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‘I don’t know about that; next question please

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on ‘I don’t know about that; next question please

They say humans are the most barefaced animals that nature produced. A cat will eat your dinner, then, as he sees you, will run away. A criminal will enter your home, eat your dinner then attack you....

Special plates for Govt vehicles

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Special plates for Govt vehicles

Within the next two months, all state-owned vehicles will be affixed with Cooperative Republic of Guyana (CRG) registration number plates, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Thursday. He...

Simple request leads to brutal chopping

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Simple request leads to brutal chopping

Aside from the many shootings in Guyana there have been a number of malicious woundings with the use of other weapons. One of the latest additions to the string of brutality is a cutlass attack which...

Coverden accident…One driver feels deprived of compensation

Jul 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Coverden accident…One driver feels deprived of compensation

Following a fatal road accident on the Coverden Public road last month one driver, Sheldon McLennan, is appalled that he has not been offered any compensation for the injuries he received. McLennan...

Mackenzie High, Kwakwani Secondary in three NSBF Semi-Finals today

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mackenzie High, Kwakwani Secondary in three NSBF Semi-Finals today

Linden’s Mackenzie High School (MHS) will compete today in three National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) Semi-Finals at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 4pm in pursuit of an elusive national...

Sunshine Supermarket makes generous contribution to BCB Caricom Championship 2015

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sunshine Supermarket makes generous contribution to BCB Caricom Championship 2015

Popular Supermarket, Sunshine Supermarket of Public Road, Kilcoy/Chesney has provided sponsorship for the much anticipated Berbice Cricket Board Fundraiser, “Caricom Championship 2015”. At the...

NCN Radio will carry CLP matches at Providence live in Guyana

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on NCN Radio will carry CLP matches at Providence live in Guyana

‘But TV will only go live if venue is sold out and CLP gives permission’ – Azeez By Sean Devers According to Marketing Manager of the National Communications Network (NCN) Raymond Azeez,...

Nigel’s Supermarket/Inter Ministry Dominos… Ministry of Public Security are champs

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nigel’s Supermarket/Inter Ministry Dominos… Ministry of Public Security are champs

Ministry of Public Security (MPS) walked away with the winner’s trophy having disposed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) A team and the Ministry of Agriculture – Fisheries Department in...

$6.1M in Coke, Weed earns man three years jail

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on $6.1M in Coke, Weed earns man three years jail

Kevin Sandy, 30, a security Guard attached to Beharry Co. Ltd, was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. When he made his...

Accused killers discharged in Berbice court

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Accused killers discharged in Berbice court

The four men, who were on trial for the murder of a motorcyclist on a lonely New Forest East Canje Road, have been freed after the matter against them was discharged. The men, Brothers Mahendra...

Thief to spend next nine months in jail

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Thief to spend next nine months in jail

Rakish Persaud appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, and pleaded guilty to the charge of attempted robbery with an offensive weapon. The defendant...

LTTC host Developmental Training Camp

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on LTTC host Developmental Training Camp

The Linden Table Tennis Committee (LTTC) led by President, Howard James and General Secretary, Shavin Greene served off its first Table Tennis Summer Camp on Monday at the Mackenzie High School...

Duo fined $75,000 on break and enter conviction

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Duo fined $75,000 on break and enter conviction

Bertie Gulliver, 65, a taxi driver of Robert Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara and Albert DeFreitas, a fisherman of Leopold Street, Georgetown, were both charged with attempting to break and enter...

La Grill Hotel, Restaurant and Bar supports BCB fundraiser

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on La Grill Hotel, Restaurant and Bar supports BCB fundraiser

Popular Hotel, Restaurant and Bar, La Grill of Public Road No 78 Corriverton, Corentyne, Berbice is on board with the much anticipated Berbice Cricket Board Fundraiser “Caricom Championship...

Guyana Amazon Warriors call for Fans to Rally with the Team

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amazon Warriors call for Fans to Rally with the Team

CPL – Team Operations Manager of the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) Omar Khan said that home fans support will be important to the Warriors for their home games in the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier...

GSSF calls on Ministry of Public Security

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSSF calls on Ministry of Public Security

Board members of the Guyana Sport Shooting Federation paid a courtesy call on the 2nd Vice-President of Guyana and the Honourable Minister of Public Security, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday 2nd...

Free 3-week Golf Clinic at Lusignan Golf Club starting Tuesday

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Free 3-week Golf Clinic at Lusignan Golf Club starting Tuesday

Lusignan Golf Club Executive reminds persons of ages from above 10 desirous of learning and playing Golf, that beginning next Tuesday and continuing on successive Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 weeks...

The determination of our learned C.J. is irretrievably flawed and is likely to be overturned on appeal

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The determination of our learned C.J. is irretrievably flawed and is likely to be overturned on appeal

DEAR EDITOR, On the 9th day of July, 2015 our learned Chief Justice delivered his judgment in Cedric Richardson v Attorney General and Raphael Trotman. The judgment is arguably tendentious,...

There are huge credibility gaps in Adam Harris’ story

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are huge credibility gaps in Adam Harris’ story

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Adam Harris’ “The former rulers are fooling themselves” published under his weekly “My Column” in the Kaieteur News of June 14, 2015. There are huge...

I do not think that these men should tell lies to slander this company

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on I do not think that these men should tell lies to slander this company

DEAR EDITOR, In response to the letter writer in your July 10th newspaper under the heading of Guyana Goldfields. I would like to correct some of the false statements made in that letter. I have...

1978 change to Article 73 of the 1966 Constitution bestowed authority on Parliament for constitutional amendments

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on 1978 change to Article 73 of the 1966 Constitution bestowed authority on Parliament for constitutional amendments

DEAR EDITOR, While legal and lay minds continue to dissect and digest the import of Acting Justice Chang’s ruling, (“CJ rules Jagdeo can run again,” KN, July 10, 2015), I decided to do my...

GMR&SC stages ‘National Race of Champions’ Meet on August 9

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC stages ‘National Race of Champions’ Meet on August 9

– will be used to select team for CMRC in B/dos With a great opportunity to gain selection on the Guyana contingent to compete in the Barbados leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship...

Please revamp and modernize our education system, Dr. Roopnaraine

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please revamp and modernize our education system, Dr. Roopnaraine

DEAR EDITOR, I know that Dr. Roopnaraine, a veteran educationist, is the perfect pick for Minister of Education in this new government. Guyana will make quantum leaps into the twenty-first century...

Addressing a grave problem with development programmes

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Addressing a grave problem with development programmes

DEAR EDITOR, There is no doubt that we have witnessed an upsurge in violent crime, especially gun crime since the 2000. So grave is the problem, it has not escaped the attention of President David...

Ruminating

Jul 11, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ruminating

DEAR EDITOR, I was most instructed by a presentation caught partly on TV recently, which reported on a workshop that appeared to have been coordinated by the Guyana Livestock Development Authority...

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Kaieteur News – There is always the hope that Guyanese would help Guyana turn the corner. The challenge is that some... more