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Brassington buys 50,000 shares for NICIL, and 2.25 million shares in brother’s name

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Brassington buys 50,000 shares for NICIL, and 2.25 million shares in brother’s name

NICIL take over of GNCB Trust Executive Director of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington, just one day after challenging the opposition...

Dumped body of US-based citizen…Third woman held with slain man’s wedding ring

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Dumped body of US-based citizen…Third woman held with slain man’s wedding ring

– victim laid to rest at Blankenburg Police have detained a third woman as they step up efforts to apprehend the remaining suspects in the murder of US-based Guyanese Abdool Shakeel Majid,...

Two get 30 years each for female taxi operator’s murder

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Two get 30 years each for female taxi operator’s murder

Two men, who were accused of killing a female taxi operator along Ogle Road, East Coast Demerara, on February 10, 2006, yesterday each received 30-year prison sentences, when they...

Cop ambushed, shot with arrow after arresting drug suspect

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Cop ambushed, shot with arrow after arresting drug suspect

A police constable stationed at Monkey Mountain, Potaro, is currently at a city hospital after being ambushed and shot with an arrow after he arrested a suspect in a drug matter. The...

Murder suspect escapes from Brickdam lock-ups

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Murder suspect escapes from Brickdam lock-ups

Fear has gripped a Mahaica family following the reported escape of a prisoner from the Brickdam lock-ups. The man, Naitram Persaud, who was being held for questioning into murder and robbery...

Govt. not disposed to independent audit of NICIL accounts

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. not disposed to independent audit of NICIL accounts

– Auditor General says his independence could be threatened The Government of Guyana through the Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has said that the administration is not disposed to an...

Send in the clowns!

May 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Send in the clowns!

Why can’t high-level employees who acquired their position because of loyalty to the PPP explain themselves without coming across as foolish people? There does not seem to be any top bureaucrat or...

Facebook Stocks

May 25, 2012 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Facebook Stocks

The Facebook high-profile stock market launch offers us an opportunity to examine this much neglected facet of modern business practice in our country. In Guyana, for any number of reasons,...

Dem boys seh…Para Batty gearing up fuh sadaaring

May 25, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Para Batty gearing up fuh sadaaring

Same thing dem boys seh, once de Waterfalls paper highlight something de people does get vex and dem does threaten fuh sue. A man get vex because he was wukking at GuySuCo and he get...

THE POLICE FORCE ALSO NEEDS REFORM

May 25, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE POLICE FORCE ALSO NEEDS REFORM

Corruption has always been the bane of the Guyana Police Force and has consistently undermined its effectiveness. In the days when flour was all but in law a prohibited item, a running joke was if...

The Ministry of Contract Workers

May 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Contract Workers

Dear Editor, The recent debate about contract workers made me think about the Ministry of Education and contract workers. I did not think about contract workers in the Ministry of...

Lionel Lowe is writing falsehoods

May 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lionel Lowe is writing falsehoods

Dear Editor, Mr. Lionel Lowe needs to stop perpetuating falsehoods about our political history (KN May 19) in seeking to defend the PNC’s track record on the abuse of democracy and human...

What’s with Brandon Harding?

May 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s with Brandon Harding?

Dear Editor, Having made it official via the dailies with a press conference chaired by Chief Executive Officer of GTT, Mr. Yog Mahadeo, that long time endorsed entertainers of Digicel, Jomo...

The government should commit to a Phillip Moore project

May 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on The government should commit to a Phillip Moore project

Dear Editor, Phillip Moore was and is a national hero. That there was reluctance/resistance to accord him appropriate recognition in this respect at the time of his death was unbecoming...

Karen Livan deserves a public apology from Robert Persuad

May 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Karen Livan deserves a public apology from Robert Persuad

Dear Editor, The women of the S4 Foundation are highly offended at the way one of our highly qualified Guyanese Sisters was treated by a Minister of government. Last week, Karen Livan,...

Scammed by a taxi driver

May 25, 2012 KNews Letters Comments Off on Scammed by a taxi driver

Dear Sir, I penned this letter with disgust over the robbing and scampish attitude of some Taxi operators who ply their trade outside the Demico House. On Wednesday May 23, 2012 around 13:45...

Guyana gears up to host C/bean Guinness Street Football Challenge

May 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana gears up to host C/bean Guinness Street Football Challenge

By Rawle Welch Describing the moment as a proud one for Banks DIH and Guyana, Marketing Executive of the Beverage giants Carlton Joao was referring to the hosting of the inaugural Guinness...

Digicel honours winners of President’s/Jefford Classic

May 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel honours winners of President’s/Jefford Classic

– Jamaican sprinter could grace meet next year By Sean Devers The respective winners of the third annual President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic that was held in Linden on...

Sammy craves crucial victory in second Test

May 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy craves crucial victory in second Test

Nottingham, England – Darren Sammy said West Indies have never lost a first-class match at Trent Bridge, let alone a Test, and his side would like to preserve this cherished record, when they face...

LOC updates media

May 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on LOC updates media

– Spectators not allowed in mound Guyana’s National football team, Golden Jaguars participation in the third round of the CONCACAF 2014 World Cup Qualifiers at the Guyana National...

Joseph and ‘Jumbie’ host Domino Competition at Punter’s Place

May 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on Joseph and ‘Jumbie’ host Domino Competition at Punter’s Place

President of the Georgetown Dominoes Association Orin Joseph and Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire will be staging an after Independence Day countrywide competition this Sunday, at Punter’s Place...

National Sports Commission Independence junior tournament underway

May 25, 2012 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Sports Commission Independence junior tournament underway

The NSC Independence Junior Tournament started Monday at the Queens College Badminton Courts and saw quite a number of entries from different schools and matches were played in the Under 11,...

Hand-in-Hand Trust shares…Transaction smacks of massive illegality – AFC

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand Trust shares…Transaction smacks of massive illegality – AFC

– Party defends absence from NICIL debate Opposition party, Alliance For Change (AFC), has defended its absence from last Tuesday’s televised debate on the contentious National...

Armed schoolboys snatch conductor’s money

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Armed schoolboys snatch conductor’s money

Two schoolboys, after refusing to pay the fares of a route 45 (Kitty/Campbellville) minibus, reportedly decided to not just run away, but to take some cash with them. This was according to...

Ramotar supports Bouterse, Suriname against EU boycott

May 25, 2012 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar supports Bouterse, Suriname against EU boycott

By Gary Eleazar The Netherlands has spearheaded having the Assembly involving the European Union and the African Caribbean and Pacific (EU-ACP) not be hosted in Suriname in protest of...