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Standoff over outstanding payments…Chinese construction workers squatting in Marriott’s unfinished casino

Jan 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Standoff over outstanding payments…Chinese construction workers squatting in Marriott’s unfinished casino

From the balcony, there is a breathtaking sight of the Atlantic Ocean with ships passing and of the sunlight hitting the crashing waves. It is almost the same sight from about half of the rooms of...

20 months later…PM knows nothing about work done by Commissioner of Information

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– Says his status, performance now under scrutiny After 20 months of being in office, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says he remains unaware of what exactly Commissioner of Information,...

Guyana- NY route is “one of our cash cows”

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– Caribbean Airlines Chairman Trinidad (Newsday) – Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) is poised to break even on its investments in 2018 with the Piarco to New York route being the most recent...

Omar Shariff probe exposes weakness in financial oversight system – SARU Head

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By Kiana Wilburg When it comes to the Omar Shariff probe, Head of the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU), Dr. Clive Thomas opines that it exposes a weakness in the financial oversight system. “It...

Jagdeo requests urgent meeting with Granger on nominees for GECOM boss

Jan 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo requests urgent meeting with Granger on nominees for GECOM boss

Government and the Opposition remain heavily divided as the process to choose a new chairperson for the Guyana Elections Commissions (GECOM) continues. Yesterday, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and...

GPHC operating with two Finance Directors

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…but finance and procurement system reportedly in chaos A situation tantamount to financial chaos currently exists at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). This is according to a...

Chinee workers squatting in Marriott

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Jagdeo that scamp and Brazzy, de fat crook, lef Guyana wid nuff complicated headache. Dem lef de country wid so many Goadie that dem boys don’t know how Guyana gun fetch it. Is a good thing Soulja...

Majority of City Councillors left in dark on municipal spending – Councillor claims

Jan 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Majority of City Councillors left in dark on municipal spending – Councillor claims

According to a concerned councillor, the Finance Committee of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council has failed to present quarterly financial reports to the Full Council of the municipality. These...

Medical team dispatched to deal with Gastro outbreak in Region 9

Jan 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Medical team dispatched to deal with Gastro outbreak in Region 9

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence has reported that her Ministry has dispatched a medical team to Aishalton, Shea Village and Areunaw in Region Nine as there have been reports of an outbreak...

Former Director of Prisons to know fate today on sexual assault charge

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Former Director of Prisons Welton Trotz will today know his fate in relation to a sexual offence charge he is facing before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. This...

Bandits nabbed after robbing man purchasing fruit

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Presidential guards, along with the police, were swift in apprehending two suspects moments after they robbed a man, using a pellet gun, at a fruit stall at Albert Street and North Road, Georgetown,...

Scores left stranded as bus drivers continue strike at Coomacka

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By Jacquey Bourne As minibus drivers at Coomacka yesterday went on the second day of their strike action, school children, teachers and other class of workers were left stranded in the community and...

President has sole discretion in determining what ‘fit and proper’ means constitutionally – Attorney General

Jan 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on President has sole discretion in determining what ‘fit and proper’ means constitutionally – Attorney General

President David Granger has indicated that he has received a letter from the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo in response to his letter, requesting a new list of nominees for the post of...

CH&PA to intensify focus on eradicating squatting in 2017

Jan 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA to intensify focus on eradicating squatting in 2017

“Our research has also informed us that there are a number of persons who have already received lands, finished construction and are renting – but are still squatting. So they are squatting and...

Former GFA Honorary Secretary appointed as new GFF Inc. GS

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former GFA Honorary Secretary appointed as new GFF Inc. GS

Former Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Honorary Secretary Ms. Althea Scipio is now the new General Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation Inc. following her appointment which took effect...

FIFA agrees to expand World Cup to 48 teams

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ZURICH (Reuters) Soccer’s governing body, FIFA, voted yesterday to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from its current 32, brushing aside concerns that the expansion would lower the overall standard...

CORPORATE ANTIGUA MEETS WITH WICB

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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Sections of the corporate community in Antigua met with the Commercial, Marketing and Operation teams of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at its head office in St...

Mix Up, C6, Beacons, Gangster victorious

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mix Up, C6, Beacons, Gangster victorious

Mix Up, C6, Beacons and Gangster registered victories when the Georgetown leg of the Mark Wiltshire 62nd Birth Anniversary dominoes competition commenced on Monday night at Dynasty. Mix Up chalked up...

‘Lindeners’ dominate familiar terrain at AAG Cross Country

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Lindeners’ dominate familiar terrain at AAG Cross Country

Winston Messigher and Ashanti Scott emerged victorious on Sunday when Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) held its second Cross Country Race at Bay Rock, Linden. Messigher and Nathaniel Giddings,...

Tenth Street Sports bar supports Wiltshire Dominoes

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tenth Street Sports bar supports Wiltshire Dominoes

Tenth Street Sports Bar of Diamond, East Bank Demerara has supported the Mark Wiltshire 62nd birth anniversary dominoes competition which commenced recently. Cecil Chandler of Tenth Street Sports bar...

GFF should ensure Slingerz and Alpha United participate in the CFU Club Championships

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF should ensure Slingerz and Alpha United participate in the CFU Club Championships

Dear Editor, I read with surprise and uneasiness an email circulated on January 09 to members of the media and the global football fraternity from the General Manager of the Slingerz Football Club,...

RHTY&SC invites Berbice Teams to register for 2017 Cricket Tournaments

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC invites Berbice Teams to register for 2017 Cricket Tournaments

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, MS is inviting Clubs from across Berbice to register with its Club Office if they want to participate in its 2017 cricket tournaments. The RHTY&SC would...

Guyana to host Caribbean Cadet and Junior TT Championships in April

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana to host Caribbean Cadet and Junior TT Championships in April

-GTTA identifies players for training ahead of national selection The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will host the Caribbean Cadet and Junior Table Tennis (TT) Championships over the Easter...

RHTYSC and Food for the Poor make contribution to Clubs and RHT Primary

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTYSC and Food for the Poor make contribution to Clubs and RHT Primary

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club MS and Food for the Poor (Guy) INC. on Friday last assisted three cricket Clubs with equipment, while the Rose Hall Town Primary School along with two young...

GOA Financial Report amplifies Hutson’s poor performance

Jan 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA Financial Report amplifies Hutson’s poor performance

By Rawle Welch Labeled as being one of the most important members of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), the Athletics Asociation of Guyana (AAG) has set January 22 as the date for its Annual...