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Royston King backdated, signed lease for reserve land when he became Town Clerk

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Royston King backdated, signed lease for reserve land when he became Town Clerk

…Mayor Patricia Chase-Green informed of suspicious deal Not only did Royston King divert $6.8M from a land deal through his Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), but he attempted to cover his...

GRDB Fraud case… Magistrate orders Prosecution to disclose forensic audit report

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB Fraud case… Magistrate orders Prosecution to disclose forensic audit report

Months after the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU), handed over the forensic report which is the subject of a matter involving four ex-Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) members, Attorney-at-Law...

Senior detective to face questions over alleged tampering in murder case

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Senior detective to face questions over alleged tampering in murder case

An Assistant Superintendent of Police will face questions soon about whether he removed evidence from a scene that is linked to a high-profile murder case. Commissioner of Police, Leslie James made...

Town Clerk instructed staffer to remove documents from Council archives

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Town Clerk instructed staffer to remove documents from Council archives

– COI probes ‘cover-up’ The Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry, (COI) into the affairs of City Hall, retired Justice Cecil Kennard has launched a probe into the alleged disappearance of...

Guyana will feel the squeeze for not instituting resource rent tax – Ramson

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will feel the squeeze for not instituting resource rent tax – Ramson

As oil prices continue to rise, Guyana is likely to lose out significantly as a result of its failure to institute a resource rent tax on oil companies operating here. This was recently pointed out...

Oil companies join legal challenge against State over environmental permits

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies join legal challenge against State over environmental permits

The High Court has granted a request by Oil companies to join the proceedings for which local activist Ramon Gaskin is challenging the legality of the environmental permit granted to them to...

Carvil Duncan freed of $27M theft charge from GPL

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Carvil Duncan freed of $27M theft charge from GPL

“My client has finally been vindicated in the matter, and he is glad that the court came to the right decision,” said Attorney-at-Law Everton Singh-Lammy, moments after a City Magistrate...

Rice Ton is de new Dactah Crime in Guyana

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Rice Ton is de new Dactah Crime in Guyana

Guyana had some people who would sell anything. Guyana had a man called Dactah Crime. His real name was Romeo Bacchus. Burnham wake up one Monday morning in 1967, just after Guyana get independence,...

Insurance Policy issues in oil sector must be addressed before 2020 – EPA Head

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Insurance Policy issues in oil sector must be addressed before 2020 – EPA Head

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana currently has no policy that provides guidance on whether oil companies should be allowed to self-insure or be made to lodge an internationally recognized insurance policy...

Shiv Chanderpaul receives Honorary Doctor of Laws from UWI

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shiv Chanderpaul receives Honorary Doctor of Laws from UWI

St John’s, Antigua – For 21 years he thrilled fans in the West Indies and all over the world and yesterday he received the Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of the West Indies. The...

Regional Super50… Johnson’s to leads Guyana Jaguars past Jamaica Scorpions and into final

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50… Johnson’s to leads Guyana Jaguars past Jamaica Scorpions and into final

A six off the second ball of the final over followed up by a boundary off the penultimate ball from the bat of Veerasammy Permaul led the Guyana Jaguars to a tense one wicket win over the Jamaica...

Second annual Turbo Knockout Tournament launched

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Second annual Turbo Knockout Tournament launched

At Guyana Beverage Inc. (GBI) Head Office at Diamond yesterday; the company confirmed its support for the second annual Turbo knockout football tournament which is being organised by the Petra...

Banks Beer 100 Ball Tourney… Yadram’s century highlights latest round of ECCCC

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer 100 Ball Tourney… Yadram’s century highlights latest round of ECCCC

A fine century by Bhaskar Yadram highlighted the latest round of matches in the Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club (ECCCC)/Banks Beer 100-Ball tournament which concluded on Sunday last on the East...

BVA completes another competition

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on BVA completes another competition

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) on Sunday last completed yet another competition for senior male, female and novice teams at the Black Bush Polder Community Center Ground. In the senior...

GFF participates in Fifa Connect Workshop

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF participates in Fifa Connect Workshop

Two staff members of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) are participating in a FIFA Connect workshop being held in Bridgetown, Barbados from October 25 – 26. Competitions Director, Ian Alves, and...

GFF’s first exclusive venue to be finished by December – Stands & Flood lights to be erected next year says Forde

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF’s first exclusive venue to be finished by December – Stands & Flood lights to be erected next year says Forde

By Sean Devers According to President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde, his Administration is fulfilling a campaign promise made in 2015 with the construction of Guyana’s first...

Banks DIH/GABA League… Guardians and Pacesetters in winners row

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH/GABA League… Guardians and Pacesetters in winners row

The weekend fixtures of the Rainforest Water/Malta Supreme/Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League which had to be rescheduled due to the IBF Antilles Under-18 3×3 Basketball...

KMTC Pre Diwali Horse Race Meet… Silver and Things is feature race winner

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMTC Pre Diwali Horse Race Meet… Silver and Things is feature race winner

Silver and Things of the J. Cheefoon Stable and trained by G. Sooklall shone brightly to take the feature H1 and Lower event when the Kennard Memorial Turf Club held its annual Pre Diwali Horse Race...

Pan Am Championships 2020… Junior National Boys’ Training Squad Selected

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am Championships 2020… Junior National Boys’ Training Squad Selected

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has selected a squad of 40 Under-19 boys to begin preparations for the Junior Pan American Championships, scheduled for 2020. Over the next two years the squad will be...

Starr Computers supports Inter-Ward/Village Cup… Sparta Family clash with Den Amstel in feature

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Starr Computers supports Inter-Ward/Village Cup… Sparta Family clash with Den Amstel in feature

Starr Computers on Brickdam became the latest entity to extend support to the Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter-Ward/Village KO Cup which is being held to commemorate the 84th Birth Anniversary of the...

Guyana Softball Cup 8 Commences Today

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball Cup 8 Commences Today

The Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) Guyana Cup 8 commences today at several venues. The competition which will conclude on Sunday night at DCC will be played in four...

Eccles and Providence triumph

Oct 26, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eccles and Providence triumph

Eccles and Providence registered victories while Ruimveldt and Sandpipers played to a tie when the latest round of matches in the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association/Neville Sarjoo memorial...

Timehri man fatally strikes friend with pipe

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri man fatally strikes friend with pipe

An argument between two friends ended in one being killed as a result of being struck on the head with a metal pipe by the other at the Timehri Docks. 51-year-old Vernon Cummings, a labourer, of Ice...

Top Cop promises improved Police Force in five months – aviation unit, rehabilitated police stations, quicker response to crimes

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop promises improved Police Force in five months – aviation unit, rehabilitated police stations, quicker response to crimes

he nation will have a vastly reformed police force within the next five months, if things go according to plan for new Commissioner of Police Leslie James Hosting his first press conference...

Guyana receives UNICEF Climate Landscape report – aimed at raising awareness in younger demographic

Oct 26, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana receives UNICEF Climate Landscape report – aimed at raising awareness in younger demographic

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in its first ever Climate Landscape Analysis for Children (CLAC) of South American countries, is seeking to raise awareness of climate change within the...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more