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Gunned down Brazilian miner… Investigators return to crime scene, police to seek legal advice today

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Gunned down Brazilian miner… Investigators return to crime scene, police to seek legal advice today

Investigators yesterday took a detained constable and a corporal back to the Puruni area where 29-year-old Brazilian Estevao Costa Marques was shot dead during an unauthorised raid last Saturday....

Lack of capacity to audit ExxonMobil’s pre-contract cost… This is an astounding admission of incompetence by Govt

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of capacity to audit ExxonMobil’s pre-contract cost… This is an astounding admission of incompetence by Govt

– Chartered Accountant Chris Ram Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram has questioned the statements made by Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan regarding the lack of capacity to audit the...

Oil production figures… ExxonMobil calls the shots in absence of independent verification – Int’l Lawyer

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oil production figures… ExxonMobil calls the shots in absence of independent verification – Int’l Lawyer

For the last three years, American oil giant, ExxonMobil has been the only source regarding Guyana’s oil production figures come 2020 and beyond. To date, Exxon has said that Guyana is set to...

Ansa McAl, IAST launch ‘Morning Glory’ rice cereal nationally

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ansa McAl, IAST launch ‘Morning Glory’ rice cereal nationally

“Almost anyone can make a thing, but it takes a dedicated team of people, extraordinary focus, open-minded partnership and unwavering resolve to make a good thing. This is how transformative,...

As strike action looms… Govt. signals readiness to re-engage GTU on salary talks

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on As strike action looms… Govt. signals readiness to re-engage GTU on salary talks

– but union only prepared to discuss revised offer Although government through Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, has indicated that talks with the Guyana Teachers’ Union [GTU]...

Pradoville 2 investigations… Housing Authority only collected US$200,000 for land worth US$6M

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pradoville 2 investigations… Housing Authority only collected US$200,000 for land worth US$6M

A forensic audit report into the Pradoville Two land at Sparendaam that was allocated to former President Bharrat Jagdeo and several top officials, including ministers of his last administration, is...

Dem. Bridge $148M contract award… Opposition moves to SOCU over ‘irregularities’

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dem. Bridge $148M contract award… Opposition moves to SOCU over ‘irregularities’

Opposition members are to visit the office of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) at Camp Road today. According to Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira, the aim of the visit is to present the...

Autopsy reveals… Brazilian miner was shot to the back of the head

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Autopsy reveals… Brazilian miner was shot to the back of the head

Five days after two cops went on an unsanctioned raid in the Puruni area in Region Seven, during which one of them reportedly shot and killed 29-year-old Estevao Costa Marques, a Brazilian miner, an...

18 years for man who raped girl, 7

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on 18 years for man who raped girl, 7

Exactly one month after he appeared before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and pleaded guilty to raping a seven year-old girl five years ago, 20-year-old Delon Clementson was yesterday...

It easier to find a virgin in a brothel

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on It easier to find a virgin in a brothel

When Soulja Bai seh he want an unbribable police commissioner people seh that he trying to achieve de impossible. People remember Laurie Lewis. He was de longest serving police commissioner and even...

Mabaruma solar farm to be fully operational by end of August

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mabaruma solar farm to be fully operational by end of August

The first ever solar farm located at Khan’s Hill, Mabaruma is expected to be fully operational by the end of this month. The government says the farm has been substantially completed, with...

Diamond natural gas well acts up again – GGMC Engineer says, “It’s perfectly normal.”

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond natural gas well acts up again – GGMC Engineer says, “It’s perfectly normal.”

Diamond residents went into panic once again in the wee hours yesterday, when there was what was thought to be a recurrence of an eruption of a Natural Gas well that was recently capped a few weeks...

Employees can pursue Climate Fraud suit against Exxon – U.S. Federal Judge

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Employees can pursue Climate Fraud suit against Exxon – U.S. Federal Judge

(Climate Liability News) A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a case brought against Exxon for allegedly deceiving its employees about the risks of climate change will continue. U.S. District...

Security camera records employee helping bandits to steal money safe – suspects forced to drop loot during confrontation with cops

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Security camera records employee helping bandits to steal money safe – suspects forced to drop loot during confrontation with cops

The employee of a Providence, East Bank Demerara family is to be charged with armed robbery after security cameras recorded him helping a gang to steal a money safe. A police release stated that the...

Public Security Ministry seeks help in locating juvenile escapee

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public Security Ministry seeks help in locating juvenile escapee

The Ministry of Public Security is appealing to the public for help in locating the 16-year-old robbery accused Leon Patterson who escaped from the Juvenile Holding Facility two Thursdays ago. A...

Stakeholders connect at telecoms symposium -service providers, operators engage in interactive sessions

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Stakeholders connect at telecoms symposium -service providers, operators engage in interactive sessions

A two-day symposium that began yesterday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) is focusing on global and regional trends in communication technologies as part of ongoing discussions to...

$2B in mercury-free initiatives for gold mining announced

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $2B in mercury-free initiatives for gold mining announced

Two major projects targeting the reduction of the use of mercury in mining will soon be introduced as part of a National Action Plan (NAP) on the phasing out of mercury in the mining sector....

City Hall, Police meet with Route 42 bus operators …to address issues in attempt to avert protest action

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on City Hall, Police meet with Route 42 bus operators …to address issues in attempt to avert protest action

Officials from City Hall and the Guyana Police Force ‘A’ Division Traffic Department met with Route 42 minibus operators, yesterday, in an attempt to avert protest action that was...

Education Ministry to announce CSEC, CAPE results tomorrow

Aug 16, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry to announce CSEC, CAPE results tomorrow

With 19 grade one passes, the nation’s top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate [CSEC] examination performer this year is a male student of the country’s premier secondary school –...

Berbice man gets four years, fined $38.8M for trafficking ganja

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Berbice man gets four years, fined $38.8M for trafficking ganja

Thirty-year-old Anthony Carmichael called ‘Strongy’, of Bennett Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, was yesterday found guilty of trafficking 158 pounds of marijuana and was sentenced to four years...

Teen charged for robbing passengers after accident

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Teen charged for robbing passengers after accident

A teenager, who allegedly robbed two passengers following a two-vehicle collision on Vlissengen Road last month, was yesterday slapped with two robbery charges after he appeared before a City...

GCA tournaments set to resume this weekend

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA tournaments set to resume this weekend

Matches in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) first and second division as well as the U13 tournaments are set to resume this weekend weather permitting. Starting at 09:30hrs on Saturday,...

RHTY&SC, MS Cricket Teams host another Edition of Patron’s Fund programme

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on RHTY&SC, MS Cricket Teams host another Edition of Patron’s Fund programme

“In the history of Guyana, no other Youth and Sports Club has assisted youths, the elderly and less fortunate like the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS, its ten cricket teams and Over-35...

Inaugural BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement Junior Shield (U20) Football League Action commenced yesterday as three to benefit from Academic/Vocational Awards

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inaugural BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement Junior Shield (U20) Football League Action commenced yesterday as three to benefit from Academic/Vocational Awards

The BV/Triumph 8th of May Movement’ Junior Shield (U20) Football commenced yesterday at the BV Play-ground, Republic Drive, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. The league consists of seven teams...

More sponsors for Guyana Cup

Aug 16, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on More sponsors for Guyana Cup

More sponsors have cemented their support for the 12th edition of the Guyana Cup horserace meet which will speed off at the Rising Sun Turf Club in Berbice on Sunday. Over $15million in cash and...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more