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Guyana fails to attract private investment in infrastructure for almost a decade – IDB

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana fails to attract private investment in infrastructure for almost a decade – IDB

According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Guyana has failed to attract a single private investment in almost a decade—eight years to be exact. This was recorded in IDB’s recently...

Guyana must avoid simply mimicking other country’s local content policies

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must avoid simply mimicking other country’s local content policies

…Chatham House urges emerging oil producer to do gap analysis By Kiana Wilburg Too often, local content policies are designed without sufficient consideration of the resources available nationally...

Islamic Bank freezes loan to Somalia …audit reveals irregularities with disbursement

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Islamic Bank freezes loan to Somalia …audit reveals irregularities with disbursement

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has reportedly suspended a US$5M loan to the Government of Somalia following accusations of mismanagement and corruption. Voice of America, a US government-funded...

East Coast four-lane expansion…Chinese contractor sacks truckers who protest delay in payments

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on East Coast four-lane expansion…Chinese contractor sacks truckers who protest delay in payments

The Chinese contractor working to expand the East Coast Demerara four-lane highway, yesterday ordered that a number of truckers who were protesting non-payment be sacked. At least five truckers who...

Region 4 probes $234,000 guard hut contract at Grove Market tarmac

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Region 4 probes $234,000 guard hut contract at Grove Market tarmac

Councillors of the Grove/Diamond Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) have clashed over a guard hut. The guard hut is located in the fenced compound of the Golden Grove Market tarmac, East Bank...

US-based Guyanese professor to chair teachers’ arbitration panel

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese professor to chair teachers’ arbitration panel

The Ministry of Social Protection yesterday said it has appointed US-based Guyanese Dr. Leyland Lucas as Chairman for the Arbitration Panel for the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Guyana...

Six testify in PI of security guard charged with murdering girlfriend

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Six testify in PI of security guard charged with murdering girlfriend

Six witnesses testified yesterday in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Shanece Lawrence, who was fatally stabbed last month allegedly by her boyfriend, Jermaine Bristol. Bristol is...

Bill Cosby, in cuffs, imprisoned for up to 10 years for sexual assault

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bill Cosby, in cuffs, imprisoned for up to 10 years for sexual assault

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby was marched out of court in shackles yesterday after a judge branded him a “predator” and sentenced him to between three and 10 years in prison for...

Dem Chinee got nuff politicians in dem pocket

Sep 26, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Chinee got nuff politicians in dem pocket

Dem boys always happy. You know why? Because dem don’t expect anything from anybody. Expectations always hurt. Dat is why dem African people punishing and suffering. Dem had high expectations. De...

Institute anti-abuse legislation to guard against tax avoidance schemes by oil operators –Int’l Firm

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Institute anti-abuse legislation to guard against tax avoidance schemes by oil operators –Int’l Firm

Given the troubles many countries have faced with collecting taxes from oil operators, the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) is recommending that Guyana and other emerging oil producers,...

BCB/Sueria Manufactuirng Magic Moments T20… RHT Bakewell crush Fyrish CC to win historic final

Sep 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/Sueria Manufactuirng Magic Moments T20… RHT Bakewell crush Fyrish CC to win historic final

Residents of Fyrish and surrounding villages came out in their numbers on Sunday last when the village hosted its first every Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) final. The entire ground was packed to...

UCI 2018 Road World Championships TT… Briton John ends last after accident, set for Road Race on Thursday

Sep 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCI 2018 Road World Championships TT… Briton John ends last after accident, set for Road Race on Thursday

Guyana’s lone cyclist at the 91st UCI Road World Championships taking place in Innsbruck, Austria, Briton John suffered some mechanical challenges after running into the barriers and ended last of...

GTU being bullied to accept arbitration chairman – Lyte -says this tactic will see strike action in seven days

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTU being bullied to accept arbitration chairman – Lyte -says this tactic will see strike action in seven days

The Guyana Teachers Union [GTU] is prepared to mobilize its membership to resume strike action if the Ministry of Social Protection moves forward with its decision to impose its appointee to chair...

Encore Consulting Corp. supports GSCL Inc Prime Minister’s Cup

Sep 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Encore Consulting Corp. supports GSCL Inc Prime Minister’s Cup

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) Inc. has gained the backing for Encore Consulting Corporation for the staging of the second edition of the Prime Minister’s Cup. This partnership was...

Herstelling and Farm in winners row

Sep 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Herstelling and Farm in winners row

Herstelling and Farm recorded victories when the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association/Neville Sarjoo Memorial 40-over tournament continued last weekend at YMCA. Herstelling defeated Eccles by eight...

‘Green State Challenge’ President’s Cup Horse Race Meet… Preparations continue for Sunday’s $10M showdown

Sep 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Green State Challenge’ President’s Cup Horse Race Meet… Preparations continue for Sunday’s $10M showdown

Preparations are in full swing for the highly anticipated ‘Green State Challenge’ President’s Cup Horse Race Meet slated for this Sunday at the Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC). The event is being...

We are sticking with the Elite League – Wayne Forde

Sep 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on We are sticking with the Elite League – Wayne Forde

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League concluded last Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground when Champions Fruta Conquerors ended their season on a high with a 1-0 victory...

Regional authorities developing plan to eliminate illegal, unregulated fishing

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Regional authorities developing plan to eliminate illegal, unregulated fishing

Marine experts will meet in Barbados this week for the Third Meeting of the joint Regional Working Group on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (RWG-IUU). During the meeting, they will...

Taxi driver committed to stand trial for GPHC Dispatcher’s murder

Sep 26, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Taxi driver committed to stand trial for GPHC Dispatcher’s murder

A taxi driver was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court in Georgetown for the murder of Melissa Skeete, a former dispatcher at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), whose...

29% GDP growth by 2020… Just another feel good statement, Guyanese will be no better off- Jagdeo

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 29% GDP growth by 2020… Just another feel good statement, Guyanese will be no better off- Jagdeo

Guyanese should not get their hopes up about statements by Finance Minister Winston Jordan to the effect that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is project to grow to 29.1 percent by 2020....

November 6 is Diwali; motorcade will end at Chateau Margot

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on November 6 is Diwali; motorcade will end at Chateau Margot

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s (GHDS) annual Deepavali Motorcades will be held in eight locations across Guyana from November 2-5, 2018. Diwali will be celebrated on Tuesday November 6. The...

EU steps up international cooperation on climate change in 2018

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on EU steps up international cooperation on climate change in 2018

The scale of the climate challenges we face today and in the future is clear. The adverse effects of climate change are already being felt around the world and pose a great threat to our planet and...

Travelspan strikes deal with American Airlines

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Travelspan strikes deal with American Airlines

NEW YORK, NY – Travelspan Vacations has announced a new sales agreement with US Carrier, American Airlines for the new North American to Guyana routes. This agreement between Travelspan and...

Woman’s decomposed body discovered in home at Bath Settlement.

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s decomposed body discovered in home at Bath Settlement.

Ranks in ‘B’ Division have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a decomposed female in her home last evening at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice....

HOLLAND CONDEMNS SEXUAL ABUSE OF LINDEN GIRL

Sep 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on HOLLAND CONDEMNS SEXUAL ABUSE OF LINDEN GIRL

Former Mayor of Linden and President of the Guyana Association of Municipalities, Carwyn Holland, has condemned the recent report of sexual abuse of a young Linden girl and the sharing of the video...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more