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Financial closure for hydro may be threatened – Willis

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Financial closure for hydro may be threatened – Willis

… Delays in Amaila Falls’ road project A controversial US$15.4M contract to build access roads to a major hydro project at Amaila Falls continues to be way behind schedule, with only...

Three guards on duty during New Amsterdam prison escape

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Three guards on duty during New Amsterdam prison escape

Five days after four dangerous criminals escaped from the New Amsterdam prison early Saturday morning, law enforcement officials are continuing the massive manhunt. But the men still remain at large,...

High winds topple houses at Mahaica

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on High winds topple houses at Mahaica

A mother and her four children are now contemplating their move for the near future after an early morning squall in Mahaica completely destroyed their home. Miraculously, the woman, Sonia Calistro,...

GECOM targeting October 15 for polling day

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM targeting October 15 for polling day

– 43,000 ID cards still uncollected The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is targeting an October 15 date for the holding of polls, says Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally. Updating media on its...

Fifth Batavia drug suspect appears in court

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Fifth Batavia drug suspect appears in court

The fifth suspect in last Thursday’s drug bust at Batavia in the Cuyuni River was yesterday brought before Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer the charge of trafficking in narcotics. Terry James,...

Jagdeo’s meeting with Sharma within regulations – Luncheon

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s meeting with Sharma within regulations – Luncheon

The government has refused to bow to suggestions that President Bharrat Jagdeo’s meeting with Channel Six owner, C.N. Sharma, represents a conflict of interest given the Office of the President’s...

Dem boys seh…De call centre come

Jun 16, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De call centre come

Old people always remind de young people that all that glitters is not gold. Is not everybody who dress up smart or bright. De other day dem boys find out that an ostrich’s eye is bigger than its...

Lone gunman robs four at one time

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Lone gunman robs four at one time

With the police seeming at their wits end when it comes to stemming criminal activities, bandits are becoming more emboldened, carrying out daring robberies with impunity. Take Tuesday night, for...

GRA to set up mobile tax site in Wakenaam

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GRA to set up mobile tax site in Wakenaam

The Guyana Revenue Authority is making an effort to accommodate the taxpayers of Wakenaam who may need to renew their Motor Vehicle Licenses. The Agency has issued a release stating that it will be...

Banks DIH opens Waste Water Treatment Facility

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Banks DIH opens Waste Water Treatment Facility

Banks DIH yesterday officially opened its waste water treatment facility located at Caribanks Annex, East Bank Demerara. This facility which has a capital investment of US$900,000 is expected to...

High winds send trees crashing on Linden house

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on High winds send trees crashing on Linden house

A Linden family is now pondering their next move, after a freak storm yesterday afternoon demolished the kitchen and bathroom, and left the house leaning at a precarious angle. The owner of the...

Mandir roof blown off, utility pole split

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mandir roof blown off, utility pole split

….as freakish weather hits Hague Back High winds and heavy rains around 07:00 hours yesterday knocked out the electricity supply in a section of Hague, West Coast Demerara. The mini storm also...

Remembering the Enmore Martyrs

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Remembering the Enmore Martyrs

Today is Enmore Martyrs’ Day. Sixty-three years ago this day five sugar workers were killed under circumstances that forever etched their names into the annals of history as martyrs in the plight...

Squall disrupts life at Land of Plenty

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Squall disrupts life at Land of Plenty

Residents on the western side of Land of Plenty, on the Essequibo Coast, said they experienced an unusual period of heavy winds, which lasted for about five minutes, yesterday. The breeze, which was...

Millions awarded for technical institutes development

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Millions awarded for technical institutes development

Four multimillion-dollar awards in the education sector attracted no objections by Cabinet at its most recent meeting on Tuesday, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger...

GWI implements new disconnection policy

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GWI implements new disconnection policy

– Customers to provide proof of ownership before water is reconnected Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has now implemented a new policy which requires a disconnected customer to provide proof...

Flood affects economic activities at Rockstone

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Flood affects economic activities at Rockstone

Continuous rainfall and the Essequibo River overflowing its banks are threatening the livelihood of the 250 Rockstone residents, particularly those directly involved in tourism and domestic and...

Space constraints affect Food for the Poor expansion

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Space constraints affect Food for the Poor expansion

….. 3% of $1.2B revenue spent on administration cost By Rabindra Rooplall As Food for the Poor (FFTP) continues to assist the less fortunate in society the organisation is looking at expansion...

Relatives of murdered N/A woman furious at slothful pace of investigations

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of murdered N/A woman furious at slothful pace of investigations

Nearly a month after her murder, close relatives of the late Verone Patoir are not pleased with the manner in which investigations are proceeding. Patoir was murdered at her Stanleytown, New...

Unlicensed driver knocks woman into trench, escapes

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicensed driver knocks woman into trench, escapes

An unlicensed driver was nabbed by police after he had escaped from the scene of an accident after knocking a pedestrian into a nearby trench, before slamming the speeding car into a lamp post....

Hole in heart baby gears up for second surgery

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Hole in heart baby gears up for second surgery

– Defies doctors’ expectations “Baby Kenneth” as he is known, is said to be gearing for a second heart surgery some time later this year. Yesterday the toddler’s grandmother Bernadette...

Olympic squad intensify training ahead of Group C qualifiers

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Olympic squad intensify training ahead of Group C qualifiers

By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s preparations for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) leg of the Olympic Under-23 qualifying competition has been on track with the team working out twice daily under...

Female prison officer grilled, charges likely

Jun 16, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Female prison officer grilled, charges likely

The constabulary rank attached to the New Amsterdam Constabulary who was detained in connection with the recent escape of prisoner Krishna Paul Doerga from the New Amsterdam Prisons has been released...

Pereira (55-5), Motie (4-44) spin Berbice to victory

Jun 16, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Pereira (55-5), Motie (4-44) spin Berbice to victory

E’bo lose by 97 runs despite Surujpaul’s fifty By Sean Devers at Providence Kandasammy Surujnarine’s fluent half-century set the platform for left-arm spinner Gudkesh Motie and...

Sinners versus angels in a comic book story

Jun 16, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sinners versus angels in a comic book story

One of the most outrageous accounts of a country’s history can be found in the mouths of the leaders of the PPP and its Government here in Guyana. We can start with the PPP in opposition from 1964...

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Markram and Powell plotting winning starts to T20I tenures

The government is ‘hard ears’ and stubborn

Kaieteur News – There has never been a more transparent conflict of interest than that which exists in the Environmental... more