August 2012

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Enhanced tourism drive as President’s Cup Golf tournament launched

Aug 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Enhanced tourism drive as President’s Cup Golf tournament launched

Countries around the world are placing greater emphasis on sports tourism for the integral role it plays in the growth of their economy. Consequently, officials of the Guyana Tourism...

GuyExpo plans gaining momentum

Aug 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo plans gaining momentum

– More Int’l participants on board Several Caribbean and North America countries are confirming their participation in GuyExpo 2012, according to Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA)...

BCB boosted by $1.2M sponsorship from Tenelec Inc.

Aug 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB boosted by $1.2M sponsorship from Tenelec Inc.

The long standing and successful relationship between the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and Tenelec Inc. of Washington, United States of America, was renewed recently when the overseas based...

Seebaran to assist with Federation Referee course

Aug 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seebaran to assist with Federation Referee course

The World youngest referee and member of the Trinidad and Tobago Karate Federation (TTKF) Referee Council will be working with new candidates for the National referee exams. The emphasis will...

THE PRIVATE SECTOR CANNOT LEAD DEVELOPMENT IN GUYANA

Aug 16, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PRIVATE SECTOR CANNOT LEAD DEVELOPMENT IN GUYANA

Forbes Burnham saw the private sector as a threat to his political power; so he marginalized it. The post- Jagan PPP sees the private sector as an ally and they are hoping that this PPP is going to...

GCA U-19 David Persaud Investments trophy begins today

Aug 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA U-19 David Persaud Investments trophy begins today

The Georgetown Cricket Association’s Under-19 Competition, the David Persaud Trophy will begin today with three matches in Zone A. The scheduled games for today will see Everest CC Vs...

Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport salutes the late Laurie Lewis

Aug 16, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport salutes the late Laurie Lewis

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has saluted former Commissioner of Police and Chairman of the National Sports Commission Laurie Lewis following his passing. Here is the full text of...

Is Ramotar condoning corruption?

Aug 16, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Is Ramotar condoning corruption?

Scarcely a day goes by without an accusation against the government about corruption. There are others who are also accused, but the number pales against the people in Government employ who are...

Normalcy, reality and strategy

Aug 16, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Normalcy, reality and strategy

The shape of the battlefield can change overnight. A general can be seen marshalling his troops late into the evening, then by the morning the tide has turned against him. It is too early to tell how...

Diamond man on $350,000 bail for alleged $4M theft

Aug 16, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond man on $350,000 bail for alleged $4M theft

A 21-year-old man of Diamond Housing Scheme was yesterday placed on $350,000 bail on a charge that he stole articles worth more than $4M. Kadafi Prettipaul was accused of simple larceny when he made...

Two Lindeners shot in late night confrontation with Joint Services

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two Lindeners shot in late night confrontation with Joint Services

Up to press time last evening, two more Wismar residents were being treated for gunshot injuries at the Linden Hospital Complex, reportedly following a confrontation with ranks of the Joints Services...

Leaked NCN report says…Difficult to verify how much money was being made

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Leaked NCN report says…Difficult to verify how much money was being made

– ads aired, clients not billed A damning report into fraud allegations at the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) has unearthed shocking details of how poorly kept records...

11 Lindeners charged with pelting police during protests

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 11 Lindeners charged with pelting police during protests

– one remanded for empty 12-gauge cartridge Stemming from the upheaval in Linden, 10 men were yesterday charged for throwing missiles during protests in that mining town. Four men, Jamal...

Linden protests…Time to break the deadlock – Raphael Trotman

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden protests…Time to break the deadlock – Raphael Trotman

– Speaker calls for urgent ‘Third Party/Honest Broker’ to take over By Gary Eleazar The talks between the Region 10 Administration and Central Government through Office of the...

E. C. D four-lane extension… Contractor provides evidence to support claims

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on E. C. D four-lane extension… Contractor provides evidence to support claims

The controversy surrounding the termination of a contract for the extension of the East Coast Demerara road is intensifying with the contractor accusing the Ministry of Public Works of being...

Bandits grab $7M from clerks heading to bank

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits grab $7M from clerks heading to bank

Investigations are ongoing into a daring robbery yesterday at McDoom in which bandits escaped with over $7M after sticking up two clerks. According to a company official from the Farm Supply...

Dem boys seh…De Rat cover gone and de light shining

Aug 15, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Rat cover gone and de light shining

Nuff things happen since de Rat gone. He used to sit down pun some things like how Mother Hen use to sit down pun she egg and cover dem. Since he get pull off de only thing he lef behind is nuff...

Ramotar admits collusion among contractors, engineers

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar admits collusion among contractors, engineers

… debunks ‘corruption’ allegations as “great exaggeration” Some political circles have in recent days labeled the prolonged Linden fallout a diversionary tactic to shy away from the...

$10 year-old shot in face during Linden fracas$

10 year-old shot in face during Linden fracas

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 10 year-old shot in face during Linden fracas

… Opposition Leader calls for resumption of negotiations The People’s National Congress Reform has come out in condemnation of the recent phase of the Joint Services operation in Linden...

$400M in roads, drains and water works for Peters Hall, Zeelugt

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on $400M in roads, drains and water works for Peters Hall, Zeelugt

Bids for contracts worth almost $400M, under the Ministry of Housing and Water, were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the...

Popular contractor’s son is second person to die in Lima’s accident

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Popular contractor’s son is second person to die in Lima’s accident

Junior Ramroop, son of popular contractor, Roopan ‘Fowl Cock’ Ramoutar, yesterday died following Sunday’s fatal accident at Lima. He had sustained severe injuries to his face and had a broken...

Linden will never get back to normalcy – Region 10 Chairman

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Linden will never get back to normalcy – Region 10 Chairman

…as residents vow “no retreat, no surrender’ “Linden will never get back, post-18th July… things are not going to be normal for Mr. (Allan) Lewis’s children and the families of the...

Cops mum on probe into Linden shooting deaths

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops mum on probe into Linden shooting deaths

A shroud of mystery appears to surround the status of the investigation into the shooting deaths of Linden protesters Shemroy Bouyea, Ron Somerset and Allan Lewis. Almost a month has passed since the...

RETURN OF PUBLIC PROPERTY

Aug 15, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RETURN OF PUBLIC PROPERTY

It seems that there is hardly anything that government does which does not attract immediate criticism. There is a legion of critics out there whose instinctive impulse is to oppose anything that...

Guyanese-born JFK plotter ordered hits on lawyers, witnesses

Aug 15, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born JFK plotter ordered hits on lawyers, witnesses

New York (Reuters) – A Guyanese man who planned to blow up John F. Kennedy Airport allegedly made numerous threats against lawyers and witnesses involved in the case and even attempted to order...

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GDF, Slingerz stay perfect in GFF Elite League

Sep 15, 2026

…Western Tigers, Fruta Conquerors pick up first win By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League is beginning to take shape, and while the season is still...

Resource sovereignty without institutional competence is an illusion

Sep 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his column, entitled, “Sovereignty in the Age of Oil” Chris Ram, in making the argument that storage, a refinery and even a national oil company could improve energy security without giving Guyana effective control over production, technology, capital, markets or the...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Minister Persaud pointing the way

Sep 15, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – I have always seen Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindya Persaud, as different from her cabinet colleagues. Slightly different only. I take whatever the territory gives. Give thanks. Small starts lead to large developments....

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