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ExxonMobil open to audit of US$460M pre-contract costs

Jun 04, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil open to audit of US$460M pre-contract costs

…Says Govt. has the right to audit every aspect of its operations By Kiana Wilburg ExxonMobil’s Head of Public and Government Affairs, Kimberly Brasington says that the oil giant is open to...

GuyOil creates ‘fat cat’ position for unqualified sitting Director

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil creates ‘fat cat’ position for unqualified sitting Director

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) recently undertook a multi-million dollar restructuring exercise which saw the establishment of two new positions. But the two posts were...

Natural Resources Ministry awaits further tests on suspected mercury-related deaths

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Natural Resources Ministry awaits further tests on suspected mercury-related deaths

In the face of continued safety concerns, the Guyana Government is not swayed into believing that the deaths of four workers attached to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) are...

59 years after helping to foil deadly jailbreak…Vernon Lambert, 91, honoured with National Award

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 59 years after helping to foil deadly jailbreak…Vernon Lambert, 91, honoured with National Award

Fifty-nine years after he helped to foil a jail break which claimed the life of a colleague, 91-year-old Vernon Lambert has been awarded for his heroic efforts. Mr. Lambert was among 93 Guyanese who...

Cops freed drug suspect in exchange for sex – recaptured female tells police

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops freed drug suspect in exchange for sex – recaptured female tells police

A female drug suspect who escaped from the Timeheri Police Station last month is reportedly alleging that two police constables freed her in exchange for sex. The 38-year-old woman was recaptured...

Ten Guyanese women murdered in five months

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ten Guyanese women murdered in five months

One woman being murdered at the hands of her partner is one too many, but ten in the first five months of this year has set off alarm bells. It all started on January 2, when twenty-six-year-old...

Lumumba muzzle Trotty

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Lumumba muzzle Trotty

ExxonMobil announce dat it find jobs fuh 309 companies. These are local companies dat doing various jobs in de oil industry. When dem boys hear de news, dem couldn’t believe it. Dem didn’t...

Govt. should require oil companies to develop environmental protection plans – Natural Resource Charter

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. should require oil companies to develop environmental protection plans – Natural Resource Charter

…Says this must also include provisions for compensation By Kiana Wilburg When oil and gas activities are mismanaged, there can be irreversible environmental damage. This can give rise to local...

Whim pedal cyclist dies in collision with car

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Whim pedal cyclist dies in collision with car

The life of a Whim, Corentyne resident was cut short yesterday when a car driven by a 26-year-old struck him down. Dead is Doodnauth Sookraj, 44, a cane harvester of Lot 124 Whim Village, Corentyne,...

GWI’s Chief proposes fixed fee for pensioners

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GWI’s Chief proposes fixed fee for pensioners

Pensioners countrywide may soon be paying a fixed sum for water consumption. This was disclosed by Managing Director of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Dr. Richard Van-West Charles. The GWI...

Union calls for temporary halt to minibus imports

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Union calls for temporary halt to minibus imports

…simply too many on the roads, says Union President There are calls for the authorities to rein in the prevailing chaos in the minibus industry. Thousands of Guyanese depend on hundreds of...

Rain runs play at DCC in GFSCA tourney

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain runs play at DCC in GFSCA tourney

Constant rainfall which left the Demerara Cricket Club outfield waterlogged forced the postponement of the Trophy Stall, Khan’s Trading, Permaul’s Trading and Back to Eden softball tournament...

YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH Chase, PC Royals and Marian Academy continue winning ways in under-14 division

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH Chase, PC Royals and Marian Academy continue winning ways in under-14 division

Inter-school basketball action continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Saturday afternoon with four games in Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF)...

Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Association holds inter club tournament

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Association holds inter club tournament

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Association concluded their first Annual Inter-Club Martial Arts tournament on Saturday last. The clubs involved were: Iron Fist Karate Club, Invisible Kicks Karate Club...

THE RIGHT TO RULE

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE RIGHT TO RULE

Multiculturalism is getting a bad name around the world. Many of the problems, including violence between ethnic groups around the world, are traceable to the difficulties in making multiculturalism...

Three-time gold medalist diagnosed with brain tumor

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Three-time gold medalist diagnosed with brain tumor

At just 15-years-old, many would be soaking up the enjoyment of their teenage years, but for Beyonce Ross she spends her days bedridden at her home in Rose Hall Town, Berbice. She made her town proud...

UNICEF study to help to form action plan for Indigenous development

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF study to help to form action plan for Indigenous development

The Ministry of Indigenous Affairs is expected to form an Action Plan to address matters affecting the Indigenous Peoples of Guyana based on a study conducted by the United Nation’s Children,...

Kassim Khan triumphs in exciting Torginol Paints annual Golf Tourney

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kassim Khan triumphs in exciting Torginol Paints annual Golf Tourney

Kassim Khan put up a sterling performance to emerge Champion in the exciting Torginol Paints Annual Golf Tournament played on Saturday last. Delighted that the weather held for a good day’s play,...

Guyana Women’s Table tennis team advance to quarterfinals of Team events in Bolivia

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Women’s Table tennis team advance to quarterfinals of Team events in Bolivia

Guyana’s national women’s Team of Trenace Lowe, Natalie Cummings and Chelsea Edghill defeated Ecuador by a 3-0 margin to advance to the quarterfinals round at the 2018 South American Games taking...

Bounty Farm/GRFU XVs Jacques Archibald score three tries as Panthers defeat Falcons to keep title hope alive

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bounty Farm/GRFU XVs Jacques Archibald score three tries as Panthers defeat Falcons to keep title hope alive

Jacques Archibald was the most lethal of the 15 Panthers that took to the National Park rugby field yesterday in their decisive match against the young and improving Police Falcons’ side, and he...

Elegance Jewellery, Crown Mining & Ink Plus O-40 S/Ball cricket Ejaz Mohamed, Armstrong & Balgobin hit fifties at MSC

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Elegance Jewellery, Crown Mining & Ink Plus O-40 S/Ball cricket Ejaz Mohamed, Armstrong & Balgobin hit fifties at MSC

Former National U-19 batsman Ejaz Mohammed, Ex Guyana U-19 pacer and Munesh Balgobin each hit fifties as action in the Elegance Jewellery, Crown Mining & Ink Plus Over-40 Softball t20 cricket...

Mahendra Bhagwandin wins Grand Coastal Hotel Annual Golf Classic

Jun 04, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mahendra Bhagwandin wins Grand Coastal Hotel Annual Golf Classic

Mahendra Bhagwandin narrowly edged past Richard Haniff to emerge champion in the exciting Grand Coastal Golf Classic Tournament played yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Club. The weather held good from...

The GIS Specialist from Chenapou

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on The GIS Specialist from Chenapou

“This is what I love to do, and will continue to do it because it’s one way of giving back to my people. I believe I owe them that much: to continue the fight, the struggle they started so many...

Mackenzie Hospital…Seven years shy of a century with modern services

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mackenzie Hospital…Seven years shy of a century with modern services

Located on Casuarina Drive, Linden, the old Mackenzie Hospital, which is just seven years shy of a century, sits side by side a new building, its new and improved successor the new Linden Hospital...

Aspects of the European-Guyanese heritage part of EU cultural observance

Jun 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Aspects of the European-Guyanese heritage part of EU cultural observance

Europeans came to these shores and left aspects of their culture which is evident in the nation’s cuisine, architecture, and infrastructure. Guyana has several buildings reminiscent of the...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more