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TAXES AND TAKE-HOME PAY

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TAXES AND TAKE-HOME PAY

The Budget is not all that bad. If you are an accountant, you would be quite impressed at the balancing act performed by the Minister of Finance. He has to find monies to finance increased...

Gov’t aggressively targeting alternative sentencing to reduce prison overcrowding

Nov 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t aggressively targeting alternative sentencing to reduce prison overcrowding

The administration has unveiled an aggressive plan to reduce overcrowding in the country’s jails. According to Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, the attention is being paid especially to the...

Post-secondary, tertiary institutions must be registered – Nat’l Accreditation Council

Nov 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Post-secondary, tertiary institutions must be registered – Nat’l Accreditation Council

– students advised to verify schools are certified before signing up The National Accreditation Council-Guyana (NAC-G) has embarked on an education and awareness campaign to further enlighten...

World’s “largest floating book fair” expected next month

Nov 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on World’s “largest floating book fair” expected next month

MV Logos Hope, the ship known as the world’s largest floating book fair, is slated to dock at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) wharf shortly before Christmas. The ship will be opened...

Health Minister calls for research into state of kidney failure

Nov 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister calls for research into state of kidney failure

…but promotes prevention as best approach to combat disease A call for expert research to be done into Guyana’s kidney failure situation has been made by Minister of Public Health, Dr. George...

WHAT NEXT WILL BE TAXED?

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on WHAT NEXT WILL BE TAXED?

In a speech that lasted more than three hours, Finance Minister Mr. Winston Jordan presented the government’s budget to the nation on Monday last, under the theme “Building a Diversified, Green...

The horrible denial of the rights of Guyanese that they willingly accept

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The horrible denial of the rights of Guyanese that they willingly accept

On Saturday evening, I had a discussion with Mr. Glenn Lall, the publisher of Kaieteur News, about testing some blatant official violations of citizens’ rights in Guyana. I raised the subject with...

Duo granted bail on robbery charges

Nov 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Duo granted bail on robbery charges

Two men were each released on bail after they appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess charged with robbery under-arms and robbery with violence. Ryan Goodluck, 22, of 98 Herstelling Housing Scheme,...

Driver freed of causing friend’s death in Diamond accident

Nov 30, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Driver freed of causing friend’s death in Diamond accident

Shameer Mohamed, the motor car driver who was charged with killing his friend Wavel Sheik Sabsook in an accident at Diamond, East Bank Demerara on July 24, was yesterday freed of the charge after the...

Boy, 17, remanded for stabbing farmer to death in drunken row

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Boy, 17, remanded for stabbing farmer to death in drunken row

A 17-year-old boy was yesterday remanded to prison on a murder charge after he made an appearance before Magistrate Dylon Bess in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that on November...

Porter remanded after caught with ganja at Police checkpoint

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Porter remanded after caught with ganja at Police checkpoint

-another on bail for shooting at man An expectant father’s hopes of seeing his reputed wife through pregnancy were shattered after he was remanded to prison for allegedly trafficking 55 grams of...

Major-General Joe Singh documents harmful mining operations

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Major-General Joe Singh documents harmful mining operations

Dear Editor, On Monday, October 17, 2016, I informed the relevant regulatory and enforcement agencies of the serious degradation being done to the banks of the Potaro and Essequibo Rivers between...

GuySuCo is accused of not practicing what it preaches

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on GuySuCo is accused of not practicing what it preaches

Dear Editor, The Senior Communications Officer of GuySuCo never fails to amuse in her responses. I refer to her long winded response to Hydar Ally’s take on the sugar industry in the November 12th...

Private Sector Commission cannot support the parking meter project

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Private Sector Commission cannot support the parking meter project

Dear Editor, We have sent the following letter to the Mayor of Georgetown. Kindly publish. The letter follows: The PSC has carefully observed and assessed the M&CC plans to implement parking...

What has become of this nation?

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has become of this nation?

Dear Editor, I have travelled this entire nation and I note with interest from Essequibo to Berbice we have more sellers than buyers. What’s interesting is that these people can go to the extreme...

The 2017 Budget exposes the inability of the Finance Minister

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The 2017 Budget exposes the inability of the Finance Minister

Dear Editor, This 2017 Budget again exposed that the Minister of Finance Mr. Winston Jordan is not up to the job of rebalancing Guyana’s growth poles to ensure that we secure a growth rate of more...

Government must be given credit for the D’Urban Park Project

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Government must be given credit for the D’Urban Park Project

Dear Editor, I viewed the debate in the National Assembly concerning the D’Urban Park and was shocked when I heard the Minister of Public Infrastructure reveal to the nation that the then PPP/C...

NAGAMOOTOO HAS TOTALLY BETRAYED SUGAR WORKERS

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on NAGAMOOTOO HAS TOTALLY BETRAYED SUGAR WORKERS

Dear Editor, Moses Nagamootoo this past week demanded sugar workers should be grateful that APNU+AFC have “raided” the treasury on their behalf. I wonder what he thinks about the annual...

Fidel is gone but his legacy will live on

Nov 30, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fidel is gone but his legacy will live on

Dear Editor, The Forbes Burnham Foundation joins most of the nation and the progressives of the world in paying tribute to El Presidente Fidel Castro, Commandante. Whether he was liked or not he...

$250 Budget unveiled for 2017

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $250 Budget unveiled for 2017

By Kiana Wilburg Within the timeframe of 3 hours and 15 minutes, Finance Minister Winston Jordan yesterday informed the National Assembly, and sections of the nation through live broadcast, of how...

Budget 2017…Water and Electricity bills now loaded with 14% VAT

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017…Water and Electricity bills now loaded with 14% VAT

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Citizens who thought that the reduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) would have strengthened their changes of realizing “the good life” promised by the APNU+AFC...

Budget 2017….‘Greening’ the economy… Used tyres restricted from April 1

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017….‘Greening’ the economy… Used tyres restricted from April 1

-$10 environmental tax on every non-returnable bottle imported -tax reductions for electric, hybrid vehicles Months after announcing plans to restrict the importation of used tyres, Government...

Budget 2017…Contractors to pay 2% Withholding Tax on every transaction

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017…Contractors to pay 2% Withholding Tax on every transaction

After years of falling under the radar, it appears that contractors will be made to comply with their taxes. During his budget presentation yesterday in the National Assembly, Finance Minister...

Budget 2017…Gov’t talks tough on tax evasion…Hefty fines, Excise stamp system for imported alcohol, cigarettes to be introduced

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017…Gov’t talks tough on tax evasion…Hefty fines, Excise stamp system for imported alcohol, cigarettes to be introduced

-GRA to go after non-compliant foreign companies Yesterday, Finance Minister Winston Jordan in his budget presentation for 2017, unveiled a host of measure to improve the country’s tax...

Murder of Berbice carpenter…Magistrate refuses bail for alleged cop-bribing duo

Nov 29, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter…Magistrate refuses bail for alleged cop-bribing duo

Attorney Stanley Moore made another bail application – this time written submissions were handed over to the court – on behalf of 45-year-old Sharmilla Inderjali, the mother of Marcus...

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