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Only one of 858 suspicious activity reports reached DPP – FIU

Only one of 858 suspicious activity reports reached DPP – FIU

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Only one of 858 suspicious activity reports reached DPP – FIU

By Kiana Wilburg The details of Annual Report for the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for the year ended December 31, 2011, leave many financial critics bewildered, particularly by the fact that...

E.B.D. highway…works stall as GT&T, BK clash

E.B.D. highway…works stall as GT&T, BK clash

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on E.B.D. highway…works stall as GT&T, BK clash

A contractor on a key piece of the East Bank Demerara four-lane highway extension has clashed again with one of the country’s telephone companies over excavations works. According to the Guyana...

$Three charged, one on the run in Berbice prison fracas$

Three charged, one on the run in Berbice prison fracas

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Three charged, one on the run in Berbice prison fracas

– Fourth man on the run Almost four months after a fracas which occurred in the New Amsterdam Prison in which four high profile prisons (members of a gang) were seriously injured. Three...

Woman’s body found in bushes at Matthews Ridge

Woman’s body found in bushes at Matthews Ridge

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s body found in bushes at Matthews Ridge

Police at Matthews Ridge in the North West District are trying to piece together the puzzle that was left after the discovery of the partially nude body of a 32-year-old woman early yesterday...

Ex-TSU rank jailed for illegal ammo, shooting civilian

Ex-TSU rank jailed for illegal ammo, shooting civilian

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-TSU rank jailed for illegal ammo, shooting civilian

An ex-policeman convicted for shooting a man in his leg twice and slipping his own ammunition into the service gun in place of some of the rounds he had discharged at the victim, will spend the next...

The mining sector…Slapdash royalty/tax system allows for corrupt negotiations – Nagamootoo

The mining sector…Slapdash royalty/tax system allows for corrupt negotiations – Nagamootoo

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on The mining sector…Slapdash royalty/tax system allows for corrupt negotiations – Nagamootoo

By Kiana Wilburg For years, the investment agreements made between the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and potential investors for the mining sector have been done on a case by case...

Knock back got a big man crying

Knock back got a big man crying

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Knock back got a big man crying

There is an old saying, ‘When yuh dig hole fuh yuh mattie you fuss does fall in.’ Some of de people that dem boys expose suh vex that dem doing wha dem does do best, plan fuh dem boys. In short,...

2nd Dhaka Bank Test …Shiv’s 30th ton, Benn’s 5-Wkt haul spur Windies to 2-nil series win

2nd Dhaka Bank Test …Shiv’s 30th ton, Benn’s 5-Wkt haul spur Windies to 2-nil series win

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd Dhaka Bank Test …Shiv’s 30th ton, Benn’s 5-Wkt haul spur Windies to 2-nil series win

By Sean Devers in St Lucia in Association with Mike’s Pharmacy, Raj Singh Insurance, Universal Sports Store, Carib Beer & Rex Resorts St. Lucia Shivnarine Chanderpaul feasts on Bangladesh’s...

Blind cricketers seek help from GCB and Government

Blind cricketers seek help from GCB and Government

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Blind cricketers seek help from GCB and Government

Three Guyanese Cricketers have been selected on the West Indies Blind Cricket team for the next Blind Cricket World Cup in South Africa later this year and according to Assistant Manager Guyanese...

Stag Beer / EDFA Senior League – Rd 2…Four teams earn a point each

Stag Beer / EDFA Senior League – Rd 2…Four teams earn a point each

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Beer / EDFA Senior League – Rd 2…Four teams earn a point each

Second round action in the Stag Beer sponsored East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Senior League got off to an even start on Sunday last at the Victoria ground with both matches ending in 1-1...

Ogle are Elizabeth Styles/ECCB 1st Div champion…Defeat Lusignan in thriller

Ogle are Elizabeth Styles/ECCB 1st Div champion…Defeat Lusignan in thriller

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ogle are Elizabeth Styles/ECCB 1st Div champion…Defeat Lusignan in thriller

Ogle Sports Club are the East Coast Cricket Board Elizabeth Styles 1st Division champion after beating Lusignan in a thriller. Lusignan who won the toss and elected to bat in bright sunshine with...

GDA ‘A’ Class Tourney …Steve Bacchus eyes top honours after carting off ‘B’ Class championships

GDA ‘A’ Class Tourney …Steve Bacchus eyes top honours after carting off ‘B’ Class championships

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDA ‘A’ Class Tourney …Steve Bacchus eyes top honours after carting off ‘B’ Class championships

Steve Bacchus amassed 23 points and carted off championship honours in the ‘B’ Class category when the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) staged their Annual Draughts Championships at the National...

Hill Foot Vipers, Kairuni Rising Stars advance in Linden Softball C/ship

Hill Foot Vipers, Kairuni Rising Stars advance in Linden Softball C/ship

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hill Foot Vipers, Kairuni Rising Stars advance in Linden Softball C/ship

Hill Foot Vipers and Kairuni Rising Stars recorded wins over Calcuni Club and Hill Foot Strikers when play in the Linden Softball Inter Community Championship continued last Sunday at the Bayroc...

DCB congratulates Johnson

DCB congratulates Johnson

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCB congratulates Johnson

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has extended congratulations to Leon Johnson, one of its most disciplined and hardworking cricketers, on his debut to Test cricket in the West Indies home series...

Recent encouraging performances source of confidence – Persaud

Recent encouraging performances source of confidence – Persaud

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Recent encouraging performances source of confidence – Persaud

Asked to give the reason for his success this season which has seen him upstage rivals whose machines possess far more power than his Mazda Miata, local racer Danny Persaud summed it up with one word...

Letter to the Sports Editor…FRAUD IN EAST COAST CRICKET?

Letter to the Sports Editor…FRAUD IN EAST COAST CRICKET?

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…FRAUD IN EAST COAST CRICKET?

Dear Editor, Recently I had cause to question the legitimacy of the East Coast Cricket Board and their Executive Committee. It seems as though someone was paying rapt attention as suddenly we hear...

Diamond Jubilee 1939 – 2014…BCB office renamed after Leslie Amsterdam

Diamond Jubilee 1939 – 2014…BCB office renamed after Leslie Amsterdam

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Jubilee 1939 – 2014…BCB office renamed after Leslie Amsterdam

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has renamed its Dr. Cheddi Jagan Street, New Amsterdam Office “The Leslie Amsterdam Cricket Office” as the Board’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration continues. The...

My passion, the game I have fought long and hard for its betterment in my country ‘Football’

My passion, the game I have fought long and hard for its betterment in my country ‘Football’

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on My passion, the game I have fought long and hard for its betterment in my country ‘Football’

Dear Editor, I have devoted 17 years (1996-2013) of my football career to the National Programme and I have seen it all. Today, it’s clear to see that the current leadership of the GFF doesn’t...

CCL experience instructive for Alpha United

CCL experience instructive for Alpha United

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on CCL experience instructive for Alpha United

With just a single game remaining before his team wrap up their 2014/15 CONCACAF Champions League sojourn, Alpha United head coach Wayne Dover believes that the experience offered many lessons for...

Powerlifting Seniors set for November 9…Guyana to host 2015 Caribbean C/ships

Powerlifting Seniors set for November 9…Guyana to host 2015 Caribbean C/ships

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powerlifting Seniors set for November 9…Guyana to host 2015 Caribbean C/ships

The cream de la cream of strong men and women in Guyana will collide on Sunday November 9 when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) hosts their senior championships at a venue to be...

Symptoms of Chikungunya Virus could last for years – CARPHA Director

Symptoms of Chikungunya Virus could last for years – CARPHA Director

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Symptoms of Chikungunya Virus could last for years – CARPHA Director

– PAHO Director emphasises need for public awareness Three years from now a fair percentage of persons who have been inflicted with the Chikungunya Virus are likely to be still subjected to...

“Free big bus” system angers private operators

“Free big bus” system angers private operators

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on “Free big bus” system angers private operators

The recent implementation of the “free big bus transportation system” by the Ministry of Public Works at the Stabroek Bus Park has angered some minibus drivers who operate in that district daily....

A sense of urgency is required

A sense of urgency is required

Sep 17, 2014 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A sense of urgency is required

The statement coming from Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee about the Waini River submersible is indeed welcomed, if only fleetingly, by an increasingly cynical populace. People may be...

Key CARICOM initiative to boost workplace development imminent

Key CARICOM initiative to boost workplace development imminent

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Key CARICOM initiative to boost workplace development imminent

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Association of National Training Agencies (CANTA) will formally launch the CARICOM Regional TVET Strategy for Workforce Development and Economic...

Dr. Goolsarran relinquishes Transparency Inst. presidency

Dr. Goolsarran relinquishes Transparency Inst. presidency

Sep 17, 2014 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Goolsarran relinquishes Transparency Inst. presidency

Dr. Anand Goolsarran, President of the watchdog body, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI), Dr. Anand Goolsarran, has resigned because of an overseas commitment. According to TIGI, the...

Ken Corsbie – a Guyana Basketball legend passes at 94

Ken Corsbie – a Guyana Basketball legend passes at 94

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Kaieteur Sports- The Caribbean has lost a giant in both the creative arts and sports with the passing of Ken Corsbie, a name synonymous with cultural excellence and basketball pioneering in the...

Imlach masterclass 126, Alimohamed 66-ball 77, give Harpy Eagles life with game in balance

Imlach masterclass 126, Alimohamed 66-ball 77,...

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Fraser rebounds well, as Arjoon keeps perfect record

Fraser rebounds well, as Arjoon keeps perfect...

Feb 08, 2025

Guyana to host historic 3×3 Quest Tournament

Guyana to host historic 3×3 Quest Tournament

Feb 08, 2025

Quarter-Finals in Mashramani Street Football Championships set for tonight at National Park

Quarter-Finals in Mashramani Street Football...

Feb 08, 2025

Vurlon Mills Football Academy launches KFC Challenge Series

Vurlon Mills Football Academy launches KFC...

Feb 08, 2025

Due diligence on investments must become a priority

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In 1985, the Forbes Burnham government looking for economic salvation, entered into a memorandum... more

OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus

Antiguan Barbudan Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The upcoming election... more

Awestruck and starstruck with a twist

Hard Truths By GHK Lall Kaieteur News-President Irfaan Ali leaves me awestruck and with more than traces of being starstruck... more