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Billion$ fuel purchase racket… Investigators swoop down on GEA

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Billion$ fuel purchase racket… Investigators swoop down on GEA

–after agency refuses to hand over documents The challenges of the police Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to investigate a number of state agencies are continuing. Yesterday, the unit, which...

Did GECOM Chairman lie about serving as Grenada’s Chief Justice?

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News 5

Newly appointed Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice James Patterson, may need to publicly explain to the nation why there is no official confirmation to date that he...

Venez. gunmen bury Guyanese dredge owner after riddling him with bullets

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Venez. gunmen bury Guyanese dredge owner after riddling him with bullets

-survivor tells family A gang of young Venezuelan gunmen riddled 25-year-old Guyanese miner Davinda Saywack, buried him in a shallow grave, and made off with an undisclosed quantity of gold from his...

The Petroleum Commission Bill… Ramkarran misleads forum on provision for transfer of funds

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News 1

Former Speaker of the House and Attorney-at-Law, Ralph Ramkarran, recently said that there is no provision in the Petroleum Commission Bill which allows for the transfer of funds to the Consolidated...

House lot applicants wait for two decades, now given 2 weeks to contact CH&PA

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on House lot applicants wait for two decades, now given 2 weeks to contact CH&PA

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), facing uphill challenges to seize hundreds of acres of prime lands sold by the previous administrations to private developers, is getting tough...

Local Govt commission to probe City Hall’s handling of sexual assault of minor

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Local Govt commission to probe City Hall’s handling of sexual assault of minor

Guyana’s first Local Government Commission is likely to take up the sexual assault case at the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) that involved a 15-year-old boy and a city police Lance Corporal....

Nine arrested for guns, ammo…Boat captain says he purchased guns, ammo for protection

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News 1

A 44-year-old boat captain has told ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Major Crimes Unit that he purchased the two high-powered rifles and ammunitions that were found on a vessel at Barima...

US, Canada envoys briefed on justice improvement project

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US, Canada envoys briefed on justice improvement project

Yesterday morning, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, met with US Ambassador, Perry Holloway, and Canadian High Commissioner, Lialian Chatterjee, to discuss the...

Cancer survivors benefit from another ‘Look Good, Feel Better’ initiative

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cancer survivors benefit from another ‘Look Good, Feel Better’ initiative

They came from a number of districts but they all shared the common goal – living to wage war against cancer. Some of them are cancer survivors, others are volunteers and members associated with...

Business registrations now easier for Mahdia

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Business registrations now easier for Mahdia

A Memorandum of Understand (MoU) was signed yesterday in Mahdia allowing the local chamber of commerce to collect business registrations. According to the Mahdia Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

People call Patto chief, but not chief justice

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on People call Patto chief, but not chief justice

Is years now, since de days of Columbus Guyanese always begging. One Prime Minister insult Jagdeo, at a forum. He seh Jagdeo always walking wid ee begging bowl. De PNC use to beg and he learn that...

GSCL Inc Prime Minister’s T20 Cup bowls off today

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc Prime Minister’s T20 Cup bowls off today

Banks DIH onboard The inaugural Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc (GSCL Inc) Prime Minister’s Cup commences today at several venues in Georgetown with several overseas and local teams battling...

Inter-Guiana Games… Guyana Tennis Association launches Cup of Guianas

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter-Guiana Games… Guyana Tennis Association launches Cup of Guianas

The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) last evening launched the inaugural Cup of the Guianas, Inter-Guiana Games, under-18 competition at the GBTI tennis courts in Bel Air Park. Three nations namely...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – EDFA… Grove closer to formalising championship honours; Highway Utd & Mocha win

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – EDFA… Grove closer to formalising championship honours; Highway Utd & Mocha win

Grove Hi Tech is a single match away from securing the inaugural East Bank Football Association (EBFA), GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17 Intra Association League. In their...

National intermediate Boxing Championships… Weigh-in completed, Fights punch off tonight at Gymnasium

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on National intermediate Boxing Championships… Weigh-in completed, Fights punch off tonight at Gymnasium

The Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) Lennox Blackmoore National Intermediate Championships begins this evening from 6:00pm at the National Gymnasium following a successful weigh in process last...

Final four showdown in 6th Brushce’s Classic tonight at MSC hard court

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final four showdown in 6th Brushce’s Classic tonight at MSC hard court

Gt’s Ravens face Colts, Linden’s Royals collide with Jets It’s down to the final four and after tonight’s battles only two will be standing for the first prize of $300,000 when the Sixth...

GTU threatens two- day strike next week

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News 1

… following “unfavourable” meeting with Ministry A meeting with the Ministry of Education ended on a sour note, yesterday. The Guyana Teachers Union [GTU] has announced that it will engage...

PNCR 60th Anniversary Day of Sports / Family Fun Day… Futsal teams eager to thrill Linden on Sunday

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on PNCR 60th Anniversary Day of Sports / Family Fun Day… Futsal teams eager to thrill Linden on Sunday

The selection of teams desirous of participating in Sunday’s PNCR 60th Anniversary Day of Sports / Family Fun Day is becoming increasingly difficult for Co-ordinator of the futsal segment Wayne...

Hijacked car recovered in Albouystown

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Hijacked car recovered in Albouystown

Following a hijacking and robbery in Westminster, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, ranks have been able to locate the red Runx Toyota motor car, bearing registration number PPP 8667. The car...

Travel agent pockets $9M, flees country

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Travel agent pockets $9M, flees country

A 29-year- old woman is said to be on the run after she allegedly cashed in ticket sales at a popular travel agency, where she was once employed. The woman who has been identified as Priya Lall is...

‘China Town’ supermarket robbed for the sixth time

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News 1

A Chinese Supermarket, popularly known as “China Town” operated by a 26-year-old Chinese national was on Wednesday night robbed by two unidentified perpetrators. The business, located at...

Guyana Open 2017… Guyana Premier Golf Tournament launched

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Open 2017… Guyana Premier Golf Tournament launched

The 2017 Guyana Open Golf Cup is set to be one of the biggest editions yet with stiff competition from players representing nine (9) countries with some travelling as far as Fiji. The tournament...

White Tiger Martial Arts Academy hosts Taekwondo exams

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on White Tiger Martial Arts Academy hosts Taekwondo exams

The White Tiger Martial Arts Academy hosted its first Taekwondo grading examinations on October 15th last at the New Amsterdam Town Hall. Ten students took part in the examination and on October 20th...

GECOM chair appointment…Business leaders warn of economic instability

Oct 27, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM chair appointment…Business leaders warn of economic instability

Business leaders under the umbrella group, Private Sector Commission (PSC), have warned of economic instability as fallout from the unilateral decision by President David Granger to appoint...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League Weekend Fixtures

Oct 27, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League Weekend Fixtures

Saturday October 28, 2017 Georgetown Football Association Team Team Venue Time Pele vs Camptown Tucville 09:00hrs GFC vs Ordinance & Discipline “ 10:30hrs Eastveldt vs Alpha “ 12:00hrs Santos...

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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