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After 2 years as Minister…Irfaan Ali builds mansion with poolhouse

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News 84

The construction of a house at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, is the talk of neighbours who say that the property is owned by 31-year-old Irfaan Ali, the Minister of Housing and Water. The house...

Front page comment ….Kaieteur New Year wish to all

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Front page comment ….Kaieteur New Year wish to all

A Happy New Year to all Guyana! Kaieteur News joins in welcoming the year 2012. We are hopeful that this year will see the beginning of a new process of all our leaders and political...

2011: A Year Replete with Scampishness, Secret Deals and Downright Skullduggery

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 2011: A Year Replete with Scampishness, Secret Deals and Downright Skullduggery

ENMORE US$12.5M Packaging Plant This past year the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) under the auspices of the former Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud commissioned a US$12.5M at Enmore on East...

Dem boys seh…De Rat give Guyana nuff soft loan

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Rat give Guyana nuff soft loan

Christmas is a time when people does eat nuff but dem have people who can eat more than dem own weight. Two of dem is Sam and Henry. Dem boys seh that Henry beat Sam. When he playing...

Guyana’s revenues set to surpass $104B target

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News 1

-self-employed remain biggest evaders of taxes -Suriname car scam being probed By Leonard Gildarie Despite a year geared for elections, Guyana is set to collect a record-breaking amount in taxes and...

MV Oliver goes missing at high seas

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on MV Oliver goes missing at high seas

On Wednesday December 21, last, the MV Oliver L, registered in the name of Raymond Lord, left Trinidad destined for Port Georgetown, Guyana, but to date has not arrived nor its crew members...

A bad year for the aviation sector

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on A bad year for the aviation sector

A near-disastrous crash-landing at the country’s only international airport, and a spate of other accidents in the interior made 2011 a bad year for the aviation sector. There were at...

Amaila Falls Hydro Project’s price tag rests on an escalator

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls Hydro Project’s price tag rests on an escalator

Having been embroiled in a plethora of controversies over the years and having been conceputalised ever since the early 1990s the price tag for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project seems to rest...

“We will work to root out corruption and get value for money” – President Donald Ramotar’s New Year’s address

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on “We will work to root out corruption and get value for money” – President Donald Ramotar’s New Year’s address

Fellow Guyanese, I am pleased to greet you on this New Year. This is my first New Year’s address to the nation and I am extremely honoured to extend best wishes for peace, happiness,...

City Hall seeks intervention of Minister, Auditor General

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall seeks intervention of Minister, Auditor General

Mayor and City Council’s Senior Councillor, Patricia Greene, recently wrote to the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud, and Auditor General, Deodat Sharma,...

New Year’s Messages

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New Year’s Messages

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) The PPP/C extends best wishes to all Guyanese at the dawn of the New Year, 2012. As we usher in 2012, let us look forward with great hope to the year...

Caribbean economies on right path, but not immune to turbulence – IDB’s Moreno

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean economies on right path, but not immune to turbulence – IDB’s Moreno

The Caribbean and Latin America are closing a year marked by economic gains, but the region remains exposed to external shocks, Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno...

GWI accused of faulty billing system

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GWI accused of faulty billing system

A La- Grange, West Bank Demerara man is accusing Guyana Water Inc. of wrongfully disconnecting his water since December 14, last. According to the man, he had been up-to-date with his...

Mother criticises Bartica police officers

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News 4

A mother is speaking out against the police, apparently fed up with the manner in which police ranks of the Bartica Police Station are executing their services. Evette Chung, the mother...

Sunday Cartoon January 1, 2012

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon January 1, 2012

Caledonia AIA, Pele FC and a pound of gold—who will claim the top prize

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caledonia AIA, Pele FC and a pound of gold—who will claim the top prize

By Michael Benjamin It’s Pele versus Caledonia AIA and apart from the lucrative first prize of one pound of Guyana’s pristine gold, the two teams will also want to procure bragging rights...

GFA / Banks Beer Knockout Cup…Alpha, Conquerors in showdown for $3million today

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA / Banks Beer Knockout Cup…Alpha, Conquerors in showdown for $3million today

-Camptown, Beacons play for third place By Rawle Welch Reigning club champions Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United led by overtime goals from Leon Grumble (110th) and Dwain Jacobs (115th) had to summon all...

Senior cricketers seek President Ramotar’s intervention as cricket imbroglio deepens

Jan 01, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Senior cricketers seek President Ramotar’s intervention as cricket imbroglio deepens

The administrative rift within the local cricket fraternity has reached an alarming level and several local players that have represented or are representing the regional cricket team are requesting...

WICB seeks meeting with government on cricket matters

Jan 01, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on WICB seeks meeting with government on cricket matters

The West Indies Cricket Board in a letter dated December 30, 2011 is seeking a meeting with Sports Minister Dr. Frank Anthony to look into the cricket matters affecting the game here. However, the...

Sewkarran 101*, Sean Kadim 51 steer Bath to victory

Jan 01, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Sewkarran 101*, Sean Kadim 51 steer Bath to victory

Avishkar Sewkarran became the latest centurion when play in the 2011 New Building Society (NBS) sponsored second division 40 over cricket competition continued recently in the Ancient County....

“Happy New Year! 2012 could be the last year for West Indies cricket as we know it!”

Jan 01, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on “Happy New Year! 2012 could be the last year for West Indies cricket as we know it!”

Colin E. H. Croft With greatest respect to Scotsman Robert Burns, “Auld Lang Syne” be damned! What’s done is done! Whatever it was, it may have adjusted us, but not changed us. People do not...

All Roads lead to Rising Sun Turf Club today

Jan 01, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on All Roads lead to Rising Sun Turf Club today

Horseracing fans will trudge to the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast Berbice today for the end of season meeting at that entity set to start at 12:30pm. Thousands are expected to swarm...

Trophy Stall donates GFA Banks Beer tourney MVP trophy

Jan 01, 2012 knews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall donates GFA Banks Beer tourney MVP trophy

The Trophy Stall of Bourda Market has donated the MVP trophy to the Georgetown Football Association for their Banks Beer tournament which concludes tonight at the Georgetown Football Club ground,...

Nostalgic moments in Sports 2011

Jan 01, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nostalgic moments in Sports 2011

2011: A Year Replete with Scampishness, Secret Deals and Downright Skullduggery

Jan 01, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 2011: A Year Replete with Scampishness, Secret Deals and Downright Skullduggery

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The President’s pipe dream

Kaieteur News – The effusive optimism of President Irfaan Ali in proclaiming Guyana as poised to become a major manufacturing... more