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GRA admits…Only the boss has ExxonMobil contract, for confidentiality sake

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GRA admits…Only the boss has ExxonMobil contract, for confidentiality sake

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday confirmed Kaieteur News’ article which stated that only the Commissioner General of the Authority has real knowledge about the content of the agreement...

Marriott payments increase country’s external debt – Finance Ministry

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Marriott payments increase country’s external debt – Finance Ministry

The decision by Central Government to take on the payments needed for the Marriott Hotel has contributed to the increase of the nation’s overall external debt. This is according to the Ministry...

Bound body of Chinese restaurant owner found in Tuschen premises

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bound body of Chinese restaurant owner found in Tuschen premises

The body of a male Chinese restaurateur was found at a house in the Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, late last evening. The man reportedly operates the Paradise Chinese Restaurant in the...

Gunmen flee with constable’s firearm, customer’s cash at GPL outlet

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen flee with constable’s firearm, customer’s cash at GPL outlet

– fail to breach cashier area Gunmen snatched a special constable’s revolver and $37,000 from a customer during a brazen robbery yesterday afternoon, at a Guyana Power and Light (GPL)...

Eteringbang plane accidents… Aircraft engines being sent to manufacturers

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Eteringbang plane accidents… Aircraft engines being sent to manufacturers

By Murtland Haley As investigations into the two recent plane crashes close to the Eteringbang airstrip have begun, efforts are being made to have the engines belonging to the two aircraft shipped to...

Houston woman, 69, fatally struck by Canter truck near home

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Houston woman, 69, fatally struck by Canter truck near home

Heading home from visiting her daughter, 69-year-old Chitraykha Sankar disembarked from a bus, only to be struck down by a truck while attempting to cross the East Bank Demerara public road. The...

“Govt.” wins Youth Parliament debate

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on “Govt.” wins Youth Parliament debate

The “Government” successfully debated four motions in the National Assembly yesterday at the third annual sitting of Youth Parliament. Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, the chief...

Concern over powers given to Minister in Petroleum Act

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Concern over powers given to Minister in Petroleum Act

Many citizens who are following the development of the local oil and gas industry are concerned by the amount of powers given to the Minister of Natural Resources via the Petroleum Commission...

Guyana receives first portion of US$6.3M forest monitoring grant from Norway

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana receives first portion of US$6.3M forest monitoring grant from Norway

Phase two of Guyana’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) project gets underway with the release of funds by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), through CI-Guyana to...

Former Citizens Bank employee jailed for fraud

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Former Citizens Bank employee jailed for fraud

Kester Harvey, a former Loan Officer at Citizens Bank, was yesterday jailed for 18 months after he was found guilty of defrauding one of the bank’s customers of $3M. The sentencing was handed...

Law amendments cancelling broadcast licences offensive

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Law amendments cancelling broadcast licences offensive

– PSC on passage of new Bill The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has described recently passed broadcast legislation as a flawed amendment to a law that was flawed in the first...

Grenades found in abandoned house at Linden

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Grenades found in abandoned house at Linden

Police acting on information, descended on an abandoned house at West Watooka Hilltop, Linden, about 20:30hrs on Wednesday, where, during a search, they unearthed two hand grenades. No arrests were...

Indian company offers stone expertise help to GGMC

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Indian company offers stone expertise help to GGMC

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) yesterday received semi-precious stone samples from Indian stone mining giant, Gem Group of companies. Chairman of Gem Group, R. Veeramani, and...

Study shows aviation sector contributes $20.6B to GDP

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Study shows aviation sector contributes $20.6B to GDP

A study done by Oxford Economics Limited has found that the aviation sector in Guyana contributes $20.6B to the country’s Gross Domestic Product. This represents 3.2 per cent of GDP. The...

Tobacco use linked to most debilitating NCDs

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tobacco use linked to most debilitating NCDs

– Minister emphasises It is absolutely necessary that Guyana implement stringent tobacco legislation. This is the opinion of Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings,...

Troubling nexus between ads and tobacco use among youths

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Troubling nexus between ads and tobacco use among youths

– 2015 Global Youth Tobacco Survey Report reveals Close to half of the youths who participated in the Global Youth Tobacco Survey [GYTS] in 2015, revealed that they were not...

Warriors hunt first win tonight against formidable home team

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Warriors hunt first win tonight against formidable home team

By Sean Devers in Trinidad in association with Carib Beer, Ming’s Services & Products, Vnet Communications and Rose Hall Youth & Sports Club After a horror start to their 2017 Hero CPL...

Trying to thief can lef you wid a sore behind

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Trying to thief can lef you wid a sore behind

Every day people talking how GPL robbing dem. If is not by charging dem fuh lights when giving dem blackouts, is by sending dem light bills that asking dem fuh more money fuh current than dem...

CONCACAF U-17 World Cup Qualifying… Exciting dual expected as Cuba match skills with Barbados this evening at Leonora

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF U-17 World Cup Qualifying… Exciting dual expected as Cuba match skills with Barbados this evening at Leonora

Cuba and Barbados are set to ignite the Leonora Track and Field Facility this evening when the ladies clash in the second Group D match of the CONCACAF Under-17 Female World Cup qualifiers. The mood...

Thirty Guyanese benefit from surgeries performed by HERO

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Thirty Guyanese benefit from surgeries performed by HERO

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is usually visited by different teams of the medical professionals in an effort to provide help to persons in need. The Health and Education...

GFF/NAMILCO Flour Power U17 League – Bartica… Second round kicks off following March Pass

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Flour Power U17 League – Bartica… Second round kicks off following March Pass

The second round of the Bartica Football Association (BFA) leg of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) / National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) Thunderbolt Flour Power Intra Association...

Police Sports Club looking to cop $1M first prize at Kares Boyce/Jefford Classic

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police Sports Club looking to cop $1M first prize at Kares Boyce/Jefford Classic

Davin Fraser is the favourite for sprint double The eighth edition of the Boyce and Jefford Track and field Classic is set for tomorrow and Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in...

Amerindian body seeks Parliamentary meeting on Petroleum Bill

Aug 11, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Amerindian body seeks Parliamentary meeting on Petroleum Bill

As the administration continues to face pressure to ensure it has the best deal possible with US-owned ExxonMobil and its partners, at least one Indigenous group has signaled intentions to...

GABA/Powerade/Malta Supreme/Rainforest Water Basketball… Bounty Colts and Eagles post Wednesday night wins

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA/Powerade/Malta Supreme/Rainforest Water Basketball… Bounty Colts and Eagles post Wednesday night wins

Play continued in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), Banks DIH First, Second and Under-23 Division leagues after a one week hiatus at the Burnham Court with two matches on...

Extra Beer/Ballers in the Summer Street Football – Matches continue tonight… Lot-20 and ESPN knocks out Sparta Boss and Gold is Money

Aug 11, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Extra Beer/Ballers in the Summer Street Football – Matches continue tonight… Lot-20 and ESPN knocks out Sparta Boss and Gold is Money

When action in the Second Ground Entertainment/Extra Beer Ballers in the Summer Street knock-out football tournament continued on Wednesday night last at the Pouderoyen Tarmac, two of the biggest...

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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