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Luncheon ‘completely unaware’ of study for national airline

May 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon ‘completely unaware’ of study for national airline

Government’s chief spokesperson, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday said that he was “totally unaware” that the government had commissioned a study to determine the feasibility of...

Schoolboy fatally stabbed

May 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy fatally stabbed

– assailant in custody A 17-year-old St. George’s Community High student was stabbed to death shortly after 17:00 hrs yesterday during a bitter confrontation with another teenager from the...

GRA not renting CLICO building for $10.5M a month

May 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GRA not renting CLICO building for $10.5M a month

…Dr Luncheon says he made a blunder The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is not paying $10.5 million a month to rent the building on Camp Street, Georgetown for its headquarters. The...

“NICIL is the government’s El Dorado” – Nagamootoo

May 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on “NICIL is the government’s El Dorado” – Nagamootoo

Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member, Moses Nagamootoo, says, “National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) is the lost city of El Dorado” since many are trying to...

Jagdeo decided on sale of all ‘state assets’ in last decade

May 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo decided on sale of all ‘state assets’ in last decade

By Gary Eleazar Executive Director of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington, appeared on State Television this past Sunday to clear the air on the...

We can make a change

May 17, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We can make a change

Monday was a most horrific day in the history of this country. It certainly was not the day when the most murders were committed nor was it the day when the most people died on the roads. But for...

I am not singing my own praise but let the record speak

May 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I am not singing my own praise but let the record speak

Here we go again. Freddie Kissoon saying, “I told you so.” I was the only person until Sunday who opined that the Private Sector Commission (PSC) under Ramesh Dookhoo of Banks DIH was not a...

THE UNKINDEST CUT

May 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE UNKINDEST CUT

Anyone who has worked on a factory floor for an extended period inevitably develops empathy for his fellow workers. Even if he makes it to the managerial level, that concern for the man...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy still trying fuh pull cobweb over people eye

May 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy still trying fuh pull cobweb over people eye

Brazzy looking fuh an easy way out of de story wha all Guyana talking bout these days. He buy a cast net and now he tangle heself in that same net. He announce how he want debate. He...

It’s not an electricity issue. It’s economic genocide!

May 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on It’s not an electricity issue. It’s economic genocide!

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to Prime Minister Sam Hinds’ letter “A Reply to Mr. Lincoln Lewis” (KN 11th May). The commitment to principles embedded in universal declarations,...

The people’s money belongs to the Consolidated Fund, not NICIL

May 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The people’s money belongs to the Consolidated Fund, not NICIL

DEAR EDITOR, For the longest while I have argued that the PPP/C government feels justified in treating Guyanese the way they do because they view us in very limited terms. In the minds...

UG students are being treated with contempt

May 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on UG students are being treated with contempt

DEAR EDITOR, On behalf of the students of the University of Guyana (UG), I write to highlight the level of disdain and contempt with which the students are customarily treated. In doing so, I...

England v West Indies, 1st Test, Lord’s…Low expectations for West Indies

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on England v West Indies, 1st Test, Lord’s…Low expectations for West Indies

The days when a West Indies series began with the expectation they would inflict a blackwash are long gone. Now they begin a series with many expecting they will be whitewashed....

Lara feels Shiv should bat higher

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lara feels Shiv should bat higher

Part of the difficulty for any West Indies side in England is the past. It is inescapable, from the pioneer tourists of the roaring Twenties, through the first calypso cricketers of the less...

Int’l Women’s 1500m to be scorcher Sunday

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Int’l Women’s 1500m to be scorcher Sunday

– Burnett pays courtesy call on Digicel Guyana and Linden’s International middle distance track star, Marian Burnett yesterday paid a courtesy call on Digicel at its Kingston headquarters...

Courts (Guyana) breaks new ground, supports President’s / Jefford Track & Field Classic

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts (Guyana) breaks new ground, supports President’s / Jefford Track & Field Classic

This year’s President’s / Jefford Track & Field Classic continues to break new ground after Courts (Guyana) became the most recent corporate citizen to guarantee its...

GDA meet Sports Minister

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDA meet Sports Minister

The Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) held its annual general meeting last March with a record forty-seven teams attending the meeting. Elected to the Presidency was Orin...

Marian Academy beat QC in Badminton tourney

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Marian Academy beat QC in Badminton tourney

The Marian Academy Badminton Team got the better of their counterparts from Queens College 3-2 to win the Friendly Team Tournament played off at the Marian Academy Badminton Courts on Tuesday....

Canadian softball cricketers wrap up tour with Berbice matches

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Canadian softball cricketers wrap up tour with Berbice matches

Fans, still basking in the victory of local softball cricketers in the just concluded GT&T 10/ten International Cup match at the National Stadium Providence may get another chance to see...

NCBL looks to create signature event for basketball

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on NCBL looks to create signature event for basketball

– as event officially launched The National Community Basketball League (NCBL) hopes to become a signature calendar event in Guyana. That was revealed yesterday at the official launch of the...

Gardner preparing for Independence Day ½ Marathon

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gardner preparing for Independence Day ½ Marathon

Fifty-six year old veteran Marathon runner Llewellyn Gardner has stepped up preparations for the planned Independence Day half Marathon on May 26. Gardner told Kaieteur Sport yesterday...

Adams, Vantull guide Meten-Meer-Zorg East Uprising Star to victory

May 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams, Vantull guide Meten-Meer-Zorg East Uprising Star to victory

National U-19 player Ricardo Adams slammed a fine half century and left arm spinner Damien Vantull grabbed 3 wickets as Meten-Meer-Zorg East Uprising Star defeated Vergenoegen by 14...

Luncheon calls for evidence in corruption allegations against NICIL

May 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Luncheon calls for evidence in corruption allegations against NICIL

Says NICIL most open among government entities Opposition Parliamentarians who have been clamouring for NICIL to come clean on its accounts should put on paper their evidence that the entity...

Mining crackdown…Undocumented Brazilians ordered to cease work

May 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mining crackdown…Undocumented Brazilians ordered to cease work

– GGMC head in trouble over questionable permit By Leonard Gildarie In what was described as a major offensive against illegal mining in Guyana, Government yesterday announced sweeping...

Jagdeo libel suit continues…Another witness takes the stand

May 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo libel suit continues…Another witness takes the stand

Executed businessman Errol Butcher’s son, Jason Abdulla, was the latest person called to give evidence in the Jagdeo libel suit yesterday as the matter continued before Justice Brassington...

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more