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More TV licences to be granted

Apr 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on More TV licences to be granted

…as Granger, Ramotar continue Extra-Parliamentary Budget talks • Linden Electricity Tariff increase to be gradual • access to business financing for Lindeners to be...

APNU, AFC part ways on budget cut for Housing Ministry’s security

Apr 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on APNU, AFC part ways on budget cut for Housing Ministry’s security

Pull Quote: “Recent developments and backroom deals now leave more questions than answers …We are beginning to question what is taking place behind the closed doors at the Office of...

Brazilian woman shot in bar

Apr 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian woman shot in bar

– ‘Mother Cat’ in custody A man who goes by the moniker ‘Mother Cat’ is now assisting the Bartica Police with their investigations into a shooting ...

Fire destroys two more properties

Apr 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys two more properties

The Fire Service has two more investigations to add to a rapidly growing list. According to reports, at about 01:00 hours on Thursday, fire broke out at a building in Tuschen Housing...

Police top brass take umbrage at Rohee’s ‘kick ass’ statement

Apr 20, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police top brass take umbrage at Rohee’s ‘kick ass’ statement

Officers and ranks of the Guyana Police Force have taken umbrage to recent statements made by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, fueling a potential crisis in the relationship between the...

Politics and Reality

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Politics and Reality

Many Guyanese were quite pleased with the outcome of the last elections. The major reason was that they believed with the opposition controlling the purse strings in Parliament, the government would...

Coercion, Trotman’s words and my stairway to the sea

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Coercion, Trotman’s words and my stairway to the sea

Sometimes, deep in the night, I sit on the verandah of my home and I look at the sea and smile at what I see when I fix my eyes on the walls of my mind. The sea where I live is the Atlantic...

MATURED POLITICS REQUIRES MATURED POLITICIANS

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MATURED POLITICS REQUIRES MATURED POLITICIANS

The view has long been expressed within this column that what was needed to reduce political tensions in Guyana and secure an environment that would allow for more rapid economic...

Dem boys seh…Waterfalls paper give Jagdeo blood pressure

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Waterfalls paper give Jagdeo blood pressure

People don’t know Uncle Donald. He can bruck up any coo coo party. After de elections people believe that de opposition woulda run parliament. Dem didn’t understand that Uncle...

Justice Chang’s ruling may have opened doors

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice Chang’s ruling may have opened doors

Dear Editor, The ruling by Justice Chang has truly created a magnitude 8 earthquake in a legal environment in which we are accustomed to getting a few level 2 to level 6 shocks. We, the...

Forty Four years of PPP Rule?

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Forty Four years of PPP Rule?

Dear Editor, Elections in Independent Guyana occurred in 1968, 1973, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2006 and 2011. Throwing out the official election results by assuming that election...

Someone must be jailed

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Someone must be jailed

Dear Editor, Wow what a hole!! I read that the Minister of Works was quite outright when he said that if it can be proven that he was wrong about the Sea Defence Works then ‘jail...

There is discrimination here

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is discrimination here

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me space in your newspaper letter column to make my comments on a article published in the Kaieteur News of 28-03.-2012 page 6 entitled ‘Rice Miller owes...

Breaking a lance with Ralph Ramkarran

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Breaking a lance with Ralph Ramkarran

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the Mirror newspaper by Ralph Ramkarran captioned “Uncontrolled Money Supply is Inflationary and Harmful.” I could not find the empirical...

Cotton Tree Primary School compound was finally cleaned

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Cotton Tree Primary School compound was finally cleaned

Dear Editor , After several years of neglect by the management, teachers, Region Five Democratic Council the Cotton Tree Primary School is finally cleaned. The entire school compound was...

A recommendation for GuySuCo improvement

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A recommendation for GuySuCo improvement

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter “A new model for GuySuCo operators” (KN 14/4/20). The letter is a disguised attack on GuySuCo and its management wherein it sources all of...

Rain halts West Indies victory charge

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain halts West Indies victory charge

West Indies v Australia, 2nd Test, Port-of-Spain, 5th day PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Persistent rain spoiled a West Indies run chase at 53-2 in pursuit of a target of 215 in 61 overs...

CFU Club Championship…Alpha beat Fortuna to stay in contention

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on CFU Club Championship…Alpha beat Fortuna to stay in contention

– Milerock crushed by InterMoengotapoe After a disappointing performance in their opening game when they went down to Suriname’s InterMoengotapoe by a 1-0 margin, local club...

Fudadin called up for 3rd Digicel Test

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin called up for 3rd Digicel Test

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad — The West Indies Cricket Board’s Selection Panel has called up left-hander Assad Fudadin to squad for the third Digicel Test against Australia at Windsor...

Second Stag grant heading for Guyana

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second Stag grant heading for Guyana

– GTTA receive shipping documents By Edison Jefford The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has received the shipping documents ahead of the arrival of the second...

Misteden Soccer present football boots to promising Berbician Luana Semple

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Misteden Soccer present football boots to promising Berbician Luana Semple

Stephen Budhu, Chairman/CEO of Misteden Soccer, a USA based company, is continuing his support for women’s football development in Guyana. In October 2010, Budhu had outfitted...

RBC/Tropical Rhythms 60-Miler on Sunday

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on RBC/Tropical Rhythms 60-Miler on Sunday

The nations riders will continue their hectic schedule this weekend when the 2nd Ansa Mc al, Tropical Rhythms sponsored 60-mile cycle road race organized by Roraima Bikers Club is staged on...

2011 NBS 2nd Div. 40 over cricket…Heeralall Bridgelall’s 87 guides Shieldstown into playoffs on better run rate

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2011 NBS 2nd Div. 40 over cricket…Heeralall Bridgelall’s 87 guides Shieldstown into playoffs on better run rate

A well played innings of 87 from Heeralall Bridgelall guided Shieldstown to a 108-run victory over Rosignol United which enabled the former to end tie with D’Edward and Blairmont...

Memorex/Leslie Amsterdam Mem. U17 cricket…Baldeo (99), Ramcharran & Motie (10 & 8 hauls) propel Albion in semis

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Memorex/Leslie Amsterdam Mem. U17 cricket…Baldeo (99), Ramcharran & Motie (10 & 8 hauls) propel Albion in semis

Led by a solid 99 from Balchan Baldeo, a 10 wicket match haul from Guyana Under-15 player Sharaz Ramcharran and an 8-wicket match haul from Guyana Under-19 left arm spinner, Gudakesh Motie,...

Hadi’s softball male open Super-16 play this weekend

Apr 20, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hadi’s softball male open Super-16 play this weekend

Floodlights, Success Masters, Essequibo Invaders qualify for Semi final. Super-16 round action in the Hadi’s softball male open competition is fixed for tomorrow and Sunday at various...

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Corbin century, fast-bowlers give CCC lead as champs face stern Day 3 test

What Guyanese leaders can learn from Donald Trump

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-There is little dispute that Donald Trump knows how to make an entrance. He does so without... more