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Anti Money Laundering Legislation…Guyana fails to meet another CFATF deadline

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti Money Laundering Legislation…Guyana fails to meet another CFATF deadline

… Chief Parliamentary Counsel still to complete draft Bill Guyana will undoubtedly this time around be submitted to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) by the Caribbean Financial Action Task...

Hit-and-run victim succumbs – GWI driver parks vehicle, disappears

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Hit-and-run victim succumbs – GWI driver parks vehicle, disappears

Police are hunting for a Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) driver who they suspect was involved in a hit-and-run accident Wednesday night on Mandela Avenue, resulting in the death of a 46-year-old man....

Woman found murdered in interior shop

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman found murdered in interior shop

The body of a woman, identified by relatives as Bibi Khan Bhola, was found at a shop at Rock Creek Backdam, Cuyuni/Mazaruni, yesterday. Sources said that the body bore three stab wounds to the...

Failure to table reports for GGMC, lotto funds…Finance Minister hauled before Parliamentary complaints body

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Failure to table reports for GGMC, lotto funds…Finance Minister hauled before Parliamentary complaints body

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has been sent before a complaints committee of the National Assembly to answer why he failed to comply with a Parliamentary Order which requested that he present...

Govt. subvention to Critchlow Labour College to resume

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. subvention to Critchlow Labour College to resume

– after deal struck in Parliament Almost a decade after Government stopped the annual subvention to Critchlow Labour College, the way has been paved for the assistance to resume. This was after...

Major law changes…No work permits needed for spouses of CARICOM nationals

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Major law changes…No work permits needed for spouses of CARICOM nationals

In a significant move designed to erase major bureaucratic bottlenecks, Parliament yesterday passed legislation that will pave the way for spouses of CARICOM workers to be employed here without...

Dem boys seh…Tax dollars going to Sleep-In

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Tax dollars going to Sleep-In

There is an old saying—no tricks, no living. De big boys continue wid dem wicked ways trick. Is all about enriching dem self, and this thing start wid Jagdeo. He use to find ways to keep out people...

Regional Four-Day tournament begins today…Guyana battle Jamaica at Sabina Park

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Four-Day tournament begins today…Guyana battle Jamaica at Sabina Park

By Sean Devers in Jamaica in Association with Sterling Products Ltd, Auto Fashion & Payless Variety Store Guyana (then Demerara) played the inaugural Regional First-Class cricket match against...

West Indies power and spin will test England

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies power and spin will test England

– first ODI on today in Antigua For very different reasons, two of the game’s most destructive batsmen will be missing. Chris Gayle’s absence is injury-related – and West Indies will...

Tenelec Inc. Under15 Final…Albion and RHT Farfan & Mendes declared joint champs

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tenelec Inc. Under15 Final…Albion and RHT Farfan & Mendes declared joint champs

Albion Community Centre and Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes were declared joint champions of the 2013 Tenelec Inc. Under-15 cricket competition in Berbice after rain resulted in 190 minutes of play...

Caribbean Premier League provides US$105M boost to region

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Premier League provides US$105M boost to region

Research carried out by Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), University of the West Indies, has found that the 2013 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) tournament generated a combined impact...

Trophy Stall / EBFA U-15 to kick off tomorrow…Herstelling, Soesdyke, Agricola and Grove Hi Tech to play

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall / EBFA U-15 to kick off tomorrow…Herstelling, Soesdyke, Agricola and Grove Hi Tech to play

Football action on the East Bank of Demerara will switch its focus to youths come tomorrow morning at the Grove Playfield when the inaugural Trophy Stall sponsored East Bank Football Association...

Tagenarine roars again but U-19s falter

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tagenarine roars again but U-19s falter

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The conditions were perfect for batting at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium yesterday and India made the most of it to beat West Indies by 46 runs and finish fifth in...

Epic battle brewing among women in Wartsila 20km Road Race

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Epic battle brewing among women in Wartsila 20km Road Race

– Nero, Morgan, Pascal, Josiah-Tanner to renew old rivalry By Edison Jefford An epic battle is brewing among some of the Caribbean’s leading female distance runners in the Wartsila 20km Road...

Wiltshire / Whyte’s Bar Dominoes on this Sunday

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire / Whyte’s Bar Dominoes on this Sunday

Mark Wiltshire in collaboration with Whyte’s Bar 18-team dominoes competition is set for Sunday at Best Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara. The tournament will be played on a 20\20 2 in 1 out...

Scotiabank / GCB Kiddy Cricket – WBD…Vreed-en-Hoop and Wales Primary through to final

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank / GCB Kiddy Cricket – WBD…Vreed-en-Hoop and Wales Primary through to final

Vreed-en-Hoop and Wales Primary Schools have booked their places in the final of the West Bank Demerara Zone of the Scotiabank / Guyana Cricket Board nationwide Kiddy festival after recording...

GSCL Inc. commences preparation for Independence Cup

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc. commences preparation for Independence Cup

After enjoying overwhelming success in the recently concluded inaugural Republic Cup tournament earlier this month, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc.(GSCL Inc) has commenced their...

‘Road to Mecca’ starts tomorrow

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Road to Mecca’ starts tomorrow

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca’ National Basketball Club Championships will start tomorrow night at 6pm with four games scheduled, and an aim to know which...

Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic Body Building Show …

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic Body Building Show …

Buddy’s Gym back on board Buddy’s Gym has renewed its sponsorship with the organizers of the Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic Body Building and Fitness Show. At its Sheriff Street main branch, Gym...

Team Buy Me to field husband and wife on starting grid

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Buy Me to field husband and wife on starting grid

Another dimension has been added to tomorrow’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Race Challenge (Dexterity) Meet which is scheduled to be staged at the National Park. It is being...

STSC to host dominoes tourney

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on STSC to host dominoes tourney

South Turkeyne Sports Committee will be hosting a Mashramani King Dominoes and Three-Man team competition tonight at Sealey Hide Out, Dennis Street Sophia commencing at 19:00hrs. An entrance fee of...

Irshad Mohamed is new Chess Federation President

Feb 28, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Irshad Mohamed is new Chess Federation President

Targets youth development Tournament Director of the Guyana Chess Federation, Irshad Mohamed was elected to the helm when affiliates convened at Olympic House, High Street, Kingston for their Annual...

“Mash garbage” at Stone Depot…Mayor and Town Clerk deny giving permission for dumping

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Mash garbage” at Stone Depot…Mayor and Town Clerk deny giving permission for dumping

Both the City’s Mayor and Town Clerk have denied authorizing that garbage be dumped in the compound of Stone Depot on Princes Street, Georgetown. This is despite the fact that tons of garbage is...

“There is no economic apocalypse on the way”

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “There is no economic apocalypse on the way”

…we missed the deadline, but CFATF understands our position – AFC Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, says that there is no economic catastrophe on the way and that the...

Surendra Engineering drainage pumps…Delays in delivery justifiable – NDIA chairman

Feb 28, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Surendra Engineering drainage pumps…Delays in delivery justifiable – NDIA chairman

By Keeran Danny Delays by Surendra Engineering in delivering all 14 drainage pumps it was contracted by Government to supply since last year are justifiable, says Dharamkumar Seeraj, Chairman of the...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more