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Finance Minister unveils $221B Budget

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister unveils $221B Budget

· Salaries move from $39, 540 to $50, 000 · Old age pension increased from $13, 125 to $17, 000 · Gold miners exempted from paying custom duties on fuel, 10 other items · ...

Budget 2015… $21B to tackle crime

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2015… $21B to tackle crime

– “the most pressing and most depressing problem facing our nation today.” – Jordan With security concerns rivaling economic considerations for the government’s priority,...

Empty PetroCaribe fund forces $23B allocation to rice farmers

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Empty PetroCaribe fund forces $23B allocation to rice farmers

– Former Govt. misused GEA to make payments The previous administration appeared to have been in a bad way with its management of the PetroCaribe Fund. With little monies in the account, it...

Amaila hydro cost “a downright criminal act of deception”

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Amaila hydro cost “a downright criminal act of deception”

– Finance Minister says final tab at US$2.6B Guyana’s plan to build the 165-megawatts hydropower facility at the Amaila Falls in the manner that was pushed by the previous administration...

Wha wrang can’t be right

Aug 11, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Wha wrang can’t be right

Is always a problem when some people get a job and then dem don’t seem to have nutten to do. That is when dem does get involve in other people business. When Jagdeo stop being president he get...

Berbice Bridge toll lowered, but VAT still to be reduced

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge toll lowered, but VAT still to be reduced

By Abena Rockcliffe While the government has made good on its promise to reduce the toll attached to the Berbice River Bridge, it wasn’t in a position to deliver on the one to reduce Value Added...

Govt. increases uniform voucher to $2,000

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. increases uniform voucher to $2,000

– has sights on evidence-based interventions to support families Government has upped the uniform allowance voucher to public school children to $2,000. The voucher sum formerly amounted to...

Driver shot by gunmen on motorcycle

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Driver shot by gunmen on motorcycle

After refusing to stop his car at the behest of two armed men on a motorcycle, Sereste Nievelder, 29, of South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown was shot and injured According to reports, Nievelder was...

Green Space Project to be launched this month

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Green Space Project to be launched this month

This month the city of Georgetown will experience the ‘Green Space Project’ which aims to inspire members of various communities to maintain a litter-free environment through education...

Village movement rebirth can reposition status of African Guyanese – Vincent Alexander

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Village movement rebirth can reposition status of African Guyanese – Vincent Alexander

By Kiana Wilburg The importance of the Village movement and how its rebirth can reposition the status of the African Guyanese was the focus of a presentation made by Special Advisor on Tertiary...

‘Caribbean Voice’ to honour anti-suicide activists

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Caribbean Voice’ to honour anti-suicide activists

With the idea in mind that “suicide prevention is everybody’s business”, Caribbean Voice will soon honour the persons who toil day and night to curb suicide in Guyana when it hosts its El...

148 Primary School teachers complete first phase of music training

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on 148 Primary School teachers complete first phase of music training

One hundred and forty-eight Primary School teachers are now equipped with essential music skills having completed a four-week training programme initiated by the Ministry of Education. According to...

Agriculture Minister suffers heart-related ailment

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Agriculture Minister suffers heart-related ailment

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder was yesterday reportedly admitted as a patient at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) to have a heart rhythm disorder remedied. This publication was reliably...

Struggling gold miners get tax breaks on fuel, key supplies

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Struggling gold miners get tax breaks on fuel, key supplies

With falling gold prices continuing to hammer miners, Government has agreed to grant them a number of concessions including tax exemptions on fuel. Speaking during his National Budget presentation...

Crum-Ewing’s brother protests for justice

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Crum-Ewing’s brother protests for justice

– Calls on police to speed up investigation Mark Jacobs, brother of slain Political Activist, Courtney Crum Ewing, is calling on the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to hasten its probe in finding...

Suspected killer of sex worker captured

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected killer of sex worker captured

One of the two men wanted for the murder of a male commercial sex worker late last month has been captured by police. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed yesterday that they are questioning...

World Long Range Championships… Persuad leads WI charge going into today’s final day at 135th of 404 shooters

Aug 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Long Range Championships… Persuad leads WI charge going into today’s final day at 135th of 404 shooters

By Franklin Wilson at Camp Perry, Ohio, USA compliments of NAMILCO, Ringbang, Fazias Collection, Crown Mining Supply and Queensway After another grueling day at the World Long Range Championships,...

Colts win GABA Open and U-23 titles

Aug 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colts win GABA Open and U-23 titles

Colts Basketball Club won the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Knockout Tournament Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall after beating Dyna’s Ravens 70-56 in the final....

Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic VI… Newcomer, SUR looking to upset the applecart

Aug 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce & Jefford Track and Field Classic VI… Newcomer, SUR looking to upset the applecart

Guyana’s newest Track and Field Club, Super Upcoming Runners (SUR) is looking to upset the applecart this weekend when it takes on the more seasoned and established foes at the Boyce and Jefford...

Nedd doing a fantastic job in developing young talent

Aug 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nedd doing a fantastic job in developing young talent

Gavin Nedd Academy launched yesterday By Sean Devers Former National off-spinner, 43-year-old Gavin Nedd took 29 wickets from 14 First-Class matches between 1994-1999, but his involvement with...

GDF retains dominance as Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Novices Boxing Championship ends

Aug 11, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF retains dominance as Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Novices Boxing Championship ends

Colin Lewis, Eon Rodrigues, Quancy Wright lauded for exceptional performances By Michael Benjamin After two nights of fistic action, boxers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) distinguished themselves...

TAKE A BOW WINSTON. TAKE A BOW!

Aug 11, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TAKE A BOW WINSTON. TAKE A BOW!

There will be a lot of criticisms about the maiden Budget tabled by APNU+AFC. But in the context of a number of studies, commissions of inquiries, pending negotiations with unions, the Budget tabled...

US Embassy spearheads successful blood drive

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US Embassy spearheads successful blood drive

The U.S. Embassy partnered with the Ministry of Health last week to conduct a blood drive at the Embassy. Close to 45 units of blood were donated. As in previous Mission blood drives, the...

Energy self-sufficiency

Aug 11, 2015 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Energy self-sufficiency

With the average cost of electricity currently many times higher in Guyana than in most of the developed countries, such energy costs are not only a daily financial hardship for most of the people,...

$23.2B injected into delivery of health care

Aug 11, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on $23.2B injected into delivery of health care

By Sharmain Grainger Financing the delivery of health care within the public health sector has attracted $23.2 billion or 10.5 percent of the 2015 national budget. This announcement was yesterday...

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Guyanese boxers shine at T&T National Boxing Championships

A warning to President Ali on U.S. Overtures

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- It remains unknown what President Ali told the U.S. Secretary of State during their recent... more