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NY-based company sole sourced in $366M drug contract -major local suppliers disqualified

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on NY-based company sole sourced in $366M drug contract -major local suppliers disqualified

There are questions over a $350M-plus drug contract last year to a New York-based company. The contract, valued at US$1,789,886.15 ($366,926,660.80) was awarded on sole sourcing to a company called...

Guyana shouldn’t waste time behind National Oil Company now-Dr. Mangal …warns it would be a perfect avenue for corruption

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana shouldn’t waste time behind National Oil Company now-Dr. Mangal …warns it would be a perfect avenue for corruption

By Kiana Wilburg If Guyana creates a National Oil Company (NOC) now, or even two to three years after oil production, it would simply be another avenue for corruption. This was essentially the...

Fuel truck driver dies after Lethem trail “explosion”

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel truck driver dies after Lethem trail “explosion”

– Family suspects foul play A father of two who sustained third degrees burns about his body after a fuel truck exploded in Lethem succumbed on Friday, at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH)....

Jagdeo has no moral authority to speak on corruption – Badal

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo has no moral authority to speak on corruption – Badal

Local businessman, Robert Badal has declared that this is the last time he will respond to former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, who is “fading into insignificance.” However, in his “last”...

Police tell home invasion victims story does not sound “real”

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police tell home invasion victims story does not sound “real”

– questions family where they got money from A 39-year-old woman and her brother are now in fear after their 51 Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice residence was invaded by armed bandits at their...

First triplets born at GPHC since 2012

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on First triplets born at GPHC since 2012

One set of triplets and three sets of twins are currently enjoying the hospitality of staffers of the Maternity Wing of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC]. While the birth of twin...

Large Greenheart shipment leaves for New York

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Large Greenheart shipment leaves for New York

Amid all the bad news- at least one of them involving a fatality- on the hinterland roads, there is some good ones. A large shipment of Greenheart piles and timber is currently being loaded for New...

Bus kills man on McDoom pedestrian crossing

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bus kills man on McDoom pedestrian crossing

Dexter Thomas, 48, of Lot 14 Haslington, East Coast Demerara, died yesterday after he was struck down by minibus BWW 6110 on a pedestrian crossing, on the Mc Doom public road. The accident was caught...

Pauline and Kumar mek Guyanese more shame

Jul 08, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Pauline and Kumar mek Guyanese more shame

When shame was sharing Guyanese tek all. Dem ain’t got nobody who got more shame than Guyanese. Dem does stand up and hear people talking bad bout Guyana and dem does be too shame fuh seh anything....

Driven to improve the delivery of knowledge… Senior Education Officer, Ms. Carol Benn, is a ‘Special Person’

Jul 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Special Person Comments Off on Driven to improve the delivery of knowledge… Senior Education Officer, Ms. Carol Benn, is a ‘Special Person’

““You get a lot of satisfaction from this work because you don’t just get a chance to point out where teachers are going wrong, but you get a chance to correct them and see them improve.”...

Chris Ram excels in UK Oil and Gas Law Programme

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Chris Ram excels in UK Oil and Gas Law Programme

On Tuesday, Chartered Accountant, Chris Ram received a Certificate for the Masters of Laws in Oil and Gas at a graduation ceremony in the Great Hall of Reading University in England. Reading is one...

BV boy is President of America Heart Association

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on BV boy is President of America Heart Association

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – With a father who worked as a postmaster and a mother who was a homemaker, Ivor Benjamin grew up under modest circumstances. The Benjamins lived in Guyana, a small nation on...

Bus catches afire on Highway

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bus catches afire on Highway

A Pit-bull minibus caught afire on the, Soesdyke-Linden Highway recently after developing mechanical problems in the vicinity of the Hararauni Village. The minibus caught afire around 07:00 hrs....

Operators hike sand prices by as much as 100 percent

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Operators hike sand prices by as much as 100 percent

Operators on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, East Bank Demerara, have announced a major hike in the price for sand from tomorrow. However, it appears that the hike would be raising some eyebrows....

MPs to debate re-establishment of Labour Ministry

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on MPs to debate re-establishment of Labour Ministry

The People’s Progressive party (PPP) is pushing for the re-establishment of a Ministry of Labour and the issue is up for debate in the National Assembly this week. Trade union leaders have been...

GBA School Boys & Junior Boxing C/Ships… FYF dominates as Coach Blake asks RDC’s for assistance for out-of-Towns teams

Jul 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA School Boys & Junior Boxing C/Ships… FYF dominates as Coach Blake asks RDC’s for assistance for out-of-Towns teams

The third Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) School Boys and Junior Boxing Championships were held yesterday at the Andrew ‘six heads’ Lewis Boxing Gym in Albouystown with the youngsters from...

CARICOM united behind judicial process to settle border controversy

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM united behind judicial process to settle border controversy

CARICOM member states have expressed their support for the judicial process underway before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to settle the matter of the border controversy between Guyana and...

EBFA / Juicy Juice U-13 League… Diamond Utd. trounce Herstelling Raiders 7-1 – Swan, Timehri, Dia. Upsetters & Samatta Point KV take full points

Jul 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA / Juicy Juice U-13 League… Diamond Utd. trounce Herstelling Raiders 7-1 – Swan, Timehri, Dia. Upsetters & Samatta Point KV take full points

The inaugural East Bank Football Association / Juicy Juice sponsored Under-13 League kicked off yesterday at the Timehri Red Ground, East Bank Demerara with Diamond United recording the biggest win...

Hand-in-Hand backs GBA’s Caribbean School Tournament

Jul 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand backs GBA’s Caribbean School Tournament

Guyana will host the third edition of the Caribbean School Boys and Juniors Boxing Championships from August 17-19 and Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life and Insurance Companies has come out in...

E’bo rice farmers still due payments

Jul 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo rice farmers still due payments

After more than three months of completing their harvest, farmers on the Essequibo Coast are still to receive payments for the paddy. This information was revealed by the executives of the Essequibo...

GFF Elite League season III… Ian Alleyne’s brace guides Conquerors 5-0 win over Victoria – Den Amstel trounce GDF to add to their woes

Jul 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Elite League season III… Ian Alleyne’s brace guides Conquerors 5-0 win over Victoria – Den Amstel trounce GDF to add to their woes

The second half of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Elite League season three commenced on Friday evening at the National Track and Field Center (NTFC) at Leonora with a double header that...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more