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Future of Amaila Falls access road uncertain

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Future of Amaila Falls access road uncertain

By Keeran Danny “The Amaila Falls Hydropower Project has been utterly destroyed and is no longer available to Guyana and its citizens. This outcome has isolated the Parliamentary Opposition,...

Bleak outlook for regional broadcasters…CBU warns of hardships as $$M needed for digital switchover

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bleak outlook for regional broadcasters…CBU warns of hardships as $$M needed for digital switchover

Four days of meetings involving top regional broadcasters on the all-important mandatory switch to digital technology are over and the findings are not good. It will cost tens of millions of...

Authorities target rice millers over paddy grading, prices

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News 1

By Leonard Gildarie Regulators of the rice industry are holding out hope that West Demerara farmers will be able to reach an agreement with Guyana Stockfeeds Limited, over prices from the last crop....

Plan to safeguard youths from HIV to be charted at national conference

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Plan to safeguard youths from HIV to be charted at national conference

A national conference of youths set for next month is expected to be the venue to chart the way forward as it relates to helping young individuals get on board the fight against the Human...

Local university aiming to tackle brain drain challenge

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local university aiming to tackle brain drain challenge

A strategic tactic aimed at addressing the challenge of the brain drain has not only been employed locally, but has gained noticeable momentum in recent months. Through an ambitious...

Guyana to appoint an ambassador to Palestine

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to appoint an ambassador to Palestine

By Abena Rockcliffe Yesterday President Donald Ramotar announced that the appointment of an Ambassador to Palestine is imminent. The Head of State made that declaration immediately after...

DR officials were tipped about cocaine in rice shipment

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on DR officials were tipped about cocaine in rice shipment

Information emanating from local investigators says that drug officials in the Dominican Republic (DR) were tipped that cocaine was hidden in the consignment of rice originating from Guyana and...

Troubles plagued fibre optic cable project from start – Source

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Troubles plagued fibre optic cable project from start – Source

By Keeran Danny If Government had contracted the services of a firm experienced in the laying of fibre optic cable in similar geographical conditions to Guyana’s hinterland terrain, this aspect of...

Come home Eusi, please!

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Come home Eusi, please!

I was a guest, along with Tacuma Ogunseye, last Sunday on the channel 9 programme, “Walter Rodney Groundings,” hosted by David Hinds. Part of our function was to assess the role of Eusi Kwayana...

The PPP’s Evolution

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The PPP’s Evolution

The PPP is the progenitor of all the modern political parties in Guyana: either the latter came out directly out of its bosom or they were reactions to its positions. A party does not have such an...

The humiliation faced by a great man

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The humiliation faced by a great man

He was one of the best criminal defence attorneys this country ever produced. Doodnauth Singh’s abilities were equally regarded, recognized and acknowledged way beyond his country’s...

Girl, 5, dies days before scheduled brain surgery

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 5, dies days before scheduled brain surgery

Five-year-old Bibi Zaheeda Mohamed, whose relatives, via this newspaper, had pleaded with the public for financial support to facilitate the removal of a brain tumour, has died. According to...

Correction/Apology

Aug 23, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Correction/Apology

An article was carried in this publication yesterday where certain details were attributed to Pamela Thompson and her husband Michael who had appeared before a Magistrate on assault charges. ...

The Ministry is prepared to provide legal representation to dispossessed Belle Vue members

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry is prepared to provide legal representation to dispossessed Belle Vue members

Dear Editor, I write responding to the letter, “Belle Vue co-op cane farmers have been deprived of their land; authorities will not act,” published in the August 21, 2013 edition of the...

GECOM is not a fearful institution

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM is not a fearful institution

Dear Editor, The response from Mr. Mike McCormack, which was published in the Stabroek News of Wednesday, August 21, 2013, under the caption “GECOM is treating civil society interest in...

Does the US Ambassador know America’s per MW hydro construction cost is US $2.94 million vs Amaila’s US $5.1 million?

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Does the US Ambassador know America’s per MW hydro construction cost is US $2.94 million vs Amaila’s US $5.1 million?

Dear Editor, The US Ambassador, Brent Hardt, is doing his job. He is seeking to advance the interest of American businesses and he must be commended for it. But his call does not, I repeat...

The Finance Minister is not being forthright on the Amaila issue

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Finance Minister is not being forthright on the Amaila issue

Dear Editor, I refer to your article (SN 8-21-2013) captioned, “Finance Minister insists state would not incur debt in Amaila model”; and in this regard, I would like to disagree with the...

Leadership is about setting the example

Aug 23, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Leadership is about setting the example

Dear Editor, Cde Donald Ramotar declining reelection to the post of General Secretary (GS) of the People Progressive ‘Party (PPP) and focusing on his presidency displays a great deal of...

Ambassador looking out for America’s business interest in Amaila – GTUC

Aug 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Ambassador looking out for America’s business interest in Amaila – GTUC

Brent Hardt, the US Ambassador to Guyana, is looking out for America’s business interest, which is among his role and responsibilities, according to President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress...

Former AG Doodnauth Singh dies

Aug 22, 2013 KNews News 3

Former Attorney General, Senior Counsel Doodnauth Singh , passed away yesterday at the Balwant Singh Hospital, evoking sadness in the political circles and sparking an outpouring of kudos as “one...

Cocaine found in rice shipment

Aug 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine found in rice shipment

A 20 ton shipment of Guyanese grown rice that was destined for Venezuela as part of the two countries’ PetroCaribe rice deal has been confiscated by anti-narcotics officials of the Dominican...

Controversy brews over beachfront resort

Aug 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Controversy brews over beachfront resort

…investor wants Law changed to aid Tourism drive With more critics coming out voicing concerns over the erection of another building, north of the Sea Wall, just East of the Celina’s...

Battered wife wants husband to face the full force of the law

Aug 22, 2013 KNews News 19

“He took me since I was 13 and he was 29, this is all I know about and Tuesday’s attack was the final straw. I want to see my children grow up, I can’t stay in it because he will...

Greenidge to PSC: Invest in Amaila if it is that good

Aug 22, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Greenidge to PSC: Invest in Amaila if it is that good

With time running out for salvaging the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, Parliament’s largest Opposition party has challenged the members of the local Private Sector to examine the possibilities...

Dem boys seh…People trying fuh shut up dem boys

Aug 22, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…People trying fuh shut up dem boys

Dem boys file a suit and charges of cruelty and inhumanity in Heaven against some people who living pun Earth up to now. Dem ah de people who do dem boys nuff wrang thing pun Earth. Dem try...

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The clock and the cloud

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Time, as the ancients knew, is a trickster. It slips through the fingers of kings and commoners... more