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Dem boys seh… Back pay mean death

Dec 11, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Back pay mean death

Is not only Robeson Benn got a hammer. When dem boys see some hammer fall pun a business place on Wednesday is then that dem realise that is nuff man got hammer. Wha really happen is that dem had a...

Soldier raped female guard during fuel heist

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Soldier raped female guard during fuel heist

The Guyana Defence Force corporal who was implicated in last Sunday’s fuel heist allegedly raped a female security guard while he and two gunmen attacked a GT&T facility on the Soesdyke/Linden...

House approves extra US$25 Million

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on House approves extra US$25 Million

– Opposition unhappy with vague explanations By Gary Eleazar Amidst accusations of vague answers and downright evasion and dishonesty, leveled at Government Ministers by opposition members, the...

Unused $153M De Willem Sluice falling apart

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Unused $153M De Willem Sluice falling apart

– Additional funds may be required for rehab Evident defects and deterioration on the controversial De Willem Sluice have been a cause for concern to many residents within the...

GPL did not follow tender procedures in $28M cable purchase

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL did not follow tender procedures in $28M cable purchase

Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says that it is reviewing what went wrong in August when normal tender procedures were not followed for the purchase of $28M worth of electrical copper cables. A...

Chanderpaul still in PPP leadership – Ramotar

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Chanderpaul still in PPP leadership – Ramotar

… Despite being sacked from OP General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Donald Ramotar says that Navin Chanderpaul has not been relieved from any position that he holds in the...

Leading NGO says Guyana a ‘high risk’ country for corruption

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Leading NGO says Guyana a ‘high risk’ country for corruption

“Given the challenges in Guyana, good governance, transparency and strong oversight must be the watchwords of any deal,” By Neil Marks in Copenhagen A leading global Non-Governmental Organisation...

110 road deaths to date for 2009

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 110 road deaths to date for 2009

As Christmas nears, the Guyana Police Force is reiterating that all categories of road users should remember to exercise ‘Care, Courtesy, Caution, Common-Sense and Consideration’ as 110 persons...

Union denies 90% workers back at work

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Union denies 90% workers back at work

By Leonard Gildarie RUSAL’s Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) announcement that it will unilaterally increase wages and salaries for bauxite workers on strike is yet again another violation of...

Fire averted at Labour Ministry

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fire averted at Labour Ministry

The alertness of residents coupled with evasive action was instrumental in averting a fiery disaster at the Ministry of Labour’s Brickdam Office yesterday afternoon. The short-lived flare-up which...

CSME audit reveals mixed findings

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on CSME audit reveals mixed findings

– Household Domestics added to list of free movers The Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) has come under the spotlight yet again, with a forensic audit carried out by the Caricom...

Indigenous peoples feel “undermined” by unregulated integration policy

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Indigenous peoples feel “undermined” by unregulated integration policy

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday celebrated International Human Rights Day, and during its commemoration of the occasion, a few shortcomings and inefficiencies were highlighted....

UN climate chief spreads more uncertainty about Copenhagen deal

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on UN climate chief spreads more uncertainty about Copenhagen deal

By Neil Marks in Copenhagen United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer has spread further uncertainty that the Copenhagen summit would produce a new legally binding agreement to make the planet cooler....

Banks Masters Tennis serves off today

Dec 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks Masters Tennis serves off today

– Keenly contested matches anticipated The country’s leading tennis players will commence battle from today in the season ending Tropical Mist Banks Masters Tournament which is being played,...

Inter-Gym Championships this Weekend

Dec 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Inter-Gym Championships this Weekend

Fistic fury anticipated as amateur boxers battle The country’s top amateur boxers are scheduled to match skills when the monthly Inter-Gym Boxing tournament continues at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’...

GAWU, sugar workers picket Finance Ministry

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GAWU, sugar workers picket Finance Ministry

– Union vows to continue “struggle” for better conditions Following a 3% salary increase awarded to sugar workers earlier this week by a government-ordered Arbitration Tribunal, the Guyana...

Relatives seek answers on inmate’s death at Timehri Prison

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Relatives seek answers on inmate’s death at Timehri Prison

On her first visit to Guyana, the country where her father was born, Latisha Eastman never expected it would be to bury her dad. And the circumstances surrounding his death are less than clear. Ms....

Fertilizer under research could save Guyana $500M annually

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fertilizer under research could save Guyana $500M annually

A regional agricultural research body says that it is working on cheaper fertilizers that will also increase higher yields of rice. Executive Director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and...

Regional Chairman’s behaviour confirms a dictatorial style

Dec 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Regional Chairman’s behaviour confirms a dictatorial style

Dear Editor, As a concerned citizen of Region Four and one who demonstrates keen attention of the many issues that have been affecting the regional democratic council of Region Four, I am amazed in...

BK Int. equip Western Tigers ahead of K&S Tourney

Dec 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on BK Int. equip Western Tigers ahead of K&S Tourney

Cash also donated; Club promises to make sponsor proud By Franklin Wilson BK International Inc. has boosted the morale of the Western Tigers Football Club (WTFC) by equipping the team with a new set...

Titan updates Grass Track riders ahead of second race meeting

Dec 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Titan updates Grass Track riders ahead of second race meeting

By Edison Jefford Titan Entertainment hosted a public meeting for Grass Track riders Wednesday night that was aimed at apprising them of the new developments ahead of the Second Race Meeting in the...

600 farmers receive fertilizer vouchers in Essequibo

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on 600 farmers receive fertilizer vouchers in Essequibo

As part of a $400M Government Assistance Programme, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) on Wednesday began the distribution of fertilizer vouchers in Region Two, with 600 farmers being the...

Guyana has lost a true legal luminary

Dec 11, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana has lost a true legal luminary

Dear Editor, The passing of Professor Peter Britton is, undoubtedly, a severe blow to the legal profession and more particularly, the field of Criminal Law. I met Senior Counsel Britton in 2000 at...

E-Networks provides free cable service for the Palms

Dec 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on E-Networks provides free cable service for the Palms

At a presentation yesterday afternoon at the Palms Geriatric Home, the Assistant Manager for E-Networks Inc., Maurice Robello, handed over the company’s donation of free digital television service,...

Sponsors play defence with Super-Ward

Dec 11, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Sponsors play defence with Super-Ward

– force postponement of event to 2010 By Edison Jefford “We will have to reschedule to start in late January into February due to sponsorship lack. The Christmas Season has apparently...

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