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Venezuela proposes to build road to G/T

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Venezuela proposes to build road to G/T

– willing to reduce oil payments if price reaches US$150 By Leonard Gildarie The Venezuelans are proposing to build a 430-kilometer road that will provide a major trade link between Georgetown...

Media walk out of Parliament

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Media walk out of Parliament

…House adjourns soon after With red bands tied around their left arms, members of the media yesterday walked out of Parliament as part of the continued action against the banning of Capitol News...

Forestry bodies clash over TPL closure

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Forestry bodies clash over TPL closure

…accusations fly about misinformation The Guyana Forestry Commission has lashed out against the Forest Products Association (FPA) accusing them of a deliberately attempting to misinform the public...

Court orders retrial for Death Row inmate

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Court orders retrial for Death Row inmate

The prosecution yesterday put death row inmate, Derrick Callender, on the witness stand to testify against Gary Moses, for whom a retrial was ordered by the Appellate Court. Callender and Moses...

VAT yields $20B more in unexpected earnings

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on VAT yields $20B more in unexpected earnings

Last year, Government collected a staggering $80 billion in revenues, thanks largely to its collection of the newly implemented Value Added Tax (VAT). But prominent local Chartered Accountant,...

Photos of dead prisoner show extent of torture

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Photos of dead prisoner show extent of torture

– police say probe still not complete Relatives of prison inmate Edwin Niles yesterday released photographs of the dead man and these appear to support allegations that he was tortured....

PPP parliamentarian condemns Moseley ban

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on PPP parliamentarian condemns Moseley ban

By Gary Eleazar A senior member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and Member of Parliament, Moses Nagamootoo, yesterday publicly condemned the ban against Capitol News reporter and Vice...

Army private lands in court for assault

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Army private lands in court for assault

A Guyana Defence Force private was released on bail after he was slapped with several charges stemming from a confrontation with a police sergeant. The accused 19-year-old, Troy Glen, of 180 West...

Labour Ministry takes Woodlands Hospital to court

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry takes Woodlands Hospital to court

By Fareeza Haniff The ongoing feud between the Guyana Labour Union and the Woodlands Hospital has taken a turn for the worse, as a meeting held between the two parties on Wednesday proved fruitless....

Rose Hall fire station gets more donations

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Rose Hall fire station gets more donations

ROSEHALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – Two overseas-based Guyanese on Wednesday donated some $600,000 towards the establishment of the fire station at Rose Hall Town, Corentyne. Businessman Dave Balgobin,...

$50M Black Bush Polder seed paddy plant commissioned

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on $50M Black Bush Polder seed paddy plant commissioned

A $50M seed paddy plant was on Thursday commissioned in Black Bush Polder, a main rice cultivation area in Region Six . The facility at Lesbeholden, was constructed under the Food and Agriculture...

Benschop Foundation takes aid to East Berbice

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Benschop Foundation takes aid to East Berbice

ALBION, CORENTYNE – The recently formed Benschop Foundation extended its generosity to Albion on Wednesday. Members of the St. Mary’s Anglican Church received a quantity of supplies including...

EWL’s bankruptcy fallout…

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on EWL’s bankruptcy fallout…

Exporters assured alternative carriers being negotiated Local exporters whose containers were delayed in Guyana over the weekend after a major shipping line filed for bankruptcy will have to wait a...

IATA travel agents outraged by Minister’s comments

Jul 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on IATA travel agents outraged by Minister’s comments

A group of International Air Transport Association (IATA) accredited travel agents yesterday expressed their anger and outrage at the comments by Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce, Manniram...

Who is who on the Guyana National Scrabble Team?

Jul 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Who is who on the Guyana National Scrabble Team?

The eight-member Guyana National Scrabble team, which is set to participate in the Caribbean Championships scheduled to be staged in Barbados from August 1-3, are winding down their preparations....

Bank of Bermuda Foundation Junior Caribbean Squash Championships

Jul 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Bank of Bermuda Foundation Junior Caribbean Squash Championships

Guyana Boys beat OECS and Jamaica, the Girls dispose of Barbados Guyana’s junior squash team made an impressive start to the team competition of the Caribbean Junior Squash Championships, in...

Fans, major stakeholder for DCC 2008

Jul 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Fans, major stakeholder for DCC 2008

Concerts and musical events being looked at – Foley By Franklin in Curacao compliments of Digicel Football fans and lovers can look forward to lots of benefits as a major stakeholder of the 2008...

Trophy Stall/MYO Inter Jamaat 10 overs tapeball cricket…

Jul 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall/MYO Inter Jamaat 10 overs tapeball cricket…

Wins for Meten-Meer-Zorg, Queenstown and Hustlers Meten-Meer-Zorg posted back to back wins when play in the Trophy Stall sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana (MYO) 10 overs Inter-Jamaat...

Guyana National legacy Run set for Sunday

Jul 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana National legacy Run set for Sunday

The National Legacy Run 2008 organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and PAHO/WHO is set for Sunday. The Run,...

Sevens team making WC finals realistic – Nascimento

Jul 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Sevens team making WC finals realistic – Nascimento

– will need a minimum of US$35,000, UK-based Giles cops Guyana’s MVP award By Rawle Welch “The opportunity to put our Rugby Sevens team in the World Cup is far more realistic than that of...

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRITICISM AND DISRESPECT

Jul 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRITICISM AND DISRESPECT

The declaring of Capital News reporter, Gordon Moseley, as persona non grata is not as straightforward as some would have us believe. It cannot be simply a case of condemning the banning of the...

The ban on the reporter

Jul 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The ban on the reporter

Guyana is perhaps the only country in the world where the responsible Government agency is not allowed to decide whom it must invite to events it hosts. This must be the only country in the world...

Clarifying misconceptions about ‘ancestral lands’

Jul 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Clarifying misconceptions about ‘ancestral lands’

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to a letter captioned “AFC calls for UN probe” (SN 18/6/08) by one Modibo. Modibo made the statement that the “Government was denying Africans the right to own property by...

The non-existent legacy of Cheddi Jagan

Jul 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The non-existent legacy of Cheddi Jagan

As Guyana grows older as a nation, more facts on its history will become known. It is the same with all countries. There will be more revelations on some of history’s great and not so great...

Call a spade a spade

Jul 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Call a spade a spade

DEAR EDITOR, A number of people write incredibly dim-witted things to the newspapers. And later, when it is revealed to be genuinely idiotic to say such amazingly foolish things, they’ll complain...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more