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Minimum of five years needed to get GRA at 90% level of efficiency

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News 1

– Entity now operating at 35 percent By: Kiana Wilburg The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has some of the nation’s most qualified citizens. But even with a labour force that exceeds...

Drunk cop knocks down female motorcyclist

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk cop knocks down female motorcyclist

An intoxicated police constable was taken into custody after knocking down a 44-year-old female motorcyclist about 14:30hrs yesterday on the Ruimveldt Public Road. Police identified the victim as Gem...

Many more Brazilian fugitives believed working in interior

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Many more Brazilian fugitives believed working in interior

– worrying influx of young Columbian women There are many more Brazilians who are working in Guyana’s mining sector that are wanted in their homeland for murder and other serious crimes, a...

ExxonMobil’s effects on Guyana’s environment will be under scrutiny

Oct 02, 2017 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s effects on Guyana’s environment will be under scrutiny

– As Audit Office gears to begin environmental audits Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The Audit Office of Guyana is steadily improving to meet the growing need for accountability and...

Reckless spending is a disease Guyana should cure before it creeps in

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News 1

– former Petrotrin Chairman By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Former Chairman of the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Petrotrin), Donald Baldeosingh has warned that Guyana can shoot...

Ministerial Task Force to donate lumber to hurricane-devastated islands

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ministerial Task Force to donate lumber to hurricane-devastated islands

The Ministerial Task Force, overseeing the provision of aid to the recent hurricane-ravaged islands, is expected to donate 300 tons of lumber to countries in the Region. Prime Minister, Moses...

Dem politicians really stupid

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem politicians really stupid

When people seh politicians stupid dem ain’t joking. Dem have a few bright ones but most of dem stupid. How else people can explain a politician telling people that he gun fix de Skeldon sugar...

Partnership between GRA and Business sector essential – Tax Chief

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Partnership between GRA and Business sector essential – Tax Chief

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia believes that it is crucial to ensure a feedback loop exists between the tax agency and business leaders. Statia expressed...

Swallowing and smuggling: Guyana’s cocaine mules

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Swallowing and smuggling: Guyana’s cocaine mules

Cocaine smugglers continue to find all manner of creative ways to smuggle the drug past the watchful eyes of Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks who are stationed at the Cheddi Jagan and...

Mabaruma’s Green Park to be commissioned by mid-October

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma’s Green Park to be commissioned by mid-October

With efforts to beautify the new town of Mabaruma, the Town Council is working towards completing its Green Park project by mid-October, 2017 . According to Mabaruma Mayor, Henry Smith,...

Lethem woman calls on cops to probe son’s death

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem woman calls on cops to probe son’s death

A mother, down on her luck, is turning to the media, for assistance to highlight what she believes is a deliberate ploy by some persons to cover up the true circumstances of her son’s...

7th Annual Courts 10k…Cleveland Forde wins 6th Open title; Ashanti Scott is women’s champion

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on 7th Annual Courts 10k…Cleveland Forde wins 6th Open title; Ashanti Scott is women’s champion

As expected, Cleveland “The little Kenyan” Forde blew away the competition to win his 6th COURTS 10k Male Open road race title in a time of 33 minutes 37 seconds, while Ashanti Scott won the...

Headmaster Harrinarine is ‘father’ to 600 students

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Headmaster Harrinarine is ‘father’ to 600 students

Guyana is in the midst of a new educational era. There is a transition to more thorough achievement standards and better student evaluation. There is a focus on technology and its potential to...

GAPF/Fitness Express Raw Nationals…Lisa Oudit (Buddy’s) and Vijai Rahim (Hardcore Barbell Club) are Overall winners

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF/Fitness Express Raw Nationals…Lisa Oudit (Buddy’s) and Vijai Rahim (Hardcore Barbell Club) are Overall winners

Buddy’s Gym’s Lisa Oudit copped the Overall Best Lifter award on the distaff side, while Berbice’ Vijai Rahim of the Hadcore Barbell Club achieved a similar feat among the males when the Guyana...

Guyana has always been a fugitive’s haven

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has always been a fugitive’s haven

The revelation that prominent and recently-murdered Brazilian miner Antonio Da Silva was actually a notorious killer named Siviomar Antônio de Oliveira, has raised alarm bells among Guyanese....

Local boxers for Jamaica

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local boxers for Jamaica

The Guyana Boxing Association intends to send a team of four boxers and one official to the inaugural Guyana versus Jamaica competition to be held in St Elizabeth, Jamaica on Saturday October 7. The...

GTT National Indoor Championships…GCC and Old Fort clubs dominate finals

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Championships…GCC and Old Fort clubs dominate finals

Bounty GCC continued their unrivalled success in the GTT National Indoor Hockey championship with another 1st division title. In the playoff, they were up against the impressive Old Fort unit that...

Female entrepreneurs to partake in global summit set for India

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Female entrepreneurs to partake in global summit set for India

Three female entrepreneurs have been selected to represent Guyana at the upcoming eighth annual Global Entrepreneur Summit (GES) to be held from November 28 to 30 in Hyderabad, India. Those...

Antigua Independence T20 Cricket…Guyana face Jamaica in match two on Oct. 7

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Antigua Independence T20 Cricket…Guyana face Jamaica in match two on Oct. 7

Johnson feels more T20 cricket needed locally By Sean Devers The second annual Antigua & Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) Independence T20 tri-Nation series is scheduled to run from October...

Region Four has highest number of child sex abuse cases

Oct 02, 2017 KNews News 2

Director of Child Services, Ann Greene has said that Region Four has recorded the highest number of reported child sexual abuse in the country. The CPA Director was at the time addressing a...

Adana Homes of Canada provides cricket gears for Everest CC

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Adana Homes of Canada provides cricket gears for Everest CC

ADANA HOMES, A Canadian Realty Brokerage Inc has invested in the development of young cricketers of the Everest Cricket Club located at Camp Road, Georgetown. The sponsorship was initiated by Anil...

Wins for Essequibo and Georgetown

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wins for Essequibo and Georgetown

Essequibo maintained their lead at the top of the points table with a 169-run win over Upper Corentyne, while Georgetown defeated West Demerara by six wickets when the fifth round Cricket Guyana Inc...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…Lower Corentyne register emphatic win over East Coast

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League…Lower Corentyne register emphatic win over East Coast

Johnson, Smith & Permaul shine with the ball By Sean Devers Led by incisive fast bowling by Raun Johnson and Nail Smith, Lower Corentyne registered their third win on the penultimate day of their...

GABA/Banks DIH playoffs…Colts sweep Under-23 finals; Plaisance win game 2 in Open Division

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA/Banks DIH playoffs…Colts sweep Under-23 finals; Plaisance win game 2 in Open Division

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association/Powerade/Malta Supreme/Rainforest Water leagues have reached the playoffs stage. The latest action saw Plaisance Guardians rebounding to win game two of...

A question Guyanese must demand PPP leaders answer

Oct 02, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

In 2005, the Unites States Government, acting on information received, suspended the diplomatic and non-immigrant visas of Guyana’s Minister of International Trade, Clement Rohee. His president at...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more