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IMF TAX TEAM UNEARTHS…GRA fails to monitor extent of false reporting by local businesses

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on IMF TAX TEAM UNEARTHS…GRA fails to monitor extent of false reporting by local businesses

– Audit cases not selected in fair manner By: Kiana Wilburg Earlier this year, an assessment of the tax administration systems employed by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was...

Trotman to seek reduction of powers given in Petroleum Bill

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman to seek reduction of powers given in Petroleum Bill

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, is about to make moves that will complement his stated anti-dictatorship position. Trotman is actually going to go to...

Take politics out of GECOM appointments

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Take politics out of GECOM appointments

– Commissioner Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner, Vincent Alexander, believes that the current configuration lends itself to appointees believing that they must approach decisions...

Exxon Bonus scandal represents deep-seated disdain for citizen’s rights – Dr. Hinds

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News 1

The belief that Government mishandled all issues in relation to the revelation of the US$18M signing bonus it received from ExxonMobil is not only shared by anticorruption advocates but also by some...

After hours of digging, cops find no trace of murdered boy

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on After hours of digging, cops find no trace of murdered boy

The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of six-year-old Daniel Adolphus, may forever remain a mystery to police and his loved ones. Police and Detectives yesterday, attempted to locate and...

Sri Lanka struggling with debt, hands major port to China

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sri Lanka struggling with debt, hands major port to China

By KAI SCHULTZ (New York Times) Taken from the New York Times— Struggling to pay its debt to Chinese firms, the nation of Sri Lanka formally handed over the strategic port of Hambantota to China on...

Cricket World Cup…Chief Justice halts Magistrate’s order for SOCU to get bank info

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cricket World Cup…Chief Justice halts Magistrate’s order for SOCU to get bank info

Chief Justice (ag), Roxanne George-Wiltshire, on Friday, temporarily stopped the police Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) from asking the privately-owned, Guyana Bank For Trade and Industry...

De Paccoo file to divorce de Baccoo over oil money

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De Paccoo file to divorce de Baccoo over oil money

Dem boys know pardner business never work out all because one does hustle to rob or outsmart de other. Everybody know when it comes to CASH you and yuh own mudda does get wrong, much less strangers....

Moulding young lives beyond football, Coach Sheron Abrams is a ‘Special Person’

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Moulding young lives beyond football, Coach Sheron Abrams is a ‘Special Person’

“The fact that I can have over 40 youngsters that I am able to take away from whatever misgiving they might be experiencing; take them away from crime; take them from probably an abusive home for a...

GTT wins GCCI Large Business of the Year, Corporate Citizenship Awards

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GTT wins GCCI Large Business of the Year, Corporate Citizenship Awards

Proving that the company is a leader in the conduct of its business, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph, last Wednesday, walked away with two of the most prestigious awards of the Georgetown Chamber of...

Natural gas mechanisms to be decided in first quarter of 2018

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Natural gas mechanisms to be decided in first quarter of 2018

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has said that the government is forging ahead with the exploration of possibilities to make use of natural gas. Patterson has responsibility for...

Clash with cops and Opposition MPs…Top Cop concedes police ranks should not have been in Parliament

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Clash with cops and Opposition MPs…Top Cop concedes police ranks should not have been in Parliament

– says presence of plainclothes ranks was also unauthorised Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine has conceded that police ranks should not have been in the Chambers of Parliament....

Social Protection Ministry boasts of significant achievements

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Ministry boasts of significant achievements

The Ministry of Social Protection has formulated several programmes and policies to create an enabling welfare state; one which helps people to help themselves. This is according to Social Protection...

Chief Justice grants interim order to make Judicial Review Act operational

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice grants interim order to make Judicial Review Act operational

Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire granted an Order Nisi of Mandamus compelling Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, to bring into operation the Judicial Review...

‘Touch of Class’ delivering a classy community service

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Touch of Class’ delivering a classy community service

By Sharmain Grainger A thriving business is not always easy to achieve. Many entrepreneurs can attest to the fact that sometimes success is only attainable after several instances of trial and error....

The Story within the Story… When sugar becomes bitter

Dec 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Story within the Story… When sugar becomes bitter

By Leonard Gildarie I grew up in a sugar-producing community – Enmore. I loved it. Although I moved away since the ‘80s, the connection was never severed. It is difficult to explain to...

CWI Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships…Saunders maiden ton in vain as Jaguars roar to fifth win

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on CWI Digicel Regional 4-Day C/Ships…Saunders maiden ton in vain as Jaguars roar to fifth win

Permaul bags 6-32 as Hurricanes forced to follow-on By Sean Devers A maiden First-Class century from Akeem Saunders who shared in 91-run stand with Shane Burton (53) threatened to force the seventh...

Changes made as entries close today for KMTC Xmas meet

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Changes made as entries close today for KMTC Xmas meet

The organisers have made two changes to the Kennard Memorial Turf Club annual Xmas Meet set for December 26 at its Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice racetrack, even as entries close today. Retired...

Banks DIH Powerade & Aqua Mist Christmas Badminton Singles tournament 2017…Priyanna Ramdhani upstages father and Coach Gokarn Ramdhani

Dec 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH Powerade & Aqua Mist Christmas Badminton Singles tournament 2017…Priyanna Ramdhani upstages father and Coach Gokarn Ramdhani

The Guyana Badminton Association & Banks DIH LTD Powerade & Aqua Mist Christmas Badminton Singles Tournament 2017 started on Friday last at the National Gymnasium and concludes today. The...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more