December 29, 2018

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Int’l firms shortlisted for audit of Exxon’s US$900M pre-contract cost – Energy Dept Head

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l firms shortlisted for audit of Exxon’s US$900M pre-contract cost – Energy Dept Head

By Kiana Wilburg The Energy Department has received several Expressions Of Interest (EOI) from international firms for the ExxonMobil cost recovery audit. This was confirmed yesterday by Energy...

No-confidence vote… Charrandass was bribed – PNCR claims

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on No-confidence vote… Charrandass was bribed – PNCR claims

Charrandass Persaud collected a bribe from “oil money-obsessed” Bharrat Jagdeo. That is the conviction of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) as expressed at a press conference that...

Grieving mom present as… Five committed to High Court trial for British teen’s killing

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Grieving mom present as… Five committed to High Court trial for British teen’s killing

The five accused who were charged for the murder of British teenager Dominic Bernard were yesterday committed to stand trial in the Berbice High Court. After the preliminary inquiry was...

Nine months later… No clear plan for multi-billion GuySuCo bond – Workers’ Union laments

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Nine months later… No clear plan for multi-billion GuySuCo bond – Workers’ Union laments

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has raised concerns over the handling of the $30B syndicated bond meant to revitalize the sugar industry, and has criticized what it...

EPA was severely under-budgeted for years -Goolsarran

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on EPA was severely under-budgeted for years -Goolsarran

By Kiana Wilburg For years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been unable to fulfill its mandate due to severe budget constraints. This worrying state of affairs was highlighted by...

Driver dies after sand truck runs off road at Airy Hall

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Driver dies after sand truck runs off road at Airy Hall

A West Berbice truck driver was killed at a Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara yesterday after losing control. According to police, the accident occurred at Airy Hall when the sand-laden lorry was...

Coke-buying ASP refuses to give statement -remains on open arrest at TSU

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Coke-buying ASP refuses to give statement -remains on open arrest at TSU

The Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who has been fingered in a bungled cocaine transaction is reportedly refusing to cooperate with investigators, who have questioned his claims about...

Boy, 11, buried alive while raiding mining pit with friends

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Boy, 11, buried alive while raiding mining pit with friends

An 11-year-old school dropout was buried alive at around 21:00 hrs on Thursday while illegally searching for gold in an 80-foot deep mining pit at Big Creek, North West District. Police identified...

End tug of war between GuySuCo and NICIL – GAWU tells Govt.

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on End tug of war between GuySuCo and NICIL – GAWU tells Govt.

“The GAWU calls on the Government to apprehend the sad situation that is prevailing. It is time to end the tug of war!” It is the position of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union...

Santa got a solution fuh Charranrass

Dec 29, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Santa got a solution fuh Charranrass

De coalition causing confusion. Fuh three years dem running de country wid a 33 seat majority. All dat time, everybody agree dat 33 is more than 32. All of a sudden, Charranrass wha been pon de 33...

Clerk charged with causing death of labourer at Peter’s Hall

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Clerk charged with causing death of labourer at Peter’s Hall

A clerk, attached to John Fernandes Limited, stands accused of causing the death of a labourer who was struck while clearing debris from the Peter’s Hall Public road. The clerk was yesterday...

Get accustomed to these motions

Dec 29, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Get accustomed to these motions

No-confidence motions against the government are here to stay. The no-confidence motion, which was successfully piloted on December 21st has resulted, for the first time, in the fall of a government....

Ganja trafficker jailed for three years

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja trafficker jailed for three years

A North Ruimveldt man was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $1.3M after being found guilty of trafficking 908 grams of marijuana. Ras Paris, 30, of 3720 North...

Proof of bribery for no-confidence vote could have serious implications – PM Nagamootoo

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Proof of bribery for no-confidence vote could have serious implications – PM Nagamootoo

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said that Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland will have to review allegations that the vote by former Member of Parliament, Charrandass...

Mayors & Deputy Mayors encouraged to work with Central Govt

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Mayors & Deputy Mayors encouraged to work with Central Govt

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, while performing the duties of Head of State, swore in several Mayors and Deputy Mayors yesterday in the Credentials Room at the Ministry of the Presidency....

PNCR flip-flops on willingness to head to polls within three months

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR flip-flops on willingness to head to polls within three months

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is flip-flopping on its readiness to head to the polls. At a press conference, the PNCR hosted yesterday at Congress Place, Sophia, Central Committee...

Black Bush men remanded for robbing elderly shopkeepers

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Black Bush men remanded for robbing elderly shopkeepers

A trio yesterday appeared at the Number 51 Magistrate Court before Magistrate Charlyn Artiga to answer to the joint charge of robbery under arms. Floyd La Rose, 35, of Mibicuri South, Martin...

Several plots of GuySuCo’s lands at Wales, Diamond sold off

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Several plots of GuySuCo’s lands at Wales, Diamond sold off

Several properties of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) have been sold. The properties, located mostly in the Wales estate area, with a few parcels in Diamond, East Bank Demerara, were...

Delivery of health care at GPHC set to be boosted with $28M endowment

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Delivery of health care at GPHC set to be boosted with $28M endowment

At a simple handing over ceremony yesterday, more than $28M worth of drugs and medical supplies were handed over to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC], compliments of the...

UG students with disabilities to benefit from enhanced learning experience

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on UG students with disabilities to benefit from enhanced learning experience

There is no denying that students with disabilities attending the University of Guyana [UG] are faced with various challenges as they seek to pursue higher education. But there is hope on the...

Murder, sexual offence cases dominate 2018

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Murder, sexual offence cases dominate 2018

State prosecutors continue to work to dispose of hundreds of cases engaging the court system. According to the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), during 2018, 195 cases were...

Overruled no-case submission in Law Reports case… CJ to rule whether court has jurisdiction to hear appeal

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Overruled no-case submission in Law Reports case… CJ to rule whether court has jurisdiction to hear appeal

After hearing arguments from the State, Chief Justice Roxane George has said that she will rule on whether the Court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a no-case submission that was...

Fourth man charged with murder of Bourda cheese vendor

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fourth man charged with murder of Bourda cheese vendor

A vendor who operates at stall at Bourda Market, is the fourth person charged with the murder of popular Bourda cheese vendor, Troy Ramalho, who was killed four months ago while plying his...

US murder suspect, Troy Thomas, challenges “illegal” confinement

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on US murder suspect, Troy Thomas, challenges “illegal” confinement

US murder suspect Marvin Williams, referred to as Troy Anthony Thomas, is continuing his extradition battle. Williams was ordered extradited on November 30, by Principal Magistrate...

Digicel’s Chief Executive dies suddenly in native Germany -Alex Matuschka von Greiffenclau played key role in $3bn debt restructuring deal

Dec 29, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel’s Chief Executive dies suddenly in native Germany -Alex Matuschka von Greiffenclau played key role in $3bn debt restructuring deal

Germany (Irish Times) -The Chief Executive of Denis O’Brien’s Digicel telecommunications group, Alex Matuschka von Greiffenclau, has died suddenly while holidaying with his family in his native...

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(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...

The price of prosperity

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(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

What if

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Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...

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