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Gov’t unveils $143 billion budget

Feb 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Gov’t unveils $143 billion budget

The government yesterday presented a budget of $142.8 billion which largely rests on taxes and export earnings, but fell short on detailing specific actions to create jobs and increase household...

Govt wants to stop Kaieteur News Haiti fund

Feb 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Govt wants to stop Kaieteur News Haiti fund

— claims no permission was sought Kaieteur News (KN) should be charged under the relevant law for failing to request permission 30 days prior to commencing a fundraiser intended to help victims of...

Opposition parties flay 2010 Budget… …says Budget has nothing for working class

Feb 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Opposition parties flay 2010 Budget… …says Budget has nothing for working class

The parliamentary opposition parties yesterday flayed the government’s 2010 budget, describing it as lacking in substance and doing nothing to ease poverty. The almost $143B budget, the country’s...

Road roller crushes construction worker

Feb 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Road roller crushes construction worker

Road construction at Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara, came to an abrupt halt around 15:25 hrs yesterday, after a 52-year-old driver was crushed to death by the roller he was operating. Sooknanan...

Guyana Stores thief electrocuted during escape bid

Feb 09, 2010 knews News Comments Off on Guyana Stores thief electrocuted during escape bid

Police were early yesterday morning summoned to the Guyana Stores Limited compound after security guards informed them that a man was on the transformers. Reports are that the man, who has since been...

PPP, PNCR contemplate extending Jagdeo’s final term – Ramjattan

Feb 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on PPP, PNCR contemplate extending Jagdeo’s final term – Ramjattan

Alliance for Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, commenting on an article attributed to Speaker of the House, Ralph Ramkarran, on overseas votes, said that based on credible information he has been...

Minister could have ordered that Blackman be sent to mental hospital

Feb 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Minister could have ordered that Blackman be sent to mental hospital

… Georgetown Prisons double murder Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, could have ordered that the late prisoner, Solomon Blackman, be kept at a mental hospital until he was deemed fit to...

Woman dies after speedboat mishap

Feb 09, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies after speedboat mishap

A Mainstay family is in mourning after the sudden death of a close relative, who died in a speedboat that was en route to Supenaam Saturday evening. These relatives want the Speedboat Owners’...

Hot action anticipated as Kennard Memorial stages Phagwah horserace meet

Feb 09, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hot action anticipated as Kennard Memorial stages Phagwah horserace meet

Some of the nation’s top racehorses would be vying for honours when the Kennard Memorial Turf Club stages a Phagwah Day Horserace Meeting at the club’s Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne Berbice...

Dem boys seh…Somebody want punish Haiti

Feb 09, 2010 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Somebody want punish Haiti

Is one thing when you is de President. Is another thing when you acting as de President. Dem boys seh that de man who acting can be more hard that de President. Imagine, de waterfalls paper been...

REVIEW OF THE BUDGET- SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

Feb 09, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REVIEW OF THE BUDGET- SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

The largest Budget in the history of Guyana has been presented. It will eventually be passed after undergoing the usual interrogations. The opposition parties now have the enviable task of dissecting...

Madmen, dictators and death

Feb 09, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Madmen, dictators and death

Death comes easy in Guyana. No one in the corridors of power is sensitive to death. It comes too easily. From 2002, murder, mayhem and chaos enveloped the land. Both sides murdered people with...

Wong unbeaten in Pro races

Feb 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Wong unbeaten in Pro races

Da Silva impresses on debut By Edison Jefford Bartica’s Andrew Wong rode unbeaten in five professional races Sunday at the Joe Vieira Park to take an unrivalled challenge to pro debutant,...

Cell Smart/Digicel 20-Lap Aids Awareness Cycle Race unveiled

Feb 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Cell Smart/Digicel 20-Lap Aids Awareness Cycle Race unveiled

Riders set to heat up outer circuit of Nat. Park on Valentine’s Day By Franklin Wilson Yet another lucrative race has been added to the cycling Calendar, the Cell Smart/Digicel 20 Lap Classic...

Old Fort elects new executive

Feb 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Old Fort elects new executive

Former Vice-President of Old Fort Hockey Club Mark Xavier was elected to serve as President at its Annual General Meeting which was held recently. Xavier replaces Ivor Thompson, while Candace Field...

NATIONAL CRICKETERS participate in 1st practice session since RETURN

Feb 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on NATIONAL CRICKETERS participate in 1st practice session since RETURN

By Sean Devers Although back in Guyana since last week Tuesday, the struggling national cricket team yesterday afternoon had its first practice session since their 5-wicket loss to CCC last week...

Another Guyanese to officiate at IRB Int’l Sevens

Feb 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Another Guyanese to officiate at IRB Int’l Sevens

Being there could keep the gates open for my countrymen – Etwah Accredited IRB Levels 1-3 Touch Judge and Level 1 official Alwin Etwah leaves today to officiate in the International Sevens...

Hopkinson, Fraser to square off for GTTA Presidency

Feb 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Hopkinson, Fraser to square off for GTTA Presidency

NSC favour Hopkinson, grassroots back Fraser By Edison Jefford Harold Hopkinson and Arron Fraser have emerged as two frontrunners for the Presidency of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA)...

Mayor Green birthday football finals set for Friday

Feb 09, 2010 knews Sports Comments Off on Mayor Green birthday football finals set for Friday

The finals of the Mayor Hamilton Green 75th birthday 7-a-side football tournament will be contested at the Tucville ground on Friday. The final two teams through to this stage were decided on Sunday...

It’s difficult to fathom what some intellectuals write about Walter Rodney

Feb 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on It’s difficult to fathom what some intellectuals write about Walter Rodney

Dear Editor, I have noted and have been struggling to comprehend recent writing of learned men published in our dalies analysing the period of the Burnham/PNC rule and the advent of the WPA/Walter...

The ‘Yellow Submarine’ youth project

Feb 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The ‘Yellow Submarine’ youth project

Dear Editor, Guyana may have a total taxi population between 6,000 and 10,000 cars in operation. Recently a decision was made for them all to be painted in submarine yellow. On average, changing a...

Where are our Hindu leaders?

Feb 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on Where are our Hindu leaders?

Dear Editor, The Hindu leadership of Guyana, having seemingly lost its will and way, may now be embarking on a course to find its religious bearing. But, can such a leadership, believed to be divided...

We should all be inspired by Nettleford’s dynamism and multiple talents

Feb 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on We should all be inspired by Nettleford’s dynamism and multiple talents

Dear Editor, It is with sadness and disbelief that I read of the death of Professor Nettleford. He was our honoured guest at the University of Warwick at Conferences on Caribbean culture, and his...

The usual political drivel

Feb 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on The usual political drivel

Dear Editor, I have noted all of the responses and personal attacks directed at me in the last days and put it all down to the usual political drivel. Quite amusing is that some of those leading the...

More mining and mineral mapping would pose a grave threat

Feb 09, 2010 knews Letters Comments Off on More mining and mineral mapping would pose a grave threat

Dear Editor, Can the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) achieve a 60% increase gold production to 500,000 ounces in 2010? This is the claim made by GGDMA. (Kaieteur News, February 6,...

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A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more