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Forensic audit reveals…Keith Burrowes treated Go-Invest like his private business

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Forensic audit reveals…Keith Burrowes treated Go-Invest like his private business

—Showed total disregard for company’s rules and regulations It is hard for some to swallow that the dreadful state in which forensic auditors found the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest)...

M&CC removes signs, barriers in “unlawful” Giftland raid

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC removes signs, barriers in “unlawful” Giftland raid

The owners of the Giftland Mall, at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, are crying foul, accusing the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgeotown (M&CC) of abusing its authority. The mall claimed...

Deputy Solicitor General sent on 72 days leave to facilitate “investigations”

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Solicitor General sent on 72 days leave to facilitate “investigations”

The complaint filed against Attorney General (AG) and Legal Affairs Minister, Basil Williams, by the Deputy Solicitor General (DSG), Prithima Kissoon, has been “rejected” by the Public Service...

GRDB Forensic Audit Probe….SOCU raids Kingston office, seizes documents

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB Forensic Audit Probe….SOCU raids Kingston office, seizes documents

-probing vehicle driven by Agri official Days after Government handed over the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB)’s forensic audit – amongst others – to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), agents...

Parking meter objections…Pressure mounts on City Hall as businesses, civic groups protest

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Parking meter objections…Pressure mounts on City Hall as businesses, civic groups protest

Hundreds of Guyanese, yesterday, descended on Regent Street outside the Georgetown Mayor and City Council to protest against the implementation of the parking meter system in the capital city. The...

Gunmen shoot store employee outside bank in foiled robbery

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen shoot store employee outside bank in foiled robbery

Gunmen shot a 60-year-old worker attached to a store but were forced to flee empty-handed following a robbery attempt on the victim’s employer outside the Citizen’s Bank on Mandela Avenue. The...

Additional sentence for Bartica massacre felon…Death penalty plus life imprisonment for Dennis ‘Anaconda,’ Williams

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Additional sentence for Bartica massacre felon…Death penalty plus life imprisonment for Dennis ‘Anaconda,’ Williams

Roger ‘Goat man’ Simon released on bail Convicted Bartica massacre felon, Dennis Williams, called ‘Anaconda,’ was further sentenced to life imprisonment for five counts of manslaughter. He...

Private Sector against tougher foreign exchange monitoring

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector against tougher foreign exchange monitoring

One day after Government announced plans to tighten foreign currency trade to ensure a stable market, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is resisting any such moves. The commission, in a strongly...

Dr. Jennifer Westford Trial…Accountant testifies to knowing ex-Minister for decades

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dr. Jennifer Westford Trial…Accountant testifies to knowing ex-Minister for decades

Approximately 50 more witnesses are expected to be called by the state in the trial of Dr. Jennifer Westford and Margaret Cummings. One of them, Alan Williams, an accountant at the Ministry of the...

Prime suspect in Kaneville deadly fire arrested in Mahdia

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Prime suspect in Kaneville deadly fire arrested in Mahdia

A young man who along with his gang allegedly burnt a house down at Third Field, Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) which resulted in the death of eight-month-old Romain Seth, was arrested at Nine...

Cops warn taxi drivers…Beware of women working with carjackers

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops warn taxi drivers…Beware of women working with carjackers

Taxi drivers beware: The next pretty female passenger you pick up just might be a carjacker’s accomplice. That’s the warning the police released yesterday in the wake of a spate of attacks on...

Opposition leader wants international firm to track money ‘stashed’ abroad

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition leader wants international firm to track money ‘stashed’ abroad

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is urging the government to hire an international firm to track down large sums of monies that are reportedly stashed away in accounts overseas. At a press conference...

Businessman arrested for allegedly cutting parking boot on vehicle

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman arrested for allegedly cutting parking boot on vehicle

Timothy Tucker was yesterday arrested by City Police for allegedly cutting free a boot placed on a vehicle driven by his daughter. Tucker told Kaieteur News that his 21-year-old daughter had stopped...

APNU, AFC partnership…Dispute mechanism never resorted to

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on APNU, AFC partnership…Dispute mechanism never resorted to

… parties resolved matters through interactions – Ramjattan Chairman and outgoing Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan, said on Thursday, that the dispute-settlement...

2014 restaurant waitress murder…Crippled suspect entered prison after Debra Blackman was killed- source

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 2014 restaurant waitress murder…Crippled suspect entered prison after Debra Blackman was killed- source

A police source has indicated that 21-year-old Shelton George, who was arrested on Wednesday for the murder of 48-year-old Debra Blackman, was in prison when the waitress was killed. Kaieteur News...

STAG Nations Cup KO Football Final – Western Tigers vs Santos …Tactical battle tonight as Coaches confident of winning

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on STAG Nations Cup KO Football Final – Western Tigers vs Santos …Tactical battle tonight as Coaches confident of winning

By Franklin Wilson The 2016/17 edition of the Stag Nations Cup knock-out football championship is set to climax tonight at the Georgetown Football Club ground with the final between arch rivals...

Regional Super50…Johnson, Chanderpaul hit fifties as Jaguars beat CCC by 6 wickets

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50…Johnson, Chanderpaul hit fifties as Jaguars beat CCC by 6 wickets

By Sean Devers in Barbados In Association with Bounty Supermarket, Vnet Communications, Life Time Reality & Ming’s Products & Services A well complied 54-run third wicket stand between...

City Council unveils $2.8B budget

Feb 04, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Council unveils $2.8B budget

…widens revenue collection with new fees The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday unveiled its 2017 budget under the theme ‘Revitalizing local communities in the context of a green...

GCB donates brush cutter to Bayroc Sports Club

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB donates brush cutter to Bayroc Sports Club

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) countrywide ground preparation assistance continued this week as the Board handed over a Honda Brush Cutter to Bayroc Sports Club in Linden. The brush cutter is...

Fund raising softball set for February 18 at Lusignan

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fund raising softball set for February 18 at Lusignan

The Mon Repos Market Vendors Development Committee (MRMVDC) has embarked on a major fund raising venture set for Saturday February 18, 2017 at Lusignan Community Centre ground. The day’s event...

STSC small goal football on today

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on STSC small goal football on today

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee in collaboration with the Black Stallion Football team 4-a-side small goal football competition which was set for January 29 will now be staged today at Vryheid...

Sonics school UG Trojans in GABA Division I ‘League of Champions’

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sonics school UG Trojans in GABA Division I ‘League of Champions’

Pepsi Sonics schooled University of Guyana Trojans Thursday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the continuation of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘League of...

Berbice Volleyball 2017 season serves off today with one day competition at Blairmont

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Volleyball 2017 season serves off today with one day competition at Blairmont

After having an outstanding year 2016 and being touted as one of the top sports organisations in Guyana, the Berbice Volleyball Association under the astute leadership of President Levi Nedd has to...

DMLAS on board with GCB for NSSCL

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on DMLAS on board with GCB for NSSCL

Demerara Mutual and Life Assurance Society (DMLAS) is the most recent company to come on board with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), giving their support to the National Secondary School Cricket...

GVF boss says more to happen for volleyball this year

Feb 04, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GVF boss says more to happen for volleyball this year

Urges others to follow in BVA footsteps By Samuel Whyte More is in the pipeline for volleyball and its development for 2017. Those were promises made by President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation...