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Anti-money laundering legislation…Nandlall objects to $2M limit in personal cash

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering legislation…Nandlall objects to $2M limit in personal cash

APNU is now proposing that police and customs officers be given the power to stop and search persons, and if such persons are found with $2 million worth of currency or more, that currency can be...

15 graduate from standard officer’s course

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 15 graduate from standard officer’s course

– Essequibo teenager is best graduating student The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Wednesday hosted its ensigncy parade at Base Camp Ayanganna where 15 officer cadets who completed the standard...

International drug arrests…Ramotar instructs Rohee to request info from the US

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on International drug arrests…Ramotar instructs Rohee to request info from the US

By Latoya Giles President Donald Ramotar yesterday insisted that Guyana must not and will not become a safe haven for criminals. The President made the statement in light of the recent news...

600 refund cheques returned to GRA

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on 600 refund cheques returned to GRA

More than 600 refund cheques have been returned to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for want of receipt. According to Commissioner-General, Khurshid Sattaur, the cheques are being returned...

Guyana’s link to Mafia, Mexican cartel bother Rohee

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s link to Mafia, Mexican cartel bother Rohee

Guyana’s Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says that he will welcome any information from the international collaboration that busted a Mafia-style drug smuggling ring that has linkages to...

Colwyn Harding case…Jamaican medical personnel confirm sodomy

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Colwyn Harding case…Jamaican medical personnel confirm sodomy

Medical examinations conducted by independent doctors both here and in Jamaica have concluded that a “foreign object” was inserted into the anus of 23-year-old Colwyn Harding, causing extensive...

Dem boys seh …Kaneel want to safeguard heself and dem big boys

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …Kaneel want to safeguard heself and dem big boys

De longer de government tek fuh pass this money law, the clearer it showing that dem got nuff people who don’t really want this law pass. Kaneel don’t want de law wid some of de amendments de Hap...

NAGICO Regional Super50 cricket…Guyana Malta Supreme face Barbados for place in final

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Regional Super50 cricket…Guyana Malta Supreme face Barbados for place in final

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In Association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Giftland Office Max, Payless Variety Store & Leisure Inn & Car Rentals When Guyana last won the title it was Barbados...

NAGICO Regional Super50 cricket…T&T make Jamaicans see red at the Oval to march into Saturday’s Final

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAGICO Regional Super50 cricket…T&T make Jamaicans see red at the Oval to march into Saturday’s Final

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In Association with Digicel, Carib Beer, Giftland Office Max, Payless Variety Store & Leisure Inn & Car Rentals Most of the ticket holders were caught in the...

Ansa Mcal sponsors International Goodwill Boxing tournament

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa Mcal sponsors International Goodwill Boxing tournament

Ansa McAl Trading Limited stood firmly in the corner of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) yesterday ahead of the three-day, four-nation International Goodwill tournament, which boxes off tomorrow...

Scotia Bank Kiddy cricket…Leonora, Cornelia Ida and Meten-Meer-Zorg record wins

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotia Bank Kiddy cricket…Leonora, Cornelia Ida and Meten-Meer-Zorg record wins

Latchman Singh and Rosignol Primary victorious By Zaheer Mohamed Leonora, Cornelia Ida and Meten-Meer-Zorg primary schools recorded victories when play in the Scotia Bank nationwide Kiddy...

GSCL Inc. Republic Cup set to kick off tomorrow

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc. Republic Cup set to kick off tomorrow

By Zaheer Mohamed The inaugural Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc.(GSCL Inc) Republic Cup, which is set to kick off tomorrow, was officially launched yesterday at the Guyana National Industrial...

Slingerz FC signs Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Slingerz FC signs Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams

– Club revamps roster for 2014 season Just a year ago, one East Bank Essequibo businessman assembled some of the best football players in Guyana, with the aim of one day having the...

Milo Schools Football Competition…Schools receive balls to commence preparations

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Schools Football Competition…Schools receive balls to commence preparations

Representatives of schools set to participate in the 2nd Annual Milo/Petra Organisation Football Competition received balls to commence preparations for the event which is scheduled to start on...

PEPSI maintains sponsorship of RHTY&SC U-19 and Intermediate teams 11 years on

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on PEPSI maintains sponsorship of RHTY&SC U-19 and Intermediate teams 11 years on

The outstanding performances of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) on and off the field of play continue to receive the thumbs up from many corporate entities. One such entity is...

Strong athletics contingent leaves for B/dos Relay Fair

Feb 13, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Strong athletics contingent leaves for B/dos Relay Fair

A strong 14-member University of Guyana Athletics Team will depart today to participate in the Barbados Relay Fair scheduled to be staged at the National Stadium. The team which departs today for the...

Cubana Air Disaster…Families of the victims should be compensated-Khan

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Cubana Air Disaster…Families of the victims should be compensated-Khan

Families of the victims of Cubana Airline flight 455 in which 73 passengers, among them 11 Guyanese, were killed in 1976, should be compensated, according to the President of Guyana Solidarity...

Efforts underway to improve NOC

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts underway to improve NOC

In spite of negative reports surrounding the operations the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is working to facilitate, the overall enhancement of the...

Int. Press Freedom…Guyana among lowest ranked in region; Jamaica leads

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Int. Press Freedom…Guyana among lowest ranked in region; Jamaica leads

Guyana has improved slightly on the 2014 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, to 67th, two spaces below its 2012 rankings. The index’s annual global indicator, which measures the...

Accreditation of UG’s Medical prog. dependent on funding – Health Sciences Dean

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Accreditation of UG’s Medical prog. dependent on funding – Health Sciences Dean

Financing at the University of Guyana (UG) is not only necessary to improve its overall operation, but it has been listed as an imperative need if the institution is to secure full accreditation for...

Chicken smuggling troublesome for GRA – Sattaur

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Chicken smuggling troublesome for GRA – Sattaur

The smuggling of chicken into Guyana, particularly at the eastern border, was a troublesome area for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) last year. As such, GRA extended its operations to Corriverton...

GPL Loss Reduction Prog….US$100M request just a ‘rough estimate’-Prime Minister

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GPL Loss Reduction Prog….US$100M request just a ‘rough estimate’-Prime Minister

Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds says that he is unaware if the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) earns any money from the various cable operators across the country utilizing the poles to run their cables....

Rumour of child in septic tank sends parents to school

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Rumour of child in septic tank sends parents to school

The police and Guyana Fire Service as well as representatives of the Region Six Administration and the Department of Education of Region Six were called in as word spread like wild fire that a...

Man crushed by sand truck, suicide suspected

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed by sand truck, suicide suspected

A Kuru-Kururu man was killed on the spot after his head was crushed by a sand truck on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway yesterday around 16:00 hours. From all indications the man who was still...

Army re-commences financial support for Camp Groomes victims

Feb 13, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Army re-commences financial support for Camp Groomes victims

… More injured soldiers come forward There seems to be light at the end of the tunnel for the military men who were injured during the deadly explosion at Camp Groomes back in 2000. The...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more