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GRA installing rigid systems to keep close watch on ExxonMobil

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA installing rigid systems to keep close watch on ExxonMobil

– Tax Chief says, “It is a different kettle of fish” By: Kiana Wilburg If the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has difficulty catching regular tax evading citizens and holding them...

Anti-corruption advocate bemoans govt.’s sloth to bring whistleblower legislation

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-corruption advocate bemoans govt.’s sloth to bring whistleblower legislation

– Stresses importance of provision The need for whistleblower protection legislation in Guyana is clear. What is not clear is the reason the APNU+AFC government is taking so long to have...

Sheet Anchor wife killer found hanging from tree

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sheet Anchor wife killer found hanging from tree

After several weeks of searching for the deportee who viciously chopped his wife to death at her Sheet Anchor home, East Canje, the hunt came to an abrupt end when his decomposed body was...

Thieves escape with granny’s gold-plated teeth after brutal beating

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves escape with granny’s gold-plated teeth after brutal beating

A 78-year-old woman was subjected to a brutal beating early yesterday- all because the two men who broke into her home wanted her gold plated teeth—and they did take them. Roohnee Mithuram of Lot...

New Lusignan Prison holding area almost complete

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New Lusignan Prison holding area almost complete

– transfer of prisoners to commence today Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday advised that the new holding area at the Lusignan Prison Complex is...

Mek you bed hard and lie down pun it

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Mek you bed hard and lie down pun it

De fire that bun down de Camp Street jail was a blessing in disguise because all of a sudden Soulja Bai know that he can’t build no more wood jail. Of course when dem white people did build de jail...

Veteran cop recalls horrors of crime wave

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran cop recalls horrors of crime wave

– shot, ambushed, tracked down by gunmen, and saw colleagues die He’s seen two of his colleagues gunned down….he drove a police van through a hail of bullets to save another wounded...

Govt. to upgrade fiscal statistics to reflect impact of future oil revenue

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to upgrade fiscal statistics to reflect impact of future oil revenue

Local authorities have noted that there will be significant changes to Guyana’s fiscal landscape with the coming of oil and gas. Given this fact, moves are being made to upgrade...

Moruca boat accident…Son’s body recovered, dad still missing

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca boat accident…Son’s body recovered, dad still missing

The body of an 18-year-old man was fished out of the Moruca River, Region One around 08:00 hrs yesterday, one day after he fell overboard during a boat accident. The dead teen has been...

Deplorable roads plague Cummings Lodge

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Deplorable roads plague Cummings Lodge

Residents of Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara are peeved at the state of several roads in the community. Large holes have transformed the streets into pools. Kaieteur News walked through...

Belle Vue bridge collapses after canal clearing operation

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Belle Vue bridge collapses after canal clearing operation

One of the access bridges in Belle Vue Village, West Bank Demerara, collapsed on Friday following an operation to clear a drainage canal of unwanted weeds. The bridge serves as a link between the...

Dave & Celina All Stars crowned 2017 Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Champs

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dave & Celina All Stars crowned 2017 Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Champs

Showstoppers end third By Franklin Wilson Playing almost flawless football and displaying excellent team spirit and understanding, the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden has seen its very own, Dave &...

Guyana Watch team returns!

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch team returns!

Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey C/Ships…GCC Vintage, Pizza Hut GCC Ladies ensure GCC win the ‘double’

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey C/Ships…GCC Vintage, Pizza Hut GCC Ladies ensure GCC win the ‘double’

It was action galore as the curtains came down on the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships on Saturday night at the National Gymnasium with a couple of pulsating finals which climaxed...

Regional U17 tourney…Anderson, Singh hit half centuries as Guyana humble Jamaica by 82 runs

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional U17 tourney…Anderson, Singh hit half centuries as Guyana humble Jamaica by 82 runs

By Zaheer Mohamed in Trinidad and Tobago In association with V Net Communications, Mike’s Pharmacy, 4R, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre and Ramchand’s Auto Spares Guyana, led by half...

Teen inmate stabbed in Lusignan Prison brawl

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Teen inmate stabbed in Lusignan Prison brawl

A misunderstanding between three inmates at the Lusignan Prison has left one prisoner nursing stab wounds about his body. Eighteen-year-old Allan Basdeo of Lot 4030 Zeelugt Squatting Area,...

API a success – Aliann Pompey

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on API a success – Aliann Pompey

By Franklin Wilson Meet Director of the 2nd Annual Aliann Pompety Invitational International Track and field Meet, Aliann Pompey has hailed this year’s event a success from the standpoint that a...

API recognised as a South American Grand Prix Meet

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on API recognised as a South American Grand Prix Meet

AAG heartened with success, will strive to improve President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Aubrey Hutson says that he is satisfied with the way the 2nd Annual Aliann Pompey...

Thunderbolt NAMILCO U17 football in Linden…Milerock remain unbeaten after 3 games, thump Ward Panthers 4-0

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Thunderbolt NAMILCO U17 football in Linden…Milerock remain unbeaten after 3 games, thump Ward Panthers 4-0

When the Thunderbolt NAMILCO Under-17 football championship, which is organized by the Upper Demerara football Association, continued on Saturday afternoon at the Wisburg Secondary School ground, the...

I refuse to be a prisoner of the Hitler-Stalin enigma

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I refuse to be a prisoner of the Hitler-Stalin enigma

Let me try my hand once more at explaining this “like they want to bring back the PPP” remark of a minister on a television interview programme. The Minister is a family friend that my...

GABA action shifts indoors due to weather

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA action shifts indoors due to weather

UG Trojans lead night’s winners with 101-63 triumph over Cobras The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association in Collaboration with Banks DIH through their Malta Supreme, Powerade and Rainforest...

Minister of Public Security visits injured prison warden

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister of Public Security visits injured prison warden

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan visited injured prison warden Hubert Trim yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Trim sustained gunshot wounds and chops...

GFF appoints int’l team coordinator for female programme

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF appoints int’l team coordinator for female programme

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has appointed Paul Beresford as its International Team Coordinator for the female programme including the senior female national team, commonly called “Lady...

2017 NGSA results…“Peculiar circumstances” allowed for “specialised treatment” at hinterland schools – CEO

Jul 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 2017 NGSA results…“Peculiar circumstances” allowed for “specialised treatment” at hinterland schools – CEO

Some regions operate under “peculiar circumstances.” This observation was taken note of when the Ministry of Education sought to implement an Emergency Action Plan geared at...

Port Mourant Training Centre wins Rollers Volleyball competition in New Amsterdam

Jul 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Port Mourant Training Centre wins Rollers Volleyball competition in New Amsterdam

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) once again successfully completed another volleyball tournament with the playing off of the Rollers Volleyball Club one day Volleyball extravaganza which was...

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China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

The West Demerara Regional Hospital. (China-owned companies) Kaieteur News- Three Chinese companies who are no strangers... more