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Despite full page ads which claim compliance….Bai Shan Lin delinquent with NIS and PAYE payments

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Despite full page ads which claim compliance….Bai Shan Lin delinquent with NIS and PAYE payments

Even though Chinese Logging Company Bai Shan Lin in a full page advertisement last Thursday claims to be creating jobs and contributing to Guyana, it has not been up to date in its NIS and PAYE...

The truth about the Bai Shan Lin episode

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Heist of Guyana, News 3

July 4, 2014 Bai Shan Lin under fire ‘fleecing’ Region Ten Bai Shan Lin has again come under fire from Region Ten Chairman, Sharma Solomon, this time for a breach of faith. There was an...

Waitress shot dead in attempted robbery

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Waitress shot dead in attempted robbery

– bandits on CG posed as customers Bandits on a CG motorcycle shot a waitress dead at around 19.15 hrs yesterday in the Chinese Delicious Restaurant at D’Urban Street, Wortmanville. Debbie...

Firearm holder shoots alleged bandit who robbed sister

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Firearm holder shoots alleged bandit who robbed sister

– firearm recovered A man suspected of robbing a businesswoman last week is nursing gunshot wounds after he was allegedly shot yesterday by the brother of the woman he had robbed. Dexter Lindo,...

GFC illegally paid over $600M to NICIL

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on GFC illegally paid over $600M to NICIL

– “To add insult to injury, the Auditor General signs off on financial statements approved not by the Board which has the statutory duty for the financial statements but by Mr. James Singh,...

Local loggers demand similar concessions as foreigners

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Local loggers demand similar concessions as foreigners

“The foreign companies are allowed duty free importation of large quantities of machinery and equipment while most local companies get no such benefit. How can a foreign company be given duty free...

Forestry official’s wife renting house to Chinese logging company

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry official’s wife renting house to Chinese logging company

The relationship between a Chinese company and a senior member of the Guyana Forestry Commission is even closer than one might think. Kaieteur News has learnt that the GFC official’s wife rents a...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy alphabet seh ‘J’ is fuh jail.

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy alphabet seh ‘J’ is fuh jail.

Dem forestry people playing games and dem getting find out. De other day dem mek a lot of noise bout how people break into dem lawyer car but now dem finding out that no laptop didn’t get thief....

Gifted dancer, teacher and choreographer, Linda Griffith, is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Gifted dancer, teacher and choreographer, Linda Griffith, is a ‘Special Person’

“Dancing! It’s enjoyable, and I like to teach first and foremost…It gives you a sense of joy to see a child…when he/she becomes a teenager or young person, be able to move to the level of...

Annual Malta Supreme Nat. Park 11-Race Meet…Hamza Eastman is new feature champ; Husbands is juvenile winner

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Annual Malta Supreme Nat. Park 11-Race Meet…Hamza Eastman is new feature champ; Husbands is juvenile winner

Team Coco’s riders dominated the marquee events when the third annual Malta Supreme 11-race Cycle Meet at the National Park came off yesterday, featuring 27 starters in the feature race. The Multi...

Superstars of Guyana

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Superstars of Guyana

On Friday last, former Guyanese double world champion (IBF and IBO) Gary ‘Acid’ St. Clair made an impromptu visit to Guyanese International Cultural icon and music superstar Eddy Grant. There was...

Inclement weather forces postponement of GRFU 10s double header

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inclement weather forces postponement of GRFU 10s double header

The inclement weather had the last say yesterday as the Guyana Football Rugby Union (GRFU) was forced to postpone the scheduled double header which was set for the National Park. According to PRO...

“Who will follow Ottis Gibson?”

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Who will follow Ottis Gibson?”

Colin E. H. Croft So, Ottis Gibson has been dismissed as head coach of West Indies. Many are not surprised at that, given the new dispensation of WI cricket; supposed accountability for efforts,...

Letter to the Sports Editor…The Taffin Khan Schengen Visa Issue

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…The Taffin Khan Schengen Visa Issue

Dear Editor, Taffin Khan, being a member of the Guyana Chess team, applied to the Netherlands Embassy in Suriname for a Schengen visa. He was told that his name and date of birth was a match for one...

GUYTRAC 20/20 KO cricket bowls off today in Upper Corentyne

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GUYTRAC 20/20 KO cricket bowls off today in Upper Corentyne

The much anticipated Guyana Tractor & Equipment (GUYTRAC), sponsored 20/20 knockout cricket competition for teams in the Upper Corentyne area and organized by the Upper Corentyne Cricket...

All roads lead to the Guyana Cup horserace meet

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on All roads lead to the Guyana Cup horserace meet

– stunning recovery for Jockey Colin Ross There has been a stunning recovery for top Jockey Colin Ross who suffered a nasty fall on Sunday 10th August at the Rising Sun Race meet and had to be...

Dexter Gonsalves has a knockout on his mind for Iwan Azore

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dexter Gonsalves has a knockout on his mind for Iwan Azore

By Michael Benjamin There have been intense debates and discussions of the quality of contemporary boxers as against those of the past era and the general consensus seem to suggest that those of the...

Rafman Ali softball finals set or today

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rafman Ali softball finals set or today

The Better Hope Community Center ground on the East Coast of Demerara is expected to come alive today with the hosting of the finals of the Rafman Ali softball tournament. Regal Masters will battle...

UDFA Community Cup football Tournament launched in Linden

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA Community Cup football Tournament launched in Linden

Ten days of excitement is expected as the Upper Demerara Football Association in collaboration with Netrockers FC launched a U20 Round Robin Community Cup Tournament on Thursday last at the Bayroc...

Abandoned Perseverance boys placed in care of relative

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Abandoned Perseverance boys placed in care of relative

– mother to be charged with neglect Not only has a suitable home been found for the five young boys who were left without adult supervision at a Perseverance, Essequibo Coast, residence, but...

How one wood company is creating jobs by taking value-added activities to another level

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on How one wood company is creating jobs by taking value-added activities to another level

As the debate continues over whether Guyana should be allowing the exports of logs, instead of concentrating on ensuring investors set up processing facilities that can assure more local jobs, one...

Two homeless as fire destroys Mahaicony home

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Two homeless as fire destroys Mahaicony home

Two persons are now homeless after a fire of unknown origin destroyed their three bedroom home at Lot 8 Calcutta, Mahaicony on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD). The fire which erupted sometime around...

E’bo rice farmers taking complaints to Venez. Embassy

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo rice farmers taking complaints to Venez. Embassy

– insist on fair deal for industry Rice Farmers and Members of the two and a half -year- old Essequibo Paddy Farmer’s Organization, continue to feel that they have not being given a “fair...

Creating conflict when there is none

Aug 24, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Creating conflict when there is none

It is always worrying when in the height of a campaign of one sort or another something untoward happens to one or more of the people against whom the campaign is directed. Immediately people on the...

Production increases dramatically at Govt. – owned asphalt plant

Aug 24, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Production increases dramatically at Govt. – owned asphalt plant

Government’s asphalt plant at Garden of Eden is on a full turn around with its highest production recorded in July, more than eight years after it was installed. With several road projects and...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more