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Contractor out of India gets mining concession…enjoys privileged position with Govt

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor out of India gets mining concession…enjoys privileged position with Govt

*gets US$12.5M for sugar packaging plant but never built one before *gets US$4M drainage pumps contract but never built any before *gets US$19M contract for Specialty Hospital, never built one...

Maternal death at GPHC…Patient ‘nearby’ says negligence led to wife and baby deaths

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Maternal death at GPHC…Patient ‘nearby’ says negligence led to wife and baby deaths

– husband hopes to meet with doctors today for “truthful” answers Unless officials of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are able to prove otherwise, Nigel...

Fly Jamaica cleared to fly Georgetown-New York

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Jamaica cleared to fly Georgetown-New York

…Georgetown-Toronto also approved The long wait is over for officials of the new aviation runner, Fly Jamaica, as Government announced the go ahead for the Jamaican air carrier to service...

Dem boys seh…Tell Priya dont get vex

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Tell Priya dont get vex

When Priya wake up de other morning, she didn’t expect to see school children looking like slave fetching wood to cook. Somebody wake up de children, dress dem fuh school and then send dem to de...

CPL players named in franchises

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on CPL players named in franchises

KINGSTON, JAMAICA – The Caribbean Premier League yesterday drafted players into their respective franchises. The tournament is anticipated to be keenly contested judging from the...

Champions Trophy: India and South Africa set for opener

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Champions Trophy: India and South Africa set for opener

BBC Sport – India and South Africa, two of the top three one-day teams in the world, get the Champions Trophy under way today. The sides meet at Cardiff in the opening Group B game of a...

Local FIFA female Referee Nicola Joseph invited to SCHWAN’S USA CUP

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local FIFA female Referee Nicola Joseph invited to SCHWAN’S USA CUP

By Franklin Wilson The exploits of Guyana’s Referees who’ve made the FIFA list over the past decade or so, females and males have been well documented. These officials have kept standards...

High level of incompetence existed previously, Mexico probe ongoing-Matthias

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on High level of incompetence existed previously, Mexico probe ongoing-Matthias

By Rawle Welch “Regrettably we have played a lot of football where a lot of funding had passed through the system with little or no development coupled with poor accountability and it...

Trophy Stall Golf Tourney set for Saturday

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall Golf Tourney set for Saturday

With great improvement in the weather golfers will tee off on Saturday in the annual Trophy Stall sponsored Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club. Vice President David Mohamed said the...

From Lion King to Mama Mia: A night at the Theatre Guild

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on From Lion King to Mama Mia: A night at the Theatre Guild

I was on the computer when my daughter rushed into our study; “We have to go to this, we cannot miss this,” she yelled out in decibels that reminded me of my loudmouthed characteristic. She...

Men outnumber women

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Men outnumber women

There is information available about everything under the sun. With the advancing technology mankind can sit in his living room and glean information about the deepest regions of space; he can...

Education Minister condemns the use of children to fetch firewood

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education Minister condemns the use of children to fetch firewood

– Investigations launched Education Minister, Priya Manickchand in response to the appalling discovery surrounding the school feeding programme at Kato Primary school in Region...

Security guard struck by speeding car

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard struck by speeding car

– driver leaves victim in a taxi without paying fare On the night of April 24 last, a mother of one had just left her workplace and was heading home to her family when a speeding...

Cabinet approves over $2BM worth of contracts

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet approves over $2BM worth of contracts

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday disclosed that Cabinet has offered its “no objection” to several contracts in various sectors totalling more than $2B....

Confirmation of Chancellor, Chief Justice…Dr. Luncheon says Granger’s only role is to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Confirmation of Chancellor, Chief Justice…Dr. Luncheon says Granger’s only role is to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’

The only role of the Opposition Leader in the appointment of the Chancellor and Chief Justice is to say whether he agrees or disagrees with the names put forward by the President. That’s...

Guyana to ask Argentina for details on terror cells claim

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to ask Argentina for details on terror cells claim

The Guyana Government says that it plans to ask Argentina “on what basis” one of its state prosecutors claimed that Iran has set up terror cells here. “This is anticipated,” Dr. Roger...

Shacks, bushy areas, deplorable roads a haven for criminals – GPG official

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Shacks, bushy areas, deplorable roads a haven for criminals – GPG official

Of the five fields in Sophia, the Police and Community Policing Group (CPG) will be enhancing its patrols and networking after a recent meeting with residents. Another meeting which is in the...

Jiaram, Simon are National Draughts Champs

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jiaram, Simon are National Draughts Champs

The National Draughts Competition concluded last Sunday at the National Gymnasium with Jiaram winning the ‘B’ Class title and Tarlton Simon taking the ‘A’ Class honours. The...

Verbal warfare sets the stage as 28th edition of Guyana Fight Night looms

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Verbal warfare sets the stage as 28th edition of Guyana Fight Night looms

The last boxing card staged by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) was dubbed ‘Firestorm’ and fans could attest to the aptness of the sobriquet. After a month’s absence...

Timehri North residents shaken over report to level community by month end

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri North residents shaken over report to level community by month end

Members of the Timehri North community, East Bank Demerara, expressed emphatically at a community meeting last Sunday, concerns over rumours that residents will be removed by month end....

90% of farmers agree on paddy prices

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 90% of farmers agree on paddy prices

-negotiations continue with millers As the negotiations for paddy prices continue, a majority of the country’s rice farmers and millers have agreed on fixed prices for a bag of paddy to be...

Non Pareil Residents still without electricity

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Non Pareil Residents still without electricity

Three days have passed since Guyana Power and Light (GPL)’s loss reduction team swooped down on the Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara community and removed the meters from the homes of residents on...

Local Government elections are not at my feet – Basil Williams

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Local Government elections are not at my feet – Basil Williams

In another exhibition of what remains the continuous tug of war between the government and the now majority seated opposition, parliamentary Chairman Basil Williams has refuted claims...

Delinquent Prison Officer freed on aiding and abetting charge

Jun 06, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Delinquent Prison Officer freed on aiding and abetting charge

Prison Officer Orlando Jaundoo, 26, of Lot 1 Content, Mahaicony, who was charged with aiding and abetting the escape of a convicted prisoner back in June 2011, was on Monday freed by...

INCREASED CONSUMPTION IS GENERATING INCREASED WASTE

Jun 06, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on INCREASED CONSUMPTION IS GENERATING INCREASED WASTE

The amount of waste generated each day by the business community today is more than what was generated by the entire country thirty years ago. This volume of solid waste will continue to grow. More...