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Haags Bosch dumpsite controversy…BK settlement not yet finalised–Attorney General insists

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Haags Bosch dumpsite controversy…BK settlement not yet finalised–Attorney General insists

Government said, yesterday, that it has not yet finalized a settlement with BK International Inc., to see the company walking away from managing the Haags Bosch Landfill project. A statement from the...

Those damning forensic audits… Govt. needs to quit procrastinating and act—WPA Executive Member

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Those damning forensic audits… Govt. needs to quit procrastinating and act—WPA Executive Member

By Kiana Wilburg The abuse of power for private gain, the mismanagement of the nation’s resources and the disregard for discretion and the law of the day, have all been highlighted by the 16...

Govt moving to stamp out bribery at wharves

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt moving to stamp out bribery at wharves

As importers complain about delayed containers… Government has green-lighted a proposal submitted by Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, to introduce a ‘Trusted Trader’ programme to...

Cop killer remanded

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cop killer remanded

Police said a farmer who was shot by the police after he allegedly stabbed and killed a GPF officer at Matthews Ridge was remanded to prison yesterday. Charged with the murder of 52-year-old Police...

Former GTU President acquitted of carnal knowledge charge

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Former GTU President acquitted of carnal knowledge charge

By Rehanna Ramsay Former President of the Guyana Teacher’s Union, (GTU) Colywn King, 52, has been found not guilty of carnal knowledge. King is acquitted some seven years after he was charged for...

Cop drowns during operation to halt illegal mining at Kaieteur National Park

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cop drowns during operation to halt illegal mining at Kaieteur National Park

A young Special Constable, who was on a Government operation to halt illegal mining around the Kaieteur National Park, is feared drowned after the vessel he was in capsized in the Amatuk Falls,...

AG Williams distances self from Harmon’s behavior

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AG Williams distances self from Harmon’s behavior

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The coalition of A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) is maintaining a deafening silence on allegations of corruption. Observers are...

Forensic audit finds…CJIA Chief Security Officer, other key positions left vacant for years

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit finds…CJIA Chief Security Officer, other key positions left vacant for years

–organization structure has severe gaps In a world where coordinating security at national airports is of national importance, a forensic audit into Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International...

Dem Willie cousin want cause trouble

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Willie cousin want cause trouble

There is an old saying; Where there’s Love, there is Life and where there is Unity, there is strength. De only man who know different from that is Jagdeo, that scamp. When he hear bout Unity, he...

Boyce/Jefford launches Relay Festival and Family Fun Day

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce/Jefford launches Relay Festival and Family Fun Day

-Event promises fun, competition in one package The Boyce and Jefford Organisation yesterday launched the inaugural Boyce and Jefford Relay Festival and Family Fun Day at 704 Lounge. The event, which...

Turbo dominoes to commence April 13

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo dominoes to commence April 13

The Guyana Beverage Company, Turbo brand nationwide dominoes competition, which is being organised by the Georgetown Dominoes Association, is set to commence April 13. Teams will battle for over $2M...

The Golden Jaguars have a score to settle with Curacao

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Golden Jaguars have a score to settle with Curacao

A tribute to Camptown’s Colin Hinds By Statistician Charwayne Walker When Guyana’s Golden Jaguars tackle Curacao on June, the first at the Providence Stadium in the C.F.U Second Round Qualifiers,...

Windies U-19s, Girls honoured by GOG yesterday

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies U-19s, Girls honoured by GOG yesterday

Team sponsors Digicel provides ‘fantastic five’ with gifts Yesterday at the 704 Sports Bar and Lounge in the City the five Guyanese West Indies players who participated in the U-19 and Women’s...

Cheddi Jagan Memorial T20 concludes tomorrow

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cheddi Jagan Memorial T20 concludes tomorrow

Nandy Park and West Demerara Mavericks will clash in the final of the Cheddi Jagan Memorial Over-40 T20 tournament tomorrow at Farm, East Bank Demerara. Prior to the game, Good Hope Golden Star will...

Police presents sponsorship for another cycle race, this Sunday

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police presents sponsorship for another cycle race, this Sunday

The Guyana Police Force has many roles to play and despite many challenges has been trying to fulfill their mandate in their quest to make Guyana a better place. Of recent the GPF in the various...

Wolf’s Softball Challenge Cup starts Sunday

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wolf’s Softball Challenge Cup starts Sunday

Action in the Wolf Warriors Softball Challenge Cup cricket tournament continues tomorrow. The Male matches are 20/20, while the Females play 10/10 encounters. Fixtures for tomorrow Sunday April 10th...

A breach of the rights of a child—we suppose

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A breach of the rights of a child—we suppose

Guyana is far from being dubbed the murder capital of the Caribbean but this country has more than its fair share of murders these past few weeks. Indeed, the year began with some horrific murders by...

$400 million fertilizer contract was for farmers benefit – GRDB

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $400 million fertilizer contract was for farmers benefit – GRDB

– Rice farmers’ plight necessitated urgency Following the controversy that was raised about the Guyana Rice Development Board’s (GRDB) contract with overseas based HDM labs Inc. for the...

Guyana, Suriname Top Cops meet in Nickerie

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, Suriname Top Cops meet in Nickerie

On Thursday, a delegation from the Guyana Police Force comprising Commissioner of Police, Mr. Seelall Persaud, DSM; Assistant Commissioner ‘Operations’ Mr. Christopher Griffith, Head Criminal...

America Street bandit sentenced, accomplice dismissed.

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on America Street bandit sentenced, accomplice dismissed.

Of the two men who were arrested for the brazen gunpoint attack on money changers at America Street, one was jailed yesterday. Troy Abrams and Anthony Primo, 29, of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, were...

APOLOGY TO MR. CLINTON ALPHONSO

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on APOLOGY TO MR. CLINTON ALPHONSO

On March 19, 2016, Kaieteur News published an article naming Mr. Clinton Alphonso, among others, as defaulting taxpayers. The article was published under the caption ‘City Council Wins...

Parliament to become more effective

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament to become more effective

Parliamentarians, Committee chairpersons and clerks at the Parliament office of Guyana are now equipped to make the operations of the Parliament more effective. They had just concluded a three-day...

Did this man sexually molest his daughters?

Apr 09, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Did this man sexually molest his daughters?

My view on domestic abuse is that women who kill oppressive lovers who constantly batter them should not be jailed. My understanding of the world we live in is that it rests on context. Everything in...

GPHC receives $3.2M in medical equipment

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC receives $3.2M in medical equipment

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday received $3.2M worth of medical equipment from the Subei People’s Hospital of Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China. The...

E’bo records another road fatality

Apr 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo records another road fatality

Major Cunjah, a Pomona Housing Scheme teenager who worked in the interior died hours after he lost control of the motorbike he was riding. He skidded off the Aurora Public Road, Thursday evening....

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more