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Procurement Commission in place would have avoided imbroglio

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Procurement Commission in place would have avoided imbroglio

Laptop debacle… – “would have had the authority to investigate the procedures which were used” – Corbin The government has failed to put in place the Public Procurement...

Sugar worker’s body pulled from drain after drinking spree

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar worker’s body pulled from drain after drinking spree

Police are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination to determine the cause of death of 33 year old Zaheed Abdool called ‘Jack’, 42 of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, whose body was...

Research shows…Guyana’s one radio station is a hemispheric aberration

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Research shows…Guyana’s one radio station is a hemispheric aberration

Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo’s statement that he wants the people of the nation to have access to information has been described as deceptive. Observers are pointing to the fact that Guyana is the...

Dem boys seh…Bharrat know everything except bout Pradoville 2

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bharrat know everything except bout Pradoville 2

Bharrat is a man who does know everything that happening. Dem boys know that because when dem ask he any question at a press conference he can answer. He can talk about every development programme....

More funding, training needed to stem TB scourge

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on More funding, training needed to stem TB scourge

– Dr Moti Lall The need for more funding, and the training of health professionals have been cited as two crucial factors to aid the fight against Tuberculosis, according to reputable...

Hungry addict ‘cleans up’ police mess hall

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hungry addict ‘cleans up’ police mess hall

A popular drug addict is now the guest of the police, after choosing the Brickdam Police Station mess hall, of all places, to have an unwelcomed dinner on Saturday night. The man who is named as...

11-year-old girl drowns in Port Kaituma River

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 11-year-old girl drowns in Port Kaituma River

An 11-year-old girl perished at around 14:30 hrs yesterday while swimming in the Port Kaituma River. The victim has been identified as Reha Mingo, and reports state that she was swimming in an area...

Health Ministry to train some students of bogus nursing school

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry to train some students of bogus nursing school

The Ministry of Health , Georgetown Public Hospital and the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security are organising a programme to assist those students who were affected by the Nanda...

Emergence of new TT champs continue

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Emergence of new TT champs continue

– as Nedd upsets Chelsea Edghill The emergence of new table tennis champions continued late Saturday night when Akeicia Nedd defeated 2010 Caribbean Champion and Junior Sportswoman of the Year,...

Greaves maintains winning ways

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves maintains winning ways

By Franklin Wilson Sprint Ace Alonzo Greaves made it back-to-back wins in the National Sports Commission sponsored Mashramani cycle race meets on the weekend. Following up on a well executed win in...

Company awaiting meeting with Labour Ministry on compensation

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Company awaiting meeting with Labour Ministry on compensation

Barama wood shredder death… Officials at the Barama Timber Company are waiting for the Ministry of Labour to arrange a meeting to decide on compensation for relatives of 19-year-old Jason...

Washed out game a disappointment

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Washed out game a disappointment

But allowed time for mental preparation says Moore By Sean Devers Like the first three days, the final day of the second round Regional Four-Day cricket match between Guyana and the Leeward Islands...

Few Surprises at AAG Awards Ceremony

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Few Surprises at AAG Awards Ceremony

– Forde, Alder are ‘Athletes-of-the-Year’ The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) hosted its Annual Awards Ceremony Saturday night where there were clear-cut winners among a major...

Guyanese Blyden hits another 50 for T&T club

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Blyden hits another 50 for T&T club

But Dejonge’s 89 leave him on losing side Demerara leg-spinning all-rounder Travis Blyden scored his third fifty in four matches in a losing effort for Rousillac United on Saturday in the Trinidad...

Saints Mash basketball competition commences today

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Saints Mash basketball competition commences today

The Mashramani Schools Basketball competition organised by St. Stanislaus College is set to bounce off this afternoon, at the school’s Hardcourts on Brickdam. According to the fixtures, three...

Second one-day Table Tennis coaching session successful in Berbice

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second one-day Table Tennis coaching session successful in Berbice

By Samuel Whyte The second coaching session organised by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the Steering Committee of the Berbice Sub Association was successfully held...

Basketball shakeup in Georgetown

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball shakeup in Georgetown

– Rose loses GABA presidency Popular local designer, Trevor Rose yesterday lost the presidency of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) when a completely new executive took over...

Housing Ministry may blacklist crooked contractors

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Housing Ministry may blacklist crooked contractors

In the wake of growing complaints of contractors fleecing home builders, authorities on Wednesday announced that the Housing Ministry is preparing to introduce measures to license carpenters and...

Relocated Stabroek vendors face hard times

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relocated Stabroek vendors face hard times

– say “business ain’t just bad, it ugly” It’s been over a month since a massive demolition exercise forced several vendors to shift their operations from Stabroek Market Square to the...

GPSU blasts ‘anti-working class’ National budget

Feb 14, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU blasts ‘anti-working class’ National budget

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has deemed this year’s national budget as anti-working class. “This is said not only from the perspective of trade union interest, but also from the...

The non-appointment of the CEO vs. the appointment

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The non-appointment of the CEO vs. the appointment

Dear Editor, On January 1, 2011 the Kaieteur News headline captioned; “Olato Sam named Chief Education Officer” captivated my attention and simultaneously aroused much interest and concern. My...

My criticism of the PPP and PNCR does not make me an AFC supporter

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on My criticism of the PPP and PNCR does not make me an AFC supporter

Dear Editor, I respond to Tacuma Ogunseye’s letter, “Harripaul’s embrace of the AFC boggles the mind,” (Kaieteur News 02-12-11). I thank Tacuma for his praise of me. I consider him an old...

Govt.’s investment in drainage proven successful

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt.’s investment in drainage proven successful

Dear Editor, As a successful young businessman I would like to share my views on the heavy rainfall that poured along the coastland recently, which has certainly tested the improvement in the...

A CASE OF STUBBORNESS

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A CASE OF STUBBORNESS

The PNCR is obsessed with the person who occupies the chairmanship of the Ethnic Relations Commission and no doubt wants to see this person off the body. The PPP on the other hand is suspicious of...

NDIA responds to KN on Hope Canal comments

Feb 14, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on NDIA responds to KN on Hope Canal comments

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to an editorial in the Kaieteur News article titled, “Laptop Plunder” dated February 11, 2011, which contains a number of inaccurate comments with regard to the...

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more