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Fiscal Goodies of the $230B 2016 Budget

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Finance Minister, Winston Jordan announced yesterday, a number of goodies in the 2016 budget. He said that most of the monetary or fiscal measures are designed to support Government’s thrust of...

Finance Minister says …SARU to be empowered to freeze assets

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…to also enforce foreign restraint orders Guyana’s State Asset Recovery Unit will soon be legally vested with powers to freeze assets and enforce foreign restraint orders. Yesterday, Finance...

Truck driver and porter admit to staging robbery

Jan 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver and porter admit to staging robbery

-$1.2M missing, $30,000, laptop, cell phones recovered It was a dramatic and harrowing tale of a driver and porter being waylaid on a dark roadway, before being robbed and locked in their truck by...

Old Age Pension jumps by $1200

Jan 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Old Age Pension jumps by $1200

…several tax relief measures to come into effect on April 1 The elderly were certainly not forgotten in the 2016 budget as the Finance Minister, yesterday, proposed a number of measures that are...

Police issue wanted bulletin for bank robbers

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The police are hunting for two men who they believed were part of a gang that staged a brazen robbery at the Bank of Baroda branch, located in the Mon Repos Mall, East Coast Demerara (ECD) two...

Finance Minister unveils $230B Budget

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By Kiana Wilburg A $230 billion budget for 2016 was presented to the National Assembly yesterday by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan. The budget which is 20 percent larger than last year’s provides...

People can’t believe Jagdeo

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on People can’t believe Jagdeo

This nation really need a proppa opposition, one that can mek de people believe de words that coming out dem mouth. De present opposition was in govt fuh 23 years. It do everything under de sun and...

Sammy shares some time with U-13 cricketers at Bourda

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Moments after he arrives for Unity Cricket By Sean Devers West Indies t20 Skipper St Lucian Darren Sammy took time off from his busy schedule to spend some time with the Under-13 players from GCC and...

Tortured Murray outlasts Raonic to reach Melbourne final

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tortured Murray outlasts Raonic to reach Melbourne final

MELBOURNE (Reuters) Andy Murray went through paroxysms of frustration but seized another opportunity to break his Australian Open jinx with a four-hour, five-set semi-final victory over Milos Raonic...

Milo U-20 Schools Football resumes today, tomorrow

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Play in this year’s Annual Milo Undr-20 Schools Football Competition resumes today and tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue. In today’s fixtures which will see four...

Whyte makes donation to East Ruimveldt Secondary

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Whyte makes donation to East Ruimveldt Secondary

East Ruimveldt Secondary School football team yesterday received a timely boost made possible through overseas based Guyanese Nigel Whyte. At a simple ceremony held yesterday at the school, Whyte’s...

Albion and Rose Hall Town clash in Tenelec 50-Over Final on Sunday at Albion

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion and Rose Hall Town clash in Tenelec 50-Over Final on Sunday at Albion

The Long awaited final of the 2015 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over cricket tournament has now been fixed for tomorrow at Albion. Vying for the championship once again will be arch rivals,...

LABA AGM TODAY AT 5:30PM AT MSC LOUNGE

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The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) is inviting its affiliate clubs to send four representatives, preferably the President, Secretary, Treasurer and Captain to attend its Annual General...

Under-13 Cricket under Lights as Everest face Bel Air Rubis in Final tomorrow

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Under-13 Cricket under Lights as Everest face Bel Air Rubis in Final tomorrow

The finals of the under-13 cricket (hardball) sponsored by the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association and Trophy Stall in collaboration with the Demerara Cricket Club is set for tomorrow...

Matches around the country set to begin tomorrow in Golyn 10/10 softball cricket

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Matches around the country set to begin tomorrow in Golyn 10/10 softball cricket

West Coast begins with three matches The Golyn 10/10 countrywide softball cricket tournament organized by the Guyana Softball League is set to begin tomorrow with several matches around the country....

Centuries for Anderson, Sinclair, Mickle, Karim, six wickets for Ramsammy

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Centuries for Anderson, Sinclair, Mickle, Karim, six wickets for Ramsammy

2015 A. Ally & Sons Inter-Secondary School Under-17 Cricket Competition in Berbice… Lower Corentyne, Berbice High, Rosignol and Skeldon High reach semi-finals. Lower Corentyne Secondary,...

Western Tigers FC installs new executive tomorrow afternoon

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Western Tigers FC installs new executive tomorrow afternoon

They had won the 2009/10 version of the prestigious Kashif and Shanghai Football title, their biggest achievement to date. The club sports quite a formidable squad of players, the likes of Randolph...

Sammy to lead Number One-ranked Windies at ICC World T20

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sammy to lead Number One-ranked Windies at ICC World T20

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Darren Sammy will lead a strong West Indies team to this year’s International Cricket Council’s World T20 Tournament in India. The 32-year-old all-rounder was named to...

Boxers set for war as GBBC ‘International Slugfest’ finalized

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxers set for war as GBBC ‘International Slugfest’ finalized

Organizers of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) are forced to make adjustments to their card dubbed ‘International Slugfest’ slated for the Giftland Office Max Mall, Liliendaal ECD...

Boxing added to Desmond Dorsett annual Memorial road race and family fun day

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Overseas based Guyanese boxer among highlights With the closing date for entries already past, all is set for the sixth Desmond Dorsett Memorial Road race classic and Family Fun day. The activity is...

JZ MOHAMED Inter Zone U15 tourney commences today in Berbice

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on JZ MOHAMED Inter Zone U15 tourney commences today in Berbice

The Berbice Cricket Board/JZ Mohamed of City Bias, New York U15 fifty overs inter zone round robin competition is set to commence today with New Amsterdam/Canje playing Lower Corentyne at...

Raffik & Sons Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition…

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Raffik & Sons Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition…

Leroy Bristol (69), Eon Gibson (42) see Courtland All Stars through to the final Defending champions Courtland All Stars are through to the final of the Raffik & Sons Construction Second...

Guyanese Persaud, Ramnarine successful at WICUA Oral and Practical exam

Jan 30, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Persaud, Ramnarine successful at WICUA Oral and Practical exam

Guyanese Javed Persaud and Totaram Ramnarine were successful at the 2015 West Indies Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (WICUA) Oral and Practical Examination. Forty three candidates took the...

Duo remanded for the murder of ‘Hamson’ GM

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Two men charged with the murder of prominent businessman Abdool Farouk Ghanie Persaud, proprietor of Hamson’s General Store were remanded to prison yesterday by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the...

Gold pushes merchandise exports earnings to US$1.2B

Jan 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gold pushes merchandise exports earnings to US$1.2B

-bank lending increased 20 percent last year Government is gearing to finalise its Sovereign Wealth Fund this year, to ensure that it reaps the benefits from its industries. The disclosures were made...

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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