July 2012

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Waramadong come from behind twice to capture playoff and quarter-final spot

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Waramadong come from behind twice to capture playoff and quarter-final spot

– also beat Bartica for regional title By Rawle Welch It was billed as the clash of the titans and the twenty-two players that took to the field did not disappoint the over 3,000 fans that came...

Arjoon withstands Fernandes; retains national title

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Arjoon withstands Fernandes; retains national title

Alexander Arjoon had already clinched his second consecutive men’s senior title on Saturday night during the Digicel National Senior Squash Championships, but yesterday he proved that he had what...

Team Banks take commanding lead in Beverage Dominoes series

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Banks take commanding lead in Beverage Dominoes series

Team Banks took a comfortable lead of the three-match aggregate Beverage companies Dominoes series against ANSA McAl and Demerara Distillers Limited (El Dorado Conquerors) at the end of the second...

Exposing pornographic material against the law – Police PRO

Jul 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Exposing pornographic material against the law – Police PRO

By Riana Ashley Ahamad Because it is illegal to sell pornography to a minor, having snap shots of it on display is just as unlawful. But many people, especially street side DVD vendors, are either...

WPA urges boycott of Guyana Chronicle

Jul 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on WPA urges boycott of Guyana Chronicle

– over ‘racist’ editorial The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has called for a boycott of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle over a recent editorial which alleged that African Guyanese...

MR. GREENDIGE WAS NOT AT FAULT

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MR. GREENDIGE WAS NOT AT FAULT

The Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee was not ill-advised on whether he was required to vote on a question before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament. If indeed it was true that...

Council still to fully utilise $20M subvention to restore City Hall

Jul 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Council still to fully utilise $20M subvention to restore City Hall

Almost one year has elapsed and the Mayor and City Council has not yet fully utilized Government’s $20M subvention to restore City Hall. Councillors are blaming City Engineer, Gregory Erskine, for...

Does anybody know whatever happened to the Civic group?

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does anybody know whatever happened to the Civic group?

Dear Editor, I’d like to respond to Peeping Tom’s column, “Is the PNCR willing to cede leadership of APNU?” (KN, July 8), and V.V. Puran’s letter, “Mr.Ramkarran should be given a free...

This provision is inadequate for the staff of the Integrity Commission

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on This provision is inadequate for the staff of the Integrity Commission

Dear Editor, This letter is intended as a commentary on Resolution No. 13 of the First Session (2012) of the National Assembly passed on Thursday, 14th June 2012. The abovementioned Resolution called...

Who will get the honour of carrying The Golden Arrowhead to London Olympics?

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who will get the honour of carrying The Golden Arrowhead to London Olympics?

Dear Editor, London is calling and my gut is telling me that Guyana’s contingent to the 2012 Olympics will more or less be or made up of the five athletes that have been mentioned in the dailies a...

Free up the radio monopoly

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Free up the radio monopoly

Dear Editor, How can the Guyanese Government ask GT&T to give up its telephone landline monopoly when this same Government has a monopoly on radio that it refuses to give up. Surely it is...

Democracy in Burma?

Jul 09, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Democracy in Burma?

Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of Aung San, the father of modern-day Burma. From 1989 to 2010 she spent fifteen years under house arrest, during which she received the Nobel Peace Prize. On 1...

Five hospitalized after bus slams into parked truck

Jul 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Five hospitalized after bus slams into parked truck

Five persons remain in hospital while 11 others were treated and sent away as a result of an accident on the Lusignan, East Coast Demerara Public Road on Saturday night. The accident occurred when a...

GuySuCo not to be used as a political tool

Jul 09, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo not to be used as a political tool

– Ramsammy tells Honours roll By Leon Suseran Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has said that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) must not be used as a political tool. He was...

Corrupt cops given ultimatum…“Turn in your badges by Monday”- Brumell

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Corrupt cops given ultimatum…“Turn in your badges by Monday”- Brumell

Commissioner of Police (ag) Leroy Brumell has given his ranks up to tomorrow (Monday) to turn in their badges if they cannot control the urge to continue their corrupt practices. Speaking at the...

Hotel Tower up for sale

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hotel Tower up for sale

– Princess Hotel offers to buy but price tag rejected The owners of Hotel Tower are looking for a buyer for the Main Street hotel. The only thing stopping the sale is an...

Sufficient evidenence of corruption exists – Dr. Roger Luncheon

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Sufficient evidenence of corruption exists – Dr. Roger Luncheon

Corruption is said to be a disease that eats away at the confidence, a people have in their Government, and while the government isn’t denying the outright existence of corruption in Guyana, it is...

BK Int’l clashes with Govt. over dump site payments

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on BK Int’l clashes with Govt. over dump site payments

By Rabindra Rooplall Government and Contractor BK International clashed over the management and operation of the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill, resulting in the contracting company threatening to...

‘Vets’ seek President’s intervention over severance/salary

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Vets’ seek President’s intervention over severance/salary

Several staffers of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) are calling for the President’s intervention to resolve long standing complaints about working conditions and outstanding...

One of our oldest-living engineers, Grenville Augustus Felix, is a ‘Special Person’

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on One of our oldest-living engineers, Grenville Augustus Felix, is a ‘Special Person’

“My intention was that I wanted to do a trade, so I started doing a little cycle repairs and from there, I got into the (sugar) factory where I worked my way up to senior engineer.” By Leon...

Dem boys seh…Benn want fuh mek heself important

Jul 08, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Benn want fuh mek heself important

Nutten should surprise this nation no more. Private hotel a shut down or sell out but de government tekking US$60M taxpayer dollars fuh build a US$20M Marriott. Dem renting US$900,000 generator fuh...

Today’s media is prominent in Guyana’s democracy

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Today’s media is prominent in Guyana’s democracy

– US Ambassador U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt, has charged the US embassy in Guyana to find creative new ways to achieve shared goals between Guyana and the US. Ambassador...

‘Home alone’ boy bound, gagged by burglars

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Home alone’ boy bound, gagged by burglars

– jewellery, liquor among items stolen Burglars bound and gagged a 14-year-old boy who was left at home alone last Friday afternoon before carting off jewellery and other valuables from...

National Assembly sponsors Independence Exhibition and lecture

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on National Assembly sponsors Independence Exhibition and lecture

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman hosted an Independence Exhibition, and the first of a series of Lectures at the Lawns of Parliament Buildings, on Friday. Noting that “history...

Kuru Kururu fatal accident… Dead guard’s children displeased with financial compensation

Jul 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kururu fatal accident… Dead guard’s children displeased with financial compensation

The children of security guard Ronville Roberts are having second thoughts about the financial package their mother received from the truck driver who allegedly caused their 58-year-old...

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A capital city beyond redemption?

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(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

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(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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