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East Demerara Highway Expansion… Report reveals… Hundreds of $$M overpaid to contractors

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Demerara Highway Expansion… Report reveals… Hundreds of $$M overpaid to contractors

An audit report for the fiscal year 2014 by the Auditor General of Guyana, Deodat Sharma, has revealed several overpayments which were made to contractors for works done on the East Coast Demerara...

Missing UG student’s body floats up

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Missing UG student’s body floats up

– friends to remain in custody until post mortem The search for missing University of Guyana Civil Engineer student, Harris Anthony Persaud, ended shortly after 17.00 hrs yesterday, with the...

Show the nation evidence that NEW GPC paid dividends – Forensic Auditor says

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Show the nation evidence that NEW GPC paid dividends – Forensic Auditor says

By Kiana Wilburg In his forensic audit report on the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Chartered Accountant, Anand Goolsarran noted that Government has not collected any...

Boy, 4, runs into fire to save brother, 6 as both burn to death

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News 1

Two brothers aged six and four, were burnt to death early yesterday after a fire, believed to be electrical in origin, destroyed the Children’s Drop-in-Centre on Hadfield Street, where they were...

Modified US$150M CJIA Airport to be completed next year

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Modified US$150M CJIA Airport to be completed next year

– New Arrivals Terminal Building to be constructed Passengers who utilise the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) will soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief as the Airport is currently...

GWI Board will soon decide how to deal with Shaik Baksh

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News 2

“It is not within my power to decide what to do in this case,” said Dr. Richard Van West- Charles when asked how the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) is addressing the findings of the forensic audit;...

Small contractors on D’Urban Park project yet to be paid

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News 1

Minster of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, said yesterday that he does not deny that persons were not paid for their services rendered to the construction of the Durban Park Arena,...

Inquest into Barry Dataram allegations completed

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Inquest into Barry Dataram allegations completed

– Report handed over to Minister of State Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday, received the report of the inquiry into the allegations made against officials of the Customs...

Muslim scholar accused of sexual molestation… Mother of victims raises concern over sloth of prosecution

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News 1

Almost five years after he was initially charged for engaging in sexual intercourse with underage boys, accused Islamic Scholar, Neezam Ali, is yet to face a trial in the High Court. Neezaam Ali,...

Alpha Hotel bust… Cops recover 5 kilos of coke, seize car

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Alpha Hotel bust… Cops recover 5 kilos of coke, seize car

– handgun used by victim licensed to Bartica business Four persons, among them three hotel employees, remained in custody yesterday following Thursday’s drug bust at the Alpha Hotel at Ogle,...

Border controversy… Only viable path is a diplomatic one – Belizean Foreign Minister

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Border controversy… Only viable path is a diplomatic one – Belizean Foreign Minister

With some questioning the clout of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the world stage when faced with situations like the Venezuela/Guyana border controversy, Foreign Minister of Belize, Wilfred...

State boards are independent, will not be micro-managed – Minister Sharma

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on State boards are independent, will not be micro-managed – Minister Sharma

Boards of Directors, appointed to manage statutory and other institutions of state will not be micromanaged, Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma, has assured. In a recent...

Lindeners want monument to Son Chapman Martyrs

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lindeners want monument to Son Chapman Martyrs

By Jacquey Bourne Fifty-two years ago more than 40 Lindeners died on the Demerara River as they travelled home on the Son Chapman launch on Monday, July 6, 1964. An explosion rent the boat in the...

Proposals for Green Bartica Plan in second stage

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Proposals for Green Bartica Plan in second stage

The second stage of the Request for Proposal (RFP) component for the ‘Green Bartica Plan’ has begun. This is according to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. Assisting the Ministry in this leg...

Guyana among 36 countries using bivalent oral vaccine

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana among 36 countries using bivalent oral vaccine

Guyana has been listed among the 36 countries of the Region of the Americas to have switched from Oral Polio Vaccine (tOPV), containing types one, two and three polio viruses, to the bivalent oral...

Guyana trounce Barbados to reach historic CBC U16 Final

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana trounce Barbados to reach historic CBC U16 Final

-Face Bahamas in Clash of the Titans tonight Guyana inflicted a severe beating on Barbados last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to reach a historic first Caribbean Basketball Confederation...

GPHC, St. Joseph Mercy receive dialysis machines

Jul 09, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC, St. Joseph Mercy receive dialysis machines

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital yesterday received key dialysis machines valued at US$40,000 from an overseas medical school. Eight of the machines...

A tale of two Britains

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, Suddenly Great Britain is thrust into the spotlight and not in a publicly endearing manner. On June 23, 2016, the people in the United Kingdom voted on a referendum to decide whether or...

Fitting tributes as veteran weightlifter, Sydney ‘Sandow’ Paul laid to rest

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitting tributes as veteran weightlifter, Sydney ‘Sandow’ Paul laid to rest

He spent sixty-eight years of his life ‘pumping iron,’ the term used for the noble, demanding sport of weightlifting. Even after his active years were over, Sydney Paul aka ‘Sandow’ continued...

Quarterfinal battle for Mayor’s Cup starts tomorrow at Victoria Ground

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Quarterfinal battle for Mayor’s Cup starts tomorrow at Victoria Ground

Quarterfinal action in this year’s Mayor’s Cup football championship will commence tomorrow evening at the Victoria Ground with a double header starting from 6:00pm as teams intensify their hunt...

Amazon Warriors interact with students of Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Amazon Warriors interact with students of Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre

The Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre was the centre of attention when members of the Amazon Warriors team paid a visit to the institution on Friday, at its Carmichael Street location for an...

Buddy’s Gym gives free membership to every GAPLF member

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Buddy’s Gym gives free membership to every GAPLF member

Buddy’s inaugural Benchpress competition set for July 31 Yesterday afternoon the General Manager of Buddy’s Gym Seelall Pharbo presented membership cards to the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting...

Global Health Services and RHTY&SC cricket teams assist schools

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Global Health Services and RHTY&SC cricket teams assist schools

Global Health Services of Alberttown, Georgetown and the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club’s cricket teams have teamed up to assist schools in Berbice with trophies, prizes and medals for their...

St. Ignatius trounce Aishalton to book place in Regional 9 final

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Ignatius trounce Aishalton to book place in Regional 9 final

By Franklin Wilson in Lethem A compact display of football in both halves saw home team St. Ignatius Secondary romping to a comfortable 6-1 win over Aishalton Secondary which earned the winner a...

Guyana Association of Women Police, Rising Sun stage Charity Horserace meet July 17

Jul 09, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Association of Women Police, Rising Sun stage Charity Horserace meet July 17

The Rising Sun Turf Club is expected to come alive on Sunday 17th July when that entity in collaboration with the Guyana Association of Women Police holds a grand one day Fund Raising horserace meet...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more