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Jagdeo predicts Guyana would become worse off than Venezuela

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo predicts Guyana would become worse off than Venezuela

“They (APNU+AFC officials) are just busy waiting on the dribble—the oil money. It is all they think of. They just have this obsession. But I am saying if we do not address these critical issues...

Given mistakes made with ExxonMobil Contract…Guyana should not enter into one-on-one negotiations with other oil companies

Jun 17, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Given mistakes made with ExxonMobil Contract…Guyana should not enter into one-on-one negotiations with other oil companies

– Former Pres. Advisor warns Former Presidential Advisor on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal, is of the firm belief that Guyana’s authorities should not award a single oil block via...

Lethem warned of rising waters

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lethem warned of rising waters

The Lethem town Council is warning especially residents of the Lethem Municipality of the rising waters in the main creeks and rivers passing through the municipality. “…We have been...

Govt. fails to renew contract for Presidential Advisor on Petroleum

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. fails to renew contract for Presidential Advisor on Petroleum

The Government of Guyana has failed to immediately renew a contract with Dr. Jan Mangal. Dr. Mangal served as one of the President’s most crucial advisors on petroleum matters. His contract came to...

Aurora Gold Mine Twin Otter exposes loophole in local aviation regulations

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora Gold Mine Twin Otter exposes loophole in local aviation regulations

Investigations by Kaieteur News into the Canadian-registered Twin Otter operating for Aurora Gold Mine have revealed a loophole that could hinder access to employment for Guyanese pilots within the...

Cops grill boyfriend of teen who died after ‘jumping’ from car- absence of abrasions on body raises suspicion

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Cops grill boyfriend of teen who died after ‘jumping’ from car- absence of abrasions on body raises suspicion

Did 19-year-old Sasa Adams sustain her fatal injury after jumping from a moving car? A postmortem revealed that the teen suffered blunt trauma to the head, but police sources have told Kaieteur News...

Former SWAT head challenges special leave decision by Felix

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Former SWAT head challenges special leave decision by Felix

Former head of the police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, Motie Dookie, is challenging a decision to send him on special leave in the public’s interest earlier this year. The Deputy...

Corbin mess up Vishnu Father’s Day

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Corbin mess up Vishnu Father’s Day

Today is Father’s Day, and everybody know it come wid comforting words fuh all dem fathers. Dem don’t get gifts like mothers. But if there is something better than giving others de best of what...

Ramps Logistics…120 Young Guyanese lead the way in Oil and Gas business

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ramps Logistics…120 Young Guyanese lead the way in Oil and Gas business

Ramps Logistics might have its roots in Trinidad and Tobago, but when it comes to its operations in Guyana, it is fully committed to putting locals first. This is according to the company’s...

Hauraruni residents appeal for road after fire

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Hauraruni residents appeal for road after fire

Residents of Hauraruni community, located along the Soesdyke/Linden highway, are appealing for help with its access road after a huge blaze damaged the multi-complex building. A fire tender was...

Boyce/Jefford Classic IX lobbies Government for support

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boyce/Jefford Classic IX lobbies Government for support

Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic Committee, Colin Boyce and Edison Jefford met with The Honourable Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton, who also...

EBFA/GFF Beginners Referees Training to conclude today

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA/GFF Beginners Referees Training to conclude today

Over two dozen persons will today conclude a 3-day Beginners Referees Training Programme organised by the East Bank Football Association (EBFA), sponsored and facilitated by the Guyana Football...

Lindo Creek massacre… Relatives plan memorial, walk, helium balloons, for 10-yr anniversary

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek massacre… Relatives plan memorial, walk, helium balloons, for 10-yr anniversary

Families and friends of the eight miners who were slaughtered and burnt at Lindo Creek, Berbice River, almost 10 years ago, are preparing this week to pay homage. According to Onica Butts, wife of...

Over $3million in prizes up for grabs in Emancipation Horserace meet

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over $3million in prizes up for grabs in Emancipation Horserace meet

The Kennard Memorial Turf Club at Bush Lot, Corentyne will be hosting an Emancipation horserace meet on Sunday, July 29th under the rules of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority with over $3million in...

ExxonMobil under-14 football tournament… Dolphin most dominant on match day 2

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on ExxonMobil under-14 football tournament… Dolphin most dominant on match day 2

The ExxonMobil under-14 boys’ and girls’ schools’ football tournament continued at the Ministry of Education (MOE) schools’ Sports Complex ground on CARIFESTA Avenue yesterday with 12...

Man to face third trial over 2008 murder

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Man to face third trial over 2008 murder

Rondell Bacchus, who is charged with the July 2008 murder of scrap metal dealer Alli Akbar, is expected to face a second re-trial in the ongoing Demerara assizes. His two other trials ended in a hung...

YBG Berbice Zone Basketball underway

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG Berbice Zone Basketball underway

The Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National School Basketball Regional Conference in collaboration with the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association started in Berbice their Regional Competition on...

YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH… St. Joseph, President’s College and Marian Academy win in Boys’ under-16

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG/NSBF Regionals at CASH… St. Joseph, President’s College and Marian Academy win in Boys’ under-16

The final three matches in the boys’ under-16 division of Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) Georgetown zone concluded on Friday at the Cliff Anderson...

Cartoon June 17 2018

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon June 17 2018

Veteran Public/Private sector manager Dr Leslie Chin C.C.H, is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Special Person Comments Off on Veteran Public/Private sector manager Dr Leslie Chin C.C.H, is a ‘Special Person’

“Very important to me is the Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule which dictates that 20 percent of activities account for 80 percent of outcomes.” By Rehanna Ramsay He’s the visionary...

Danger lessens following Diamond eruption

Jun 17, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Danger lessens following Diamond eruption

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), a number of other agencies and public spirited citizens have started a cleanup at the natural gas explosion site at Diamond on the East Bank Demerara. The...

Fingerprints on a dead man’s safe

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Fingerprints on a dead man’s safe

By Michael Jordan You will find Rachpaul’s Drug Store in a three-storey building at Lot 75 Robb Street, Lacytown. There’s an old restaurant in the middle flat. Rachpaul’s Drug Store is in the...

We live in a civilized society with no State protection for wrongdoers

Jun 17, 2018 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We live in a civilized society with no State protection for wrongdoers

Campaigners seem to be writing their scripts already for the 2020 General and Regional elections, and as is expected, the rhetoric of the opposition has taken on the customary tone of belligerence....

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The police are going to solve another cold case. They will find the suspect in a hinterland area where he had been for some time. The issue would be a murder that had gone unsolved for years. Not...

The importance of a Ministry of Labour given our history, aspirations & ILO Conventions

Jun 17, 2018 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The importance of a Ministry of Labour given our history, aspirations & ILO Conventions

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)-elected Member of Parliament (MP) Gillian Burton-Persaud has consented to the Trade Union’s call for Labour to have equal prominence in society, and...

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Clarendon College too good for Dolphin as Annai Sec’ holds Speyside College to 4-all draw

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