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Media barred from asking questions on Amaila Falls project…Recording exposes Edghill’s deception

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Media barred from asking questions on Amaila Falls project…Recording exposes Edghill’s deception

Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill, has denied barring media from asking questions during Thursday’s ‘stakeholders’ forum of the Amaila Falls hydro project. But recordings revealed that...

One shot dead, another critical in gunfight

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on One shot dead, another critical in gunfight

A 24-year-old man was shot dead and another badly wounded around 18:45 hrs yesterday on Mandela Avenue, West Ruimveldt during a gunfight between the occupants of a minibus and the passengers...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy and Ash Knee missing

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy and Ash Knee missing

Fuh a long time dem boys ain’t see Brazzy. GPL had two meeting with de people at Parliament. Normally, Brazzy would deh in de thick of things. All dem question he would be de one to answer...

Bolt rules Britannia again

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bolt rules Britannia again

….as fastest man on the planet sprints to victory at Anniversary Games Rocket man Usain Bolt recovered from an awful start to light up the Olympic Stadium once again on Friday night as he won the...

Headquarters steamroll ‘A’ Division on final day

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Headquarters steamroll ‘A’ Division on final day

– defend GPF Athletics title with gutsy performance By Edison Jefford Headquarters was forced to dig deep yesterday after an initial thumping from ‘A’ Division to get back in the lead and...

T&T, B/dos junior teams to tour Guyana

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T, B/dos junior teams to tour Guyana

– Bajans arrive on July 29 Bouyed by the national Ladies team qualification for the Pan Am Challenge Cup slated for later this year, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) in collaboration with Guyana...

Weary West Indies bank on T20 form

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Weary West Indies bank on T20 form

In what has been a disappointing home season for West Indies, with the twin failures in the tri-series and a 3-1 defeat in the one-day series to Pakistan, the hosts have a chance to salvage pride in...

GBTI: Economy slowed in first half

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GBTI: Economy slowed in first half

-lower gold price, delayed Venez. rice deal blamed One of Guyana’s biggest banks has expressed worry over the economy which it said has slowed down during the first half of this year and has placed...

Punches will fly as Pepsi/Gatorade U-16 Boxing tourney gets underway this morning

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Punches will fly as Pepsi/Gatorade U-16 Boxing tourney gets underway this morning

Punches are expected to fly and residents of the Albouystown community and its environs are in for a treat when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) in collaboration with the Demerara Distillers...

‘PPP leader swept corruption under the carpet’ – says AFC Vice Chairman

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘PPP leader swept corruption under the carpet’ – says AFC Vice Chairman

By Kiana Wilburg “I share in Ramkarran’s view that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has become very intolerant of any criticism to do with corruption and corrupt practices and it is ironic...

Govt. does not want scrutiny of Amaila – Ramjattan

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. does not want scrutiny of Amaila – Ramjattan

The decision to not entertain questions from the media during Thursday’s stakeholders’ meeting on the Amaila Falls hydroelectric project should never have happened, according to Opposition...

Mahdia Gold employees reject newly appointed Security officer

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia Gold employees reject newly appointed Security officer

…. “He runs the site like a slave camp” It is now the stated mission of security employees at Mahdia Gold Corporation (Guyana) Inc. to deter the reinstatement of Chief Security Officer,...

E.C.D four-lane extension project…Contractors given 12 months to complete project

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on E.C.D four-lane extension project…Contractors given 12 months to complete project

– All contractors given commencement letters since March Works are underway on the several villages of the East Coast Demerara Public road beginning from Montrose to De Endragt,...

Stalled Local Government elections dubbed an act of executive lawlessness

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled Local Government elections dubbed an act of executive lawlessness

Describing the recent move by the Government to withhold Local Government elections an act of “executive lawlessness,” APNU Parliamentarian, Ronald Bulkan called on Government to honour...

Bagotville woman pleads for help against abusive neighbours

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bagotville woman pleads for help against abusive neighbours

For more than six years, 40-year-old Carlotta Wharton has been subjected to torment and abuse from neighbours, or so she claims. The Lot 106 Bagotville, West Bank Demerara resident was...

Daily seawall vendors fear operation under threat

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Daily seawall vendors fear operation under threat

Four vendors, who for several decades plied their trade on the seawall tarmac, in the vicinity of the Kitty Pump Station, at the northern end of Vlissengen Road, are convinced that their livelihood...

ECONOMIC TERRORISM

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ECONOMIC TERRORISM

When one thinks about terrorism, the most common image that springs to mind is a small band of individuals conspiring to commit atrocities that affect large numbers of persons, and which result in...

Guyanese store owners, 21 others charged in US food stamp fraud

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese store owners, 21 others charged in US food stamp fraud

New York (dailygazette) – A State Street business owner and his son were accused Wednesday of running a food stamp fraud racket that bilked the programme out of an estimated $500,000 over three...

CHI to offer quality care with “no discrimination” – Medical Director

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on CHI to offer quality care with “no discrimination” – Medical Director

— Outreach venture is introduced to reach more The implanting of pacemakers into cardiac patients who so require the device is a common feature at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI), a fact...

Scotiabank Sponsors the LCPL T20 Cricket Tournament

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank Sponsors the LCPL T20 Cricket Tournament

Bridgetown, Barbados – Scotiabank is extending its relationship with cricket by becoming an Official Partner for the first season of the 2013 Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL). The...

Former PNC Chairman to be appointed as GPL Director

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former PNC Chairman to be appointed as GPL Director

By Rehana Ahamad Prime Minister Samuel Hinds yesterday said that some changes will be made to the Board of Directors governing the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). One of those changes includes...

Govt. has not approach AFC on Amaila Hydropower Project

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. has not approach AFC on Amaila Hydropower Project

Even as Government says that it wants to have the Amaila Falls Hydropower project on the front burner it has contacted the Alliance For Change (AFC) for discussions. However, the AFC,...

Call to shorten Sobers tourney

Jul 27, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Call to shorten Sobers tourney

Bridgetown, Barbados – A proposal is being made to shorten the length of the Garfield Sobers International Schools Cricket Tournament. The coach of new champions Powergen Penal Sports Club,...

Duo accused of Murder of taxi driver dismissed

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Duo accused of Murder of taxi driver dismissed

-DPP asks for case to be reopened, still failed “miserably” in producing evidence Yesterday, two men who were charged with the murder of a taxi driver were freed by the magistrate at the...

Guyanese-born US state trooper dies from 2011 rescue attempt injuries

Jul 27, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese-born US state trooper dies from 2011 rescue attempt injuries

MIDDLETOWN, US (www.midhudsonnews.com) – A State Trooper assigned to Troop Fin headquartered in the Town of Wallkill died Wednesday of complications from an on-duty injury he...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more