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Navigating the Shifting Tides of US Futures Trading

Oct 11, 2013 knews News Comments Off on Navigating the Shifting Tides of US Futures Trading

US futures trading is a dynamic and ever-evolving domain where the interplay of technology, regulation and global conditions shape its trajectory. Below, you can find an exploration of the current...

Breaking news!! Amaila Falls dries up

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking news!! Amaila Falls dries up

The Amaila Falls which was intended to supply the nation with 165 megawatts of electricity and save Guyana millions of US dollars is bone dry. Yesterday, Works Minister Robeson Benn, said that it is...

General Elections is only way to solve Parliamentary impasse

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on General Elections is only way to solve Parliamentary impasse

– Dr. Roger Luncheon Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday said that he believes that a return to General Elections is the only way to solve the...

City Council owes Kaieteur News $7.1M, yet sues for $6.2M

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on City Council owes Kaieteur News $7.1M, yet sues for $6.2M

Legal action against Kaieteur News by City Hall has been condemned by Mayor Hamilton Green, who believes this is a malicious act perpetrated by the Town Clerk on behalf of the Government....

GTUC was not invited to OAS corruption talks – Lewis

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC was not invited to OAS corruption talks – Lewis

“…every taxpayer has a say in how our affairs are managed” The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) was not invited to make a presentation to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Mechanism...

Murders surpass 100, gun robberies up 12%

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Murders surpass 100, gun robberies up 12%

There have been at least 100 murders in Guyana for the year and police have recorded a 12 percent rise in robberies where firearms were used. According to the Police Public Relations...

BBCI justifies $50,000 per page for public documents

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on BBCI justifies $50,000 per page for public documents

…says process requires staff searching archives The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) is claiming that the $50,000 ‘per record’ that it has asked Chartered Accountant,...

Audit Office woefully underqualified – Goolsarran

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News 2

“Issues of national importance given superficial treatment, avoided” There is only one qualified accountant in the Audit Office of Guyana, and incidentally, this person is the wife of the...

Bartica boat captain drowns

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica boat captain drowns

The body of a 49-year-old boat captain was yesterday discovered in his submerged vessel following a boat accident on the Cuyuni River in the vicinity of Kamaira Range. The dead man was...

Khan, Dyal star as Unity beat Helena 1& 2 by 6 runs

Oct 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Khan, Dyal star as Unity beat Helena 1& 2 by 6 runs

Imran Khan and Sunil Dyal stroked half centuries as Unity defeated Helena 1 and 2 by 6 runs when the East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) limited overs cricket competition continued last Sunday. Host...

Digicel makes donation to Avon Breast Cancer Walk

Oct 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel makes donation to Avon Breast Cancer Walk

As part of observances to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month, observed in October, Avon Community Health Fund (ACHF) has been organising a Fitness Walk aimed at heightening awareness and education of...

Amazing Taylor stars in Series triumph

Oct 11, 2013 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Amazing Taylor stars in Series triumph

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Stafanie Taylor made a superb century and took four wickets as she took West Indies Women to a series triumph over West Indies Women on Thursday. West Indies won third and final...

Windies U-19, Bangladesh U-19 square off in 3rd ODI at National Stadium today

Oct 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies U-19, Bangladesh U-19 square off in 3rd ODI at National Stadium today

West Indies and Bangladesh will both look to take the lead in the seven match U-19 one day series when they face each other today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence from 09:00hrs. The home...

Glasgow 2014: Queen launches Commonwealth Games baton relay

Oct 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Glasgow 2014: Queen launches Commonwealth Games baton relay

The Queen’s Baton Relay – heralding the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – has been launched at Buckingham Palace. The baton contains the Queen’s hand-written message to the...

Red hot St. Pius aiming to maintain umblemished record

Oct 11, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Red hot St. Pius aiming to maintain umblemished record

By Rawle Welch St. Pius, one of the unbeaten teams in this year’s Petra Organisation / Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition will look to maintain their umblemished record against Winfer...

‘Organized Crime Unit’ set to probe money laundering locally

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Organized Crime Unit’ set to probe money laundering locally

….as Guyana fails to comply with UN Security Council Resolutions Guyana is gearing to formally establish the investigative unit, the Serious Organized Crime Unit. The announcement came from Head of...

To SWAT, or not to SWAT

Oct 11, 2013 KNews Editorial 1

It has been just over a week since the announcement by the Ministry of Home Affairs that Cabinet has approved the establishment of a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit, with the promise...

Police trainee accused of burning colleague with iron

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police trainee accused of burning colleague with iron

Alwin Jones was yesterday brought before a City Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he was made to face an assault charge. Magistrate Fabayo Azore read the particulars of...

Govt. involvement in no-objection to contracts will continue – Cabinet Secretary

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. involvement in no-objection to contracts will continue – Cabinet Secretary

Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon indicated Government’s involvement in the procurement of goods and services will continue. Yesterday, at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing Dr....

Government ‘intolerant’ of school protests

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Government ‘intolerant’ of school protests

With the use of words the likes of “abominable” and “objectionable” Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday warned that Government will not be tolerating the new dimension of...

Mediocrity is the difference between civilized nationalists and backward leaders

Oct 11, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mediocrity is the difference between civilized nationalists and backward leaders

I once wrote in my column that the then student leader of UG, Jason Benjamin, after returning from a visit to UWI in Jamaica, said to me, “Freddie, boy if you see the student lounge at UWI. Man it...

Twelve companies owe $6.2B in taxes to GRA

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News 2

– winding up proceedings started against KFC, COPS The state’s Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has released a list of 12 businesses which it says owes over $6B in taxes and in which...

Guyanese shot by Venezuelan soldiers…Bodies bore multiple bullet wounds

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese shot by Venezuelan soldiers…Bodies bore multiple bullet wounds

The bodies of Orlando Fitzpatrick and his son Jesse were buried yesterday in the North West District, but relatives have vowed that this will not be the end of the matter and are demanding...

Refusal to appoint Legal Counsel violates Parliamentary democracy – Opposition Parties

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Refusal to appoint Legal Counsel violates Parliamentary democracy – Opposition Parties

Opposition Parties in the National Assembly believe the non-inclusion of a Legal Counsel within Parliament Office structure is a violation of Parliamentary democracy. On Monday at PPP/C’s...

Guyana School of Agriculture celebrates 50th anniversary

Oct 11, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana School of Agriculture celebrates 50th anniversary

– launches first magazine In honour of its Fiftieth Anniversary, the Guyana School of Agriculture, (GSA) launched its first magazine, under the theme “proud of our past...