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SPORTS BREAKING NEWS: WICB – No Sanctions for Hits and Jams Masters Tournament

Aug 14, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on SPORTS BREAKING NEWS: WICB – No Sanctions for Hits and Jams Masters Tournament

West Indies Cricket Board Inc. Barbados : Guyana : Jamaica : Leeward Islands : Trinidad & Tobago : Windward Islands P.O.Box 616W, Factory Road Telephone : 268 481 2450-2 St. John’s, Antigua...

Leaked NCN report reveals shocking details of attempted cover up…Staffers pressured to prepare backdated invoice for $3.6M

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Leaked NCN report reveals shocking details of attempted cover up…Staffers pressured to prepare backdated invoice for $3.6M

A leaked report on investigations at the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) has revealed startling details of how two under-fire managers in June attempted to pressure female staffers...

Ramotar explains Govt. inability to maintain $2.2B Linden subsidy

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar explains Govt. inability to maintain $2.2B Linden subsidy

The Linden electricity tariff issue is one that has to date claimed three lives, seen dozens injured, critical infrastructure razed, and stagnation of a section of the local economy, with no...

Linden crisis…Wismar/Mackenzie Bridge reopens to traffic as calm returns

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden crisis…Wismar/Mackenzie Bridge reopens to traffic as calm returns

Yesterday was quite peaceful in the mining town of Linden as the roads remained devoid of protestors and the camps which were set up by residents, and there were no clashes between demonstrators and...

E.C.D. four-lane extension project…Non-performance, fraud led to contact termination – Public Works Ministry

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on E.C.D. four-lane extension project…Non-performance, fraud led to contact termination – Public Works Ministry

The Ministry of Public Works said that it has never received any report of the bribery demands referred to by a contractor whose contract for a section of the East Coast Demerara four-lane extension,...

Former Top Cop Laurie Lewis dies

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Former Top Cop Laurie Lewis dies

Former Commissioner of Police, Laurie Leyland Lewis passed away quietly at his East Coast Demerara home around midday yesterday. He was 71. Lewis who served as Commissioner of Police for 11 years,...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald getting blinddd

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald getting blinddd

Dem boys seh slavery is ultimate cruelty. Everybody know how massa use to deal wid yuh. Was blows left, right and centre. As a matter of fact, dem use to beat de slave dem till dem back buss den...

OP attracts protest over approach to Linden issues

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on OP attracts protest over approach to Linden issues

“The Government is prolonging Linden’s struggle to distract Guyanese from the bigger issues of corruption at NCN, NICIL, GuySuCo, and the super salaries at OP. They obviously need a...

Outrage at Ministry’s decision to deny online access to CSEC results

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Outrage at Ministry’s decision to deny online access to CSEC results

– Minister says many students have not returned loaned material A number of parents have expressed outrage over moves by the Ministry of Education to prevent their children from accessing...

Linden crisis…Fire Service completes investigations into three fires as roads begin to open

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden crisis…Fire Service completes investigations into three fires as roads begin to open

The Wismar/Mackenzie Bridge was reopened yesterday thus enabling ranks from the Guyana Fire Service to return to three of the fire scenes at Wismar to carry out investigations. This publication was...

Essequibo fatal accident…One critical, five children hospitalised

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo fatal accident…One critical, five children hospitalised

The driver of the car which was involved in Sunday’s fatal accident at Lima, Essequibo Coast, is now battling for his life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Suddie Hospital. Junior...

M&CC discrepancies still not sorted out

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC discrepancies still not sorted out

As investigations into the operations of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continue, important documents that were previously under scrutiny still cannot be accounted for, including cheques....

Business community calls for property protection rights

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Business community calls for property protection rights

…As local film industry makes structural strides As the local film industry ups its ante to become an established body, the business community will be looking to encourage the Government to...

Guyana prepares to host Inter – Guiana Cultural Festival

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana prepares to host Inter – Guiana Cultural Festival

In the hope of accomplishing an identified common history in relation to fostering unity through interactive sessions and workshops, Guyana will host this year’s Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival. As...

Muslims lost the battle long before 1911

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Muslims lost the battle long before 1911

Dear Editor, I would like to comment on the article “Battle for Islam” carried recently in the letter pages. The article was very well researched and written. But I would like to say that we the...

Miss Guyana Universe Pageant launched

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miss Guyana Universe Pageant launched

The tenth edition of the Miss Guyana Universe Pageant commenced Sunday at the Hotel Tower Poolside, where 11 of 13 beautiful and intelligent young ladies were introduced to potential sponsors....

Recommendations to solve the Linden electricity standoff

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recommendations to solve the Linden electricity standoff

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese medical student studying in Cuba and everyday, I am dismayed reading about the Linden situation. I would like to make a suggestion based on what I have seen here in Cuba....

As Lindeners burn, they should also help rebuild

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on As Lindeners burn, they should also help rebuild

Dear Editor, It was definitely not good news to learn that Linden was burning at the same time of the London Olympics flame. It was indeed a great loss of lives during the Linden protest and...

Two remanded for illegal shotgun possession

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two remanded for illegal shotgun possession

Two men were remanded to jail yesterday when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive- Hamilton for reportedly having an illegal 20-gauge double-barrel shotgun in their possession. The...

Realities in Region 10

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Realities in Region 10

Dear Editor, As Lindeners continue in the 28th day of the protest initiated to mitigate the increase in the electricity tariff, the government refuses to give in to the needs of the Linden...

Did the Jagdeoites plan on replacing President Ramotar with Robert Persaud?

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did the Jagdeoites plan on replacing President Ramotar with Robert Persaud?

Dear Editor, Reading between the lines is crucial. Joey Jagan’s letter titled “The politics of Donald Ramotar” offers up something serious for this country to ponder when he stated...

Powerlifters depart for South American Championships

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifters depart for South American Championships

-Minister of Agriculture promises to help Rahim Two powerlifters, Vijai Rahim and ‘Big’ John Edwards will departed Guyana this morning to represent their homeland in Cali, Colombia in the 2012...

Toshaos disappointed in absence of Presidential grants

Aug 14, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Toshaos disappointed in absence of Presidential grants

The National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) has expressed disappointment that Amerindian communities will not be able to execute much needed developmental projects this year because of the non-issuance of...

THE MORNING AFTER THE PROTESTS

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MORNING AFTER THE PROTESTS

As early as last week, A Partnership of National Unity signaled that the Linden unrest was about to come to end as firstly, progress was being made in the talks with the government, and secondly,...

Amazing Ambris tears into PNG

Aug 14, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amazing Ambris tears into PNG

Brisbane, Australia – A blazing 91 from just 43 balls by opener Sunil Ambris helped the West Indies maintain their early tournament winning form with a nine wickets win over Papua New Guinea...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more