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Opposition prepared to meet Govt. on ExxonMobil contract flaws

Feb 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition prepared to meet Govt. on ExxonMobil contract flaws

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said yesterday it is prepared to discuss the flaws of ExxonMobil Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) should Cabinet decide to move forward with renegotiating the...

You can’t cure corruption by ignoring it

Feb 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on You can’t cure corruption by ignoring it

– President Granger tells Police Conference “Corruption like a malignant cancer cannot be cured by being ignored.” This was the firm declaration of President David Granger yesterday as he...

No penalties exist if ExxonMobil shirks Local Content responsibilities

Feb 16, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on No penalties exist if ExxonMobil shirks Local Content responsibilities

Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with US oil giant, ExxonMobil, has been criticised for having limited or rather, ‘mediocre” provisions in place for local content. But even with the...

Busted carjackers stole over 100 vehicles

Feb 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Busted carjackers stole over 100 vehicles

-used some in ‘private hire’ service, demanded $24,000 a week from drivers Police were yesterday still trying to assess the scope of the recently dismantled carjacking ring whose operations...

‘Crime wave’ CoI postponed – ‘prerequisite arrangements’ not in place says Justice Trotman

Feb 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Crime wave’ CoI postponed – ‘prerequisite arrangements’ not in place says Justice Trotman

The nation will have to wait just a bit longer to know exactly who was behind the slaughter of eight miners at Lindo Creek ten years ago. The media was seated; the cameras were in place at 9:00 hrs...

Customs Officers clear Guzzler juice as food; shipment seized

Feb 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Customs Officers clear Guzzler juice as food; shipment seized

Several hundred cases of Guzzler juices were seized this week from a city wharf after authorities got wind of a tax evasion scheme. According to officials, the incident occurred on Wednesday at a...

Ex-cop slapped with carjacking, armed robbery charges

Feb 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop slapped with carjacking, armed robbery charges

An ex-police officer and a construction worker who were recently charged and remanded to prison after allegedly carrying out a series of armed robberies were yesterday back before a City Magistrate,...

Blame yuh neighbour fuh yuh thiefing children

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Blame yuh neighbour fuh yuh thiefing children

Corruption is a disease dat eats away at de foundation of people’s faith in govt. It undermines de stability of nations. Gandhi seh suh. Dem boys know only two presidents of Guyana never seh nutten...

Guyana holds an important card

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana holds an important card

An uncanny letter appeared in yesterday’s edition of Kaieteur News. It was penned under the name of an official of the Ministry of Natural Resources, and accuses the publisher of this newspaper of...

GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 League – EBFA Timehri Red Ground to host seven games this weekend

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 League – EBFA Timehri Red Ground to host seven games this weekend

Competitive football is set to make a grand return to the Timehri Red Ground tomorrow and Sunday when the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) leg of the GFF/Pele Alumini Frank Watson U15 Intra...

GGMC shuns statutory responsibility for best interest of local miners

Feb 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC shuns statutory responsibility for best interest of local miners

Was Smartt outsmarted? That is what the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) was asked to look into since 2016. Almost two years later, the Commission is still to give Pauline Smartt a positive...

Yadram cops EBSC cricketer of the year award, Albert is highest run scorer

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yadram cops EBSC cricketer of the year award, Albert is highest run scorer

All-rounders Bhaskar Yadram and Vivian Albert dominated the awards when the when the Enterprise Busta Sports Club (EBSC) hosted its 2017 awards ceremony last weekend. Yadram, who represented West...

Tilku’s half century hands Christ Church seven-run win over Dolphin Secondary

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Tilku’s half century hands Christ Church seven-run win over Dolphin Secondary

Ariel Tilku struck a half century to guide Christ Church to a seven-run win over Dolphin Secondary when the 27th Annual Easter Term Secondary schools five-over Windball Cricket Champions Trophy...

Regional Super50 Festival Jaguars without key players for do-or-die final group game against Scorpions tonight

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Super50 Festival Jaguars without key players for do-or-die final group game against Scorpions tonight

By Sean Devers in Antigua in association with Vnet Communications, Bounty Farm, Noble House Seafoods & Playter’s Enterprise Many Guyanese leave everything to be done at the last minute and this...

Paradise Playground being rehabilitated

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Paradise Playground being rehabilitated

Youths in the Belladrum District, through the Profit – Rising Sun NDC, on the West Coast of Berbice, are soon to benefit from improved playground facilities following the continued rehabilitation...

Milo Schools’ U-18 Football Buxton, Uitvlugt and Lodge win on Wednesday evening

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Schools’ U-18 Football Buxton, Uitvlugt and Lodge win on Wednesday evening

The final three matches of last weekend’s fixtures in the Milo/Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Schools’ Football tournament that were rescheduled due to inclement weather were completed on...

Magnum ‘Mash Cup’ Futsal Quarter Finals Gold is Money booted, Silver Bullets, Bent Street and Sparta Boss win

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Magnum ‘Mash Cup’ Futsal Quarter Finals Gold is Money booted, Silver Bullets, Bent Street and Sparta Boss win

The quarterfinals of the Magnum ‘Mash Cup’ were contested on Wednesday night with some typical and some shocking results at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. The night’s play got...

CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield GDF drawn in Group ‘B’; Dom. Republic to host inaugural tourney

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield GDF drawn in Group ‘B’; Dom. Republic to host inaugural tourney

Miami – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced yesterday that the Dominican Republic will host the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Dem / East Bank Dem. Zone Champs Showstoppers battle Showtime ESPN for title tonight

Feb 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Dem / East Bank Dem. Zone Champs Showstoppers battle Showtime ESPN for title tonight

Tonight’s showdown between defending champions Showstoppers and ESPN presents a fitting conclusion for what has undoubtedly been an exciting Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West...

GSA/Bounty Farm Handicap Squash Caribbean Champion Taylor Fernandes win on opening night

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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