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Citizens could challenge oil contract if it is in conflict with the law – Ram

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Citizens could challenge oil contract if it is in conflict with the law – Ram

The government may not be willing to renegotiate the oil contract it signed with Exxon’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), but if that contract is in conflict...

The power of an oil producing country…Yemen demanded and achieved a labour force of 90% locals

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on The power of an oil producing country…Yemen demanded and achieved a labour force of 90% locals

By Kiana Wilburg Oil producing nations have the power to demand that operators do more than just the bare minimum when it comes to employing locals. To prove this, the International Petroleum...

Woman expecting twins delivers triplets at GPHC

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman expecting twins delivers triplets at GPHC

A pregnant woman turned up at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] yesterday to deliver twin babies but instead triplets were born. The mother of the triplets is 21-year-old Latifa...

Man shifts woman teeth over plywood

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man shifts woman teeth over plywood

Josh Charles, a 31-year-old driver from Lot 910 Rosemary Lane, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown, was yesterday hauled before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly accused of dislodging a woman’s teeth during...

‘We robbed the wrong man’- armed men tell court

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘We robbed the wrong man’- armed men tell court

Two young men who appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, were fined on a charge of armed robbery. Miquel Daniels and Alension Joseph, the two...

Forestry Commission struggling to pay staffers

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry Commission struggling to pay staffers

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is finding it hard to survive. Staffers are complaining bitterly of being owed money. In fact, the entity, which is charged with managing the country’s forests,...

Contractors must demand feedback for failed bids-Tender Board Head

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Contractors must demand feedback for failed bids-Tender Board Head

If a contractor is unsuccessful with a bid, then he or she has the right to ask for feedback in this regard says head of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Berkley...

Public Utilities Commission hosts ‘big tent’ awareness campaign

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Public Utilities Commission hosts ‘big tent’ awareness campaign

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hosted a consumer awareness exercise on Robb Street, Georgetown outside the northern section of the Republic Bank Limited, Water Street Branch, yesterday. The...

Our dysfunctional Guyana

Apr 13, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Our dysfunctional Guyana

The institutions which the British left were flawed but they were functional. These institutions upheld and protected certain class interests but they also ensured order and control. The law...

Taxi driver test-driving superbike dies after Plantain Walk crash

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver test-driving superbike dies after Plantain Walk crash

A Berbice man is dead after a superbike he was test riding crashed. The accident reportedly occurred yesterday afternoon at Plantain Walk, West Coast Berbice. The taxi driver, known Tyrone...

$565M Solar Farm to provide Lethem with amore stable source of electricity

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $565M Solar Farm to provide Lethem with amore stable source of electricity

A one-megawatt (1 MW) solar farm valued at $565M is expected to be constructed in Lethem. The plan for the solar farm is currently awaiting approval from the International Tender, after which the...

Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre Capacity Building Spinal & Lower Limb Orthotics programme a success.

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre Capacity Building Spinal & Lower Limb Orthotics programme a success.

The Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, benefitted from a two-week programme with regards to Centre Capacity Building Spinal and Lower Limb Orthotics, done by and overseas team. Mr John Brummond,...

Media consultant’s home invaded, robbed—intruder confronts wife, phone traced to Albouystown

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Media consultant’s home invaded, robbed—intruder confronts wife, phone traced to Albouystown

“Time to rethink my security after feeling safe and comfortable in my neighbourhood for 20 years,” said media personality and C.E.O. of Tagman Media, Troy Alex Graham. Speaking from his South...

Veteran Nurse, Marva Hawker, passes on

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Veteran Nurse, Marva Hawker, passes on

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation [GPHC] is in mourning. This development comes on the heels of the demise of one of its longest serving nurses, Sister Marva Hawker. Sister Hawker,...

GRA announces new procedures for faster importation of food, drugs

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GRA announces new procedures for faster importation of food, drugs

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced new procedures that it says will see drugs and perishable foods being imported are cleared within hours. “Goods being monitored by the Government...

Pan American games boxing qualifiers“Allicock could’ve easily won gold”- Terrence Poole

Apr 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan American games boxing qualifiers“Allicock could’ve easily won gold”- Terrence Poole

Guyana’s contingent that participated in the American Boxing Confederation’s (AMBC) Pan American games 2019 qualifiers in Nicaragua earlier this month, returned home, yesterday. Kaieteur Sport...

Five more treated after allegedly inhaling fumes from aluminum works

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Five more treated after allegedly inhaling fumes from aluminum works

Despite the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had promised to look into the issue of residents at San Souci, Wakenaam, being affected by fumes from a villager processing...

Q/F Police Commissioner B/Day Inter-Division T20 cricketLeitch, Browne’s century feature in 118-run stand as ‘A’ beat ‘B’PG upset HQ book other semi-final spot

Apr 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Q/F Police Commissioner B/Day Inter-Division T20 cricketLeitch, Browne’s century feature in 118-run stand as ‘A’ beat ‘B’PG upset HQ book other semi-final spot

By Sean Devers Yesterday, on a flat track and rough and bone dry Eve Leary outfield, Kelvin Leitch was as fiery as the mid-day sun as latched onto ‘B’ Division’s innocuous bowling attack like a...

Santa Rosa Village Council to address land issues

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Santa Rosa Village Council to address land issues

Santa Rosa and its ten satellite communities will be meeting shortly to discuss a proposed “Team” which will address land issues affecting residents in the Moruca sub-district, Barima-Waini,...

Milo Schools’ football tournamentFinal kicks off 19:00hrs tomorrow night

Apr 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo Schools’ football tournamentFinal kicks off 19:00hrs tomorrow night

A new champion will be crowned tomorrow night in the Milo Schools’ football tournament that will see its final being contested by Linden’s Christianburg/Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) and Lodge...

Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter Ward CupWho will survive Round of 16 action tomorrow?

Apr 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter Ward CupWho will survive Round of 16 action tomorrow?

Who will survive Round of 16 action in the Hamilton Green Cup Inter Ward/Village 9-a-side Knockout football tournament will be known tomorrow when play resumes at the Den Amstel Community Centre...

New facilities commissioned at New Amsterdam Regional Hospital

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New facilities commissioned at New Amsterdam Regional Hospital

A number of facilities at the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital in Berbice were commissioned by Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence and Minister within the Ministry, Dr. Karen Cummings, when the...

Hospital Administrator takes fight to keep job to Appeal Court

Apr 13, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hospital Administrator takes fight to keep job to Appeal Court

Dissatisfied with a judgment handed down on Wednesday by Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, Sanjah Persaud has now taken his fight to keep his job at the Court of Appeal. Chief Justice...

Bartica Regatta MotocrossBLB racing team revving for next weekend’s showdown

Apr 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Bartica Regatta MotocrossBLB racing team revving for next weekend’s showdown

It’s exactly one week before the Annual Motocross event speeds off at Mongrippa Hill ground in Bartica, as part of the town’s activities for the annual Regatta festivities. And, much like the...

Jumbo Jet Triple Crown final legFive overseas horses to arrive next week

Apr 13, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jumbo Jet Triple Crown final legFive overseas horses to arrive next week

The Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) will complete the first Triple Crown horseracing event to be contested in Guyana on Easter Sunday (April 21) at the Port Mourant Turf Club...

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Democracy is a long-term commitment

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