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Brazil trade… Lethem Authority to be established

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

Government has announced plans to move ahead with the establishment of a Lethem Authority to help develop trade with that Region Nine area which borders Brazil. Over the weekend,...

President visits several hotspots on Easter Monday

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

President Donald Ramotar visited a number of communities across Guyana on Easter Monday, including the popular Number Sixty-Three Beach in Berbice. The Guyanese leader was accompanied by Region Six...

DHB closing for six days to marine traffic from April 29

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

– to change hydraulic span The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) would be closed to ocean going vessels for six days from April 29. This is to facilitate the removal of the old...

Man in hammer beating case to surrender on condition

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

The man accused of beating his lover with a hammer has promised to turn himself over to police but only after his girlfriend, Eureka Garraway, is fit enough to be discharged from...

Budget cannot outline everything being done for the disabled – Manickchand

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

Concerns that enough is not being done for the disabled faction of the society have been amplified by a number of organisations for the disabled following the unveiling of the 2012 budget two...

Man chops wife but reasons differ

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

A Danielstown mother of three is currently nursing a chop wound to her hand, inflicted by her husband, after she was reportedly caught having sex on the beach with her lover. Simone Ritchie,...

Nadira’s nadir

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

It must have been the lowest point in her expectation of the performance of the protégés her parents left in charge of Guyana when Nadira, the daughter of the Jagans denounced the lifestyle and low...

Bitten by one’s own bug

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Editorial 0

The daughter of the late President Dr. Cheddi Jagan leveled a blistering attack against the party her father founded and there has been nary a criticism of her comments. In fact, they passed...

THE PRESIDENT NEEDS HELP

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

It is time for the President to act. He has before him serious allegations of maladministration, at the least. He himself has expressed some sentiments on this issue; it is now time for him to...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald gun miss de budget debate

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

Uncle Donald had de best Easter in he life. He travel de whole country fuh see how people does spend de holiday. In one day de man move from east to west and from north to south. He...

The solution lies in developing the internal capacity to stand up to hate and stop it in its tracks

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to the SN Editorial of March 31, 2012 ‘The Travvon Martin shooting’ and the From the Diaspora KN column (March 25, 2012) – ‘Racism is Alive and...

Keep up the good work, Mr. Chang

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, I would like to share my views on the Henry Greene issue. Firstly, I have noticed that the Honourable Chief Justice Mr. Ian Chang has come in for some severe criticism and flak...

Donald Ramotar has to go to war with the Jagdeoites at some point to fix the PPP

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese must be incredibly strong and tough people to take this kind of kicking and slapping and still turning the other cheek. Kaieteur News, as is customary and in what seems...

WI keep tight rein on Aussies

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Sports 0

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Purposeful bowling from West Indies upstaged Australia’s much feared batsmen, keeping them on a leash in the first Digicel Test on Monday. Darren Sammy set the tone...

Bartica Regatta 2012…Clint & Neil Gonsalves win 3 of 4 categories as Pomeroon connection sizzle

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Sports 0

By Franklin Wilson It is not often that the Belle clan are subjected to being second best, but this year’s Bartica Easter Regatta will go down in history as one of the most exciting...

Camptown to hold Football Fund Raising Classic

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Sports 0

Football comes alive tomorrow at the Camptown ground, First Street, Stone Avenue, Campbellville when Gordon ‘Dice’ Van Rossum hosts the Annual Camptown Football Classic in aid of...

Awesome Warrior wins feature at Port Mourant meet, Jagdeo stable takes top honours

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Sports 0

Big wins for Better than Gold, Celebration Time, Storm In a tea Cup and Got to Go By Samuel Whyte It took a blistering run down the homestretch by little known outsider, Awesome...

GFF Female Inter-Association 2012 League kicks off Saturday

Apr 10, 2012 KNews Sports 0

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Female Inter-Association 2012 League gets underway on Saturday at Blairmont ground with two teams, Berbice and West Demerara from 13:45 hours. The...

GPSU slams unchanged and burdensome income tax, VAT

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

The Government’s decision to retain the 33 per cent income taxes and 16 per cent value added taxes (VAT) in this year’s National Budget will not help to improve the plight of the working class,...

Urgent sea defence works needed at Craig

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

Craig residents fear that their houses and surroundings may be severely flooded by overtopping from the Demerara River if the collapsed timber revetment near the East Bank Demerara Public Road...

ESSEQUIBO RICE FARMERS OWE $150M TO WUA.‏

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

A number of Essequibo Rice farmers reportedly owe in excess of $150M dollars in revenues to the Water Users Association and to the Neighbourhood Democratic Council, for the past 15 years. This...

Lethem Hospital not functioning to residents’ expectations

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

Though millions of dollars have been spent to establish the Lethem Regional Hospital, residents are complaining that the services and treatment being offered to them are far from acceptable....

Govt. to penalize private hospitals for not registering births

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

Government is warning private hospitals that they will be penalized if registration documents of births of newborns at their respective institutions are not handed over....

Cabinet approves over $200M in contracts

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, announced three contracts worth some $221M that have attracted Cabinet’s no objection for last week. Cabinet met on April 4,...

Apicultural society wants 1000 beekeepers with 100,000 bee colonies

Apr 10, 2012 KNews News 0

By Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon At the honey show last Saturday at Muneshwer’s Water Street pavement, Secretary of the Guyana Apicultural Society, Aubrey Roberts, said that the local...