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CONCESSIONS GALORE!!!! Guyana loses $42B in tax breaks to foreign gold company, gets $5B in royalties

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CONCESSIONS GALORE!!!! Guyana loses $42B in tax breaks to foreign gold company, gets $5B in royalties

By Kiana Wilburg Would you give away $100,000 on a monthly basis from your bank account, only to receive less than $10,000 in profits? Of course not! But this is the kind of lunacy that characterizes...

Tip of the iceberg… Distribution of sugar was manipulated to favour GuySuCo friends – report

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tip of the iceberg… Distribution of sugar was manipulated to favour GuySuCo friends – report

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), in addition to not doing the best job to ensure it received top price from its overseas customers, was also not doing enough to protect the local market....

BP uses taxation tricks on T&T, must pay back $1B

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on BP uses taxation tricks on T&T, must pay back $1B

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has been able to get British Petroleum (BP), the largest natural gas operator within its shores, to pay TT$1 billion (US$150M) it owes the state in outstanding...

Bandits cut open roof, terrorize West Dem shop owner and family

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits cut open roof, terrorize West Dem shop owner and family

A businessman and his family were beaten and robbed at gun point, in the wee hours of Wednesday morning; calls to 911 for help went unanswered. Naresh Persaud, of 546 Recht-door-Zee, WCD, his wife,...

Ashni, Brassington fly out to the U.S … SOCU still seeking to question duo in ongoing fraud probes

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ashni, Brassington fly out to the U.S … SOCU still seeking to question duo in ongoing fraud probes

Investigators of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) will have to wait to get more answers from two former high-ranking Government officials in connection with several active fraud cases. Former...

Nothing illegal with our fuel… GRA erred in sealing boats- Pritipaul Singh fisheries

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nothing illegal with our fuel… GRA erred in sealing boats- Pritipaul Singh fisheries

Guyana’s biggest fishing company, Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI), is insisting that the decision by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) over the weekend to seal two vessels with fuel was a...

Foreign companies come wid condom fuh Guyana

May 17, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Foreign companies come wid condom fuh Guyana

When dem foreign companies come to Guyana all of dem does expect to have a good time. Is like when a man enter a brothel. He got some money and de women inside de brothel does get excited. When de...

Crime scene rank testifies to recording interview with taxi driver accused of killing teacher

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Crime scene rank testifies to recording interview with taxi driver accused of killing teacher

Police Sergeant Rawle Nedd yesterday testified in the matter against, taxi driver, Matthew Munroe, who is currently before the court on a murder charge. Forty-seven-year-old Munroe, of Diamond...

Court judgments, settlements inherited from previous administration

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Court judgments, settlements inherited from previous administration

Attorney General, (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams, has said that responsibility for the multi-million dollars in judgments and settlements by the State in the last few years rests...

46th COTED Meeting opens: Decisive action needed on fake goods

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 46th COTED Meeting opens: Decisive action needed on fake goods

The 46th Meeting of the Council of Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opened yesterday in Georgetown with a call for decisive action on fake goods and the alleged dumping Turkish flour onto...

GBTI contempt trial….Prosecution to defend ‘expert witness’

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GBTI contempt trial….Prosecution to defend ‘expert witness’

The prosecution was ordered to provide reasons to support a request for the court to deem Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) forensic analyst, Special Superintendent Sherronne James, an expert...

High Court set to rule on application to stop proceedings against Singh, Brassington

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on High Court set to rule on application to stop proceedings against Singh, Brassington

The High Court is set to rule on the application to stop the Magistrates’ Court proceedings filed against former Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

Hijacked Diamond car found in city with false plates

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Hijacked Diamond car found in city with false plates

Police have recovered a car hijacked Sunday night from a family living in Diamond, East Bank Demerara. The car, with fake number plates, was later recovered on a city street. According to the police...

WIFBSC 2018 – Barbados … Team Guyana set and ready to defend titles next week – Coach Slowe

May 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on WIFBSC 2018 – Barbados … Team Guyana set and ready to defend titles next week – Coach Slowe

Head Coach of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA) Paul Slowe says he is confident that the team is well prepared, focused and ready to defend its Short, Long range and individual titles...

Attempt murder accused to go on trial

May 17, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Attempt murder accused to go on trial

Deryck Jaisingh, a businessman was yesterday morning indicted on two counts of attempt to commit murder before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Georgetown. He fired shots at two men at...

8th Annual Powerade 11-Race Programme set for Saturday @ NP

May 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 8th Annual Powerade 11-Race Programme set for Saturday @ NP

The 8th annual Powerade 11-race cycle programme sponsored by Banks DIH Limited will be contested this Saturday at the inner circuit of the National Park. The nation’s cyclists at every level would...

Sheriff Street man wanted by SOCU

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Sheriff Street man wanted by SOCU

The police have issued a wanted bulletin for a man who is suspected of being involved in a scheme to rip off the Government of Guyana. According to the police, Jadoo Datt, is wanted by the police for...

GASA four-day clinic commences

May 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GASA four-day clinic commences

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) four-day clinic commenced yesterday at the National Aquatic Centre, Lilliendaal, East Coast Demerara. The clinic which is designed to train officials...

Trucker appeals 108-year sentence

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Trucker appeals 108-year sentence

The man who was found guilty of causing the death of 12 persons back in 2010 and was found guilty and sentenced to nine years in jail on each of the 12 charges, a total of 108 years in jail, has...

Accident on Regent Street leaves elderly woman hospitalised

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Accident on Regent Street leaves elderly woman hospitalised

An 83-year-old was hit down at the corners of Regent and Wellington Streets Tuesday evening around 6:45 pm. Witnesses claim the driver attempted to drive away after hitting down the old lady, and was...

Balkishun ton, Cudjoe 6-wkt haul hand Bladen Hall first innings

May 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Balkishun ton, Cudjoe 6-wkt haul hand Bladen Hall first innings

Pradesh Balkishun struck a fine century, while pacer Shawn Cudjoe grabbed six wickets to hand Bladen Hall Secondary first innings points against Buxton Secondary when the REO Region four inter...

GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL…Cummings Lodge humble Bladen Hall

May 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL…Cummings Lodge humble Bladen Hall

The 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/ National Sport Commission/National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL) continued with competitive...

Teachers, mothers recognized by Mohamed’s Enterpise

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Teachers, mothers recognized by Mohamed’s Enterpise

Mohamed’s Enterprise of Lot 29 Lombard Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, has once again fulfilled its corporate social responsibility. This time, on May 14, last, the company distributed 45 hampers...

Timber Expo set for this weekend

May 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Timber Expo set for this weekend

The Guyana National Stadium is expected to be packed this weekend with the three-day Timber Expo. Beginning tomorrow, on display will be products made from Guyana’s forest including furniture,...

O.G Shipping / Team Alanis Cycle Meet… Nations best to compete around outer circuit of National Park

May 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on O.G Shipping / Team Alanis Cycle Meet… Nations best to compete around outer circuit of National Park

Following an exciting and lucrative Independence Three-Stage Cycle Road Race last weekend, cyclists will once again be aiming to out pedal each other on Sunday around the outer circuit of the...

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$1.5M up for grabs at K&S National Futsal Championship

A broad-based movement for the people’s voice on oil

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The call for a referendum on Guyana’s oil contract is a step in the right direction,... more