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Brassington dodges questions on Marriott tender process

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington dodges questions on Marriott tender process

…political parties, trade unions, and youth groups to protest today Winston Brassington, Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI), has avoided questions regarding the tender...

Marriott ‘atrocity’ must be stopped – GTUC

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott ‘atrocity’ must be stopped – GTUC

The construction of the Marriott hotel without any Guyanese workers is an “atrocity” that must be stopped, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) declared yesterday. The GTUC said that the...

Pensioner rescued from burning house

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner rescued from burning house

– Four homeless By: Romila Boodram and Leonard Gildarie Four persons are now homeless after a fire of so far; unknown origin completely destroyed their two-storey house located at Lot 78 First...

Driver plunges ambulance overboard with nurse

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Driver plunges ambulance overboard with nurse

The driver of an ambulance attached to the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital yesterday lost control of the vehicle and ended up in the trench at Banks DIH Limited around 14:00 hours. The...

Dem boys seh … Love beat all today

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … Love beat all today

Today is Valentine’s Day and whole day yesterday dem had men running fuh mek up wid dem lady friend who had dem in de dog house because de man couldn’t give dem money after Christmas. Man buy dem...

Protests begin against absent Guyanese in Marriott construction

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Protests begin against absent Guyanese in Marriott construction

Guyanese are now beginning to protest the recent move by the government to support the Chinese Construction Company, Shanghai Construction Group (SCG), responsible for the Construction of the...

AFC wants Marriott feasibility study to be made public

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC wants Marriott feasibility study to be made public

– Nigel Hughes says country going back to colonisation Alliance for Change (AFC) Chairman Nigel Hughes yesterday called on the government to make public the Marriott feasibility study...

GGMC peeved at $600M construction tab

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC peeved at $600M construction tab

Management of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is livid with Cabinet for ordering it to spend more than $100M to buy the defective High Street building that was originally slated for...

Army contributes to youth development – President

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Army contributes to youth development – President

Young people are faced with many challenges and some are lured into a life of drugs, crime and other antisocial activities, and the army is an institution which can contribute to the youths’...

The Marriott is about a culture of greed, selfishness and willingness to pawn the Guyanese people

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Marriott is about a culture of greed, selfishness and willingness to pawn the Guyanese people

Dear Editor, Believe it or not, the Chinese workers building the Marriott are not the heart of the problem with the Marriott. The problem goes deeper. It has to do with avarice, covetousness and a...

West Indies stroll to T20 victory over Australia

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies stroll to T20 victory over Australia

BRISBANE (Reuters) – Johnson Charles smacked a half-century and West Indies tore through Australia’s batsmen with slow bowling to win their Twenty20 match by 27 runs in Brisbane on Wednesday....

ISA Islamic school donates to toddler infected with deadly bacterium

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ISA Islamic school donates to toddler infected with deadly bacterium

After learning about the condition of little Safiyah Mohamed, the children of the ISA Islamic School located on East Street in Georgetown came up with the initiative to help. These students were able...

West Indies girls hold their nerve for final spot

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies girls hold their nerve for final spot

ESPNcricinfo – A spirited West Indies women stormed into their first World Cup final with a massive win over five-time champions Australia in their last Super Six match at the MIG Ground in...

Gov’t keeping automatic promotion in schools

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t keeping automatic promotion in schools

– Says consultations still underway The government is still holding consultations on the “No child left behind policy” and as such is not ready to abolish the system which sees children...

City Hall and Town Clerk go head to head over Mash vending lot allocations

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall and Town Clerk go head to head over Mash vending lot allocations

While the nation gears for the annual Mashramani celebrations, City Hall and its acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba, are bumping heads over the issuance, allocation and sale of vending lots for the...

Muslim cleric sues for false arrest, state offers no defence

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Muslim cleric sues for false arrest, state offers no defence

The Attorney General and the government have offered no form of defence in the Phillip Simon and Akbar Muhammad detention case. Simon was arrested in May 2011, while looking for lawyers to represent...

MSC AGM set for March 7

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on MSC AGM set for March 7

The Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 7, 2012 at 18:30hrs at the Club’s Premises, 17 Thomas Road, Thomas Lands, Georgetown. The items on the...

Moruca Census workers still without pay

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca Census workers still without pay

More than 30 persons from Moruca in the North West District who worked for the Bureau of Statistics during the national census have not been paid. John Torres, a farmer, who worked as an enumerator,...

Non-graduate science programme aims to address shortfall of teachers

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Non-graduate science programme aims to address shortfall of teachers

In its quest to address the shortage of science teachers in the public education sector, the Ministry of Education has introduced a programme to ramp-up its quota of qualified teachers in this...

Wilson appointed to CFU Marketing & Media Committee

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wilson appointed to CFU Marketing & Media Committee

President (ag) of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Franklin Wilson has been appointed to the Marketing and Media Committee of the Caribbean Football Union and will serve until the Union’s...

How the phrase ‘From Your Valentine’ was coined

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on How the phrase ‘From Your Valentine’ was coined

As businesses capitalise on the occasion of Saint Valentine’s Day which is highly anticipated by many and set to be observed the world over today (February 14), there is a small corner of the world...

Selma Rahman boosts Raj Singh Insurance Brokers with professional qualification

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Selma Rahman boosts Raj Singh Insurance Brokers with professional qualification

Raj Singh Insurance Brokers and Risk Management Consultants Inc. (RSIB) is bent on developing the most professional team to adequately service its valued customers. RSIB is managed by a team of...

Ansa McAl Mackeson hands over second prize for Linden B/ball tourney

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl Mackeson hands over second prize for Linden B/ball tourney

Ansa McAl trading under their Mackeson brand Tuesday, delivered as promised to New Era Entertainment, when the distribution company handed over the second prize of $100,000 and a trophy to the...

Christians usher in Lent

Feb 14, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Christians usher in Lent

Catholics began the forty- day period of fasting and praying, referred to as Lent yesterday with the commemoration of Ash Wednesday. Churches were packed for the regular Ash Wednesday prayers and...

Creating the illusion of a solution

Feb 14, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Creating the illusion of a solution

Dear Editor, Several years ago, I used this very forum to voice frustration over the daily traffic jam created at Montrose on the ECD highway by activities of the school, the Academy of Apex...

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The PPP is in the grip of the bourgeoisie

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur news- The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) stands at a crossroads. Once the vanguard... more