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ABSENCE OF RING FENCING PROVISIONS…Guyana may end up subsidizing any unsuccessful exploration by ExxonMobil

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ABSENCE OF RING FENCING PROVISIONS…Guyana may end up subsidizing any unsuccessful exploration by ExxonMobil

By Kiana Wilburg Governments which are new to the oil and gas industry are often obsessed with one thing—billions of dollars in revenue. With such clouded judgment, issues like adequate...

Miners complain of land hoarding as GGMC Director grabs 12,000 acres

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Miners complain of land hoarding as GGMC Director grabs 12,000 acres

Several miners are quietly shouting, “disadvantage!” They contend that while they are getting a hard time securing a few acres of land, prominent miner, Hilbert Shields, is being given...

Gold exports top US$800M again

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gold exports top US$800M again

Foreign currency earnings from gold last year have once again topped the US$800M mark despite lower declarations. The disclosures would come for an all round good performance for the Guyana Gold...

Gold Board parts company with suspended GM, other officials

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Gold Board parts company with suspended GM, other officials

– Thompson confirmed as new Chief The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) has opted not to renew the contracts of three senior officials, including its head. The three were sent home last year amid...

Granny, 73, dragged to death on her way to collect pension

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Granny, 73, dragged to death on her way to collect pension

Seventy-three-year-old Joycelyn Joseph wanted to be among the first in line to collect her $19,500 monthly pension. She left her YY, Bent Street, Wortmanville home around four o’clock...

Start auditing exploration, development costs by ExxonMobil – IMF urges

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Start auditing exploration, development costs by ExxonMobil – IMF urges

By Kiana Wilburg The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging the authorities of Guyana to commence the auditing of all exploration, development costs by USA oil operator, ExxonMobil. The...

Auditor General sets February deadline…GECOM Commissioners to hand over fraud reports to police

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General sets February deadline…GECOM Commissioners to hand over fraud reports to police

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has said that the seven Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have until the first week of February to hand over reports that detail a trail of...

Govt. explores state-run quarry operation

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. explores state-run quarry operation

The Coalition Administration is actively considering the re-establishment of a state-run quarry which it said will help meet local demand due to an anticipated rise in construction projects as the...

Guyanese mom is NY first 2018 murder; husband hangs self in park

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese mom is NY first 2018 murder; husband hangs self in park

A Guyanese-born mother of two is New York’s first recorded murder for the year. Her husband is also dead of suspected suicide. According to the New York Daily News yesterday, just hours after a...

Some man now owning outside pickney

Jan 03, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Some man now owning outside pickney

De first wukking day of de year, Soulja Bai announce a number of things. But de one dat stick out was when he seh all who got five pickney dem salary gun be double. One of he Ministah was...

Skeldon power plant has gold-mine potential for Berbice

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Skeldon power plant has gold-mine potential for Berbice

A power company at Skeldon Estate has the potential of becoming a centre of major economic activity in Berbice, a former Board member is insisting. According Gobin Harbhajan, a regional councillor...

2016 oil contract reflective of Guyana’s vulnerability and desperation – Dr. Hinds

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 2016 oil contract reflective of Guyana’s vulnerability and desperation – Dr. Hinds

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The government has finally released the oil contract it signed with ExxonMobil over a year ago and the views about the contract are now being aired far and wide....

Video evidence helps build cases for successful prosecution

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Video evidence helps build cases for successful prosecution

– Justice Education Society The ability of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to extract, analyse and present forensic video evidence has helped build cases, in particular high-profile cases...

Woman alleges cops raped her at Turkeyen Police Station

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Woman alleges cops raped her at Turkeyen Police Station

– Constables say it was a negotiation Two police constables were placed under close arrest after a woman alleged that the two lawmen brutally raped her inside the Turkeyen Police Station...

GFF Super-16 year end Classic…GDF beat Grove Hi-Tech 2-0 to win inaugural Championship; Conquerors third

Jan 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Super-16 year end Classic…GDF beat Grove Hi-Tech 2-0 to win inaugural Championship; Conquerors third

By Calvin Chapman The final of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) first Super-16 year end football tournament involving the country’s 10 first division clubs along with the five best second...

UDFA GT Beer final…Botofago mow down rockers 4-1 for first GT Beer title

Jan 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on UDFA GT Beer final…Botofago mow down rockers 4-1 for first GT Beer title

Shattas capture third with 2-1 win over Eagles United Botofago mowed down Net Rockers 4-1 as Donavan Francis and Jamal Haynes split the scoring as they won their first major trophy at this level in...

Man accused of hiring hit man walks free

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man accused of hiring hit man walks free

The owner of Arawak Hotel and Night Club, Ganesh Rajkumar, who was on trial before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly soliciting his former...

2017 was an amazing year for Hockey in Guyana

Jan 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2017 was an amazing year for Hockey in Guyana

Hosting Pan American Cups and qualification for CAC games the highlight By Calvin Chapman Fantastic is the best way to describe the success of Guyana’s Hockey and the undertakings of the Guyana...

Fraud charge dismissed against loan company head

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fraud charge dismissed against loan company head

A fraud charge was yesterday dismissed against Clayton Alleyne, who is currently serving a 48-month sentence for a similar offence. Clayton Alleyne, 56, of Lot 179 South Better Hope, East...

Guyana’s 2017 cricket review (Part 1)…Jaguars dominate FC Cricket after first ever Tie

Jan 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s 2017 cricket review (Part 1)…Jaguars dominate FC Cricket after first ever Tie

But struggle continues in 50-over format By Sean Devers Three times defending CWI Digicel Regional Four-Day Cricket Champions and leaders Guyana Jaguars are just three games away from a fourth...

All stars claim Bhagelu Dominoes title in Wakenaam

Jan 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on All stars claim Bhagelu Dominoes title in Wakenaam

All stars emerged champions of the Don Bhagelu Dominoes competition which was contested on Monday at Amit Ramnarine Sports Bar in Good Success, Wakenaam. All stars chalked up 77 games to beat...

Illegal landing of aircraft at Lethem…Judge grants prime suspect $1M bail

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Illegal landing of aircraft at Lethem…Judge grants prime suspect $1M bail

After he was remanded to prison two weeks ago for the illegal landing of an aircraft at Lethem, Hutshan Ramsingh, the prime suspect in the case was yesterday granted $1M bail by Justice...

Foregoing year was a learning experience

Jan 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foregoing year was a learning experience

…more female awareness in 2018 – GABBFF By Franklin Wilson Still over one month away from achieving his first of two years in office, President of the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness...

Critical year for telecommunication liberalisation plans

Jan 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Critical year for telecommunication liberalisation plans

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications has set an aggressive agenda of achieving liberalisation in the telecommunications industry. This has been a pursuit for several years. Public...

Guyana continues to dominate Regional Cricket

Jan 03, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana continues to dominate Regional Cricket

But few Guyanese go on to West Indies success By Sean Devers Guyana continued to dominate Regional First-Class Cricket in 2017 to reconfirm they are the best team in the Caribbean but only three...

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Windies captain Brathwaite stresses bravery, belief ahead of Pakistan Test Series

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Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Accusations of conflict of interest have a peculiar way of rising to the surface in Guyana.... more