March 2, 2012 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Five rescued, four missing after tug sinks

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Five rescued, four missing after tug sinks

Four persons are missing and are feared dead after a tug which was pulling a pontoon sank just off the mouth of the Moruca River early yesterday morning. This publication understands that the...

President Ramotar says Police Force must have no ‘sacred cows’

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar says Police Force must have no ‘sacred cows’

-but dodges questions on Henry Greene’s fate President Donald Ramotar yesterday dodged questions about the possible fate of embattled Commissioner of Police Henry Greene, but...

No leniency for corrupt officials says Ramjattan

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No leniency for corrupt officials says Ramjattan

In recognition of the fact that the Office of the Auditor General has yet again identified a gamut of financial discrepancies and instances of unaccountability that contravene...

Schoolboy charged with murder of colleague

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy charged with murder of colleague

…remanded to prison Samuel Cornelius the youngster accused of stabbing schoolboy Anfernee Bowman to death last Monday was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with...

DEAL OR NO DEAL?

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DEAL OR NO DEAL?

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is an agreement. And an agreement is a deal, so a MOU is a deal. The government and the investor behind an MOU signed last September have tried to downplay...

The Faith Harding incident

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Faith Harding incident

From the time I entered political activism, I was never happy with the people around me. I started out my politics as a sixteen-year-old youth that copped a job in the Michael Forde...

Dem boys seh…De got nuff thiefing and money washing

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De got nuff thiefing and money washing

Is thiefing anywhere you turn. De other day some people from Lusignan miss dem cows. Dem search and dem see people skinning de animals. One of de people who lost he cow was...

Canje Environmental Concerns

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Canje Environmental Concerns

The MOU signed by the GoG on the Ansa McAL Ethanol project, whether secret or not, should raise the question of its environmental sustainability. Against the background of all the...

Lewis lands Joola table tennis paraphernalia deal

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lewis lands Joola table tennis paraphernalia deal

-successful Malteenoes team returns from T&T Coach of the Malteenoes Table Tennis Club, Idi Lewis has more than one reason to celebrate; he was successful in brokering a deal that...

WICB ordered to maintain Collective bargaining agreement with WIPA

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB ordered to maintain Collective bargaining agreement with WIPA

…failure could lead to contempt charges The present Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) (the “Agreements”) between the West...

TUFC Anniversary Football…CBR Mining Milerock and Bakewell Topp XX march on

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on TUFC Anniversary Football…CBR Mining Milerock and Bakewell Topp XX march on

Wins were recorded by CBR Mining Milerock, who blasted their opponents and fellow Linden side Winners’ Connection 5-1, while Bakewell Topp XX overcame a tough challenge from Amelia’s Ward United...

TD Shabazz analyses Guyana’s performance against Guatemala

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on TD Shabazz analyses Guyana’s performance against Guatemala

Despite the 2-0 loss to Guatemala on Wednesday evening at the National Stadium, Technical Director (TD) of the ‘Golden Jaguars’, Jamaal Shabazz speaking with the media shortly after...

NaMilCo Football Festival…GDF, Beacons final should be a crowd pleaser

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on NaMilCo Football Festival…GDF, Beacons final should be a crowd pleaser

– Conquerors bent on salvaging pride By Rawle Welch With the inclement weather expected to abate over the weekend, this Sunday’s NaMilCo Football Festival final that...

Cricket IMC calls Guyana squad to encampment from today

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket IMC calls Guyana squad to encampment from today

The Government appointed Cricket Interim Management Committee (IMC) headed by former West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd has called up a 19-member squad to go into camp from...

Scrabble players to battle in H. Halim General Contracting Open C/ships this weekend

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scrabble players to battle in H. Halim General Contracting Open C/ships this weekend

Fresh from another scintillating victory in the recently concluded Danny’s Auto Sales Open Scrabble Championship as well as the two preceding tournaments, top seed in the...

AAG CARIFTA Trials postponed

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG CARIFTA Trials postponed

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has postponed its CARIFTA Games Trials that was expected to be held this weekend owed to the “inclement weather” that has...

New Executive elected at GKF Elections

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Executive elected at GKF Elections

Amir Khouri was elected President of the Guyana Karate Federation (GKF) when the body held its Biennial General Meeting on Sunday at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) on...

Amelia’s Ward and Alpha United to face off at MSC Sunday

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amelia’s Ward and Alpha United to face off at MSC Sunday

Following the completion of the preliminary rounds of the Super League Play Off, Amelia’s Ward (AW) of Linden and Den Amstel (DA) of West Demerara have qualified to participate in the...

Hadi’s Softball results for February 26

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hadi’s Softball results for February 26

Play continued in the Hadi’s Softball Cricket competition being staged the Guyana Floodlights Cricket Association last weekend with a number of matches. In the scheduled...

Guyana Karate to be represented at USA Premier Event

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Karate to be represented at USA Premier Event

Ricky Jagnarain, President of the Guyana Karate Association (GKA) will represent Guyana (as referee) at the Super Show Karate Tournament put on by the United States Specialty Sports...

Someone must be able to demonstrate that engineers are performing an engineering function in this country

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Someone must be able to demonstrate that engineers are performing an engineering function in this country

Dear Editor, After considering my responsibilities to my fellow citizens, I am left with no option but to write to you to identify several cases where engineers are failing or have...

The text books scam is an assault against Guyana’s children

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The text books scam is an assault against Guyana’s children

Dear Editor, This seems to be the year of revelation. The PPP/C has outfoxed itself and now faces a new reality. Within the last few weeks a number of corrupt deals have been unearthed....

Freddie Kissoon asks who is more dishonest

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon asks who is more dishonest

DEAR EDITOR, I am responding to a letter by Adam Harris in the Wednesday edition of KN titled, “Frederick Kissoon was dishonest.” By now readers of KN are accustomed to the frequent...

Adam Harris’s response

Mar 02, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Adam Harris’s response

There will be no end to this nonsense. I know Freddie Kissoon. Even here he is dishonest. The question of source never arose. I insisted that he had no reason to name names and that he should...

Blackouts plaguing Berbicians again

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Blackouts plaguing Berbicians again

…44 so far in 2012 Berbicians are once again being plagued by bothersome blackouts. The year is fairly still new but the Guyana Power & Light has already chalked up over 44...