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$$Million school feeding fraud uncovered in Region Eight

$$Million school feeding fraud uncovered in Region Eight

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on $$Million school feeding fraud uncovered in Region Eight

The national school feeding programme was officially re-started by the Bharrat Jagdeo administration in 2010. Hundreds of millions of dollars were being plugged into the programme which targeted all...

Given costly mistakes made with Statoil/ExxonMobil…Tanzanian politician warns nations to make oil and gas contracts public

Given costly mistakes made with Statoil/ExxonMobil…Tanzanian politician warns nations to make oil and gas contracts public

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, News, What Guyana needs to know about ExxonMobil Comments Off on Given costly mistakes made with Statoil/ExxonMobil…Tanzanian politician warns nations to make oil and gas contracts public

There is a stark similarity between the Government of Guyana and that of Tanzania. Both Governments are against the release of oil contracts. In the case of Tanzania, it has been reported worldwide...

State auditors probe of GECOM’s $$multi-million toner purchases

State auditors probe of GECOM’s $$multi-million toner purchases

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on State auditors probe of GECOM’s $$multi-million toner purchases

-report on obsolete radios completed State auditors who last year started a major probe into the questionable purchases of millions of dollars in toners for photocopiers and printers at the Guyana...

China’s modus operandi around the world mirrors events in Guyana—Part 7…China’s “help” mostly benefits politicians, not the masses

China’s modus operandi around the world mirrors events in Guyana—Part 7…China’s “help” mostly benefits politicians, not the masses

Sep 17, 2017 KNews China’s Modus Operandi, News Comments Off on China’s modus operandi around the world mirrors events in Guyana—Part 7…China’s “help” mostly benefits politicians, not the masses

An examination of the role that China plays in several nations around the world, particularly in African countries, has proved that the superpower’s intention is not to make other countries better....

MTV sues ex-minister’s wife for $41M

MTV sues ex-minister’s wife for $41M

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on MTV sues ex-minister’s wife for $41M

A local broadcaster has sued Kamini Persaud, wife of former Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud, for over $41M. The monies represent loans and other spending that the owners of Multi...

Karibee rice producers ready for major Cuban market

Karibee rice producers ready for major Cuban market

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Karibee rice producers ready for major Cuban market

Guyana’s leading rice and packaging company Nand Persaud & Co. Ltd is preparing to execute its first shipment of rice to the Cuban market. This is according to the Managing Director and CEO of...

Don’t renegotiate parking meter deal – MAPM

Don’t renegotiate parking meter deal – MAPM

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t renegotiate parking meter deal – MAPM

The Movement against Parking Meters (MAPM) is against any plans to renegotiate the parking meter contract signed between the Georgetown Mayor and City Council and Smart City Solutions (SCS). The MAPM...

Jagdeo wouldn’t know de truth if it slap him in he face

Jagdeo wouldn’t know de truth if it slap him in he face

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Jagdeo wouldn’t know de truth if it slap him in he face

De nation getting fed up wid these lying politicians. Dem lying day in, week out, month in, year out. Since dem open dem mouth is a lie especially Jagdeo, that scamp. A surgeon once tell dem boys...

Corona Invitational Football Final…GFC and Police clash tonight for $1 million, runner up $400,000

Corona Invitational Football Final…GFC and Police clash tonight for $1 million, runner up $400,000

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Corona Invitational Football Final…GFC and Police clash tonight for $1 million, runner up $400,000

Following two months of exciting play, the Georgetown Football Club ground is expected to be packed this evening for the culmination of the Corona Invitational Football tournament, with the final and...

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League …Solomon, Barnwell’s fifties put GT in charge

GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League …Solomon, Barnwell’s fifties put GT in charge

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/CGI 3-day Franchise League …Solomon, Barnwell’s fifties put GT in charge

L/C’tyne beat U/C’tyne by 10 wkts in 2 days By Sean Devers Half-centuries from Skipper Chris Barnwell and Dexter Solomon and 4-40 from Gajanand Suknanan put Georgetown in a commanding position...

Minsodia Culpepper set sights on Senior National Women’s Hockey Team

Minsodia Culpepper set sights on Senior National Women’s Hockey Team

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Minsodia Culpepper set sights on Senior National Women’s Hockey Team

Kaieteur Sport’s youth in focus this week is 19-year-old Minsodia Culpepper. This teen plays for Old Fort Shooting Stars hockey club and is one of the club’s most exciting players. Culpepper has...

Volleyball action set for East Coast Berbice today

Volleyball action set for East Coast Berbice today

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Volleyball action set for East Coast Berbice today

After a lull due to the inclement weather, the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) is back into full swing with a number of tournaments lined up. With an ongoing Inter school tournament in full...

Hamilton Green Football Cup… Round of 16 action set for East Coast next Sunday

Hamilton Green Football Cup… Round of 16 action set for East Coast next Sunday

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green Football Cup… Round of 16 action set for East Coast next Sunday

The Hamilton Green Cup knockout football tournament, which has sizzled to the round of 16 stage, will continue next weekend on the East Coast of Demerara with 4 matches. All the clashes have been...

West Demerara beat West Berbice by 29 runs

West Demerara beat West Berbice by 29 runs

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Demerara beat West Berbice by 29 runs

East Bank make strong reply to Essequibo West Demerara defeated West Berbice by 29 runs in the final session of the second day when the third round of the Cricket Guyana Inc., Jaguars three-day...

All set for Rose Hall Town 47th Anniversary cycle race

All set for Rose Hall Town 47th Anniversary cycle race

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on All set for Rose Hall Town 47th Anniversary cycle race

All is set as the top riders in Berbice are expected to take to the road today for the Rose Hall Town 47th Anniversary cycle event. The race, which is organised by the Rose Hall Town Anniversary and...

Shomari Wiltshire enjoys good stint in the US

Shomari Wiltshire enjoys good stint in the US

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Shomari Wiltshire enjoys good stint in the US

Caribbean U15 & National Junior Squash Champion Shomari Wiltshire recently ventured to the USA and played in two tournaments. Tournaments in the USA are ranked as follows: Junior Championships...

Mecca 2017 set to be largest yet; GABF head plans to improve marketing

Mecca 2017 set to be largest yet; GABF head plans to improve marketing

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mecca 2017 set to be largest yet; GABF head plans to improve marketing

Guyana’s National Club Basketball Championship, Mecca, has been set for November-December this year, and is expected to have the final tip off on Boxing Day, according to President of the Guyana...

Anti-Money Laundering Outreach and Sensitisation Seminar

Anti-Money Laundering Outreach and Sensitisation Seminar

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-Money Laundering Outreach and Sensitisation Seminar

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams and members of the Ministry of Legal Affairs Compliance Team, held a one-day Anti-Money Laundering Outreach and Sensitisation Seminar on...

Reflecting on the Queens College summer Maths camp

Reflecting on the Queens College summer Maths camp

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Reflecting on the Queens College summer Maths camp

The recently concluded Queen’s College Summer Maths Institute (QCSMI) was undoubtedly a unique experience for 30 teenagers from several high schools around Georgetown. The (QCSMI) is an initiative...

Wismar Secondary to open tomorrow

Wismar Secondary to open tomorrow

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Wismar Secondary to open tomorrow

The Wismar Christianburg Secondary School (Multi) will be resuming sessions tomorrow after a three day closure to facilitate rehabilitation to a section of the roof that was ripped off during a freak...

Guyana-born business mogul commits to building home country

Guyana-born business mogul commits to building home country

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana-born business mogul commits to building home country

…Movie Towne to create jobs, boost economy After migrating to Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana-born Derek Chin managed to turn himself into a brand, an internationally recognized businessman with...

New York East Canje Reunion honours top National Grade Six pupils

New York East Canje Reunion honours top National Grade Six pupils

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on New York East Canje Reunion honours top National Grade Six pupils

The New York East Canje Reunion of the USA recently honored the top performers of the six primary schools in the East Canje area. The ten-year-old organisation, for the sixth time is providing...

Who wants to come back to Guyana?

Who wants to come back to Guyana?

Sep 17, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Who wants to come back to Guyana?

Nothing better shows the impotence of the governments of the Caricom than its pitiful response, to date, to the damage caused by Hurricane Irma. The Caricom Heads are further out to sea in terms of...

16 police officers graduate from ‘Capacity building training’

16 police officers graduate from ‘Capacity building training’

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on 16 police officers graduate from ‘Capacity building training’

On Friday, 16 officers from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) graduated from a capacity building training in Strategic Planning. The course was a two-week programme and the officers graduated from the...

The Cabinet supremacy model…Parties must speak up or we will all suffer – WPA Executive Member

The Cabinet supremacy model…Parties must speak up or we will all suffer – WPA Executive Member

Sep 17, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on The Cabinet supremacy model…Parties must speak up or we will all suffer – WPA Executive Member

When it comes to the “Cabinet-supremacy” model, Executive Member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Dr. David Hinds, believes that parties within the coalition administration must speak up...

Golden Jaguars on the hunt for three points against Martinique today

Golden Jaguars on the hunt for three points against Martinique today

Sep 09, 2024

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The Golden Jaguars are set to roar once again today in Fort-de-France as they take on Martinique at 4:00 pm in the ongoing League A action of the...

North Soesdyke Masters demolish East Coast Aash Decor in the 3rdRound BMC O50s Tournament

North Soesdyke Masters demolish East Coast Aash...

Sep 09, 2024

Tahir, Motie help Warriors crush Kings by 6 wickets

Tahir, Motie help Warriors crush Kings by 6...

Sep 08, 2024

Showstoppers is the new Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Champion

Showstoppers is the new Guinness ‘Greatest of...

Sep 08, 2024

GBA to upgrade U-16 Programme to National level

GBA to upgrade U-16 Programme to National level

Sep 08, 2024

WDFA Senior League kicks off today at Uitvlugt ground

WDFA Senior League kicks off today at Uitvlugt...

Sep 08, 2024

An electoral eclair

Kaieteur News – The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) knows how to win elections. Their history... more

Rising Gun Crimes in the Caribbean: Urgent Action required by all

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more

PPP media prostitution ring

Kaieteur News – The PPP Government is running a media prostitution ring. It gets people to sell themselves, to peddle... more