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MMA/ADA says farmers owe “over $1B” in fees – Reluctance to pay affecting drainage works along Mahaicony façade

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on MMA/ADA says farmers owe “over $1B” in fees – Reluctance to pay affecting drainage works along Mahaicony façade

While rice farmers at First Savannah, Mahaicony Creek are blaming the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary/ Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) for their rice crops being ruined by flood waters, General...

Rebranding Belt and Road Initiative… Guyana has third most negative perception worldwide – Report

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rebranding Belt and Road Initiative… Guyana has third most negative perception worldwide – Report

A report has found that Guyana is among the countries with the most negative perceptions of the controversial Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A European think-tank, Bruegel, drawing on a...

DIPCON takes President to court over pardoning of Finance Minister from jail time

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on DIPCON takes President to court over pardoning of Finance Minister from jail time

By Feona Morrison DIPCON, a Trinidad engineering company which was contracted to do massive road works in Guyana, has taken President David Granger to court over his issuance of a respite in the...

Mid-year report reveals… Public health sector only expends $1B of $4.4B due to procurement delays

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mid-year report reveals… Public health sector only expends $1B of $4.4B due to procurement delays

Halfway through the year, the public health sector was only able to expend $1B of $4.4B allocated towards capital investments. This was owing to delays in the procurement process faced by the...

Influx of immigrants places pressure on labour market, national treasury

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Influx of immigrants places pressure on labour market, national treasury

While Government is not too concerned about the thousands that enter the country but not leaving legally, there is another side that is making them take notice. In fact, the matter of immigrants has...

Jealous miner kills wife, bungles own suicide

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jealous miner kills wife, bungles own suicide

Furious that his 44-year-old wife, Vinette Headley-James, appeared to be having an affair, and was putting out his belongings, 45-year-old Sherlock James viciously stabbed the woman to death in front...

Man who borrowed gun, to ‘raise school clothes money’ jailed

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man who borrowed gun, to ‘raise school clothes money’ jailed

A vendor was yesterday sentenced to a total of ten years’ in prison for armed robbery and possession of a gun and ammunition. Raheem Abdul of Lot 17 Broad and Lombard Streets, Charlestown, appeared...

Temporary runway lights damage tyres of American Airlines aircraft during midnight takeoff

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Temporary runway lights damage tyres of American Airlines aircraft during midnight takeoff

An American Airlines (AA) plane was disabled yesterday and the Timehri airport closed for hours, after the tyres of the aircraft were badly damaged by temporary runway lights while turning before...

Property dispute at centre of 2014 Robb St. arson murder – Court hears

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Property dispute at centre of 2014 Robb St. arson murder – Court hears

A property dispute between a 75-year-old businessman and a family is at the centre of the trial of two men who are accused of the murders of Randolph Thomas and his two daughters Tressa Rozario, 14,...

Farrinmen tek de cake

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Farrinmen tek de cake

Is funny how de last house to house registration tek six months. Jagdeo was president and Stevie was de Chairman. There was no fuss because Jagdeo know dat he couldn’t lose no election. Dem boys...

Porter remanded for drinking partner’s murder

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Porter remanded for drinking partner’s murder

Twenty-year-old Callis Rodrigues, a porter from Moruca, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday to answer to a murder charge It is alleged...

Joiner sentenced to 5 years, fined $10.8M for trafficking ganja

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Joiner sentenced to 5 years, fined $10.8M for trafficking ganja

An Eccles man and a shop owner who were charged jointly for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking were yesterday brought before the courts. Errol Brown, 46, of Lot 125 Eccles, East...

Poor implementation of public projects continues in 2019

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Poor implementation of public projects continues in 2019

Despite an increase in spending this year, the Coalition Government is continuing to battle implementation of public projects. In recent years, the result had been that tens of millions of dollars...

GTT to reimburse customers who lost mobile data in outage

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT to reimburse customers who lost mobile data in outage

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has announced that it will reimburse thousands of customers affected by data outages. The outages pertain to customers who are hooked up to GTT’s...

Hururu man remanded for allegedly stabbing ex-lover and partner

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hururu man remanded for allegedly stabbing ex-lover and partner

Gilbert Thomas, who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her partner two Wednesdays ago, was remanded when he appeared in the Linden Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Thomas, of Hururu Mission,...

GECOM House-to-House registration talks do not bear fruit – Commissioners to meet again tomorrow

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM House-to-House registration talks do not bear fruit – Commissioners to meet again tomorrow

Despite three hours of discussions at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Headquarters in Kingston yesterday, the Commissioners failed to reach a decision on the way forward as regards the...

Deadly Eteringbang plane crash… Domestic Airlines CEO charged for breaching safety regulations

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly Eteringbang plane crash… Domestic Airlines CEO charged for breaching safety regulations

Orlando Charles, Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) of Domestic Airlines was yesterday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on four charges in relation to the deadly plane crash at Eteringbang,...

Imran Saccoor elected President of YWCC

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Imran Saccoor elected President of YWCC

The Young Warriors Cricket Club of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice is in the process of rebuilding after a few years. In an effort to ensure the club is properly managed, members recently elected...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League West Demerara FA leg to restart tomorrow at Leonora Track & Field Facility

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League West Demerara FA leg to restart tomorrow at Leonora Track & Field Facility

The West Demerara Football Association leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League will resume tomorrow after a prolonged delay due to the unusual rainy season which has gone on for...

Trophy Stall assists Caribbean Karate tourney

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall assists Caribbean Karate tourney

The Trophy Stall continued its support for sports locally by recently committing to supporting the Guyana Karate Federation’s (GKF) IKD Caribbean Cup competition, which will be held this weekend at...

Team 2019 Senior CASA Squash tourney Guyanese Women sweep BVI, Men win 4-1

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team 2019 Senior CASA Squash tourney Guyanese Women sweep BVI, Men win 4-1

Team Guyana got off to auspicious start in the team event of the 2019 Senior CASA Squash tournament yesterday when their Women’s team made a clean of the British Virgin Islands and the men beat the...

Remainder of bids at NPTAB from Tuesday, August 20

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Remainder of bids at NPTAB from Tuesday, August 20

(Continued from Page 11 on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 edition) Rehabilitation of Allied Arts Building (Retender) Rehabilitation of Connecting End Posts Construction of...

North Rupununi Heritage Football Qualification Tourney Paiwomak FC and FC Strikers register comprehensive wins as action gets underway

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on North Rupununi Heritage Football Qualification Tourney Paiwomak FC and FC Strikers register comprehensive wins as action gets underway

Paiwomak Warriors Football Club (PWFC) and FC Strikers recorded resounding wins over Challengers Football Club and FC Basin respectively when the 2019 North Rupununi Heritage Football Qualification...

Osmond Cummings Memorial Football Ugly ending to Capital FC versus Botafago U-23 game, Buxton United cop U-15 title, Botafago females beat rest side

Aug 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Osmond Cummings Memorial Football Ugly ending to Capital FC versus Botafago U-23 game, Buxton United cop U-15 title, Botafago females beat rest side

An unfortunate ending resulted in the main frame of an Under-23 encounter when Capital FC were leading Botafago FC 2-0, a Capital FC player Kevin Dornique suffered a broken left foot caused by a...

Road construction sees farmers flocking to acquire farm lands at Millie’s Hide Out

Aug 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Road construction sees farmers flocking to acquire farm lands at Millie’s Hide Out

With the start of construction a road leading to the Berbice River, farmers have been moving in their numbers to secure lands at Millie’s Hide Out. In fact, the Regional Democratic Council [RDC] of...

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CWI inducts first West Indies Men’s Academy Cohort to be based in Antigua & Barbuda full-time

TOTALTEC to open hospitality complex in Houston

Kaieteur News – TOTALTEC Inc., a provider of services to the energy and construction sectors here on Monday announced... more