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$1.1B Haags Bosch settlement…Minister dubs BK as a vulture for demanding more monies

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $1.1B Haags Bosch settlement…Minister dubs BK as a vulture for demanding more monies

Months after agreeing to a billion dollar settlement for work done on the Haags Bosch landfill, a prominent contractor has demanded more, but it is not going down well with the administration....

Money laundering probe widens… Gold Board boss denies ordering Compliance Officer to incorporate Rasul’s company

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Money laundering probe widens… Gold Board boss denies ordering Compliance Officer to incorporate Rasul’s company

insists entity is not required to verify production Days after being sent on administrative leave to facilitate a police probe of money laundering, General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board, Lisaveta...

Gold dealer money laundering probe widens…Rasul’s former employee arrested again

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gold dealer money laundering probe widens…Rasul’s former employee arrested again

Ricardo Fagundes, called ‘Paper Shorts’, a former employee of embattled gold dealer, Saddiqi ‘Bobby’ Rasul, was on Tuesday re-arrested by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) as that...

Red flags raised over Govt engineers’ estimates

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Red flags raised over Govt engineers’ estimates

Concerns have been raised over the competence of engineers within the various Government agencies and ministries. A number of letters over the past few weeks from contractors and others, called on...

21 rescued from sinking Essequibo River speedboat

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 21 rescued from sinking Essequibo River speedboat

Some 21 persons stranded in a sinking speed boat were rescued yesterday thanks to the swift actions by Commander of the G division, Stephen Mansell. It was reported that around 11:30 am the vessel...

Body found tied to tree, with stab wound

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Body found tied to tree, with stab wound

Police in Berbice are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified Individual whose body was found tied to a tree at Onverwagt Village, Corentyne Berbice. It also bore a...

City Hall to proceed with parking meter negotiations, consultations

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall to proceed with parking meter negotiations, consultations

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council will begin consultations and negotiations with the relevant stakeholders to arrive at a favourable position on the parking meter issue for all Guyanese. This...

Indian Arrival Monument collapses

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The Indian Arrival Monument that is still in its construction stage collapsed late Tuesday afternoon, at the construction site, Palmyra. The monument which is said to cost some $97 million was...

Two actions, Bee Kay true colours

Apr 27, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Two actions, Bee Kay true colours

A Ministah call Bee Kay vulture. Basil de Willie and Sue Jordan did agree to pay Bee Kay US$5 million as settlement. Dem boys believe big kak pass right deh. De govt pay a part and owe a part. That...

Businessman appeals High Court decision over SOCU gold seizure

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman appeals High Court decision over SOCU gold seizure

An appeal has been filed in the Court of Appeal to overturn a High Court ruling that the seizure of 19.12 ounces of gold from businessman, Richard Ramjit, by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)...

Day 2 of Granger visit to UK… British investors agree that Guyana is ‘best investment destination’

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Day 2 of Granger visit to UK… British investors agree that Guyana is ‘best investment destination’

President David Granger has said that Guyana, for long term development, has the most exciting investments prospects in the Caribbean. He added that the country holds an enviable and strategic...

Guyana’s Human Development index increases by 17.6 percent – UNDP Report

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Human Development index increases by 17.6 percent – UNDP Report

Guyana’s Human Development Index (HDI) value as of 2015 is 0.638 which places the country in the medium human development category. It now ranks at 127 out of 188 countries. This is a 17.6...

Enmore NDC sues SARU for seized computers

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore NDC sues SARU for seized computers

The Enmore Neighborhood Democratic Council, (NDC) has filed an action in the High Court suing for damages in excess of $1 million for seizure of computers from the office of the NDC at Station Road,...

Hicken heads Police Operations

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hicken heads Police Operations

– Chapman is new commander of ‘A’ Division; Adonis in charge of ‘C’ Division Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, will now be serving the Guyana...

New GMSA leadership meets with US embassy officials

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New GMSA leadership meets with US embassy officials

A team from United States Embassy in Guyana met with newly elected President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Ltd. (GMSA), Shyam Nokta, and other officials of the entity on...

Former GECOM Chairman Surujbally leads CARICOM team to observe Curacao elections

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former GECOM Chairman Surujbally leads CARICOM team to observe Curacao elections

Former Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally, is in Curacao leading a small Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Electoral Observer Mission to monitor the General...

Quarrel over walking in neighbour’s yard leads to chopping

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Quarrel over walking in neighbour’s yard leads to chopping

Two men are nursing wounds about their bodies after a chopping incident that took place on Monday afternoon. Jagdesh Ghamandhi, also known as ‘Marvin’, a cane harvester of Lot 103...

Two colours murder trial… Accused pleads innocence in cosmetologist murder

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two colours murder trial… Accused pleads innocence in cosmetologist murder

Lennox Wayne called “Two Colours,” and “Delroy Morris,” both pleaded their innocence before the court yesterday after the State closed its case in relation to the murder of cosmetologist,...

Guyana down three places on World Press Freedom Index

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana down three places on World Press Freedom Index

Press Freedom in Guyana has slipped down three places, the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) has stated. Guyana currently ranks 60 out of 180 countries. Last year, the state ranked 57. The WPFI is...

Two years later… Salesman on bail over killing wife in Pirara accident

Apr 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Two years later… Salesman on bail over killing wife in Pirara accident

Safraz Ameer, who was at the time driving a vehicle which crashed and killed his wife, has been charged with causing her death two years later. Ameer, 37, of Helena Village, East Coast Demerara,...

Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Coomacka, Amazings, Future Stars among those advancing

Apr 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition…Coomacka, Amazings, Future Stars among those advancing

Amazings, Future Stars, Coomacka, Swag Entertainment, Good Fellas, Young Stars, Cherokee Park and Trainline Warriors booked their places in the Round of 16 following the conclusion of the second...

2nd Annual Boyce & Jefford Relay Festival & Family Fun Day Agricola, Camp Street All Stars, Sophia latest to confirm -Broad Street also in

Apr 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2nd Annual Boyce & Jefford Relay Festival & Family Fun Day Agricola, Camp Street All Stars, Sophia latest to confirm -Broad Street also in

With four days remaining before the scheduled staging of the 2nd Annual Boyce & Jefford Relay Festival & Family Fun Day the teams invited to participate in the 5-a-side football competition...

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A flawed interpretation of international law

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The assertion that “under international law, Venezuela is responsible for... more