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Pres. Granger says… ExxonMobil contract back with Cabinet

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Granger says… ExxonMobil contract back with Cabinet

Amid growing unhappiness over the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between Government and U.S. oil giant, ExxonMobil, President David Granger yesterday disclosed that the matter is engaging...

Govts must have power to visit oil operations, inspect records unannounced

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govts must have power to visit oil operations, inspect records unannounced

– “element of surprise” needed to ensure transparency and compliance – Global Witness By Kiana Wilburg Governments and their respective auditing officers must have the power to make...

Carjacking network crumbling …more vehicles, bikes found; two arrested

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Carjacking network crumbling …more vehicles, bikes found; two arrested

Police continue to make inroads into a massive carjacking network that appears to comprise gunmen, taxi drivers, bodywork repair operators and individuals with the ability to provide forged...

GTT technician thrown from post after coming in contact with transformer

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GTT technician thrown from post after coming in contact with transformer

A technician of the Guyana Telephone and Telephone Company (GTT) is now hospitalized after reportedly coming in contact with a pole-mounted distribution transformer yesterday. Reports said that David...

Second NBS wrongful dismissal lawsuit… Court extends deadline for filing of documents

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Second NBS wrongful dismissal lawsuit… Court extends deadline for filing of documents

Lawyers engaged in the matter in which former New Building Society (NBS) manager, Kent Vincent, is suing the institution for wrongful dismissal, have been granted additional time to present documents...

You got to be like a pit bull pun some of these MoFos

Feb 15, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on You got to be like a pit bull pun some of these MoFos

Old people seh, ‘Good things come to those who believe; better things come to those who wait; and de best things come to those who don’t give up.’ Dem boys deh in de last category. Dem don’t...

Pensioner charged for causing death of vagrant in accident

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner charged for causing death of vagrant in accident

A pensioner was yesterday released on $200,000 bail on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. John Haynes, 77, a taxi driver of 102 Second Street, Alexander Village, Georgetown, appeared...

Fire destroys upper flat of D’Urban St. house

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys upper flat of D’Urban St. house

An early morning fire destroyed the upper flat of a house at lot 59 D’Urban Street, Lodge, yesterday, leaving two persons homeless. According to information reaching this newspaper, the blaze began...

Two years after passage of legislation… Law Reform Commission closer to reality

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two years after passage of legislation… Law Reform Commission closer to reality

The Ministry of Legal Affairs has taken steps to move closer to the realization of Law Reform Commission (LRC). The LRC is mandated to essentially reform and upgrade all possible legislation in...

Over 170 applications for birth certificates in Region One outreach

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Over 170 applications for birth certificates in Region One outreach

A four-person team from the General Registrar’s Office (GRO), which falls under the purview of the Ministry of Citizenship, guided by Member of Parliament, Richard Allen and assisted by local...

Police officers visit family of Inspector killed in Lethem crash

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police officers visit family of Inspector killed in Lethem crash

Divisional Commander of ‘B’ Division, Assistant Commissioner Lyndon Alves was among police and other officials who expressed condolences yesterday to the family of Inspector Ian Welch, who died...

Canter truck driver is second person charged in coke-in-fish case

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canter truck driver is second person charged in coke-in-fish case

Five days after a Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara, businessman was charged and remanded to prison for trafficking cocaine in frozen fish, the driver of the Canter truck which was allegedly used to...

It makes sense for Exxon to return to the negotiating table

Feb 15, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on It makes sense for Exxon to return to the negotiating table

It took a full one and a half years for the contract signed between ExxonMobil and the Government of Guyana to be made public. The contract was signed on June 27, 2016 but was only made public in...

Brothers remanded for Angoy’s Avenue home invasion

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Brothers remanded for Angoy’s Avenue home invasion

Two brothers appeared yesterday before Magistrate Alex Moore at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court to answer to two charges of robbery under arms. The duo, Ravindranauth Samaroo, 26, a...

Cocaine-in-plywood bust… Farmer jailed 3 years for bribing CANU officer

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cocaine-in-plywood bust… Farmer jailed 3 years for bribing CANU officer

-State moves to forfeit money Forty-six year-old Rajesh Kissoondyal, called “Paddle”, a Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara farmer, was yesterday jailed for three years and fined $30,000...

Lindo Creek CoI public hearings start today

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek CoI public hearings start today

The Commission of Inquiry (COI) which has been established by President David Granger in relation to the deaths of eight miners at Lindo Creek in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region in 2008 will...

Land grabbing is now rampant at Corriverton

Feb 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Land grabbing is now rampant at Corriverton

Dear Editor, There is now land being given away galore at the Office of the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC) at Corriverton. On 13th February, 2018, nearly 800 prospective and current cattle...

US-based experts here to increase cyber security awareness

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US-based experts here to increase cyber security awareness

With the infrastructural growth of a country, it is likely to be more vulnerable to cyber threats. This troubling dilemma could however be addressed with the acquisition of cyber specialty. This is...

Royston King is bigger than the City Council

Feb 15, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Royston King is bigger than the City Council

Dear Editor: The longer I listen to Town Clerk Royston King, the longer I contemplate on his actions, the more I am convinced that we can no longer countenance his brand of administration over the...

Questions arise over watered-down qualifications for GECOM’s deputy chief

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Questions arise over watered-down qualifications for GECOM’s deputy chief

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is apparently unsure about the academic qualifications and criterion required for senior positions within the organization- that of the Deputy Chief Elections...

Former TSU rank freed on AK-47 smuggling charge

Feb 15, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Former TSU rank freed on AK-47 smuggling charge

Shavon Marks, who had been accused of smuggling an AK-47 assault rifle out of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown, was yesterday, freed on charges of illegal...

Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash Tournament underway

Feb 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash Tournament underway

The annual Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash Tournament began yesterday at the Georgetown Club Camp Street. Fifty participants are down to take part in two categories; the Open for seniors and Cat A...

Petra’s third annual Futsal tournament…Teams briefed, presented with uniforms and balls

Feb 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra’s third annual Futsal tournament…Teams briefed, presented with uniforms and balls

The third annual Petra Futsal tournament which is being sponsored by Corona Beer in collaboration with Namilco is shaping up to be the biggest in its three year history. Yesterday at the Brandsville...

Guinness “Greatest of the Streets” East Bank/West Demerara zone… Marvin Josiah fires Showstoppers into anticipated final against ESPN

Feb 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness “Greatest of the Streets” East Bank/West Demerara zone… Marvin Josiah fires Showstoppers into anticipated final against ESPN

Both the quarter-final and semi-final stages of the Guinness “greatest of the streets” East Bank/West Demerara leg were competed on Tuesday night at the Pouderoyen market tarmac and fans will be...

GFSCA/Nauth Motor Spares/Trophy Stall/ Mike’s Pharmacy Softball Cricket… Finals re-scheduled for Sunday

Feb 15, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFSCA/Nauth Motor Spares/Trophy Stall/ Mike’s Pharmacy Softball Cricket… Finals re-scheduled for Sunday

The Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association, Nauth Motor Spares, Trophy Stall and Mike’s Pharmacy softball tournament is set to conclude on Sunday at the Demerara Cricket Club ground. The...

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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