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Military ties to local telecoms investors…. This presents ominous implications – Dr. Roopnaraine

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Military ties to local telecoms investors…. This presents ominous implications – Dr. Roopnaraine

By Gary Eleazar The fact that the two Chinese companies that are heavily investing in Guyana’s telecommunications industry both share links with the Chinese military namely the Peoples Liberation...

Guyana to finally cash-in on Norway Funds

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to finally cash-in on Norway Funds

By Gary Eleazar More than three years after signing a Memorandum of Understanding for support in the form of some US$250M with the Kingdom of Norway, the Guyana Government is now on the...

La Parfaite fatal fire…Candle in plastic container caused blaze – Fire Chief

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on La Parfaite fatal fire…Candle in plastic container caused blaze – Fire Chief

A burning candle in a plastic receptacle caused Wednesday night’s fire which claimed the lives of two small children at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara. Chief Fire Officer Marlon...

‘Dog Food’ stabbed to death in Five Star Backdam

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Dog Food’ stabbed to death in Five Star Backdam

Another murder has rocked Guyana’s gold mining interior, this time it is the death of 21-year-old Lennox Haywood, who succumbed to stab wounds early yesterday morning. Haywood, called ‘Dog...

Brazilian company to develop ethanol plant at Albion Estate

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian company to develop ethanol plant at Albion Estate

Guyana is embarking on a deliberate task to develop biomass to support a large scale bio-energy industry, as the country seeks a place in the growing sector. This is according to Agriculture...

Paradox of insult: Brunei and brunelia

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Paradox of insult: Brunei and brunelia

It is budget time again, and the refrain is being played out – Guyana has done well over the years, with growth rates that exceed the rest of CARICOM. Every year when it is...

Unprofessional teachers

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Unprofessional teachers

No one would question the importance of education in the modern world. Whether we are speaking from a perspective of ensuring that citizens are trained to improve our national economic...

THE DEBT PROBLEM IS A BOGEY

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE DEBT PROBLEM IS A BOGEY

Guyana does not have a foreign debt problem. Though the external debt is close to US$1.2 billion, Guyana’s ability to service this debt is what matters. The size of the debt does not...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo ain’t got shame

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo ain’t got shame

Some people get ketch and is de hydroclave mek dem get ketch. Dem claim how dem spend US$1.5 million and how because de World Bank check everything clean. Dem boys know that de World...

GT&T shares buyer linked to Chinese military

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T shares buyer linked to Chinese military

China’s Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group has been identified as the Hong Kong-based buyer of 20 per cent of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T). The name...

APNU’s Backer urges recall of Lall, Gajraj

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on APNU’s Backer urges recall of Lall, Gajraj

…laments Rohee’s systematic destruction of Foreign Service By Gary Eleazar In her first presentation as Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister, Deborah Backer, of A Partnership for...

Regent Street fire ‘highly suspicious,’ probe almost complete

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Regent Street fire ‘highly suspicious,’ probe almost complete

– Chief Fire Officer Investigators are close to compiling a report concerning the fire which ravaged a Regent Street business property two Saturdays ago, with a top fire official hinting that...

Independence of APNU, non-PNCR members restricted by recall legislation

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Independence of APNU, non-PNCR members restricted by recall legislation

…akin to Granger dangling ‘Sword of Damocles’ – Gail Teixeira Presidential Advisor on Governance and Chief Whip for the People’s Progressive Party /Civic Gail Teixeira says that the...

Relative concerned over prisoner’s denial of health care

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Relative concerned over prisoner’s denial of health care

Although being imprisoned means that an individual has been relieved of his/her right to freedom, it certainly does not extend to the relinquishment of requisite medical care. In fact, according to...

Family ventures off to sea in search of missing fisherman

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Family ventures off to sea in search of missing fisherman

-still clinging to hope that he is alive The family members of 32-year-old Lakeram Bagwandin, who allegedly fell off a fishing vessel on Tuesday last, had yesterday ventured out to the Pomeroon River...

Budget needs to be reworked– APNU’s Bulkan

Apr 13, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Budget needs to be reworked– APNU’s Bulkan

“We were not sent here to be appendages, to rubber stamp any and everything presented by the Government ” A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parliamentarian, Ronald Bulkan, has pointed...

This view differs from the Chief Justice’s

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This view differs from the Chief Justice’s

Dear Mr. Editor Following the publication of a letter under my hands in the Kaieteur daily newspaper on April 10, 2012, I was accosted by a very good friend of mind expressing his conviction;...

This is not an approved event

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is not an approved event

Dear Sirs, It has come to my attention through news media reports that a businessman and the Essequibo Cricket Board are organizing a 20/20 cricket tournament. Please be advised that this...

Is the Annual Mayor’s Cup Coming to an Inglorious End?

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the Annual Mayor’s Cup Coming to an Inglorious End?

Dear Sir, I have not read or heard of the APNU-youth Arm calling for a boycott of the Annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Football Tournament, which in my estimation is quite rightful since I, as a...

Feel the Beat should not have choreographers

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Feel the Beat should not have choreographers

Dear Editor, A dancer feels the music, and a true dancer can choreograph any beat in their heads. If the mere point of the Feel the Beat competition is to expose young talents and have...

A most unfair letter from Red Thread

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A most unfair letter from Red Thread

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Karen De Souza and others of the Red Thread organisation which appeared in your issue of Friday 6th April last. I would have expected that a comment...

Employee performance appraisal revisited

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Employee performance appraisal revisited

Dear Editor, Nowrang Persaud’s Letter (K.N. March 28th 2012) followed by Geralda Dennison’s (K.N. March 29, 2012) both on the subject “Employee Performance...

Blatant disrespect for pensioners

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Blatant disrespect for pensioners

The Editor, I am appalled at the recent statement by the Minister in the Ministry of Finance, in relation to the entitlement of Old Age Pensioners. As a pensioner who has served this my country...

Where did the profit come from?

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where did the profit come from?

Dear Sir, I would like to make some observations on NBS accounts for the benefit of its members. The Board has announced record profits of $772 million for the year 2011 but this achievement...

XXVII Carifta Swimming Championships…Jessica Stephenson swims to gold in 200m breast; van Lange in action today

Apr 13, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on XXVII Carifta Swimming Championships…Jessica Stephenson swims to gold in 200m breast; van Lange in action today

Guyana’s top female swimmer Jessica Stephenson has continued her dominance of the region at the Carifta level when she swam to another gold medal and the first for Guyana this year in the 200m...

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Let us not be silent witnesses!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Ray Daggers walked from Corriverton to Charity. It was a journey so epic it might have... more