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Commission of Inquiry recommends … $3M each for Bouyea, Lewis, $1M for Somerset’s relatives

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Commission of Inquiry recommends … $3M each for Bouyea, Lewis, $1M for Somerset’s relatives

– Relatives dub compensation inadequate Orlando Lewis is now nineteen years old, out of school, and without a job. His dream was to attend the University of Guyana this year, but he...

GPL Countrywide strike continues … Labour Minister could invoke arbitration Monday

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL Countrywide strike continues … Labour Minister could invoke arbitration Monday

Communities across the coast are bracing for blackouts as workers of the state-owned Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company plan to continue their strike action. Talks between GPL and the worker’s...

National Assembly wrong to gag Rohee – Chief Justice

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on National Assembly wrong to gag Rohee – Chief Justice

Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang, in handing down his decision yesterday, ruled that the National Assembly, not being Parliament, cannot through any Bill or Motion be empowered to negate the powers of...

Dem boys seh… A jumbie lash waiting fuh Brazzy

Mar 02, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… A jumbie lash waiting fuh Brazzy

Fuh de first time people get a chance to measure wha Brazzy really do to dem. People in Wakenaam and Leguan and de Essequibo Coast find out that Brazzy mek dem get blackout. De GPL workers ask fuh a...

“Rohee is the fly in the PPP’s soup” – AFC

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Rohee is the fly in the PPP’s soup” – AFC

– Parliament being made impotent by ignoring real issue “Rohee is the fly in the PPP’s soup, and the PPP must understand that the soup it wants to share with the opposition...

Sammy says World Champs will showcase style for home fans

Mar 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy says World Champs will showcase style for home fans

North Sound, Antigua – Darren Sammy has promised his West Indies team to play like true World Champions and entertain their home fans when they face Zimbabwe in the two-match T20 International...

GPL anticipates downward employment as modernisation takes effect

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL anticipates downward employment as modernisation takes effect

With continuous moves being made towards the modernisation of its distribution network, the Guyana Power and Light Company Inc. (GPL) is likely to embrace a move to downgrade its staff. This comment...

Local aircraft must have tracking devices

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local aircraft must have tracking devices

– Brazilian air show to highlight aviation’s 100 year in Guyana By Leonard Gildarie Authorities have introduced new measures that have mandated local operators to equip their aircraft...

No formal discussion was made to ban calypso songs

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on No formal discussion was made to ban calypso songs

– Robeson Benn Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn said that there was no formal discussion in Cabinet to ban any of this year’s anti- government calypso songs. According to him, after he...

Dragsters promising day of excitement, daredevilry tomorrow

Mar 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dragsters promising day of excitement, daredevilry tomorrow

Just one day remain for the staging of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) International Drag Race Meet, at the South Dakota Circuit. According to a source close to the Club, the...

Army says Camp Groomes victims will return to payroll

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Army says Camp Groomes victims will return to payroll

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF), in a press statement yesterday, said that two ranks, who were injured in the 2000 Camp Groomes explosion and taken off the payroll wrongfully, last year, will be...

Muse or Amuse … Is there conflict of interest with the private sector bodies?

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Muse or Amuse … Is there conflict of interest with the private sector bodies?

The Chamber of Commerce is usually the premier organization for private sectors across the world. In Guyana there are many disparate bodies that represent private sector. Some of these bodies are...

Linden, G/town clash in epic b/ball battle tonight

Mar 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden, G/town clash in epic b/ball battle tonight

By Edison Jefford Two old basketball foes will enrich a pre-existing rivalry tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in what is certainly a long-overdue contest among Guyana’s most formidable...

Lessons have negative impact on children

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lessons have negative impact on children

– Chief Education Officer Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam, has stated that extra lessons are having a negative impact on students, especially those preparing for the Caribbean Secondary...

SAG completes study for modernization of Port Georgetown

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on SAG completes study for modernization of Port Georgetown

The Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) is optimistic that the problem of a low draught at the mouth of the Demerara River which has been restricting the size of ships bringing in and taking out...

Exciting action anticipated as Milo U-20 Schools Football resumes

Mar 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Exciting action anticipated as Milo U-20 Schools Football resumes

With the Georgetown segment of the Mashramani celebrations over, all systems are in place for today’s resumption of the exciting Milo / Petra Organisation Under-20 Schools Football Competition...

Suspended sentence for causing death driver

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suspended sentence for causing death driver

The man who struck down a popular Jehovah’s Witness couple in August 2010 was yesterday handed a two-year suspended sentence. The driver Bahadoor Yogunauth, 27, was said to have been under the...

West Indies clinch tight win in low-scorer

Mar 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies clinch tight win in low-scorer

ESPNcricinfo – West Indies captain Merissa Aguilleira’s unbeaten 34 helped the team clinch a narrow two-wicket win off the last ball against Sri Lanka in the first of the three Twenty20s. In...

Windwards beat Guyana as Bajans also win

Mar 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windwards beat Guyana as Bajans also win

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Windward Islands and Barbados recorded victories on the third day of the third round of matches in the Regional Four-Day Championship yesterday. At Arnos Vale Complex:...

Prado, Hilux Surf seized as GRA clamps down

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prado, Hilux Surf seized as GRA clamps down

Two sports utility vehicles (SUV) believed to have landed in Guyana without the necessary taxes being paid have been seized by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). According to the state’s tax...

Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration INFO: Immigration News For Our Community

By Attorney Gail S. Seeram Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a question...

Guyanese deported from Barbados for second time

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese deported from Barbados for second time

Samantha Melaine Williams will soon be on her way back to Guyana from Barbados following a second deportation from that island within seven months. Following an expulsion on July 18 last year,...

Guyana Celebrates World Tennis Day with juniors

Mar 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Celebrates World Tennis Day with juniors

Monday March 4, 2013 is designated as World Tennis Day by the International Tennis Federation and will be celebrated by countries across the globe with a number of events. The Guyana Tennis...

Jail regular remanded for beating, kicking mother

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Jail regular remanded for beating, kicking mother

A man who was previously jailed for beating his mother has been remanded to jail for constantly repeating the act over and over again. Balram Pooran, of Albion High Reef, Corentyne, Berbice was on...

Prince Charles-backed charity to plug dollars to help protect Guyana’s forests

Mar 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Prince Charles-backed charity to plug dollars to help protect Guyana’s forests

Britain (express.co.uk) – From forest fires in Australia to logging in the Amazon, the area lost is always described as the size of Wales. But a team of campaigners backed by royal greenie...

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Clarendon College too good for Dolphin as Annai Sec’ holds Speyside College to 4-all draw

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