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Less than 300 taxpayers account for 68 percent of GRA total revenue – GRA Boss

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Less than 300 taxpayers account for 68 percent of GRA total revenue – GRA Boss

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell What better place to talk about tax evasion than a room filled with influential businessmen and women? Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner General, Godfrey...

PPP open to scrutiny of oil blocks awarded during its time– Jagdeo

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PPP open to scrutiny of oil blocks awarded during its time– Jagdeo

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, says that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) would be open to scrutiny of any contracts it had signed as it relates to oil blocks. Jagdeo’s comments come in...

Education Ministry PS contract not renewed

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry PS contract not renewed

In a surprise move, Government has not renewed the contract of Vibert Welch, Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Education. The PS, who was moved to that key ministry last year in a shakeup...

Release GGMC, all other forensic audits – Opposition Leader

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Release GGMC, all other forensic audits – Opposition Leader

By Kiana Wilburg Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, wants the Government of Guyana to release all the forensic audit reports it commissioned when it assumed office in 2015. The former President made...

American Airlines to start Miami flights from November

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on American Airlines to start Miami flights from November

Representatives of American Airlines met with the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) earlier this month to confirm an intent to start operations later this year. According to GCAA...

Corentyne farmer stabs spouse to death, attempts suicide …police did not take previous reports seriously

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne farmer stabs spouse to death, attempts suicide …police did not take previous reports seriously

By Malisa Playter Harry A 28-year-old mother of four is dead after being stabbed by her former common law partner, a farmer of Limlair Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Dead is Tovonie Alexce Simmons, of...

A man gone into hiding

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A man gone into hiding

Moon does run till day ketch it. Old people got another saying how every day bucket does go to well; one day de bottom gun drop out. People wukking wid govt does always hustle de treasury. De smart...

Jagdeo denies Ramroop’s involvement in Marriott syndicated deal

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo denies Ramroop’s involvement in Marriott syndicated deal

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, who oversaw the controversial construction of the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, yesterday denied that his close friend, Dr. Ranjisinghi ‘Bobby’ Ramroop is...

GNIC completes fabrication of 40 buoys in record time

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GNIC completes fabrication of 40 buoys in record time

Guyana National Industrial Company Incorporated (GNIC) was recently awarded a contract by the Demerara Harbour Bridge for the fabrication of 40 buoys and has finished the construction in...

Third Edition of Aliann Pompey Invitational launched – 25 Countries set to compete at Leonora

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Edition of Aliann Pompey Invitational launched – 25 Countries set to compete at Leonora

Grenada’s 400M Olympics and World Championships Gold Medallist 25-year-old Kirani James and USA born Guyanese 2018 Commonwealth Games Triple Jump Gold Medallist Troy Doris will headline a field of...

GCF National Championships 2018… Activade Energy Drink on board as official drink, ITT set for tomorrow

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF National Championships 2018… Activade Energy Drink on board as official drink, ITT set for tomorrow

Sueria Manufacturing Inc. of Eccles Industrial Area, East Bank Demerara, under their Activade Sports Drink brand has joined with the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) for its marquee event, the...

Balloons released for Lindo Creek victims

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Balloons released for Lindo Creek victims

After a memorial service at the Brickdam Cathedral on Wednesday, relatives and friends of those who lost their lives in the Lindo Creek massacre gathered at Square of the Revolution to march in...

‘Nasty Man’ guilty of ‘Warlock’ murder

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on ‘Nasty Man’ guilty of ‘Warlock’ murder

Delon Henry, called ‘Nasty Man,’ who was charged for the murder of a ‘Back Circle’ footballer, Dexter Griffith, three years ago, was found guilty yesterday. Henry killed Griffith, formerly of...

GCUSA to hold interactive session on Sunday

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCUSA to hold interactive session on Sunday

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA) in an effort to encourage young people to take up Umpiring, has organised a ‘Continuous Umpiring Education’ Session on June 24 which...

GOA to observe Olympic Day with a number of activities – 10K Team, Fun Run, Jog & Walk on this Sunday

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA to observe Olympic Day with a number of activities – 10K Team, Fun Run, Jog & Walk on this Sunday

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) would be joining other affiliates of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in observing Olympic Day which is celebrated worldwide on June 23rd, each year. As...

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Guyana’s CBC Men’s Player Profiles Guyana’s Senior Men’s Team would be contesting the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships from June 23-30 at the Anthony Nesty Sporthal,...

Hard Work, commitment and discipline paid off for Keemo Paul

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hard Work, commitment and discipline paid off for Keemo Paul

By Zaheer Mohamed Keemo Mandela Angus Paul became Guyana’s latest West Indies test recruit; he was called up on Tuesday last for the final Test against Sri Lanka in Barbados. The game will commence...

Couple ID neighbours as rape/robbery suspects …cops puzzled by some elements of case

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Couple ID neighbours as rape/robbery suspects …cops puzzled by some elements of case

An East Bank Essequibo couple, yesterday, pointed out two neighbours whom they claim carried out last Tuesday’s rape/robbery in their home. The suspects were picked out during an identification...

Rawle Toney Thinks the Young Women Representing Guyana in Basketball were “Humiliated”

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rawle Toney Thinks the Young Women Representing Guyana in Basketball were “Humiliated”

One of the headlines in the Sports section of Guyana Chronicle, “The Nation’s Paper” dated June 21, 2018; claimed “Guyana humiliated 24-112 by Dominican Republic”. The Cambridge English...

Carlton Sinclair is BCB Father of the Year

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Carlton Sinclair is BCB Father of the Year

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday last, honoured 71 year-old Carlton Sinclair as its 2018 Father of the Year under its Tribute to Heroes Programme. The event was organised by the Special...

Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Coaching Programme… BCB to host spinners and batsmen Clinics this weekend, dozens of youths to benefit

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Coaching Programme… BCB to host spinners and batsmen Clinics this weekend, dozens of youths to benefit

The Albion Community Centre Cricket Ground, would be a hive of activity this weekend as the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) continues its effort to ensure players potential is fulfilled on the field. The...

GCB donate brush cutter to LBI Community Centre Cricket Club

Jun 22, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB donate brush cutter to LBI Community Centre Cricket Club

The Guyana Cricket Board, on Wednesday last donated a Honda brush cutter to the LBI Community Center Cricket Club (LBICCCC). The brief presentation took place at the GCB office on Regent Road,...

Several villages in Mahaicony under water

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Several villages in Mahaicony under water

…Farmers seek help from NDIA Five farmers in the Mahaicony area are calculating their losses in the millions, after dams in the Gordon Table and First Savanna, have been overrun with water,...

PAHO teams begin mercury investigation at GGMC complex

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO teams begin mercury investigation at GGMC complex

A team from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is currently assessing the mercury clean-up efforts at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Brickdam complex. The team, which...

Evidence of Political Interference in Village Councils Elections

Jun 22, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Evidence of Political Interference in Village Councils Elections

Ministers of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock, and Valerie Garrido-Lowe are calling out the Parliamentary Opposition for blatantly disregarding the Amerindian Act 2006 and...

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Clarendon College too good for Dolphin as Annai Sec’ holds Speyside College to 4-all draw

The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more