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Prison officer busted in sting operation

Aug 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Prison officer busted in sting operation

A prison officer who was suspected to be involved in underworld activities both within and out of the prison was nabbed on Tuesday following a sting operation. According to information, officials...

12 Foreign Nationals denied entry

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…Fake local Ministry documents presented By Shyon Hoppie Twelve foreign nationals including Haitians, Russians, Colombians and Cubans were yesterday refused entry into Guyana’s jurisdiction after...

Tax exemptions, concessions last year amounted to quarter of Nat’l Budget

Aug 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Tax exemptions, concessions last year amounted to quarter of Nat’l Budget

“GRA was politically compromised, lacked accountability” – Jordan Tax exemptions and concessions granted last year amounted to an astounding $55B (US$275M), with the new Government on...

Bosai workers strike after receiving retrenchment letters

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Chairman of Region Ten, Renis Morian yesterday called members of the media to a press briefing where he expressed total dissatisfaction and frustration with the present situation regarding Bosai’s...

Cops now sure they know Montrose Granny’s killer

Aug 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Cops now sure they know Montrose Granny’s killer

Police are now certain that they know the identity of the man seen on video recording speaking to 77-year-old Danrasie ‘Carmen’ Ganesh as he calmly beat her to death. Based on the footage they...

Dem boys seh…Danny Bai budget speech mek nuff people sleep

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Danny Bai budget speech mek nuff people sleep

Some people got problems sleeping. Some does travel pun a plane fuh long hours and dem can’t sleep. Some people does go home from wuk and when night come dem does go to bed but dem can’t sleep....

Ex-soldier caught after crashing hijacked car

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Police are running checks on an ex-soldier who was arrested on Monday night after he crashed the car he had earlier hijacked from a West Coast Demerara taxi driver. The ex-soldier is presently under...

Govt. to lose $1.3B annually in quest to increase workers’ disposable income

Aug 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to lose $1.3B annually in quest to increase workers’ disposable income

By Abena Rockcliffe The sum of $1.3B may seem huge to the average man, but Minister of Finance Winston Jordan told the National Assembly that this is a small price to pay in order to increase the...

Bahamian Petra McDonald arrives for Boyce/Jefford Classic VI

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bahamian Petra McDonald arrives for Boyce/Jefford Classic VI

Bahamian sprinter, Petra McDonald arrived in Guyana yesterday for this weekend’s Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic VI, scheduled for the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden. McDonald...

Rising Dutch star is exciting to watch

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Dutch star is exciting to watch

Suriname’s Oliver Tjin Liep Shie produced such an impressive performance that it must be causing headaches among local Group 3 drivers. The consistent Dutch racer, who is no stranger to the South...

World Long Range Championship…MahendraPersaud is top Caribbean shot at 121; Australian Ben Emms crowned world champ

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on World Long Range Championship…MahendraPersaud is top Caribbean shot at 121; Australian Ben Emms crowned world champ

By Franklin Wilson at Camp Perry, Ohio, USA compliments of NAMILCO, Ringbang, Fazias Collection, Crown Mining Supply and Queensway Guyana’s Mahendra Persaud kept the Caribbean flag flying high when...

Silver Jubilee Anniversary 1990 – 2015…Ezla Moore cops Top Student Award as fifty graduate RHTYSC/ Republic Bank camp

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Silver Jubilee Anniversary 1990 – 2015…Ezla Moore cops Top Student Award as fifty graduate RHTYSC/ Republic Bank camp

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club/Republic Bank August Holiday Camp ended on Friday last and has been described by official of the Club and its cricket teams as the best ever. Fifty Grade...

DoS Jones meets with Bajan cricket coach

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Director of Sport (DoS) Christopher Jones recently welcomed Barbados Cricket Coach Richard HE Clarke and a visiting team of circketers from the Island to the National Sports Commission on Homestretch...

Scotiabank supports DCC cricket academy

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scotiabank supports DCC cricket academy

By Zaheer Mohamed As part of its corporate responsibility Scotiabank continues to support the development of sports. Yesterday at their Robb Street branch, the entity presented a cheque of an...

Entries for Forbes Burnham Memorial softball close on Friday

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Entries for Forbes Burnham Memorial softball close on Friday

Entries for the Forbes Burnham Memorial 10/10 knockout softball competition will close on Friday. According to a release from the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc) the competition...

CSEC/CAPE results for official release tomorrow

Aug 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on CSEC/CAPE results for official release tomorrow

The highly anticipated 2015 results of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) are slated to be officially released by the Ministry...

At least nine jockeys flying in for $25M ninth Guyana Cup

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on At least nine jockeys flying in for $25M ninth Guyana Cup

With less than one week to go before race day and thousands of Guyanese home for the holidays preparation has picked up speed and is continuing in earnest as the ninth Annual Guyana Cup looms large....

GCB makes monetary donation to GYO

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB makes monetary donation to GYO

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) made a monetary donation to Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) to purchase chain link mesh to upgrade their hard court cricket facility. President of GYO, Surendra...

Linden Amateur Basketball Association U-23 c/ship…Kings, Bulls and Jets score opening wins

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Amateur Basketball Association U-23 c/ship…Kings, Bulls and Jets score opening wins

Wins were recorded by Kings who defeated Bankers Trust Falcons 44-41, Half Mile Bulls stopped Victory Valley Royals 62-45 and Amelia’s Ward Jets flew past Retrieve raiders 47-42 as play in the...

Memorex, Herstelling secure semi-finals berths in King’s Cup

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Memorex, Herstelling secure semi-finals berths in King’s Cup

Memorex and Hertstelling have booked their places in the semi-finals of the Kings softball Cup which continued last weekend at Enterprise. Playing in the over-35 category, Memorex defeated Enterprise...

Digicel Harvard Academy Guyana tour …Big effort from little Bollers helps MSC to win

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Harvard Academy Guyana tour …Big effort from little Bollers helps MSC to win

By Sean Devers A big effort from little 13-year-old leg-spinner Wayne Bollers helped Malteenoes under-17s orchestrate ‘mission impossible’ and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat from the...

Wendell Meusa triumphs in inaugural James Bond Invitational Chess Tournament

Aug 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wendell Meusa triumphs in inaugural James Bond Invitational Chess Tournament

Guyana’s lone FIDE (World Chess Federation) Instructor, Wendell Meusa, suffered a loss to Roy Sharma but rebounded to eventually amass 6 points and cart off the JB Championship trophy when the...

Fire Station to become operational at La Grange later this year – Fire Chief

Aug 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Station to become operational at La Grange later this year – Fire Chief

…as concerns about response to Bella Dam fire surface Another fire station is slated to become operational in Region Three later this year. This disclosure was made to Kaieteur News by Chief...

Murder of Patsan salesman…One freed, another to face High Court Trial as PI concludes

Aug 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Patsan salesman…One freed, another to face High Court Trial as PI concludes

He made several appearances at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Patsan Trading Services salesman, Bharrat Ramcharran. Always secured by means of...

Rules and regulations at GPHC must be followed – Chief Safety Officer

Aug 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rules and regulations at GPHC must be followed – Chief Safety Officer

Chief Safety Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Mr. Mark Lewis, says that the general public needs to be aware that there are rules and regulations by which the hospital is...

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Shabazz’s termination remains just the tip of the iceberg

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more