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Kaieteur News insists many secret deals signed

Feb 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News insists many secret deals signed

Dishonest, vulgar and deceitful are just some of the words members of the wider society are using to describe the government’s contention that its transactions have all been...

Jagdeo’s latest secret deal with Ansa McAl…Govt. continues to mislead the nation

Feb 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s latest secret deal with Ansa McAl…Govt. continues to mislead the nation

– US company says role was to advise on policies and laws, not to evaluate investors Contrary to a statement issued by the Guyana Government, the Ansa McAl Group was not one...

AG raids homes, offices of Cricket Board officials – President resigns

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on AG raids homes, offices of Cricket Board officials – President resigns

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, moved to the courts, yesterday, and secured an injunction that permitted him to search the homes and offices of 13 officials and...

East Demerara cane harvesters down tools over new system

Feb 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on East Demerara cane harvesters down tools over new system

-claim 126 punts of cane dumped recently Pull quote: “Dem big boys gat dem own house ah rent out, while dem ah live in GuySuCo house. We deh in dis sun and rain whole day fuh mek lil money and dem...

GDF, US army in joint tactical training exercise

Feb 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GDF, US army in joint tactical training exercise

Over the next nine days, ranks from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will be teaming up with ranks from the United States Army in a joint exercise dubbed ‘Fused Response 2012’. The initiative is a...

Two bandits visit Popeye’s with shot gun

Feb 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two bandits visit Popeye’s with shot gun

Police were last night hunting for two gunmen who escaped with an undisclosed sum of cash after robbing the Popeye’s fast food branch in Vlissengen Road, Kitty. Kaieteur News understands...

Ed Ahmad’s trial to commence following jury selection in May

Feb 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ed Ahmad’s trial to commence following jury selection in May

…two weeks for defense to present evidence The trial involving Edul Ahmad, a close friends of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, will commence immediately after the jury selection is...

US advising Guyana how to spend “oil” money

Feb 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on US advising Guyana how to spend “oil” money

Major focus is being placed on the country’s natural resources and should there be a discovery of oil in the near future, Guyana would be faced with an abundance of revenue which would need to be...

Looking ahead

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Looking ahead

Now that we are possibly rested after the labours of our Mashramani gyrations in celebrating our Republic’s 42nd Anniversary, perchance we can spare a thought or two about the Republic...

Commonsense came then left

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Commonsense came then left

What a country! We are primitive! And when we do move, we go so slowly the modern world leaves us behind. Three times within the past 10 years on this page, I urged the relevant authorities to...

Dem boys seh…Is nuff grinding and searching

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is nuff grinding and searching

De man who tek over from Rum Son nah far from de man by name and nature. He name Anil Rum Na All. He is one who does mek accident and run away. He do that nuff times. He done mek accident suh...

SNAP ELECTIONS

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on SNAP ELECTIONS

The new President of Guyana has been quick to dismiss reports that he is seeking to hold snap elections. He has said that he has not given thought to this matter. In a society notorious for...

Sithe Global replies to Ramon Gaskin on the Amaila Project

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sithe Global replies to Ramon Gaskin on the Amaila Project

Dear Editor, We appreciate the thoughtful analysis provided by Ramon Gaskin in his recent editorial titled “The Amaila Project should be comprehensively reviewed by professional...

What is the status of the Sheema Mangar case?

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What is the status of the Sheema Mangar case?

Dear Editor, I have been following the case of the brutal slaying of young Sheema Mangar, and have written, on more than one occasion, to express my outrage against this most barbaric...

Frederick Kissoon was dishonest

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Frederick Kissoon was dishonest

Dear Editor, I hasten to write that Frederick Kissoon was up to mischief when he wrote that Kaieteur News reporter Nadia Guyadeen forwarded an e-mail to him. His comments were contained...

We can’t keep making exceptions to the law

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on We can’t keep making exceptions to the law

Dear Editor, In connection with the Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene’s impasse with the DPP, I think that Mr. Greene should resign immediately for professional misconduct. Mr....

Political opportunism, a disregard for essential facts, and a taint of racist motives

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Political opportunism, a disregard for essential facts, and a taint of racist motives

Dear Editor, In his column in his last Sunday’s Weekend Mirror defending the Government’s $5.7 billion Supplementary Appropriation Bill No. 1 of 2012, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran S.C....

Hunger in the midst of plenty

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hunger in the midst of plenty

DEAR EDITOR, A BBC Report in mid-February stated that some 500 million children are at risk because of malnutrition. According to the article, half a billion children could grow up...

The truth will withstand scrutiny

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The truth will withstand scrutiny

Dear Editor, I find the following quote rather interesting and pertinent to the times in which we live, especially in Guyana. “The truth will withstand scrutiny, but a lie, no matter...

All roads lead to the National Stadium as ‘Golden Jaguars’ take on Guatemala

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on All roads lead to the National Stadium as ‘Golden Jaguars’ take on Guatemala

The National Stadium, Providence is the place to be when Guyana’s national football team, ‘The Golden Jaguars’ clash with Guatemala in a friendly football encounter to...

PM Simpson-Miller to meet Julian Hunte today

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on PM Simpson-Miller to meet Julian Hunte today

Jamaican government is confirming that president of the West Indies Cricket Board Julian Hunte has requested a meeting with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller today in a bid to diffuse...

Knockouts are undesirables but are a part of boxing

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Knockouts are undesirables but are a part of boxing

Says Michael Benjamin President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool must be a pleased man following the favourable crowd support at the recent boxing extravaganza that pitted...

Drayton, Khan leading Republic Anniversary chess tournament

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Drayton, Khan leading Republic Anniversary chess tournament

From a field of 17 chess players and after four rounds completed, National Senior Champion Taffin Khan and seasoned junior Anthony Drayton are jointly leading the TOPCO Juices Republic...

BCB hosts successful Batsmen and Spinners clinics

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB hosts successful Batsmen and Spinners clinics

– Butcher urges Berbice cricketers to development themselves The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) last weekend hosted two highly successful cricket coaching clinics for junior...

5th Annual Basil Butcher DTF hosted by RHTY&SC

Feb 29, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 5th Annual Basil Butcher DTF hosted by RHTY&SC

Four exceptional players benefit Four junior cricketers on Saturday last collectively received just under $200,000 worth of cricket gear and personal development items when the...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more