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Action packed day envisaged for $30M in 2016 Guyana Cup race meet

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Action packed day envisaged for $30M in 2016 Guyana Cup race meet

The day has finally arrived and all systems are in place for the much anticipated 10th Annual Guyana Cup 2016 Horserace Meet at the Port Mourant “Big Yard” Turf Club, Corentyne Berbice today. All...

Bartica residents support Green Sensitisation Walk

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bartica residents support Green Sensitisation Walk

The Mayor and Town Council of the newly accredited town of Bartica recently held a major Green Sensitisation Exercise in the form of an Emancipation Walk. The Green Walk commenced at the Stelling...

PS under investigation issues statement to clear name

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PS under investigation issues statement to clear name

EDITOR’S NOTE: Contrary to Mr. Omar Shariff’s claim that sections of the media in Guyana are publishing lies and false information about his assets, there is detailed evidence of his assets....

As SARU draft Legislation gets on board… Banking industry concerned about stolen state assets pledged for loans

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on As SARU draft Legislation gets on board… Banking industry concerned about stolen state assets pledged for loans

By Kiana Wilburg What recourse will banks have where assets have been pledged as collateral for a loan and are subsequently found to be recoverable under the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA)...

BK settlement is plain “criminal,” someone must be getting kickback

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on BK settlement is plain “criminal,” someone must be getting kickback

‘… This should be among the first cases taken on by SARA’ – Former AG Nandlall “The case was just filed. There was no trial, not a head of evidence was led. The government has proof of...

Govt. prepared to give favourable consideration to illegal immigrants – President Granger

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. prepared to give favourable consideration to illegal immigrants – President Granger

The Government of Guyana is prepared to give favourable consideration to persons fleeing from their respective countries to Guyana, provided that they abide by the State’s rules and regulations....

Dem boys seh…A disabled AG costing Guyana

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…A disabled AG costing Guyana

When people get full eye, that is dem want wha dem see, sometimes dem does get embarrass. Gerry got some nice looking flight attendants. All of dem does got man looking at dem and wishing. Nutten was...

KNews remembers five murdered colleagues 10 years later

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on KNews remembers five murdered colleagues 10 years later

By Michael Jordan From the time of the February 23, 2002 jailbreak that triggered a wave of killings, the reporters who covered the crime beat for Kaieteur News had become exposed to a seemingly...

Govt.’s ‘fear of losing appeals’ unacceptable – Jagdeo

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s ‘fear of losing appeals’ unacceptable – Jagdeo

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has taken the position that the excuse provided by the government for not appealing against financial settlement decisions, is unacceptable. The former Head of...

Mid-year Report 2016…Internal revenue collection sees 15.6% increase

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Mid-year Report 2016…Internal revenue collection sees 15.6% increase

– 5% rise in VAT collection The Ministry of Finance’s Mid-year Report for this year has recorded that internal revenue collection has increased by $4.9 billion or 15.6 percent, reaching $36.5...

Natural Resources Ministry working to remove sunken dredge

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry working to remove sunken dredge

Yesterday this publication had reported that the river dredge which had sunk two months ago in the Mazaruni River had not been removed as yet. A statement issued yesterday by the Ministry of...

Motorcyclist on life-support after colliding with calf

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist on life-support after colliding with calf

A 25-year-old man is currently on life-support in the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after being involved in an accident last Sunday. Fariad Alli, a mason, of Number 70 Village,...

St Lucian Cub Scout attends Fun Day in his honour

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on St Lucian Cub Scout attends Fun Day in his honour

A day of fun, referred to as a “play session,” was held yesterday for St Lucian Cub Scout, eight-year-old Nick Omarie Joseph, at the Scout Association headquarters on Woolford Avenue. According...

Minister Lawrence pushes Media Literacy Week

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Lawrence pushes Media Literacy Week

Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence on Friday challenged the local media fraternity to introduce a media literacy week to bring much needed attention to critical issues which the media can...

Setting boundaries for recovery of unlawfully obtained assets

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Setting boundaries for recovery of unlawfully obtained assets

Consultations on crucial SARA Bill – Pt. 2 By Kiana Wilburg As consultations continue on the need to establish the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), it becomes even more essential for us to...

Graduates of UG Medical programme very marketable

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Graduates of UG Medical programme very marketable

– Health Sciences Dean Although a proverbial dark cloud currently hangs over the University of Guyana’s School of Medicine in terms of its international accreditation status, Dean of the...

Faith and freedom

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Faith and freedom

Book: The Lost Gospel: Christianity and Blacks in North America Author: Dr Jerome Teelucksingh Critic: Dr Glenville Ashby The Lost Gospel: Christianity and Blacks in North America unveils a chapter...

The Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) is a small American sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Anas...

Questions about freedom or the free dumb

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Countryman, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Questions about freedom or the free dumb

By Dennis Nichols Many years ago a young Jamaican journalist asked me why we Guyanese accepted or tolerated some of the unpopular ‘moves’ President Burnham and his government made in the nineteen...

The Story within the Story…How prepared are we for the digital revolution?

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story…How prepared are we for the digital revolution?

By Leonard Gildarie Imagine a scenario where you want a taxi and with the punch of a button on your cell phone one arrives in five minutes. No, it is not a phone call. Rather, it is an app where you...

Where has fight in developing countries gone?

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Where has fight in developing countries gone?

By Sir Ronald Sanders The ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) is not their achievement alone;...

THE BOND DEAL

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE BOND DEAL

The New GPC cannot and should not be blamed for the decision by the Ministry of Public Health to rent a facility for 12.5 million dollars per month with a deposit of two months rental up front, a sum...

Usain Bolt wins first-round 100 heat in entertaining fashion

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Usain Bolt wins first-round 100 heat in entertaining fashion

(Yahoo Sport) RIO DE JANEIRO — No offence to Michael Phelps and Simone Biles, but the Main Event of the Rio Olympics arrived Saturday afternoon and he didn’t disappoint. Usain Bolt made his first...

India skittle West Indies to clinch series 2-0

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on India skittle West Indies to clinch series 2-0

(Reuters) India crushed West Indies by 237 runs on the fifth and final day of the third test in St Lucia on Saturday, clinching the series after the home team collapsed to 108 all out. The win gave...

U.S. Travel History available online for past five years

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on U.S. Travel History available online for past five years

By Attorney Gail Seeram If you are a non-immigrant U.S. visitor seeking access to your I-94 arrival/departure record for any point within the past five years, on May 1, 2014, Custom & Border...