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Billionaire public servant secured nine properties over 7-year period

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News 2

The wealth and assets accumulated by public servant, Omar Shariff, continues to stun investigators. In addition to his multibillion-dollar bank accounts, the Permanent Secretary has been able to buy...

Tallawahs face-off with Warriors today Loser still has second chance to make final

Aug 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tallawahs face-off with Warriors today Loser still has second chance to make final

By Sean Devers When the Jamaica Tallawahs face-off with the top of table Guyana Amazon Warriors from 19:00hrs today in the first play-off game at Warner Park in St Kitts, higher totals are...

Efforts apace to stop pension fraud…Digitization of Old Age Pension to be enforced by Jan. 2017

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News 1

The Ministry of Social Protection is moving to introduce an automated distribution system for Old Age Pension by January 2017 to ensure greater efficiency, accountability and transparency. According...

Dem boys seh…$22 billion is joke fuh some ex-Ministers

Aug 03, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…$22 billion is joke fuh some ex-Ministers

22 seems to be a beautiful number. A lot of people know it, especially if dem got children. Every minute you does here tu-tu. Burnham know good bout tu-tu and is because Walter Rodney talk that...

Laing Avenue execution… Cops detain man, seize suspected getaway car

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Laing Avenue execution… Cops detain man, seize suspected getaway car

Police have detained a La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara man as they seek the killers of former murder accused, Orin David, who was gunned down outside his Laing Avenue home on Monday. They...

Tang Soo Do Martial Arts team performs creditable in T&T

Aug 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tang Soo Do Martial Arts team performs creditable in T&T

Director and Chief Instructor Roland Eudoxie of the Tang Soo Do International Guyana has informed that his team of young competitors performed creditable in the Dragon Cup Martial Arts Championship...

The death penalty is inhuman

Aug 03, 2016 KNews Letters 2

Dear Editor, It is to me a ludicrous situation in this “civilised” age that we should even have a debate about the justification of a system by which the death penalty is administered by those...

We are 110 percent behind Boyce and Jefford Classic -Says Ansa McAl non-alcoholic Brand Manager

Aug 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on We are 110 percent behind Boyce and Jefford Classic -Says Ansa McAl non-alcoholic Brand Manager

Ansa McAl’s Non-Alcoholic Brand Manager, Anjeta Hinds has indicated that the conglomerate is fully supportive of the 2016 Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic VII scheduled for the Mackenzie...

Rain helps hapless WI survive another day

Aug 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain helps hapless WI survive another day

ESPNcricinfo – Earl, the tropical storm threatening Kingston, allowed for only 15.5 overs on the fourth day. In that time, India helped themselves to four wickets, suggesting all they needed...

Over 200 young men and women embark on police training

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Over 200 young men and women embark on police training

The Guyana Police Force yesterday inducted well over 200 new recruits as part of its drive to bolster the number of ranks in the Force. The Force is seeking to reinforce its mission statement which...

Berbice triple-murder… Father and son among three remanded

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice triple-murder… Father and son among three remanded

A father and son were among three men remanded to prison, after being charged in connection with the Berbice triple-murder in which the bullet-riddled bodies of Pawan Chandradeo, Naresh Rooplall and...

CJIA check-in system restored – Airlines work on backlog

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA check-in system restored – Airlines work on backlog

Relatives at home and abroad, whose loved ones were stranded at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) for two days, can now breathe a sigh of relief since the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

Teen moms targeted as Nutrition Week gets underway

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News 1

It is a known fact that babies born to teenage mothers are more likely to have lower birth weights, and there is likely to be an increased risk of some congenital anomalies as well. This state of...

Banks DIH Ltd‬ / ‪‎ABSAA Under-13 Inter-Community Football resumes today

Aug 03, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Ltd‬ / ‪‎ABSAA Under-13 Inter-Community Football resumes today

Play in the ‎Banks DIH Ltd‬ / ‪‎ABSAA‬ inaugural Co-Ed Under-13 Inter-Community Football Competition resumes today, at Parade ground on Middle and Wellington Streets, starting at 10:30 hrs....

Ebola response getting attention at Miami meeting

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ebola response getting attention at Miami meeting

The deliberations at the PAHO member states meeting slated for September are expected to draw from an ongoing consultation currently being held in the United States. The consultation in Miami,...

‘New’ Deputy CEO perplexes senior GPHC officials –position non-existent; Board unaware of appointment

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News 1

Senior officials of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) including the hospital’s Board were reportedly stunned yesterday when a ‘new’ Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) turned...

THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS “The young bones of the revolution are still soft” – Trotsky

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on THE VOICE OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS “The young bones of the revolution are still soft” – Trotsky

By Sase Singh. INTRODUCTION What started in Tunisia brought this question back to the table about whether there is space for a revolutionary working-class movement to advance the cause of the...

Multimillion-dollar contracts out to restore National landmarks

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Multimillion-dollar contracts out to restore National landmarks

During yesterday’s bid opening at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, tenders under the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and...

Social Cohesion Ministry must aggressively confront PPP’s ‘divide and conquer’ culture –WPA

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Social Cohesion Ministry must aggressively confront PPP’s ‘divide and conquer’ culture –WPA

By Kiana Wilburg There is no doubt that the work of the Ministry of Social Cohesion (MSC) is relevant and is placed in charge of a very sensitive area of national life. But be that as it may,...

After 20 years… Parliament to approve Procurement Commission members today

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News 1

The long awaited Public Procurement Commission (PPC) will finally be a reality. Five persons, including a Minister under the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), have been nominated for appointment....

Having parliament scrutinize large concessions must be carefully considered – Finance Minister

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Having parliament scrutinize large concessions must be carefully considered – Finance Minister

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan says that when it comes to the granting of huge concessions, having parliament make those decisions instead of his office must be carefully considered – if that...

Trio in court for robbery, stealing gold chain

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trio in court for robbery, stealing gold chain

Three men were yesterday arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts- two for the offence of robbery under-arms and another for simple larceny. Joshua Adams,18, of Barr Street, Kitty,...

Chinese, Indians and Peruvians top list of foreigners seeking work here

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese, Indians and Peruvians top list of foreigners seeking work here

Guyana seems to be a popular destination for a number of persons seeking work, business and travel. In the past three years, the statistics compiled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the...

All Guyanese should be ashamed of this backward country

Aug 03, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

In the US, unlike Guyana, there is no mandatory term of imprisonment you face for possession and trafficking of narcotics. What the US has is guideline sentencing. Such a framework offers enormous...

New home for Brickdam Secondary students

Aug 03, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New home for Brickdam Secondary students

According to Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education Suelle Findlay-Williams, the students and staff of Brickdam Secondary School will be relocated to the East La Penitence Primary...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more