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Amended 2014 ‘budget’ missing

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Amended 2014 ‘budget’ missing

Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS) Dr. Roger Luncheon, in updating the media on the 2014 National Budget process has said that the Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly is yet to...

AG, Greenidge clash over “snail’s pace” of Public Accounts Committee

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on AG, Greenidge clash over “snail’s pace” of Public Accounts Committee

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is still to complete its report on the Auditor General’s report for the years 2010 and 2011. With the 2013 report expected to be released in a matter of months,...

Labourer killed by falling mirrors

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer killed by falling mirrors

Jeremy Ames, 28, died yesterday after being crushed by a pile of mirrors at the construction site of the new Giftland Office Max Mall, at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. According to Denzil...

Sithe Global in talks with Govt. on Amaila Falls Hydro Project-Dr. Singh

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sithe Global in talks with Govt. on Amaila Falls Hydro Project-Dr. Singh

As the Government continues to press for the 165MW Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Plant, all of the previous partners in the project remain engaged, including Sithe Global which had announced a pull out...

Black Bush rice farmer, wife lose $1.7M in bandit attack

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush rice farmer, wife lose $1.7M in bandit attack

In a case that has shocked the farming community of Black Bush Polder, armed bandits have left two residents badly injured following an attack Tuesday evening. The rice farmer from Yakusari North,...

Dem boys seh…Hotels selling but Brazzy not buying

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Hotels selling but Brazzy not buying

Sometimes dem Ministers does seh some things that de president should seh. Priya meet some people and she did seh it before but she seh it again. Jagdeo never seh anything like this and Donald even...

GFF U-17 Inter Association…Bartica needle East Bank

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF U-17 Inter Association…Bartica needle East Bank

Bartica joined West and Upper Demerara as winners of their first game when play in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-17 Inter Association League continued yesterday at the Grove Playfield....

Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in Champions League semi-final encounter

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in Champions League semi-final encounter

BBC Sport – Real Madrid will take a narrow lead to Germany for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final thanks to a first-half goal from Karim Benzema. Benzema scored against the run...

GCA/Brain Street U-15 tournament…Persaud slams century as GNIC thump DCC B

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/Brain Street U-15 tournament…Persaud slams century as GNIC thump DCC B

Wins for Bel Air, TSC and DCC A By Zaheer Mohamed Joshua Persaud stroked a fine century as Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) defeated Demerara Cricket Club B by 177 runs when the...

XXIX CARIFTA Swimming Championships…Soroya Simmons and Britany van Lange achieve PBs

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on XXIX CARIFTA Swimming Championships…Soroya Simmons and Britany van Lange achieve PBs

When competition at the XXIX CARIFTA Swimming, Synchronized Swimming and Open Water Swimming Championships continues at the Pisina Olimpico Roly Bisslik, Savaneta, Aruba, today, the third day of...

Jamaican Arthur Barrett first to score ton, take 10-wkts in same Regional first Class match

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaican Arthur Barrett first to score ton, take 10-wkts in same Regional first Class match

Continuing to recount Regional cricket history in the Caribbean, Statistician Charwayne Walker notes the achievement of Jamaica’s Arthur Barrett as he became the first regional cricketer to claim...

NY Masters face GT Veterans today at GFC

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NY Masters face GT Veterans today at GFC

Sponsored by Big Boss Transportation Service, the New York Masters from the United States of America (USA) take on local side GT Masters this evening in a feature Football encounter at the Georgetown...

Letter to the Sports Editor…A response to Lester Sealey’s letter of 21-4-2014

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…A response to Lester Sealey’s letter of 21-4-2014

Dear Editor, It is my continued pleasure to use your space to reply to Mr. Sealey’s letter (KN 21/4/14) captioned ‘ Misguided Conceptions’. I am constrained from the start to acknowledge how...

Joseph Memorial Dominoes to conclude this weekend

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joseph Memorial Dominoes to conclude this weekend

The playoffs of the Orin Joseph Memorial Dominoes competition will take place on Friday and Saturday at the National Gymnasium while the final will be played on Sunday at the said venue. Action gets...

I REST MY CASE

Apr 24, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on I REST MY CASE

It is not the policy of this column to reply to dissenting opinions. However, as previously indicated there are exceptions to this rule, such as when this column is accused of misleading readers, as...

Sophia youth burnt badly while trying to retrieve “kite”

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia youth burnt badly while trying to retrieve “kite”

A 20-year-old Sophia man who climbed unto a utility pole to retrieve a kite is nursing serious third degree burns about his body. Clinton Charles, a vendor, according to relatives was rushed to the...

Elections not necessary to resolve Budget cut impasse – Dr. Luncheon

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Elections not necessary to resolve Budget cut impasse – Dr. Luncheon

The debacle surrounding the government’s limitation due to the more than $37B being slashed from the 2014 Budget can be resolved without having to return to the polls. This is according to Head of...

Resorting to the courts will not solve Budget issue – Nagamootoo

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Resorting to the courts will not solve Budget issue – Nagamootoo

Alliance for Change (AFC) Member of Parliament and Vice Chairman Moses Nagamootoo says the legal avenue which Government has signaled it might pursue with respect to the non approvals made by the...

Baramita murder suspect flees to Venezuela

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Baramita murder suspect flees to Venezuela

The callous attitude of the police at Baramita, North West District may be responsible for the escape of a woman who allegedly stabbed her reputed husband to death on Tuesday. This is according to...

City Hall building structurally unsound

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall building structurally unsound

The City Hall building, situated in the heart of Georgetown, is structurally unsound and would require in excess of $200M to execute rehabilitative works. This is according to Dr. Roger Luncheon,...

Chinese group traveling worldwide in RV reaches Guyana

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese group traveling worldwide in RV reaches Guyana

A group of passionate young people from China and Taiwan who dared to achieve and complete their dream of travelling 200 countries driving a Recreational Vehicle (RV) reached Georgetown yesterday....

Youth Minister admits to recent NOC breakout

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Youth Minister admits to recent NOC breakout

…urges parents to make police report Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, has said that he now has information that a number of teenagers have indeed escaped from the New...

Royston King appeals High Court ruling on de facto Town Clerk

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Royston King appeals High Court ruling on de facto Town Clerk

While a writ of quo warranto is expected to be filed today; demanding that Carol Sooba show authority for her appointment to the post of Town Clerk (Ag), Royston King through his attorney, has filed...

‘Lock-up’ for health care workers found stealing drugs – says Health Minister

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Lock-up’ for health care workers found stealing drugs – says Health Minister

“There are known thieves in the system and they keep fetching out things,” said Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran. He was addressing reports of drug shortages within the public health...

Taxi driver shot in South Ruimveldt

Apr 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver shot in South Ruimveldt

An ongoing feud between two teenagers has left one nursing a gunshot wound to the buttocks. Injured is 19-year-old Rawle Braithwaite of South Ruimveldt. Kaieteur News was told that, the incident...

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President’s College upstage Santa Rosa to advance into Quarters

Anticipation without preparation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President of Guyana, ever the sagacious observer of the inevitable, has reassured... more