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DPP, Police Legal Advisor hold two dozen SOCU files

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on DPP, Police Legal Advisor hold two dozen SOCU files

More than 20-odd files recommending charges for several senior officials of the previous administration are currently being studied by the Chambers of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the...

No signing bonus with ExxonMobil – Finance Minister

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on No signing bonus with ExxonMobil – Finance Minister

Finance Minister Winston Jordan has told Kaieteur News that there was no advance payment made to the Government of Guyana by United States oil giant, ExxonMobil. In recent weeks, Government has been...

Explosive revelations in more leaked AFC emails

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Explosive revelations in more leaked AFC emails

…Two Ministers, Ministerial Advisor against unilateral appointment of GECOM Chair More damning evidence of a severe divide within the Alliance for Change (AFC) has emerged from more internal...

School sexual abuse allegations… Accused teacher sent on administrative leave to facilitate probe – Minister

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on School sexual abuse allegations… Accused teacher sent on administrative leave to facilitate probe – Minister

– CEO to determine fate of ‘blame and shame’ Headmistress All of the relevant institutions and human resources are being employed to ensure that the complaints of sexual misconduct that...

Body of missing Sterling Products employee found in C’tyne backlands

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Body of missing Sterling Products employee found in C’tyne backlands

– family suspects foul play The badly decomposed body of a male was yesterday discovered in the Brighton backlands, Corentyne, Berbice, approximately one mile away from the public road. The...

Unscrupulous lawyers continue to fleece clients

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Unscrupulous lawyers continue to fleece clients

– Litigants bemoan non-functional sanctioning body Litigants are continuing to raise concerns over the non-functioning of the disciplinary committee for lawyers. The Laws of Guyana make...

Forestry sector suffers hard blow to overall export value – GFC

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry sector suffers hard blow to overall export value – GFC

The forestry sector has been experiencing dismal performance in its production figures since the start of 2015. But what has become worrying to some officials at the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC)...

Cops seize four firearms, recapture alleged teen robber

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seize four firearms, recapture alleged teen robber

Police captured a 17-year-old robbery suspect and seized four firearms in separate operations within a 24-hour span. During an intelligence-led operation by police yesterday at ‘D’ Field...

Soulja Bai passing law to full ee pocket

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai passing law to full ee pocket

When de whole world talking bout having governments keeping no secrets and mekking things transparent, Soulja Bai passing a law that threaten fuh jail people if dem talk. Dem boys want to know why...

Int’l court or more talks? No clear date as Guyana, Venezuela meet again on border

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l court or more talks? No clear date as Guyana, Venezuela meet again on border

Officials from Venezuela and Guyana met recently at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss the territorial controversy over the Essequibo Region. Venezuela’s Foreign Minister...

Attempted murder charge for man who hacked off salesgirl’s fingers

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Attempted murder charge for man who hacked off salesgirl’s fingers

Samuel Williams, who allegedly hacked off a salesgirl’s thumb and index finger during a brutal cutlass attack last Sunday, has been remanded on an attempted murder charge. The unemployed...

Public Service students warned against using office for corruption

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service students warned against using office for corruption

Sixty young people from across the country were on Monday enrolled as the second batch of cadets at the Bertram Collins College of the Public Service (BCCPS). Senior Director of the BCCPS, Colonel...

Anuradha Deodasingh is among Guyana’s newest attorneys

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Anuradha Deodasingh is among Guyana’s newest attorneys

Anuradha Deodasingh, daughter of Bissoondyal and Sandra Deodasingh of Bissan’s Trading was on November 10 last, admitted to the Bar after taking the oath to serve the people of Guyana as an...

Chinese Govt. gives $48M grant to Education Ministry

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese Govt. gives $48M grant to Education Ministry

to facilitate upgrade of CPCE’s science facilities The Cyril Potter College of Education [CPCE] is poised to enhance its preparation of teachers in the subject area of science. The way was paved in...

Ruling looms in Ramlall murder PI

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling looms in Ramlall murder PI

Now that the state and defence have closed their cases in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Ganesh Ramlall, called ‘Boyo’, who was shot and killed by bandits at his La Jalousie,...

AFC nominates former MP, Trevor Williams, to fill GECOM’s commissioner post

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AFC nominates former MP, Trevor Williams, to fill GECOM’s commissioner post

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Alliance For Change (AFC), Trevor Williams, has been named by his party to replace the late Sandra Jones as the new commissioner on the Guyana Elections...

NAREI’s pest control staff benefit from Regional training

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NAREI’s pest control staff benefit from Regional training

Guyana was once considered the “breadbasket” of the Caribbean. As the country aims to reclaim that title, the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is working to ensure...

GuySuCo unable to service on-lent loans

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo unable to service on-lent loans

Due to the state of its financial health, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) was unable to service its on-lent loans. This is according to Finance Minister, Winston Jordan in his 2016 Public...

Bus driver charged with rape of girl, 13

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver charged with rape of girl, 13

A bus driver was yesterday charged with the rape of a minor when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Twenty-four-year-old Kevin Loaffe, of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara,...

Female cop on 5-year Russian training in forensics

Nov 23, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Female cop on 5-year Russian training in forensics

Female Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sonia Herbert, recently left the country to participate in a five-year Forensic Science Course which is sponsored by the Ministry of Internal Affairs,...

Ansa McAl/Stag Beer backs Mohamed’s Enterprise/New Era Futsal tourney

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ansa McAl/Stag Beer backs Mohamed’s Enterprise/New Era Futsal tourney

The fourth annual Mohamed’s Enterprise/New Era Entertainment Futsal tournament that will feature a record 26 teams vying for a total of $1million in cash and prizes is anticipated to bring alive...

Muniram, Leitch shine as Nandy Park register back to back victories

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Muniram, Leitch shine as Nandy Park register back to back victories

Opener Romaine Muniram struck fine half century, while off-spinner Kelvin Leitch grabbed four wickets as Nandy Park registered back to back victories when the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association/...

D’Andrade presents running shoes to Ricky Williams

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade presents running shoes to Ricky Williams

Indigenous Athlete gets scholarship from Chase Academy Guyanese Athlete Lionel D’Andrade, who now rides in Trinidad, recently presented defending ‘Nationals’ 5,000 meters champion, 17-year-old...

RHTY&SC Cricket Teams donate to Upper Corentyne Cricket Association

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC Cricket Teams donate to Upper Corentyne Cricket Association

The ten cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS last weekend agreed to assist the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association with the hosting of a cricket competition for Primary and...

BCB 50-Overs Tournament…Anderson, Hooper, Pestano shine as RHT Gizmos & Gadgets destroy Skeldon by 147 runs

Nov 23, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB 50-Overs Tournament…Anderson, Hooper, Pestano shine as RHT Gizmos & Gadgets destroy Skeldon by 147 runs

A youthful Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First Division Team on Saturday last easily defeated Skeldon Community Centre by 147 runs as play in the Berbice Cricket Board 50-Overs Tournament...

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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