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Royalty will be higher in future contracts –Energy Dept. Head -Consultants stress the need to revise lopsided provisions

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Royalty will be higher in future contracts –Energy Dept. Head -Consultants stress the need to revise lopsided provisions

By Kiana Wilburg On the sidelines of a Guyana Oil and Gas Economic Summit being held in London, Head of Guyana’s Energy Department, Dr. Mark Bynoe, told Reuters yesterday that royalties for future...

Mahdia loses confidence in Town Clerk weeks after appointment

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia loses confidence in Town Clerk weeks after appointment

The Mayor and Town Councillors of Mahdia, Region Eight, has refuted allegations that race or youth influenced the decision to terminate the services of 21-year-old Town Clerk, Hakeem Wong. Wong, who...

Two public school pupils top NGSA 2019

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two public school pupils top NGSA 2019

Two public school pupils have emerged as the top performers of this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, NGSA examinations. Dave Chowtie, of Graham’s Hall Primary, East Coast Demerara; and...

West Dem Chinese Restaurants ordered closed

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem Chinese Restaurants ordered closed

By Alex Wayne Several Chinese Restaurants in the West Demerara District have been given closure notices when public health inspectors from the Westside swooped down on facilities that were rumored to...

Roger Khan scheduled to be released in days

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Roger Khan scheduled to be released in days

Convicted drug smuggler, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, who was sentenced to 15 years in a US prison back in 2009, is set to be released in a matter of days. According to the US Bureau of Prisons, Khan,...

Pres. Granger to meet with Jagdeo today

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Granger to meet with Jagdeo today

President David Granger is to meet Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, today on the selection process for a new chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Yesterday, Director General of the...

“I can’t do no hard work, so I thief”- man tells court, before slapped with two years

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “I can’t do no hard work, so I thief”- man tells court, before slapped with two years

A man yesterday found himself before the courts after he could not run away or fight back after stealing a man’s phone. He was sent to prison after he told the court of his temptation to steal, an...

Strike action forces Labour Minister, team to visit Aurora Gold Mines on Monday

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Strike action forces Labour Minister, team to visit Aurora Gold Mines on Monday

Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, with responsibility for Labour, Keith Scott, will lead a delegation to the Aurora Gold Mines of Guyana Goldfields on Monday. The visit is to...

City Engineer, Treasurer exhibits blatant disregard for Georgetown Mayor

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City Engineer, Treasurer exhibits blatant disregard for Georgetown Mayor

The Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine made reference to an issue that was floating around in the media with regards to the City Engineer’s responses to his letters. The Mayor noted that the engineer...

Aurora Gold Mines pelt a bluff

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Aurora Gold Mines pelt a bluff

Ants don’t run and lef sugar. In de same way, bees don’t lef honey. When Exxon come to Guyana and find oil, people start to talk about pulling back de contract. But as soon as people talk like...

Guyana’s backward educational system

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana’s backward educational system

The results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) for 2019 were released yesterday. For a small group of pupils who gained admission into the top five secondary schools in Georgetown and the...

Moruca sisters brutally chopped

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca sisters brutally chopped

Two women from Moruca, Region One, were rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital yesterday, after being brutally chopped in their home community. Based on reports, the women, Beverly Cozier and Cynthia...

Minister of Finance Appeal of contempt order -AG withdraws summons at Appeal Court; files in full Court

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minister of Finance Appeal of contempt order -AG withdraws summons at Appeal Court; files in full Court

The appeal filed on behalf of Finance Minister Winston Jordan has been withdrawn and a fresh summons filed at the Full Court. Jordan is represented by Attorney General in the matter while Dipcon...

Guyana Trade Show for Antigua postponed

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Trade Show for Antigua postponed

A two-day trade show from July 19 and 20 which will see local agro-processors and manufacturers on display at the Multipurpose Cultural and Exhibition Centre in Antigua has been postponed until...

Fishing industry mourns as Single Seafoods owner dies

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fishing industry mourns as Single Seafoods owner dies

The fishing industry is mourning the passing of Suresh Singh, 56, who was credited as contributing significantly to the business sector. Singh, the proprietor of the Ruimveldt-based Single Seafoods,...

Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital fails to secure injunction against ‘Melly Mel’

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital fails to secure injunction against ‘Melly Mel’

An attempt by Dr. Balwant Singh Hospital to stop social media personality, Melissa ‘Melly Mel’ Atwell, from posting negative reviews by alleged patients of the medical facility has been halted...

West Dem driver and passenger rob victims at bars -police nab driver after setting up road block

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Dem driver and passenger rob victims at bars -police nab driver after setting up road block

Residents of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, are particularly fearful of a taxi driver, who drives around in the company of an armed accomplice, robbing unsuspecting victims at bars on the...

Portion of oil money to help reform sugar industry –Finance Minister

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Portion of oil money to help reform sugar industry –Finance Minister

In order to avoid the Dutch disease—a phenomenon that sees the rapid development of one sector and the speedy decline of others—Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, said he could definitely foresee...

Wiltshire, B 13 Dominoes Team Tourney for Sunday

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiltshire, B 13 Dominoes Team Tourney for Sunday

Following the completion of the Caricom Day dominoes tournament, Senior Organising Secretary of the Georgetown Dominoes Association, Mark Wiltshire and B 13 Dominoes Team will be hosting a one-day...

Provocation of spirit sends man to jail

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Provocation of spirit sends man to jail

A welder was yesterday sentenced to jail, after he was brought before the courts for assaulting his friend whom he complained would provoke his spirit on a regular basis. Twenty-eight-year-old...

The Art Form of Acrobatics Still Alive

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on The Art Form of Acrobatics Still Alive

By Zaheer Mohamed Acrobatics is the performance of extraordinary human feats of stability, agility and motor coordination. It can be found in many of the performing arts, sporting events and martial...

New Era/ExxonMobil Schools’ Futsal tourney set for tomorrow

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on New Era/ExxonMobil Schools’ Futsal tourney set for tomorrow

The inaugural New Era Schools’ Futsal championship, which is being supported by ExxonMobil, will kick off tomorrow from 15:00hrs at the Mackenzie Sports Club Basketball Court and will conclude with...

West Berbice man on trial for rape

Jul 04, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice man on trial for rape

A West Berbice man who along with another took advantage of a woman whilst they were out together and raped her at knife point is on trial. Khemraj Persaud, called “Hot Dog Boy”29, of Lot 3...

LABA and MSC mounts metal backboard to have basketball played in Linden Clubs meet association to decide on way forward tonight

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on LABA and MSC mounts metal backboard to have basketball played in Linden Clubs meet association to decide on way forward tonight

After a long wait and no sign of assistance forthcoming, the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) has located the old metal backboard which replaced for the fibre glass set which were donated...

YBG-NSBF National Playoffs Kwakwani on top after third days play

Jul 04, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on YBG-NSBF National Playoffs Kwakwani on top after third days play

The third day of play in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YGB) National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) on Tuesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue witnessed group...