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Senior Customs officer sent home; broker, scrap metal dealer in custody

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News 1

-US$350,000 seized from Chinese nationals coming from Suriname A prominent scrap metal dealer and a Customs broker are in custody following a major investigation at a city wharf. This was after the...

Probe into executed Brazilian launched…Foreigners entering Guyana to come under closer scrutiny – Ramjattan

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Probe into executed Brazilian launched…Foreigners entering Guyana to come under closer scrutiny – Ramjattan

Foreigners entering Guyana, particularly those seeking to work in the mining sector, will now face intense scrutiny to ensure that they are who they claim to be. Minister of Public Security Khemraj...

The story of three contracts to BK …$84M Eccles well unfinished 5 years later

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The story of three contracts to BK …$84M Eccles well unfinished 5 years later

More than five years after a contract was awarded to contractor, BK International, for $84.2M, a well at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, is unfinished without residents receiving a drop of water. It...

Car dealer, Turkeyen business under probe for vehicles with false plates

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Car dealer, Turkeyen business under probe for vehicles with false plates

over 40 high-end rides seized in past year More than 40 vehicles believed to have been brought into country under the Remigrant Scheme and some suspected to have been smuggled were seized by the...

East La Penitence man, fingered in several robberies, shot dead

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on East La Penitence man, fingered in several robberies, shot dead

In what is being described as an execution style killing, a man who was wanted by the police for several armed robberies was shot dead at Albert Street, Albouystown early yesterday. The body of Colin...

Tax Evasion Racket…GRA zeros in on Chinese, Cuban Trade Triangle

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Tax Evasion Racket…GRA zeros in on Chinese, Cuban Trade Triangle

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is currently looking into a “trade triangle” that is at the heart of tax evasion. Kaieteur News was able to confirm this with GRA Commissioner General, Godfrey...

Jagdeo still trying wid Burnham destiny

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo still trying wid Burnham destiny

Jagdeo, that scamp, try to put ee foot in Burnham shoes. He think he binna create ee destiny. But everybody know destiny is not created by de shoes you wear but by de steps you take. Burnham tek he...

2017 Courts Pee wee football tournament off to a promising start

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 Courts Pee wee football tournament off to a promising start

The 6th Annual Courts Pee wee football tournament got underway at Banks DIH’s Thirst Park ground with the march past yesterday before fourteen (14) under-11 clashes between 28 primary schools got...

Classic Ball Blasters Volleyball Club blank Surinamese counterparts on Goodwill Tour

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Classic Ball Blasters Volleyball Club blank Surinamese counterparts on Goodwill Tour

By Franklin Wilson Still a relatively young and budding side, the Classic Ball Blasters Women Volleyball Club (CBBWVC) has taken their development to another level by defeating two Surinamese Club...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…Foo, Anderson power Lower Corentyne

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…Foo, Anderson power Lower Corentyne

By Sean Devers A double century third wicket stand between the pugnacious Jonathon Foo and the responsible Kelvon Anderson powered Lower Corentyne to an imposing 343-3 at the end of the opening day...

Archery Guyana at GTT’s Duck Curry Competition

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana at GTT’s Duck Curry Competition

Archery Guyana took the sport of archery again to the GTT. This time at their Duck Curry Competition and Family Fun Day held on Saturday, September 16 at Demerara Park, Georgetown. Many of the...

All systems are a go for today’s GMR&SC Caribbean Invasion

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on All systems are a go for today’s GMR&SC Caribbean Invasion

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMRSC) Caribbean Invasion Drag Race meet set for the South Dakota Circuit from 09:00hrs is anticipated to scorch the South Dakota track with highly...

Letter to the Sports Editor…Foster responds to Allicock’s letter

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor…Foster responds to Allicock’s letter

Dear Sir, My attention was drawn to a letter under the heading “Hilbert Foster is no cricket Administrator” written by Godwyn Allicock. This letter is not only libelous but a determined and well...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…East Bank scent win despite another 5-for by Motie

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…East Bank scent win despite another 5-for by Motie

Jacobs’ 5-22 keeps his team ahead East Bank began the second of their fifth round GCB/CGI three-day Franchise League against West Berbice at Bush Lot yesterday on 161-7 in reply to the 140 all out...

Charity football match on today to aid hurricane affected countries

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charity football match on today to aid hurricane affected countries

A charity football match between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President’s XI and the Indigenous All Stars XI will be played today at the Everest Sports Ground Camp Road. The match is a...

Ninvalle satisfied with CARICOM stance to current AIBA crisis

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ninvalle satisfied with CARICOM stance to current AIBA crisis

President of the Guyana Boxing Association and AIBA Executive Committee Member, Steve Ninvalle, has expressed satisfaction with the stance taken by the Caribbean Region during the present AIBA...

Hamilton Green Cup continues at Den Amstel Today

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green Cup continues at Den Amstel Today

The Hamilton Green Cup, knockout football competition is ready to excite fans with a double header at the Den Amstel Community Ground on the West Coast of Demerara this afternoon. The first of the...

Centuries for Latchaya, Paul, Perez; Anthony Adams grabs 7

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Centuries for Latchaya, Paul, Perez; Anthony Adams grabs 7

Centuries by David Latchaya, Keemo Paul and Raymond Perez and a seven-wicket haul by Anthony Adams highlighted the second day’s play when the fifth round Cricket Guyana Inc Jaguars three-day...

GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships…National Teams stay on top

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships…National Teams stay on top

Eight (8) matches were played on Friday night In the GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Three (3) matches were played in the men’s first division and the...

BVA Inter school volleyball competition…Berbice High School, New Amsterdam Multilateral are NA/Canje champions

Oct 01, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BVA Inter school volleyball competition…Berbice High School, New Amsterdam Multilateral are NA/Canje champions

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) held the play off for the New Amsterdam/ Canje zone in the ongoing countywide Volleyball competition recently at the Berbice High School. After a tough day of...

Works commence on Poker Street Koker

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Works commence on Poker Street Koker

By Enid Joaquin Works commenced on the old koker at Poker Street, Burnham Drive, Wismar Linden, with broken components of the structure being extracted to make way for the new one. The activity was...

Akawini continues to preserve a rich cultural environment

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Akawini continues to preserve a rich cultural environment

… Toshao still believes much more to be done By Romario Blair More than a century ago a native Arawak tribe fled the pestilent grips of the native Carib in fear of being hunted and killed. This...

Shortage of Drugs and medical equipment severely affect the Linden Hospital Complex

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Shortage of Drugs and medical equipment severely affect the Linden Hospital Complex

It has become a norm at the pharmacy of the Linden Hospital Complex to be told drugs prescribed by the doctors are not available but when you are told that you have to pay for an X-Ray because the...

Preparations at advance stage for 13th Berbice Expo 2017

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Preparations at advance stage for 13th Berbice Expo 2017

…event slated for Albion Community Centre The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce(CCCC), organisers of the annual Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair, have promised to make this year’s event...

Auditor General finds difficulty following trail of public money pumped in Durban Park Project

Oct 01, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General finds difficulty following trail of public money pumped in Durban Park Project

– Opposition calls for PPC investigation Auditor General, Deodat Sharma is facing some stumbling blocks in his efforts to follow the trail of public monies spent on the Durban Park Project....

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Rana five-for and enterprising batting put Bangladesh in the driver’s seat

Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more