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Amaila Falls Hydro Power Project…China’s currency appreciation impacts cost

Oct 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls Hydro Power Project…China’s currency appreciation impacts cost

Amaila Falls Hydro Inc. (AFH) has responded to the various press inquiries regarding the cost of the Amaila Hydropower Project stating that its upward revision is based on pricing from the...

Resident puts out fire at Sophia Primary School

Oct 11, 2011 KNews News 5

Residents of ‘A’ Field Sophia on Sunday evening last averted what could have been a major disaster after fire broke out at the Sophia Primary School. According to reports, the fire...

Guyanese woman raped in Trinidad

Oct 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman raped in Trinidad

(Trinidad Express) A 24-year-old Guyanese woman was raped by a lone intruder who forced his way into her Cunupia home during the early hours of yesterday morning. After raping her, the man...

Man charged with murder of 14-yr-old girlfriend

Oct 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with murder of 14-yr-old girlfriend

Satrohan ‘Andrew’ Mannaru, 21, was on Monday charged with the murder of 14-year-old Indranie ‘Cynthia’ Basdeo. The man appeared before Magistrate Fabio Azore at the Whim...

Dem boys seh…Kwame paying protesters

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kwame paying protesters

Now that everybody know when is elections dem start doing wha dem know best. Dem protesting. Kwame tek de state money and pay some women fuh guh outside CN TV station. None of dem know de reason. One...

Jagdeo’s volte face: The reasons

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Jagdeo’s volte face: The reasons

Seven weeks before his use of the 1980 Constitution comes to an end, Bharrat Jagdeo most likely faced an ignominious defeat on a policy that was pregnant with possibilities of instabilities and...

FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014…‘Golden Jaguars’ face Bermuda today in crucial game

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014…‘Golden Jaguars’ face Bermuda today in crucial game

Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ riding high and already on a historical path have won three World Cup qualifying games in a row, will be involved in yet another tough battle today when...

Work Force wins at Bush Lot United Turf Club one day horserace meet

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Work Force wins at Bush Lot United Turf Club one day horserace meet

Work Force of the Vibert stable and ridden by Daniel Flores put in a workmanlike performance to win the feature G class event and the $250,000 top prize and Banks DIH trophy when the Bush Lot...

The opposition parties must have access to all state-controlled media

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opposition parties must have access to all state-controlled media

DEAR EDITOR, Now that President Jagdeo has bowed to the pressure of the combined opposition and civil society (and Sharma is back on the air), I urge the organizers to keep agitating...

Women are the custodians of our fundamental values

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Women are the custodians of our fundamental values

Dear Editor, I have had cause to engage the late Janet Jagan with regard to some of her debatable actions. However, there is one thing she as President would never had ignored –...

A strange observation

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on A strange observation

Dear Editor, Dr. Steve Surujbally, in his role as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, recently called on the media to practice their art in a fair way. So far so good. But I...

Why has there not been a single part-time Judge appointed?

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why has there not been a single part-time Judge appointed?

DEAR EDITOR, Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall has given a glimpse of his vision for the judiciary in a Kaieteur News story. Most, if not all, of his views are shared by most members of the...

The opposition’s failure to prepare is not the PPP’s fault

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on The opposition’s failure to prepare is not the PPP’s fault

DEAR EDITOR, One of the hallmarks of a democratic polity is the extent to which political parties are able to contest elections that are free and fair and free from fear. No one can...

Liberalisation, a level playing field and the importance of urgent discussion

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Liberalisation, a level playing field and the importance of urgent discussion

Dear Editor, With all the noise about liberalisation recently, I started doing some independent reading and I came across this comment on ATN’s website: “Over the last several...

Caymans Islands Prisons edge New Amsterdam counterparts in close encounter

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caymans Islands Prisons edge New Amsterdam counterparts in close encounter

The visiting Cayman Islands Prison Services Cricket team, which included a number of Players who represented the country in the Sanford Cricket Tournament including three Guyanese, edged past...

Thirst Park Explosion…Atwell/Sandiford drafted in as Venezuelan opts out of Mandessa Moses battle

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thirst Park Explosion…Atwell/Sandiford drafted in as Venezuelan opts out of Mandessa Moses battle

Women’s bantamweight pugilist Mandessa Moses was to have fought Venezuelan, Anys Cedillo in a six round bout on a special boxing card dubbed ‘Thirst Park Explosion,’ slated for the Banks...

Upper Dem FA get cash donation from Arawai Plaza and C B & R Mining Enterprise

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Upper Dem FA get cash donation from Arawai Plaza and C B & R Mining Enterprise

The Upper Demerara Football Association last weekend received a cheque for Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000) from Arawai Plaza and C B & R Mining Enterprise for sponsorship of the...

Nascimento acknowledges President Jagdeo’s support

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nascimento acknowledges President Jagdeo’s support

– blasts stance of Ministry of Sport After expressing gratitude to President Bharrat Jagdeo, who offered his support to the national team to the tune of $2million,...

FIFA World Cup qualifying matches…Manager confident Golden Jaguars will defeat Bermudian counterparts

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA World Cup qualifying matches…Manager confident Golden Jaguars will defeat Bermudian counterparts

Four days after defeating Barbados 2-0 in their backyard in the return encounter of their FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, Guyanese ball weavers are confident of replicating the feat against...

National Weightlifting C/ships set for Sunday

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Weightlifting C/ships set for Sunday

The Executive Committee of the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) has set its National Senior Championships for Sunday at the National Gymnasium where the best lifters are...

East Bank U-17 cricketers invited to meet at Farm Ground

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Bank U-17 cricketers invited to meet at Farm Ground

The East Bank Cricket Board is inviting male Under-17 cricketers on the East Bank to a meeting tomorrow afternoon at 5pm on the Farm Ground, East Bank Demerara. The meeting is geared at...

The politics of Guyana

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The politics of Guyana

Guyanese are a people who for the greater part are dyed in tradition. Many would say that they cannot change because they have been doing something all their lives. And indeed when they...

Dutch Bottle robbery… Businesswoman who tackled armed bandit still hospitalized

Oct 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Dutch Bottle robbery… Businesswoman who tackled armed bandit still hospitalized

-suspect died from perforation of the lungs, blunt trauma to the head Manager of the Dutch Bottle Café, Renata Chuck-A-Sang, remains hospitalized for injuries she sustained during...

MUDSLINGING IS NOT HELPING THE PPP

Oct 11, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MUDSLINGING IS NOT HELPING THE PPP

For political parties which the PPP feels are not going to do very well in the general and regional elections, the ruling Peoples Progressive Party is paying a great deal of attention to APNU and the...

Minor adjustments can conserve energy and save money – GEA Head

Oct 11, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Minor adjustments can conserve energy and save money – GEA Head

A key feature of a low carbon future is one where the society addresses the developmental needs of its people while calculating habits to foster more effective and efficient use of energy. ...