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Green could escape rape charge …Chief Justice rules DPP’s advice irrational

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Green could escape rape charge …Chief Justice rules DPP’s advice irrational

– By Latoya Giles Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled that the Director of Public Prosecutions’ recommendation that Police Commissioner Henry Greene be charged with rape was irrational....

GRA seizes $15M in liquor

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRA seizes $15M in liquor

-five on bail Authorities have announced success in cracking down on what is emerging to be a vibrant trade in smuggled liquor. According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday, it...

Wife committed to High Court for septic tank murder

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wife committed to High Court for septic tank murder

Fifty-nine year-old Desiree Jeffers was committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of police Detective Constable Igris Bobb-Blackman. The Preliminary Inquiry into the matter...

Teaching Service Comm. recommended dismissal for 164 teachers last year

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Teaching Service Comm. recommended dismissal for 164 teachers last year

-Sexual offences among reasons Child abuse, including an increase in sexual offences, in the country’s public educational system was listed among the reasons that warranted disciplinary action by...

Labour Ministry rules Kissoon’s contract properly terminated

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry rules Kissoon’s contract properly terminated

The Chief Labour, Occupational Health and Safety Officer of the Ministry of Labour, Charles Ogle, has said that the recommendation that Mr. Frederick Kissoon be paid from May to August 2012 has no...

Today is Budget Day… Jagdeo Govt. had US$20 Million to spend ‘Carte Blanche’ last year

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Today is Budget Day… Jagdeo Govt. had US$20 Million to spend ‘Carte Blanche’ last year

Today is Budget Day when the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, will present to the National Assembly and the nation at large the estimates of the expenditure for the public sector in 2012...

Dem boys seh…Look out fuh ‘other’, wheh duh,’ and ‘lead duh’

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Look out fuh ‘other’, wheh duh,’ and ‘lead duh’

Today Ash Knee de Shaatie, presenting he budget but he worried that some runnings gun get cut up. Is de Chronicle who expose he. Dem boys thought that de budget was fuh de whole country but de...

From dust to ashes to treason to anything imaginable

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on From dust to ashes to treason to anything imaginable

Late Tuesday evening, going on to midnight, a group of us traveled up to Cane Grove to do a movie. The team, which included Mark Benschop, Gerhard Ramsaroop and his wife, and Kojo McPherson,...

Budget Day

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Budget Day

There was a time when budgets in Guyana were most anxiously awaited. A skittish populace expected increases in taxes, licences and other measures that invariably impacted adversely on...

Berbice Bridge… Approach to vessels governed by enacted laws

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge… Approach to vessels governed by enacted laws

GINA, The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) said that the decision taken for vessels to pay to pass under was to protect the integrity and is an enforcement of existing laws. The...

A FAIR TRADE

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A FAIR TRADE

If you are paid by the Central Government, you should be very concerned about tomorrow’s National Budget. You should be wary especially about how you spend this month’s...

21st ProAm Boxing Card…Pauline London promises fireworks, Hardy threatens to put Austin to sleep

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 21st ProAm Boxing Card…Pauline London promises fireworks, Hardy threatens to put Austin to sleep

After several disappointments where her opponents opted out of previous contracts to engage her, Mandessa Moses will finally grace the ring against Pauline London and the latter fighter...

GMR&SC ‘Race of Champions’ Meet…Sunburst Orange Juice back on board with Vieira

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC ‘Race of Champions’ Meet…Sunburst Orange Juice back on board with Vieira

Continental Agencies under its Sunburst Orange Juice product confirmed its standing relationship with reigning Caribbean Superbike champion Stephen Vieira after presenting him with a cheque...

Sammy: Windies can still do it

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy: Windies can still do it

Aussies unchanged for Friday’s match Australia have named an unchanged team for the second and final Twenty20 against the West Indies in Barbados. The tourists lead the series 1-0 after an...

DDL recommits to cycling programme

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on DDL recommits to cycling programme

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), under its Diamond Mineral Water brand, has renewed its sponsorship for the staging of an 11-race programme at the inner circuit of the National Park tomorrow. The...

The unjust assassination of Ms. Dodson’s character must be condemned

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The unjust assassination of Ms. Dodson’s character must be condemned

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Minister Priya Manickchand’s letter in the March 28 edition of your newspaper entitled “Priya Manickchand at Odds with Emily Dodson over Linden Legal Aid...

It is time public officials be held accountable or we’ll all be consumed

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time public officials be held accountable or we’ll all be consumed

DEAR EDITOR, The public’s concern about Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee’s attempts to divert from the substantive issue of having the Police account for the spending of $90 million of...

Climbing Trees vs. Extra Lessons

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Climbing Trees vs. Extra Lessons

DEAR EDITOR, In the March 12th edition of Kaieteur News, the Chief Education Officer (CEO) is quoted as saying, “Children should be playing and having fun and enjoying their lives,...

To ask boat owners to pay a fee for a non-service is ludicrous

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on To ask boat owners to pay a fee for a non-service is ludicrous

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to KN article of March 28, 2012 captioned, “Berbice Bridge Company takes over riverway…Vessels forced to pay to pass under”, and would like to suggest that the...

GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket tourney

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket tourney

Defending champs Wolf Warriors continue winning ways The heat and tension continues to build as the GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket tournament continues around Guyana. Teams are...

Intermediate players set to march skills in GASP scrabble showdown

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Intermediate players set to march skills in GASP scrabble showdown

The Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) will continue to provide a platform for the lowly graded players to improve their lot when its Executive host the Intermediate Scrabble...

Baker Memorial Cycling Classic at Linden on Sunday

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Baker Memorial Cycling Classic at Linden on Sunday

Nations best to collide Guyana’s leading cyclists are set to collide on Sunday in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden when the the Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) in...

Mayor’s Cup Annual KO Inter Ward Football

Mar 30, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup Annual KO Inter Ward Football

More gripping encounters as tournament progresses Tiger Bay will square off with Alberttown in a highly anticipated thriller moments before West Ruimveldt opposes Newtown in another...

Mahaicony Rice Mills’ Licence Suspended

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony Rice Mills’ Licence Suspended

-has 40 days to pay farmers outstanding sums The Mahaicony Rice Mills, at Airy-Hall, Essequibo Coast had its licence suspended, and was given 40 days to pay monies owed to...

Europe wants more foreign market access for its goods, services

Mar 30, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Europe wants more foreign market access for its goods, services

…threatens to restrict trade to non-complying countries The European Commission is pushing for a more level playing field for its products and services. Yesterday, the body signaled its...

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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