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Ramroop internet company launches hi-speed service without telecoms licence

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop seems set to earn even millions of dollars more as Global Technology’s iNet Communications has rolled out its high speed internet service using...

Businessman claims Princess Casino breached licence by allowing him entry

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

A prominent city businessman, Paul James, has taken the Princess Casino to court claiming that the popular facility breached its licence by allowing locals to enter its premises at Providence, East...

Cop mysteriously shot during high-speed chase

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

The practice of plainclothes police ranks operating in unmarked vehicles allegedly backfired early yesterday morning, resulting in a constable receiving gunshot wounds after a high-speed chase with...

Police crack Lusignan cosmetologist’s murder… Getaway driver leads investigators to shooter

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

After almost two months of painstaking investigations, detectives on the East Coast of Demerara have managed to secure confessions from two men who were responsible for the murder of 19-year-old...

Revise laws catering for tax concessions – Ram

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

The problems which arise from government handing out concessions could be solved if the Administration scraps the current method altogether. This is the view of Chartered Accountant and Lawyer,...

Woman in trouble after young jaguar found in pickup tray

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

A woman caught transporting a young jaguar in her pickup is likely to appear in court shortly, authorities said yesterday. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the animal, an...

Talks about National Unity with the PPP

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters 0

Dear Editor, The APNU and AFC have to go into any talks on a Government of National Unity with eyes wide open, because on this issue the PPP has a record which does not lend much credibility to this...

Dem boys seh… Thiefing people running mad or dying

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 0

A long time now dem boys was watching things at Customs. At de time de boss man was a man name Lambert Marks. He was a soldier then he go away. Jagdeo bring he back and he was de man at Customs. Dem...

Female prisoner in dramatic protest

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

A female prisoner who was recently released on a murder charge and was subsequently incarcerated on another matter, on Tuesday afternoon staged a dramatic protest against what she deemed the constant...

A statistical impossibility and electoral absurdity

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has registered 78,000 new electors in the present registration cycle and the majority of these new electors have been placed in three or four of...

The Pope is absolutely correct

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, An article caught my attention. It is about a billionaire in the United States who threatened to discontinue charity donations if the Pope continues his support for the poor. According...

Mr. Kissoon has underscored some of the PPP’s dirty tactics

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, I just came across a column in the Kaieteur News’ online edition, written by Mr. Frederick Kissoon, under the caption “Avoid the Rodney King road over Royston King’. This was...

Moving on to higher levels demands that we get out of this rot

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, People from time immemorial have been doing wrong, it appears to be part of life’s refrain- a relentless occurrence where some just blindly follow in the act, unconsciously going...

President Ramotar should take note of Minister Ramsammy’s misleading assurances to the Guyanese people

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Letters 0

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana National Industrial Company (GNIC) announced on August 29 that it had completed, under contract to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), construction of eight...

CXC collaborating with AEA to offer ‘Second Chance’ programme

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

All is not lost for persons who have written and failed the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination which is offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). This is in light...

Controversial Bai Shan Lin-built parking lot ready for use – GRA

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday announced that a portion of the railway embankment line earmarked for a parking lot, at the corner of Lamaha and Camp Streets, has been completed and will...

Public-private partnership working wonders for tourism sector – Minister

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

By Zena Henry Tourism Minister, Irfaan Ali, is satisfied that the country’s public partnership with private investors is working nicely in the advancement of the local tourism sector. This...

Rastafari Council calls for Nat’l Marijuana Commission

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

By Zena Henry Among several issues of concern for the local Rastafari community, is the establishment of a National Marijuana Commission as decided upon by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The...

GO-Invest denies giving Indian Conglomerate concessions

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

The Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) has denied granting concessions to Indian Conglomerate Ajeenkya DY Patil. The group made claims last week that they were given a 99- year lease on some...

Eleven vessels to participating in Nereid’s Yachting Rally

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

The second Nereid’s Yachting Rally will be hosted by Guyana, Suriname and Saint Laurent, French Guiana, with yachts departing from Trinidad & Tobago and arriving in the Essequibo River...

Claims of dissolved Local Govt. organs concern City Hall

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

– Minister unaware of any order By Zena Henry The Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) were anxious yesterday when they claimed that they were caught off guard with news from Town Clerk...

Can the combined opposition win a sixty percent majority?

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 0

In no other Caricom country except Guyana, (and Haiti which is understandable given its history) is there such a volcanic divide between the rich strata and the working classes. The drastic decline...

Russian film-makers making debut documentary in Guyana

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

A group of Russian film-makers arrived in Guyana two weeks ago to film their debut documentary on “gold-mining and lifestyles” in the nation with the intention to promoting the country’s...

Separation of Powers and the way forward… It is dangerous to have one judge in the constitutional court

Sep 04, 2014 KNews News 0

-“Although CJ’s decisions can be challenged, wrong decisions may give the Government the time it needs to take an action which cannot be effectively reversed,” Carl Greenidge As far as...

THE PROPOSED FENCING OF THE 1763 MONUMENT GARDENS

Sep 04, 2014 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 0

A series of advertisements in one of yesterday’s dailies caught my attention. They raise more questions than they provide answers. First, there was the amusing advertisement placed by the Ministry...