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Guyana, USA sign tax evasion agreement

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, USA sign tax evasion agreement

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana and the United States yesterday formally committed to the fight against offshore tax evasion with the signing of an agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance...

Man knifes reputed wife to death

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man knifes reputed wife to death

Police in B’ Division are currently on the hunt for a 40-year-old cane harvester of Skeldon Estate, identified as Winston Benjamin called ‘Blood’, after he allegedly stabbed his former fiancée...

Female shop owner murdered in Mahaicony

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Female shop owner murdered in Mahaicony

– Bound body found in bedroom – 14-year-old helper arrested By Romila Boodram The bound body of a 56-year-old woman was found in her Lot 4 Novar Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara home around...

AG’s views on abuse of Contingency Fund do not matter “I don’t owe him any explanation” – Finance Minister

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News 2

By Kiana Wilburg The use of the Contingency Fund by Finance Ministers over the years has been an issue of much contention. In fact, Auditor General, Deodat Sharma had criticised the former Finance...

Finance Minister defends Bid Protest Committee members -tells Anand Goolsarran “give them a chance”

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister defends Bid Protest Committee members -tells Anand Goolsarran “give them a chance”

After noting the criticisms made by Chartered Accountant Anand Goolsarran, Finance Minister Winston Jordan came out yesterday in defence of the competence and professionalism of the persons recently...

Leaked letters and emails reveal… PM pussyfooted on serious matters that plagued GNBA Board

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News 2

Correspondence between Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and former Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Leonard Craig, has indicated that the Prime Minister stood on the...

Bravo hundred unable to save Windies from defeat

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports 1

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Darren Bravo’s attritional eighth Test hundred carried West Indies close but the Caribbean side lost the plot in the final hour, to collapse to a 56-run defeat...

AG Report highlights deficiency in delivery of goods to Health Ministry

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on AG Report highlights deficiency in delivery of goods to Health Ministry

A tradition of late or delayed supplies has for a number of years plagued the health sector. This has manifested itself by a situation of late or delayed delivery of goods to the Ministry of...

Adams leaves Kent amidst link to vacant Windies role

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adams leaves Kent amidst link to vacant Windies role

LONDON, CMC – Jamaican Jimmy Adams has quit as head coach of English County Kent after five years in charge, further fuelling speculation he will take over the vacant role as West Indies head...

GAPF / Fitness Express Barbell Wars

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF / Fitness Express Barbell Wars

Marino Jeffrey and Tiniesha Toney are inaugural male and female champs By Franklin Wilson They battled all the way to the respective first places in the male and female divisions from among 19 and 5...

St. Joseph High successfully defends East Georgetown athletics title

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Joseph High successfully defends East Georgetown athletics title

St. Joseph High School successfully defended the East Georgetown District track and field title yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary with a 29-point win against nearest rival,...

Pele’s US Alumni awards scholarships to St Stanislaus pair

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pele’s US Alumni awards scholarships to St Stanislaus pair

By Sean Devers The Saints Stanislaus pair of Josiah King and Isaiah Layne was yesterday awarded four-year scholarships by the United States Pele Football Club’s Alumni at the NCERD building in...

Dem boys seh…Moses is a waste

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Moses is a waste

De world full of mad people but if you had to ask everybody, nobody believe that deh mad. Uncle Adam got an uncle who believe he does spin de sun but when you ask him he would tell you that he...

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017

Guyana has been drawn in Group A of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017 following the draw which took place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Doral, Florida, USA, yesterday. Guyana was...

Banks provides support for Inter-Guiana Goodwill Games

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks provides support for Inter-Guiana Goodwill Games

Banks DIH Limited has continued its support for the Inter Guiana Games when officials of the company presented a sponsorship package to the National Sports Commission ahead of this weekend’s Games...

GABF names final team for IGG Goodwill Series against Suriname

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF names final team for IGG Goodwill Series against Suriname

After weeks of preparation and shortlists, Guyana’s Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has finally named the 12 male players, who will represent the country at this weekend’s Inter-Guiana...

Cyclists sign petition calling for resignation of GCF’s principal officers

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cyclists sign petition calling for resignation of GCF’s principal officers

-sites dissatisfaction with way the sport is administered While it has been one of the most active sports in Guyana for a number of years, it has been continually plagued by poor administration...

Changes made to Rising Sun Jumbo Jet Horse race meet

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Changes made to Rising Sun Jumbo Jet Horse race meet

With less than a week to go and over 55 horses already entered for the Rising Sun Jumbo Jet Horserace meet, the organisers have decided to make a few changes to the day’s event in an effort to...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League

Oct 18, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League

Beavers needle Wales in lone match Beavers romped to back to back wins as play in the West Demerara Football Association leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Intra Association...

Public servants to receive 10% increase by month end – Finance Minister

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Public servants to receive 10% increase by month end – Finance Minister

Public servants should expect the 10% increase in their pay packages by the end of the month. This disclosure was made by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan at a press briefing, yesterday. Back in...

Alleged murder weapon tendered in Pouderoyen murder trial

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged murder weapon tendered in Pouderoyen murder trial

Police constable Alex Solomon yesterday tendered a brown-handled stainless steel knife, said to be the weapon used in the killing of Plantain Walk resident, Curtis McKinnon. It is alleged that...

Gunmen raid Diamond supermarket

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen raid Diamond supermarket

Five armed bandits robbed the Hua Supermarket located on the Diamond Housing Scheme main road at Lot 521 Section ‘A’ Block ‘X’, taking an undisclosed sum of cash, phone cards and other...

Sugar workers in countrywide strike to demand pay hike

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sugar workers in countrywide strike to demand pay hike

Sugar workers across the industry yesterday engaged in strike action, calling on the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) to engage the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union...

Gaskin woos Chinese investors, pushes infrastructural development

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gaskin woos Chinese investors, pushes infrastructural development

Minister of Business and Tourism, Dominic Gaskin, is of the opinion that the economic priorities of the Government of Guyana can create opportunities for Chinese businesses in the areas of...

GNBA gets new CEO

Oct 18, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA gets new CEO

The Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has officially appointed Dr. Prudence Lewis-Bhola as Chief Executive Officer, effective 26th September, 2016. A press statement to this...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

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