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Prospective Chancellor has questionable record

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News 2

Amidst reports that he has been tipped to fill the position of Chancellor of the Judiciary locally, Guyana- born Belizean Chief Justice, Kenneth Benjamin is facing criticisms overseas over lengthy...

IMF faults the conclusion on confidentiality clauses

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on IMF faults the conclusion on confidentiality clauses

… disclosures will encourage accountability, more informed public debates By: Kiana Wilburg For months, members of the coalition administration and even stakeholders within the petroleum...

Drug addict says he mistakenly killed Sophia man, injured fiancé

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Drug addict says he mistakenly killed Sophia man, injured fiancé

A drug addict has told police investigators that he mistook 35-year-old Celwin Allen for a man who attacked him earlier on Christmas Day and fatally stabbed him around 19:35 hrs at ‘C’ Field...

Skullduggery in the auto sales industry…Predatory contracts, questionable repossession under the spotlight

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Skullduggery in the auto sales industry…Predatory contracts, questionable repossession under the spotlight

The complaints have been growing in recent years. A number of auto dealers are being accused of deliberately running schemes where consumers are being given the short end of the stick. Persons...

Three injured in Corentyne wedding house shooting

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Three injured in Corentyne wedding house shooting

Three men are currently nursing gunshot wounds about their bodies after being shot by armed men at Hampshire Village, Corentyne, Berbice. The injured have since been identified as Samuel Samaroo, 28,...

Man loses eye on Xmas Day after bottle hurled in face

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Man loses eye on Xmas Day after bottle hurled in face

Dwayne Small, 24, of Plaisance lost his left eye on Christmas Day after individuals who were fighting at a shop accidentally hurled a bottle in his face. The incident occurred around 17:00 hrs on...

Smoking in public places ban begins with phased implementation

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Smoking in public places ban begins with phased implementation

Non-smokers can now breathe easier as the Coalition Government has begun the implementation of the long-awaited ban on smoking in public places across Guyana. Minister of Public Health, Volda...

Diamond man charged with murder of Craig resident

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond man charged with murder of Craig resident

A 21-year-old man was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of a Cayenne, French Guiana man. Kevin Persaud appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Senior Magistrate...

Exxon will protect Guyana’s rhinos from oil spill

Dec 28, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Exxon will protect Guyana’s rhinos from oil spill

Christmas is one holiday when family does deh together. Any division or separation where family can’t deh together on dat special day, believe dem boys; something wrang. Nuff people didn’t spend...

“New Demerara River Bridge is on” – Minister Patterson

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News 1

Work on the new Demerara River Crossing is slated to commence in 2018. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, assured Region Three at a recent forum that tenders for the bridge...

Motorcyclist killed in Boxing Day accident

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist killed in Boxing Day accident

A 20-year-old Norton Street, Lodge resident was killed in an accident Tuesday night after the motorcycle he was riding crashed head-on with a car on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown. Shaquille...

Disappearance of US$1M, a fit and proper case for SOCU- Nandlall tells House

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Disappearance of US$1M, a fit and proper case for SOCU- Nandlall tells House

Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall is of the opinion that the operations of the APNU+AFC Government is far from being above board. Nandlall even said that the government is guilty of the very...

Brazil maintains support for Guyana’s border position

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil maintains support for Guyana’s border position

The Government of Brazil maintains that the settlement of Guyana/Venezuela Border is final and must be respected. Following his attendance at the recently concluded MERCOSUR Summit held in Brazil,...

Ruling looms on Caribbean Airline 2011 Timehri crash

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling looms on Caribbean Airline 2011 Timehri crash

Connecticut, US (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether an airline should pay damages to a Connecticut woman injured in a plane crash in Guyana in 2011. Judge Michael Shea in Hartford...

Oil discoveries fall to lowest level in 70 years

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Oil discoveries fall to lowest level in 70 years

Unconventional output may be booming, but the low oil prices of the past three years have led to the lowest level of oil discoveries in the past 70 years. Oil companies discovered less oil and gas in...

Govt. awaits US$37.6M loan from China

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. awaits US$37.6M loan from China

…to develop national broadband The government is in negotiations with the Export-Import Bank of China (EXIM Bank) to secure funds to roll out a national broadband project which will greatly improve...

Taxi driver jailed 4 yrs, fined $10M for roadblock ganja seizure

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver jailed 4 yrs, fined $10M for roadblock ganja seizure

A taxi driver who was nabbed by police on July 11, 2017 at a police road block in front of the Fort Wellington Police Station, has been jailed for four years and fined a total of $10.385M. Andre...

Former murder accused, another jailed for armed robbery

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News 1

Former murder accused, Negus Lamazon, was yesterday jailed for four years and two months after he was convicted on a robbery under-arms charge by Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Georgetown...

17 Christmas Day babies

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 17 Christmas Day babies

As many were in their homes celebrating the birth of Christ, the city hospitals saw families receiving major blessings on Christmas Day. The first Christmas miracle was a baby boy born to Malinie...

Martin Boodhoo dies

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News 1

…established Privatisation Unit Former Pro-Chancellor and economist, Dr. Martin Boodhoo, has died. According to close friends, the official, a one-time advisor to the United Nations, passed away in...

Essequibian family spreads spirit of Christmas with over 1000 children

Dec 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibian family spreads spirit of Christmas with over 1000 children

A small Essequibian family has taken it upon themselves to share the joys of Christmas with about ten communities on the Essequibo Coast. Businessman Banie Persaud and his three daughters have set...

Ramkarran is more intolerant of criticism than Ramjattan

Dec 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ramkarran is more intolerant of criticism than Ramjattan

DEAR EDITOR, I have long argued that many of the persons in this country who write extolling certain positive values do not embrace those values themselves. One of those persons I have identified...

Sons of Champions Boxing Day Fight Card…Allicock cops Best Boxer award

Dec 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sons of Champions Boxing Day Fight Card…Allicock cops Best Boxer award

Wins for Amsterdam, Kessney & Headley By Sean Devers In the Golden era of Boxing in Guyana there was Professional Boxing every Boxing Day at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall where the many Boxing...

On Christmas Eve, I saw reason why this man may leave Guyana

Dec 28, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On Christmas Eve, I saw reason why this man may leave Guyana

There are things Governments just don’t do. If they are insensitive and they do them they may engender unpleasant expressions of anger from citizens or they may lose their credibility in the eyes...

The new year should not bring new fears

Dec 28, 2017 KNews Letters Comments Off on The new year should not bring new fears

DEAR EDITOR, New Year has joined the list of things that are gradually becoming objects of derision and contempt among many people. These New Year pessimists reason that if a person has not been...

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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