Zara Apartments Educational Awards Scheme

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC teams hosts 2nd Annual Zara Apartments Educational Awards Scheme

Six outstanding Grade Six students were on Tuesday December 12, 2011, were honoured by the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club when the club’s seven cricket teams hosted their 2nd...

LABA Under-23 c/ship…Wins for Raiders and Kings on opening night

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA Under-23 c/ship…Wins for Raiders and Kings on opening night

Double header continues today at MSC Retrieve Raiders topped Block 22 Flames 51-39, while Kashif and Shanghai prevailed over Amelia’s Ward Jets by the slimmest of margins,...

Nat’l TT C/ships Awards Ceremony on tonight

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nat’l TT C/ships Awards Ceremony on tonight

The Presentation and Award Ceremony for the just-concluded Powerade National Table Tennis Championships will be held tonight at 7pm at the Police Officers’ Mess Annex where the top...

Over 75 horses entered for KMTC Boxing Day meet

Dec 21, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over 75 horses entered for KMTC Boxing Day meet

Over 75 horses have taken entry as preparations wind down for the Kennard Memorial annual One day Boxing Day Horserace meet slated for Monday December 26 at the Club’s entity situated...

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Trevon Prince is through to the boys under20 800m final at Jamaica National Trials

Jean-Louis Trintignant is dead, Costa Gavras thankfully is still alive

Kaieteur News – One day in 1971, a friend, Balwant Persaud, who I met when he was in high school (Guyana Oriental College... more

The Local Content Secretariat has no vetting powers

Kaieteur News – The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is out of order … again. Its latest snafu... more