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$34M boating landing for Supenaam planned

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $34M boating landing for Supenaam planned

Boat operators working within the Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) district will soon be able to offload their passengers in much better conditions, as consultations commence for the establishment of a...

Exposure of lopsided oil contract by locals really eye-opening – TIGI

Feb 17, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Exposure of lopsided oil contract by locals really eye-opening – TIGI

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell President of the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc.,(TIGI) Dr. Troy Thomas is of the opinion that the level of scrutiny given to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA)...

Vendor charged for attempting to kill her cousin

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor charged for attempting to kill her cousin

A 26-year-old woman who has pending matters before five Senior Magistrates in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts was yesterday remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge. Lisa Bobb, 26, of 84...

Authorities close illegal funeral parlour in New Amsterdam

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities close illegal funeral parlour in New Amsterdam

At approximately 13:00 hrs on Thursday, the New Amsterdam Town Council summoned the police at Central Police Station to visit a location at Savannah Park, New Amsterdam where a building stands. The...

Deal nearer with DDL on Enmore takeover

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deal nearer with DDL on Enmore takeover

It appears that an early deal for the re-opening of the lone estate in the East Demerara area is closer. With the Enmore estate closed in December, a worried Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), makers...

GGMC boss refuses to speak to K/News on any matter

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News 1

Head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Newell Dennison is refusing to talk to Kaieteur News on any matter. He made this clear yesterday during a brief telephone conversation. The...

Mom, teen daughter refused bail on cocaine charge

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News 1

Two days after ranks from the Customs Anti -Narcotics Unit (CANU) found a quantity of cocaine concealed in the handbag of a female passenger who was scheduled to travel to the United States, a...

Cop charged with rape of colleague

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cop charged with rape of colleague

A member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) who allegedly had sexual intercourse with one of his colleagues at a city hotel against her will was yesterday released on $150,000 bail after being charged...

Govt. not forthcoming on border security issues – Opposition Leader

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. not forthcoming on border security issues – Opposition Leader

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has accused the coalition administration of not being forthcoming on border security issues. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said that the party supports the...

Guyana story more sweet than Cinderella own

Feb 17, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana story more sweet than Cinderella own

When you poor you don’t have no family. Not even you schoolmates does talk to you. But as soon as you put you hand pun money, like if you win de lottery, all of a sudden family you didn’t know...

More oil conferences needed; several topics still unaddressed – Oil and Gas Expert

Feb 17, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on More oil conferences needed; several topics still unaddressed – Oil and Gas Expert

The recently concluded Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit (GIPEX) laid the foundation for local, regional and international stakeholders to discuss and share ideas about the budding oil...

Missing “Witch” jailed for five years in absence

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Missing “Witch” jailed for five years in absence

An arrest warrant has been issued for well-known character and jail regular, 45-year-old Clifton Ramsarran called “Witch” who was on Friday sentenced to five years in jail. Ramsarran was on trial...

Taxi service operator accused of selling ecstasy to school children

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News 1

A taxi service operator was yesterday placed before a City Magistrate for allegedly selling the methamphetamine known as ecstasy to an underage student of Queen’s College. Twenty-five-year-old...

Boy, 3, drowns at Wales Estate

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 3, drowns at Wales Estate

A 3-year-old boy from the West Bank Demerara area, tragically drown at the Wales Estate on Wednesday, after he went to urinate in a trench in the estate compound. According to a source, the child was...

Guyanese must become acquainted with the Venezuelan perspective

Feb 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyanese must become acquainted with the Venezuelan perspective

This column is being written with the layman in mind. As such, it avoids the use of technical and formal legal language and terms. As a result, precise formulations may have been sacrificed...

Crime is the greatest impediment to human safety – President Granger

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Crime is the greatest impediment to human safety – President Granger

Since its ascension to office in 2015, the coalesced A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change [APNU+AFC] Government has maintained its stance on making Guyana a better place. ...

Man who raped, murdered great aunt jailed for 25 yrs.

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Man who raped, murdered great aunt jailed for 25 yrs.

Twenty-five year-old Devon Griffith was yesterday jailed for 25 years by Justice Sandil Kissoon in the Berbice High Court, for the brutal murder of his 78-year-old great aunt in October 2015....

GFC nearing adoption of 10-yr forest plan

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GFC nearing adoption of 10-yr forest plan

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) yesterday presented the revised National Forest Policy Statement and Plan to stakeholders. The comprehensive plan and policy statement was presented to...

GWI installing meters on neighbours in car wash clampdown

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GWI installing meters on neighbours in car wash clampdown

They have been springing up in almost every coastal village. It was estimated that at least 10,000 vehicles were entering the country annually. With many families working, the need for wash bays has...

‘Headway’ on greenheart ban expected this year – GFC Commissioner

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Headway’ on greenheart ban expected this year – GFC Commissioner

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) will continue its engagement with the United Kingdom (UK) as part of continued efforts to lift the ban on greenheart exports from Guyana. Addressing stakeholder...

Draft Local Content Policy to finally have meaningful additions -Substantial use of goods and services to be in place – Chatham House Advisor

Feb 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Draft Local Content Policy to finally have meaningful additions -Substantial use of goods and services to be in place – Chatham House Advisor

By Kiana Wilburg The “substantial” use of local goods and services by oil operators is just one of the many meaningful features one can expect to see when the nation’s draft Local Content...

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The Opposition is engaged in self-sabotage

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- You know, I never thought I’d see the day when elections in Guyana would become something... more