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Local miners lament ‘Chinese take-over’ at Imbaimadai

Jul 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Local miners lament ‘Chinese take-over’ at Imbaimadai

Miners who operate at Imbaimadai have voiced their concern that the Chinese are taking over the mining industry which is the profitable operation at Imbaimadai and most interior locations. The miners...

Rohee cusses Kaieteur News for uncovering fraud in police force

Jul 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Rohee cusses Kaieteur News for uncovering fraud in police force

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee opted to abuse the messenger than to deal with the issue. At hand was the issue of corruption within the Guyana Police Force. Kaieteur News had reported...

Submachine gun/drug bust…Two more TSU ranks under close arrest

Jul 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Submachine gun/drug bust…Two more TSU ranks under close arrest

Two more ranks of the Tactical Services Unit are under close arrest for allegedly taking $360,000 to release a man with a Beretta submachine gun and drugs. Kaieteur News understands that the ranks...

Still nothing…second well abandoned amidst safety fears

Jul 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Still nothing…second well abandoned amidst safety fears

– but Repsol said that oil found The country’s second attempt to drill for oil offshore has ended prematurely with CGX Energy Inc, a partner in the consortium, announcing yesterday that...

No advertisement on procurement website for multi-million lab

Jul 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on No advertisement on procurement website for multi-million lab

The non-placement of an advertisement for bids on the government’s procurement website has once again raised questions about the manner in which the government procures goods and services. Last...

The contradictions in our midst

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The contradictions in our midst

The law is often in conflict with the rights of an individual giving the impression that at any given there are two laws concerning a single episode. There is a law which precludes men...

Parvati’s parvanimity

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Parvati’s parvanimity

In April 2004, the internal affairs department of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) initiated a probe into duty free concession letter for vehicles. It was driven by the discovery of a SUV that had...

TIME FOR UNCLE DONALD TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME FOR UNCLE DONALD TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY

One of the campaign promises of the PPPC was a review of the VAT. And one of the first significant policy acts of the Donald Ramotar administration was to appoint a three-man committee to examine...

Dem boys seh…CGX find one bottle cooking hile

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…CGX find one bottle cooking hile

Competition does really show who got money. Dem boys seh that dem gun really see who can spend when Delta reduce its airfare. When de Easy Plane come it start fuh offer really cheap fares....

It is not Dev’s domain to determine the behaviour/strategy I enlist

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is not Dev’s domain to determine the behaviour/strategy I enlist

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Ravi Dev’s July 15, 2012 column “Anger issues.” To his remark as to what my style would achieve, while said achievements benefit him, they also pose a...

GRA responds to a ‘Disgusted Worker’

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on GRA responds to a ‘Disgusted Worker’

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is hereby made to the letter captioned ‘Key positions within Customs were given to selective ‘saints and elites’, which appeared in the Monday, July 16, 2012...

The Attorney General could at least have taken the time to better inform himself

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Attorney General could at least have taken the time to better inform himself

Dear Editor, Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s letter in the Stabroek News “The squabble over conflict of interest in the Audit Office is much ado about nothing”: July 13, 2012 refers....

An embarrassment to anyone who has standards at UG

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An embarrassment to anyone who has standards at UG

Dear Editor, I read with amusement the letter written by a Sherwood Lowe in KN (Tuesday, July 10, 2012). I am hoping that Mr. Lowe (heaven forbid, Dr. Lowe) is nowhere close to UG in terms of...

Despite our pluralism and diversity, we are basically a cohesive society

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Despite our pluralism and diversity, we are basically a cohesive society

Dear Editor, Guyana is today a democratic society characterized by political and ideological pluralism, multiculturalism, cultural and ethnic diversity, and the rule of law. There is also...

Understanding the motives of the racist editorial

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Understanding the motives of the racist editorial

Dear Editor, Despite growing condemnation of the fear politics conceived, Parvati Persaud-Edwards penned, Guyana Chronicle published racist editorial there are those who believe that a...

Brilliant Narine bowls WI to victory

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brilliant Narine bowls WI to victory

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A career-best spell from Sunil Narine swept West Indies to a confidence-boosting 20-run victory over New Zealand in the final Digicel One-day International on...

Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Christianburg / Wismar use speed, strength to deny Waramadong

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition…Christianburg / Wismar use speed, strength to deny Waramadong

By Rawle Welch Their speed, strength and stamina were not in question, but rather their resilience and when the final whistle sounded to signal the end of another successful year of the...

Julian Cadogan prevails in close GASP novice scrabble tourney

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Julian Cadogan prevails in close GASP novice scrabble tourney

Julian Cadogan scored three points and a positive spread of 498 to emerge victorious when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged a Beginners tournament at the...

Female All Star football squad begin preparation for international duties

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Female All Star football squad begin preparation for international duties

Popular football coach, Joseph Wilson is currently in charge of a female All Star Team that commenced training sessions on Saturday June 14 last. The veteran coach will be ably assisted...

Nexlink Communications supports scrabble players Caribbean championship preparations

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nexlink Communications supports scrabble players Caribbean championship preparations

As the executive of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) continue preparations for the Caribbean Championship slated for the Bank of Guyana Sports Club between August 23rd-...

GKRS supports GTTA in overseas Championships

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GKRS supports GTTA in overseas Championships

Even as preparations for the 7th Caribbean Junior Cadet Table Tennis championships intensify, Corporate entity, Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (Guy) Ltd has again contributed to ensuring...

Big cash prizes as Red Cherry Chess tournament gets underway this weekend

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Big cash prizes as Red Cherry Chess tournament gets underway this weekend

Giving back to a fraternity that has shaped one’s sporting life is indeed a thrilling feeling and Loris Nathoo, a chess player who has benefitted from numerous corporate gestures during his...

Canal 6 wins Jeet Brothers New York Dominoes tourney

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Canal 6 wins Jeet Brothers New York Dominoes tourney

Canal 6 took top honours in the three way dominoes tourney sponsored by Jeet Brothers of New York which also featured International 6 and Wild Bunch; all the action unfolded on Saturday...

Jamaica sends Guyana downhill 124-8 in AFNA Championship

Jul 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaica sends Guyana downhill 124-8 in AFNA Championship

By Juanita Hooper Guyana’s National Netball Team, last evening suffered another defeat from Caribbean giants, Jamaica despite goal shooter Angeline McCarthy’s effort with 8 goals in the...

Guyana not close to abolishing the death penalty

Jul 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana not close to abolishing the death penalty

Guyana is nowhere closer to abolishing the death penalty. Yesterday, Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster, said that nothing in her address could be construed to mean that Guyana had...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more