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GRA officials “sailing” on Exxon contract

Aug 09, 2017 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on GRA officials “sailing” on Exxon contract

– employees face embarrassment at recent meeting with oil giant Even senior operatives of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are at a loss when it comes to the contractual arrangement between...

Int’l media bodies call for delay in assent of Broadcasting Bill

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l media bodies call for delay in assent of Broadcasting Bill

Days after the country’s lawmakers in the National Assembly successfully pushed through legislation that was supposed to correct deficiencies in the manner that radio and television stations...

Another plane goes down at Eteringbang

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Another plane goes down at Eteringbang

– Pilot escapes with minor injuries It is becoming increasingly clear that flying to the hinterland of Guyana is no child’s play. Almost two weeks after a deadly crash that...

Defiant NBS appealing $79M judgment in wrongfully dismissed CEO case

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Defiant NBS appealing $79M judgment in wrongfully dismissed CEO case

Mortgage lender, New Building Society (NBS), which late last month was ordered by the High Court to shell out that $70M to its former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Maurice Arjoon, is refusing to pay...

Chief Prison Officer interdicted, as cops step up drug-smuggling probe

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Prison Officer interdicted, as cops step up drug-smuggling probe

The Chief Prison Officer who was implicated in a drug-smuggling scandal at the Timehri Prisons has been released from custody. A senior police official said that the rank “has been released into...

Blackout-weary Guyana…“Disappointed” Patterson to visit power plants

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Blackout-weary Guyana…“Disappointed” Patterson to visit power plants

As the country continues to reel from a daily dosage of outages and in some cases total shutdowns, senior minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, has promised to visit the power...

Nonperforming loans continue to hamper bank lending

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nonperforming loans continue to hamper bank lending

Lending by banks continues to be hampered due to a high level of nonperforming loans in the system. This is according to the Finance Ministry’s half year report. The document says that commercial...

Cry fuh yuh own calf and Guyana is a calf

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cry fuh yuh own calf and Guyana is a calf

From de time he start he political campaign fuh de presidency, Donald Trump start talking ‘bout putting America first. People couldn’t vex wid him, because is always nice when people put dem...

Thieves caught on surveillance after robbing boutique

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves caught on surveillance after robbing boutique

Two men, believed to be in their fifties, were captured on surveillance camera just after robbing a Boutique at Saffon and Sussex Streets, Charlestown, Georgetown around 08:00 hrs on Sunday....

China Harbour engineers robbed at gunpoint

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on China Harbour engineers robbed at gunpoint

Three engineers attached to China Harbour Engineering Company Limited were robbed at gunpoint around 16:00 hrs on Monday at Massy Supermarket’s parking lot located at Red Road, Providence, East...

SVC Mafia, New York Hustlers take honours in Toronto Cup 2

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on SVC Mafia, New York Hustlers take honours in Toronto Cup 2

TORONTO, Canada – SVC Mafia and New York Hustlers emerged winners of Sunday’s Toronto Cup 2 Open and Masters Softball Cricket tournaments respectively which ended at the University of Toronto...

CONCACAF U-17 WC qualifiers… Barbados battle Lady Jags today @ Leonora

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF U-17 WC qualifiers… Barbados battle Lady Jags today @ Leonora

‘Expecting a great fight come game day’ – Lady Jags Coach Castello CONCACAF’s Under-17 female World Cup qualifiers begin in Guyana today at the Leonora Track and Field Facility football...

Osmond Cummings fourth Memorial Football Extravaganza… Botofago U18 and U23 outgun Eagles United and Amelia’s Ward

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Osmond Cummings fourth Memorial Football Extravaganza… Botofago U18 and U23 outgun Eagles United and Amelia’s Ward

Botofago Football Club (BFC) defeated their Under-18 and Under-23 counterparts in the Osmond Cummings fourth Memorial football extravaganza Sunday last at the Silvertown All Stars Sports Club Ground....

Berbice Bridge Co. is another major sponsor for Guyana Cup horserace Meet

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Bridge Co. is another major sponsor for Guyana Cup horserace Meet

The Berbice River Bridge Company has come on board as another one of the major sponsors of the Guyana Cup Horserace Meeting fixed for Sunday at the Rising Sun Turf Club on the West Coast of Berbice....

Harper wants Warriors to play smart cricket in T&T

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harper wants Warriors to play smart cricket in T&T

By Sean Devers in Trinidad in association with Carib Beer, Mings Products & Services, VNet Communications & Rose Hall Youth & Sports Club St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (SKNP) had never...

Crossfit 12-12-12 Throwdown – T&T… Mahadeo headlines strong 10-member team

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Crossfit 12-12-12 Throwdown – T&T… Mahadeo headlines strong 10-member team

Guyana’s leading Crossfit athlete who has also excelled at the regional level, Dillon Mahadeo will be leading a strong 10-member team including two females to this year’s 2nd annual Crossfit...

Guyoil earns $18B in first half of year

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyoil earns $18B in first half of year

The Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) Limited has earned revenues to the tune of $18 billion in the first half of 2017. This represents an increase of 11.8 percent when compared to the same period last...

Linden teen’s body recovered from Demerara River

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Linden teen’s body recovered from Demerara River

The body of 19-year-old Esther Weekes of Burnham Drive, Silvertown, Wismar, Linden, was yesterday afternoon retrieved from the Demerara River, about quarter of a mile from the spot where she had...

“Without accreditation, from 2023 medical degree will be as good as toilet paper”

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Without accreditation, from 2023 medical degree will be as good as toilet paper”

– UG’s Health Sciences Dean Medical students of the University of Guyana [UG] who graduated while the School of Medicine lost its accreditation will be able to practice or even...

GPSU repeats calls for upgrade of employee status for public school janitors

Aug 09, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GPSU repeats calls for upgrade of employee status for public school janitors

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday reiterated calls for the employee status of sweeper/cleaners, across the country to be upgraded. Sweeper/cleaners are a category of workers employed...

Four horsemen says thanks for support of Emancipation horserace meet

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Four horsemen says thanks for support of Emancipation horserace meet

The organizing committee of the “Four Horsemen Promotion” group is extending their heartfelt gratitude to all the below sponsors, the members of the public and the various media houses in Guyana...

Extra Beer/Ballers in the Summer Street Football… Matches continues today at Pouderoyen Tarmac; defending champs sent packing

Aug 09, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Extra Beer/Ballers in the Summer Street Football… Matches continues today at Pouderoyen Tarmac; defending champs sent packing

Action in the third edition of the Second Ground Entertainment / Extra Beer Ballers in the Summer Street knock-out football tournament will continue this evening at the Pouderoyen Tarmac, West Bank...

Low-graded works on GMC office building…Ex-GM’s former assistant testifies

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more