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SARA finds State properties left in wills for officials’ children

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SARA finds State properties left in wills for officials’ children

One key function of the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) is the prevention of corruption. In keeping with this mandate, the agency visited the offices of the administrative regions in the past few...

SARA explores possibilities of rescinding Canje, Kaieteur Blocks

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SARA explores possibilities of rescinding Canje, Kaieteur Blocks

By Kiana Wilburg The State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) intends to leave no stone unturned when it comes to its probe of the oil blocks awarded to two inexperienced firms by former President, Donald...

Angry Agricola residents’ burn truck, batter driver …after accident results in child’s death

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Angry Agricola residents’ burn truck, batter driver …after accident results in child’s death

A sand-laden truck struck a little girl yesterday on the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara pinning her down and killing herinstantly. Dead is seven-year-old Ciara Benjamin. She was reportedly...

Totally unacceptable:

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Totally unacceptable:

This photo was snapped Thursday at Houston, where these vessels were moored. The photographer is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to act for what he says is a major oil spillage from...

Scrapping of Marriott’s casino tenders… Several ministers met with Princess Group to hear complaints -Minister Jaipaul Sharma says he was one demanded clarifications

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Scrapping of Marriott’s casino tenders… Several ministers met with Princess Group to hear complaints -Minister Jaipaul Sharma says he was one demanded clarifications

Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma, is insisting that he was the one who blew the whistle on the Marriott c asino tender process which appeared to be flawed and which has now...

Rice Board unaware of paddy smuggling to Suriname -refutes “plague” report of ambassador

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rice Board unaware of paddy smuggling to Suriname -refutes “plague” report of ambassador

Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) yesterday categorically rejected statements in Suriname’s De Ware Tijd—dwtonline– quoting its Ambassador to Guyana, Ebu Jones, that an insect plague has...

Surcharge:

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Surcharge:

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is complaining about this excavator which is causing damage to the road. Yesterday, Minister David Patterson took to his Facebook page to complain that...

Flooding in Black Bush Polder persists for over a week. -NDIA remains at the center of the blame

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Flooding in Black Bush Polder persists for over a week. -NDIA remains at the center of the blame

It has been exactly nine days since a section of Black Bush Polder remains inundated with water and with solutions coming slowly. NDIA continues to be blamed for what has taken place. Yakusari, one...

Former employee plots robbery after being fired

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former employee plots robbery after being fired

An employee yesterday took revenge on his former boss who fired him three days ago. A&A Home Furnishings, a Pakistan Handcraft store, was greeted by armed robbers as their second customer for the...

Kwakwani’s activist, Charles Thom, dies

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Kwakwani’s activist, Charles Thom, dies

One of Kwakwani’s most well-known resident, Charles Thom, has died. Over the years, Thom, 60, was a face participating in council elections and fighting for the rights of loggers in Berbice River,...

Trinidad bans poultry meat from Guyana

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad bans poultry meat from Guyana

Trinidad (Looptt.com) – Minister of Agriculture, Clarence Rambharat, on Friday advised that raw and cooked poultry meat fro m Guyana has been banned from entry into Trinidad and Tobago with...

Andaiye, activist, founding member of Red Thread, dies

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Andaiye, activist, founding member of Red Thread, dies

President David Granger yesterday extended sympathy to the family and friends of Andaiye, A.A., women’s activist and former executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA). “Ms. Andaiye...

Bush Lot Village: an evolving settlement where the races commune as one

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bush Lot Village: an evolving settlement where the races commune as one

By Alex Wayne I actually briefly passed through Bush Lot Village a couple of times, and was always taken aback by the constant bustle that seemed to beset the location. More so, I was always...

STANDARD FOR ROAD TANKER WAGONS OFFERS REQUIREMENTS TO SAFELY TRANSPORT FUEL

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARD FOR ROAD TANKER WAGONS OFFERS REQUIREMENTS TO SAFELY TRANSPORT FUEL

The National Standard “Requirements for the transport of petroleum and petroleum products by road tanker wagons” – GYS 512:2016 was developed by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)...

PAT DIAL LET PROFESSOR GRIFFITH CONTINUE RENEWAL OF UG!

Jun 02, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns Comments Off on PAT DIAL LET PROFESSOR GRIFFITH CONTINUE RENEWAL OF UG!

A few weeks ago, this column carried an offering expressing pride and satisfaction at the developments at the University of Guyana. Our certainty was that the Institution was moving in the direction...

Donald give oil blocks to secret people

Jun 02, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Donald give oil blocks to secret people

Ramotar and de PPP really rob de Guyanese people. And to think that Ramotar got de nerve to seh he don’t know wha people talking about. By now de Waterfalls paper actually convince de nation dat...

Mining companies reward shot cop

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mining companies reward shot cop

Three mining operations in the city have decided to honour a police rank who confronted three bandits on Thursday night and was wounded for his efforts. The three operations are XL Minerals, Lammy...

Robert Mueller and Donald Trump

Jun 02, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Robert Mueller and Donald Trump

The return of Independent Counsel, Robert Mueller, would have been damning if it wasn’t so dull. The heart of his repeat performance before cameras and public (and partisans, too) boiled down to...

Guyana’s climate commitments should not be sidelined by Oil & Gas pursuit—civil society forum

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s climate commitments should not be sidelined by Oil & Gas pursuit—civil society forum

Policy Forum Guyana, a civil society group, is lobbying for Guyana commitment to climate change efforts to be solidified even in the face of coming oil. In a release to the press, the forum outlined...

Andaiye, the Grenadian Revolution and the Caribbean Radical Left

Jun 02, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Andaiye, the Grenadian Revolution and the Caribbean Radical Left

I am writing this column mere hours after getting the news that Andaiye, revolutionary and women’s rights activist, had died. I have known Andaiye for 42 years and she remains one of my favourite...

Man loses bid to secure ownership of Mahaica land

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man loses bid to secure ownership of Mahaica land

Mohamed Hoosein has failed in his bid to secure ownership of a property and piece of land located at Mahaica, according to a judgment handed down on May 24, last, by Land Court Judge Pricilla...

The baccoo speaks

Jun 02, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

The police have been very active in their fight against crime. With the increased patrols homeowners and businesses are not the major targets. Instead the criminals are targeting the hapless who are...

Implementation of Green State Strategy projected to cost $1.05T

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Implementation of Green State Strategy projected to cost $1.05T

In establishing the feasibility of implementing green economy initiatives under the Green State Development Strategy: Vis ion 2040, the model assumes an investment of $1.05 trillion between 2018 and...

Violence begets violence

Jun 02, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Violence begets violence

I have been living in a cycle of crime and police action. Sometimes I wonder if this will ever end, especially since most of the crime is imported. It is not that deportees are the main perpetrators....

$300M Assign for Drainage Works in Georgetown

Jun 02, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $300M Assign for Drainage Works in Georgetown

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority have collaborated with the Mayor and City Council in their project of cleaning up and fixing the drainage systems in Georgetown. To date they are...

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National B/Ball team departs for Suriname today

Poverty does not come with a lifetime warranty

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the national discussion segues to poverty reduction, it resurrects the age-old debate... more