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Govt. seeks $3.4B to prepare for elections

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. seeks $3.4B to prepare for elections

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has estimated that it needs $3,496,496,155 to prepare for elections, and Finance Minister Winston Jordan, yesterday, asked the National Assembly to approve just...

Guyana’s overdependence on oil revenues in medium term unavoidable- Finance Minister says diversifying economy will take time

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s overdependence on oil revenues in medium term unavoidable- Finance Minister says diversifying economy will take time

By Kiana Wilburg Local Financial Analysts such as Anand Goolsarran and Christopher Ram have often called for the economy to be sufficiently diversified and become more export-oriented in order to...

Corpse in shallow grave…Husband lodged gun at police station after shooting wife in head

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Corpse in shallow grave…Husband lodged gun at police station after shooting wife in head

Thirty-eight year-old Ryan Sugrim killed his wife, buried her corpse, then asked the police to keep the murder weapon. That’s the bizarre story that emerged yesterday as police continue to...

Overpass elevators to be manned ‘round the clock’

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Overpass elevators to be manned ‘round the clock’

While works are said to be in progress to have the overpass elevators along East Bank Demerara operational before May 26, next, the Infrastructure Ministry on Monday informed that the operators will...

Questionable procurement of exercise, text books…We only contracted National Printers- Education Minister stands by press statement

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Questionable procurement of exercise, text books…We only contracted National Printers- Education Minister stands by press statement

Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, has declined to make any further comments on issues surrounding the so le sourcing of exercise books and textbooks from Guyana National Printers Limited...

Govt. passes six Bills in opposition’s absence… Tullow granted property tax exemption

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. passes six Bills in opposition’s absence… Tullow granted property tax exemption

The National Assembly yesterday passed one motion and six bills in the absence of the parliamentary opposition. The Opposition has refused to return to Parliament until the ruling by the Caribbean...

Republic Bank confirms customers affected in Visa debit card fraud

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank confirms customers affected in Visa debit card fraud

Trinidad-owned Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited yesterday admitted that several customers who had Visa International Debit Cards have been affected by fraudsters. The admission would come after several...

New CJIA fees now embedded in ticket cost

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New CJIA fees now embedded in ticket cost

Weeks after facing long lines and numerous complaints, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) will now instead see new fees being charged at the time of tickets being purchased....

The criminals are on top

May 16, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The criminals are on top

Not even the schoolchildren are safe anymore. A recent video, which has gone viral on Facebook, shows footage of a schoolboy being set upon by criminals and robbed of his cellular phone while on his...

Four years in jail for man, 61, who sexually assaulted child

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Four years in jail for man, 61, who sexually assaulted child

A 61-year-old fruit vendor, was yesterday sent to prison for four years after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl who has a disability. Octavius Williams was given the...

Mahdia man faces murder charge

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia man faces murder charge

Yesterday, 55-year old Phillip Bacchus was remanded to prison for the murder of 44-year-old Lavern Daniels. Bacchus, known as “Tattoo Nose” appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the...

Trotman’s position on GECOM’s readiness for elections in conflict with law — PPP

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman’s position on GECOM’s readiness for elections in conflict with law — PPP

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has raised grave concerns following publicised positions attributed to Government-nominated Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner, Desmond Trotman,...

NAMILCO celebrates 50

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NAMILCO celebrates 50

The National Milling Company of Guyana Inc. (NAMILCO), yesterday announced that it will today be celebrating its 50th year of operation NAMILCO, a subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation, based in Kansas,...

Additional arrests made as police continue clean-up campaign

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Additional arrests made as police continue clean-up campaign

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force on Monday made 13 additional arrests of touts on the various parks and 16 on Tuesday during routine checks in keeping with the ongoing clean-up campaign. In March of...

City Constable charged for shooting bus driver walks free

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City Constable charged for shooting bus driver walks free

Mark Murray, the 24-year-old City Constabulary rank who was charged last month for allegedly shooting a bus driver in the leg, walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts a free man yesterday,...

President Granger swears in new Suriname Ambassador to Guyana

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger swears in new Suriname Ambassador to Guyana

For almost 45 years, Suriname and Guyana have established formal diplomatic ties, and yesterday at the Ministry of the Presidency, Ebu Rohno Jones was accredited as the new Ambassador of the Republic...

Procurement Amendment gives small businesses preferential treatment for certain projects… NPTAB to keep register of bidders

May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Procurement Amendment gives small businesses preferential treatment for certain projects… NPTAB to keep register of bidders

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, while presenting the second reading of the Procurement (Amendment) Bill, has advocated for preferential treatment to be given to small businesses (as defined in...