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Ramballie bowls Essequibo Coast to narrow victory

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramballie bowls Essequibo Coast to narrow victory

Rajendra Ramballie produced an outstanding spell as Essequibo Coast defeated Wakenaam by one wicket when the teams collided in an U15 40-over contest recently at Affiance Number one ground....

Diamond Secondary arsonist may have vendetta against school officials -cops to grill sacked staffer

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond Secondary arsonist may have vendetta against school officials -cops to grill sacked staffer

Detectives are preparing to question a recently-fired employee of the Diamond Secondary School as they seek to nab the arsonist behind the recent fire at the institution. Investigators suspect...

Online applications for liquor license now possible

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Online applications for liquor license now possible

Citizens are now eligible to apply for their Liquor License via Electronic forms (e-forms) following the passage of the Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill No.20/2018. Minister of Finance,...

Jet Blue in talks with Civil Aviation – Ferguson

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jet Blue in talks with Civil Aviation – Ferguson

JetBlue Airways Corporation, styled as JetBlue, is currently in the process of securing the necessary documentation to operate in Guyana. Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure,...

Income Tax amendment gets green light

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Income Tax amendment gets green light

Said to be the largest Bill of the day, the Income Tax Amendment Bill 2018 was given the green light in the National Assembly on Thursday, as Finance Minister Winston Jordan presented the benefits to...

Home ownership becomes easier

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Home ownership becomes easier

The passage of the Capital Gains Tax (amendment) Bill, in the National Assembly on Thursday, guarantees Guyanese an ease from the burden that comes with purchasing a house. This was disclosed by...

$5M tax credits for re-migrants – …Amended Customs Bill will tighten loopholes in re-migrant scheme

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $5M tax credits for re-migrants – …Amended Customs Bill will tighten loopholes in re-migrant scheme

One of the loopholes in the re-migrant scheme is now tightened with the amendment of the Customs Bill. The amendment of the Bill was moved by Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan on Thursday in the...

Carpenter slapped with five charges for New Year’s Day robberies

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Carpenter slapped with five charges for New Year’s Day robberies

A carpenter found himself arranged in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer five charges of robbery by use of violence. All allegedly took place on New...

Office assistant accused of stealing $500,000 from friend

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Office assistant accused of stealing $500,000 from friend

Titus Eastman, 24, was yesterday released on bail after he denied an accusation that he stole money for a car sale transaction from a friend. He appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

Govt passes Natural Resources Fund Bill ─ Public Accountability Oversight Committee to be appointed

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt passes Natural Resources Fund Bill ─ Public Accountability Oversight Committee to be appointed

Government’s Natural Resource Fund Bill 2018 has been passed in the National Assembly with minor amendments. This passage follows the presentation of Government’s ‘Green’ paper titled...

Domestic Abuse cases must be reported – Minister Sydney Allicock

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Domestic Abuse cases must be reported – Minister Sydney Allicock

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, is calling on the public to report cases of domestic abuse. The Minister made this comment following the murder of Toshao, Solomon...

E’bo boat captain gets three years’ imprisonment, fined $22.7 million.

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo boat captain gets three years’ imprisonment, fined $22.7 million.

Dhanraj Singh, who was busted with 42 kilograms of cannabis in January 2018, was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. He was also fined $22.6M. Singh, who is a fisherman from...

WHEN ONE EQUALS TWO

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHEN ONE EQUALS TWO

Guyanese have a way of making fun of situations. One of the jokes making the rounds around town is that the West Indies Cricket team which lost the One Day 50-Overs cricket series against...

Murder accused in Pomona stabbing remanded

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Murder accused in Pomona stabbing remanded

Alex Matthias, who was arrested and charged for the murder of 20-year-old Kevin Betancourt, was yesterday remanded to prison. Matthias appeared before magistrate Esther Sam in the Suddie...

Man gets two weeks’ imprisonment for breaking peace bond

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man gets two weeks’ imprisonment for breaking peace bond

A 54-year- old man who lives on the Essequibo Coast, was yesterday sentenced to two weeks imprisonment after breaking a peace bond with his daughter in law on New Year’s Day. The convicted...

GTT Makes Customer Service Experience Easy

Jan 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT Makes Customer Service Experience Easy

Customer service is about ensuring that customers’ needs are fulfilled by not only offering quality products and services, but also by building dependable relationships. Whether expressing...

Exactly 50 years ago, the government was illegal; it is now.

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Exactly 50 years ago, the government was illegal; it is now.

In 1968, Guyana witnessed the rigging of the first general election after Independence. This is an event widely documented. This is an event for which historical evidence is abundant. This is an...

Majority in Pakistan similar to 34 in Guyana

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Majority in Pakistan similar to 34 in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, There are ample cases in Commonwealth countries in support of the argument that a “majority of all elected members” of the National Assembly in Guyana for a vote of confidence...

The Charrandass debacle – only time will tell

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Charrandass debacle – only time will tell

DEAR EDITOR, The debate to decide Charrandass Persaud as hero or villain will depend upon events that are yet to unfold in the immediate future. It has shifted to the consequences of his vote,...

The Speaker’s decision accords fully with the thinking of legal minds

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Speaker’s decision accords fully with the thinking of legal minds

DEAR EDITOR, The decision by the Speaker of the National Assembly not to revisit the No-Confidence Motion was widely anticipated and accords fully with the thinking of legal minds, both in...

Voting against one’s party is nothing new

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Voting against one’s party is nothing new

DEAR EDITOR, No gathering took place and not a drink was taken over the Holidays without the name, Charrandass Persaud being mentioned. And so the debate rages on: traitor or truth-bearer;...

34 votes majority is supported by Kenyan Guideline

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on 34 votes majority is supported by Kenyan Guideline

DEAR EDITOR, Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland has stated that he has received information from other countries that raised doubt as to whether the no confidence motion was...

Govt.’s propaganda cannot erase sugar workers’ pains and trials

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt.’s propaganda cannot erase sugar workers’ pains and trials

DEAR EDITOR, The Government in Action column titled “GuySuCo and Sugar creating a viable future” which appeared in the Guyana Chronicle of December 30, 2018, spent an inordinate amount of...

Bharrat Jagdeo will be remembered as this country’s greatest political tactician and strategist

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo will be remembered as this country’s greatest political tactician and strategist

DEAR EDITOR, All fair and just minded Guyanese knew that the Speaker would uphold the vote for the no confidence motion against the Coalition Government, since it was legally and...

From no confidence reality to enhanced political cooperation practicality

Jan 05, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on From no confidence reality to enhanced political cooperation practicality

From the slippery edge to the wide-open road; from the possibly perilous to the powerfully promising. Out of seemingly nowhere, these three not-so-little words: enhanced political cooperation emerged...

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GPF arrests Presidential Guards by 48 runs as cricket action gets underway

No immigrant should feel safe in America today

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There was a time when an illegal immigrant in America could live in the shadows with some... more