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GMC headquarters construction…GRDB head, Govt. engineer, contractor to face criminal charges

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News 1

Charges have been recommended against several persons, including the current chief of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) and a Government engineer over a multi-million-dollar construction of...

US$18M smart meters, new transformers project…After eight-month delay, GPL to announce winner in another week

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US$18M smart meters, new transformers project…After eight-month delay, GPL to announce winner in another week

After almost eight months of “assessment”, it appears that evaluators of a major Guyana Power and Light (GPL) project may be ready to choose a company for the job. The project which will see more...

Herstelling robbery/murder…Victim identifies one of five gunmen during ID parade

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Herstelling robbery/murder…Victim identifies one of five gunmen during ID parade

Abid Subrati, an overseas-based Guyanese, yesterday identified one of five gunmen, who stormed his home on Thursday and killed his 44-year-old brother during a robbery at Herstelling, East Bank...

Driver staged Banks DIH delivery truck robbery

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Driver staged Banks DIH delivery truck robbery

On Wednesday last, a driver and two porters operating a delivery truck owned by Banks DIH Limited were allegedly robbed of an undisclosed sum of money. Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine...

Brothers cheat death on pedestrian crossing

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brothers cheat death on pedestrian crossing

-truck driver to face dangerous driving charges Two young schoolboys narrowly escaped death after they were run over by a speeding container truck on a pedestrian crossing in front of the St....

Murder of Mahaicony female shop owner…14-year-old suspect is behaving like a hardcore criminal–police source

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Mahaicony female shop owner…14-year-old suspect is behaving like a hardcore criminal–police source

“This little boy is behaving like a hardcore criminal.” This is how detectives, probing the murder of Bibi Nesha Shairoon, whose bound body was found in her Mahaicony home last Monday, described...

GTT shares issue…Harmon forwards questions to NICIL

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News 1

The issue of the outstanding US$5M from the sale of Government’s shares in GTT is yet to be resolved. And the controversial State company, National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited...

Barama try to con Guyana

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Barama try to con Guyana

Dem boys got a question fuh anybody. If you got a piece of land that got riches but you not using it and you friend and neighbour ask fuh use it. He promise that he gun pay you fuh de use because he...

War brews between poultry producers, GRA over Jamaica feed

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on War brews between poultry producers, GRA over Jamaica feed

Local poultry feed manufacturers have disagreed with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) over a decision not to enforce charging a regional tax on importations from Jamaica. “We know that the region...

Guyana officially off FATF radar

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana officially off FATF radar

… Compliance body lauds country’s efforts Guyana is officially off the watch list of the global Anti-money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism compliance process of the Financial...

Trotman to meet Barama workers on forest concession closure

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman to meet Barama workers on forest concession closure

Days after news that Barama Company Limited (BCL) announced it will exit its logging operations and relinquished its 1.6 hectares of forest concessions, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael...

APNU+AFC reduces external debt by 2.7%

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC reduces external debt by 2.7%

Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, in his 2015 report, fixed Guyana’s external debt at US$1.16B. However, according to the Ministry of Finance, a debt management strategy developed under the APNU+AFC...

Guyana retain IGG ‘Goodwill’ Athletics title

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana retain IGG ‘Goodwill’ Athletics title

Guyana retained its Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) Goodwill athletics title yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, maintaining its composure through an hour-long ‘blackout’ that affected the...

Pakistan take control of second test v West Indies

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pakistan take control of second test v West Indies

(Reuters) Pakistan piled up 452 runs and reduced West Indies to 106 for four to take control of the second test in Abu Dhabi on the second day on Saturday. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq made 96 and Sarfraz...

IGG Futsal…Doesburg’s helmet-trick sets up crushing 11-1 win for Suriname

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG Futsal…Doesburg’s helmet-trick sets up crushing 11-1 win for Suriname

By Franklin Wilson Suriname inked their name in the Inter Guiana Games history books with a crushing 11-1 win over Guyana when Futsal was played at this level for the first time yesterday at the...

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

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League…

Grove thump Diamond; Soesdyke edge Agricola in 7 goal thriller When competition in the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Intra Association Under-17 League continued yesterday at the Grove...

IGG Badminton..Suriname demolish Guyana 5-0

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on IGG Badminton..Suriname demolish Guyana 5-0

By Sean Devers Without their best player Narayan Ramdhani who is unavailable due a scholarship in Canada, Guyana’s Badminton team were demolished 5-0 by Suriname as the action in the Inter Guiana...

AK takes aim at GDF in Terrence Alli National Open

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on AK takes aim at GDF in Terrence Alli National Open

The Republican Gym is riding on a wave of confidence going into this weekend’s Terrence Alli National Open boxing tournament. The boys representing the Guyana Prison Service are set to go...

Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition…Reigning champs crush Tucville 6-0

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition…Reigning champs crush Tucville 6-0

Defending champion St. Angela’s marched into the knockout phase of this year’s Courts Pee Wee Schools Football Competition after crushing Tucville 6-0 in their clash yesterday, at the Banks...

Rising Sun and Jumbo Jet race meet …Epic battle anticipated among Kazi Azari, Burbon Bullet and Spit Fire

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun and Jumbo Jet race meet …Epic battle anticipated among Kazi Azari, Burbon Bullet and Spit Fire

Fans will throng the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast, Berbice today when the Rising Sun Turf Club and the Jumbo Jet Businesses stage their eight race horserace programme with over $4M in...

Letter to the Sports Editor…A compelling case for National Coach

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…A compelling case for National Coach

Dear Editor, The dust has settled and the Guyana Male National Football Team has been eliminated from the 2016 Scotiabank CFU 2016 Caribbean Cup qualifiers. Coach Jamaal Shabazz is set to resign....

Letter to the Sports Editor…I will not allow Mr Daniels to besmirch my character

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…I will not allow Mr Daniels to besmirch my character

Dear Editor, I respond to a letter published on October 22 in the Kaieteur News by Mr Forbes Daniels, Manager of Essequibo’s Franchise team in response to a story I wrote on October 16. I will not...

Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness Cycle Road Race – next Sunday

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness Cycle Road Race – next Sunday

Over $1M in cash at stake as the nation’s best set to collide; Race dedicated to Sharon Khan By Franklin Wilson Two-time champion Raynauth ‘Obeah Man’ Jeffrey, who is also the reigning...

Guyana males on brink of gold, females go down as IGG Volleyball continues

Oct 23, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana males on brink of gold, females go down as IGG Volleyball continues

Guyana male team are on the brink of capturing gold as the Inter Guiana Games Volleyball tournament continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. After beating their Surinamese counterparts...

Minister Cummings leads team to strategic planning workshop

Oct 23, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Cummings leads team to strategic planning workshop

Caribbean policy makers recently gathered in Trinidad and Tobago with the common aim of drafting a relevant and coherent five-year One Health Strategic Plan for the Caribbean. Guyana was represented...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more