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ExxonMobil submits poor EIA to Guyana, but still gets permit

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil submits poor EIA to Guyana, but still gets permit

Oil giant ExxonMobil, it seems, is already getting its way in Guyana with the government accepting from the company an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that leaves much to be desired. The...

Search warrant read in open court alerts former AG Nandlall

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Search warrant read in open court alerts former AG Nandlall

-SOCU abandons planned search of his Bel Air home A planned raid on the Bel Air Park home of former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has raised several alarming questions about leaks and procedures....

Govt paying $500,000 each for Ministers house rent

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Govt paying $500,000 each for Ministers house rent

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The State has been renting a house from businessman/politician, Peter Ramsaroop, for Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes. The facility is...

Bandits call taxi to pick them up after robbing Stanleytown resident

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits call taxi to pick them up after robbing Stanleytown resident

Two armed bandits on Monday night called a taxi and directed the driver to the house they had just raided. This was even as their five victims lay on the floor of their Stanleytown, West Bank...

Miners tell Gold Board: We are not paying $4,000 fee

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Miners tell Gold Board: We are not paying $4,000 fee

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has said that its members will refuse to pay a $4,000 processing fee effective next month. According to GGDMA’s president, Terrence Adams,...

Shop owner runs after gunmen with bottles, son shot to foot

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Shop owner runs after gunmen with bottles, son shot to foot

A 21-year-old man was shot to the foot yesterday morning when he and his father ran after three gunmen who had raided their home and gun-butted them. Suraj Narine had to be treated after sustaining a...

Soulja Bai walking in Jagdeo kakish footsteps

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai walking in Jagdeo kakish footsteps

Is de same wheeling and dealing continuing in Guyana. Nutten ain’t change. It seems that nobody ain’t learn from de past mercenaries. The biggest one was Jagdeo. He use to rent house fuh Rohee,...

GCF boss satisfied with progress of sport following National C/ships

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCF boss satisfied with progress of sport following National C/ships

Believes all are pedaling in same direction By Franklin Wilson Following the completion of a successful National Championships this year, which took place over two weekends, President of the Guyana...

Roraima and Department of Sports partners on “Good Ambassadors” initiative

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Roraima and Department of Sports partners on “Good Ambassadors” initiative

The Department of Sport is working on adding Guyanese athletes to the pool of “Good Ambassadors” as they become more exposed to and familiar with Guyana’s tourism product. This programme is...

Foreign Ministry Sports to stage pre-Caricom day KO Domino Competition

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foreign Ministry Sports to stage pre-Caricom day KO Domino Competition

The Foreign Ministry Sports Promotion’s organiser James “Uprising “ Lewis would be hosting one of the biggest ever Work Place Knockout Domino Competitions on Friday from 4:30 pm, at the Guyana...

Senior players critical to Windies turnaround, says Drakes

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Senior players critical to Windies turnaround, says Drakes

TAUNTON, England, CMC – Head coach Vasbert Drakes is optimistic West Indies Women can turn around their slump but believes the senior players must play a key role in the resurgence. The Caribbean...

GBTI OPEN Novice category is 5 years old

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBTI OPEN Novice category is 5 years old

One of the innovations implemented by the GLTA five years ago was the creation of a Novice category which allowed for persons new to the sport of tennis to get a taste of competition and to...

AAG to hold its annual Nat C/ships

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG to hold its annual Nat C/ships

Event set for July 2 & 3 at Lenora The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will hold its (IAAF) approved Annual National Senior Championships on Sunday July 2 and Monday July 3 (Caricom day) at...

NSC / Arthur Chung Memorial Football…Uitvlugt beat Den Amstel on penalties to lift winner’s trophy

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC / Arthur Chung Memorial Football…Uitvlugt beat Den Amstel on penalties to lift winner’s trophy

Uitvlugt Warriors defeated old rival Den Amstel on penalty kicks following a 1-1 tie in regulation time to win the inaugural National Sports Commission sponsored Arthur Chung Memorial Football...

NA school teacher tied up, robbed by cutlass-wielding bandits

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on NA school teacher tied up, robbed by cutlass-wielding bandits

A teacher and her relative were yesterday morning pounced on by two unmasked men armed with a cutlass and a knife. Mellissa Ramdan, of Lot 39 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, was reportedly tied up and...

Quoting Shakespeare to despair of the PPP’s return

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Quoting Shakespeare to despair of the PPP’s return

The business people who supported those PPP leaders that ruled this country from August 1999 to May 2015 should buy copies of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” and compel these fallen mandarins...

Sheet Anchor killer wants to turn self in

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sheet Anchor killer wants to turn self in

A Post Mortem examination conducted on the body of Mintie Karamchand revealed that the mother of five died from multiple injuries with both blunt and sharp tools. The autopsy was conducted by...

Sisters to stand trial for killing father

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Sisters to stand trial for killing father

Nineteen-year-old Nalini Manikram and her 13-year-old sister have been committed to stand trial at the High Court in Georgetown for the murder of their father, Roger Manikram. The sisters along with...

Lucky GTT customers win trip to Jamaica, new phones

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Lucky GTT customers win trip to Jamaica, new phones

GTT yesterday afforded lucky customer George Mc Intosh, of Bartica Housing Scheme, the opportunity to fly to Jamaica to enjoy an all-expenses paid trip for two to the beautiful Ocho Rios, Mammee Bay...

Opposition-controlled regions boycott Govt. 10,000 trees launch

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition-controlled regions boycott Govt. 10,000 trees launch

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, says government will not be distracted by the Opposition, People Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), and its allies from fulfilling its ultimate goal of improving...

Ex-cop charged for lying under oath in narcotics trial

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex-cop charged for lying under oath in narcotics trial

Marlon Chatterpaul, a former policeman, who is accused of lying under oath while testifying in a narcotics trial while he was a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), was yesterday charged for the...

RICH MAN’S WORLD

Jun 28, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RICH MAN’S WORLD

No poor person in Guyana will be able to afford to pay the sum of $6.7M which the Department of Housing is proposing to be paid for a low income housing unit. The only way that the poor person can...

China gifts $20million in medical equipment and supplies to Public Health Ministry

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on China gifts $20million in medical equipment and supplies to Public Health Ministry

-support to help boost fight against Zika Virus Some $20M in medical equipment and supplies were on Monday handed over to the Ministry of Public Health, compliments of the Government of China. The...

Three E.C.D police stations to be rehabilitated

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Three E.C.D police stations to be rehabilitated

– New Drop-in Centre to be built in Sophia During the opening of tenders at the National procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday, contractors vied for the contracts to...

Cops seek assistance to identify ‘threesome’ peeper

Jun 28, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seek assistance to identify ‘threesome’ peeper

The Guyana Police Force is seeking the assistance of the public to identify the body of a male who was murdered on Monday morning at Third Avenue Beach, Bartica. He goes by the alias ‘Radika’. He...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more