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EU sweetens sugar industry with $5.6B

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on EU sweetens sugar industry with $5.6B

– A further $22.3B by 2013 The European Union (EU) and Guyana have signed a Financing Agreement which will provide up to $5.62 billion (Euro 18,805,000) this year to support the sugar sector in...

Two 8-megawatt generators arrive

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Two 8-megawatt generators arrive

– cost US$18.3M By Leonard Gildarie Two Wartsila engines, costing US$18.3M, and which authorities hope will reduce the current spate of power outages being experienced, yesterday landed in...

‘Trunker’ critical after shot by vehicle owner

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Trunker’ critical after shot by vehicle owner

A 44-year-old man believed to be a neighbourhood thief was yesterday morning shot twice by an employee of the Pereira Mining Company, after he was caught trying to steal from the man’s vehicle....

Govt. promises $300M in severance to Diamond Estate workers

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. promises $300M in severance to Diamond Estate workers

President Bharrat Jagdeo told sugar workers from the Diamond Estate yesterday that government will intervene and assist the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) with funds accumulating to $300M to...

ERC Chairman sues C.N.Sharma, Vieira

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on ERC Chairman sues C.N.Sharma, Vieira

– seeking damages in excess of $50M Chairman of the Ethnic Relation Commission (ERC) Bishop Juan Edghill has filed a constitutional motion against television owner Chandra Narine Sharma and...

Skeldon factory showing an upward trend

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon factory showing an upward trend

– Jagdeo In spite of his telling sugar workers yesterday that operations at the Skeldon Sugar Factory continue to be problematic, President Bharrat Jagdeo said he no longer intends to take a...

Flavio Camacho dies at 73

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Flavio Camacho dies at 73

– country mourns loss of metrication pioneer Mathematician and the main individual behind introducing Guyanese to the metric system, 73 year-old Flavio Camacho has died. According to reports,...

Education sector under tremendous scrutiny

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Education sector under tremendous scrutiny

– Baksh The fact that the education sector has been under tremendous scrutiny over the last two years has served to help bolster progress as it relates to the delivery of education. Minister of...

GTA conducts successful Schools Training Programme in E/bo

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTA conducts successful Schools Training Programme in E/bo

– participants come from as far as Pomeroon With participants coming from far flung areas such as the Pomeroon and in one particular case as much as 50 miles up river, the Guyana Tennis...

Judge rules Bissoon Singh’s DCB was illegally registered

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Judge rules Bissoon Singh’s DCB was illegally registered

By Sean Devers Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled that the Bissoon Singh led faction of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) was illegally registered under the Friendly Societies Act. The court...

If Chanderpaul does not buy into Gibson’s team plans ‘Then that his problem’ says Coach

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on If Chanderpaul does not buy into Gibson’s team plans ‘Then that his problem’ says Coach

West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has had his say to star batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul and has left the ball in his crease. Public criticisms by Chanderpaul of West Indies Cricket Board CEO Dr Ernest...

GFF First Annual Ordinary Congress set for May 27

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF First Annual Ordinary Congress set for May 27

Klass, only nominee for President; Major, King, Hutson & O’Jeer to contest other positions When the First Annual Ordinary Congress of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) comes off next Friday,...

Guyana Hockey Board Season opens with Farfan & Mendes first division

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Hockey Board Season opens with Farfan & Mendes first division

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) opens its 2011 hockey season on Friday May 20 with the premiere outdoor competition of season in the Farfan and Mendes men’s first division hockey league. The...

Dem boys seh…Ash-Knee going in he friends bank account

May 18, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Ash-Knee going in he friends bank account

In times of war everybody does keep a secret. Dem British had a saying, “Sealed lips save ships.” Dem big ones in Guyana tekking this secret thing too far. If you ask dem whether dem does drink...

Vieira partners with Sunburst Orange Juice

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vieira partners with Sunburst Orange Juice

Local Super bike champion Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira is promising a stellar year which could start as soon as next Monday during the opening leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship,...

‘Golden Jaguars’ to play Barbados on Friday and Sunday

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Golden Jaguars’ to play Barbados on Friday and Sunday

Alpha face Linden All Stars on Friday Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ will play the visiting Barbados National team two Friendly International matches this Friday and Sunday. The Guyana Football...

We must look to win Digicel Test Series 2-0 – Coach Gibson

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on We must look to win Digicel Test Series 2-0 – Coach Gibson

Georgetown, Guyana – West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson has congratulated his team on their remarkable victory in the First Digicel Test against Pakistan and has urged them to put in the same...

Cricket Cracks

May 18, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Cricket Cracks

Far be it for us to throw a damper on our WI cricketing fans’ exultation in the team’s win over Pakistan at Providence. A win is a win; especially for a team that had not accomplished this feat...

GPL runs short of wallaba posts

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GPL runs short of wallaba posts

– suppliers want more money The country’s power company says it is short of some 11,000 wallaba poles as suppliers demand more money. Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light...

14 players travel to St Kitts in preparation for 2nd Digicel Test

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on 14 players travel to St Kitts in preparation for 2nd Digicel Test

Basseterre, St Kitts – The West Indies 14 man squad has travelled to St Kitts in preparation for the Second Digicel Test starting on Friday May 20 at Warner Park. The squad: Darren Sammy, Brendan...

British diplomat admits UK’s historical responsibility for anti-gay laws

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on British diplomat admits UK’s historical responsibility for anti-gay laws

The British High Commissioner, Simon Bond, yesterday encouraged the government to make good on its commitment to hold consultations on the decriminalisation of sex between males, and other laws which...

Early treatment with anti-HIV drugs stops transmission between partners – Study

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Early treatment with anti-HIV drugs stops transmission between partners – Study

Even as Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean gear to realise the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), researchers have reported yet more tantalizing...

Scottsburg United upset Tucber Park to win championship

May 18, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scottsburg United upset Tucber Park to win championship

Scottsburg United of Skeldon rose to the occasion to overcome the challenge and underdog status to defeat Tucber Park of New Amsterdam by 28 runs to win their first ever cricket title at the junior...

The Crime Chief offers a shield to killers

May 18, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Crime Chief offers a shield to killers

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News headline dated 05/17/2011 and captioned; “Slain EX-BOXER HAD TIES TO DRUGS AND GUNS” – Crime Chief, has again exposed a sorry line of thinking in the upper level...

Bids opened for water network, roads at Mon Repos, Good Hope

May 18, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Bids opened for water network, roads at Mon Repos, Good Hope

– six wells also to be drilled Several bids including the building of roads and installation of pure water distribution networks at Mon Repos and Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, were yesterday...

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India produce dominant 60-run win over West Indies to claim 2-1 T20I series victory in Mumbai

A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more