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Guyana benefits nothing from BaiShanLin agreements – Former Auditor General

May 25, 2016 KNews News 1

“How has my country benefitted?” questioned former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, as he referenced the various investment agreements signed between BaiShanLin and the People’s Progressive...

GWI audit finds…Shaik Baksh abused his authority, disregarded company policies

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GWI audit finds…Shaik Baksh abused his authority, disregarded company policies

A forensic audit into the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) from the period of October 2012 to May 2015, found that former Minister of Government under the former regime, Shaik Baksh – during his...

COI report of questionable GuyOil fuel purchase handed over to Govt.

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on COI report of questionable GuyOil fuel purchase handed over to Govt.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday received the report from the Board of Inquiry, which was established to probe allegations of wrongdoing at the Guyana Oil Company Limited (GuyOil). The...

GMC audit shows…Officials stood by as contractor defaulted on construction contract

May 25, 2016 KNews News 1

The forensic audit conducted into the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has unearthed what is being described as collusion between a foreign building contractor and the Board of Directors, in...

Lone bandit relieves two guards of guns, cash

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lone bandit relieves two guards of guns, cash

…escapes with bag of cash and guns Police are questioning a security guard attached to the RK Security Service to ascertain the real circumstances surrounding the shooting of his colleague, who was...

Rohee ducked applications for overseas training of ranks – Seelall Persaud

May 25, 2016 KNews News 1

Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud is “extremely happy” that former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has “finally stepped out from his realm of denial” and is praising the work of the...

Economy shape like a coke bottle

May 25, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Economy shape like a coke bottle

Since Soulja Bai authorize de forensic audits into de dealings of de previous govt a lot of dutty things, unlawful things and weird things come out. De GMC auditor fingers de GM. When dem boys read...

Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Hercules leads Team 25 to final

May 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Hercules leads Team 25 to final

-Wisroc gets second chance at redemption Team 25 talisman Collie Hercules led from the front, opening the scoring after fourteen minutes to engineer a comfortable 3-0 triumph for his team over...

Shooters commended for awesome comeback to retain WIFBSC Short Range Trophy

May 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shooters commended for awesome comeback to retain WIFBSC Short Range Trophy

Fullbore Captain of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) Mahendra Persaud is high in praise for the awesome performance of his countrymen that propelled them to victory which ensured...

GTC Independence Race Meet on May 29 at Mocha

May 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTC Independence Race Meet on May 29 at Mocha

-lucky turfite to win return trip compliments of Fly Jamaica Fly Jamaica / Guyana has now added its support to the May 29 Georgetown Turf Club (GTC) Horse Race Meet when the entity pledged a return...

Junior Pan American Hockey Championships …National Junior Men lose to Canada in final pool match

May 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Pan American Hockey Championships …National Junior Men lose to Canada in final pool match

The Guyana National Junior Men’s Hockey Team went down to a Canada side 8-0 in their final pool B match on Monday at the Junior Pan American Championships in Toronto, Canada. Having both lost their...

BFA presents footballs to teams in GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour U-17 tourney

May 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on BFA presents footballs to teams in GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour U-17 tourney

The Berbice Football Association (BFA) presented 40 footballs to the ten (10) member clubs that will be participating in the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 Tournament. The presentation was...

Sensei Dunbar, nine year old Britton honoured by Wado Ryu Association

May 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sensei Dunbar, nine year old Britton honoured by Wado Ryu Association

Chief Instructor Sensei Winston Dunbar and nine-year-old black belt Sadella Britton were honoured by the Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association at the Association’s Annual Junior championships which...

Jubilee Independence Anniversary horserace meet a success as Kings Knight crowned king

May 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jubilee Independence Anniversary horserace meet a success as Kings Knight crowned king

Watched by a sizable Jubilee Independence Crowd that included Guyana’s Director of Sport Christopher Jones and Suriname Ambassador to Guyana, Nisa Kurban-Baboe, the Four Horse Men promotion...

Heineken gears for UEFA Champions League Final Viewing Party on Saturday

May 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Heineken gears for UEFA Champions League Final Viewing Party on Saturday

Heineken wrapped up its Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League nationwide Foosball Promotion at The Stripe Bar at the Giftland Mall and 704 Sports Bar ahead of the grand...

The American Dream vs. the Guyana Dream

May 25, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

Guyana this week was graced with the presence of a young lady who is only seventeen years old, and who has gained entry so far into twenty-one universities in the United States, eight of which are...

Guyanese woman admits to drug smuggling

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman admits to drug smuggling

La-Toya Kenisha Smart admitted to a Barbados court on Monday to bringing into the island one pound of marijuana. She is now on remand awaiting her fate on June 20. Immigration officers searched the...

Motion on state of rice industry voted down

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Motion on state of rice industry voted down

A motion on the state of the rice industry, brought to the National Assembly by Opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Irfaan Ali, was yesterday defeated 33-28 votes. Government said the motion was...

$1, $5 coins to be pulled from circulation – BOG

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $1, $5 coins to be pulled from circulation – BOG

The one- and five-dollar coins will no longer be minted and circulated in Guyana, while existing coins with those denominations, are expected to soon be pulled out of circulation. This was disclosed...

Rights Commission exposes students to ‘Independence workshop’

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rights Commission exposes students to ‘Independence workshop’

Guyana’s celebration of 50 years of Independence from British rule is well underway. It was a long journey to this auspicious achievement which materialised on May 26, 1966. To observe the...

Pensioner dies four days after beaten by son

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner dies four days after beaten by son

Seventy-one year-old Rickford Bourne died at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday evening, four days after being badly beaten by his 36-year-old son Kwame Bourne. According to reports, Kwame...

‘Give Another Chance Foundation’ continues to support Wakenaam

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Give Another Chance Foundation’ continues to support Wakenaam

The ‘Give Another Chance Foundation’ (GACF) has over the years been assisting residents on the Essequibo island of Wakenaam and is now looking to expand throughout the length and breadth of...

BOSAI launches centenary observance of bauxite mining in Linden

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on BOSAI launches centenary observance of bauxite mining in Linden

A simple ceremony at the old railroad yard opposite the Watooka House heralded the centenary of bauxite operations in Linden. And the centenary coincided with the 50th anniversary of Guyana’s...

Possibility of de-risking worries Govt. – AG

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Possibility of de-risking worries Govt. – AG

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams says that the government is quite worried about the possibility that Guyana may suffer as a result of de-risking. De-risking refers to...

Another year…Fire Chief promises operational La Grange Station by August

May 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Another year…Fire Chief promises operational La Grange Station by August

…again blames delay on need for equipment, furnishings A new fire station at La Grange, West Bank Demerara is likely to open its doors before the end of this year. In fact, Fire Chief Marlon...