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Budget debate… US$15M thrown on chopping block

Apr 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Budget debate… US$15M thrown on chopping block

… Granger declares Budget will be re-tailored to reflect will of the people By Gary Eleazar The Leaders of the Combined Parliamentary Opposition made their intentions clear yesterday...

Truck driver battered to death

Apr 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver battered to death

Police on the East Coast of Demerara have their work cut out trying to determine who killed 31-year-old truck driver, Jadesh Dass called ‘Baby-o’, of Chelsea Park, Mahaica, whose body was...

Chinese telecoms giant submits bid to install fibre optic cable

Apr 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese telecoms giant submits bid to install fibre optic cable

Two bids were submitted yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, for the installation of fibre optic cable for the Lethem to...

Canadian identifies CANU rank as person who beat, robbed him

Apr 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian identifies CANU rank as person who beat, robbed him

The police are expected to question an agent of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) who was identified by a Canadian-based Guyanese as the person who beat and robbed him last Easter Monday....

CJIA’s $150M expansion…Govt. eyes Indonesia, Singapore, South & West African Markets

Apr 18, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA’s $150M expansion…Govt. eyes Indonesia, Singapore, South & West African Markets

Government will be spending at least US$150M for the expansion of Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), saying on Monday that Guyana stands to potentially benefit from untapped markets in...

HOME-GROWN SOLUTIONS

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HOME-GROWN SOLUTIONS

One of the better parliamentarians of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is Mr. Basil Williams. He has always been realistic, reasonable, sensible and non-abrasive in his politics....

Charisma in Guyanese politics, 1950-2012

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Charisma in Guyanese politics, 1950-2012

This columnist has been told by reliable sources that there has been, and maybe still is, consideration inside Freedom House of an early election. The fact that Parliament has to...

Labour Silence

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Labour Silence

In the ongoing debate in parliament, the voice of labour has been surprisingly muted. Surprising because we are still a country with an underdeveloped economic base in which the lot of workers...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and Brazzy think everybody stupid

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and Brazzy think everybody stupid

Some people can find excuse fuh anything. Robeson mek Jagdeo and Brazzy put excuse in he mouth fuh de airport expansion and fuh brucking down de one that dem got now. Dem boys notice...

The Home Affairs Minister has overstepped his bounds

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Home Affairs Minister has overstepped his bounds

Dear Editor, I refer to the caption hereunder ‘The oligarchy and bureaucratic officials:- The Chief Justice, Commissioner of Police, Commissioner General-GRA, Home Secretary and...

The question is – fairness to try or fair trial for Henry Greene

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The question is – fairness to try or fair trial for Henry Greene

Dear Sir, The jurisprudential profundity of the decision of the Honourable Chief Justice, Mr. Ian Chang, in the Henry Greene application appears to have been totally lost to his...

Youth absent from tourism conference

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Youth absent from tourism conference

Dear Editor, Stabroek News’ article: “Absence of local, youth participants raises eyebrows at Tourism Conference” by Marcelle Thomas serves to underscore the sometimes deliberate...

A closer look at the Marriott project

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on A closer look at the Marriott project

Dear Editor, A great deal of discussion has already taken place in the media on the merits of the proposed Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI). I offer brief comments on somewhat neglected areas...

Ramotar failure to dismiss Greene – is there too much at stake?

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramotar failure to dismiss Greene – is there too much at stake?

Dear Editor, This fanfare is due to the “pussy-footing” of Mr. Clement Rohee, Home Affairs Minister, and President Donald Ramotar (two seeds in the same pod) to remove Greene,...

Where are your views Caribbean?

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Where are your views Caribbean?

Dear Editor, Is CARICOM coming, going, or going backwards? Where are we really going? Do we have any ethical principles or moral characteristics? Is parliament doing what it is...

Police find news report erroneous

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Police find news report erroneous

Dear Sir, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News on Monday April 16, 2012, under the caption “Oh, what a wonderful state we are living...

Disgusting action

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Disgusting action

Dear Editor, On Monday April 9, 2012, Easter Monday, imagine my uttermost surprise when I learnt and saw that the Police in ‘G’ Division, that is the Essequibo Police, held a...

Lyon haul gives Australia advantage despite century stand from Chanderpaul, Deonarine

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lyon haul gives Australia advantage despite century stand from Chanderpaul, Deonarine

West Indies came close to having a very good day in Port-of-Spain but finished on the verge of conceding a significant first-innings lead to Australia on the third day of the second Test...

Bishops High dominate YBG U-16 League

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bishops High dominate YBG U-16 League

-takes top ranking ahead of NSBF After six weeks of intense competition in the Edward B. Beharry and Company Ltd sponsored-Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Under-16 Academy League, The...

Usain Bolt says London 2012 can make him a “living legend”

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt says London 2012 can make him a “living legend”

Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt wants to “amaze” the world at London 2012 by running 9.4 seconds for the 100m and 19 seconds for the 200m. Jamaican Bolt, 25, is the reigning...

Aruwai Regatta 20/20 KO semis & final on this weekend …New Line Cavaliers oppose South E’bo; Orient play Wakenaam

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aruwai Regatta 20/20 KO semis & final on this weekend …New Line Cavaliers oppose South E’bo; Orient play Wakenaam

Twenty20 fans and the hundreds of Barticians home for the Easter holidays are bracing themselves for what is anticipated to be a grand climax to the 3rd annual Aruwai Mining Enterprise...

Local teams endure defeat in CFU Championships

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local teams endure defeat in CFU Championships

It was an embarrassing night for Guyana’s Alpha United and Milerock as they both faced dreadful upsets from InterMoengo Tapoe of Suriname and Hubentut Fortuna of Curacao on home soil at the...

GT&T and BCB donate balls to Berbice Clubs

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T and BCB donate balls to Berbice Clubs

The ten (10) first division cricket clubs in the Ancient County of Berbice on Wednesday last received $240,000 worth of white cricket balls compliments of GT&T and the Berbice...

Bob Cat of Berbice, BCB 20/20 Cup…New Amsterdam Canje teams prepare for battle

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bob Cat of Berbice, BCB 20/20 Cup…New Amsterdam Canje teams prepare for battle

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its continued efforts to expand and develop the standard of the game in every area of the Ancient County launched the Bob Cat of Berbice 20/20...

Georgetown Turf Club horserace meet fixed for Sunday

Apr 18, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown Turf Club horserace meet fixed for Sunday

– raffle drawing to be conducted Great anticipation is the order of the day at the Georgetown Turf Club Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara this Sunday from12 noon when the...

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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