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Three weeks test run costs $140M in fuel

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Three weeks test run costs $140M in fuel

The Guyana Sugar Corporation has spent a lot of money on fuel just to test-run the New Skeldon Modernisation Plant. The cost of fuel to test-run the new factory was astronomical. During the three...

Legislation approved for mayoral elections

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Legislation approved for mayoral elections

… as house agrees to postpone Local Govt. elections again By Gary Eleazar Despite staunch opposition and attempts to amend a proposed amendment to the Local Authorities (Election) Amendment Bill,...

GT&T signs US$60M deal in Suriname

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GT&T signs US$60M deal in Suriname

…‘lightning-speed’ broadband service by 2010 By Tusika Martin In a courageous move yesterday the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company signed off a US$60M deal with Surinamese...

Local police want Albouystown man

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Local police want Albouystown man

Local police have issued a wanted bulletin for 55-year-old Reginald Rodrigues following a bust in Canada that involved some 76 kilos of cocaine. According to a police release, Rodrigues’s last...

No Crime Stoppers programme a shame

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on No Crime Stoppers programme a shame

– “the private sector has to get this thing up and running” – Minister of Home Affairs Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee is unhappy with the non-implementation of the Crime...

“US$3 million in lost revenue is irrelevant” – GuySuCo

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on “US$3 million in lost revenue is irrelevant” – GuySuCo

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has said that the US$3 million lost in revenue at the Skeldon Modernisation Factory during a test-milling operation was never budgeted for, nor was the money...

Bartica speedboat operators lower prices

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bartica speedboat operators lower prices

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, yesterday met with the executive of the Bartica-Parika Speedboat Owners’ Association and announced a decision taken to reduce the price...

City Hall collects $53M in taxes from Govt.

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on City Hall collects $53M in taxes from Govt.

– municipal workers likely to be paid today Government’s payment of $53M to City Hall, representing its rates and taxes for the last quarter of this year, is expected to boost the...

Post mortem to help confirm lepto death

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Post mortem to help confirm lepto death

The Ministry of Health is relying on an autopsy to confirm whether the recent death of a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was as a result of leptospirosis. Minister of...

Prisoners would go to the extreme to escape – Rohee

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Prisoners would go to the extreme to escape – Rohee

The use of cellular phones in the prisons is becoming very worrying for security officials, as it seems prisoners are going to the extreme to smuggle phones and other devices into the prisons to...

Dochfour residents cry out for help

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Dochfour residents cry out for help

After 21 days of enduring flood waters and the risk of water-borne diseases, residents of several East Coast Demerara villages say they have reached breaking point, and are calling on the...

An apology to Joe Fernandes

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on An apology to Joe Fernandes

Joe Fernandes, whom the police arrested during their investigations into the Guysuco payroll heist at Wales two months ago, was never charged. In fact the police released him a few days after the...

Forestry concessionaires must return all 2008 log tags to GFC

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Forestry concessionaires must return all 2008 log tags to GFC

…timber companies without concessions cannot export logs anymore All log tags issued to forest concessionaires by the Guyana Forestry Commission during the year will expire on December 31. As such...

Police dealt effectively with 2008 challenges – Rohee

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police dealt effectively with 2008 challenges – Rohee

– more work still to be done Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has expressed satisfaction with the work done by the Guyana Police Force in effectively dealing with the main challenges it...

Top Cop lashes out at errant road use

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Top Cop lashes out at errant road use

The recent spate of road deaths has led Commissioner of Police Henry Greene to remark that the problem mostly stems from ‘drivers speeding’ and others driving under the influence of alcohol. He...

PELE TO COLLIDE WITH SUNBURST CAMPTOWN IN K&S FINAL

Dec 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on PELE TO COLLIDE WITH SUNBURST CAMPTOWN IN K&S FINAL

Pair down GDF and Bakewell Topp XX in semis By Franklin Wilson City sides Pele and Sunburst Camptown will square off for the one million dollar top prize in the final of the 19th Kashif and Shanghai...

A low down rotten shame!!!

Dec 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on A low down rotten shame!!!

By Michael Benjamin Boxing Day slipped by very quietly and hardly anyone missed the traditional boxing card usually staged on this day. Some of the more ardent fans did call my home to lament what...

NBTS appeals for blood again

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on NBTS appeals for blood again

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is once again appealing for volunteers to urgently donate their blood at the blood bank, as the NBTS is currently low on stock. National Blood Donor...

Forestry concessionaires must return all 2008 log tags to GFC

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Forestry concessionaires must return all 2008 log tags to GFC

Basil Butcher’s son is new BCBC President

Dec 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Basil Butcher’s son is new BCBC President

Keith Foster defeats Malcolm Peters in ‘tight’ elections With the race for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) elections heating up, candidates vying for the GCB Presidency will be monitoring...

RFA Secretary Harold D’Aguiar passes on

Dec 30, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on RFA Secretary Harold D’Aguiar passes on

Football fraternity saddened By Franklin Wilson and Brian Sam The football fraternity in Guyana has been plunged into a state of shock with the passing of Rupununi Football Association Secretary...

That Duke Lodge sale

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on That Duke Lodge sale

Dear Editor, I refer to an article appearing in the Kaieteur News of December 25, 2008, captioned, “Gouveia buys Duke Lodge after Govt. spends $$M on rehabilitation”. I am somewhat confused over...

Disgraceful police behaviour

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Disgraceful police behaviour

Dear Editor, There are lots of reasons why tourists continue to refuse to come to Guyana in numbers and one of them is the way some police officers treat citizens – with discourtesy and disregard...

Celebrating each others’ festivals is great for ethnic relations

Dec 30, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Celebrating each others’ festivals is great for ethnic relations

Dear Editor, We should be proud that as Guyanese we display tremendous tolerance for each other’s religious festivals and customs in Guyana as well as in the diaspora, especially in NY. Guyanese of...

Farmer murdered during drinking spree

Dec 30, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Farmer murdered during drinking spree

A 38-year-old farmer was beaten to death at around 20:00hrs on Monday night during a drinking spree at Kaimatta, North Rupununi . Police said that Augustine and another man were consuming alcohol...

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