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E-governance project two years behind schedule

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E-governance project two years behind schedule

…breakages force modification to cable – Dr Luncheon Suffering from extensive delays, the Guyana Government e-governance project, where it has begun stringing a fiber optic cable from Brazil...

After 48 years…Yesu Persaud hands over reins of DDL

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on After 48 years…Yesu Persaud hands over reins of DDL

By Kiana Wilburg Business guru, Mr. Yesu Persaud officially handed over the reins of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) to Mr. Komal Samaroo yesterday. Mr. Samaroo, who has served in the...

Dem boys seh…Some of dem thieves gun lose dem hand

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some of dem thieves gun lose dem hand

Is de New Year. People mek resolution and some of dem does keep most of the resolution. Fuh all who keep dem one resolution, de reward was a free ticket to de show at de Stadium. Fuh dem who...

GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…Champions Slingerz FC bloat coffers by $4million; Tigers beat Army to claim third place

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks Beer KO Cup…Champions Slingerz FC bloat coffers by $4million; Tigers beat Army to claim third place

By Rawle Welch Slingerz FC appearing in their first Georgetown Football Association (GFA) / Banks Beer Knockout Cup managed to survive an obstinate performance from Santos to register a...

Shewdas should pay federation’s fine

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shewdas should pay federation’s fine

By Edison Jefford Disgraced Guyanese Powerlifter, Gumendra Shewdas should hand over the monies he collected under false pretence after winning a gold medal at the World Championships to help pay...

Mustak XI hammer Nazeer X1 in 20-overs softball game

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mustak XI hammer Nazeer X1 in 20-overs softball game

Khemraj grabs 5-25 for winners A controlled spell of spin bowling from Gurnauth Khemraj guided Mustak Mohamed XI to a convincing 70-run victory over Nazeer Mohamed XI in a feature 20...

Chico/K&S Elite, Next Generation Schools’ Football c/ships…Christianburg triumphs on penalty kicks over Ash Academy

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Chico/K&S Elite, Next Generation Schools’ Football c/ships…Christianburg triumphs on penalty kicks over Ash Academy

… losing teams salvage pride with several incentives By Michael Benjamin Despite its most valiant efforts after scoring the equalizing goal late in the match, Ash Academy...

TIGI “not involved” in rating Guyana on CPI

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on TIGI “not involved” in rating Guyana on CPI

Transparency International Guyana Inc (TIGI) is not involved in the compilation of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Transparency International’s policy is not to involve local chapters and...

Sithe Global licence expires, but administration remains resolute

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Sithe Global licence expires, but administration remains resolute

The licence to develop the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Plant that was sold to Sithe Global by Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall’s Synergy Holdings Inc, has expired. The December 31, 2013...

Rice millers facing one-week deadline to submit licencing documents

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rice millers facing one-week deadline to submit licencing documents

Guyana would be looking to repeat last year’s record-breaking rice production but it may an uphill task. The country produced in excess of 535,000 tonnes, which translated to about 113,000...

A perennial impediment

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A perennial impediment

In this new year, we have to be candid and accept that the major impediment to the development of our dear land has been the inability of our people, especially our political elite, to arrive...

THE PAC SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS BIAS IN PREQUALIFICATION RULES

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PAC SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS BIAS IN PREQUALIFICATION RULES

The opposition’s resistance to government’s no-objection to the award of contracts has backfired. So preoccupied were the opposition parties with trying to remove this no-objection that...

Prisoner found hanging…Relatives believe foul play involved

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoner found hanging…Relatives believe foul play involved

“We don’t believe that he hang heself, and I think we can prove it.” This was the assertion made by Marva La Cruz, the sister of the 31-year-old miner whose body was found hanging in a...

Man remanded for beating pregnant wife

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for beating pregnant wife

– Magistrate overrules woman’s attempt to offer no evidence A lover’s spat which allegedly stemmed from an argument over a cellular phone landed a McDoom, East Bank...

My person of the year is Justice William Ramlal

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My person of the year is Justice William Ramlal

I don’t know Justice William Ramlal. I have only said ‘hello’ to him about three times when I saw him on the corridor of the High Court. Justice Ramlal gave judgement against me...

Increase in price for certificates next month

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Increase in price for certificates next month

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, on Tuesday announced that Cabinet has granted approval for the General Register Office (GRO) to increase the cost of birth, death and...

Bail for woman accused of smuggling SIM cards into Prison

Jan 03, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Bail for woman accused of smuggling SIM cards into Prison

On Tuesday, two Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards were discovered in a box of food which a civilian was attempting to deliver to a prisoner at the Georgetown Prisons. A 24-year-old...

A Humanitarian at Heart & Deserves A National Award

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Humanitarian at Heart & Deserves A National Award

Dear Editor, Please allow me a space in your letter column to share with this nation and give my support towards a great son of this soil. Over the past decades he gave his life towards the...

The GMSA acknowledges the GEA as a worthwhile partner in this project

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GMSA acknowledges the GEA as a worthwhile partner in this project

Dear Editor, The GMSA, more especially members of the Steering Committee of the GMSA/IDB Energy Efficiency Project, have taken note of the article which appeared in the Kaieteur News edition...

Fighting injustice is not limited to ethnic characters

Jan 03, 2014 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fighting injustice is not limited to ethnic characters

Dear Editor, Mr Frederick Kissoon is of Indian origin although he does not take Indian positions except in cases of injustice. I know that he is seen as a controversial writer and thinker....

Breaking News: Girl shot dead by ex-boyfriend

Jan 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News: Girl shot dead by ex-boyfriend

A 22-year-old girl is the first murder victim of the new year. Carlotta Matthews, of North Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was shot dead shorty after midnight today by a man identified as her ex-boyfriend....

GuySuCo in deep financial crisis

Jan 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo in deep financial crisis

– owes creditors $10.5B “No turnaround unless industry fixes agri problems” – GAWU warns Government, this year, will be scrambling to find solutions for the country’s sugar industry...

Govt. under scrutiny for rehiring retirees

Jan 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. under scrutiny for rehiring retirees

– Unhappy GPSU moves to determine extent Within weeks of this new year, Government will be moving to present the National Budget in Parliament. But it is unlikely that there will be a smooth...

Govt. admits to wiretapping citizens’ phone calls

Jan 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. admits to wiretapping citizens’ phone calls

– Luncheon denies spying on political opposition The Guyana Government has admitted that it spies on citizens through the wiretapping of private telephone conversations, but this is done...

Missing fishing crew ‘spotted on Venezuelan island’

Jan 01, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Missing fishing crew ‘spotted on Venezuelan island’

– owner appeals for help from local maritime agencies There is a strong possibility that the entire crew of Guyanese fishermen whose boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the...