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Illegal granting of licences….Broadcast Authority Chairman hampered attempts to correct wrongs

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News 1

– Inquiry By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has failed to deliver key promises made to the Guyanese people. These promises were made by the very...

High-tech scanners for Georgetown Prisons

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on High-tech scanners for Georgetown Prisons

– as authorities seek to stem smuggling of prohibited items A device that can detect items hidden in body crevices, as well as more sophisticated walk-through scanners are equipment that prison...

Driver dead, other critical in Schoonord smash-up

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Driver dead, other critical in Schoonord smash-up

A father of two was killed and another man injured at around 21.00 hrs yesterday, following a two car smash-up on the poorly lighted Schoonord Access, Road, West Bank Demerara. The man, identified as...

Chinese chef shot, robbed of cash, cell phone

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese chef shot, robbed of cash, cell phone

A twenty-eight year old Chinese chef was shot and robbed just after midnight outside his Bonasika Street, section ‘K’ Campbellville home. A release stated that Coa Ben Fei was shot in the upper...

GuySuCo expends over $600M on drainage and irrigation services for communities

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo expends over $600M on drainage and irrigation services for communities

– proposes to Govt. that it be compensated by NDIA By: Kiana Wilburg The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) expends over $600M a year on drainage and irrigation services provided to various...

Man kills farmer, dumps corpse in river

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Man kills farmer, dumps corpse in river

Police are likely to charge three men soon in connection with the murder of a Kamarang farmer, who was clubbed to death and dumped in a river. A police release stated that one of the men has...

Cops ID woman, accomplice in robbery at Rohee’s home

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops ID woman, accomplice in robbery at Rohee’s home

– may issue wanted bulletin The woman who rented and drove the getaway car that bandits used in last Wednesday’s robbery at PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee’s home is also a suspect...

Ramotar blames Govt. for atrocious conditions at Skeldon Sugar Estate

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar blames Govt. for atrocious conditions at Skeldon Sugar Estate

By: Kiana Wilburg “Listen to me; this had to have happened under this Government. We did not leave the Skeldon Sugar Factory in such a dreadful state.” This was the reaction of former...

Essequibo Rice Miller sues GRDB for almost $100M

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News 1

An Essequibo rice miller is suing the Guyana Rice Development Board, (GRDB) for almost $100 million. The lawsuit is over an alleged breach in agreement between the GRDB and Essequibo rice miller,...

New Berbice passport office to be in operation soon

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Berbice passport office to be in operation soon

Obtaining a birth, death or marriage certificate may soon be easier as the government moves to complete the digitization of records at the General Registrar’s Office (GRO). Records at the GRO for...

Emerging technologies present challenges to anti-money laundering fight

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Emerging technologies present challenges to anti-money laundering fight

– Finance Expert Canadian Finance expert Matthew Maguire has said that the emergence of new technology in the area of finance and money transfer is presenting challenges for the global fight...

Guyanese entrepreneur to join President Obama in Peru following successful YLAI trip

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese entrepreneur to join President Obama in Peru following successful YLAI trip

Given her successful participation of the 2016 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) in the United States, Guyanese entrepreneur Abigail Loncke has been selected among the few finalists...

Gunmen beat, rob Mahaicony family

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen beat, rob Mahaicony family

Members of a Mahaicony family were tied up, beaten and robbed by three gunmen at around 01.30 hrs yesterday. The family members said that unmasked men escaped with cash, jewellery and cell phones...

Victory Int’l and Project Life continues to serve Guyana

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Victory Int’l and Project Life continues to serve Guyana

Victory International, the North Carolina United Stated based non-profit organization, represented by Dr. Mark S. Vasconcellos and Pastor Andrew Joel Beckham, has returned to Guyana. The North...

Security guard struck down while going to pick up wife

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard struck down while going to pick up wife

A security guard attached to the Titans Security Service sustained injuries on Saturday night after he was struck by a minibus in Sophia. Injured is 42-year-old Desrick Shindel Austin, who resides at...

Have CoIs been proven beneficial in the mining sector?

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Have CoIs been proven beneficial in the mining sector?

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Is the government getting value for money from all these Commissions of Inquiry (CoI)? Are there mechanisms in place to measure the productivity of these activities?...

Minister Greenidge pays tribute to fallen heroes on Remembrance Day

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Greenidge pays tribute to fallen heroes on Remembrance Day

Fallen men and women of the armed forces were today honoured at the 2016 Remembrance Day ceremony. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, performing the functions of the President, together...

Final leg of the CMRC…Jeffrey, Vieira, Team Mohamed dominate

Nov 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final leg of the CMRC…Jeffrey, Vieira, Team Mohamed dominate

Guyana’s Kristian Jeffrey piloting a Mitsubishi Evolution produced a dominating performance to upstage Jamaica’s Doug ‘Hollywood’ Gore in two of the three Group 4 races as the curtains came...

Several arrested for drunk driving as White Knight campaign launched

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Several arrested for drunk driving as White Knight campaign launched

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) traffic ranks took several persons into custody on Saturday night for driving above the prescribed alcohol limit during the first White Knight campaign. The White Knight...

Challenges of Small Business Bureau to be addressed

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Challenges of Small Business Bureau to be addressed

The Ministry of Business intends to address the many challenges currently being faced by the Small Business Bureau (SBB). In its 2016 to 2020 plan, the Ministry outlined several areas inclusive of...

Digicel PCL four-day cricket…Jaguars scenting blood as Johnson & Singh post fifties

Nov 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel PCL four-day cricket…Jaguars scenting blood as Johnson & Singh post fifties

Scorpions 9-2 needing 329 to win By Sean Devers The Jamaica Scorpions were in a precarious position on 9-2 from nine overs, needing 329 for an unlikely win when bad light stopped play on the end of...

Father still seeks son’s killers, seven years after

Nov 14, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Father still seeks son’s killers, seven years after

There are at least three people who know for sure what happened seven years ago at Number 63 Beach, Corentyne. One of them is a girl named Susan Hernandez. The second is a mysterious killer. The...

I will never accept these names in charge of my country again

Nov 14, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I will never accept these names in charge of my country again

There is a growing debate in this country that the PPP can win the 2020 election. I don’t believe that, but one should not rule out anything in politics. The Caribbean has its share of...

Macorp 10th Annual Golf Classic…Persauds; Max and Pur, Prashad and Ragnauth take honours

Nov 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Macorp 10th Annual Golf Classic…Persauds; Max and Pur, Prashad and Ragnauth take honours

Maybe it’s the name, maybe it’s the interest, promotion and excitement that Macorp Cat – the sole authorized Caterpillar dealer in Guyana–invest in the game, but whatever it is, the Macorp...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League…Buxton United, Golden Stars and Mahaica continue winning ways

Nov 14, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League…Buxton United, Golden Stars and Mahaica continue winning ways

Buxton United continued their winning ways when play in the East Demerara leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Intra Association Under-17 League continued at the Golden Grove Community...

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