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Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on COMMENT

Renegotiate this lopsided agreement Esso (Exxon) had a contract with the Government of Guyana which was signed on June 14, 1999. They breached that Agreement, claiming spuriously, force majeure, as a...

Tucville murder trial ends… Duo freed due to insufficient evidence

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Tucville murder trial ends… Duo freed due to insufficient evidence

In light of insufficient evidence provided by the State in the case against Edward Skeete and Nabadingi Gobin for the July 2015 murder of Ryan Clementson, Justice Navindra Singh yesterday directed...

Guyana should not only be known as a primary producer of oil …Chief Planning Officer calls for consideration of downstream activities

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana should not only be known as a primary producer of oil …Chief Planning Officer calls for consideration of downstream activities

By Kiana Wilburg While millions of dollars will be gained as a result of Guyana’s 50/50 oil agreement with ExxonMobil, the Government should not be comfortable with this alone. In fact,...

Academy launched to prepare Guyanese for oil and gas jobs

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Academy launched to prepare Guyanese for oil and gas jobs

Former sugar workers among those targeted for training Aimed at preparing 500 Guyanese for jobs in the oil and gas industry over the next three years, TotalTec Academy yesterday formally broke ground...

French oil giant executives pay courtesy call on President Granger

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on French oil giant executives pay courtesy call on President Granger

President David Granger last evening received a courtesy call at State House from Mr. Michel Hourcard and other executives of TOTAL Exploration and Production Americas, a subsidiary of a French...

UGSS looking for “total recall of hiked fees”

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UGSS looking for “total recall of hiked fees”

A total recall of the decision to hike administrative fees is the move that President of the University of Guyana Student Society [UGSS], Mr. Norwell Hinds, is expecting of the administration of the...

With oil and gas development in full flow… Local private school partners with Canadian entity to develop workforce

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on With oil and gas development in full flow… Local private school partners with Canadian entity to develop workforce

LearnCorp International Limited (LCI) and School of the Nations (Nations) have announced that they have formed a strategic partnership to set up a joint venture – implementing a five-year...

Security guard remanded for rape of girl, 3

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard remanded for rape of girl, 3

A 53-year old security guard was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly raping a three year-old girl. Deon Aaron of Craig, East Bank Demerara, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the...

Regional Super50 Festival McCarthy’s ton subjects Jaguars to its first defeat as Scorpions win by 46-runs

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 Festival McCarthy’s ton subjects Jaguars to its first defeat as Scorpions win by 46-runs

Story and photos by Sean Devers in Antigua in association with Vnet Communications, Bounty Farm, Noble House Seafoods & Playter’s Enterprise A well-constructed 105 form 104 balls (5×4,...

GCB/Dave West Indian Imports U15 Berbice and Demerara to clash in final after wins over Essequibo and GCB President’s X1

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/Dave West Indian Imports U15 Berbice and Demerara to clash in final after wins over Essequibo and GCB President’s X1

Berbice and Demerara have secured their places in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board/Dave West Indian Imports Inter County U15 50-over tournament after recording victories in their final...

Sanjay’s Jewellery Store Pre-Valentine Golf tourney to take center stage at LGC tomorrow

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sanjay’s Jewellery Store Pre-Valentine Golf tourney to take center stage at LGC tomorrow

Golfers will once again be relishing the opportunity to exhibit their skills on the greens at the Lusignan Golf Course when the face off in the Sanjay’s Jewellery Store Pre-Valentine tournament...

Guinness “Greatest of the Street” East Bank/West Demerara Zone Showstoppers and ESPN stand out on penultimate group game night

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness “Greatest of the Street” East Bank/West Demerara Zone Showstoppers and ESPN stand out on penultimate group game night

Following Wednesday night’s final round-robin group games, the round-of-16 knockout phase of the East Bank/West Demerara Zone of the Guinness “Greatest of the Street” Futsal competition begins...

Linden teen missing after leaving to work in interior

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Linden teen missing after leaving to work in interior

A Linden man is searching for his 18-year-old son who the family has not heard from for just over three months. The teen left his home in Linden six months ago to work with a gold miner in Issano Big...

Get tough on crime

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Get tough on crime

Dear Editor, With the upcoming Mash season and its importance on the viability of the economy, no time must be wasted in putting a stop to the crime wave taking place. If not properly nipped in the...

TRINIDAD & Tobago Legislation restrict Oil Companies from owning buildings

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on TRINIDAD & Tobago Legislation restrict Oil Companies from owning buildings

Dear Editor, The Private Sector is taken back by the call of Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, that local businesses must gear up for the opportunities being presented by the Oil &...

NAMILCO on board again for Petra’s 3rd Annual Futsal tourney MVP and Luck Fan to win motorbikes

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on NAMILCO on board again for Petra’s 3rd Annual Futsal tourney MVP and Luck Fan to win motorbikes

The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) is on board again with the Petra Organisation for the entity’s Third Annual Fustal tournament which is set for kickoff on February 24th at the...

Who was truthful about corruption?

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who was truthful about corruption?

Dear Editor It is over two and a half years since the APNU+AFC Coalition came to power in May 2015. During their political campaign they claimed that there was massive corruption under the PPP/C...

The scandals abound

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The scandals abound

Dear Editor, Is the Georgetown City Council beyond redemption? How much longer must the citizens of our capital city be subjected to the daily vicissitudes of City Hall? There is hardly a day that...

Lying To The Residents Again In 2018

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lying To The Residents Again In 2018

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to a letter that was carried in the Guyana Chronicle on Sunday February 4, 2018 under the captioned “Abel Seetaram’s statements misleading”....

The dark forces are at work

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on The dark forces are at work

Dear Editor, I take the opportunity to commend the multitude of investors who have swarmed Guyana this week for seeing through the infantile attempt at scaring them away via a wicked newspaper...

GSSF receives donation from Guyana Ideal Life Inc.

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSSF receives donation from Guyana Ideal Life Inc.

The Guyana Sport Shooting Federation (GSSF) has received a donation from Essequibo based Guyana Ideal Life Inc., located at Hampton Court on the Essequibo Coast. The GSSF through a press release is...

300,000 marijuana plants; 150,000 kilos destroyed in Berbice raid

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 300,000 marijuana plants; 150,000 kilos destroyed in Berbice raid

A team of law enforcement officers commanded by a Superintendent on Wednesday conducted a drug-eradication operation at Ebini, Upper Berbice River. The operation, which lasted in excess of 15 hours,...

Senior Immigration official, Dale Alves, goes on retirement

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Senior Immigration official, Dale Alves, goes on retirement

On Wednesday last, ranks of the Guyana Police Force both serving and retired, gathered at the Central Immigration and Passport Office to wish Assistant Commissioner Dale Andrew Alves farewell as he...

All is not well in Paradise

Feb 09, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on All is not well in Paradise

Dear Editor The snub to the Advisor, the hollow explanation offered for the no-show of the featured speaker (was it a boycott?) which sounded like the barrel was scraped to find a plausible reason...

Mom charged for leaving children, 7 and 4, home alone

Feb 09, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mom charged for leaving children, 7 and 4, home alone

The mother of the two children who were left alone at home on Monday, when a fire broke out, has been placed on $50,000 bail, when she appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court yesterday....