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Charrandass vote at centre as lawyers face-off at CCJ

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Charrandass vote at centre as lawyers face-off at CCJ

Charrandass Persaud’s conscience vote against the government came under the microscope yesterday as lawyers involved in the no-confidence appeal against the government faced off at the...

US$150M CJIA Renovation…Jagdeo takes some blame for omitting office area in initial airport plan- Says Patterson will not show project designs

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US$150M CJIA Renovation…Jagdeo takes some blame for omitting office area in initial airport plan- Says Patterson will not show project designs

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, has accepted some blame for the omission of key facilities from the original Cheddi Jagan International airport (CJIA) renovation. During a press conference...

Mall owner’s grandson gunned down in Bagotstown

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mall owner’s grandson gunned down in Bagotstown

A grandson of a prominent East Bank Demerara businessman was shot dead at around 20:00 hrs last evening in Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara. Dead is Patrick Fraser, 20. He is the grandson of Peter...

Local printers demand National Printers come clean-says it is clear case of Govt. killing private sector

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local printers demand National Printers come clean-says it is clear case of Govt. killing private sector

Several local printers yesterday banded together to demand an investigation after the state-owned Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) admitted that it sub-contracted a Trinidad supplier...

Who is footing the bill for these ministers’ trip to the CCJ – Ram

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Who is footing the bill for these ministers’ trip to the CCJ – Ram

Five Ministers of government have gone to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) but no one knows why they are there. Attorney-at-law, Christopher Ram, has criticised the government for sending them...

Govt allowing int’l community to define where we go with oil sector-Jagdeo- But the facts do not support his claims

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt allowing int’l community to define where we go with oil sector-Jagdeo- But the facts do not support his claims

As Guyana prepares for first oil, preparing a framework that will ensure the country gets maximum benefit from the exploitation of the resource is key. But Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo,...

Sam Hinds Jr. slapped with five charges-resisting arrest, assault of cop, refusing breathalyzer test, driving under the influence

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sam Hinds Jr. slapped with five charges-resisting arrest, assault of cop, refusing breathalyzer test, driving under the influence

Samuel Hinds Junior, the son of Former President and Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds, was yesterday hauled before a city magistrate where he was made to answer to five charges. This followed an...

Finance Minister agrees with cautionary advice on Belt and Road Initiative–But says it is still needed

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister agrees with cautionary advice on Belt and Road Initiative–But says it is still needed

By Kiana Wilburg China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which aims to bring infrastructural development to various regions, has been treated with great disdain by many international critics...

DemToCo denies scheme to avoid tax from GRA- says group has contributed significantly to the economies of the countries in which it operates.

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on DemToCo denies scheme to avoid tax from GRA- says group has contributed significantly to the economies of the countries in which it operates.

Demerara Tobacco Company (DemToCo) has refuted a report that it deliberately operated a scheme to reduce the amount of tax it should be paying. According to DemToCo yesterday, BAT is a global...

Exxon Mobil moves for approval of third field development offshore Guyana

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon Mobil moves for approval of third field development offshore Guyana

By Kiana Wilburg After receiving the green light for the development of the Liza Phase Two Project , Exxon Mobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), is moving for...

The government should explain itself

May 10, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government should explain itself

The government has said that it has an arrangement with the Guyana National Printers to supply exercise books. The only logical reason for this decision would have had to do with government trying to...

Everybody tekking blame fuh CJIA

May 10, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Everybody tekking blame fuh CJIA

De airport at Timehri is de centre of nuff confusion. Dem boys remember when dem see de first plan; it had all kind of nice things. When people see de plan, dem was certain dat Guyana was getting de...

Training under HEYS to recommence by year end

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Training under HEYS to recommence by year end

Through the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) programme, another batch of young people from the hinterland region will be trained in areas of business, entrepreneurship, agriculture,...

NAMILCO to stage outreach initiative for 50th Anniversary Observances

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NAMILCO to stage outreach initiative for 50th Anniversary Observances

The National Milling Company of Guyana Inc. (NAMILCO) will be staging a series of outreach initiatives in observances of their 50th Anniversary. In a brief interview with the company’s...

Nigerian charged for illegal entry

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Nigerian charged for illegal entry

A Nigerian National was on Wednesday remanded after he pleaded not guilty to illegally entering Guyana by sea. Anthony Eze, 30, from Abuja, Nigeria, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

NFMU staff sent home as Telecoms Agency takes over

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NFMU staff sent home as Telecoms Agency takes over

The staff members of the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) have all been sent home, as today is the date when the unit, which licenses broadcasters and manages the spectrum waves for the...

Chinese Landing impasse…Indigenous community asks Govt. to rectify auction of ‘ancestral lands’ to miner

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese Landing impasse…Indigenous community asks Govt. to rectify auction of ‘ancestral lands’ to miner

The Chinese Landing Community of Region One is calling on the Government of Guyana to take action to reaffirm its right to ownership and use of its ancestral lands. Orin Fernandes, Toshao of...

Brazil ex-President Temer turns himself in on corruption charges

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil ex-President Temer turns himself in on corruption charges

Al Jazeera– Brazil ex-President Temer has turned himself in on corruption charges. It’s the second time Michel Temer will be jailed on allegations that he participated in a vast...

Pensioner, 75, critical, wife gun-butted during brutal home invasion

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner, 75, critical, wife gun-butted during brutal home invasion

A 76-year-old pensioner was left in a critical condition and his wife gun butted during a brutal attack by two masked robbers who invaded the couple’s Alness Village, Corentyne, Berbice early...

Region 3 rolls out five-year School Improvement Plan

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region 3 rolls out five-year School Improvement Plan

With a workshop at the Region 3 Boardroom yesterday, the Ministry of Education rolled out its five year guide for developing school improvement. Facilitator Anthony Hunte (Consultant with the...

Prominent Women’s Right Activist Magda Pollard Dies

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Prominent Women’s Right Activist Magda Pollard Dies

A prominent Women’s Right Activist Magda Pollard has died. She was 88. She was born to Muriel and Fitzgerald Pollard, both of them teachers in Buxton, East Coast Demerara. Her father was the head...

Hand-in-Hand 3-day U-19 Inter County Cricket Select U17 trail E’bo by 68 with seven wickets in hand

May 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand 3-day U-19 Inter County Cricket Select U17 trail E’bo by 68 with seven wickets in hand

The Select Under-17 team are trailing Essequibo by 68 runs with 7 wickets in hand when the second day of the third and final round Hand-in-Hand Inter County U19 three-day tournament ended...

Hand-in-Hand 3-day U-19 Inter County CricketSpinners revel as 25 wickets tumble in two sessions; Demerara take first innings points

May 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand 3-day U-19 Inter County CricketSpinners revel as 25 wickets tumble in two sessions; Demerara take first innings points

In a match which the entire opening day and first session yesterday were lost to rain, 25 wickets tumbled in just two sessions as Demerara gained a slim six-run lead over Berbice when the second day...

GFF Elite League Season 4 Weekend Fixtures for May 11-12

May 10, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Elite League Season 4 Weekend Fixtures for May 11-12

Saturday May 11 Mt. Team Team Time 35 Victoria Kings vs Santos FC 13:30hrs 36 Buxton United vs Police FC 16:00hrs Sunday May 12 37 Milerock vs Anns Grove 11:00hrs 38 Western Tigers vs GDF 13:30hrs 39...

Four years jail for trafficking 125lbs of ganja

May 10, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Four years jail for trafficking 125lbs of ganja

An Albert town resident was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison after Senior Magistrate Leron Daly found sufficient evidence that he had trafficked 125lbs of cannabis. Tishan Haywood,...

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more