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$250 Budget unveiled for 2017

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on $250 Budget unveiled for 2017

By Kiana Wilburg Within the timeframe of 3 hours and 15 minutes, Finance Minister Winston Jordan yesterday informed the National Assembly, and sections of the nation through live broadcast, of how...

Budget 2017…Water and Electricity bills now loaded with 14% VAT

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017…Water and Electricity bills now loaded with 14% VAT

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Citizens who thought that the reduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) would have strengthened their changes of realizing “the good life” promised by the APNU+AFC...

Budget 2017….‘Greening’ the economy… Used tyres restricted from April 1

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017….‘Greening’ the economy… Used tyres restricted from April 1

-$10 environmental tax on every non-returnable bottle imported -tax reductions for electric, hybrid vehicles Months after announcing plans to restrict the importation of used tyres, Government...

Budget 2017…Contractors to pay 2% Withholding Tax on every transaction

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017…Contractors to pay 2% Withholding Tax on every transaction

After years of falling under the radar, it appears that contractors will be made to comply with their taxes. During his budget presentation yesterday in the National Assembly, Finance Minister...

Budget 2017…Gov’t talks tough on tax evasion…Hefty fines, Excise stamp system for imported alcohol, cigarettes to be introduced

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017…Gov’t talks tough on tax evasion…Hefty fines, Excise stamp system for imported alcohol, cigarettes to be introduced

-GRA to go after non-compliant foreign companies Yesterday, Finance Minister Winston Jordan in his budget presentation for 2017, unveiled a host of measure to improve the country’s tax...

Murder of Berbice carpenter…Magistrate refuses bail for alleged cop-bribing duo

Nov 29, 2016 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter…Magistrate refuses bail for alleged cop-bribing duo

Attorney Stanley Moore made another bail application – this time written submissions were handed over to the court – on behalf of 45-year-old Sharmilla Inderjali, the mother of Marcus...

Budget 2017…“Worst Budget ever!!” – Opposition Leader

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017…“Worst Budget ever!!” – Opposition Leader

… ‘Immensely ominous for the future’ Bharrat Jagdeo, former president and Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition – the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) – has labelled the...

Soulja Bai behaving like Robin Hood

Nov 29, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai behaving like Robin Hood

In de days of Old England dem had a forest name Sherwood. Dem had a bad man who use to ride in dem same forest till he meet some other scamp like heself. He did name Robin Loxley, but because he was...

Coalition Govt. delivers third Nat’l Budget in 18 months

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition Govt. delivers third Nat’l Budget in 18 months

The Government of Guyana hailed the Minister of Finance Winston Jordan’s presentation of the 2017 National Budget as historical since it was the third National Budget delivered by the Coalition...

Budget 2017…Sweeping adjustments to taxes…Passport fee, travel tax, liquor licences hiked

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017…Sweeping adjustments to taxes…Passport fee, travel tax, liquor licences hiked

Government has announced a number of tax increases. During his budget speech yesterday to the National Assembly, Finance Minister Winston Jordan unveiled plans to make the taxes more equitable. The...

Budget 2017….Advancing delivery of education attracts $43B

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2017….Advancing delivery of education attracts $43B

– UG to receive $2.9B support In a $250 billion national budget presented yesterday by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, the education sector has secured the expected lion’s share. This has...

Boy, 2, battles with cancer in eye

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 2, battles with cancer in eye

– Needs $2M for life-saving treatment Little Omkar Persaud needs your help for life-saving treatment in Cuba. He is diagnosed with retinoblastoma in the right eye. His left eye has already been...

PSC urges city to scrap parking meter project

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on PSC urges city to scrap parking meter project

…says initiative is indirect taxation The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has written city mayor, Patricia Green, objecting to a major project to rollout parking meters in Georgetown. PSC, in a...

Economy crawls to modest 2.6 % growth rate in 2016

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Economy crawls to modest 2.6 % growth rate in 2016

By Kiana Wilburg For the first time since 2009, Guyana’s economy faced a number of extraordinary economic circumstances which saw it crawling in 2016 to achieve a modest 2.6 percent growth rate....

Leak of Nurses’ State Final Exam…Minister still awaiting update of police investigation

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Leak of Nurses’ State Final Exam…Minister still awaiting update of police investigation

– says talk of examination re-sit was premature The findings of a police investigation into a reported leak of the 2016 Professional Nurses State Final examination papers is yet to be brought...

Murder of Berbice carpenter…CPG Liaison Officer questioned about alleged threats to victim’s family

Nov 29, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of Berbice carpenter…CPG Liaison Officer questioned about alleged threats to victim’s family

– as Ramjattan vows to cleanse Force of ‘rotten cops’ Community Policing Group (CPG) Liaison Officer Radica Ragunandan was taken into custody and questioned yesterday about threats she had...

Diamond Mineral Water Int’l Indoor Hockey Festival…Pepsi Hikers on top once again; Toronto Toros, Queen’s Park crowned champions

Nov 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diamond Mineral Water Int’l Indoor Hockey Festival…Pepsi Hikers on top once again; Toronto Toros, Queen’s Park crowned champions

Already labeled as one of the best Festivals since its birth, hockey fans were treated to another breathtaking display for the second time as multiple times champions Pepsi Hikers and Queen’s Park,...

Regal Sport T20 Tourney…Abel’s 94* guide Regal Masters past Tropical Spring

Nov 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Sport T20 Tourney…Abel’s 94* guide Regal Masters past Tropical Spring

Opener Eon Abel struck an unbeaten 94 to lead Regal Masters to a 10-wicket victory over Tropical Spring when the quarterfinals of the Regal Sport T20 tournament were contested on Sunday at Everest....

Guyana reach Final of Tri-Nation Basketball Series in Jamaica

Nov 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana reach Final of Tri-Nation Basketball Series in Jamaica

Guyana thrashed Jamaica’s U-21 team 71-32 on Sunday at the National Indoor Centre in Jamaica to advance to the final of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JBA) Tri-Nation Basketball Invitational...

Digicel Regional First-Class Cricket…Rain wash out third day of match between Jaguars and Volcanoes

Nov 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Regional First-Class Cricket…Rain wash out third day of match between Jaguars and Volcanoes

By Sean Devers in St Lucia in association with Trophy Stall, Golden Arrow Inn, Noble House Seafoods and Bissan’s Trading Carpets & Mats Store It was a frustrating day yesterday for everyone...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League –EDFA …Golden Stars and BVTU end first round on a high; Buxton United in pole position

Nov 29, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power Nat. U-17 League –EDFA …Golden Stars and BVTU end first round on a high; Buxton United in pole position

Golden Stars brought the curtains down on the first round of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Intra Association Under-17 League on the East Demerara on Sunday last with an emphatic...

OPA Gala Championships …Abrams ends year on good note in Toronto with 2nd and 4th places

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more