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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...

Good can come from suffering

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Good can come from suffering

The mother giraffe gives birth standing up, so the first thing that happens to a new-born giraffe is a fall of about two metres. Still dazed, the baby tries to stand up on its four legs, but its...

Marian Academy’s Hemraj Resaul, Jordan Beaton champion duo in Jamaica ITF tennis

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Marian Academy’s Hemraj Resaul, Jordan Beaton champion duo in Jamaica ITF tennis

A few weeks after competing in the local GBTI Independence Jubilee Open, 19 junior players left Guyana’s shores for Jamaica to participate in the Blue Mountain and subsequent ITF Junior Under-14...

Palm Court adds spice to Guyana Cup

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Palm Court adds spice to Guyana Cup

All systems are in place for the 10 annual Guyana Cup Horserace meet today at the Port Mourant Turf Club. Fans are also reminded that the Berbice River Bridge will close from 1:30pm today and open...

Guyana’s Olympics gold medal bid once again denied?

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s Olympics gold medal bid once again denied?

By Michael Benjamin Anyone applying for a (USA) visa after numerous failed attempts could relate to the frustration or even anger of being denied the document and some persons go to the extreme to be...

GAW continues to support DCC youth Camp

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAW continues to support DCC youth Camp

Manager of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Omar Khan presented a cheque towards the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Youth school vacation camp. The donation was made on behalf of the Guyana Amazon Warriors...

C’bean Squash C/Ships in T&T… Guyana Teams in line for medals!

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on C’bean Squash C/Ships in T&T… Guyana Teams in line for medals!

The Guyana Men’s squash team began its quest for the Men’s Team title yesterday having to play both their pool matches on the same day. Placed in the most difficult pool, with Jamaica and Cayman...

The Antigua Trio: Dave, Sylvester, Alzarri the only Josephs to Play Test Cricket for WI

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Antigua Trio: Dave, Sylvester, Alzarri the only Josephs to Play Test Cricket for WI

When Alzarri Joseph made his test debut at the Daren Sammy’s National Stadium in St. Lucia against India, he joined his compatriots Dave and Sylvester Joseph; the Antiguans are the only players...

Six fatal accident convictions recorded at City Courts for 2016

Aug 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Six fatal accident convictions recorded at City Courts for 2016

– DUI, speeding proven to be major factors Driving under the influence (DUI), speeding and inattentiveness were proven to be the cause of several fatal accidents by Magistrates presiding in the...

Builders Lumber Yard, Jai Signs join list of sponsors for Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

Aug 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Builders Lumber Yard, Jai Signs join list of sponsors for Boyce/Jefford Classic VII

Builders Lumber Yard and Jai Signs and Designs joined the list of sponsors for the upcoming Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic VII yesterday when both companies handed over their contributions...

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The Vice President has it wrong!

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Now, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, the government’s anti-corruption system... more