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Grenade attack on KN… Jagdeo’s utterances just like Donald Trump’s— Ramjattan

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News 1

Following statements by Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, at a press conference, that the botched grenade attack on Kaieteur news could have been orchestrated by the Government and Publisher...

Money laundering investigations…. Local bank blocked deposits of hundreds of million$ last year

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News 2

More details are emerging in the current investigations involving the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Presidency, Omar Shariff, who was arrested on Thursday at his office. Investigators...

Oil find… Guyana will be setting own terms and conditions- Trotman

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Oil find… Guyana will be setting own terms and conditions- Trotman

With all eyes trained on Guyana after Exxon Mobil’s second well confirmed that Guyana’s oil reserve is bigger than imagined, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman is assuaging concerns...

House approves $800M in supplementary spending

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on House approves $800M in supplementary spending

Despite fierce scrutiny, the National Assembly on Thursday evening approved almost $800M in extra-budgetary spending that was put forth by the Government for the period September 1, 2015 to December...

‘Drug addict’ slaughters wife, baby … hacks off mother’s arm

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News 2

By Romila Boodram A Best Squatting Area man ran amok around 04.00 hrs yesterday, butchering his wife and two-year-old son, and hacking off his own mother’s arm at the family’s West Coast Demerara...

Dem boys seh…Bee Kay write love letter to Donald

Jul 02, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Bee Kay write love letter to Donald

Old people always seh that cuss don’t have back door. De other thing that old people seh is that when shame sharing is more shame does come up. Donald Dumb open he mouth and pick pun a man because...

House passes refined Insurance Bill to prevent recurrence of CLICO disaster

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on House passes refined Insurance Bill to prevent recurrence of CLICO disaster

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s insurance industry took a serious blow when the infamous CLICO disaster came its way. However, to prevent a recurrence of such financial whirlwinds, the National Assembly...

First Lady praises 28 Mahdia-Self Reliance workshop graduates

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady praises 28 Mahdia-Self Reliance workshop graduates

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger was greeted by an exuberant group of businesswomen at the closing ceremony of the “Self-Reliance and Success in Business Workshop”. The venue was the Community...

One dead, another injured after car somersaults into trench

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on One dead, another injured after car somersaults into trench

Thirty-year-old, Orin Caines of “B” Field Sophia, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) minutes after he and other individual were rescued from a vehicle that ran into a...

Major Shakeup at GRA… Rawle Lucas is the one that should be fired – Jagdeo

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News 1

Over the past few days, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been going through what observers have deemed as a “massive shakeup” of its Human Resources Sector. Some have been fired, reassigned...

First Lady hands over school bus, bicycles in Mahdia -donated under President’s ‘Five Bs’ programme

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady hands over school bus, bicycles in Mahdia -donated under President’s ‘Five Bs’ programme

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, presented a school bus and 25 bicycles to the Regional Education Department and school children in Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni Region, yesterday. The 15-seater school bus...

Price is not the only factor in winning a bid

Jul 02, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Price is not the only factor in winning a bid

Dear Editor; Reference is hereby made to the article with heading “Bidders Protest $7.5M Generator Contract Award” published in Kaieteur News on June 25, 2016. The article refers to a procurement...

Misleading article on Trafficking in Persons

Jul 02, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misleading article on Trafficking in Persons

Dear Mr. Editor, The Ministry of Social Protection is disappointed at the misleading article published by your newspaper on the 2016 US State Department Report on Trafficking in Persons. The article...

Powell double leads Stewartville to comprehensive victory

Jul 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Powell double leads Stewartville to comprehensive victory

By Zaheer Mohamed Mark Powell netted twice to lead Stewartville to a 5-2 victory over Windsor Forest when the Digicel National Schools’ Football Championship continued yesterday at the National...

That IDB Report on housing in Guyana

Jul 02, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on That IDB Report on housing in Guyana

Dear Editor; During a meeting last week of representatives of the Caribbean Diaspora with officials of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) part of the discussions focused on the findings of a...

Labour Dept hands over Occupational Health report to City Hall …Council has one month to rectify problems

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Dept hands over Occupational Health report to City Hall …Council has one month to rectify problems

An official report containing the findings of an investigation into the working conditions at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council was presented to Town Clerk, Royston King, on Thursday. The...

Newspaper vendor suspected killed

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Newspaper vendor suspected killed

Shock and disbelief gripped the Wismar, Linden community of One Mile as news spread of the suspected murder of popular newspaper vendor, Albert Ashby, popularly known as ‘Finny’. The body of the...

The sight of human misery around Georgetown

Jul 02, 2016 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Georgetown is the Capital City of Guyana but it’s in a very bad state because of the amount of vagrants, touts, beggars, thieves, and white collar crooks. I wish to begin my...

Do not play politics with people’s lives and future

Jul 02, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do not play politics with people’s lives and future

Dear Editor; United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister David Cameron lost his job, after losing the UK Referendum to leave or remain (the Brexit vote) in the European Union (EU). There are real consequences...

Digicel Schools Football Championships Three Miles Sec. thump Bartica Sec. to set up Zone final date with Waramadong

Jul 02, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championships Three Miles Sec. thump Bartica Sec. to set up Zone final date with Waramadong

By Franklin Wilson Two goals either side of play was enough for Three Miles Secondary to silence home team Bartica Secondary when the two schools collided in the ongoing Digicel Schools Football...

Permanent Secretary’s $10B in bank accounts… This must represent start of corruption cleanup campaign -WPA Executive Member

Jul 02, 2016 KNews News 2

Executive Member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. David Hinds, insists that the recent arrest of a Permanent Secretary (PS) allegedly found with billions of dollars in different bank...