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Surprise Linden visit…President Ramotar rebuffed by hostile Lindeners

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Surprise Linden visit…President Ramotar rebuffed by hostile Lindeners

– a mere ‘photo opportunity’ – Region Ten Chairman A hostile Linden rebuffed President Donald Ramotar yesterday after he made a surprise visit to the Region 10 mining...

Region 10 Chairman says President’s visits a mere “photo opportunity”

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 Chairman says President’s visits a mere “photo opportunity”

Sharma Solomon, who is leading negotiations with the government for the people of Linden, described President Donald Ramotar’s visit to the town yesterday as a mere photo opportunity, and...

CXC records decline in overall CSEC performance

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CXC records decline in overall CSEC performance

…but CAPE remains stable There has been an overall decline in the students achieving Grades One through Three at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination this year. This...

$20M contract approved for electrical repairs to West Dem. Hospital

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $20M contract approved for electrical repairs to West Dem. Hospital

Government has okayed a $20M contract for electrical repairs to the aging West Demerara Regional Hospital. The state of the physical infrastructure at the hospital has been a subject of much...

Wife sets herself afire to prevent husband from returning to America

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wife sets herself afire to prevent husband from returning to America

A Cane Grove resident is in the Georgetown Public Hospital after setting herself alight following a domestic squabble. Rohini Ramsood yesterday set herself alight after her husband said that...

Freddie Kissoon attacked again

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon attacked again

– WPA, AFC issues condemnation The police are once again being called upon to investigate another physical attack on popular Kaieteur News columnist and former senior lecturer of the...

E.C.D four-lane extension… Gafoor’s authenticates invoices

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on E.C.D four-lane extension… Gafoor’s authenticates invoices

The company supplying steel to the controversial contractor of a section of the East Coast Demerara four-lane expansion has authenticated several bills that were questioned by the Public Works...

Dem boys seh…Donald: kick dem around yuh, and den kick yuh damn self

Aug 17, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Donald: kick dem around yuh, and den kick yuh damn self

Well so much ah ting happenin’ dem boys confuse. Everyting start wid Uncle Freddie, de chief protester. He talk a set ah ting at de Stabroek Market Square at a meeting and had everybody laughin’...

September 15 declared Census Day 2012

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on September 15 declared Census Day 2012

Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh has signed the mandatory Census Order and Regulations declaring September 15 as Guyana’s 2012 Census Day. Guyana’s impending Census is part of the global round...

Linden not under curfew…Brassington, McLean named to Linden electricity review team

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden not under curfew…Brassington, McLean named to Linden electricity review team

– President apologises for not visiting Government has named a team to review the electricity situation in Linden. During a surprise visit to the community yesterday as tensions remained high...

Police evicts campers, demolish tent outside Parliament Building

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Police evicts campers, demolish tent outside Parliament Building

A gathering at a park established overnight Wednesday just east of Parliament Buildings, led by Red Thread, was yesterday dismantled by ranks of the Guyana Police Force. The group had erected...

CXC Registrar calls for educational reforms

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CXC Registrar calls for educational reforms

… lauds Manickchand’s improvement programme The Education System was likened to the eco-system yesterday by the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) Registrar, Dr. Didacus Jules, at a...

Wanderer bites security guard, gets sound thrashing

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Wanderer bites security guard, gets sound thrashing

A 25-year-old wanderer was yesterday reprimanded on a common assault charge after the Court found that the “sound thrashing” he received from the victim was good enough to weigh the offence....

East Berbice man to face trial over 2010 stabbing of neighbour

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on East Berbice man to face trial over 2010 stabbing of neighbour

Zazir Khan, 46, of Lot 50 Lord Street, Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice has been committed to stand trial in the Berbice High Court for a 2010 stabbing incident. Khan, who was reportedly...

E’bo to get two new landfill sites

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo to get two new landfill sites

While on a visit to Region Two yesterday, Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norman Whittaker, told vendors at Charity, that two landfill sites are soon...

DIPLOMATIC ASYLUM IS NOT UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED AS PART OF CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW

Aug 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DIPLOMATIC ASYLUM IS NOT UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED AS PART OF CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW

The idea of spectacular and spine-chilling entry into the grounds of a foreign embassy by someone seeking refuge in a foreign embassy is the stuff of movies. And there have been many movies in which...

I was attacked again!

Aug 17, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I was attacked again!

I take extreme measures with my security. I definitely do not drive late. I do not park my car in dark, lonely spots. I am very careful when strangers try to befriend me. I honestly believe,...

West Indies v Zimbabwe, ICC U-19 World Cup, Townsville …West Indies top Group C with easy win

Aug 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies v Zimbabwe, ICC U-19 World Cup, Townsville …West Indies top Group C with easy win

West Indies commanded top spot in Group C of the Under-19 World Cup, with another collective bowling performance setting up their third victory in three matches. Their fast bowlers struck early and...

Smalta offers support for Caribbean Scrabble C/ships

Aug 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smalta offers support for Caribbean Scrabble C/ships

ANSA McAl Trading Ltd under its Smalta brand has once again shown its aptitude to support development through sport with the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) the latest entity to...

Carpenter dies after Vreed-en-Hoop accident

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter dies after Vreed-en-Hoop accident

A 48-year-old carpenter who had his leg amputated after being struck by a car last Saturday has succumbed to his injuries. Relatives said that Devanand Nauth, of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast...

Turfites promised entertainment in 6th annual Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting

Aug 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turfites promised entertainment in 6th annual Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting

Horseracing fans are gearing up for lots of fun and excitement when the officials of Jumbo Jet Auto Sales present the 6th Annual Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting at the Port Mourant Race Track, Corentyne...

Barbados crowned champs of Three-Day Tournament

Aug 17, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barbados crowned champs of Three-Day Tournament

Guyanese fight hard, but settle for second spot Bridgetown, Barbados — Barbados were crowned champions of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 Three-day Tournament as they earned a fighting...

Remains of the old New Amsterdam Hospital

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Remains of the old New Amsterdam Hospital

The once famous New Amsterdam Public Hospital is no more, with only a few bricks remaining. Workers from GuySuCo seen here were helping to remove the broken concrete which, reportedly, would...

Tenants challenge Govt.’s repossession bid of the First Federation Building

Aug 17, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Tenants challenge Govt.’s repossession bid of the First Federation Building

The Guyana Government has moved to repossess the First Federation Building which for decades served as offices for several prominent Attorneys-at-Law. Occupants of the building, which also houses a...

Education Defensiveness

Aug 17, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Education Defensiveness

In response to our editorial “Education Hypocrisy”, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Mr. Olato Sam, found it necessary to respond with a claim that the said editorial was “highly insulting and...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more