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Revenue Authority, GEA at odds over number of fuel import licence… One Licence being used for multiple operations

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Revenue Authority, GEA at odds over number of fuel import licence… One Licence being used for multiple operations

The detaining of a boat last week has brought the spotlight sharply back on the fuel industry. This week, Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia, disclosed that there are almost 100 import licences in...

“Free-for-all” fuel business in Region One… Aircraft operators have been breaching Customs Act for years …GRA Boss

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Free-for-all” fuel business in Region One… Aircraft operators have been breaching Customs Act for years …GRA Boss

By Kiana Wilburg For more than 20 years, Region One has been a “free-for-all” port for those involved in the fuel industry. But that is about to change says, GRA Commissioner General, Godfrey...

Safeguards to be put in place to combat inflated costs by oil companies -Statia

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Safeguards to be put in place to combat inflated costs by oil companies -Statia

Oil companies are notorious for using inflated costs to reduce the profits that should go to the countries they are operating in. But Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA),...

Abattoir employee kills reputed wife and dogs, then slashes his throat

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Abattoir employee kills reputed wife and dogs, then slashes his throat

The West Bank Demerara community of Wales erupted in violence at around 0300 hrs yesterday, when an abattoir employee killed his reputed wife and three dogs, then set a neighbour’s house alight,...

Proposed cybercrime bill… Int’l media watchdog group warns against penalties for whistleblowers and media

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Proposed cybercrime bill… Int’l media watchdog group warns against penalties for whistleblowers and media

An international media watchdog group has elevated Guyana on the world press freedom index while raising concerns about the negative impact the proposed cybercrime bill will have on whistleblowers...

Govt. team visits Rusal…Task Force established to deal with possible loss of jobs

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. team visits Rusal…Task Force established to deal with possible loss of jobs

The Coalition government has established a task force to ensure workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) are not adversely affected by recent sanctions affecting parent company...

Wake up de hang man

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Wake up de hang man

Almost four months gone in the year and dem boys tired counting how much people get murder, some of dem in dem own home. Yesterday, dem had de most brutal murder. A man vex wid a woman and decide he...

Fair performance from Guyana at Commonwealth Games – GOA boss – More effective planning needed going forward

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fair performance from Guyana at Commonwealth Games – GOA boss – More effective planning needed going forward

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) held a press conference at their head office at Olympic House, Block XXX Lilliendaal, East Coast Demerara, yesterday, to brief on Guyana’s performance at the...

YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH… Six matches completed last weekend, girls’ division bounces off this afternoon

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH… Six matches completed last weekend, girls’ division bounces off this afternoon

Play in Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) Regonals continued last weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Homestretch Avenue last Friday and...

Berbice Cricket Board holds Stakeholders Conference

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Cricket Board holds Stakeholders Conference

The Executives of the Berbice Cricket Board as part of its Meet the Club Programme on Sunday 22nd April, 2018, hosted its first every Berbice Cricket Stakeholders Conference at the Albion Sports...

Male volleyball squad shortlisted for tournament in Bolivia

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Male volleyball squad shortlisted for tournament in Bolivia

After a number of weeks of intense training and a final day of trials which was held on Sunday 22 April at the National Gymnasium, the Guyana Volleyball Federation Selection committee led by head...

RTBCA’s Goodwood Tapeball cricket set for Saturday

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RTBCA’s Goodwood Tapeball cricket set for Saturday

The 2018 Schoolboys Tapeball knock-out Cricket competition organised by the Royal Tape Ball Cricket Academy (RTBCA) for the Goodwood Racing Service Trophy, bowls off on Saturday at the Jubilee Park...

Guyana would not need ExxonMobil if it eliminates fuel smuggling

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana would not need ExxonMobil if it eliminates fuel smuggling

It is believed that if fuel smuggling was to be eliminated overnight, there will be two major implications for Guyana. The first is that there would be long lines for petrol throughout the country....

Essequibo Rice Miller secures $99 M judgment against GRDB

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Rice Miller secures $99 M judgment against GRDB

An Essequibo rice miller, Arnold Sankar, has secured a judgment against the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to the tune of over $99 million. Sankar of Arnold Sankar and Sons Rice Mills had filed...

Major flooding averted at Hubu

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Major flooding averted at Hubu

Quick thinking by the Region Three administration averted a major flood at Hubu on the East Bank Essequibo. Regional Executive Officer Denis Jaikaran told the Department of Public Information (DPI)...

After 85 years …Guyana still to have modern Abattoir

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on After 85 years …Guyana still to have modern Abattoir

After 85 years in operation, the Municipal Abattoir which processes approximately 75 percent of the meat sold on the local markets is yet to be modernised. Since 1933, The Abattoir which operates...

‘‘Make yourselves relevant in this technology age’’

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘‘Make yourselves relevant in this technology age’’

-Minister Harmon charge administrative professionals Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, yesterday challenged administrative professionals to advance their training and education and to make...

America St. money-changer murder… Three more witnesses testify in PI

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on America St. money-changer murder… Three more witnesses testify in PI

A police witness and two relatives of the men who are accused of murdering an American Street money-changer, yesterday testified in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder. The matter is being...

CRMA processes over 700 job requests in first quarter of 2018

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CRMA processes over 700 job requests in first quarter of 2018

Job seekers have been able to secure employment in the hundreds via the Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CMRA). According to Chief Recruitment and Manpower Officer, Valarie Moore, for the...

New Golden Grove Secondary will have elevator for disabled students

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on New Golden Grove Secondary will have elevator for disabled students

Some 900 East Coast Demerara students will have a brand new school to pursue their secondary education come May. The construction of the Golden Grove Secondary School is expected to be completed in...

Neal and Massy employee accused of stealing $434,000

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Neal and Massy employee accused of stealing $434,000

Shaquan Williams, a 20 year old, who resides at Moca, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday charged for stealing money from Massy Incorporated, a company with which he was employed. Magistrate Fabayo...

Murdered fisherman’s boat, other belongings tendered in trial

Apr 26, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Murdered fisherman’s boat, other belongings tendered in trial

A grey and red ballahoo (a small wooden boat), a Yamaha engine, a fishing line and a pair of long boots were among the belongings of murdered fisherman Envil Pollard, which were inspected by Justice...

As PANCAP programme gets underway… Calls made for collective action for domestic financing of HIV response

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on As PANCAP programme gets underway… Calls made for collective action for domestic financing of HIV response

During the last six years, the annual number of new HIV infections among adults across the Caribbean has remained static. Based on available data, the reported HIV cases was an estimated 17,000 in...

Security sector reform hinges on oil revenue – Presidential Adviser

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security sector reform hinges on oil revenue – Presidential Adviser

Significant work has resulted in a security sector reform plan in the hands of President David Granger, but his Adviser, British security expert, Lt. Col (Ret’d) Russell Combe said implementing the...

Op-Ed: Protecting Intellectual Property –Incentivizing Economic Growth, Creativity, and Progress

Apr 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Op-Ed: Protecting Intellectual Property –Incentivizing Economic Growth, Creativity, and Progress

By United States Ambassador Perry L. Holloway Every year on April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that patents, trademarks, and copyright play in promoting...

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Electrician killed after trucks collide on Sheriff Street

Dead: Carlton Smartt Kaieteur News- A 42-year-old contractor was crushed to death on Tuesday morning after two trucks collided... more