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Questions over the City Hall probe

Sep 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Questions over the City Hall probe

Dear Editor, We have complained many times and places about the government stultifying the Georgetown Municipality in a variety of ways. Beyond the starving of funds and facilities, we have...

A National Award for Yog Mahadeo

Sep 29, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A National Award for Yog Mahadeo

Dear Editor, As we in Guyana are in the process of observing Child Protection Week, we must reflect on what happened in the past few years, where our children (youths) were given several...

GuyExpo is a fairground

Sep 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GuyExpo is a fairground

If there are any doubts about the potential for success of the cinema industry and for a sprawling and spacious shopping mall in Guyana, then GuyExpo will remove such doubts. If you have been to one...

The importance of democratisation

Sep 29, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The importance of democratisation

Democratisation is one of the most important concepts and trends in modern political science, one whose significance is just beginning to be understood by conflict-resolution practitioners. On one...

Auditor General probing “most controversial” projects

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General probing “most controversial” projects

– Drug supply contracts, Amaila Falls road, Hope Canal on the radar – Overpayment of contractors remains major problem Some of the most controversial government contracts are...

Former teacher dies after being set alight by husband

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Former teacher dies after being set alight by husband

A 24-year-old resident of Murray’s Point, Essequibo River, is dead almost two weeks after she was set alight in a shop in the hinterland. Ruth Peters, a mother of one, is a former teacher of the...

Unit Commander tells Commission…‘I did not have confidence in my ranks’

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Unit Commander tells Commission…‘I did not have confidence in my ranks’

By Latoya Giles Assistant Superintendent of Police Patrick Todd has admitted that he made the decision to be the one firing “tear smoke” at protestors in Linden, because in his opinion the ranks...

Udho to replace Kellawan Lall as Ambassador to Brazil

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Udho to replace Kellawan Lall as Ambassador to Brazil

A new ambassador to neighbouring Brazil is soon to take up that post, the Guyana Government announced yesterday. Merlin Udho will replace current Ambassador, Kellawan Lall, the Ministry of...

Mining camp manager hacked to death, gold missing

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mining camp manager hacked to death, gold missing

Police are hunting for a mining camp employee who is believed to have escaped with a large haul of raw gold after hacking the camp’s 53-year-old general manager to death at Tumatumari, Potaro. The...

Dem boys seh…De Rat and de Bishop in de same church

Sep 29, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Rat and de Bishop in de same church

Do fuh do nah obeah. Old people always seh suh. Sometimes people does guh wheh ain’t concern dem and when dem see things that don’t belong to dem trouble does start because dem does pick up and...

GuyExpo networking forum highlights areas of investment

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GuyExpo networking forum highlights areas of investment

Not only is Guyana geographically well placed but it is also strategically positioned, thereby providing a critical link between South America and the Caribbean. This observation was made by Minister...

Suspected electricity thieves set GPL employee’s car on fire

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected electricity thieves set GPL employee’s car on fire

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has accused electricity thieves as being the main perpetrators behind a fire that badly damaged the car of one of its employees. According to the company, early...

Red Thread produces ‘household guide’ on Sexual Offences Act

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Red Thread produces ‘household guide’ on Sexual Offences Act

By Abena Rockcliffe Red Thread at a press conference on Thursday disclosed that the organization has completed the “first draft” of its simplified version of the Sexual Offences Act. Members of...

GGMC making mining “more accessible” to Region 10 residents

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC making mining “more accessible” to Region 10 residents

Region 10 residents interested in becoming small and medium scale miners now have the opportunity to join the mining sector, regardless of limited resources. Minister of Natural Resources and...

Guyana to gain developmental support from Canada – High Commissioner

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to gain developmental support from Canada – High Commissioner

Guyana is likely to soon receive help to develop a number of its sectors, primary among them being tourism. In fact, an earnest commitment was made by Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana,...

Bosai commissions long-awaited dust collector

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bosai commissions long-awaited dust collector

Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated yesterday commissioned the Kiln 14 Dust Collector at the Company’s bauxite plant in Linden, amidst jeers and taunts, by protestors who directed their tirade...

Infant fed kerosene by father in stable condition

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Infant fed kerosene by father in stable condition

The 21-month-old infant who was fed a glass of kerosene by his now dead father, Mahendra Jaikarran, is said to be in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The...

CJIAC carries out mandatory nighttime simulated aircraft crash exercise

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CJIAC carries out mandatory nighttime simulated aircraft crash exercise

A Partial Emergency Exercise involving a simulated aircraft crash at nighttime was conducted last Wednesday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri. According to management of the...

Education Ministry rewards students for prompt attendance

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry rewards students for prompt attendance

Activities to mark Education Month continued last Thursday with a focus on the importance of school attendance and punctuality. The event was the Ministry of Education’s Schools Welfare Services...

Residents benefit from free clinical services at Liliendaal facility

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Residents benefit from free clinical services at Liliendaal facility

Patients cued up in their numbers Thursday at the Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Project Dawn facility, in order to access free medical services provided by the Deskan Institute and Training...

Hebrew Family of Guyana ushers in holy month

Sep 29, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hebrew Family of Guyana ushers in holy month

The holy month of Ethaneem was on September 18 last ushered in by the Hebrew Family of Guyana under the leadership of Cohane Michael Levi. The significant observance was undertaken at the Hebrew...

Charles comes up big as Windies outplay England

Sep 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charles comes up big as Windies outplay England

Kandy, Sri Lanka – Johnson Charles announced himself on the world stage with a match-winning half-century as West Indies made a great start to the Super Eights at the ICC World T20 tournament. The...

Super Bikers partner with E-Networks to be dunked in the name of Charity

Sep 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Super Bikers partner with E-Networks to be dunked in the name of Charity

Stephen Vieira and Carlos Rodrigues, riding high on their wave of success in Barbados, will team up with E-Networks to give back to local charities as the Company introduces, the “E-Net Dunk...

Preparations on target as local rifle shooters gear up for national duties

Sep 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Preparations on target as local rifle shooters gear up for national duties

Local rifle shooters have intensified training activities in preparation for the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Championships and executive members of the Guyana National Rifle Association...

Last year’s finalist, Royals emphatically begin campaign

Sep 28, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Last year’s finalist, Royals emphatically begin campaign

– Linden Zone Final on tonight at the MSC Court Royals ensured that they were back in contention for the $1M first place prize Wednesday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Court in the...

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Tennis Association applauds historic GYD $8 billion allocation to the sports sector in the 2025 National Budget

‘Govt. must come clean on gas-to-energy project’

– spending US$2B on a project without financial, environmental studies is criminality at its worst – WPA Kaieteur... more