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NICIL controls revenue of several major govt. entities

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL controls revenue of several major govt. entities

– Guyoil, NCN, Chronicle, GNCB, Linden Electricity Co. GNSC etc. As of December, 31, 2003 the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) now...

Procurement Commission ‘by June month end’ – Minister Rodrigues-Birkett

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Procurement Commission ‘by June month end’ – Minister Rodrigues-Birkett

By Gary Eleazar The Public Procurement Commission which is a constitutional body born from the Public Procurement legislation should be established by the end of June. This is...

Mahdia protest road and water

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia protest road and water

Residents of Mahdia were up in arms yesterday in their most recent attempt to call for better roads, potable water and the removal of the Regional Executive Officer (REO), Ronald Harsawack. The...

Trini teen’s murder… Suspect visited mother day after killing

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Trini teen’s murder… Suspect visited mother day after killing

– claims men with guns beat other son, gave family two-day deadline to locate alleged killer By Michael Jordan The mother of murder suspect Ramesh Sookram admitted...

Girl 14, thrashes would-be rapist en route to school

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Girl 14, thrashes would-be rapist en route to school

A 14-year-old girl put her boxing skills to effective use yesterday after a would-be rapist attacked her on a lonely Soesdyke/Linden trail. The teen bit, kicked and punched her alleged...

City woman and car vanish

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City woman and car vanish

A countrywide search is under way for a 24-year-old Georgetown woman who disappeared without a trace last Monday. Tristell Manifold left her 232 South Road, Bourda residence in her red...

Whither Europe?

May 11, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Whither Europe?

Wednesday May 9th was “Europe Day”. Guyana has had a long, if not exactly glorious, relationship with Europe. Founded as colonies of the Dutch, they were eventually ceded to...

Does dying come easily at the Georgetown Public Hospital?

May 11, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Does dying come easily at the Georgetown Public Hospital?

I will say at the start of the description of this story that Mike Khan, CEO of the Georgetown Public Hospital and Matron Audrey Corey were very helpful to the patient. I called both Mr. Khan...

Dem boys seh…Dem want Guyana believe anything dem seh

May 11, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem want Guyana believe anything dem seh

In all de Holy Books de Creator seh that man mek fuh woman and woman mek fuh man. He seh that marriage must be between a man and a woman. He mek Adam then Eve. He mek Adam fuh...

THE CRISIS WITHIN THE ERC

May 11, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CRISIS WITHIN THE ERC

Reports in the online media are that the administrative staff of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) met with the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), beseeching...

GT&T Male & Female 10/10 champions to be crowned tomorrow

May 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T Male & Female 10/10 champions to be crowned tomorrow

Guyana to face Canada in 1st Int. Cup clash By Franklin Wilson The Guyana National Stadium, Providence will be rocking with action on and off the field of play tomorrow (Saturday) when the finals of...

Gatorade to rehydrate athletes

May 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gatorade to rehydrate athletes

– Bakewell adds dough Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Gatorade brand yesterday announced that it will be associated with the President’s/Jefford Track and Field...

Harry wins Shamshudin Farewell Golf Tournament

May 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harry wins Shamshudin Farewell Golf Tournament

David Harry took first place at the Esau Shamshudin Farewell Golf Tournament played recently at the Lusignan Golf Club. Playing off a 15 handicap, Harry shot 86 for a net 71, beating on...

Keen competition expected in Lipton Tea Indian Arrival Day cricket tourney

May 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen competition expected in Lipton Tea Indian Arrival Day cricket tourney

Guyanese nationals, and more particularly those of Indian ancestry, recently celebrated the 174th Anniversary of the arrival of East Indians and though that day is gone the management of...

Bakewell/ MYO Inter Jamaat softball cricket…

May 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bakewell/ MYO Inter Jamaat softball cricket…

LBI ‘A’, Farm ‘B’ & Queenstown are latest winners When play in the Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) organized Inter Jamaat 15-overs softball cricket...

Khan’s clan to highlight play as CCI FIDE rated chess tournament continues

May 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan’s clan to highlight play as CCI FIDE rated chess tournament continues

The Caribbean Container INC.(C.C.I.) FIDE rating tournament for junior chess players continues tonight at the Ocean Spray Hotel, Stanley Place Kitty with junior players and their...

Government, corporate community’s unremitting support vital

May 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Government, corporate community’s unremitting support vital

By Rawle Welch They are the perennial champions of the Sevens format of rugby in the Caribbean, dominating the sport for just around six years, but when they face Trinidad and...

Kennard Memorial Turf Club Pre-Independence race meet postponed

May 11, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Memorial Turf Club Pre-Independence race meet postponed

Persistent rainfall over the past weeks have forced a postponement to the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Pre-Independence horserace meeting initially scheduled to be staged at...

A Reply to Mr. Lincoln Lewis

May 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Reply to Mr. Lincoln Lewis

Dear Mr. Editor, I refer to the letter by Mr. Lincoln Lewis in the Stabroek News of Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Lincoln Lewis’s assertion that “six years ago Linden steam turbines, diesel...

Denying responsibility

May 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Denying responsibility

Dear Editor, I am sometimes overwhelmed from observing public figures becoming embroiled in matters and making statements which with – hindsight, should have been left unsaid or...

The facts about athletics today

May 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The facts about athletics today

Dear Editor, High performance athletics requires specific biological profiles of athletes and strong physiological traits. The science of training has made impressive steps forward in...

Is NICIL above the constitution?

May 11, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is NICIL above the constitution?

Dear Editor, Either President Donald Ramotar is being improperly advised or he is proving rather quickly and early on in his presidency that he is actually no different from or better...

$79M advanced from Contingency Fund still in limbo

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $79M advanced from Contingency Fund still in limbo

…Finance Minister re-submits request for ‘ex-poste parliamentary’ consent By Gary Eleazar Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, in keeping with a ruling by Speaker of the...

GRA officers accused of forging signatures on duty-free letters

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRA officers accused of forging signatures on duty-free letters

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) say that it is investigating two officers after the signatures on a number of letters granting duty free concessions were found to be forged. The concessions were...

Extended runway at Ogle…Guyana can be ‘Brussels of the Caribbean’ – EU envoy

May 11, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Extended runway at Ogle…Guyana can be ‘Brussels of the Caribbean’ – EU envoy

The Ogle International Airport connects Guyana to the rest of the region, which is the institutional precondition to becoming the ‘Brussels of the Caribbean’ and in a sense the heart of regional...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more