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SARU zeros in on sole sourcing between NEW GPC and previous Govt.

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on SARU zeros in on sole sourcing between NEW GPC and previous Govt.

In the coming weeks, the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) is expected to zero in on all aspects of sole sourcing which occurred between the previous regime and New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation...

Legislation to relax marijuana convictions for Parliament

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Legislation to relax marijuana convictions for Parliament

Attorneys Nigel Hughes and Mark Waldron have completed a draft new legislation to relax marijuana convictions. This comes in the wake of the imprisonment of former national footballer turned coach,...

Citizens died while PPP/C Ministers utilized medical aid on “cosmetics”- Harmon

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens died while PPP/C Ministers utilized medical aid on “cosmetics”- Harmon

– Says APNU+AFC ministers may not utilize budgeted medical aid By Abena Rockcliffe The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government was so “callous” about the welfare of ordinary...

No place for “extremism” in Guyana

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on No place for “extremism” in Guyana

— says Pres. Granger President David Granger has declared that there is no place for extremism in Guyana. This comes in light of the recent terrorist attacks in France and the United States. The...

Economy will rebound through industries

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Economy will rebound through industries

– Minister Gaskin Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, on Thursday sought to assure stakeholders that despite the challenges that Guyana’s business community has faced over the year, the...

Dem boys seh…No hole can ‘hole’ Clinty de Willy

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…No hole can ‘hole’ Clinty de Willy

When most people do wrong dem does run and hide. Dem learn that from small, and Jagdeo, that scamp, reinforce it to de nation. Every time he get ketch like when he give way Sanata complex to he best...

False report targets GRA lawyer

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on False report targets GRA lawyer

A report about the Guyana Revenue Authority assessing and recommending that Attorney at Law Hissaun Yasin-Nandlall be demoted was a document that may have been tampered with, according to Chairman of...

President makes monetary donation at opening of ISA Elementary School, GIT Secretariat

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on President makes monetary donation at opening of ISA Elementary School, GIT Secretariat

The Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) yesterday commissioned a spanking new $190M building, which now houses the ISA Elementary School—a branch of the ISA Islamic School. This three-storey edifice located...

Rice board in discussions to stabilise rice prices

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Rice board in discussions to stabilise rice prices

By Jarryl Bryan The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is taking the first steps in establishing a stabilisation fund for rice farmers, an initiative that rice industry experts and farmers have...

WICB PCL Cricket…Shiv (82), Barnwell (79), Reifer (64) keep Jaguars on top after Fudadin completes fifth ton

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB PCL Cricket…Shiv (82), Barnwell (79), Reifer (64) keep Jaguars on top after Fudadin completes fifth ton

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Noble House Seafoods, Stag Beer & Cascadia Hotel In sweltering heat at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday T&T’s Red Force, set 265 to avoid an...

Adherence to Ombudsman’s advice not mandatory – Vincent Alexander

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Adherence to Ombudsman’s advice not mandatory – Vincent Alexander

— in fact, Freddie Kissoon’s dismissal was “wrong but not illegal” Ombudsman Winston Moore ruled that Freddie Kissoon, a former lecturer at the University of Guyana (UG) was wrongfully...

Health care professionals honoured for HIV/AIDS work in hinterland

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Health care professionals honoured for HIV/AIDS work in hinterland

The National Aids programme Secretariat (NAPS) on Thursday rewarded nine health care practitioners for their outstanding work in the hinterland regions. The awards ceremony, which was held at the...

Businessman detained over allegedly discharging rounds indiscriminately

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman detained over allegedly discharging rounds indiscriminately

A Cummingslodge businessman was yesterday released on station bail after “cooling off” for a night in the Sparendaam Police Station lock ups. The businessman was arrested on Saturday for...

Eureka! Eureka! Someone discovers a law

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eureka! Eureka! Someone discovers a law

Here is a section of a court item taken from the Kaieteur News of Saturday, December 5, 2015 – “Three persons were brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Thursday and ordered to pay...

GSA/Digicel Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas team tournament…Team Minions Crowned 2015 Champions

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSA/Digicel Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas team tournament…Team Minions Crowned 2015 Champions

Team Minions were crowned champions of the Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas Squash Team Tournament on Sunday when they narrowly edged team Rising Stars at the Georgetown Club. Makeda Harding, Lucas...

Govt. looking at new dates for “Common Entrance”

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. looking at new dates for “Common Entrance”

Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnarine has revealed that the National Grade Six Assessment will not be held at its customary date at the end of the Easter School Term. The revelation was made...

CGI Local Franchise Cricket…Essequibo, West Berbice, Georgetown, NA Canje record victories

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on CGI Local Franchise Cricket…Essequibo, West Berbice, Georgetown, NA Canje record victories

Peters, Paul slam centuries, Jawahir, Lord grab 5 By Zaheer Mohamed Essequibo, West Berbice, Georgetown and New Amsterdam Canje recorded victories when the latest round of matches in the Cricket...

Guyana’s Aviation standard below compliance with the ICAO

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Aviation standard below compliance with the ICAO

As the international aviation fraternity gears up to observe International Civil Aviation Day today, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has been cited as below 50% compliance with the...

Berbice gyms receive gears from overseas-based Guyanese

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Berbice gyms receive gears from overseas-based Guyanese

Reginald and Darius Ford among donors Overseas-based Guyanese Nazar Sulaiman, 62, a masters boxing champion in the United States has been living up to his dream there, to keep the Guyana Flag flying...

Essequibians get chance to interact with Public Infrastructure officials

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibians get chance to interact with Public Infrastructure officials

Officials from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) on Saturday participated in an outreach to Essequibo and used the opportunity to meaningfully interact with the public. The outreach was put...

LABA/Banks Malta Supreme Christmas basketball…Bulls humble Flames 64-54, Raiders trounce Falcons 82-23

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA/Banks Malta Supreme Christmas basketball…Bulls humble Flames 64-54, Raiders trounce Falcons 82-23

Half Mile Bulls triumphed over Block 22 Flames 64-54 but Retrieve Raiders crushed Bankers Trust Falcons 82-23 to begin their quest when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s (LABA) Open...

HURRY HURRY COME FOR CURRY

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HURRY HURRY COME FOR CURRY

New Governments come into town, their guns blazing, not literally like the Earp Brothers and Doc Holliday in the famous Gunfight at the OK Corral, but more like the American nuclear bombing of...

Too many sellers for a small economy

Dec 07, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Too many sellers for a small economy

Has anyone ever wondered why there are no “Sale” campaigns in Guyana? In the past, at various times of the year, the major department stores would call a ‘sale’ in which the prices of most...

Mounted police recommence work in Lethem

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Mounted police recommence work in Lethem

With the aim of enhancing its operational capability and capacity building, the Guyana Police Force has reintroduced the establishment of a section of the Mounted Branch at Lethem. The ranks...

P&P Insurance Brokers makes $1M donation

Dec 07, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on P&P Insurance Brokers makes $1M donation

P&P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited made a donation of $100,000 to each of 10 organisations in Guyana. The beneficiaries were Bless the Children Home, Canaan Children Home, Ptolemy Reid...

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National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more