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Fake AGM Minutes and Annual Returns … Police Legal Advisor recommends civil instead of criminal charges

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Fake AGM Minutes and Annual Returns … Police Legal Advisor recommends civil instead of criminal charges

Instead of criminal charges, the Police Legal Advisor believes that those officials of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) who created fake minutes for Annual General...

PPP’s ‘confidentiality clause’ hampers Govt’s release of information on contracts – Harmon

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News 5

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell Minister of State, Joseph Harmon says that while it may be the will of the APNU+AFC government to make public certain controversial contracts and agreements signed by...

GRA Board fails to find Commissioner General after several interviews – re-advertises position

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRA Board fails to find Commissioner General after several interviews – re-advertises position

Chairman of the Governing Board of Directors for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rawle Lucas, who is facing flak for his leadership at the entity, admitted over the weekend that he kept sensitive...

Key witness to Monica Reece murder vanishes – former Top Cop blames media

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News 1

News that the Guyana Police Force is reopening one of the most talked about crimes has received only positive responses from members of the public. Today, Kaieteur News carries extensive coverage on...

Pensioner dies in boat collision

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner dies in boat collision

Police have detained two speedboat operators after a collision in the Moruca River, North West District, left a 66-year-old man dead. Police said that the two vessels were heading in opposite...

Dem boys seh…Is sheer faking and pumping going on

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is sheer faking and pumping going on

Bogus documents and forgery tek over nuff government office. If is not one forgery is another. People now forging meeting. Just like wha NICIL do other people reporting on meetings that never tek...

It’s about time the cops find my son’s killers – Trevor Rose’s mother

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on It’s about time the cops find my son’s killers – Trevor Rose’s mother

Now that the police have solved the six-year-old mystery of Babita Sarjou, the mother of Trevor Rose, who was killed in 2014, is convinced that Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum will bring her...

‘Ground-breaking’ accord on illegal fishing enters force

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Ground-breaking’ accord on illegal fishing enters force

A “ground-breaking” international treaty to combat fishing pirates took effect yesterday, becoming legally binding in 29 countries that so far have adhered to it, the UN’s food agency said....

“My daughter’s case is in the right hands now” – mom of Sheema Mangar

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on “My daughter’s case is in the right hands now” – mom of Sheema Mangar

Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum on Saturday signalled his intention of re-opening investigations into the 2010 murder of Demerara Bank employee Sheema Mangar. But can his team from the Major Crimes Unit...

Woman dies after struck by car

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Woman dies after struck by car

A 30-year-old woman was killed at about 19:20 hrs yesterday after being struck by a car on the Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, East Coast Demerara. Police said that the driver was travelling along...

CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL

If it is true that for every three people in Guyana there is one vehicle, then there are approximately 200,000 vehicles on the nation’s roads. And it is increasing at about 9,000 vehicles per year...

Police can only be sanctioned if public comes forward with complaints – Kennard

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Police can only be sanctioned if public comes forward with complaints – Kennard

Letters to the editors have been written about it. Complaints are regularly voiced and posted on social media platforms like Facebook. And the statistics are showing that bribery and misconduct...

Alpha Hotel Drug bust… Police had no motive to kill my father – son claims dad had surrendered

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Alpha Hotel Drug bust… Police had no motive to kill my father – son claims dad had surrendered

The son on 52-year-old Alvin Joseph says that police had no reason to kill his father. Joseph, a licensed firearm holder, was shot dead last Thursday, after police stormed the Alpha Hotel at Ogle,...

Can Guyana’s most successful Crime Chief and team solve this murder?

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Can Guyana’s most successful Crime Chief and team solve this murder?

He was still in primary school when a 19-year-old girl was murdered and dumped in Main Street. But now, over three decades later, Wendell Blanhum, now arguably the Guyana Police Force’s most...

Jilted man’s attack sends ex-lover into intensive care unit

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jilted man’s attack sends ex-lover into intensive care unit

A jilted man inflicted several stab wounds on his 29-year-old ex-lover after emerging from a dark corner in her yard at around 20:30 hrs on Saturday. Selina Ramotar of Lot 65 David Street, Kitty,...

Majority of regional top performers secure places at QC

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Majority of regional top performers secure places at QC

Weeks of anxiety over the 2016 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) came to an end last Tuesday when the Ministry of Education officially released the results. It was a very public affair that was...

Superior skilled Bahamians win CBC male U-16 Championship title

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Superior skilled Bahamians win CBC male U-16 Championship title

A clearly superior Bahamian team in the 2016 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Under-16 Championships brushed aside hosts, Guyana to win the title Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports...

Hero CPL cricket Match 11…Amla guides TKR past Warriors in thriller at Providence

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL cricket Match 11…Amla guides TKR past Warriors in thriller at Providence

By Sean Devers The largest crowd to watch cricket at Providence produced a sea of yellow and had the time of their lives as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lost a thrilling and hard fought contest against...

Portugal stun France with late Eder strike in Euro final

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Portugal stun France with late Eder strike in Euro final

PARIS (Reuters) Portugal found an unlikely hero as Eder’s thunderous finish deep into extra time secured their first European Championship title after they overcame the early loss of Cristiano...

Santokie fined for indiscipline

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Santokie fined for indiscipline

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots left-arm seamer Krishmar Santokie will part with 75 per cent of his match fee after breaching the Caribbean Premier League’s Code of...

Teams lament deplorable conditions at Enterprise ground

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Teams lament deplorable conditions at Enterprise ground

No internet at East Coast match venues The 2016 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Senior Women’s Super50 involving all six Regional teams for the first time and the West Indies players who won this...

Banks DIH and Trophy Stall among sponsors for GAWP, Rising Sun Horserace meet

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH and Trophy Stall among sponsors for GAWP, Rising Sun Horserace meet

A hoard of sponsors has rushed on board in support of the grand one day horse race meet organized by the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Guyana Association of Women Police. The meet...

HOLMES SWEET HOME

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HOLMES SWEET HOME

In 1992, I ended up in Barbados, initially as a communications consultant and then as the Media/Communications Advisor to the World Health Organisation/ Pan American Health Organisation. In 1993, I...

Du Plessis wants improvement from batsmen

Jul 11, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Du Plessis wants improvement from batsmen

By Zaheer Mohamed St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots captain Faf Du Plassis is calling for an improvement from his batsmen following their loss to the Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets at the Guyana...

Culture and Arts … Cultural development and the need for a policy: Is it Govt’s priority?

Jul 11, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Culture and Arts … Cultural development and the need for a policy: Is it Govt’s priority?

By: Kiana Wilburg With proper direction and a policy to safeguard its creations, culture can be a powerful, inspiring and independent force in any nation’s development. And even though this truth...

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Guyana’s oil bonanza is being squandered by political duels

Kaieteur News – In Guyana, politics and economics have always danced an ill-fated tango. It is difficult to say which... more