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Two Sugar Industry Funds not audited in 38 years, another in nine years …Auditor General unable to verify $1.1B in deposits

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two Sugar Industry Funds not audited in 38 years, another in nine years …Auditor General unable to verify $1.1B in deposits

By Kiana Wilburg It has been over six years since the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund (SILWF) was audited and 38 years since the financial statements of the Sugar Industry Rehabilitation Fund and...

Audit reveals over 1900 breaches of forestry regulations in 3 years

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Audit reveals over 1900 breaches of forestry regulations in 3 years

By Kiana Wilburg A special report by a UK-based firm has revealed that there were over 1900 breaches of Guyana’s forestry laws for 2015, 2016 and 2017. The specific objective of the...

E’bo farmers to burn 1,000 acres of rice after bug bites deep

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo farmers to burn 1,000 acres of rice after bug bites deep

The rice industry in Region Two [Pomeroon/Supenaam] is presently experiencing what is believed to be its worst phase in history. According to reports reaching this publication, a severe paddy bug...

Defaulting suppliers/contractors cause undue embarrassment – GPHC CEO

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Defaulting suppliers/contractors cause undue embarrassment – GPHC CEO

– Official says not opposed to debarment regulations Failure to deliver medical supplies in a timely manner could see contractors being debarred in the not so distant future. A move in...

East Bank/East Coast link carries US$104M price tag – Three-phase project to comprise 25Km in roads

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on East Bank/East Coast link carries US$104M price tag – Three-phase project to comprise 25Km in roads

Construction of a key bypass road to link the East Bank and East Coast Demerara roadways is set to begin by July next year. The project, which see about 15 kilometres of roads built behind the East...

T&T Calypso icon ‘Mighty Shadow’ dies at 77

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on T&T Calypso icon ‘Mighty Shadow’ dies at 77

By Sean Devers in Trinidad The legendary Mighty Shadow passed away yesterday morning after suffering a stroke on Sunday. The Trinidad and Tobago Calypso icon was 77 Born on October 2, 1941, in...

Immigration checkpoint placed at Parika …almost 2,800 Venezuela migrants now in Guyana

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Immigration checkpoint placed at Parika …almost 2,800 Venezuela migrants now in Guyana

The Ministry of Citizenship said it is concerned about the number of Venezuelan migrants arriving at port Parika, Essequibo Islands- West Demerara Region (Region Three) without documentation,...

Attorney General’s chambers a no-show in Dr. Singh, Brassington case challenge

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney General’s chambers a no-show in Dr. Singh, Brassington case challenge

The absence of Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams and State lawyers has led to an adjournment in a court action brought against the State, which seeks to challenge the...

Cops switch raw evidence wid Peppa Pig cartoon

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cops switch raw evidence wid Peppa Pig cartoon

De police wasting dem time, de courts’ time and de people’s tax dollars. Imagine dem charge a homeless man fuh going in a school and pick couple mango; dem hold a man wid a spliff and dem charge...

Allie, Lall to lead CAMS team for CMRC final round

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Allie, Lall to lead CAMS team for CMRC final round

A strong contingent of cars from Caribbean American Motorsports (CAMS) is expected to hit these shores in the coming weeks. The team will be led by Afraz Allie who is expected to compete in the local...

Permanent solution being sought for gas well at Diamond

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Permanent solution being sought for gas well at Diamond

The new Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Dr. Vincent Adams says a permanent solution is being sought for the gas well at Diamond. Dr. Adams and a team yesterday morning...

GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships hits off this Sunday

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships hits off this Sunday

The annual GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships bullys-off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) this Sunday as the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) and the telephone company continue their 18-year...

Sols fuels GMRSC’s Ignite meet

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sols fuels GMRSC’s Ignite meet

Sol Petroleum Group has announced its partnership with the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club for the upcoming Ignite meet which is scheduled for November 10 & 11 at the South Dakota Circuit at...

EBFA Senior KO… Grove Hi Tech swamp Samatta Point/Kaneville; KK Warriors edge Diamond Upsetters

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA Senior KO… Grove Hi Tech swamp Samatta Point/Kaneville; KK Warriors edge Diamond Upsetters

The East Bank Football Association (EBFA) top club, Grove Hi Tech was in rampant form when senior football made a welcome return to the association on Saturday afternoon last at the Diamond Community...

GPHC partners with ‘Operation Walk’ to conduct over 40 orthopaedic surgeries

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC partners with ‘Operation Walk’ to conduct over 40 orthopaedic surgeries

Over 40 orthopaedic surgeries were conducted at Guyana’s premier public health institution – the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation – during the past weekend. This represented an...

Probe launched over squatting at Caracas

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Probe launched over squatting at Caracas

A probe has been launched by the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission in Region Six into the issue of persons squatting on leased and owned lands in the area of Caracas, East Berbice. This is...

‘Execution the main focus in B’dos conditions’ says Skipper Johnson

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Execution the main focus in B’dos conditions’ says Skipper Johnson

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Regal, Vnet, Noble House Seafoods & Cascadia Hotel Guyana Jaguars will play Jamaica Scorpions tomorrow in Barbados in the first semi-final of the...

BCB benefits over $200,000 worth of cricket gear from Brian Ramphal and friends

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB benefits over $200,000 worth of cricket gear from Brian Ramphal and friends

The outstanding work of Guyana’s most dynamic and visionary Cricket Board continues to attract the support of overseas based Guyanese. The Berbice Cricket Board on Friday last received over...

GPHC outreach targets Port Kaituma women

Oct 24, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC outreach targets Port Kaituma women

The designated month for breast cancer awareness has seen a mélange of supporting activities from both the public and private sector, with the most recent being an outreach in Region One by...

RHT Bakewell crush Whim National to lift Rhonda Lewis tourney as BCB Completes 12

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHT Bakewell crush Whim National to lift Rhonda Lewis tourney as BCB Completes 12

A magnificent innings of 91 from Guyana Under-19 player Kevlon Anderson and a destructive spell of 3 for 18 by West Indies female pacer Erva Giddings led the Rose Hall Town Bakewell to an easy 130...

Dindyal century guides GCC to victory

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dindyal century guides GCC to victory

A fine century by Mavindra Dindyal guided Georgetown Cricket Club to a five-wicket victory over Demerara Cricket Club when the teams collided in an U17 fixture recently at DCC. Batting first, DCC...

$550M cocaine-in-lumber trial… Written submissions to be presented today

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on $550M cocaine-in-lumber trial… Written submissions to be presented today

Lawyers for the four men accused of aiding another to traffick over $550M in cocaine that was found concealed in lumber will present written submissions to the court this morning, following the...

Essequibo/Pomeroon FA Senior League… ETI edge Suddie to remain unbeaten; Charity Xtreme notch first win

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Essequibo/Pomeroon FA Senior League… ETI edge Suddie to remain unbeaten; Charity Xtreme notch first win

Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI) has qualified for the knock-out stage (semi-finals) of the Essequibo/Pomeroon Football Association (EPFA) 2018 Senior League following their third win in as many...

GFA/Stag Revival Cup… Tucville host Sunday’s double-header; GFC is first to qualify for quarter-finals

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA/Stag Revival Cup… Tucville host Sunday’s double-header; GFC is first to qualify for quarter-finals

The battle for supremacy in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Revival Cup is set to continue on Sunday at the Tucville ground with two more matches. From 14:15hrs, Santos will take on...

GSCL Inc expresses gratitude to stakeholders on successful PM T20 Cup 2

Oct 24, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL Inc expresses gratitude to stakeholders on successful PM T20 Cup 2

Following the successful staging of the Prime Minister’s T20 Cup 2, the organisers Georgetown Softball Cricket league (GSCL) Inc has extended gratitude to its sponsors and teams. A release from the...