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Barbados, T&T gobbling up US$ on Guyana Market…Stop hoarding foreign currency, sell at regular rates—says Finance Minister

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Barbados, T&T gobbling up US$ on Guyana Market…Stop hoarding foreign currency, sell at regular rates—says Finance Minister

By Leonard Gildarie One day after a number of businesses and banking officials warned of an impending foreign currency crisis, government has denied any such situation. Yesterday, both Finance...

US$18M smart meters, new transmission lines project…Cabinet approves troubled Chinese contractor for $1.1B over engineer’s estimate

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US$18M smart meters, new transmission lines project…Cabinet approves troubled Chinese contractor for $1.1B over engineer’s estimate

-other bidders to lodge protests at IDB, Public Procurement Commission After 10 months of questionable delays in the evaluation of tenders for a multi-billion-dollar power project, Cabinet yesterday...

Deposed GPHC Chairman reveals attempts to hide drugs shortage situation

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Deposed GPHC Chairman reveals attempts to hide drugs shortage situation

-claims institution suffers from political interference Guyana’s premier public health institution, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), is faced with a protracted drugs shortage...

Murder of Berbice carpenter…Bisram’s US attorneys promise to cooperate with Guyanese authorities

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter…Bisram’s US attorneys promise to cooperate with Guyanese authorities

-US attorneys promise to cooperate with Guyanese authorities More than a month after he was implicated in the murder of Berbice carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, US-based suspect Marcus Bisram is finally...

Charged with armed robbery at 19…‘Career criminal’ a prime suspect in two gun-related killings

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Charged with armed robbery at 19…‘Career criminal’ a prime suspect in two gun-related killings

A man whose criminal life allegedly began at 19 has now been implicated in two murders that occurred over a two-month span. One killing was the shooting to death of a man for a gold chain. The other...

Look at de barrel, not de apple

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Look at de barrel, not de apple

People quick fuh seh is one bad apple does mek all de rest spoil. Even Rum Jattan seh suh and since he tun ministah he does pick out one, one rotten apple from de barrel. De first one he pick out he...

GuySuCo wants salary negotiations delayed amidst budget debate – union says

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo wants salary negotiations delayed amidst budget debate – union says

The country’s largest sugar workers’ union has accused the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) of continuing to frustrate current negotiations for salary and wages increase. According to the...

$800 pension increase unacceptable – Opposition MP

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $800 pension increase unacceptable – Opposition MP

…calls for elderly to be exempt from taxes Opposition Member of Parliament, Africo Selman, during her presentation yesterday on budget 2017 said that the $800 increase to old age pension which...

VAT changes…Chicken prices will escalate with new budget – poultry producers

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on VAT changes…Chicken prices will escalate with new budget – poultry producers

New measures proposed in the 2017 Budget will result in a significant increase in the price of chicken to the consumer and may well destroy the local livestock industry, stakeholders claimed...

Brazen bandits shoot, rob man in Finance Ministry compound

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Brazen bandits shoot, rob man in Finance Ministry compound

… after trailing him from City bank Two brazen gunmen stormed the Ministry of Finance compound on Main Street, Georgetown around 12:55 hrs yesterday and shot a 29-year-old man, who they had...

Debate on 2017 budget …Dr. Roopnaraine details successes of Education Sector in 2016

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Debate on 2017 budget …Dr. Roopnaraine details successes of Education Sector in 2016

By Kiana Wilburg There is arguably, no other area of public administration, as intrinsically challenging as that of the Education sector. Using this as his premise, Education Minister, Dr. Rupert...

PPP’s list of “witch-hunted” affiliates remains elusive

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP’s list of “witch-hunted” affiliates remains elusive

As the Main Parliamentary Opposition, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), continues to lay claim that persons affiliated with – or perceived to be associated with the party – were...

Parika Salem SC are EBECC T20 Champs

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Parika Salem SC are EBECC T20 Champs

Parika Salem Sports Club (PSSC) trounced Hyde Park by four wickets to win the final of the East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee (EBECC) T20 tournament which concluded on Sunday last at the...

Zaman Khan triumphs in Flying Ace Cycle Club season closing cycle event

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Zaman Khan triumphs in Flying Ace Cycle Club season closing cycle event

Juvenile cyclist Zama Khan capitalised on a five minutes head start to defeat a competitive field of his contemporaries when the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC) staged its season ending cycle race in...

REDS, AN ICON CALLS IT A DAY

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on REDS, AN ICON CALLS IT A DAY

On the day Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira was to broadcast his final cricket match in Saint Lucia before settling into retirement from broadcasting, he was instead sitting with me at a popular Rodney Bay...

Athletes identified for National Elite Camp

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Athletes identified for National Elite Camp

Thirty seven (37) athletes were identified following the completion of the National Schools’ Championships two weeks ago for a National Elite Camp, which is expected to begin at the end of January...

Nightmare scenario in the heart of the GOA?

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nightmare scenario in the heart of the GOA?

By Rawle Welch With the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) election of office bearers’ just weeks away (December 21 to be exact), ballot carriers must know that they have a civic responsibility to...

Don’t blame the GOA solely for the decline of sports in Guyana

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Don’t blame the GOA solely for the decline of sports in Guyana

Dear Editor, Having ventured out to the local arena of sports in Guyana some years ago, it was a decision to be independent with photography coverage and my objective was basically to add something...

Nand Persaud Karibee Rice Sprint Classic…Golden Blue Echo/ Appealing Harvest dominate day’s events

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nand Persaud Karibee Rice Sprint Classic…Golden Blue Echo/ Appealing Harvest dominate day’s events

‘Golden Blue Echo,’ out of the Nand Persaud Karibee Rice Stable, capitalised on home turf to defeat a competitive line-up in the feature event when the second Nand Persaud and Sons, Karibee Rice...

GFF host Technical staff training as part of Youth Development focus

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF host Technical staff training as part of Youth Development focus

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday commenced a three-day technical Staff Training of ‘D’ License CONCACAF and GFF Coaches at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue. The session...

UDFA / UDFA GT Beer KO continues tonight…Eagles face Net Rockers; Amelia’s Ward Panthers oppose Hi Stars

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA / UDFA GT Beer KO continues tonight…Eagles face Net Rockers; Amelia’s Ward Panthers oppose Hi Stars

Intense rivalry is expected tonight when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) organized GT Beer Christmas football championship continues with two more matches at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

You are the ears and eyes to western Guyana

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on You are the ears and eyes to western Guyana

-Granger tells soldiers at Venezuela border base President David Granger on Monday called on the servicemen of the country, particularly those posted at Eteringbang and other western Guyana...

Guyanese company cops top Caribbean award

Dec 07, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese company cops top Caribbean award

With an export leap of 31 percent for last year alone, Nand Persaud International Communication Inc, placed itself among the top export performing companies in the Caribbean and was justly rewarded...

THE TAXI DRIVER

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE TAXI DRIVER

In Guyana, taxi drivers have been doing a tremendous job transporting people to and from their homes, work, church and other places of interests, yet they are barely acknowledged by the public....

The man in that photo tells the story of unchanging politics

Dec 07, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The man in that photo tells the story of unchanging politics

My opinion is that Jagdeo will lose the constitutional case of the two-term presidential limit which is now in front of the Court Of Appeal. But Jagdeo is in 2020 campaign mood. I don’t think he is...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more