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President Ramotar says GPL rental costs are disturbing, if true

Apr 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on President Ramotar says GPL rental costs are disturbing, if true

US$900,000 generator rented for US$720,000 annually… President Donald Ramotar yesterday toured operations of the cash-strapped Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) and did not dismiss questions...

Mere two years after commissioning…US$200M Skeldon factory set for major overhaul

Apr 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Mere two years after commissioning…US$200M Skeldon factory set for major overhaul

Just two years after launching the country’s most expensive project to date, the government yesterday announced plans to begin a major overhaul of the Skeldon factory. The US$200M factory, on which...

Male GGMC officer searches women’s private parts for gold

Apr 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Male GGMC officer searches women’s private parts for gold

– facing major disciplinary actions A major shakeup continues to be on at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) with a Mines Officer now in hot water for allegedly...

14 female officers accuse senior GRA official of sexual harassment

Apr 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 14 female officers accuse senior GRA official of sexual harassment

Several women have come forward claiming that they were allegedly coerced or sexually harassed by a senior official of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). Late last week, following...

Cops destroy records to cover up prisoners’ escape

Apr 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cops destroy records to cover up prisoners’ escape

The Guyana Police Force is contemplating criminal proceedings against two of its ranks following the escape of two prisoners from the Leonora Police Station on Sunday. News of the escape was...

You can hold electricity and fire in your hand

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on You can hold electricity and fire in your hand

There are ways in which you can hold both fire and electricity in the palm of your hand. First, magicians take actual fire in their hands all the time. They do it in two ways just in case you...

LINDEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN PAMPERED BY THE PPPC

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LINDEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN PAMPERED BY THE PPPC

The AFC is up to its old tricks. This time it is recklessly and irresponsibly suggesting that the decision of the government to align electricity rates in Linden with national tariffs...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo learn fuh thief since he small

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo learn fuh thief since he small

There is a true saying that the love of money is de root of all evil. Some does wuk hard fuh money like dem boys. Some does wuk pun dem belly fuh money like Kwame, Knee Ass and de...

Education demands more of the budget

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Education demands more of the budget

The national budget is out. There are allocations for every major sector with the most going to agriculture, the largest sector in the country. However, there is evidence that the major focus...

Guyana to finally cash-in on Norway Funds

Apr 03, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to finally cash-in on Norway Funds

By Gary Eleazar More than three years after signing a Memorandum of Understanding for support in the form of some US$250M with the Kingdom of Norway, the Guyana Government is now on the threshold of...

Will the AFC act responsibly, or will they continue to rubber stamp everything APNU does?

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Will the AFC act responsibly, or will they continue to rubber stamp everything APNU does?

DEAR EDITOR, This year’s record-breaking $193billion national budget has been presented by Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh for passage through Parliament, and remarkably, there is no...

What about persons with disabilities?

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What about persons with disabilities?

DEAR EDITOR, It would appear that the disability community has been left out of the 2012 budgetary allocations. On November 10, 2011, the then President Bharrat Jagdeo pledged $20M to the...

The proposed Airport Expansion

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The proposed Airport Expansion

DEAR EDITOR, I read in yesterday’s newspaper (April 2) that the Government intends to spend some US$22.5 million on the proposed airport expansion and it raises several questions...

Guyana needs to safeguard the environment in any oil find

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs to safeguard the environment in any oil find

DEAR EDITOR, President Donald Ramotar last week visited two offshore oil rigs, REPSOL and CGX, to “get a feel” for their oil drilling operations. According to press reports, the President...

Pensioners granted bounty of US$3

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pensioners granted bounty of US$3

DEAR EDITOR, As a patriot, allow me to compliment the President and the Cabinet for our fantastic Budget 2012. You see the caring, sagacious government has kept VAT as is, so more money in the...

Bounty One-Day Hockey Challenge…Pepsi Hikers, Bokra claim titles

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty One-Day Hockey Challenge…Pepsi Hikers, Bokra claim titles

The Pepsi Hikers reversed an earlier defeat at the hands of arch-rivals GCC to pull off a 1-0 victory in the men’s final of the Bounty One-Day Hockey Challenge which was played on Sunday, at...

Damascus Dream creates big upset at Norman Singh Guyana Cup Fever Race meet…As Shariff stable roast opponents in incident filled event

Apr 03, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Damascus Dream creates big upset at Norman Singh Guyana Cup Fever Race meet…As Shariff stable roast opponents in incident filled event

The ‘Sheriff’ is large and in charge was one thing being said as horses of the Shariff Racing Stable of Number 4 Village, West Coast, Berbice were red hot and in top form as they roasted their...

Linden’s Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ thrills hundreds on opening night

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National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more