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Justice Cummings-Edwards named Chancellor (ag)

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Justice Cummings-Edwards named Chancellor (ag)

Justice George-Wiltshire to be Chief Justice (ag) Two women have been tipped to take up the two most powerful posts in the judiciary- that of Chancellor and of Chief Justice. Following a meeting late...

Police Corporal arrested for attempting to smuggle AK-47

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Police Corporal arrested for attempting to smuggle AK-47

– ASP among several fingered Police ranks yesterday arrested one of their colleagues who allegedly attempted to facilitate the smuggling of an AK-47 assault rifle out of the Guyana...

CANU head told to take accumulated leave

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CANU head told to take accumulated leave

-fmr. Army Chief to perform duties Government has asked the head of the country’s premier illicit drug fighting agency, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU), to proceed on outstanding leave. The...

VAT on private education fees remains in effect

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on VAT on private education fees remains in effect

-but Govt. reportedly not opposed to possible review Although it has been the subject of protest action and a petition against it which has gained the attention of Government, the 14 percent Value...

T&T abandons MOU for 10,000 acres of agri land – Minister Holder

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on T&T abandons MOU for 10,000 acres of agri land – Minister Holder

Now that both Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have new governments, the arrangement to make 10,000 acres of agricultural lands available to the Twin-Island Republic, seems to have been abandoned....

Syndicates, GGDMA clash over mining sector

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Syndicates, GGDMA clash over mining sector

Small miners are holding firm to their position that establishing Mining Syndicates is the answer to addressing the issue of landlordism. They said that they would have endured this situation for a...

$1B Kato Secondary School …Court action still on the books for Kares Engineering –Minister Patterson

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $1B Kato Secondary School …Court action still on the books for Kares Engineering –Minister Patterson

Kares Engineering Inc. may be getting a second chance to redeem itself regarding the $1B Kato Secondary School which it left fraught with defects. But this in no way means that the company is off the...

Special department launched to end “ad hocery” in environmental management

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Special department launched to end “ad hocery” in environmental management

The Department of the Environment (DoE) was officially launched yesterday by President David Granger with the charge that it must seek to ensure that Guyana achieves the objectives of a...

Jagdeo mek acting a way of life

Mar 02, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo mek acting a way of life

When dem write de constitution and decide that de president and de opposition leader got to agree to appoint some people dem never believe that it would be like tying a cat and a dog together. Dem...

Investigators monitor 141 businesses for not issuing receipts in 2016

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Investigators monitor 141 businesses for not issuing receipts in 2016

Some businesses seem relentless in their bid to dodge taxes by not issuing receipts to customers after goods would have been purchased. Based on statistics provided by the Head of the Guyana...

Chinese wooed to help boost army’s engineering capacity

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese wooed to help boost army’s engineering capacity

President David Granger yesterday met with China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Cui Jianchun, at State House to discuss the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries. The Ambassador was...

‘Act now to get back monies overpaid to contractors’

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Act now to get back monies overpaid to contractors’

– PAC member urges Regional Officials Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member, Charandass Persaud, has urged regional officials to strike now while the iron is hot, to recoup monies that were...

Women among several in custody for teacher’s home invasion

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Women among several in custody for teacher’s home invasion

Ranks in ‘B’ Division of the Guyana Police Force are once again hot on the heels of criminals whose main aim is to rob, terrorize and kill. Commander of ‘B’ Division, Ian...

Authorities asked to consider new roof designs for schools

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities asked to consider new roof designs for schools

The administration is expected to begin talks with regional engineers to examine the viability of altering the roofing designs currently being used on school buildings across the country. During an...

Fire destroys Sheet Anchor house

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Sheet Anchor house

A fire of still unknown origin on Wednesday completely destroyed a one-flat wooden house situated at lot 91 Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, Berbice. The fire reportedly began around 13:45 hrs. The...

Rice farmer’s car goes missing from park

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmer’s car goes missing from park

Police in ‘B’ Division are investigating a car theft which occurred on Tuesday on the No. 19 Public Road, Corentyne. The owner of the car, Baldeo Sooknandan, a rice farmer, told Kaieteur...

Yellow fever vaccine being offered is for life – Minister Cummings

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Yellow fever vaccine being offered is for life – Minister Cummings

says vaccine was formerly valid for 10 years Although it was formerly valid for a 10-year period, Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, is assuring the public that the...

5 years jail for ex-cop who killed teen in hit and run

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 5 years jail for ex-cop who killed teen in hit and run

Former Police Lance Corporal, Marlon Washington, was slapped with a five-year jail sentence after he was found guilty of causing the death of Denelsion Rose, a teenager, by dangerous driving....

PAC Chairman urges Finance Secretary to surcharge errant officials

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PAC Chairman urges Finance Secretary to surcharge errant officials

says, “Overpayments must come to an end.” For over 20 years, the Auditor General has been reporting on the fact that accounting officers are simply not implementing the appropriate measures to...

Dharmic Sabha’s Grand Phagwah Mela and Bazaar set for March 4

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Dharmic Sabha’s Grand Phagwah Mela and Bazaar set for March 4

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha will be hosting a number of activities over the following weeks as it prepares to celebrate Phagwah or Holi on Monday, March 13. The annual Phagwah Mela and Bazaar,...

Region Two Students celebrate Mashramani with choral recital

Mar 02, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two Students celebrate Mashramani with choral recital

Even as the National Mashramani programmes are almost completed the Region Two Culture and Youth Department successfully held a Mashramani activity at the Anna Regina Multilateral School recently....

Guyana enter Beach Soccer Ranking for first time in history at 85th- Ranked 12th in CONCACAF

Mar 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana enter Beach Soccer Ranking for first time in history at 85th- Ranked 12th in CONCACAF

Having made its inaugural appearance at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship which concluded on Sunday last at Malcolm Park in Nassau Bahamas, and placing 12th of the 16 participating teams, Guyana...

Faye Joseph Int’l Domino Tournament officially launched

Mar 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Faye Joseph Int’l Domino Tournament officially launched

It is regarded as one of the most popular pastime activities, played on pavements, wakes at other sports intervals, but in recent years, recently re-elected President of the Georgetown Domino...

YBG hosts Annual Fives’ Challenge Series

Mar 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG hosts Annual Fives’ Challenge Series

Bishops’ High School, Mackenzie High, Linden Technical Institute and Mackenzie Past Students emerged winners in the various categories of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Annual Fives’ Challenge...

Letter to the Sports Editor Is this a case of victimization of the RHTY&SC?

Mar 02, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Letter to the Sports Editor Is this a case of victimization of the RHTY&SC?

Dear Sir, It has come as no major surprise to us in the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, but for the first time since 1994, a Berbice junior cricket team has been selected without a club...

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The PPP/C also drank the IMF/ World Bank Cool-Aid

Kaieteur News – The curious thing about politicians is how easily they forget their own past while presenting a revisionist... more