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Revision of Exxon-Guyana PSA… Pres. Granger might have been kept in the dark—Dr. Mangal

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Revision of Exxon-Guyana PSA… Pres. Granger might have been kept in the dark—Dr. Mangal

As the burning issue of Guyana’s oil contracts continues to be the subject of much debate, Oil and Gas Consultant, Dr. Jan Mangal, said in a letter published yesterday, that President David Granger...

Renovate US$150M-plus airport has no in-transit area

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Renovate US$150M-plus airport has no in-transit area

In 2011, the then Government of Guyana agreed for a Chinese company to expand its main airport, located at Timehri. As part of the justification for the project, which included a brand new terminal...

More sexual assault allegations surface at CJIA Sexual assault forced me out of a job — former airport employee

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on More sexual assault allegations surface at CJIA Sexual assault forced me out of a job — former airport employee

A former female staffer of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has come forward with disturbing details of sexual assault and victimisation, which she allegedly endured at the hands of...

Airport CEO submits statement to police in sexual assault probe – lawyer  Cops yet to contact other corroborating witnesses

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Airport CEO submits statement to police in sexual assault probe – lawyer  Cops yet to contact other corroborating witnesses

Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, (CJIA), Ramesh Ghir, has provided police with a statement in relation to the sexual assault accusation brought against a...

Commissioned ‘Liza Destiny’ to set sail for Guyana next month

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioned ‘Liza Destiny’ to set sail for Guyana next month

The Liza Destiny, the first oil production vessel to be placed in Guyana has been officially dedicated by First Lady, Sandra Granger. In keeping with tradition and naming protocols, the dedication is...

Page One comment WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OIL ENDS?

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Page One comment WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OIL ENDS?

The world’s supply of oil is exhaustible. It will eventually run out. Some studies have predicted that with increased oil consumption, the world’s oil reserves, even with new discoveries, can be...

Smuggled chicken seizure points to purchase rackets in army, prison service

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Smuggled chicken seizure points to purchase rackets in army, prison service

Authorities are said to be investigating linkages between smuggling and purchases of chicken by the army and the Guyana Prison Services. The probe which involves the police and the Guyana Revenue...

All oil companies received more blocks than law allows

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on All oil companies received more blocks than law allows

ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, is not the only firm, which is holding way more blocks than the law allows. In fact, research conducted by this news agency...

Delay in enforcing relinquishment provisions for Canje Block exposes Govt’s incompetence– Petroleum Consultant

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Delay in enforcing relinquishment provisions for Canje Block exposes Govt’s incompetence– Petroleum Consultant

By Kiana Wilburg The more than three months delay by Government to enforce or activate the relinquishment provisions of the Petroleum Prospecting Licence for the Canje Block exposes just how...

De PPP, KFC and PNC hate dem boys

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De PPP, KFC and PNC hate dem boys

Dem boys getting cuss up from some of the coalition idiots. Dem seh de Waterfalls paper turning towards the PPP side and away from the coalition. Well let dem boys make it clear. Dis waterfalls paper...

President invites Opposition Leader for talks

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on President invites Opposition Leader for talks

President David Granger has invited Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss the political situation. Jagdeo was notified of this in a letter from Director General of the Ministry of the...

Health Ministry to Sign MOU with GDF for Aircraft Use

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry to Sign MOU with GDF for Aircraft Use

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is hopeful that within another week or so it will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), to utilise their aircraft to...

Grove Village: a busy settlement populated by joyous and jovial people

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Grove Village: a busy settlement populated by joyous and jovial people

BY ALEX WAYNE There was no burst of excitement in me about the village chosen for me to visit. I think it was particularly because it was just within a few miles from where I am employed. I was...

Coss Cutters brings brand to Guyana in over $500M supermarket

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Coss Cutters brings brand to Guyana in over $500M supermarket

As soon as the ribbon dropped after being cut to the new Coss Cutters supermarket, supporters, especially new customers, pushed their way through the doors and into the aisles of the building. The...

Mother of Agricola teen killed by police speaks out after winning $28M lawsuit

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of Agricola teen killed by police speaks out after winning $28M lawsuit

Agricola, East Bank Demerara teen, Shaquille Grant, was just one day shy of his eighteenth birthday when he was shot and killed by police ranks on September 11, 2012. The State recently conceded in...

Police recover double barrel shot gun at Sand Hills

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police recover double barrel shot gun at Sand Hills

Police investigating a murder that occurred between June 17 and June 18, last, at Sand Hills, up the Berbice River has recovered a double barrel shotgun. The gun was reportedly seized from a man who...

Duo died from smoke inhalation, shock in West Berbice accident

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Duo died from smoke inhalation, shock in West Berbice accident

The two men that died during the horrific accident, which occurred Wednesday evening on the West Coast Berbice Public Road died from smoke inhalation and shock from burns that they suffered. Those...

Overseas based Guyanese painter honoured by Mayor of Newark, New Jersey

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas based Guyanese painter honoured by Mayor of Newark, New Jersey

By Alex Wayne “Hard work, perseverance and gritty determination certainly pay off in the long run,” and this may be exactly what Guyanese painter, Compton Babb, must be thinking, now that he has...

Berbice River chain saw operator was murdered …Murder weapon other implements recovered

Jun 23, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice River chain saw operator was murdered …Murder weapon other implements recovered

A post mortem examination performed on the body of Elvis Benedict, 40, a chainsaw operator of Sand Hill, Berbice River, showed that he died from shock and haemorrhage resulting from multiple...

BUSH MEDICINES SAFER WITH CONTROLS

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on BUSH MEDICINES SAFER WITH CONTROLS

By PAT DIAL Today Western Medicine is regarded worldwide as the most effective system of physical healing. This was not always the case. In the Middle Ages, Eastern medicines, medical techniques and...

Election season and rhetoric

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Election season and rhetoric

Tuesday, June 18, was a busy day for politicians. It was not only in Guyana, where there was a renewed call for an election date following the CCJ announcements. This was so also in Florida, where...

We are making ourselves ill

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on We are making ourselves ill

I have seen a lot of people who are suffering from hypertension and diabetes. It is as though almost everyone has developed these diseases. When I was a young man, the only people who seemed to have...

Police corruption and sex in the office

Jun 23, 2019 KNews The Story within the Story Comments Off on Police corruption and sex in the office

By Leonard Gildarie The past couple of weeks have been eventful. There were the rulings in the Caribbean Court of Justice regarding the no-confidence vote. Then news broke of a scandal at the Timehri...

In its infinite wisdom

Jun 23, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on In its infinite wisdom

Two Ministers of the government have made some very strange comments in relation to the Caribbean Court of Justice. While what they said is open to interpretation, just exactly what they meant, if...

Guyana…the digital state

Jun 23, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana…the digital state

(Excerpts from an Address by HE David Granger at the opening of the Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT), University of Guyana, June 20, 2019) Imagine a country in which...

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Guyanese boxers shine at T&T National Boxing Championships

A warning to President Ali on U.S. Overtures

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- It remains unknown what President Ali told the U.S. Secretary of State during their recent... more