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Amaila Falls hydro project…Loans of $588M will cost Guyana US$187M in fees during construction alone

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila Falls hydro project…Loans of $588M will cost Guyana US$187M in fees during construction alone

The top brass of Sithe Global are currently in Guyana and met with several media operatives yesterday at the Pegasus Hotel to provide an update on the 165MW Hydroelectric Power Plant to be...

Govt’s US$1.5M claim to Fip’s performance bond in jeopardy

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt’s US$1.5M claim to Fip’s performance bond in jeopardy

A claim that has been laid by the Government of Guyana in relation to the US$1.5M Performance Bond that had been issued to Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall is now in jeopardy. This money, which on the...

GT&T employee injured as utility pole topples with him

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on GT&T employee injured as utility pole topples with him

Osmond Yaw, an employee of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) who was among several persons conducting extensive work for the company in Lethem, sustained injuries after...

The Chavez Way?

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Chavez Way?

This newspaper has always been quite sceptical of Hugo Chavez over in neighbouring Venezuela. Not only for the fact that as the leader of a country that claims three-quarters of our...

WHO IS GOING TO REPLACE BARACK OBAMA AS THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT?

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHO IS GOING TO REPLACE BARACK OBAMA AS THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT?

In a matter of hours, the United States President will give what will probably be his final State of the Union address to the Congress and to the people of the United States of America....

Tourism, crime, journalism: Attitudes that are overbearing

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Tourism, crime, journalism: Attitudes that are overbearing

This columnist believes that per capita this country has the most hypocritical, immoral, dishonest and opportunistic population in the world. With just under 800,000 citizens, we must have produced...

Imam re-arrested as five more victims come forward

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Imam re-arrested as five more victims come forward

The Imam at the centre of a growing sexual molestation scandal was re-arrested yesterday after more boys came forward with allegations against him. Kaieteur News understands that at...

New housing scheme at Herstelling…20 companies vie for $B road contracts

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on New housing scheme at Herstelling…20 companies vie for $B road contracts

Tenders to build over 10 kilometres of road and bridges in a new housing scheme behind Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, yesterday attracted a total of twenty (20) bids. An...

Patrick Manning suffers stroke

Jan 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Patrick Manning suffers stroke

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – CMC – Former Prime Minister Patrick Manning remains “partly paralysed” at a public hospital yesterday, his wife, Hazel Manning has said. Manning was...

Dem boys seh…Retribution got people getting stroke

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Retribution got people getting stroke

People jump when dem hear de news that Patrick Manning get a stroke. This was de Prime Minister of Trinidad who meet Obama and all dem world leaders. This was de man who control...

An Open Letter to Minister Clement Rohee

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Open Letter to Minister Clement Rohee

Dear Minister Rohee, I arrived in Guyana with the full expectation that something unpleasant may happen to me. I took the necessary precautions, avoided taking unnecessary risks and was...

In support of Freddie Kissoon

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on In support of Freddie Kissoon

Dear Editor, Please allow me to add my opinion to those already expressed on the Freddie Kissoon/University of Guyana issue. From all appearance, despite the opportunity for...

PPP/C must avoid opportunists

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP/C must avoid opportunists

Dear Editor, As this past general and national election heralds a new dawn for our political system, I urge our new President Donald Ramotar to act carefully as he continues to make...

There is need for bureaucracy at GPHC

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is need for bureaucracy at GPHC

Dear Editor, This letter is being penned in response to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s continued contradictory and sensational ramblings in the press regarding the management and operations of...

Mischief is afoot

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mischief is afoot

Dear Editor, The mischievous scheme of Lurlene Nestor proliferates on a daily basis with an abundance of lies, distortions and misinformation in the public domain. She reminds us of the...

GPL is targeting the wrong people

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on GPL is targeting the wrong people

Dear Editor, It’s regrettable to see GPL officials going after consumers they deem guilty of electricity theft and planning to go the extra mile to scare people from continuing this...

They used power wrongly

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on They used power wrongly

Dear Sir, I am a brother of Melania Torres who is currently involved in the land dispute with Minister Pauline Sukhai in Moruca and I have been following up the land dispute for quite...

GCB, IMC name provisional squads

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB, IMC name provisional squads

-Team preparation in jeopardy as government lock out continues The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday announced a list of 31 players in a provisional squad to prepare for the Regional 4-Day...

Ponting and Clarke put India to the sword at Adelaide

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ponting and Clarke put India to the sword at Adelaide

Another day, another venue but the same sordid tale for India yet again as Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting piled on the agony for the hapless tourists on the first day at the...

Federer wins 1,000th match, will face Nadal

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Federer wins 1,000th match, will face Nadal

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—A dominating win by Roger Federer in his 1,000th career match and a more difficult workout for Rafael Nadal set up a rare Grand Slam marquee semifinal...

Guyana cricketers threatened with ICC ban –Sanjeev Datadin

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana cricketers threatened with ICC ban –Sanjeev Datadin

Attorney for the Guyana Cricket Board, Sanjeev Datadin, has reacted to the call by the Interim Management Committee for members of the Guyana cricket team to turn up for practice today. The...

East Coast athletics coach wants more student-athletes

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast athletics coach wants more student-athletes

– bemoans absence of training venue for his club By Juanita Hooper Raymond Daw, Coach of the Ruralites Athletics Club (RAC), located at Bygeval, Mahaica, East Coast...

Hadi’s Softball results for Jan. 22

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hadi’s Softball results for Jan. 22

Many matches scheduled to play last Sunday were called off because of bad weather in the inaugural Hadi’s nationwide Male/Female Softball tournament. However several games were...

Blairmont Cricket Club holds Annual General Meeting

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blairmont Cricket Club holds Annual General Meeting

The Blairmont Cricket Club recently held its Annual General Meeting and election of office bears for the year 2012. Businessman Shabeer Baksh was reelected to serve as president for...

Wiltshire, Joseph Dominoes Competition starts today

Jan 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire, Joseph Dominoes Competition starts today

Another massive countrywide Dominoes Competition organized by Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire and Orin Joseph is scheduled to begin today, at Joseph’s residence, Gaulding Place, South...

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CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more