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Exxon’s subsidiary has insufficient assets to cover spills …No Permit until this is fixed-EPA

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s subsidiary has insufficient assets to cover spills …No Permit until this is fixed-EPA

By Kiana Wilburg Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams, is not convinced that ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has the...

Background checks on all oil companies will feature in next licensing round -Dr. Bynoe assures

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Background checks on all oil companies will feature in next licensing round -Dr. Bynoe assures

By Kiana Wilburg When the Energy Department initiates another licensing round for offshore blocks next year, background checks will be done on all competing companies. This assurance was given by...

Rusal orders kitchen to stop cooking for workers

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rusal orders kitchen to stop cooking for workers

-key meeting tomorrow to find solutions to stalemate Bauxite workers of Rusal, in Upper Berbice, Region Ten, are digging in their heels, and refusing to budge in the second day of standoff against...

Public Service College faces a diversity problem -Senior Director, Lawrence Paul

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service College faces a diversity problem -Senior Director, Lawrence Paul

In 2015, the Coalition Government entered office, and announced that one of its priorities would be the restructuring of the public service. For years, the public service has been criticised for poor...

Minister takes control of Local Authorities as Commission shuts doors

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minister takes control of Local Authorities as Commission shuts doors

The State, more particularly the Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, will have control over the local authorities given that the Local Government Commission, (LGC) effectively shut its doors,...

No dual citizens will return to parliament – Jagdeo

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No dual citizens will return to parliament – Jagdeo

“We will uphold the law,” said Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, when asked about the dual citizens who are currently parliamentarians. The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has three Members...

WPA threatens to leave Coalition if it isn’t restructured

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on WPA threatens to leave Coalition if it isn’t restructured

The Working People’s Alliance Overseas chapter will leave the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition if there isn’t a new agreement for the party’s machinations, moving forward. The...

Exxon pull a three card trick pun Soulja Bai and Guyana

Feb 17, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon pull a three card trick pun Soulja Bai and Guyana

Guyana full of confidence tricksters and foreigners come and join de numbers. Exxon is one of dem. De people shouldn’t watch Exxon wid two eyes. You got to watch dem wid de two eyes wha de Creatah...

Minibus operators’ code of conduct officially launched

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus operators’ code of conduct officially launched

With the objective to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of public transportation in Guyana, the Ministry of Business, the Guyana Police Force, Guyana National Road Safety Council and the...

Shippers appealing $3.8M fine each, in haulage fee case

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Shippers appealing $3.8M fine each, in haulage fee case

The Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) says it is moving to appeal a recent decision by a regulator slap members with a multi-million-dollar fine. The fines pertains to what the Competition and...

‘Guyana must be a Paradise’ – Mighty Believer wins Calypso Monarch

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Guyana must be a Paradise’ – Mighty Believer wins Calypso Monarch

Friday night saw a string of talented performers at the National Park Tarmac, which was almost filled to capacity. A total of 11 finalists performed their own composed and written songs. But the...

First Lady participates in third annual children’s cancer awareness walk

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady participates in third annual children’s cancer awareness walk

First Lady Mrs. Sandra Granger, participated in the third annual children’s cancer awareness walk, organized by the Giving Hope Foundation. The walk was held, yesterday, in observance of...

Magistrate dismisses charge against robbery accused after cop fails to show up in court

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate dismisses charge against robbery accused after cop fails to show up in court

A City Magistrate on Friday was forced to dismiss a case against a former prison escapee charged for robbery with violence after one of the witnesses, a police rank, failed to show up in court to...

Children’s Mashramani Parade – Rediscovering El Dorado

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Children’s Mashramani Parade – Rediscovering El Dorado

Forty-seven schools from across the country danced their way to the National Park to convince the judges that they deserve to win the Ministry of Education’s Children’s Costume and Float Parade...

Appeal Court to hear stay request of rulings in No-Confidence Motion cases Wednesday

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court to hear stay request of rulings in No-Confidence Motion cases Wednesday

On Wednesday, February 20, Appeal Court Judge Rishi Persaud will commence hearing applications for interim stays of the rulings handed down by the Chief Justice in relation to three matters...

No-confidence motion and related matters… Be prepared for the implications of the example being set – Ramson tells Government

Feb 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No-confidence motion and related matters… Be prepared for the implications of the example being set – Ramson tells Government

Attorney-at-law, Charles Ramson, is reminding the government of the old adage, “You cannot have your cake and eat it too.” He said that the very positions that Government members are holding on...

Kuru Kururu residents take stand against domestic violence

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Inclement weather forces BCB to halt cricket competitions in Berbice

What Guyanese leaders can learn from Donald Trump

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-There is little dispute that Donald Trump knows how to make an entrance. He does so without... more