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Winston Brassington must come clean

May 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Winston Brassington must come clean

Dear Sir, I refer to your article titled “There is some concern over engineering services for Amalia road” in Sunday April 28th edition of Kaieteur News. In the article Walter...

Disbursement from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund

May 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disbursement from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund

Dear Editor, The government-owned Guyana Chronicle carried one article and one letter on 30 April, 2012 criticising Amerindian members of the National Assembly who voted to reduce those components of...

A much needed publication

May 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A much needed publication

Dear Editor, I would like to commend the Ministry of Home Affairs for publishing the list of ticketable offences for drivers. It is something the driving public – excluding those crazy,...

Is the church in Guyana dead?

May 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the church in Guyana dead?

Dear Editor, Let me begin by saying that I am huge supporter of the church in Guyana, and that I want to see it succeed. But I have been waiting to see if the church in Guyana is still alive....

Defining the deafening silence of the GPA on attack of State media

May 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Defining the deafening silence of the GPA on attack of State media

Dear Editor, An interesting scenario currently exists in the local press corps today. While some media workers on the lower level pat their GINA colleagues on the back in sympathy and whisper...

APNU and AFC must pass electoral reforms before the snap elections

May 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU and AFC must pass electoral reforms before the snap elections

Dear Editor, With the PPP moving into election mode following the trimming of the 2012 national budget in parliament by the majority opposition, it is imperative that the APNU and AFC...

Nothing but hot air and a pander to supporters

May 04, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nothing but hot air and a pander to supporters

Dear Editor: Unless the IDB intimated to President Donald Ramotar it was worried about the impact of the Budget cuts on the Amaila Falls Hydro-Electric project (AFHEP), then your news article,...

Somerset decides against Gayle legal action

May 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Somerset decides against Gayle legal action

Somerset will not be taking legal action against Chris Gayle for breach of contract. Gayle had signed to play for Somerset in this season’s FLt20 competition but, after resolving his...

Mac 20/20 cricket… Sans Souci Jaguars, Good Success secure semi final berths

May 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mac 20/20 cricket… Sans Souci Jaguars, Good Success secure semi final berths

Sans Souci Jaguars and Good Success booked their places in the semi final of the Mac 20/20 cricket competition following respective victories on Saturday at the Wakenaam Community...

Wiltshire and Pumpkin host Dominoes Competition this weekend

May 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire and Pumpkin host Dominoes Competition this weekend

Over $200,000 will be up for grabs when Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire and Pumpkin team up to host a 27-team two-day Dominoes Competition this Saturday and Sunday, at the Blue Birds Headquarters,...

GCF to host Ray’s Auto Sales 40-lap race on Sunday

May 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF to host Ray’s Auto Sales 40-lap race on Sunday

– being used as warm up for annual 3-stage The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) is set to stage a warm-up 40 lap cycle race ahead of this year’s annual 3 stage race at the National Park on...

All set for Hadi’s World Inc./City Mall softball finals tomorrow

May 04, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Hadi’s World Inc./City Mall softball finals tomorrow

The finals of the Hadi’s World Inc./City Mall nationwide male and female softball cricket tournament are set for tomorrow starting from 10:00hrs at the Cyril Potter College Ground and pulsating and...

Guyanese among two sentenced for bilking Canadian telecoms firm

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese among two sentenced for bilking Canadian telecoms firm

Ontario, Canada -Two men who pleaded guilty to a $230,000 fraud scheme were handed conditional sentences with house arrest on Wednesday. Quinton Sharp, 43, formerly of Toronto, and Parmanand...

Police doing background checks on murdered ex-cop

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police doing background checks on murdered ex-cop

Spent shells from the scene of last Monday’s killing of taxi driver and former policeman Renie Williams are still being analysed. This is according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, who told...

Enhancement of DPP, Police info flow imminent

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Enhancement of DPP, Police info flow imminent

Electronic networking aimed at boosting the flow of information between the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is expected within months,...

‘Walk through’ aquarium to be built in museum

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Walk through’ aquarium to be built in museum

Imagine hundreds of multi-coloured fish swimming around while you walk through a glass tunnel, giving the feeling that you are underwater. Such an experience will be given to visitors to the...

Stallholders face fines to recover seized items

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Stallholders face fines to recover seized items

– Meet council to discuss storage issues Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green yesterday met with vendors who ply their trade in and around the Stabroek Market area to...

Inmate suffers broken arm after beating by Prison Officer

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Inmate suffers broken arm after beating by Prison Officer

A convicted prisoner at the Camp Street jail is nursing a broken left arm, compliments of an overzealous prison officer. Dwayne Harris, who is serving time for armed robbery, was beaten with a...

Arrival Day Exhibition commences at National Museum

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Arrival Day Exhibition commences at National Museum

Scores of school children were amongst special invitees who visited the National Museum yesterday for an exhibition in observance of Arrival Day, which was hosted under the theme...

Enmore cyclist injured in collision with car

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore cyclist injured in collision with car

A 47-year-old cyclist is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), having sustained injuries to the body, as a result of a collision with a car on the Enmore,...

Child Care Protection Agency, women miners tackle exploitation of children

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Child Care Protection Agency, women miners tackle exploitation of children

The Guyana Women Miners’ Organization (GWMO) is now better equipped to help tackle human trafficking and promote child protection, thanks to its budding partnership with the Child Care...

Quartet accused of trafficking girls granted substantial bail

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Quartet accused of trafficking girls granted substantial bail

Four individuals accused of trafficking in persons were yesterday granted bail in substantial amounts when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown...

Guyana loses another centenarian

May 04, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana loses another centenarian

Campbellville resident Sybil Emilyn Grannum, better known as Aunt Emmy, has passed away. The centenarian, who was the oldest member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Campbellville, died at...

Gov’t loses court battle over Parliament committees

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t loses court battle over Parliament committees

Chief Justice says AG complained to the wrong place The government yesterday lost its court battle on the composition of Parliamentary Committees. Chief Justice Ian Chang dismissed the...

Ramotar worried about IDB’s outlook on Budget cuts

May 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar worried about IDB’s outlook on Budget cuts

…looks to ensure country’s hydropower equity in place By Gary Eleazar “When the Inter American Development Bank sees this, what do you think will be their attitude?” asked an incensed...

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GUYSUCO’s problems are political not managerial

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The sugar industry has been for centuries Guyana’s agricultural backbone. Yet, its struggles... more