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Private bridge owners want 55% toll hike

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Private bridge owners want 55% toll hike

Govt. will not consider increase– Jordan “Alas, there now appears to be other forces who want to use the Government as a compensatory mechanism for a faulty investment model of the Berbice...

Loan officer failed to monitor US$70M wood processing plant – source

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Loan officer failed to monitor US$70M wood processing plant – source

Questions are being asked how a Chinese logging company that received almost US$70M for a wood processing plant was allowed to divert the monies into other projects, including gold mining and...

Warlock vendetta claims second victim… Youth shot dead

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Warlock vendetta claims second victim… Youth shot dead

Just hours before a gun amnesty began for the turning in of illegal firearms, gunmen walked into a yard in East Ruimveldt and riddled a 23-year-old man. Kellon Hinds, called ‘Baje,’ of Phase Two,...

Trinidad replaces Venezuela as Guyana’s fuel supplier

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad replaces Venezuela as Guyana’s fuel supplier

Guyana has increased its acquisition of oil from Trinidad and Tobago, a senior Government official confirmed yesterday. The increase would come amidst a claim by Venezuela on Guyana’s waters and...

I cannot speak for Jagdeo’s wealth – Rohee

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on I cannot speak for Jagdeo’s wealth – Rohee

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Clement Rohee, yesterday held a press conference at which he was faced with questions he just could not answer. The former Home...

De driver full out Rohee bank loan application

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De driver full out Rohee bank loan application

De govt young but it got a lot of old people inside. It done start to look like if Alzheimer’s step in on a lot of dem. Dem done forget fuh remember plenty things. Dem promise to put people before...

Blaze erupts at GuyOil bond

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Blaze erupts at GuyOil bond

…millions lost in lubricants By Desilon Daniels What could have quickly become a dangerous situation turned out to be a destroyed bond after firemen extinguished a blaze that had erupted at...

President Granger engages Jagdeo… Government, Opposition team up to resolve Venezuela controversy

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger engages Jagdeo… Government, Opposition team up to resolve Venezuela controversy

In what would be considered as a major political development, President David Granger, yesterday met with Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, to discuss a number of pressing issues. Key on the agenda...

Summons filed to have PPP/C Elections Petition thrown out

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Summons filed to have PPP/C Elections Petition thrown out

Attorney- at- law, Roysdale Forde, has filed a summons in the High Court, requesting that the petition which seeks to challenge the outcome of the recently held General and Regional elections, be...

Arsonist attempts to torch Social worker’s car

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Arsonist attempts to torch Social worker’s car

A social worker living on the East Coast Demerara is thanking her lucky stars that her neighbour responded in a timely manner and extinguished a fire that would have certainly destroyed her car....

Bell loader pins worker to death

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bell loader pins worker to death

Tragedy struck last evening when Rose Hall Estate loader, Mohamed Iftekar Oosman, 30, was pinned by the machine he was working on. Oosman, of 73 East Street, Canefield Settlement, East Canje,...

Improving solid waste management PAHO, M&CC aim to change environmental behaviour

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Improving solid waste management PAHO, M&CC aim to change environmental behaviour

The staff of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is poised to assist communities with the effective reduction of open garbage disposal. This follows the participation in the Pan American...

Man stabbed while defending sister’s honour

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed while defending sister’s honour

A mother now fears the worse after her son was stabbed during a confrontation early Sunday morning. Devin Edmonds, 20, of Middle Scheme, Yarrowkabra, was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, just...

Granger sells agro-processing to Pomeroon farmers

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger sells agro-processing to Pomeroon farmers

President David Granger, during a recent visit to Pomeroon, Region Two, challenged the farmers to overcome their perennial problem of markets for their produce. The Pomeroon farmers are now...

Bajan remanded for overstaying

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Bajan remanded for overstaying

After leaving his homeland almost two years ago, a Barbadian found himself on the other side of the law with Guyanese law enforcement, after it was discovered that he has been residing in Guyana...

Ret’d Guyanese diplomat releases final book on Venezuela controversy

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Ret’d Guyanese diplomat releases final book on Venezuela controversy

Diplomat and historian, Dr. Odeen Ishmael, has released the final book in his three-part documentary charting the history of the Guyana-Venezuela border issue as well as his own diplomatic...

Rising Sun President’s Cup Horse Race Meet… ‘Just call me Boss’ pilots Shariff Stables to top honours

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Sun President’s Cup Horse Race Meet… ‘Just call me Boss’ pilots Shariff Stables to top honours

Amidst mild controversy ‘Just call me Boss’ competing out of the Jagdeo Stables with Trinidadian, Nela Mohammed, in saddle ran a well calculated race to upset a star studded line up including the...

Anti-money laundering measures… Review body lauds Guyana’s strides

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering measures… Review body lauds Guyana’s strides

Guyana has been commended for its strides to implement legislations and other measures to combat money laundering. Attorney General (AG), Basil Williams, and Legal Advisor of the Finance Intelligent...

CAREBACO Individual Championships… Priyanna (3) and Narayan Ramdhani and Tyrese Jeffrey claim 5 silver medals

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CAREBACO Individual Championships… Priyanna (3) and Narayan Ramdhani and Tyrese Jeffrey claim 5 silver medals

The Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) Individual Championships concluded on Saturday at Club Los Prados, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic with Guyana’s four-member team, the...

India, South Africa to play Gandhi-Mandela series

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on India, South Africa to play Gandhi-Mandela series

All future bilateral series between India and South Africa, including South Africa’s forthcoming tour of India, will be called the Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela series, the two boards have...

Medical students benefit from STARR Computer tech seminar

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Medical students benefit from STARR Computer tech seminar

Medical technologies save lives, improve health and contribute to sustainable healthcare. These technologies are developed and produced to offer people the option of a healthier lifestyle. This was...

Lima Sands children need help

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Lima Sands children need help

Affected by a high number of school dropouts, some dropping out as early as third form, the Community of Lima Sands in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) needs the immediate attention of educators and...

GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal Competition… Sparta stays unbeaten after 4-3 win over Albouystown; Queen Street eliminated

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer / Petra Organisation Futsal Competition… Sparta stays unbeaten after 4-3 win over Albouystown; Queen Street eliminated

National Guinness champions Sparta Boss maintained their unbeaten run after handing Albouystown their first defeat, surviving 4-3 in a fiercely fought contest as play in the inaugural GT Beer / Petra...

GFF seeks government’s support for Elite League

Sep 01, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF seeks government’s support for Elite League

Chairman of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalisation Committee Clinton Urling has approached the Government of Guyana for support of the Federation’s Elite League. Urling and a team...

Rice Producers call on Gov’t to come clean on $23B allocation

Sep 01, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice Producers call on Gov’t to come clean on $23B allocation

–money was expected to go towards paying rice farmers Following accusations from the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Members of Parliament that in excess of $23B promised in the...

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The President’s pipe dream

Kaieteur News – The effusive optimism of President Irfaan Ali in proclaiming Guyana as poised to become a major manufacturing... more