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$100,000 fine for man who stole $10M mining equipment

Aug 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on $100,000 fine for man who stole $10M mining equipment

A 32-year-old dredge owner was yesterday fined $100,000 after he was found guilty by a City Magistrate of stealing a gold wash plant, a piece of mining equipment, worth some $10M. The man, Vickram...

After Krauss, questions a nation must but won’t ask

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on After Krauss, questions a nation must but won’t ask

I have spent my entire life in struggle in this country. I know no other life but one of struggle. It started out when I was sixteen. I am in my mid-sixties and yet I am still involved. It has not...

Hunt on for murder suspect called “Short boss”

Aug 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Hunt on for murder suspect called “Short boss”

The hunt is on for a murder suspect only identified as “Short boss” who allegedly gunned down 21-year-old Ronsley Clarke, a mason of Timehri, East Bank Demerara, in Sophia on Thursday night,...

Guyana’s Foreign Direct Investment quadrupled in 2017

Aug 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s Foreign Direct Investment quadrupled in 2017

Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Guyana increased from US$58M in 2016 to US$212M in 2017 in part as a result of the oil and gas sector preparing for first oil. According to report by the Economic...

Kuru Kururu man died from compression injuries to the neck

Aug 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Kuru Kururu man died from compression injuries to the neck

A post mortem done yesterday morning on 46-year-old Gregory ‘Wayne’ Frank, the man, who was discovered dead early Thursday morning at his Kuru Kururu, Linden Highway home, has shown that the man...

The WPA refuses to discuss its political shape

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The WPA refuses to discuss its political shape

I received in my personal mailbox, a letter from the secretary of the WPA overseas group, Keith Branch. I opened it. It was addressed to media houses too. Since it was posted to me, I thought I...

East Coast Demerara road closure tomorrow

Aug 04, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on East Coast Demerara road closure tomorrow

This advisory serves to inform road users that the East Coast Public Road, within the vicinity of Annandale Market Road, will be temporarily closed on Sunday August 5, 2018. The road closure is...

Georgetown gears for its 175th birthday

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Georgetown gears for its 175th birthday

Dear Editor, Legal historians will tell us that in the British Colony of then British Guiana, on 21st August, 1843 there was an etymological change from “Town” to “City”: Georgetown the Town...

False Information Circulating

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on False Information Circulating

Dear Editor, There is an article in Essequibo Express June 2018 Department of Public Information. It seems that someone by the name of Elroy Stephney is trying to create chaos in our community. The...

Arise Teachers and Strike

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Arise Teachers and Strike

Dear Editor, Maybe Guyanese teachers never saw the sinister move by David Granger and his men to have various ministries except The Ministry of Labour. How amazing and subtitle. These are the same...

Support for Dr. Mark Bynoe

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Support for Dr. Mark Bynoe

Dear Editor I see Dr. Mark Bynoe has returned to continue his contribution to nation building. Dr. Bynoe is a proven professional, unquestionable patriot, brilliant academic and a humble gentleman....

ExxonMobil’s cost recovery

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s cost recovery

Dear Editor, I just read your report on the unlimited cost recovery that ExonMobil will capture. I would be happy to share with you my financial projection to support that report. Guyana stands to...

Angry at the death of a grandchild

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Angry at the death of a grandchild

Dear Sir/Madam, It is with profound grief and dissatisfaction that I write this letter; so that the relevant authorities can investigate the circumstances, which lead to the death of my unborn...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 73 years later

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 73 years later

Dear Editor, On 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by United States air forces. This was the first time a nuclear weapon had ever been used. The fireball created by the bomb...

Junior Ranks within the GPF continues to be discriminated against

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Junior Ranks within the GPF continues to be discriminated against

Dear Sir, “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Be nice to people on your way up because you...

Guyana Cultural Association gets New York award

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Cultural Association gets New York award

Editor, Permit me to bring to the attention of readers the good news that the Guyana United Artists (GUA) has been selected as a recipient of the 2018 Guyana Cultural Association New York award. As...

Sister Admirabilis: Farewell to a Cheerful Nun

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sister Admirabilis: Farewell to a Cheerful Nun

Editor, Words are not enough to express gratitude to Sister Admirabilis Browne who has passed-on to her heavenly abode. Sister Admi has left an ineradicable mark in the hearts of so many Guyanese....

ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

Aug 04, 2018 KNews Editorial Comments Off on ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

No one is perfect, we all make mistakes, but it is when we fail to take responsibility for or blame others for them, that we fail as individuals and as leaders to be accountable. It is crucial for...

Lindo Creek findings cast doubt on ‘Fine Man’ gang killing miners -says former Govt. functionaries failed to properly investigate the massacre

Aug 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Lindo Creek findings cast doubt on ‘Fine Man’ gang killing miners -says former Govt. functionaries failed to properly investigate the massacre

The Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry has cast doubt on suggestions that Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins and his gang slaughtered and burnt eight miners in their Upper Berbice River camp in June,...

Guyana must review rules for cost recovery –IMF …Finds contract with ExxonMobil allows unrecovered costs to be carried over without any limitation

Aug 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must review rules for cost recovery –IMF …Finds contract with ExxonMobil allows unrecovered costs to be carried over without any limitation

By Kiana Wilburg Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) normally include an accounting annex, which details the rules for cost recovery. The annex specifies, which costs are allowed to be recovered by...

Guyana traps itself because Ministers see ExxonMobil as saviour – Mangal tells Al Jazeera

Aug 03, 2018 KNews News, What Guyana needs to know about ExxonMobil Comments Off on Guyana traps itself because Ministers see ExxonMobil as saviour – Mangal tells Al Jazeera

ExxonMobil is operating in Guyana to make money. But, according to former Presidential Advisor, Jan Mangal, too many Government officials run away with the idea that the oil giant is here to...

Half naked body of lawyer’s clerk found in Kuru Kururu home

Aug 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Half naked body of lawyer’s clerk found in Kuru Kururu home

The body of a 46-year-old Gregory “Wayne” Frank, a lawyer clerk, was discovered on Thursday morning around 04:25 hrs at his Lot 686, Kuru Kururu, Linden Highway, East Bank Demerara home. Frank,...

Oil and Guyana… Govt’s propaganda machinery seeks to influence public opinion

Aug 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oil and Guyana… Govt’s propaganda machinery seeks to influence public opinion

– It is distasteful and should not be encouraged- Ramson By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Attorney-at-law Charles Ramson has frowned upon what he described as a blatant attempt “distort public...

Angry bandits burn documents after failed bid to rob Wismar Post Office

Aug 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Angry bandits burn documents after failed bid to rob Wismar Post Office

Quick action by alert citizens averted what could have turned out to be a major catastrophe yesterday morning at the Wismar Post Office. Bandits set the building on fire after their efforts to remove...

Given proven oil reserves… Future contracts must include provisions for ring fencing, be subject to new laws- UNDP report

Aug 03, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Given proven oil reserves… Future contracts must include provisions for ring fencing, be subject to new laws- UNDP report

By Kiana Wilburg Now that Guyana’s basin has been de-risked, the government should require that future oil deals with companies be subject to provisions for ring fencing. This is according to a...

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KARCC hails 2025 Guyana-Suriname Group Ride a massive success

The burden of proof rests on the asserting party

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In recent days there have been serious assertions made and associations implied without... more