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New Oil and Gas Association President accused of corruption at Gold Board

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on New Oil and Gas Association President accused of corruption at Gold Board

Citizens recently witnessed the establishment of the Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA). The body is one which intends to ensure transparency and accountability when it comes to the disclosure of...

Sweeping move…President orders Carvil Duncan suspended from Constitutional bodies

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Sweeping move…President orders Carvil Duncan suspended from Constitutional bodies

Days after fraud accused, Carvil Duncan, alleged that he was offered monies by top Government officials to step down from a number of constitutional bodies, he has been ordered suspended. Duncan, a...

Shakeup in Linden as police commander, others transferred

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Shakeup in Linden as police commander, others transferred

Over the past nine months there were repeated calls for the removal of the Commander Snr. Superintendent Calvin Brutus, Inspector Chabinauth Singh of CID and other ranks from E Division but those...

Opposition not interested in 2017 budget talks with Government

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition not interested in 2017 budget talks with Government

By Kiana Wilburg For the time being, the political opposition is not interested in budget talks with the Government given that its initial requests for “pertinent” information was not honoured by...

Armed bandits grab motorcar, electronics from Berbice businessman

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Armed bandits grab motorcar, electronics from Berbice businessman

A Berbice businessman and his son were on Tuesday evening robbed by three men, brandishing guns, at his Overwinning home, East Bank Berbice. According to reports reaching Kaieteur News, businessman...

Body of decomposed male found at Craig river dam

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Body of decomposed male found at Craig river dam

Detectives were summoned yesterday to remove the body of an unidentified man from the foreshore at Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD), in the vicinity of Kingdom Hall. When this newspaper arrived at the...

Construction worker wrestles carjacker in trench

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker wrestles carjacker in trench

… as accomplice escapes with car An alleged carjacker was arrested yesterday after a 54-year-old construction worker had wrestled him into a trench at Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, and then tied...

Soulja Bai get a stand and Jagdeo vex

Oct 13, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai get a stand and Jagdeo vex

People can’t tie bundle wid dem politician in dis country. Dem is a bundle of scamps. One thing good today and tomorrow de same thing bad. Carvil Duncan deh before de court fuh tekking money wha is...

US$ 46.8M West Dem. Road Expansion Project…Commuters, vehicle operators complain about ‘poor’ traffic management

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on US$ 46.8M West Dem. Road Expansion Project…Commuters, vehicle operators complain about ‘poor’ traffic management

– Contractors insist measures in place The US$46.8M West Demerara Road Expansion Project currently being executed is under fire by several commuters over the traffic management measures in...

A medal for Uncle Ranny

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on A medal for Uncle Ranny

If you traverse the Agricola Public Road in the mornings between 7:30 and about 9:00 hours, you are likely to have passed Uncle Ranny. He may have stopped the vehicle you were in, so persons can...

Cop denies assaulting Jason Abdulla in Freddie Kissoon trial

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cop denies assaulting Jason Abdulla in Freddie Kissoon trial

Police Constable Keron Pickering, a detective attached to the Major Crimes Investigations Unit, yesterday denied that he placed a black bag over the head of Jason Abdulla, one of the three men...

City Hall hosts consultations today on proposed vending areas

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall hosts consultations today on proposed vending areas

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown will today be holding consultations with various committees representing vendors in the Stabroek area, at City Hall. This comes on the heels of the...

UG needs Govt. support to help garner int’l funds – former lecturer

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG needs Govt. support to help garner int’l funds – former lecturer

An enormous sum is required to manage institutions such as the University of Guyana (UG). This assertion was recently amplified by Kaieteur News columnist, Frederick Kissoon, during an interview....

Guyana Foundation completes pilot phase of E’bo Sunrise Center

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Foundation completes pilot phase of E’bo Sunrise Center

The Guyana Foundation recently announced that the pilot phase of its Sunrise Centre on the Essequibo Coast was successfully completed. This announcement was made last week at the Westin Hotel, Grand...

PPP to boycott President Granger’s address in Parliament today

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PPP to boycott President Granger’s address in Parliament today

The Opposition is expected to boycott President David Granger’s address which is set to take place today in the Parliament. The PPP made this decision known via a statement to the media last night....

Food houses bid to provide meals for CPCE residential students’

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Food houses bid to provide meals for CPCE residential students’

Bids were opened yesterday at the Ministry of Finance’s National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the supply and delivery of cooked meals for resident students at the Cyril...

Private sector launches Oil and Gas Association

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Private sector launches Oil and Gas Association

Members of the private sector have come together to form the Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA). The Association was launched Tuesday evening at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown and it aims to...

Commander clears the air on Leonora pit bulls case

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Commander clears the air on Leonora pit bulls case

With many speculating that the case against Marceline Small, the woman whose pit bulls killed a man and attacked two others at Leonora, West Coast Demerara almost a month ago has been dropped,...

21 percent decrease in serious crimes – Police

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on 21 percent decrease in serious crimes – Police

…67 firearm seized The Guyana Police Force has recorded a 21 percent decrease in serious crimes at the end of September when compared to the same period last year, the police said in a release...

Social Protection staffers being trained in phone etiquette, customer satisfaction

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection staffers being trained in phone etiquette, customer satisfaction

Developing positive attitudes at work to ensure client satisfaction is the focus of a staff development training being hosted by the Ministry of Social Protection. The training began yesterday at the...

Govt., IDB recommit to Forest Carbon Partnership Facility project

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt., IDB recommit to Forest Carbon Partnership Facility project

In an effort to enhance Guyana’s response to climate change, the Ministry of Natural Resources, working jointly with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), recommitted to further advancing...

Local authorities order halt to Samsung Note 7 sales

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Local authorities order halt to Samsung Note 7 sales

The Competition and Consumers Affairs Commission (CCAC) of the Consumer Affairs Unit (CAU), has ordered a halt in sales of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The Commission has advised that all consumers...

GPHC contemplates expanding dialysis service

Oct 13, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC contemplates expanding dialysis service

– Move likely to reduce death rate of financially-challenged patients Approximately $250 million will be required annually if the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is to offer a...

A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT IS NEEDED

Oct 13, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT IS NEEDED

Electricity is too important for experimentation. The country should not be tinkering with the management of its electricity sector. If something is working why change it? For twenty years, the...

Why would the WPA want to save a govt. that doesn’t want to be saved?

Oct 13, 2016 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why would the WPA want to save a govt. that doesn’t want to be saved?

I found it funny the replies of Dr. David Hinds and Tacuma Ogunseye to my column as to the demise of the WPA. I asked where was the voice of the WPA which was in fact part of the Government. In their...

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