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Only one local has come forward for tax breaks for petroleum industry – GRA Boss

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Only one local has come forward for tax breaks for petroleum industry – GRA Boss

-Refutes claim that Ramps Logistics gets concessions By Kiana Wilburg About three months ago, Kaieteur News published an excerpt of an interview with Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue...

Republic Bank apologises to customers

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Republic Bank apologises to customers

…tells Central Bank it has systems to handle Christmas crowds, backpay – Govt. says it will not sit idly by The ongoing situation at Republic Bank is exasperating even the Government, with...

Bloody Road Safety Week highlights wanton disregard for traffic laws

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bloody Road Safety Week highlights wanton disregard for traffic laws

– 13 serious accidents in five days By Shikema Dey Road Safety Week 2019 commenced last Sunday (November 24). Ironically, drivers somehow have decided to go wild during this period,...

Archives to be officially renamed after Walter Rodney

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Archives to be officially renamed after Walter Rodney

There was disapproval a few days ago when the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) learnt that the National Archives no longer held the name of the late Dr. Walter Rodney, a prominent Guyanese...

Trigger-happy security guard fined $15,000

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trigger-happy security guard fined $15,000

The ex-Sheriff Security Services guard who was recorded on a camera recklessly firing his service-issued weapon while on duty was yesterday fined for the offence. Damario Embrack, 23, of 88 South...

Jagdeo proposes joint approach to verify 60,000 new registrants

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo proposes joint approach to verify 60,000 new registrants

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, is recommending that an effective and cooperative approach be taken to verify the unusually high count of 60,000...

Barama slashes workforce by one-third

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Barama slashes workforce by one-third

Almost a third of the workforce of plywood makers, Barama Company Limited (BCL), has been laid off as of this week. The news would come as Australian-owned Troy Resources, also announced recently...

Children and parents fighting in schools

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Children and parents fighting in schools

Children does always fight in school. Everybody know that but that is dem li’l children. That is wha de Education Minister seh when she hear bout how a boy beat up a gyal in school. Big children...

It’s traditional!

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on It’s traditional!

Ten years ago, a grieving mother who had just lost her son related to reporters what a good boy he was. According to the mom, the lad worked for $5,500 per week. Each week he would only keep $500 for...

Couple remanded for arms, ammo and ganja

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Couple remanded for arms, ammo and ganja

Godfrey Bacchus, and his wife, Stacy Cort, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, yesterday, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and were remanded for the possession of an AK-47 assault...

Mocha man found guilty of raping underage girl

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mocha man found guilty of raping underage girl

A young girl was served justice yesterday when a man accused of raping her multiple times was found guilty by a jury. The man, Jegede Hodge, 48, of Mocha, East Bank Demerara, was found guilty on four...

Cop accused of brutalising Black Bush man with baton

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cop accused of brutalising Black Bush man with baton

– currently under close arrest Constable Neal Dookram has found himself in hot water after he reportedly brutalised a Black Bush Polder man with his baton. He is currently under close arrest at...

Jury acquits man accused of killing Brazilian national

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jury acquits man accused of killing Brazilian national

Tears settled in the eyes of 23-year-old Samuel Allen as he walked out of the High Court yesterday, a free man, after spending five years on remand for the murder of Brazilian national Joao De Souza....

Cops, relatives give conflicting accounts of vendor’s shooting

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cops, relatives give conflicting accounts of vendor’s shooting

Police are insisting that a beverage vendor who was shot in the leg last Sunday had attacked ranks with bottles and a cutlass. But the man’s relatives claim that he was defending himself after...

Colonial Medical Super50 Cup- Semi-final 1 Nedd, Sinclair spin WI Emerging Players to finals

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colonial Medical Super50 Cup- Semi-final 1 Nedd, Sinclair spin WI Emerging Players to finals

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In a game affected by several stoppages for various reasons including malfunctioning floodlights, West Indies Emerging Played crawled into Sunday’s Final when beat...

Uprising Taxi Service supports Champion of Champions 2

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Uprising Taxi Service supports Champion of Champions 2

Uprising Taxi Service of Vlissingen Road has thrown their support behind Mark Wiltshire for the staging of Champion of Champions 2 Dominoes competition which is set for December 1 at Rona Place,...

$700,000 bail for driver charged with causing policeman’s death

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $700,000 bail for driver charged with causing policeman’s death

Yesterday, two days after a 29-year-old Constable attached to the Brickdam Police Station met his demise in an accident, the individual who is alleged to have caused his death appeared in court, and...

Phoenix Judo and Jiu-Jitsu Academy cops five medals in Suriname event

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Phoenix Judo and Jiu-Jitsu Academy cops five medals in Suriname event

Phoenix Judo and Jiu-Jitsu Academy fielded a twelve-member Judo team to attend the Suriname Independence Inter-Guiana Judo tourna ment 2019 and the outing was described as successful. Pitted against...

LABA/YBG U19 Basketball double header on tomorrow at MSC Hard Court

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA/YBG U19 Basketball double header on tomorrow at MSC Hard Court

Kwakwani will be among the clubs to be featured this weekend when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association / Youth Basketball Guyana Under-19 championship bounces off at the Mackenzie Sports Club...

MYO Trophy Stall Inter Jamaat T10 Softball Cricket

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on MYO Trophy Stall Inter Jamaat T10 Softball Cricket

Hague, Leonora, Cornelia Ida record victories as tourney continues The Muslim Youth Organization of Guyana/Trophy Stall Inter- Jamaat 10 overs softball cricket competition continued on Sunday last at...

Horseracing returns to Port Mourant Turf Club on December 15

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Horseracing returns to Port Mourant Turf Club on December 15

Horseracing action is set to return to the Port Mourant Turf on Sunday, December 15 when that entity stages a one day, eight-race meet at the Club’s facilities at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice....

Man to serve 15 years in jail for fatal wedding house beating

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man to serve 15 years in jail for fatal wedding house beating

Rajen Dindial, who was found guilty of manslaughter over fatally beating a man with a paddle at a wedding house celebration, was yesterday sentenced to serve 15 years in jail for the crime. The...

E’bo traffic cops to monitor night spots during holiday season

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo traffic cops to monitor night spots during holiday season

Traffic ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Regional Division (2) will be keenly monitoring night spots within the Pomeroon/Supenaam region during the holiday season. This is according to Inspector...

Guyana now 15 years without a 50-overs title Selectors should pick horses for courses

Nov 29, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana now 15 years without a 50-overs title Selectors should pick horses for courses

By Sean Devers in Trinidad Guyana Jaguars will start the next Regional 50-over tournament without a title in 15 years, despite being five-time defending First-Class Champions. Guyana has won the...

17 years for man who choked pensioner to death

Nov 29, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 17 years for man who choked pensioner to death

A 31-year-old labourer was yesterday sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment at the Berbice High Court, after pleading guilty to manslaughter in October of this year. A probation report was presented...

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Marian Academy faceoff with Santa Rosa for Pee Wee’s U11 title

The tirade against the independent media continues unabated

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- In every democracy worth its salt, the press serves as the watchdog, the thorn in the side... more