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Minister restricted to one audit per year

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

Must give ExxonMobil three months written notice of intention to audit- Contract Under the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) that ExxonMobil signed with the Government, Minister of Natural...

ExxonMobil admits baby steps made on local content …. Trotman sings high praise

Feb 11, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News 1

The Ministry of Natural Resources and United States oil giant, ExxonMobil, have differing levels of local content at the preparation stage for oil production. Ching Khoo, Project Executive at...

Over two years now… Guyana has almost zero capacity to deal with oil and gas –says Gov’t advisor on oil

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 2

–contends that politicians only think elections to elections It has been more than two years since the coalition administration took up office and there are serious concerns about the lack of...

Major dent in carjacking ring… Ex-cop, women among several arrested

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

A former policeman, a husband and wife duo and four women, have been taken into custody following the discovery of several suspected stolen vehicles and parts at North Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast...

Civil Society must have a voice in oil and gas matters – Canadian lawyer

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

By Kiana Wilburg At the heart and soul of any well-functioning democracy is civil society; a body of individuals and organizations which defend the rights of the citizenry while ensuring checks and...

Petroleum Commission must have independent thinkers- Hughes

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

Prominent Attorney at Law, Nigel Hughes, told those who gathered at the recent oil and gas summit that the best foundation for the Petroleum Commission is for it to be staffed with qualified,...

Squatting Chinese workers evicted from Marriot as court orders locks changed

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Squatting Chinese workers evicted from Marriot as court orders locks changed

Management of the Marriott Hotel now has full access to the entire Kingston property. This was after a court order in December which allowed the changing of the locks in the unfinished annex of the...

This should be one avenue of local content which should benefit skilled Guyanese

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on This should be one avenue of local content which should benefit skilled Guyanese

Dear Editor: I participated in the just concluded Inaugural Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit and Exhibition, and must congratulate the organizers and participants for making the...

Don’t compare yourself to Brazil, Norway; examine nations with weak institutions -World Bank official

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t compare yourself to Brazil, Norway; examine nations with weak institutions -World Bank official

By Kiana Wilburg Policy leaders here have assured the citizenry that they are paying attention to the lessons of other nations in the oil and gas industry. But which lessons are they actually paying...

Who bears the risk – ExxonMobil or GOG?

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who bears the risk – ExxonMobil or GOG?

Dear Editor, I have just read an interesting account of Cost Recovery as provided for by the Profit Sharing Agreement between GoG and the Oil Company. (KN Feb. 10th, Pre-contract cost… US$460M seem...

Drinks does mek you get big bills

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Drinks does mek you get big bills

Once you live in Guyana you does drink fuh any and every reason. If somebody sick, people does gather and have a drink to discuss de sickness. If somebody dead people does meet up at de wake and...

Stop disrespecting water consumers in Region 5

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop disrespecting water consumers in Region 5

Dear Editor, For the past two plus years since I have been residing in Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice in Region 5, consumers have been suffering from water stoppages at least twice daily, from...

We do not have to be ‘oil experts’ to understand this type of banditry!

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The fact that the ExxonMobil deal stinks to the high heavens has catapulted some government officials and a former Natural Resource Ministers from the past Government on the defensive...

GUYANA, VENEZUELA AND THE ICJ

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GUYANA, VENEZUELA AND THE ICJ

At long last, the government and people of Guyana can now see the light at the end of the tunnel with the announcement by the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Gutterres, that the...

Police Force, Benschop Foundation reward 7-yr-old heroine for bravery

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News 1

The Guyana Police Force and the Benschop Foundation have rewarded seven-year-old Kissan Henry for her brave act in saving her brother from a fire at their Glasgow Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam....

“Grey Boy” for court tomorrow

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on “Grey Boy” for court tomorrow

Thirty-nine-year-old Regan Rodrigues, also known as ‘Grey Boy’, is expected to appear in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts tomorrow, before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman for her to commit...

GMRSC’s “King of the Strip” drag race meet at South Dakota Circuit today

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMRSC’s “King of the Strip” drag race meet at South Dakota Circuit today

All systems are in place for the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club’s (GMRSC) first drag race meet of the year, the “King of the Strip” meet which will see local and Surinamese dragtsers...

UCCA secures sponsorship for Inter Secondary School cricket competition

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCCA secures sponsorship for Inter Secondary School cricket competition

The Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) has secured sponsorship for their annual Inter Secondary School cricket competition for schools in the Upper Corentyne and Black Bush areas. The...

Sanjay’s Golf Tournament rescheduled to today from 8:30am

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sanjay’s Golf Tournament rescheduled to today from 8:30am

Due to the continued rain from midnight Friday into midday yesterday, Grounds Superintendent Mike Gayadin determined a postponement of yesterday’s Sanjay’s Golf tournament to today from 8:30am...

Regal Sports supports National Female cricketer Fraser

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Sports supports National Female cricketer Fraser

As part of their corporate responsibility, Regal Sports has thrown their support behind national female cricketer Sherry Ann Fraser. The entity presented a quantity of cricket equipment to the...

Mash inter school U13 football competition starts tomorrow

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mash inter school U13 football competition starts tomorrow

The Hearts of Oaks Veterans Football Club of New Amsterdam Berbice will once again be staging a one week Inter Secondary School Mashramani U13 football competition for Schools in the New...

GFF and Petra host two-day Futsal Referee training course

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF and Petra host two-day Futsal Referee training course

With the ultimate aim of developing future FIFA referees and grooming players under the correct rules of futsal, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in partnership with Petra, opened their two-day...

27th R&R Int. Ltd. National Park Cycle Meet Hamza Eastman (feature 35 laps) and Briton John (juvenile) shine on a rainy day

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 27th R&R Int. Ltd. National Park Cycle Meet Hamza Eastman (feature 35 laps) and Briton John (juvenile) shine on a rainy day

Smart and determined riding by Team Coco’s Hamza Eastman saw him notching up yet another win in the 2018 season, this time it was the feature 35-lap school boys and invitation race yesterday at the...

Flying Ace Cycle Club 2018 season begins with Courts Furniture Store event

Feb 11, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Flying Ace Cycle Club 2018 season begins with Courts Furniture Store event

Courts Furniture Store Berbice branch will once again be sponsoring its annual Courts Cycle Road race in Berbice. The race will be staged in collaboration with the Flying Ace Cycle Club (FACC), the...

Millionaire’s bribery case exposes China’s corruption problem in Africa

Feb 11, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Millionaire’s bribery case exposes China’s corruption problem in Africa

(CNN) -It sounds like a Hollywood movie. A respected Hong Kong financial magnate allegedly plans a clandestine meeting with the president of Chad in the middle of the dusty Sahara Desert, and offers...

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Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

A shameful abdication of leadership

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The PPPC government has reached a new low in its spineless defense of the lopsided Production... more