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More irregularities unearthed in procurement of exercise, textbooks- State auditors begin investigations

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on More irregularities unearthed in procurement of exercise, textbooks- State auditors begin investigations

State auditors have started their investigations into the controversial ordering of text and exercise books for public schools. The contracts involved over a $1B in the last four years, but there...

Even with 5.5B barrels… Oil refinery not feasible for Guyana-Consultant stands by earlier study report

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Even with 5.5B barrels… Oil refinery not feasible for Guyana-Consultant stands by earlier study report

By Kiana Wilburg About three years ago, the APNU+AFC administration hired Mr. Pedro Hass, Director of Advisory Services at UK-based firm, Hartree Partners, to conduct a study on the feasibility of an...

Sgt. charged with sexual assault on woman in police vehicle

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sgt. charged with sexual assault on woman in police vehicle

Forty-eight year-old Police Sergeant Norris Henry, of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, appeared yesterday before a city magistrate and was required to answer to a sexual assault charge,...

SWAT deployed to Berbice to tackle rising crime

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SWAT deployed to Berbice to tackle rising crime

A team of ranks attached to the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Guyana Police Force were deployed to Berbice yesterday to assist with crime fighting in the region. This was confirmed...

Self-bail for cop who allegedly struck wife with wood

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Self-bail for cop who allegedly struck wife with wood

A ‘Mash’ day outing has led to a police constable being charged for allegedly assaulting his wife, and using obscene language towards her in public. Eon Jacobs appeared in the Georgetown...

Bartica youth shot dead outside bar- Suspect’s mom turns him in

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica youth shot dead outside bar- Suspect’s mom turns him in

The police in Bartica are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of 21-year-old Antonio Dos Santos, popularly known as “Lil Boy” of 22 Second Avenue. The incident...

Between Oct. 2017 and Sept. 2018…More than 3,200 Guyanese overstayed in US

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Between Oct. 2017 and Sept. 2018…More than 3,200 Guyanese overstayed in US

A new report by the United States Government has indicated that 3,220 Guyanese with visitors’ visas overstayed between October 2017 and September 2018. This translates to 4.85 percent of Guyanese...

A nation of hustlers

May 14, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A nation of hustlers

All across Guyana, the poor are setting up little trays, ice coolers and tents at road corners and on parapets. They are selling anything, which they feel will provide them with an income to help...

Robert Allicock, MS, laid to rest

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Robert Allicock, MS, laid to rest

The late Robert Allicock, MS, was yesterday laid to rest today in his home village of Suruma, North Rupununi, Region 9. He died on Sunday. According to the Ministry of the Presidency, on Sunday,...

Parfaite Harmonie con artist defrauds couple of $500,000 down payment on property

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Parfaite Harmonie con artist defrauds couple of $500,000 down payment on property

A La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara couple is frantically searching for an alleged con artist who has reportedly defrauded them of a $500,000 house payment. Jerry Singh and Patricia Stephens...

Birdcage thief remanded

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A labourer attached to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure was yesterday remanded to prison after the court heard that he robbed a man of a birdcage and other articles, at gun point. Dexter Forde...

AML/CFT workshops scheduled for Saturday and Sunday

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on AML/CFT workshops scheduled for Saturday and Sunday

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, SC, as head of Guyana’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime and Chairperson of the...

Second batch of Pharmacists licensed

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Second batch of Pharmacists licensed

A second batch of pharmacy interns were on May 11th awarded their licences to practice. At an event known as the White Coat Ceremony, at Herdmanston Lodge, neatly attired in their white coats, they...

Gov’t, UNICEF partner on ‘Safe School Project’ for children of Venezuelan migrants

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t, UNICEF partner on ‘Safe School Project’ for children of Venezuelan migrants

The Government of Guyana and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Guyana have partnered on a ‘Safe School Proje ct’ for the children of Venezuelan migrants, who are...

Cricket bat murder accused on trial

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cricket bat murder accused on trial

The trial of 22-year-old Jonathan Budhan, who is accused of beating a man to death with a cricket bat, got underway yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown. Budhan,...

Visually impaired brothers aiming to make it big in the local music industry

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Visually impaired brothers aiming to make it big in the local music industry

Despite being visually impaired, brothers 17-year-old Relon and 15-year-old Roell Sumner, have commenced their singing careers after recor ding their first song. Currently hitting the airwaves, they...

West Berbice man found dead in trench

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice man found dead in trench

A West Coast Berbice family is mourning the death of a 70-year-old male relative who was found in a trench on Monday. Dead is Michael Christopher London of 546 School Street, Number 29, West Coast...

Miner to go on trial for employee’s murder

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Miner to go on trial for employee’s murder

A 50-year-old former mining operator is scheduled to go on trial Thursday (May 16), for the murder of one of his employees, who he alleged ly set on fire in 2014. Rajesh Roopnarine, also known as...

Quartet before court on attempted murder charge

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Quartet before court on attempted murder charge

Four men yesterday appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where they were made to answer an attempted murder charge. The defendants are Randy Shaw,...

Community enhancement transforming South Mackenzie

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Community enhancement transforming South Mackenzie

Communities located in South Mackenzie, Linden are seeing extensive transformation as a result of a community enhancement proje ct which is the brainchild of the Community Development Council (CDC)...

Two ‘Nurses of the year’ receive awards in Region Four as Nurses’ Week concludes

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two ‘Nurses of the year’ receive awards in Region Four as Nurses’ Week concludes

As the 2019 Nurses week concluded in Region Four recently, nurses Yelena Doodnauth of Melanie Health Centre and Fazia Bacchus of Timehri Health Centre [in absentia] were adjudged the Nurses of the...

Policemen like shy wood pon woman

May 14, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Policemen like shy wood pon woman

One day, de whole world was singing de praises of women and devoting de whole day to dem. People spend money to mek women happy and de radio play songs playing tribute to mothers. De next day people...

Numerous State entities in breach of Fiscal Management and Accountability Act – PAC

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Numerous State entities in breach of Fiscal Management and Accountability Act – PAC

In a report compiled for 2018, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has highlighted a number of State agencies for breach of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act . In its report, the PAC cited...

NAPS drafts historic nutrition policy to protect HIV/AIDS patients

May 14, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NAPS drafts historic nutrition policy to protect HIV/AIDS patients

Guyana has drafted a significant 116-page nutrition strategy targeting the country’s HIV/AIDS patients and others co-infected with tuberculosis [TB]. The document is also a first for Caribbean...

History cemented as FIFA Forward Project Pitch National Training Center officially commissioned

May 14, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on History cemented as FIFA Forward Project Pitch National Training Center officially commissioned

Witnessed by a bevy of Presidents, Secretaries and other administrators from the Caribbean Football Union along with FIFA Direct or of Member Associations and Development – Mr. Veron Mosgengo-Omba,...

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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