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NICIL sells prime lands to Nat’l Hardware at $5M per acre

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL sells prime lands to Nat’l Hardware at $5M per acre

…demanded $24M per acre from other company By Abena Rockcliffe More information has surfaced about how Former President Bharrat Jagdeo secured wealth and assets for his friends at the expense of...

Deputy CEO, Director charged for GPL theft

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy CEO, Director charged for GPL theft

– arrest warrant issued for Deonarine Two former Guyana Power and Light (GPL) senior officials were yesterday accused of being part of a multi-million-dollar fraud at the power company. The men...

Ramjattan’s tax files secretly photocopied after elections – Sattaur

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan’s tax files secretly photocopied after elections – Sattaur

– “That’s news to me,” says Chairman Shortly after the new Government took office last May, a senior official of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) photocopied the tax file of leader of...

Local Govt. Elections…. Parties submit lists of candidates incident-free

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local Govt. Elections…. Parties submit lists of candidates incident-free

Guyana moved a step closer to the holding of Local Government Elections for the first time in 22 years, with the major political parties and some new kids on the block submitting their Lists of...

Brothers wanted for killing of peacemaker

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brothers wanted for killing of peacemaker

One month after the beating to death of a 36-year-old peacemaker, the police have issued a wanted bulletin for two brothers who they suspect are responsible for the killing. Police say Leon Khan, 22,...

CH&PA to correct faulty turn-key houses, going after contractors

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA to correct faulty turn-key houses, going after contractors

Home owners are set to get some relief as the Housing Department’s, Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), is moving to correct the badly constructed homes provided under the ‘Turn key...

Suspects in bank robbery for court today

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Suspects in bank robbery for court today

The two alleged Bank of Baroda robbers and a man who reportedly supplied them with false number plates for their getaway car are scheduled to appear in court today. The alleged accomplice is the...

Surveyors get a dose of dem own medicine, Jagdeo to get he own

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Surveyors get a dose of dem own medicine, Jagdeo to get he own

When dog accustom to sucking egg he can’t stop. If he nah get egg he does suck all kind of thing—ask scampish Jagdeo. He mek three-quarter of Guyana crookish, just like heself. Tek de case of de...

GDF athletes rewarded for stellar performances throughout 2015

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GDF athletes rewarded for stellar performances throughout 2015

Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Mark Phillips, yesterday rewarded members of the GDF Athletics team for the delivery of consistent and sterling performances during 2015; in...

SUNBURST / EBFA U-17 League …Grove retain crown with 4-2 triumph over Soesdyke; Herstelling claim third

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on SUNBURST / EBFA U-17 League …Grove retain crown with 4-2 triumph over Soesdyke; Herstelling claim third

Grove underlined their dominance at the Under-17 level on the East Bank when they romped to their second title in as many years, a 4-2 triumph over Soesdyke Falcons in the final of 2015 tournament...

Captain Nurse eyeing Scotiabank CFU Men’s C/bean Cup top 4 for Golden Jaguars

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Captain Nurse eyeing Scotiabank CFU Men’s C/bean Cup top 4 for Golden Jaguars

By Franklin Wilson Golden Jaguars Captain Christopher Ronald Nurse says he is targeting CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualification this time around following the Caribbean Football Union announcement that...

Mega Mecca III in the making

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mega Mecca III in the making

By Edison Jefford Guyana’s signature basketball competition, The Road to Mecca III, will have special significance this year given that it will be held when Guyana is celebrating its Golden Jubilee...

Dwayne Bravo replaces Evin Lewis as Unity Cricket showdown draws closer

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dwayne Bravo replaces Evin Lewis as Unity Cricket showdown draws closer

As the eagerly awaited Unity Cricket on Saturday at the Providence Stadium draws closer to game day, PRO of Unity Cricket Sean Devers informed that Dwayne Bravo will replace fellow Trinidadian Evin...

Mobile Wizard 10/10 Softball Cricket …Omesh XI, Wolf’s Warriors, Speedboat and Power XI thru to semis

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mobile Wizard 10/10 Softball Cricket …Omesh XI, Wolf’s Warriors, Speedboat and Power XI thru to semis

The Mobile Wizard 10/10 Softball Cricket tournament organised by the Guyana Softball League has reached the semi final stage with the following teams qualifying: Omesh XI, Wolf’s Warriors,...

2016 Getting revved up for the Motorsports Season

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2016 Getting revved up for the Motorsports Season

The 2016 motorsports season has officially kicked off as of a few days now. If results are any indications of what’s to come then, we are in for an exciting year ahead. The season was...

One of Guyana’s best wicketkeepers Milton Pydana turns 66 today

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on One of Guyana’s best wicketkeepers Milton Pydana turns 66 today

By Sean Devers Back in 2014 the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) which was founded in September 1939, inducted s ix cricketers into their Hall of Fame and one of those players, Milton Pydana was...

Busta/RHTY&SC Champion of Champions 2015 …RHT Gizmos and Gadgets trounce Young Warriors to lift title

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Busta/RHTY&SC Champion of Champions 2015 …RHT Gizmos and Gadgets trounce Young Warriors to lift title

Watched by a capacity crowd at the Area ‘H’ Ground, home team Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets (RHTG&G) led by man-of-the-match and the best batsman Clinton Pestano, made light work of Young...

Minor League 10/10 Softball Cricket…Leonora remain unbeaten, Windsor Forest get off the mark

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minor League 10/10 Softball Cricket…Leonora remain unbeaten, Windsor Forest get off the mark

The Minor League 10/10 Softball Cricket competition organized by the Guyana Softball League continued at Leonora Primary School ground and the home team remained unbeaten as the tempo rose and the...

GCB/Banks DIH/Digicel NSSCL…Martins’ 5 wicket haul leads Hope Secondary to victory

Jan 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Banks DIH/Digicel NSSCL…Martins’ 5 wicket haul leads Hope Secondary to victory

A definitive spell of spin bowling by Cordel Martins guided Hope Secondary to victory over Bygeval while Cummings Lodge, Annadale and La Bonne Intention Secondary Schools also recorded victories when...

Efforts being made to address drug shortage in shortest possible time – GPHC CEO

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Efforts being made to address drug shortage in shortest possible time – GPHC CEO

…PAC member says state of affairs reflects “gross misconduct and mismanagement” The shortage of drugs and other pharmaceuticals at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was a...

VAT refunds to improve within two to three months – GRA Chairman

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on VAT refunds to improve within two to three months – GRA Chairman

…same expected for Income Tax returns The relationship between taxpayers and the tax collection body, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is not as strong as it ought to be. And while a number of...

Consultants bid for IDB/ EU funded water improvement programme

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Consultants bid for IDB/ EU funded water improvement programme

Under the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI’s) Water Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure Improvement Programme (WSSIIP), expressions of interest were opened for consultants to implement the programme...

Banks Linden Branch records over $1B in sales

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Banks Linden Branch records over $1B in sales

Banks DIH Linden Branch sold for the first time, over $1 billion worth in sales. This is according to Chairman Clifford Reis, during his feature address at the company’s shareholders meeting, to...

Demerara Timbers Ltd. awaits green light to resume operations

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Demerara Timbers Ltd. awaits green light to resume operations

– must pass muster with Gov’t Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) is awaiting Government’s green light to resume its operations and reinstate 45 employees it had laid off. This will be...

Bandits beat, rob Chinese restaurateur in B’ce

Jan 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits beat, rob Chinese restaurateur in B’ce

Police are investigating a case of robbery with violence committed on Chinese restaurateur Wenzhana Vang, 52, which occurred around 22:55 hrs last Sunday. The businessman was robbed of an undisclosed...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more