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GDF approved to spend $484M on purchase of 1970s aircraft

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GDF approved to spend $484M on purchase of 1970s aircraft

…Harmon defends decision, says they are like Rolls Royce The Government has secured Parliamentary approval for an additional $484M representing final payment towards the purchase of four fixed-wing...

Value of concessions by far exceeds taxes from foreign mining companies-Tax Chief

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Value of concessions by far exceeds taxes from foreign mining companies-Tax Chief

…Statia, Ram, Hinds agree with calls to review system By Kiana Wilburg On an annual basis, Guyana gives away billions of dollars worth in concessions to foreign mining companies. But based on the...

Bulkan, GWI clash over single sourcing of filtration units

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bulkan, GWI clash over single sourcing of filtration units

A senior government Minister and the head of a government company are at odds with one threatening actions. At the centre of the matter is the purchase of filtration units by the Guyana Water...

The troubles of oil rich nations… In five years, former Nigerian Pres. stole US$6.7B from Treasury

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The troubles of oil rich nations… In five years, former Nigerian Pres. stole US$6.7B from Treasury

…Ramson says Guyana’s fate may be similar By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Over a five-year period—1993 to 1998—former Nigerian President, the late Sani Abacha reportedly stole over US$6.7B...

45 hauled before the court for not using overpasses

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 45 hauled before the court for not using overpasses

Over the past week, the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department has been on a campaign that has seen some 45 persons being charged for avoiding the use of the newly constructed overpasses. The charge...

Hundreds of firearm licence applications pending

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds of firearm licence applications pending

– Board finally Gazetted to tackle backlog More than four months after the names were announced, the new members of the Firearms Licensing Board have finally been Gazetted. This will now pave...

Rice exports bags US$10M more in bumper first crop

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rice exports bags US$10M more in bumper first crop

As of May 7, the rice industry has harvested 86 percent of its 2018 first crop production and it is a bumper crop. The harvesting is 75,137 hectares of the 87,538 hectares sown. This is a significant...

Guyana-ExxonMobil contract makes no provision for proper disposal of Associated Gas

May 13, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Guyana-ExxonMobil contract makes no provision for proper disposal of Associated Gas

The Guyana-ExxonMobil agreement makes provisions for the discovery of Associated Gas, a form of natural gas which is found with deposits of petroleum. But if it is not found in commercial quantities,...

Ashni and Brazzy is nuff people bank vault

May 13, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh Comments Off on Ashni and Brazzy is nuff people bank vault

Brazzy and Ashni come to Guyana because dem suspect dat de magistrate woulda issue an arrest warrant fuh dem. And when dat happen then Guyana woulda seek to have dem deported. Dat is when de story...

Extradition proceeding for US murder suspects..State granted more time to file arguments

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Extradition proceeding for US murder suspects..State granted more time to file arguments

Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs- Marcus was forced yet again to grant another adjournment in the matter of Troy Anthony Thomas, who is wanted for murder in the United States. On Friday, when the...

2018 GFF Awards Ceremony and Dinner… Sherwyn Caesar and Tiandi Smith awarded male and female players of the year – Effervescent EBFA rightfully named association of the year

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2018 GFF Awards Ceremony and Dinner… Sherwyn Caesar and Tiandi Smith awarded male and female players of the year – Effervescent EBFA rightfully named association of the year

The current Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Executive Committee (Exco) led by President, Wayne Forde, successfully resuscitated the entity’s Annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner with a grand affair...

UWSCC/Independence Three-Stage Cycle Road Race… Jamal John (senior), Ajay Gopilall (junior), Niles & Choo-Wee-Nam (masters) lead

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on UWSCC/Independence Three-Stage Cycle Road Race… Jamal John (senior), Ajay Gopilall (junior), Niles & Choo-Wee-Nam (masters) lead

The third and final stage of this year’s United We Stand Cycle Club/Independence Three-Stage Cycle Road Race, today, is anticipated to be fiercely contested as the nation’s best jostle for the...

Woodpecker Products Junior Nat tourney… Cadogan upset Harding in match of the night – Wilshire to face-off with Daniel Islam in today’s U-17 final

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Junior Nat tourney… Cadogan upset Harding in match of the night – Wilshire to face-off with Daniel Islam in today’s U-17 final

Watched by large turn-out at the Georgetown Club on a wet and windy Friday night, Abosaide Cadogan and Makeda Harding set the place on fire with high quality Squash as they demonstrated plenty of...

BCB files court action against new cricket Ombudsman

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB files court action against new cricket Ombudsman

The saga in Guyana’s cricket continues as Secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Rabindranauth Saywack is seeking to stop the newly appointed Cricket Ombudsman Steven Lewis from functioning...

GCB Female T20 Inter-County tourney called off – 24-member squad to be shortlisted

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Female T20 Inter-County tourney called off – 24-member squad to be shortlisted

It looks like the May-June rain is here and is affecting outdoor sports in Guyana with cricket included with the washed out GCB Female Senior Inter-County T20 tournament not escaping the adverse...

Linden Synthetic Track on target for Oct. 2018 completion

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Linden Synthetic Track on target for Oct. 2018 completion

DPI, Guyana – The Department of Sport is on target with its October 2018 deadline for the laying of a state-of-the-art synthetic track in the mining town of Linden in Region 10 (Upper...

Lusignan Golf Club hosts Miss World Guyana Sports and Fitness competition today

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan Golf Club hosts Miss World Guyana Sports and Fitness competition today

The Executive and Members of the Lusignan Golf Club will join all to celebrate with all mothers in Guyana, and to wish them a wonderful and positively memorable Mothers’ Day experience this year....

16 schools from Region four to do battle as Inter-secondary competition launched – Play set for Enmore and Lusignan grounds

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 16 schools from Region four to do battle as Inter-secondary competition launched – Play set for Enmore and Lusignan grounds

The inaugural staging of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC)/DEVCON/Lloyd Britton/Regional Executive Officer (REO) Inter Secondary School Cricket competition that will see 16 schools from Region...

RHTY&SC and DVT-8 honour three outstanding Mothers under Patron’s Fund

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC and DVT-8 honour three outstanding Mothers under Patron’s Fund

Three outstanding Mothers from the ancient county of Berbice were on Saturday honoured as Mothers of the Year by the ten cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS and Daves...

Two decades later, Lorraine Scotland has the same Mother’s Day wish

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two decades later, Lorraine Scotland has the same Mother’s Day wish

By Sharmain Grainger Women are a strong, nurturing and very resilient breed of the human race. They are the ones who often have the amazing capability to devise a path where there literally is none,...

Success Enforcers makes dream start in GSL Unity Cup – Two matches only played as Lower east makes a start

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Success Enforcers makes dream start in GSL Unity Cup – Two matches only played as Lower east makes a start

Success Enforcers destroyed Good Hope by 92 runs in the Male Open category of The Unity Cup Softball Cricket Tournament for the national championship organized by the Guyana Softball League....

GuyanaNRA fund raising raffle drawn – Holder of ticket #0013050 wins 125CC Jialing Motorcycle

May 13, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GuyanaNRA fund raising raffle drawn – Holder of ticket #0013050 wins 125CC Jialing Motorcycle

The Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) fundraising raffle was drawn yesterday in the compound of Industrial Safety Supplies Inc., 226 Camp Street. The holder of ticket #0013050 (E....

Haimaruni HEYS participants determined to make a difference

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Haimaruni HEYS participants determined to make a difference

Excitement among 20 talented youths in Haimaruni in the Moruca sub-district, Barima-Waini, Region One, is brewing as the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme is changing the...

Government moves to heighten counter-piracy efforts

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Government moves to heighten counter-piracy efforts

-in light of recent attack in Surinamese waters Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, has said that Government will be heightening its counter-piracy activities in Guyana, in light of the recent deadly...

Int’l body recognizes work of Guyanese church leader

May 13, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l body recognizes work of Guyanese church leader

Awarded Honorary Doctorate for vision and leadership In recognition of his noble work for over thirty years in ministry in the nation and beyond, World of Life Ministries International (WOLMI) and...