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Renegotiate Guyana-Exxon PSA now-Houston University Instructor

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Renegotiate Guyana-Exxon PSA now-Houston University Instructor

By Kiana Wilburg Now is the ideal time for Guyana to renegotiate its highly criticized Production Sharing Agreement with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited...

Accountants, auditors warned of penalties if caught laundering money

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Accountants, auditors warned of penalties if caught laundering money

Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC., on Saturday, highlighted penalties that accountants and auditors could face if they refuse to report or are to found to be...

‘Gun Youth’ executed in East La Penitence

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Gun Youth’ executed in East La Penitence

A man, who was known as Gun Youth, but whose real name was not clear up to press time last night, was gunned down at East La Penitence, Georgetown, in what appears to be a drug-related matter....

Three slain bandits…Police demolish Berbice criminal gang

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Three slain bandits…Police demolish Berbice criminal gang

…bullet-proof vests, guns, ammunition among other items discovered It was just after 3:00 Sunday afternoon when the quiet village of Johanna, Black Bush Polder, was interrupted by the sounds...

Husband in Crane shallow grave murder charged

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Husband in Crane shallow grave murder charged

Ryan Sugrim, who was accused of shooting his ex-wife to the head, burning her body and then burying the remains in a shallow grave, was yester day arraigned in the Leonora Magistrate Court. Sugrim,...

‘Christmas’ slapped with murder charge in May

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Christmas’ slapped with murder charge in May

Marvin Jacobs, called ‘Christmas’, was yesterday slapped with a charge for the murder of 21-year-old Antonio Dos Santos whom he allegedly shot in front of an entertainment bar in Bartica last...

Ruling pending for two death row inmates

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling pending for two death row inmates

Elmo Benedict and Dave Banwarie who were both sentenced to death for the March 3, 2008 murder of Rakesh Rajaram which occurred at Sand Hills, Berbice River, will know their fate on Tuesday, May 28,...

A few criminals terrorise hundreds

May 21, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A few criminals terrorise hundreds

Is one thing to put out de news. Is anodda thing to put out wrong news. All dem reporters hear bout de shooting and dem rush to send out de story. In this wuk every good story got to have a...

The three men killed in shootout had long criminal records

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on The three men killed in shootout had long criminal records

Residents in Berbice are showering praise on Ranks of Berbice who were involved in a deadly shootout with three dangerous criminals in the backland of Black Bush Polder which left all three of the...

Whither Independence

May 21, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Whither Independence

Sunday is Independence Day. It has been fifty-three years since Guyana attained its instruments of independence from Great Britain. During the fight for Independence, the British were reviled. They...

Relatives of slain bandits shocked at their deaths- unaware of their “life of crime”

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Relatives of slain bandits shocked at their deaths- unaware of their “life of crime”

By Malisa Playter-Harry Several minutes of continuous gunfire between police and armed men in the Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder backlands ended when ranks fo und the three lifeless bodies of the men...

Stakeholders agree on new regulations for gold sector

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Stakeholders agree on new regulations for gold sector

Stakeholders of the gold sector appear to hold one head for new regulations. Yesterday, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, said that together with the members and officers of the Guyana...

It never stops:

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on It never stops:

This Route 42 minibus toppled a number of times yesterday at the corner of High and Princes Streets, after reportedly colliding with another vehicle. A number of persons, including a toddler, were...

Missing Teenage Girl

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Missing Teenage Girl

Relatives are in search of a missing teenage girl who walked out of her home at Tuschen, West Coast Demerara, on Friday, May 17 last. Ho wever, the teen, Marcia Ferreira, is originally from St....

Man charged with 2008 murder of fuel dealer likely for re-trial

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with 2008 murder of fuel dealer likely for re-trial

Rondell Bacchus, who is charged with the July 2008 murder of scrap metal dealer Alli Akbar, is expected to face a second re-trial in the upcoming session of Demerara assizes. That session is...

BARTICA WOMAN REPORTS ROBBERY

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on BARTICA WOMAN REPORTS ROBBERY

Ms Lisa Simmons of Seventh Street and Fourth Avenue, Bartica was tied up and robbed just after midday, yesterday, at her residence. Simmons reported that two masked men had earlier yesterday entered...

UNICEF forges tactical partnerships to advance support for Venezuelan migrants

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UNICEF forges tactical partnerships to advance support for Venezuelan migrants

Guyana has been putting in place a number of measures to accommodate the growing influx of Venezuelans. One of the latest moves has been a tactical partnership between the United Nations...

Third Annual Independence 5k Road RaceE-Networks supports event

May 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Third Annual Independence 5k Road RaceE-Networks supports event

The Guyana Committee of Service (GCOS) will be hosting the third annual Independence 5K road race on Monday May 27th, begi nning and finishing at the National Park. Over $500,000 in cash and prizes...

GAPLF Intermediates/Masters Championships 2019An astonishing 30 New Nat. Rec. setShelly Ann Gomes, Jermy Indarjit, Tremel King, Nadina Taharally,Frank Tucker, Noel Cummings are Best Lifters

May 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPLF Intermediates/Masters Championships 2019An astonishing 30 New Nat. Rec. setShelly Ann Gomes, Jermy Indarjit, Tremel King, Nadina Taharally,Frank Tucker, Noel Cummings are Best Lifters

An astounding total of thirty (30) new National records were set when the 2019 edition of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (G APLF), Intermediates and Masters Championships were held on...

Selectors elected for Guyana Sports Hall of Fame Edwin Seeraj named Chairman

May 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Selectors elected for Guyana Sports Hall of Fame Edwin Seeraj named Chairman

Officially launched in April last year the aim of the Guyana Sports Hall of Fame is to honour those who performed outstandingly for Guyana in Sports as a Player, Administrator, Match official or...

Region Four Health Centre certified to offer “equal and non-discriminatory health care”

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four Health Centre certified to offer “equal and non-discriminatory health care”

In an attempt to ensure that patients are not discriminated against because of their sexual orientation, a LGBTQ-friendly health centre has been introduced. Taking the LGBTQ-friendly lead in health...

Namilco and RHTYSC, MS gear to host historic Day of Sports on Independence Day

May 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Namilco and RHTYSC, MS gear to host historic Day of Sports on Independence Day

On the 26th May next, Guyana would be celebrating its 53rd Independence Anniversary and on the same day, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS would be hosting a historic Day of Sports to...

Declining bee populations pose threat to global food security and nutrition

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Declining bee populations pose threat to global food security and nutrition

FAO- The global decline in bee populations poses a serious threat to a wide variety of plants critical to human well-being and livelihoods. “Countries should do more to safeguard our key allies in...

GFF/KFC U20 Independence KO Cup – West Demerara FA Pouderoyen prevail over Den Amstel on PKs in epic of a final; Eagles end third

May 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/KFC U20 Independence KO Cup – West Demerara FA Pouderoyen prevail over Den Amstel on PKs in epic of a final; Eagles end third

It was the perfect finale to what was an exciting West Demerara Football Association leg of the Guyana Football Federation/KFC Under-20 Independence knock-out tournament which concluded on Sunday...

Childcare takes child abuse fight to St. Cuthbert’s Mission, other high risk areas

May 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Childcare takes child abuse fight to St. Cuthbert’s Mission, other high risk areas

“In order for us to safeguard our children and to have them grow up in safe environments, we have to work along with our commu nities,” Milton Smith. He is the supervisor of the vibrant group...

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Uncertainty clouds Golden Jaguars’ Head Coach position as Barbados showdown approaches

Fingerprinting and Finger-Pointing

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- No one, not even the staunchest supporters of Guyana’s electoral process, would claim... more