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GPL dishonest about US$38M loss – Chris Ram

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL dishonest about US$38M loss – Chris Ram

…says board, management should be sent packing …has no application in PUC to increase tariffs The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) may have been premature in its announcements to introduce a...

PAC aborts deliberation over nominees

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PAC aborts deliberation over nominees

– Meeting ends in disagreement By Abena Rockcliffe The weekly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting, held on Monday last, ended in disagreement as members who sit on the body in...

Two more sent to High Court for Health Ministry Fire

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two more sent to High Court for Health Ministry Fire

A prima facie case has been made out against two of the alleged arsonists in the July 2009 torching of the Ministry of Health main office in Brickdam. Colin Jones and Clayton Westford are accused of...

Ex-Coast Guard ranks murder trial …. Miner who alerted cops testifies

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-Coast Guard ranks murder trial …. Miner who alerted cops testifies

By Latoya Giles A witness who the prosecution says was the first to alert the police that something was not right with Bartica gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass took to the witness box yesterday. Gold...

Marriott Hotel obstructs beam from lighthouse

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott Hotel obstructs beam from lighthouse

– Mariners have to utilise other navigational aids The beam from the 103-foot Georgetown lighthouse is now undetectable to the north by mariners out at sea, owing to the Marriott Hotel that is...

Suspect in Land of Canaan sawmill murder captured

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in Land of Canaan sawmill murder captured

Police have finally captured the prime suspect in the murder of sawmill supervisor Kemraj Singh, who was found two weeks ago at a Land of Canaan sawmill with his throat cut and head bashed in....

Everybody hustling wid de light bill

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Everybody hustling wid de light bill

Thing fuh laugh does mek people cry. A young man get charge and just fuh keep out of jail he get he lawyer fuh tell de magistrate how he going to school. De magistrate know that de boy don’t go to...

$B light bill… City Hall meets with GPL today over ‘blackout’ threats

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $B light bill… City Hall meets with GPL today over ‘blackout’ threats

By Zena Henry Today the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) are expected to discuss how a reported $1,090,572,575 electricity tab will be dealt with to prevent...

Urling to challenge incumbent Webster for PSC Chairmanship

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Urling to challenge incumbent Webster for PSC Chairmanship

Businessman Clinton Urling is to challenge incumbent Ronald Webster, for the post of Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), after the body’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), later this...

Carwyn Holland is Guyana’s First SAMBO Instructor

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carwyn Holland is Guyana’s First SAMBO Instructor

Boxing Promoter Carwyn Holland has added a new accolade to his growing repertoire. For the last three years, Holland has been busy honing his skills away from the boxing business. He has been engaged...

CPL Signs First Franchise Partnership Deal

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on CPL Signs First Franchise Partnership Deal

With just over seven weeks to go until the inaugural Caribbean Premier League kicks off, CPL Ltd are pleased to announce the signing of its first franchise agreement on behalf of Guyana. The...

Jadeja, Dhawan take India into semi-final

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jadeja, Dhawan take India into semi-final

Four years ago, almost to the day, in the same city of London, Ravindra Jadeja was a hare caught in the headlights. He could neither get out nor hit out, and his 25 off 35 in that Twenty20 match...

Nations University records 84% pass rate at first MBA graduation

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Nations University records 84% pass rate at first MBA graduation

With an 84 per cent pass rate, the Nations University last evening was able to graduate its first batch of 16 Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree students. The programme, according to...

Time will tell if the Corporate Community has listened to Digicel

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Time will tell if the Corporate Community has listened to Digicel

By Rawle Welch Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Digicel Gregory Dean’s plea for other stakeholders to complement the efforts of the Company in assisting in the development of football at the junior...

Guyana Fight Night 28th Edition shifted to West Coast Demerara

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Fight Night 28th Edition shifted to West Coast Demerara

Several thrilling fights in the making They’ve taken the fistic sport to New Amsterdam, Berbice and then to Mackenzie Linden, now the administrators of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC)...

GPHC completes probe into recent maternal death

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC completes probe into recent maternal death

An investigation into the death of Luan Rodney, the 28-year-old woman who died in the maternal section of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation last week Tuesday, has been completed. At least...

Works on Soesdyke/Linden Highway imminent

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Works on Soesdyke/Linden Highway imminent

Under the Ministry of Public Works, bids were opened for the repair of sections of Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The bids were opened yesterday by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board...

AFC chides ‘super salary syndrome’ for GuySuCo big wigs

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC chides ‘super salary syndrome’ for GuySuCo big wigs

“You cannot throw bacon for the boys and bones to the workers,” was the response of Alliance for Change (AFC) Vice Chairman, Moses Nagamootoo, at the revelation that Chairman of the Guyana Sugar...

Letters of approval for broadcasting licences this week

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Letters of approval for broadcasting licences this week

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority will, this week, be issuing a number of ‘Letters of Approval,’ to Broadcasters who had to re-apply for licences to continue operations. The 36...

Basketball fraternity to eject Panday

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball fraternity to eject Panday

– following allegations of fraud By Edison Jefford The basketball fraternity in Georgetown is expected to distance itself from founder of VP Sports Update, Vijay Panday over allegations of...

GT&T takes Cellular Service to North Rupununi

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T takes Cellular Service to North Rupununi

GT&T has again broken ground with the installation of a Cellular site in the Aranaputa Valley, North Rupununi District. The site which will be formally commissioned on Saturday (June 15), will...

$30,000 bond for simple larceny accused

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $30,000 bond for simple larceny accused

Kevin Bhisham, 31, of Industry East Coast Demerara, was placed on a bond of $30,000 yesterday having appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a charge of simple larceny. Bhisham allegedly...

AYSC elects new Captains

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on AYSC elects new Captains

The Achievers Youth & Sports Club (AY&SC) of West Berbice recently held a General Members Meeting at the entity’s D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice Office where they elected Captains...

Specialist are Boston Dominoes champs

Jun 12, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Specialist are Boston Dominoes champs

Specialist won the final of the Lyndon Boston 40th Birth Anniversary Dominoes competition contested on Monday evening at Dynasty Sports Club, South Ruimveldt. Specialist and Mix-Up were tied...

Bel Air Heist trial nears conclusion

Jun 12, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bel Air Heist trial nears conclusion

The trial in which seven persons have been accused of robbing businessman Malcolm Panday is nearing its conclusion. The incident took place at Panday’s Bel Air Park home in July 2011. Bandits had...

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A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more