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Chinese offers no guarantee for US$47M Antigua power plant

Jul 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese offers no guarantee for US$47M Antigua power plant

…Guyana cited as example of Chinese contract arrangements As the debates continue to rage in Antigua and Barbuda over its troubled Chinese-built US$47M Wadadli Power Plant, there have been...

Baby dies at day-care centre

Jul 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Baby dies at day-care centre

Police are probing the death of a baby boy at a Kitty day care centre yesterday. Kaieteur News understands that the two-month-old was discovered dead around 16:30 hrs. The baby’s father told...

Car, house burnt arson suspected

Jul 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Car, house burnt arson suspected

An Ithaca, West Bank Berbice family is now counting their losses after two fires and a mysterious attack on the house in less than one month destroyed a family car, a garage and severely damaged...

Father drags cop from under 13-yr-old daughter’s bed

Jul 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Father drags cop from under 13-yr-old daughter’s bed

A 21-year-old police recruit is thanking his lucky stars for being alive after the father of a 13-year-old Ogle East Coast Demerara girl caught him hiding under her bed in the wee hours of yesterday...

Govt. grants licence to import 500, 000 pounds pork

Jul 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. grants licence to import 500, 000 pounds pork

Government has issued a licence for the importation of 500,000 pounds pork to keep prices stable as the massive demand for pork on the local market has increased, Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie...

Chinese Terms and Conditions for US$141 loan, a mystery

Jul 10, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese Terms and Conditions for US$141 loan, a mystery

…Robeson Benn, Dr Roger Luncheon unaware of details There has been a plethora of remarks, for and against China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) as well as the Expansion of the Cheddi...

A crusade or public interest?

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A crusade or public interest?

For the second time in four days President Donald Ramotar accused the media, or at least sections of the media, of conducting a crusade against every development programme that the government...

Rickey Singh is the world’s most shameless journalist/columnist

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rickey Singh is the world’s most shameless journalist/columnist

I almost vomited when I read the miasma and poison Rickey Singh wrote about the PNC Government under Forbes Burnham and Desmond Hoyte. And to think that no one in Guyana is going to campaign against...

GOVERNMENT IS STICKING LIKE GLUE TO THE AIRPORT PROJECT

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GOVERNMENT IS STICKING LIKE GLUE TO THE AIRPORT PROJECT

If the Minister of Works had done what he is doing now, that is to reveal the background to the signing of the project to extend the runway of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, it would have...

Dem boys seh…Ali Baba teaching kantractors how to get a clean face

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Ali Baba teaching kantractors how to get a clean face

Is only a guilty conscience does mek a chore try fuh paint heself a rosy face. Dem boys seh that everybody does advertise. Advertising is fuh business, ask Courts and Singer, Digicel and GT&T,...

Constructive anger shall only subside when there is justice for all

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Constructive anger shall only subside when there is justice for all

DEAR EDITOR, Ravi Dev will never be allowed to define matters of import to me nor the cause I represent, even more so when his mantra is divisive and perpetuates bigotry which threatens this...

Old views of universities are dangerously misleading

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Old views of universities are dangerously misleading

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the recent KN Sunday editorial, titled “Higher Education at UG?” The editorial unfortunately discusses universities in general and the University of Guyana in...

Princess not interested in Hotel Tower

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Princess not interested in Hotel Tower

DEAR EDITOR, We refer to an article published in the July 08, 2012 Edition of the Kaieteur News captioned “Hotel Tower Up for Sale”. Your newspaper published in the article that the owners...

Hotel Tower denies hotel up for sale

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hotel Tower denies hotel up for sale

DEAR EDITOR, With respect to the above-mentioned article (Hotel Tower up for sale, Sunday July 8, 2012), as headlined on the front page and carried on page 52 of said edition of your media...

After decades of faithful service, this senior sister still does not own a car

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on After decades of faithful service, this senior sister still does not own a car

Dear Editor, The sister in charge of the Intensive Care Unit at GPHC suffered a head injury and broke her hip in the minibus crash on the East Coast Demerara on Saturday night. I found the...

A callous and clumsy statement

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A callous and clumsy statement

DEAR EDITOR, An editorial in the Guyana Chronicle, dated July 3rd, 2012, elicited a fierce public reaction. Many individuals and organizations voiced their outrage at the insensitive...

The Police Commissioner’s courage deserves recognition

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Police Commissioner’s courage deserves recognition

Dear Editor, On a visit to Guyana last August, I paid a courtesy call on the then PPP/C Presidential Candidate, Donald Ramotar, to pledge my support for his candidacy, and to express my desire...

Kwakwani embarrass Marian Academy

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kwakwani embarrass Marian Academy

– add more NSBF titles to inventory By Edison Jefford Ann Gordon’s basketball programme at the Kwakwani Secondary School was too advanced for Chris Bowman and his Marian Academy squad; the...

Guyana Performs Outstandingly in the World Shotokan Karate Tournament in Canada

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Performs Outstandingly in the World Shotokan Karate Tournament in Canada

As the curtains came down Sunday evening on the 2012 International Karate Daigaku Shoto Camp and World Cup Karate Tournament in Toronto, Canada, Team Guyana put in a stunning performance with the...

Anand Sanasie slapped with perjury charge

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anand Sanasie slapped with perjury charge

– cites harassment, lawyers says charge baseless Former Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie has been charged with perjury. He was released late yesterday on $100,000 bail...

P&P Insurance Brokers Annual Tennis Camp commences

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers Annual Tennis Camp commences

Over thirty aspiring tennis players have started the P &P Insurance Brokers Annual Tennis Camp which opened yesterday at the Pegasus Hotel Hard-Courts. The camp which is being conducted by...

Digicel football transforms Kamarang community into spectacular showpiece

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel football transforms Kamarang community into spectacular showpiece

By Rawle Welch The community of Kamarang situated in Region 7 (Upper Mazaruni / Cuyuni) was transformed into a Carnival like atmosphere when the regional final between Waramadong and Bartica was...

Final list of athletes decided for Malta Supreme HRC 2012

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final list of athletes decided for Malta Supreme HRC 2012

– Clint Duke heads male list; Alisha Fortune leads on the distaff side The final list of athletes for the Third Malta Supreme / Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness Show set for...

Stag Beer EDFA Senior League…BV, Victoria Kings & Ann’s Grove record wins

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer EDFA Senior League…BV, Victoria Kings & Ann’s Grove record wins

A first half double by BV marksman Delroy Deen piloted his side to a comfortable 2-0 win over Buxton United on Sunday in the feature game of a double header when play in the 2012 edition of...

BCB expresses concerns about U15 Inter County tourney

Jul 10, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB expresses concerns about U15 Inter County tourney

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has stated publicly that it has reluctantly and regrettably disassociated itself from the Under-15 Inter County Cricket competition that is currently being run...

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Ramnath sets tone for WI ahead of opener

Burnham must be having a good laugh

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Each week, the more Bharrat Jagdeo speaks, the more the lines between party and government... more