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Breaking News…. Leaked Finance Ministry document confirms that Govt. opened account to collect Exxon signing bonus

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News…. Leaked Finance Ministry document confirms that Govt. opened account to collect Exxon signing bonus

A leaked document of the Ministry of Finance has confirmed that the administration made moves to open a bank account for a signing bonus with ExxonMobil last year. Government had denied it is aware...

PricewaterhouseCoopers selected to value GuySuCo’s assets

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PricewaterhouseCoopers selected to value GuySuCo’s assets

The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) under the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), yesterday announced that that PricewterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been selected as the firm to...

US$80M from Norway remains in limbo- Harmon updates nation

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on US$80M from Norway remains in limbo- Harmon updates nation

By Abena-Rockcliffe-Campbell Minister of State, Joseph Harmon used the opportunity presented in the delivery of his contribution to the ongoing Budget debate to inform the nation of the status of a...

Nine-fingered burglar prints new tattoo over old one

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nine-fingered burglar prints new tattoo over old one

– victims of other breakages produce similar security footage of intruder The nine-fingered burglar seen on security video brazenly carting off money and a safe from the offices of...

Detectives charged with stealing $500k from gold miner

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Detectives charged with stealing $500k from gold miner

Two Detective Constables attached to the Bartica Police Station were yesterday charged and taken before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly...

K/News apologises to GBTI

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on K/News apologises to GBTI

An article appeared on the front page of the November 15, 2017 issue of this newspaper under the caption “Financial Institutions’ unwillingness to cooperate with SOCU tells worrying story” ....

Budget 2018 has brought smiles to the bulk of Guyanese – Harmon

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2018 has brought smiles to the bulk of Guyanese – Harmon

…Assures monies set aside to pay sugar workers severance Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, has assured that Government has budgeted monies to help the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) meet...

Businessman offers to demolish St. Rose’s for half of engineer’s estimate

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessman offers to demolish St. Rose’s for half of engineer’s estimate

Questions have surfaced about whether the Ministry of Education should spend $30 million on the demolition of the St. Rose’s High School, in keeping with the Engineer’s estimate. While some...

Finance Minister criticised for skipping majority of debate on 2018 budget

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Minister criticised for skipping majority of debate on 2018 budget

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, drew heavy criticisms yesterday from the main opposition, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), for his absence from the ongoing debate in the...

Terminated Skeldon Sugar Workers contemplate life after GuySuCo

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Terminated Skeldon Sugar Workers contemplate life after GuySuCo

business owners worried about increase in criminal activity caused by unemployment The majority of Skeldon Estate sugar workers have received their termination letters from the Guyana Sugar...

Govt. engineers still robbing de treasury

Dec 08, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Govt. engineers still robbing de treasury

Dem brucking down St Rose’s High School because that scamp, Jagdeo, use to go to that school. And anyway Jagdeo been, dem either breaking it down or changing it completely. He been at Oh Pee...

Operators scramble to get in order as drones’ regulations announced

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Operators scramble to get in order as drones’ regulations announced

As regulators move to clamp down on the use of drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), a number of stakeholders have started meeting on the issue. Yesterday, representatives of the regulator-...

AFC urges early offer of severance package for sugar workers

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on AFC urges early offer of severance package for sugar workers

The Alliance For Change (AFC), the smaller faction in the governing Government coalition, is urging that an offer for severance be presented to sugar workers now. This comes two days after one...

Minister suggests ignorance of Hindu holidays is acceptable because she is not a Kshatriya

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Minister suggests ignorance of Hindu holidays is acceptable because she is not a Kshatriya

“I am not a Kshatriya (Guyanese say Chatree) so I may not know when there is Diwali or Phagwah, but I do know what it takes to improve the education sector.” That is how Minister of...

Budget 2018 lacks programmes for women empowerment

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Budget 2018 lacks programmes for women empowerment

– PPP Parliamentarian According to Opposition Parliamentarian, Vindya Persaud, Budget 2018 can be termed singularly uninspiring. It fails to meaningfully or significantly engender growth...

Niece of murdered Pegasus taxi driver gives emotional testimony

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Niece of murdered Pegasus taxi driver gives emotional testimony

Anastacia Persaud, the niece of murdered Pegasus taxi driver, Rudrinauth Jeeboo, wept intermittently as she recalled her uncle going missing and then identifying his bloodied body at the Lyken...

Countries with oil are twice as likely to experience civil war

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Countries with oil are twice as likely to experience civil war

On Wednesday, the University of Guyana held its Second Professorial Lecture at the Turkeyen Campus. The main lecturer was Professor Paloma Mohamed, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Philanthropy,...

PPP Parliamentarian protests early budget

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on PPP Parliamentarian protests early budget

While early budgets may have its advantages, it brings as well, a fair share of worrying legal and financial complications. Expounding on this conundrum on Wednesday in the National Assembly...

CCJ upholds High Court ruling in mining dispute

Dec 08, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ upholds High Court ruling in mining dispute

The Caribbean Court of Justice, (CCJ), yesterday, delivered a ruling in favour of a miner, who challenged the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC)’s authority to close down his...

White Tiger Martial Arts Academy in house tourney …Aiden Kirton (Tiny Tigers) and Tyrese Hall (Young Tigers) emerge overall champs

Dec 08, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on White Tiger Martial Arts Academy in house tourney …Aiden Kirton (Tiny Tigers) and Tyrese Hall (Young Tigers) emerge overall champs

The White Tiger Martial Arts Academy (WTMAA) held its inaugural in house tournament on December 3rd at the New Amsterdam Town Hall where members competed in six categories – Kicking Challenge...

Stag/Derrick Josiah Memorial KO…Den Amstel down Pouderoyen to take top prize; Uitvlugt end third

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