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GRA: Sattaur backdates GRA’s pension claim, collects $12M

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA: Sattaur backdates GRA’s pension claim, collects $12M

-illegally shared information with embassy -collected Govt. pension while on the job -Tax Chief insists he was asked to do illegal things The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched an...

Tax Chief refutes GRA’s reasons for sacking

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Tax Chief refutes GRA’s reasons for sacking

-claims he was asked to do illegal things Following the explanations given Rawle Lucas, Chairman of the Guyana Revenue Authority, on the termination of Commissioner-General, Khurshid Sattaur, the...

Gunmen stage daring robbery at Mon Repos bank

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen stage daring robbery at Mon Repos bank

With crime seemingly on the rise in Guyana, four gunmen have taken it up a notch by pulling off a daring daylight robbery on the Mon Repos branch of the Bank of Baroda yesterday. Mon Repos is a...

Recovering State Assets…World Bank/UN Mission pledge assistance in developing SARU Legislation

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Recovering State Assets…World Bank/UN Mission pledge assistance in developing SARU Legislation

A scoping mission from the World Bank and the United Nations (UN) which specializes in state asset recovery initiatives held discussions yesterday with the country’s Attorney General, Basil...

Jaguars wreak havoc at Mainstay, Tapakuma

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jaguars wreak havoc at Mainstay, Tapakuma

As the depletion of livestock and animals continue to occur in Lima Sands, Mainstay/Wyakah and Tapakuma areas, residents have now resorted to appeal to the Guyana Defence Force and the police to help...

Murdered woman identified as mother of three

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered woman identified as mother of three

– Husband still on the run The woman whose battered body was found submerged in a trench at Zeelugt New Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) Thursday night has been identified as 41-year-old...

Today Jagdeo tun a bigger boy today

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Today Jagdeo tun a bigger boy today

In some countries today would have been a national holiday. Dem boys don’t mek joke wid religion but at least de world does observe de birthday of two great men. In de modern day people does...

Guyanese Hall of Famer, Alex Bunbury, holds clinic in Linden

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Hall of Famer, Alex Bunbury, holds clinic in Linden

Guyanese Alex Bunbury, who played Football at the National level in Canada and who was inducted in the Canadian Hall of Fame, held a football clinic at the McKenzie Sports Club Ground on Monday for...

Hikers 2016 Hockey Festival & Fun Day launched

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hikers 2016 Hockey Festival & Fun Day launched

The 2016 Edition of the Hikers Hockey Club One-Day Hockey Festival and Fun-Day was launched yesterday, during a simple ceremony which was conducted at Antonio’s Grill on Sheriff Street. Among those...

Milestones race by as Djokovic, Serena lead old guard through

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milestones race by as Djokovic, Serena lead old guard through

MELBOURNE (Reuters) Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams reached the fourth round of the Australian Open without having lost a set between them on Friday as the grand slam establishment held firm on...

Mobile Wizard 10/10 knockout stage begins today

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mobile Wizard 10/10 knockout stage begins today

The quarterfinals draw for the Mobile Wizard 10/10 organized by the Guyana Softball League and sponsored by Mobile Wizard, Trophy Stall, Miss Love (West Coast) Trading, Rohan’s Furniture...

SUNBURST / EBFA U-17 set for tomorrow

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on SUNBURST / EBFA U-17 set for tomorrow

Grove Hi Tech collide with Soesdyke Falcons for top prize Defending champions Grove Hi Tech will be going all out to retain the billing as the best Under-17 team on the East Bank when the final of...

Albion Community Centre and Port Mourant to meet in the Final today

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion Community Centre and Port Mourant to meet in the Final today

Elizabeth Styles Under-19, 50-Over Cricket Competition… The often postponed final of the Elizabeth Styles Under-19, 50-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice will at last be played off today at...

GVF Referees Clinic commences today at Coast Guard Headquarters

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF Referees Clinic commences today at Coast Guard Headquarters

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) has invited all interested persons to attend a Referees Clinic starting today and runs until tomorrow, at the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard Headquarters,...

Rose Hall Town and Blairmont Community Centre clash in Two-day Final this weekend

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town and Blairmont Community Centre clash in Two-day Final this weekend

Tenelec Inc Under-15, Two-innings Cricket Competition in Berbice… Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes will have its hands full to stave off a strong challenge from giant killers Blairmont...

Guardians guard against Colts rampage tonight

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guardians guard against Colts rampage tonight

-Division 1 basketball title on the line By Edison Jefford Plaisance Guardians will guard against a publicly proclaim rampage from Colts tonight when the two teams meet at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

Reigning champion Chase Academy kicks off campaign against Tucville today

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Reigning champion Chase Academy kicks off campaign against Tucville today

4th Annual Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition… The 4th Annual Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition kicks off today with four matches, at the Ministry of Education ground on...

Guyana’s cricket is alive, Mr. Claude Raphael

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s cricket is alive, Mr. Claude Raphael

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your newspaper to respond to a letter published in the Stabroek News of Sunday, 17 January 2015, captioned “How could our legal system embrace such an obvious...

Fight confirmed, Dexter Gonsalves to square off with Brazilian opponent

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fight confirmed, Dexter Gonsalves to square off with Brazilian opponent

By Michael Benjamin Just over two weeks after he was advised to intensify training sessions for an impending bout, recently crowned Fecarbox junior/welterweight champion, Dexter Gonsalves, have...

Umpires training workshop successful

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Umpires training workshop successful

Several local cricket umpires were given lecturers on ways to improve their trade at a workshop held yesterday at Mayor and City Council Union Building, Woolford Avenue. The clinic was facilitated by...

J Z Mohamed of City Bias, NY provides part sponsorship for BCB inter zone U15 tourney

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on J Z Mohamed of City Bias, NY provides part sponsorship for BCB inter zone U15 tourney

With limited time remaining before the Inter County Under-15 cricket competition, the Berbice Cricket Board was able to secure part sponsorship for a fifty overs inter zone round robin competition...

Son of former GRA Boss fined on dangerous driving charge

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Son of former GRA Boss fined on dangerous driving charge

The 19-year-old son of former Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner General, Khurshid Sattaur, was on Wednesday ordered to pay a $25,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to a dangerous driving...

Linden carpenter charged with killing reputed wife

Jan 23, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Linden carpenter charged with killing reputed wife

A carpenter, who is alleged to have fatally stabbed his reputed wife, before attempting to take his own life, was on Thursday remanded to prison charged with murder. It is alleged that on January 18,...

Watchdog body says Ministry dragging foot on steel pan investigations

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Watchdog body says Ministry dragging foot on steel pan investigations

Corruption watchdog body, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has slammed the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport for its sloth in an investigation involving steel pans. According to TIGI...

U.S. Ambassador hands over Police Training Equipment

Jan 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Ambassador hands over Police Training Equipment

The Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Technical Working Group (TWG), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

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