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Jordan says VAT on electricity and water was recommended by Tax Reform Committee

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jordan says VAT on electricity and water was recommended by Tax Reform Committee

By Kiana Wilburg For five days, Finance Minister Winston Jordan endured an onslaught of heckling, negativity, and insults from the political opposition during the debate of the 2017 budget....

Drug Bond controversy…Annual rent more than cost of services for some regions – Jagdeo

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Drug Bond controversy…Annual rent more than cost of services for some regions – Jagdeo

Despite an apology by the Minister of Health, George Norton, for misleading the nation on the Sussex Street drug storage bond deal, the controversy is seemingly becoming a rash that the A Partnership...

$Govt. to redistribute fraction of lands surrendered by logging companies$

Govt. to redistribute fraction of lands surrendered by logging companies

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to redistribute fraction of lands surrendered by logging companies

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Government has decided to redistribute 1.1 million hectares of forest land that has been reverted to the State during 2016. This was disclosed by Minister of Natural...

Cops dig suspected burial site in search of missing Prospect woman

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Cops dig suspected burial site in search of missing Prospect woman

– Prime suspect allegedly fled Guyana Investigators from the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Major Crimes Unit, along with other ranks, yesterday spent several hours digging up the concrete floor...

Gov’t announces $25,000 bonus for public servants

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t announces $25,000 bonus for public servants

With Christmas a mere 16 days away, and public servants wondering, Government yesterday announced a $25,000 bonus for public servants. The bonus is half of what they would have received last year....

East R/veldt man shot with arrow, beaten, chopped and left for dead on Issano trial

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East R/veldt man shot with arrow, beaten, chopped and left for dead on Issano trial

Police have launched an investigation into an incident which has left a 30-year-old resident of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown nursing serious wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Reports reaching...

Bandits rob cops at crime scene

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits rob cops at crime scene

It doesn’t get more embarrassing than this. Two police ranks became robbery victims at around 11:55 hrs yesterday, while investigating a crime in the city. A police release stated that the unarmed...

Christmas coming and blackout too

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Christmas coming and blackout too

De quarrel over de budget done. Everybody who had a mouth talk and dem talk long. Almost everybody talk bout de VAT and de tax, but nobody ain’t talk bout thiefing. De MPs didn’t see no need to...

Gold Board slams Jagdeo for claiming entity has $17.5B debt

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Gold Board slams Jagdeo for claiming entity has $17.5B debt

The Guyana Gold Board has refuted statements by Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, that it has accumulated debts of $17.5B. The statements were reportedly made by the former President during...

Berbice carpenter murder…Victim’s family and friends turn out in numbers outside court

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice carpenter murder…Victim’s family and friends turn out in numbers outside court

Relatives and friends of murdered carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt, of Number 70 Village, Berbice, showed tremendous support on Thursday as they peacefully picketed in the scorching sun with placards...

Ramjattan, Nandlall clash on VAT for utility services

Dec 10, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan, Nandlall clash on VAT for utility services

The issue of a proposed 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity and water bills saw two seasoned politicians, Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan and Opposition Member, Anil Nandlall,...

Digicel Regional First-Class Cricket ….Chanderpaul’s 100 takes Jaguars to 311 on day 1

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Regional First-Class Cricket ….Chanderpaul’s 100 takes Jaguars to 311 on day 1

By Sean Devers Dropped West Indies batsman Shiv Chanderpaul continues to prove that age is just a number when he again rescued the Guyana Jaguars with a responsible even century on day one of the...

Caribbean Development Boxing Tournament…Gold medals for Guyana’s Moore and Allicock following scintillating KO’s

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Caribbean Development Boxing Tournament…Gold medals for Guyana’s Moore and Allicock following scintillating KO’s

Junior boxer, Isaiah Moore (46kgs), scored a TKO over Barbadian, Rashawn Holder in the first round and secured the first gold medal for this country as Guyanese boxers continued their dominance at...

ECD Jubilee Fiesta softball tourney set for tomorrow

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on ECD Jubilee Fiesta softball tourney set for tomorrow

The East Coast Demerara Jubilee Fiesta softball cricket competition has been set for tomorrow at the Better Hope Community Centre ground. Teams including Herstelling Rangers, Wellman, Mahaica Raiders...

Keen contests expected in Noble House Seafoods semis

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Keen contests expected in Noble House Seafoods semis

Persaud, Yadram unavailable for Everest due WI U-19 Camp By Sean Devers After University of Guyana (UG) upset Transport Sports Club (TSC) in last year’s final, the 2016 semi-finals of the GCA’s...

Nat U-15 French Guiana Tour …Squad of 27 to be reduced to 16 for travel next Friday

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nat U-15 French Guiana Tour …Squad of 27 to be reduced to 16 for travel next Friday

By Sean Devers Under a blue sky yesterday morning at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue, the 27 Under-15 footballers vying for selection to the national team for the French Guiana...

Five synthetic tracks for five Regions

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Five synthetic tracks for five Regions

Ground Enhancement grant increases Five synthetic track and field facilities are high on Government’s agenda for the development of sports in Guyana. Minister Nicolette Henry, who has...

Stag Nations Cup KO set for December 14 kick off..

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stag Nations Cup KO set for December 14 kick off..

Five associations, 20-teams to contest By Zaheer Mohamed The Stag Nations Cup (formerly Stag Super-16) football tournament is set to kick off on December 14 with 20 teams from five associations...

GAWA hosts Level One Coaches course

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAWA hosts Level One Coaches course

Twenty affiliates of the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) were in attendance when the executives of that entity raised the curtains on a three-day, Level One Coaches course yesterday...

3rd Annual Smalta Girls Pee Wee Football Competition…Business end commences today with quarter-final action

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 3rd Annual Smalta Girls Pee Wee Football Competition…Business end commences today with quarter-final action

The business end of the 3rd Annual Smalta Girls Pee Wee Football Competition will begin in earnest today with quarter-final action slated for the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue. In...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Sparta Boss inch closer in defence of title; Camp Street AS, Bent Street, Back Circle also through

Dec 10, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Competition…Sparta Boss inch closer in defence of title; Camp Street AS, Bent Street, Back Circle also through

Debutants Camp Street All Stars despite going down to Bent Street in a penalty shootout on Thursday evening is among the quarter-finalists in this year’s Georgetown Zone of the Guinness ‘Greatest...

Georgetown Masters and Hearts of Oak battle for Frank Alphonso trophy tonight

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The quandary of the Guyanese electorate

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