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One in every five remigrants is bogus – Tax boss

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on One in every five remigrants is bogus – Tax boss

There are major problems facing the country’s Remigrant Scheme, offered to overseas Guyanese who want to return home to invest and live here. Almost one-fifth of them are deliberately selling their...

Messy situation gets more messy at City Hall…“I don’t see what the fuss is about” – Town Clerk

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Messy situation gets more messy at City Hall…“I don’t see what the fuss is about” – Town Clerk

– says renting one portable toilet at $82,000 per month more feasible that buying one The issue of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) renting portable toilets at $82,080 per unit every...

Appointment of GECOM Chairperson…Govt., Opposition agree to third list submission

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Appointment of GECOM Chairperson…Govt., Opposition agree to third list submission

President David Granger and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo have agreed that the opposition leader will submit a third list of nominees for the position of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections...

One year after inquiry…Soldiers injured at Camp Groomes still await compensation

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on One year after inquiry…Soldiers injured at Camp Groomes still await compensation

After a hearing last year, the soldiers who suffered various degrees of injuries following an explosion at Camp Groomes on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, 16 years ago, were confident that they would...

Getaway rider jailed 25 years for Kitty businessman’s killing

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Getaway rider jailed 25 years for Kitty businessman’s killing

Moments after his counsel petitioned the court for mercy, Travis McDougall was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing Pike Street businessman, Ashok Raghoo. The sentenced was handed...

Nine years after…Education Ministry yet to receive $10M equipment

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nine years after…Education Ministry yet to receive $10M equipment

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday heard that in 2008, the Ministry of Education sought the services of Action Tyre to supply a piece of equipment that cost $10.545 million, but to date it...

IDB fails to respond on GPL smart meter queries

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on IDB fails to respond on GPL smart meter queries

The Inter-American Development Bank is yet to respond to an email sent by this newspaper containing pertinent questions regarding the US$23M (G$4.6B) Lot ‘A’ Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Power...

GRA moves to digitize records, stop inside hampering of probes

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA moves to digitize records, stop inside hampering of probes

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell While this does not guarantee a complete end to a practice perpetuated by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) workers that hampers investigations, the Authority is looking to...

Ministry racks up $7M bill on fruits and vegetables

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry racks up $7M bill on fruits and vegetables

…in four months The office of the Auditor General (AG) while checking the financial affairs of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs found that the ministry spent $6.759M for the supply of...

De King and Patsy seh Soulja Bai approve de bamsie washing machine

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De King and Patsy seh Soulja Bai approve de bamsie washing machine

Guyana seems to be heading in de direction of de circle of life. Burnham and ee people do nuff wicked, dutty and nasty things to de nation that got people still talking about although he dead 30...

Digicel Schools Football Championship….Essequibo Islands hit six past Parika /Salem

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Schools Football Championship….Essequibo Islands hit six past Parika /Salem

-more action today at same venue Essequibo Islands Secondary opened this year’s Digicel Schools Football Championship on a positive note when they defeated Parika / Salem Secondary 6-1 yesterday,...

GCF National Championships 2017…Exciting duels loom as overseas based riders expected; more miles added

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF National Championships 2017…Exciting duels loom as overseas based riders expected; more miles added

By Franklin Wilson When the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) 2017 national championships pedals off this weekend with the Time Trials on Saturday and the Road Races for females, juniors, juveniles and...

Xtreme Clean & Maintenance /GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal Tournament…Sparta vs. Future Stars clash a peek into the future?

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Xtreme Clean & Maintenance /GT Beer ‘Gold Rush’ Futsal Tournament…Sparta vs. Future Stars clash a peek into the future?

– Bent Street, Sophia in epic showdown By Rawle Welch They answered the critics in emphatic fashion after being on the verge of elimination with a 3-0 thumping of an in-form Sophia unit, now...

GCB Hand-in-Hand U19 cricket …Demerara lead points table as third and final round commences today

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Hand-in-Hand U19 cricket …Demerara lead points table as third and final round commences today

By Zaheer Mohamed Demerara are ahead on the points table after the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board Hand-in-Hand Inter County U19 three-day tournament was rained out last weekend without a...

RHTY&SC teams support Ms. World Guyana Regional Ambassador

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC teams support Ms. World Guyana Regional Ambassador

– to work together on Climate Change/Suicide Programme Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation, the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club, M.S has decided to work along with the Ms. World...

St. Roses High wins twice in one day

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on St. Roses High wins twice in one day

St. Roses High School won their girls’ and U-19 game for two wins in one day on Sunday when the National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. St. Roses...

Williams added to Windies squad as cover for injured Cummins

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Williams added to Windies squad as cover for injured Cummins

By Sean Devers in St Lucia In association with Vnet Communications Noble House Seafood, Baksh Travel Service, Payless Variety Store & Golden Arrow Inn in St Lucia Vincentian pacer Kesrick...

Student Loan Agency to manage Housing Revolving Fund

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Student Loan Agency to manage Housing Revolving Fund

The Ministry of Finance’s Student Loan Agency is to be engaged to manage the Housing Revolving Fund, according to Finance Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Hector Butts. Yesterday, Dr....

Another assessment for ‘botched’ Kato School

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Another assessment for ‘botched’ Kato School

An assessment of what needs to be remedied to date at the poorly constructed Kato Secondary School will be undertaken during the course of this week. Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of...

ExxonMobil secures environmental permit ExxonMobil secures environmental permit – Eighth well to be drilled

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil secures environmental permit ExxonMobil secures environmental permit – Eighth well to be drilled

While politicians and anti-corruption advocates alike continue to call for more transparency in the activities of ExxonMobil and its negotiations with the Government of Guyana, the oil giant...

Customs, Immigration Officers urged not to fall prey to corruption

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Customs, Immigration Officers urged not to fall prey to corruption

Customs and Immigration Officers are being urged not to fall prey to corruption. This call was made yesterday by Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr....

Region 10 Chairman’s alleged power play…Video footage contradicts Top Cop, Harmon denial

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 Chairman’s alleged power play…Video footage contradicts Top Cop, Harmon denial

Video footage of Region 10 Chairman, Renis Morian, informing a crowd at the Bayroc Ground in Linden that the region is run by an administration and not the police, shows the opposite to the statement...

PULLING OUT OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT

Jun 13, 2017 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PULLING OUT OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT

Instead of making the earth great again, US President Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement. His decision has not only imperiled the attempts to roll back the...

DCMO calls for deliberate measures to arrest teenage pregnancy

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DCMO calls for deliberate measures to arrest teenage pregnancy

Caribbean countries, working together, could help roll back adolescent pregnancies through the exchange of knowledge, information-sharing and adopting good practices. This notion was yesterday...

T&T Trade Mission seeks investment opportunities in Guyana

Jun 13, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on T&T Trade Mission seeks investment opportunities in Guyana

“We are open, we are ready and we mean business,” said Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin as he welcomed a Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Trade Mission delegation to Guyana, at Le Meriden...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more