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Lottery permits, quarterly mining publication to enhance transparency – Natural Resources Minister

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Lottery permits, quarterly mining publication to enhance transparency – Natural Resources Minister

– Guyana to be represented in Investors Exchange in Canada A lottery of 60 special mining permit parcels in each of the mining district, for a total of 360 parcels,...

Canadian Exploration Company reports large uranium find in Kurupung

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian Exploration Company reports large uranium find in Kurupung

The Canadian exploration company U3O8 Corp’s Resource Drilling, which is currently operating in Guyana, says that its most recent drilling activities have unearthed a significant Uranium...

Bobby Ramroop’s news outfit stirring political quarrel – YCT

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bobby Ramroop’s news outfit stirring political quarrel – YCT

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) has lashed out at the Guyana Times, one of the news outfits owned by good friend of Bharrat Jagdeo, Dr. Bobby Ramroop of Queens Atlantic Investment Inc,...

10 km of Mangroves to be replanted along coastline this year

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 10 km of Mangroves to be replanted along coastline this year

After exceeding its first year’s target of restoring 1 kilometer (km) of mangroves, the Mangrove Restoration Project aims to replant or protect 10 kilometers of mangroves along the coastline...

Adherence to GPOC’s wheelchair sign heartening

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Adherence to GPOC’s wheelchair sign heartening

The response from motorists on the recent installation of a Wheelchair sign at the entrance the Guyana Post Office Corporation has been tremendous. This was according to Simone...

Doobay murder PI to continue on March 7

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Doobay murder PI to continue on March 7

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of Shewraney Doobay, wife of prominent physician, Dr. Ramsundar Doobay, was yesterday given another date due to the absence of the Prosecutor...

Woman prisoner who scaled New Amsterdam Prison fence jailed for three years

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Woman prisoner who scaled New Amsterdam Prison fence jailed for three years

Twenty seven year old Alicia Patoir of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, who somehow managed to scale the fence of the New Amsterdam Prison and escaped, will spend the next two...

NCD welcomes public to first ever “Open Day” activity

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NCD welcomes public to first ever “Open Day” activity

The National Commission on Disability (NDC) on Thursday last opened its doors to the public in its first ever “Open Day” activity which according to officers was designed to...

Wakenaam police seize speedboat

Mar 02, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wakenaam police seize speedboat

Police at Wakenaam seized a speedboat with engine from Buckhall, Essequibo Coast. The boat is believed to have been used in the theft of a 15 HP Yamaha outboard engine from Wakenaam...

Ansa McAl concedes delay in announcing MoU with Guyana

Mar 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ansa McAl concedes delay in announcing MoU with Guyana

…. says no deal signed yet with govt. The Trinidad-based conglomerate Ansa McAl is insisting it has no secret deal with the Guyana Government to build an ethanol plant here, but is...

Brassington’s resignation no ‘get out of jail free’ card

Mar 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington’s resignation no ‘get out of jail free’ card

“We would like him to be subpoenaed before Parliamentary Committee” – Ramjattan “We feel that (Winston) Brassington knows everything…A to Z about all the transactions,” said...

Schoolboy murder suspect surrenders

Mar 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy murder suspect surrenders

The teenaged suspect in the murder of schoolboy Anfernee Bowman on Monday has surrendered to police. Samuel Cornelius walked into the East La Penitence Police Station just after noon yesterday...

Contractors look to cash-in on Amaila Falls Road

Mar 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors look to cash-in on Amaila Falls Road

…‘Sky high’ bids submitted to complete project “Unbelievable” estimates by contractors have led to a delay in the award of contracts for five more sections of the road leading to...

Bajan DNA specialist testifies at Neesa Gopaul’s PI

Mar 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bajan DNA specialist testifies at Neesa Gopaul’s PI

…even as flood waters hamper Court proceedings Like many places within the city, the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court was yesterday severely affected by immense rainfall. As persons entered...

Raphael Trotman, the Westminster system and post-colonial stupidities

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Raphael Trotman, the Westminster system and post-colonial stupidities

Great Britain is a very old country. It has been in existence for a long time. Over centuries, institutions in such a territory come to take on a life of their own. It is theoretically foolish...

WILL THE SLUICE AT MADUNI BE REOPENED AGAIN?

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WILL THE SLUICE AT MADUNI BE REOPENED AGAIN?

The weather forecast for yesterday predicted that we would have had about 35mm or just under one and a half inches of rainfall. The actual rain that descended on the country is likely...

Dem boys seh…Some of dem mouth sew up

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some of dem mouth sew up

De government suh accustomed to secrecy that even when dem ain’t got to duck and hide dem does still hide. Ansa McAl check a website and see that Guyana want alternative energy. De company...

Testing fate and facing the consequences

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Testing fate and facing the consequences

Guyana knows two weather conditions—rain and sun. While the sun has not been known to create some of the extreme temperatures recorded in even temperate countries, the rains...

An luxury at the taxpayers’ expense

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An luxury at the taxpayers’ expense

Dear Editor, Everyone is aware that Mr Shaik Baksh is no longer a Minister of Government nor is he serving the Government in an Advisory capacity and still has two state vehicles in his...

Chris Ram’s views were blinkered

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chris Ram’s views were blinkered

Dear Editor, In a calculated display of vulgar abuse (“political opportunism,” “racist motives”, etc) which I will not dignify with a response, nor would I the ‘ad...

Private schools need to be called into account

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Private schools need to be called into account

Dear Editor, The stabbing death of Anfernee Bowman on Monday which occurred outside the premises of his extra lessons should have never occurred. In my interaction with friends of...

Condemning themselves to a life of failure

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Condemning themselves to a life of failure

Dear Editor, Sometimes I cannot help but get the feeling that my fellow Afro-Guyanese have their heads in the sand. But listening to Eric Phillips on TV still offers some hope that a...

When sentiments replace facts

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on When sentiments replace facts

Dear Editor, Performance, not sentiments, must be the yardstick in any evaluation of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) Mr. Elroy Stephney’s letter in the Kaieteur News of February 26,...

The paramouncy of the National Insurance Scheme

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The paramouncy of the National Insurance Scheme

Dear Editor, I, Yogaswar Persaud, attained the age of 60 years on April 25, 2011 and am receiving a meagre and minimal pension of $16,608. I am not satisfied because I have worked hard and was...

Jags crash to 2-0 defeat by Guatemala

Mar 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jags crash to 2-0 defeat by Guatemala

Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ paid the price for squandering numerous chances in the opening period and succumbed to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Guatemala in their friendly fixture which...

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National Table Tennis duo Shemar Britton, Chelsea Edghill to represent Guyana at prestigious Panam Table Tennis Cup

Mashramani must break from the shackles of imitation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mashramani, heralded as Guyana’s grand national celebration, is often presented as a... more