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Guyana face-off with T&T in T20 show down…All roads lead to Providence today

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana face-off with T&T in T20 show down…All roads lead to Providence today

By Sean Devers Tonight the Guyana National Stadium at Providence should come alive when 2010 Champions League qualifiers Guyana face-off with defending Caribbean T20 champions Trinidad and...

Slingerz FC/NAWF Goal for Gold C/ships…Titles at stake as Alpha tackles Slingerz; Georgetown women face off with Berbice

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC/NAWF Goal for Gold C/ships…Titles at stake as Alpha tackles Slingerz; Georgetown women face off with Berbice

The organisers had promised a pulsating encounter when Slingerz Football Club (SFC) faced off with the Western Tigers FC in the SFC/National Association of Women’s Football Goal for Gold football...

Experts select Limacol Caribbean Premier League Team of the Tournament

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Experts select Limacol Caribbean Premier League Team of the Tournament

The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) has named its team of the tournament. The team, a playing eleven plus a twelfth man, and in batting order, is: 1. Andre Fletcher (St....

Timehri North residents chide Minister over relocation plans

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri North residents chide Minister over relocation plans

… To be removed in phases By Zena Henry Residents of Timehri North did not back down on Wednesday last when they finally met with Minister of Works Robeson Benn who they have chided...

Govt. to restrict Styrofoam importation

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to restrict Styrofoam importation

– local companies not forceful in finding alternatives With local companies hesitant to produce alternatives to Styrofoam or polystyrene products, Government has not formulated precise...

AFC ‘quite concerned’ about Amaila price tag revelations

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC ‘quite concerned’ about Amaila price tag revelations

By Abena Rockcliffe Commenting on recent revelations about the documented price tag attached to the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, Alliance For Change (AFC), leader Khemraj Ramjattan said that...

“Other” interests expressed in Amaila Falls, possible new project design – Dr. Luncheon

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on “Other” interests expressed in Amaila Falls, possible new project design – Dr. Luncheon

By Keeran Danny Though the current design of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project may be dead, the idea of garnering renewable energy from the Amaila Falls is still with Government, particularly since...

Invigilators in Linden not yet paid

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Invigilators in Linden not yet paid

– Official says increases stalled process As the new school year commences in a few days, invigilators for several examinations held in Linden are complaining of not being paid for their...

Lombard St. businessmen peeved at garbage situation

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Lombard St. businessmen peeved at garbage situation

Several business persons located in lower Lombard Street are concerned with the random dumping of garbage within the vicinity of their premises. According to Nazar Mohamed of Mohamed’s...

New GRA building elevator malfunctions

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on New GRA building elevator malfunctions

Four employees at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)’s Camp Street location were yesterday trapped in one of its elevators. Kaieteur News understands that the persons were trapped around...

Consumers to benefit significantly from Credit Bureau

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Consumers to benefit significantly from Credit Bureau

By Kiana Wilburg Consumers will now have the opportunity to better charter their credit history and benefit significantly from their high credit scores as Credit Info (Guyana) Inc., a...

SQUATTING SHOULD BE MADE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SQUATTING SHOULD BE MADE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE

There is one sure way to obtain a government house lot. Go and squat on a piece of State land or reserve and when the demolition squad comes to remove your structure, raise a mighty noise. The...

Moves being made to make GPHC cancer treatment-friendly

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Moves being made to make GPHC cancer treatment-friendly

An evaluation of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is on the cards even as moves are being made by the Ministry of Health to ensure that quality cancer treatment is continually...

Caribbean T-20 Cricket

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Caribbean T-20 Cricket

The inaugural season of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League has just been completed and it might be appropriate at this time to reflect on what it means for the region. That the event was successful...

NAPS looks to sustain gains in HIV fight

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NAPS looks to sustain gains in HIV fight

– VCT programmes recognised as crucial Even as moves are being made to transition the national HIV/AIDS fight into the financial care of government, diligent efforts are being sustained to...

The American Embassy has to do more for Guyana

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The American Embassy has to do more for Guyana

It is only an uninformed person or a citizen who wants to self-deceive that would deny that the Americans cannot get the Guyana Government to act more responsibly, show more respect for the...

Two-day Emancipation event begins in Albuoystown

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Two-day Emancipation event begins in Albuoystown

The 2013 Emancipation celebration is set to continue today and tomorrow at Independence Boulevard, Albouystown, with a wide range of activities designed to cater to the entire family. Dubbed the...

Dangerous driving accused granted bail

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Dangerous driving accused granted bail

Paran Persaud, 34, of 163 Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court, where a charge of causing death by...

Bulletin issued for Muammar Jabar

Aug 30, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bulletin issued for Muammar Jabar

The police have issued a wanted bulletin for Muammar Jabar in relation to the murder of Tolasicy Marshall called ‘Talo’, which was committed on August 20 at James Street, Albouystown....

How to spend the Norway Funds

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on How to spend the Norway Funds

Dear Editor, I refer to Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh’s comment that the Inter-American Bank (IADB) has ceased the due diligence work on the Amaila Falls project (SN 8-28-2013). I...

The impending Local Government Elections could ignite the beginning of a new politics

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The impending Local Government Elections could ignite the beginning of a new politics

Dear Editor, With the passage of the recent Local Government reform bills, there seems to be more interest in Local Government Elections. As I move around the country I sense a heightened...

NOT SURPRISED AT BACCHUS’ DISMISSAL OF CRICKET ADMINISTRATION BILL

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on NOT SURPRISED AT BACCHUS’ DISMISSAL OF CRICKET ADMINISTRATION BILL

Dear Editor, Please permit me a response to Mr. Fizul Bacchus’ letter in the Kaieteur News dated 2013-08-23 in which he attempted to proclaim my ignorance of the impending Cricket Administration...

GGDMA not supporting small miners, only the interests of its executives and medium scale miners

Aug 30, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on GGDMA not supporting small miners, only the interests of its executives and medium scale miners

Dear Editor, I wish to debunk the explanation provided by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) in relation to its ‘mutual-benefit’ support for the appointment of the acting...

Amaila Hydro project…Price jumps to US$915M

Aug 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Hydro project…Price jumps to US$915M

…addition US$57.2 unearthed in project document The Guyana Government has committed US$157.2 to the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project, US$57.2M more than the US$100M that it has been...

Fly Jamaica likely to commence service next month

Aug 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Jamaica likely to commence service next month

– Inspections for operations completed By Zena Henry The services of much anticipated partnership carrier Fly Jamaica Airways (FJ) will soon be available to Guyanese as optimism over the...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more