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CGX oil search comes up empty

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on CGX oil search comes up empty

-Suresh Narine new Chairman in major shakeup -company spends extra US$21M By Leonard Gildarie Guyana’s hope of striking oil in commercial quantities suffered a major setback with...

Ramotar defends NICIL hoarding $$$B

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar defends NICIL hoarding $$$B

“We are not doing anything illegal as far as that is concerned… None of it is misappropriated and it is audited,” Ramotar By Gary Eleazar The Opposition concerns regarding billions of dollars...

Home Affairs elections $90M for police adds up

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Home Affairs elections $90M for police adds up

…Audit Office probe almost complete By Gary Eleazar There appears to be vindication on the part of the Ministry of Home Affairs as it relates to that entity’s accounting for the $90M...

Presidential pension package up for Parliament debate Thursday

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential pension package up for Parliament debate Thursday

– APNU wants new package drafted The major Parliamentary opposition party, APNU, would on Thursday pilot a motion calling for a repeal of the contentious Former President’s (Benefits...

Hospital workers sit-in over lack of potable water

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hospital workers sit-in over lack of potable water

Workers at the CC Nicholson Hospital at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara, downed arms yesterday to protest the lack of potable water at the facility. The situation reached crisis stage yesterday...

An oligarch falls

May 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An oligarch falls

Mr. Henry Greene is finished. He should never have been a policeman with a substantial badge. He was not made of such material. Greene spent twenty years under the PPP rule, and I doubt very...

REFORMING GECOM IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE!

May 08, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REFORMING GECOM IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE!

There have been incessant calls over time for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to be granted greater ‘independence. It was argued that this independence was particularly urgent in...

It depends on who is selling

May 08, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on It depends on who is selling

The wheel has come full circle for those administering the National Insurance Scheme. When the scheme came into being in 1969 the voices of criticism were loud. In the first instance those...

Dem boys seh…Dem want oil but dem get water

May 08, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem want oil but dem get water

Old people seh that nobody should count dem chicken before dem hatch. CGX start fuh drill fuh oil and Bharrat, Rob Bert, Brazzy, Bobby and everybody start fuh clap dem hand. You woulda believe...

NICIL may have to be reformed legally

May 08, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on NICIL may have to be reformed legally

DEAR EDITOR, The identity of the author of your Peeping Tom columns of 6 May and 7 May 2012 is not difficult to guess. Someone is back from globetrotting, and re-engaged with the business of...

Is it a Value Added Tax or a Sales Tax?

May 08, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is it a Value Added Tax or a Sales Tax?

DEAR EDITOR, Even as I applaud Mr Khurshid Sattaur’s letter published May 7, I am meditating its implications for application of the VAT. I am moved to address to him an enquiry I...

Predictable fallout from the excesses of unbridled capitalism

May 08, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Predictable fallout from the excesses of unbridled capitalism

DEAR EDITOR, The recent elections in France and Greece have brought to the surface the growing discontent and frustration experienced by the voting public over IMF/EU austerity measures...

Furthering an agenda at the expense of others

May 08, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Furthering an agenda at the expense of others

DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to the Kaieteur News’ editorial, 5th May, 2012, titled “Arrival Day should be preserved.” This editorial seeks to laud the contributions and influence of...

Fulton wins Arrival Day Darts “B” Tournament at Safari Inn

May 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fulton wins Arrival Day Darts “B” Tournament at Safari Inn

Christopher Fulton of Better Hope emerged champion after defeating former Ladies National Champion Rosetta Hiralall two games to one. Earlier, Fulton beat Ricardo Baker and...

John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd Second division Hockey League…

May 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on John Fernandes Insurance Services Ltd Second division Hockey League…

GCC draws with Saints, Hikers overcomes Old Fort 2-1 In the opening match of the day, GCC drew 0-0 with Saints as more hockey action continued in the John Fernandes Second Division Hockey...

Mark Interior Communications throws in weight

May 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mark Interior Communications throws in weight

– Jai Signs creates new Photo-Op banner Jai Signs of La Penitence Boulevard yesterday handed over the new Photo Opportunity banner it created for the third edition of the...

Bush Lot United Turf Club Horse Race Meet …‘Mr. Cool’ is champion horse

May 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bush Lot United Turf Club Horse Race Meet …‘Mr. Cool’ is champion horse

By Samuel Whyte Taking advantage of the favourable conditions and straddled by Winston Appadhu, Mr. Cool, a five-year-old locally bred horse owned by Mrs. S. Ross and trained by G. Sooklall,...

ASTP / GT&T / MCYS / NSC Schools Windball Cricket C/ships…Tain, Albion, Port Mourant latest to register victories

May 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on ASTP / GT&T / MCYS / NSC Schools Windball Cricket C/ships…Tain, Albion, Port Mourant latest to register victories

Tain, Albion and Port Mourant were the latest teams to register victories when play in the Lower Corentyne Zone of the Al Sport & Tour Promotions (ASTP) / GT&T / Ministry of Culture, Youth...

Glasgow / Jairam win Silvina’s Variety Store Beach Volleyball Classic

May 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Glasgow / Jairam win Silvina’s Variety Store Beach Volleyball Classic

Former national Captain Seon Glasgow teamed up with former national Under-19 player Naresh Jairam to win the Silvina’s Variety Beach Volleyball Classic Trophy when the Berbice Volleyball...

Letter to the Sports Editor….AAG President responds to Pemberton

May 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor….AAG President responds to Pemberton

Dear Mr. Editor, I write in response to a letter that appeared in your newspaper on 2012-05-06 under the caption “GOA and AAG bosses called on to respond” by one, T. Pemberton. As...

Campbelle steers WI to series win

May 08, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Campbelle steers WI to series win

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A valiant, unbroken 24-run, eighth wicket partnership between Shemaine Campbelle and Tremayne Smartt fired West Indies Women to a series-winning three-wicket win over Sri...

City Council Officers protest arbitrary four per cent deduction from salaries

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on City Council Officers protest arbitrary four per cent deduction from salaries

Several employees of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) took to the streets yesterday with plaque cards in their hands protesting against the uninformed four per cent deduction from their...

Bandits shoot, rob nightspot patrons

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits shoot, rob nightspot patrons

– flee on motorcycle Gunmen on a motorcycle shot two nightspot patrons and escaped with an undisclosed sum of cash during a brazen robbery around 21:00 hrs yesterday at the...

Guyana will not sacrifice rice, sugar for oil-President Ramotar

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will not sacrifice rice, sugar for oil-President Ramotar

By Leonard Gildarie As Guyana continues its off-shore search for oil in commercial quantities, President Donald Ramotar has warned that the country will not be sacrificing its other...

Murders down despite recent spike

May 08, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Murders down despite recent spike

Despite the recent spike in murders the Guyana Police Force has released figures that show an 18 percent decrease for the period January to April, when compared with last year. The Guyana...