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Broadcast Authority was premature with licence for Telecor

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Broadcast Authority was premature with licence for Telecor

Days before it formally received its radio licence to operate five frequencies, Telecor and Cultural Broadcasting Inc. appointed four directors to ensure that more than 51 per cent of...

Fiery Thursday…Comfort Sleep destroyed; 11 homeless in Sophia, Plaisance

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fiery Thursday…Comfort Sleep destroyed; 11 homeless in Sophia, Plaisance

Fire destroys Comfort Sleep – Scores jobless; employees, residents suspect arson Fire believed to be the work of an arsonist completely ravaged the Comfort Sleep Mattress...

Sophia blaze leaves seven homeless

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia blaze leaves seven homeless

An ‘A’ Field Sophia family is contemplating their next move after a fire yesterday morning destroyed the two-storey home they occupied. Pensioner Clarence Scott, his wife, and five other...

Fire razes Sparendaam home

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fire razes Sparendaam home

A family of five has been rendered homeless following a fire at their lot 4 Railway Line, Sparendaam residence, yesterday evening. The fire of unknown origin started at around 19:00...

PAC makes headway in quest for Procurement Commission

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PAC makes headway in quest for Procurement Commission

A matter which has been on the agenda of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is finally seeing some sort of progress, as the body has started the deliberations on the nominees for the Public...

Fishermen fake pirate attack, steal lighting plant and engine

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fishermen fake pirate attack, steal lighting plant and engine

Like the boy who cried ‘wolf’, three fishermen are accused of crying ‘pirates’, while staging a robbery on their own vessel. According to a police release, the caper began last...

Govt.’s drug purchasing system again queried

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s drug purchasing system again queried

‘Recent ad highly misleading’ – Former Auditor General Government’s controversial system of purchasing drugs has come under the spotlight again. This time, the Ministry of Health has...

Dem boys seh…Obeah kicking at one man door

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Obeah kicking at one man door

Couple morning ago a man get shoot. He was tekking a drink. After he dead all he business place, one after de other ketch fire. De fire service save all of dem but people end up talking bout...

Hikers’ men, GCC women explode on opening night

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers’ men, GCC women explode on opening night

Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival… Last year’s Men’s champions Hikers sounded an ominous warning to all pretenders to their throne after inflicting a...

World Scrabble Championships …V-I-C-T-O-R-Y on McDonald’s mind as she leaves

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Scrabble Championships …V-I-C-T-O-R-Y on McDonald’s mind as she leaves

By the time today’s edition of Kaieteur News newspapers hit the newsstands, National Scrabble Champion, Abigail McDonald, would be halfway on her journey to the JFK International...

All 14 pumps from Surendra Engineering are in Guyana – Minister Ramsammy

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on All 14 pumps from Surendra Engineering are in Guyana – Minister Ramsammy

Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has disclosed that all 14 pumps which the ministry had bought from India-based company Surendra Engineering in 2011 have been delivered. According to...

Informative papers presented at Medical Scientific confab

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Informative papers presented at Medical Scientific confab

The ingestion of poisonous substance by children accounted for 91 admissions at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) during the year 2011. In fact, a study conducted revealed that...

Surinamese filming crew here to create documentary

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Surinamese filming crew here to create documentary

The Ministry of Tourism and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), in collaboration with Garage De Eenheid, a Surinamese Tour Company, are hosting a three-day Media Familiarization Tour with...

Narine called up for Tests in NZ

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narine called up for Tests in NZ

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced that off-spinner Sunil Narine has been added to the West Indies squad for the three Tests against New Zealand to be played...

Woman dies in E’bo boat collision

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies in E’bo boat collision

One woman was killed and another injured following a boat collision near Fowl Mouth, in the Essequibo River at around 19:00 hrs on Wednesday. Sources identified the dead woman as Donna...

BHARRAT WILL NOT BE BACK!

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BHARRAT WILL NOT BE BACK!

As part of the Constitutional reform process that took place after the 1997 elections, an Oversight Committee was established to draft revisions that would give effect to the recommendations...

More reason for the Caribbean to dislike us

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on More reason for the Caribbean to dislike us

The Guyana Prize winner, Sharon Maas, on Wednesday wrote a stirring letter in the Stabroek News about the nastiness that has overtaken Georgetown. She resides in Germany. The part of...

Flooding woes… APNU slams lack of public notification, disregard for regional municipalities

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Flooding woes… APNU slams lack of public notification, disregard for regional municipalities

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has called on the government to convene a ministerial taskforce to tackle the ongoing issue of flooding in the city and its environs. The...

GSPCA refutes claims of power to prosecute animal offenders

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GSPCA refutes claims of power to prosecute animal offenders

– calls for review of legislation By Zena Henry A fiery spat has erupted over the killing of several pit bull dogs earlier this week, with one side endorsing the slaughter of the...

Warm up match heading from a draw

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warm up match heading from a draw

…Chanderpaul hits classy 89 A draw looms following day two of the West Indies XI match against the New Zealand XI at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln. The NZ XI declared on their...

Inaugural CONCACAF Awards to be presented in December

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inaugural CONCACAF Awards to be presented in December

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) is pleased to announce the first-annual CONCACAF Awards, to honor the year’s stand-out performers...

GHRA calls emergency meeting to deal with brewing impasse

Nov 29, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GHRA calls emergency meeting to deal with brewing impasse

Amidst the brewing impasse in the horse racing fraternity the Guyana Horse Racing Authority (GHRA) has taken the initiative to summon an urgent general members meeting set for this Sunday, December...

Guyana sends US$50,000 for typhoon – devastated Philippines

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana sends US$50,000 for typhoon – devastated Philippines

Government has announced a US$50,000 (G$10M) financial assistance to the typhoon-hit Philippines. According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the assistance by Guyana is part...

GPL customers can now receive bills via email

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GPL customers can now receive bills via email

The Guyana Power and Light Inc., (GPL) has announced that its Electronic Billing (E-billing) service, which will allow customers to access their monthly bills electronically, is now up and running....

Suspected bandit remanded on robbery charges

Nov 29, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected bandit remanded on robbery charges

A 19-year-old man, who police suspect to be behind a number of armed robberies committed around the city between October and November, was yesterday slapped with several indictable charges at the...

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Gimme de ting wah the doctor order me!

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The government’s decision to go ahead with the universal healthcare voucher scheme is... more