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2012 Budget to be approved with no cuts

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on 2012 Budget to be approved with no cuts

…$4.5B CJIA airport expansion money approved unchallenged By Gary Eleazar With just three days remaining for the Combined Opposition to make any cuts to the $192.8B 2011 Budget,...

Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling in danger of collapsing

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling in danger of collapsing

– Demerara Speedboat Association Vice President Persons who use the Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara (WBD) stelling say that they risk serious injury because of the deplorable...

Miner chopped to death in Puruni Backdam

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Miner chopped to death in Puruni Backdam

– suspect held Police have detained a man following the hacking to death of a 29 year-old miner at Chinese Creek, Puruni. According to reports, 29 year-old Travis De Souza of 13 Section ‘C’...

Guyanese couple in murder/suicide

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese couple in murder/suicide

A heated argument between a Guyanese escalated into a murder/suicide on Saturday at St. Maarten. SMN News identified the female as Cheryl Withrite, 52, a Burger King employee. Police Spokesman...

Bio-fuel MoU…Ansa McCal approached Govt. for ‘non-financial’ support

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bio-fuel MoU…Ansa McCal approached Govt. for ‘non-financial’ support

– Dr. Ramsammy By Gary Eleazar The Ansa McCal Group of Companies had approached the Government of Guyana to solicit non financial support for the establishment of a sugar cane based ethanol...

Dem boys seh…Jagdeo tek all he benefits before he lef office

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Jagdeo tek all he benefits before he lef office

Bright and early Sunday morning some people went in de market looking fuh cheese. There was a shortage. People walk up and down and couldn’t find any till one boy tell dem that dem got to go to dem...

Four men in Robb St. murder to get trial date today

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Four men in Robb St. murder to get trial date today

A date for the commencement of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the death of 72- year-old Robb Street resident Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris is expected to be given today to the four men who are...

GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball quarterfinals decided

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball quarterfinals decided

– Wolf’s Warriors, Speed Boat Sp. Club, Mike’s Wellwoman & Rising Star X1 through A punishing 1.5 overs which yielded some 47 runs, propelled defending champions Wolf’s Warriors into...

Risk-free Aussies go for kill against Windies

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Risk-free Aussies go for kill against Windies

AFP – Australia coach Mickey Arthur vowed his team will go for the West Indies’ jugular in the third and final Test even if their full throttle assault backfires. Australia have already ensured...

James halts Bollers charge to storm to 400m win

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on James halts Bollers charge to storm to 400m win

AAG National Youth, Junior & Senior Championship By Juanita Hooper Running Brave (RB) star athlete, Stephan James reminded University of Guyana’s athlete, Elton Bollers who alienated himself...

Looks like a Western Tigers vs. Fruta Conquerors clash in Mayor’s Cup final

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Looks like a Western Tigers vs. Fruta Conquerors clash in Mayor’s Cup final

The final and third place playoff in the Mayor’s Cup Annual Knockout Inter-Ward football fiesta will be played on Saturday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground. The final has all the...

Team with best record from preliminary phase sent packing

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team with best record from preliminary phase sent packing

‘Guinness Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Football Tournament It was a case of a ‘bridge too far’ for Commacka United, the only team to have won all their preliminary matches prior to their...

LTI to clash with LFS while ‘Multi’ faces MHS in today’s semi-finals

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on LTI to clash with LFS while ‘Multi’ faces MHS in today’s semi-finals

After a round of intriguing contest and upsets, the 8th Victory Valley Royals School’s basketball championship is down to its final four teams. In today’s semi-finals, the Linden Technical...

Caribbean Container Inc. sponsors Jnr FIDE Rating Chess Tourney

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Container Inc. sponsors Jnr FIDE Rating Chess Tourney

Six unrated junior chess players will challenge four of their senior counterparts for FIDE (World Chess Federation) ratings in the Caribbean Container Inc. (C.C.I.) sponsored FIDE rating tournament...

BCB and Berbice Chamber Million-dollar 20/20 cricket tournament launched

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB and Berbice Chamber Million-dollar 20/20 cricket tournament launched

The collaborative effort between the Berbice Cricket Board and the Berbice Chamber of Commerce was taken a step further with the launching of the joint 20/20 cricket initiative, which is scheduled to...

Car disappears outside city bank

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Car disappears outside city bank

A white Premio (PNN 3547) was stolen from in front of Scotia Bank on Robb Street, Georgetown early Saturday morning, 15 minutes after the owner parked it there. The owner, Mohamed Shazam Isfehani of...

Clients, attorneys, judges dead, but High Court cases still pending

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Clients, attorneys, judges dead, but High Court cases still pending

– over 6,000 backlog matters There are approximately 6000 backlog cases in the High Court, including matters in which the judges, attorneys or clients have died. Some go back to ten years and...

Victim rebuilds, still awaiting GPL response on compensation

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Victim rebuilds, still awaiting GPL response on compensation

Stabroek Bazaar fire… Almost three weeks after fire of suspected electrical origin gutted her stall, Chandroutie Dass is still awaiting word from the...

Motorcyclist killed in crash with ‘drunk’ driver

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist killed in crash with ‘drunk’ driver

A thirty five year old motorcyclist was killed after he was struck down by a drunk driver, on the Grove, East Bank Demerara public road shortly after midnight yesterday. Father of...

High Court Injunction stalls function of GTU executives

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on High Court Injunction stalls function of GTU executives

Execution of duties by Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) newly elected Central Executive Officers is stalled because the High Court approved an interim injunction filed by three union...

Local writer calls for massive investment in arts and culture

Apr 23, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Local writer calls for massive investment in arts and culture

“It will make money for Guyana; it will help to define Guyana, but it needs participation from the Government, but the government must have guidance from the arts community and not...

LINDEN SHOULD HAVE BY NOW BEEN THE INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL OF THE CARIBBEAN

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LINDEN SHOULD HAVE BY NOW BEEN THE INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL OF THE CARIBBEAN

Linden is one lucky community. Imagine having to pay $15 per KWH for electricity while the rest of the country is burdened with tariffs that are three and one half times this amount. Not many...

COMEDY IN A MYNAH

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on COMEDY IN A MYNAH

Today I left the village post office and a really muddy scrawny chicken shot across the road narrowly escaping being dinner and then returned almost faster when it ran into a cat. Why did he...

APNU/PNC’s betrayal of the AFC will backfire spectacularly

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU/PNC’s betrayal of the AFC will backfire spectacularly

Dear Editor, APNU/PNC and the AFC exhibited their full political naivete and inability to comprehend the Machiavellian complex that operates within the PPP. The PPP may be overrun by incompetent...

Linden folks eat, sleep and breathe dust

Apr 23, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden folks eat, sleep and breathe dust

Dear Editor, A letter in the Stabroek News publication of March 15th 2012: “BOSAI’s proposed expansion should be viewed with concern given its history of environmental non-compliance”, by...

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St. Joseph High School benefits from GBA Shuttle Time project

The gas-to-energy project is a study in concealment

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Why would a government so eager to plunge a nation into over $2 billion of debt be so reluctant... more