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Bank of Baroda selling its operations in Guyana – Local authorities caught off-guard

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bank of Baroda selling its operations in Guyana – Local authorities caught off-guard

By Leonard Gildarie Weeks after a shock announcement that the Canadian-controlled Bank of Nova Scotia is in talks with Republic Bank to sell its local operations, there is more worrisome news again...

IDB approves US$11.6M loan for Guyana’s energy sector

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on IDB approves US$11.6M loan for Guyana’s energy sector

With Government facing harsh criticisms over its oil deal with US-owned ExxonMobil, moves are underway to prevent a replay. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is taking a leading role in...

“One trillion spent and nothing to show!” – Gail Teixeira says Govt. ‘hard ears’

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “One trillion spent and nothing to show!” – Gail Teixeira says Govt. ‘hard ears’

When the financial books, of the Coalition government, come to a close for 2018, it would have expended one trillion Guyana dollars. But what does it have to show for this in three years?...

Pregnant woman beaten, stripped by armed bandits during invasion at Number 19 grocery – Three persons detained

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman beaten, stripped by armed bandits during invasion at Number 19 grocery – Three persons detained

A five-month pregnant woman sustained injuries to her head, arms and about her body after men attired in dark clothing, rags tied across their faces and armed with guns and cutlasses, stormed the...

Outgoing US ambassador justifies Guyana’s oil deal with ExxonMobil

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Outgoing US ambassador justifies Guyana’s oil deal with ExxonMobil

Outgoing US ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway has defended that the 2016 production sharing agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil, saying that it is a good deal. In his last sit down with media workers...

Turkey should take Khashoggi case to the UN – Human Rights Watch

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Turkey should take Khashoggi case to the UN – Human Rights Watch

Turkey should submit a formal request to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to conduct an independent international probe into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Human Rights Watch...

Legal team of Bisram, co-accused want investigations reopened

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Legal team of Bisram, co-accused want investigations reopened

The local legal team of US-based Guyanese businessman, Marcus Bisram, has asked the police and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to reopen investigations. This is the latest twist in a case...

Parliament is a place to sleep

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Parliament is a place to sleep

Sityra Gyal tear off in de Parliament Wednesday and all because de new Education Minister give back $2 billion to de treasury. She seh dat money coulda do nuff things; it could build two house fuh a...

The Coalition Government has failed to bridge the racial divide

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Coalition Government has failed to bridge the racial divide

Politicians have to be careful with what they say in public, because what they say can have a negative impact on the country and its people. The statement about employing only PNC persons is not just...

Bipartisan Committee to meet on Constitutional Reform

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Bipartisan Committee to meet on Constitutional Reform

Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Constitutional Reform are expected to meet today, their third meeting for the year. The bipartisan committee was formed in 2015 after...

Fly Jamaica passengers allege difficulty in obtaining reimbursements – Airline says office is open to address issues

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fly Jamaica passengers allege difficulty in obtaining reimbursements – Airline says office is open to address issues

Passengers of Fly Jamaica have voiced several concerns about refunding and compensation for previously booked flights that were cancelled as a result of the crashed aircraft. This publication...

Attorney’s elderly mom tied, robbed at gunpoint in home

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney’s elderly mom tied, robbed at gunpoint in home

The mother of Attorney-at-law George Thomas was held at gunpoint, then gagged, bound and robbed in her Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara home at around 09:00 hrs on Tuesday. Police...

Motorcyclist dies in head-on collision with bus

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dies in head-on collision with bus

Twenty-six-year-old David Aulder died yesterday afternoon when according to eyewitnesses, he rode his motorcycle head-on into a minibus on the Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara Public road. Aulder, of...

Judicial officials undergo training on jail alternative for drug-addicted offenders

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Judicial officials undergo training on jail alternative for drug-addicted offenders

Local prosecutors and judicial officials are exploring alternative measures to incarceration in the criminal justice system for drug-addicted offenders. The officials were introduced to the...

Man gets life for raping one year old

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets life for raping one year old

High Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow yesterday imposed a life sentence on a man convicted for engaging in sexual activity a one-year-old female. Rodney Kurtzious, was found guilty of the offence of sexual...

West Indies Championship Singh’s half century boosts Guyana Jaguars; Carty slams century for Hurricanes

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Championship Singh’s half century boosts Guyana Jaguars; Carty slams century for Hurricanes

Vishaul Singh struck a fine half century while Clinton Pestano picked up two wickets to put Guyana Jaguars in a comfortable position against the Windward Islands Volcanoes at the close of play on the...

EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League Six more matches set for Diamond Ground tomorrow

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League Six more matches set for Diamond Ground tomorrow

With the league at the half way stage, there is no team that has been able to pull away from each other in the top four bracket; six more matches would be played tomorrow when the 3rd Annual...

Kuru Kururu Village to host Exon Roberts 5-A-Side Football on Sunday

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kuru Kururu Village to host Exon Roberts 5-A-Side Football on Sunday

In memory of the late Ezon Roberts who passed away one year ago, the village of Kuru Kururu on the Linden Soesdyke Highway will on Sunday pay tribute to his memory when they host a 5-a-side...

Inaugural Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers football champions to be decided this weekend

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inaugural Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers football champions to be decided this weekend

The first Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers schools football league which is also sponsored by Ansa McAl through their Icool, Smalta and Lyrix brands is set to conclude on Sunday at the Ministry of...

GAPLF Senior Championships 2018 Hardcore Barbel Club powers to Best Gym Award

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Senior Championships 2018 Hardcore Barbel Club powers to Best Gym Award

The Rosignol, West Coast Berbice based Hardcore Barbel Club (HBC), home of Overall Male Champion, Vijai Rahim was on Sunday evening last named the Best Gym when the curtains came down on the...

DCC, International SOS Unveil Fruitful Partnership

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on DCC, International SOS Unveil Fruitful Partnership

The Demerara Cricket Club and International SOS have teamed up to aid in the development of the younger players at the club through sport and health. This scheme allows the Club to benefit...

Barnwell, Nedd, Singh rewarded at DCC Annual Awards ceremony

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Barnwell, Nedd, Singh rewarded at DCC Annual Awards ceremony

All-rounder Christopher Barnwell and Windies youth players Ashmead Nedd and Sachin Singh were among the top awardees when the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) held its annual awards ceremony on Wednesday...

Concacaf Disciplinary Committee issues decision in the BFA Player Eligibility Cases Guyana moves to 8th in the table

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Disciplinary Committee issues decision in the BFA Player Eligibility Cases Guyana moves to 8th in the table

Miami – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) yesterday announced its Disciplinary Committee has decided to sanction the Barbados Football...

GTU National Schools Championship Champion girl for Swimming Amy Grant Champion takes Javelin gold to make it 5

Dec 07, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTU National Schools Championship Champion girl for Swimming Amy Grant Champion takes Javelin gold to make it 5

Sixteen year-old Amy Grant, a student of School of the Nations in the City won another gold on Wednesday last at the Guyana Teachers Union National Schools Track and Field, Swimming and...

Burnt remains behind temple… Two freed of Corriverton wholesale vendor’s murder

Dec 07, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Burnt remains behind temple… Two freed of Corriverton wholesale vendor’s murder

The two men who were accused of the April 19, 2018 murder of Saeed ‘Sayo’ Hamid at Bennett Dam, D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, were yesterday set free. The matter was set aside against...

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How do you analyse a Budget?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- What if in tabling the 2025 Budget, the Minister with responsibility for Finance did... more