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GECOM spends $23M on Duracell batteries….Paid $1,185 apiece for a $300 battery

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM spends $23M on Duracell batteries….Paid $1,185 apiece for a $300 battery

-strange order made after May 11 elections High frequency radios; Toners for printers and photocopiers; Pliers and nippers. They all had one thing in common last year – Hundreds of millions of...

GNBA minutes expose directors’ skullduggery

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA minutes expose directors’ skullduggery

By Abena Rockcliffe Ever since the names of the two embattled Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Board directors were made known, Anthony Vieira has maintained that Secretary to the Board,...

Guyana/Venezuela controversy…Decision in November—UN chief

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/Venezuela controversy…Decision in November—UN chief

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, yesterday declared “I have to make an assessment by November” on the way forward with regard to the Venezuela border controversy with Guyana....

K/News staffer accuses cops of extortion…Video footage contradicts cops’ denial

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on K/News staffer accuses cops of extortion…Video footage contradicts cops’ denial

Days after denying stopping and fleecing a Kaieteur News staffer of $5000 over a traffic offence, video footage has come to light, contradicting the denial by the cops. The footage showed the...

Central Bank Boss….CLICO fiasco reinforces need for enhanced insurance regulation- Central Bank

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Central Bank Boss….CLICO fiasco reinforces need for enhanced insurance regulation- Central Bank

-Insists that focus must be placed on performance gaps and overall profitability of the sector Based on its analysis, the Central Bank of Guyana is of the view that there is a general confidence...

Nuff effing going on in Guyana

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Nuff effing going on in Guyana

People does always remember Christopher Columbus. He sail round de world to prove that de earth ain’t flat. He mek history. Papa Cheddi mek history too. He tell de nation that de PNC under Burnham...

US-based charity steps up to help three-year-old burn victim

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US-based charity steps up to help three-year-old burn victim

Saving Hands Emergency Aid, (SHEA) a US-based charitable organisation has stepped up to the challenge of helping to facilitate the medical treatment for three-year-old burn victim, Renia Rogers....

Second batting meltdown leaves Windies with series loss

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second batting meltdown leaves Windies with series loss

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies suffered their second batting meltdown in the space of 48 hours as they slumped to a 16-run defeat to Pakistan in the second Twenty20 International...

Junior Niles pedals to victory in feature race as top-three lap entire field

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Junior Niles pedals to victory in feature race as top-three lap entire field

12th Laparkan Holdings Ltd. National Park 11-Race Cycle Meet By Franklin Wilson Team Coco’s Junior Niles was in pristine form yesterday in capturing the feature school boys and invitation 35-lap...

Georgetown trail by 113 with seven wickets intact against West Demerara

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Georgetown trail by 113 with seven wickets intact against West Demerara

Chanderpaul slams 187, Persaud hits 72 When stumps were drawn on the second and penultimate day of the fifth-round Guyana Cricket Board Jaguars three-day league at Lusignan, Georgetown were trailing...

The 1976 Tri-Nations B/ball Tourney was the pacesetter for Caricom Championships

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on The 1976 Tri-Nations B/ball Tourney was the pacesetter for Caricom Championships

The year was 1975, the occasion was the prestigious Central American Championship in the Dominican Republic. Head of the Guyana delegation, Mr. John ‘Fishy’ Yates was approached by members of...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…Gordon and Glasgow blast hat-tricks in leading BAPSC and BVTU to wins

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…Gordon and Glasgow blast hat-tricks in leading BAPSC and BVTU to wins

Bachelor’s Adventure Paradise Sports Club (BAPSC) and BV Triumph United (BVTU) recorded contrasting wins yesterday on account of a hat-trick each from Teshawn Gordon (BAPSC) and Omari Glasgow...

Courts 10k race on this morning

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts 10k race on this morning

Courts Guyana Inc. in collaboration with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will be hosting its much-anticipated Sixth Annual Courts 10km Road Race, scheduled for this morning from 6am outside...

Fitness Express sponsors airfare for Mr Guyana CAC participation

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Express sponsors airfare for Mr Guyana CAC participation

Sponsorship has always been a major challenge for many Guyanese athletes in their quest to represent the Golden Arrowhead. In the case of reigning Mr. Guyana Kerwyn Clarke, Fitness Express has...

Mars to officiate in CFU Men’s U-17 Final today in T&T

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mars to officiate in CFU Men’s U-17 Final today in T&T

Guyanese FIFA Assistant Referee (AR) Venton Mars has been appointed to officiate in the Caribbean Football Union Men’s U-17 Final between Haiti and Cuba to be contested tonight at the Ato Boldon...

RHT 46th Anniversary 1970-2016…RHTY&SC, MS Cricket teams host successful Career and Business Fair

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT 46th Anniversary 1970-2016…RHTY&SC, MS Cricket teams host successful Career and Business Fair

Over 8000 students drawn from across the ancient county of Berbice at the Primary and Secondary levels are now better equipped to make decisions on a future career. The students on Thursday last...

Minister of State makes special donation to owner of Red Jet at President Cup

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minister of State makes special donation to owner of Red Jet at President Cup

At the recently held ‘Real President’s Cup’ Horserace Meet organised by Fazal Habibulla, at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast, Berbice, the event for animals classified J and...

East Coast and Lower Corentyne locked in interesting battle

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on East Coast and Lower Corentyne locked in interesting battle

Following another ordinary day of cricket East Coast Demerara had taken the initiative, but Lower Corentyne were fighting back at the end of the second day of the Fifth round Jaguar Franchise match...

GCB Jaguars 3-day League …‘Red Man’ follows up ton with 3-wicket burst to keep W/B’ce on top of East Bank

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Jaguars 3-day League …‘Red Man’ follows up ton with 3-wicket burst to keep W/B’ce on top of East Bank

Century partnership for Imlach & Narayan By Sean Devers Pacer Keyron ‘Red Man’ Fraser followed up his century with three quick wickets to leave East Bank on 275-8 in reply to West Berbice’s...

Top horses lines up as changes made to “Best of the Best” President Cup meet

Sep 25, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top horses lines up as changes made to “Best of the Best” President Cup meet

Over 75 entered Following the overwhelming response and support by horse owners to the staging of the Inaugural ‘Best of the Best President Cup horserace meet, which is organised by the Port...

Our tax structure yields uneven revenue – Finance Minister

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Our tax structure yields uneven revenue – Finance Minister

Guyana’s tax system is far from efficient, equitable and fair. This is evident, for example, in the prevalence of high tax rates that encourage smuggling, evasion, under-reporting, under-invoicing...

Compacting, security and environmental issues still plaguing Haags Bosch

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Compacting, security and environmental issues still plaguing Haags Bosch

Puran Brothers Garbage Disposal Inc. signed a contract valued at $221 million with the Ministry of Communities. Head of the Sanitation Management Unit of the Ministry of Communities, Gordon Gilkes,...

Lawyer withdraws representation for Barry Dataram, reputed wife

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer withdraws representation for Barry Dataram, reputed wife

— Arrest warrants still out for their arrest Arrest warrants are still out for Barry Dataram and his reputed wife Anjanie Boodnarine. Dataram, his reputed wife, Anjanie Boodnarine, along with their...

Fisherman allegedly beaten by soldiers undergoes surgery to save eye

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fisherman allegedly beaten by soldiers undergoes surgery to save eye

-criticizes sloth in police investigation Two months after an alleged beating by several Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard ranks caused him to lose his left eye, Julius Taylor returned home on...

Electrocuted construction worker sustained blunt trauma- PM report

Sep 25, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Electrocuted construction worker sustained blunt trauma- PM report

Marion Adams, the construction worker, who was killed following a fall from a metal scaffold after being shocked by a high voltage wire, two Saturday ago, was electrocuted and sustained blunt trauma...

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more