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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...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...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...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...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...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...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...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....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...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...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,...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...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,...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...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...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Verdict looms for accused in cricket bat murder
State Prosecutors and defence counsel presented closing arguments yesterday in the trial of 22-year-old Jonathan Budhan who is accused of the October 25, 2016 murder of Ramesh Manbodh. Budhan, of...May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice overcome Demerara by 31 runs at Everest
Berbice defeated Demerara by 31 runs when the Hand-in-Hand Inter County U19 50-over tournament continued yesterday. Berbice success fully defended 185 in a game which was reduced to 49 overs due to a...May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/KFC U20 Independence KO Cup – Bartica FAPotaro Strikers and Rivers View advance
On a rain-damped pitch at the Bartica Secondary School Ground, Mil Ballers FC’s hopes of going forward in the Bartica leg of the GFF /KFC Under-20 knockout Tournament were dashed by a resilient...May 16, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Rat and he tail part at GECOM
Old people get a saying dat rat and he tail does part. It look like GECOM and its legal officer parting company. De opposition commissioners ask fuh a legal opinion. De legal officer wukking wid de...May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on No Guyanese included as emerging players named for training camp in Antigua
Surprisingly no Guyanese have been named in a squad of 15 players chosen to attend a Cricket West Indies (CWI) emerging players training camp which is slated to be held in Antigua. Four members of...May 16, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Woodpecker Products Junior National Squash TournamentWiltshire trounce Carpenter 3-0; Ince-Carvalhal beat Alphonso 3-1
By Sean Devers Number one seed Shomari Wiltshire, showed why he is regarded as best U-17 player in the Caribbean with a clinical three-game de molition job over Gianni Carpenter when night two...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPF receives Workplace Safety and Health Awards
The National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection, yesterday hosted an award ceremony at Herdmanston Lodge, with the Guyana...May 16, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Regional rum producers urged to capitalise on tourism to build brands- DDL’s Samaroo re-elected chairman
(WIRSPA Secretariat, Bridgetown, Barbados) – Caribbean rum producers have been challenged to fully exploit the potential of the regio nal tourism industry to build their brands. St. Lucia’s...Nov 21, 2024
Kaieteur Sports – The D-Up Basketball Academy is gearing up to wrap its first-of-its-kind, two-month youth basketball camp, which tipped off in September at the Tuschen Primary School (TPS)...…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more
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