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Questionable Engineers Estimates costing Guyana billion$

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Questionable Engineers Estimates costing Guyana billion$

In recent years, there has been increasing scrutiny of the billions of dollars being spent by consecutive governments on construction projects and for paying for services from suppliers. The tender...

Over 25 African States fail to reap full benefits from oil and other natural resources–Guyana, other emerging producers should take note –NRGI

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 25 African States fail to reap full benefits from oil and other natural resources–Guyana, other emerging producers should take note –NRGI

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana and other emerging oil producers are being urged to pay rapt attention to a recent analysis that was conducted by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). That...

Magistrate draws firearm on prisoner in court

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate draws firearm on prisoner in court

It was total confusion at the Whim Magistrate’s Court when robbery accused, Deon Johnson, rushed from the prisoners’ dock towards the sitting magistrate, Renita Singh. She had just...

Venezuela refuses to engage World Court on border case-Guyana moves to speed up process

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela refuses to engage World Court on border case-Guyana moves to speed up process

Neighbouring Venezuela appears to be paving the way for a non-recognition of a final decision of the International Court of Justice, in The Hague in a case involving the border of Guyana. That...

Man who leaves EPA ‘pumpless’, remanded

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man who leaves EPA ‘pumpless’, remanded

Mark Bynoe was yesterday brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after being charged for stealing two articles valued at $1M, property of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It was...

Cop held in probe into removalof gun linked to manslaughter case

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cop held in probe into removalof gun linked to manslaughter case

A police corporal and a barrack labourer are under close arrest as investigators attempt to ascertain how a revolver that is linked to shooting death of Marlon Fredericks was removed from a safe-box...

Full disclosure of Exxon’s Procurement Strategy, Rules would be in Guyana’s interest—Tender Board Head

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Full disclosure of Exxon’s Procurement Strategy, Rules would be in Guyana’s interest—Tender Board Head

By Kiana Wilburg ExxonMobil is expected to provide the Government with annual reports on the number of local goods and services it is using for its offshore projects. But how does one know if the...

“Night out with stranger landed me in court”- man tells magistrate

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “Night out with stranger landed me in court”- man tells magistrate

A night out with a ‘stranger’ landed 22-year-old Akeem Bennett in court, after he was accused of stealing the individual’s cell phone. The mason, of Lot 12 Supply, East Bank Demerara, was...

Onderneeming woman wasbeaten, manually strangled

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Onderneeming woman wasbeaten, manually strangled

A postmortem has confirmed that 52-year-old Nazarene Haniff suffered a brutal beating before being slain two Fridays ago in her Onderneeming Essequibo Coast home. Police said that the...

If only dem boys did know holiday laws dem woulda fare fuh free

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on If only dem boys did know holiday laws dem woulda fare fuh free

Today is Good Friday, a holy day and a holiday. Nobody ain’t suppose to pass no money fuh nutten. Is not dem boys seh suh; is de law seh suh. This law really outdated. It come into existence...

GTT returns with song competition

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT returns with song competition

After constant calls from the public for the return of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) Company Jingle and Song Competition, the company yesterday launched the GTT Plus Star Singing...

Exxon announces 13th discovery in Stabroek Block

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon announces 13th discovery in Stabroek Block

A recent discovery of high quality sandstone reservoir has taken Guyana’s estimated number of recoverable barrels of crude oil well over 5.5 billion. The discovery, in the Yellowtail-1 well, is the...

Region Four RDC awards another tranche of contracts to the tune $74.9M

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four RDC awards another tranche of contracts to the tune $74.9M

Some $74.9M worth of contracts were yesterday awarded by the Region Four Democratic Council [RDC] for a number of new projects in the Region. This comes on the heels of the award of contracts to the...

SUPERBET mulls legal action against Chronicle over non-compliance story

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SUPERBET mulls legal action against Chronicle over non-compliance story

SUPERBET, a Suriname-headquartered company that has 57 gambling facilities at several locations in Guyana, is mulling legal action against the state-owned Guyana Chronicle for defamation. The company...

GPHC certifies first batch of Implant Contraceptive Providers

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC certifies first batch of Implant Contraceptive Providers

Yesterday, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) officially certified 16 persons who were trained to provide and administer implant contraceptives. The team will go on to train others to...

Mastermind’s wife, gang member remanded for Canje robbery

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mastermind’s wife, gang member remanded for Canje robbery

A man and a woman were yesterday slapped with seven counts of robbery under arms at the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court. Sylvester ‘Squeaky’ Joseph, 29, of Cumberland Village, East Canje...

UG not opposed to financial audit requested by unions

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UG not opposed to financial audit requested by unions

Acting on a request from the unions of the University of Guyana [UG], the Ministry of Education may soon be requesting a financial audit for the national tertiary institution. At least this is...

Ogle Airport lands leased since 2010 used as private football field—but small operators being stifled

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ogle Airport lands leased since 2010 used as private football field—but small operators being stifled

A press release from Ogle Airport Inc. (OAI) public relations consultant, Kit Nascimento, stated that it is absolute rubbish for Kaieteur News to report that an aircraft operator is being denied land...

Minibus driver freed of rape charge

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minibus driver freed of rape charge

A minibus driver was yesterday freed of a rape charge after a mixed 12-member jury unanimously found him not guilty of the offence. Thirty-five year-old Vishnu Persaud, who faced a criminal trial at...

BCB gives out $120,000 in financial stipends to National Players under Dr. Puran Singh Scheme

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB gives out $120,000 in financial stipends to National Players under Dr. Puran Singh Scheme

The Berbice Cricket Board under the Presidency of Hilbert Foster in 2018 started a financial scheme to assist young cricketers with a stipend, when they gain selection to the National...

CH&PA allocates over 150 house lots at Mon Repos

Apr 19, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA allocates over 150 house lots at Mon Repos

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has announced that it allocated lands to more than 150 individuals yesterday. The lots were handed out during an exercise at the CH&PA...

GCA/ Tri State USA 50-over U-19 LeagueKhangura fires NY Tri State to 3rd successive winGYO lose by 154 runs as Mukkamalla, Bansal also hit fifties

Apr 19, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA/ Tri State USA 50-over U-19 LeagueKhangura fires NY Tri State to 3rd successive winGYO lose by 154 runs as Mukkamalla, Bansal also hit fifties

By Sean Devers On a two-paced Bourda track and parched and slow outfield, fifties from Abhayjit Khangura, Ishaay Bansal and Saiteja Mukkamalla fired the touring NY Tri State unit their third straight...

Daughter returns to court, remanded for mom’s murder-claims she was beaten by police

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more