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Lack of ring-fencing provisions in Exxon PSA could never be in Guyana’s best interest – University of Houston Instructor

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lack of ring-fencing provisions in Exxon PSA could never be in Guyana’s best interest – University of Houston Instructor

By Kiana Wilburg Country Manager for ExxonMobil, Rod Henson has told the local media corps that the absence of ring-fencing provisions in the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed with...

‘Whistle’ gunned down in North Ruimveldt

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Whistle’ gunned down in North Ruimveldt

– others wounded Leon Duncan, 28, also known as “Whistle”, was shot dead last night at Williamstad Street North Ruimveldt. Kaieteur News understands that Duncan, his brother and others,...

CJIA sexual assault allegation file with DPP

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA sexual assault allegation file with DPP

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP) has received a file on the sexual assault allegations brought against an official of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). Kaieteur...

Celebrating its silver jubilee…Guyana Watch treats over 434 in two days

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Celebrating its silver jubilee…Guyana Watch treats over 434 in two days

Guyana Watch Incorporated, on its silver jubilee conducted their first two days of a medical outreach at the Shaheed Boy and Girls Orphanage in Kitty, Georgetown and the Timerhi Primary...

Prison Director calls for greater acceptance of ex-cons in society

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Prison Director calls for greater acceptance of ex-cons in society

Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, is calling for societies to accept ex-prisoners back into communities after they have served their time. According to Samuels, “There’s a stigma...

Twelve selected for Guyana’s $20M Creative Industries fund

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Twelve selected for Guyana’s $20M Creative Industries fund

– successful applicants to be announced Tuesday Government’s ambitious $20M project to develop Guyana’s Creative Industry is finally ready. The Department of Social Cohesion,...

HAVE YOU SEEN ‘SATAN’?

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on HAVE YOU SEEN ‘SATAN’?

– accused child-killer still on the run Released from prison by mistake, 35-year-old accused child killer Alvin Reid, called ‘Satan’, remains on the run, almost a week after a wanted...

National Mine Workers Union supports call for Labour Court

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on National Mine Workers Union supports call for Labour Court

The National Mine Workers Union of Guyana, (NMWUG) is supporting the call for the establishment of an Industrial Court to address all matters related to labour. President of the NMWUG, Sherwin Downer...

Guyana mekking leaders sick

Jul 22, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Guyana mekking leaders sick

Guyana don’t agree wid Soulja Bai. Is this country mek de man sick. De first time de man know something was wrong was when de opposition talk bout a no-confidence motion. De man go to Trinidad but...

Guyana urgently needs comprehensive stocktaking of transparency, accountability – Report finds

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana urgently needs comprehensive stocktaking of transparency, accountability – Report finds

If Guyana’s social and economic wellbeing is to improve over the next 20 years, then there are a few urgent issues which need to be addressed, one of which includes a comprehensive stocktaking of...

Change in ganja law would cause spike in use – Drug treatment specialist

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Change in ganja law would cause spike in use – Drug treatment specialist

Government must be very careful about the perception it creates in its move to have custodial sentences removed for the possession of small quantities of marijuana. This is the assertion of...

Who is sitting on a $31M lotto jackpot?

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Who is sitting on a $31M lotto jackpot?

– company seeks persons still to claim winnings Somewhere in Guyana, there are at least two individuals who are lotto millionaires. In a recent advertisement, the Guyana Lottery Company has...

Young woman from Region Two is top motor vehicle repairs student

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Young woman from Region Two is top motor vehicle repairs student

– as over 160 graduate from Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme A pretty and ambitious young woman from Region Two was adjudged the top motor vehicle repairs student, when...

A look behind prison walls through an inmate’s eyes

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on A look behind prison walls through an inmate’s eyes

I bowed my head as I felt the tears begin to burn my eyes when the Magistrate sentenced me to serve 18 months’ in prison for felonious wounding. I had stabbed someone in a rage but now the...

Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship – Group A…‘Lady Jags’ beat Suriname to sweep group; Bermuda trounce Antigua & Barbuda

Jul 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship – Group A…‘Lady Jags’ beat Suriname to sweep group; Bermuda trounce Antigua & Barbuda

By Franklin Wilson History was created yesterday at the Leonora Track and Field Center, Leonora, West Coast Demerara when Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ swept Group ‘A’ of the Concacaf Women’s...

David Hinds and I turned a white shade of pale last Saturday

Jul 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Hinds and I turned a white shade of pale last Saturday

After the opening up of the economy with the Economic Recovery Programme of President Desmond Hoyte and adopted by President Cheddi Jagan and subsequent PPP presidents, many overseas-based Guyanese...

National Race of Champions round 2…Valuable points gathered despite rain

Jul 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on National Race of Champions round 2…Valuable points gathered despite rain

Just a few races got off yesterday at the South Dakota Circuit for the second round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) National Race of Champions before heavy showers put the...

Allicock visits Boxers encamped for C’bean Schoolboys C/Ships

Jul 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Allicock visits Boxers encamped for C’bean Schoolboys C/Ships

By Sean Devers Nineteen year-old Keevin Allicock, recently back from his Pan American Games training in Cuba, is scheduled to depart Guyana for Lima, Peru where his biggest date with faith is...

Take a walk City officials…Illegal rum shop and open toilet behind Stabroek cafeteria

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Take a walk City officials…Illegal rum shop and open toilet behind Stabroek cafeteria

Abiola Fung is a pleasant and enterprising woman who runs a cafeteria in the Stabroek area, opposite the Timehri Bus Park. But every day, before she opens her business, Mrs. Fung has to complete a...

Charlestown residents enjoy exciting Guinness round of action Saturday

Jul 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Charlestown residents enjoy exciting Guinness round of action Saturday

Residents of the Charlestown area and its environs enjoyed an entertaining night of action when the Guinness Greatest of the Street small goal football competition Georgetown leg moved to the Berlin...

Avinash Persaud, Christine Sukhram are Department of Tourism’s Open 2019 Champions

Jul 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Avinash Persaud, Christine Sukhram are Department of Tourism’s Open 2019 Champions

Nine times Male and Female Guyana Open Golf Champions, Avinash Persaud and Christine Sukhram performed at their skill level to emerge champions in the exciting Department of Tourism’s 2-day...

Rose Hall Town turns 49; list of activities unveiled

Jul 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose Hall Town turns 49; list of activities unveiled

The Rose Hall Town Council in conjunction with Juggernaut Entertainment, DJ Dauren, Jagdeo Racing Stable and Club Fiesta revealed their list of planned activities to celebrate the 49th anniversary of...

$17M maternity waiting home commissioned at Annai

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $17M maternity waiting home commissioned at Annai

─ Another step towards preserving the lives of expectant mothers The Yvonne Jacobus Maternity Waiting Home in Annai was officially commissioned and will strategically serve expectant...

Journalists can be traumatized by the stories they cover…GPA endorses call for media workers to have access to mental health care

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Journalists can be traumatized by the stories they cover…GPA endorses call for media workers to have access to mental health care

Recognizing that reporters themselves can be affected by stories about suicide and other traumatic events, the Guyana Press Association,(GPA) endorsed a call for media workers to have access to...

KAMARANG…Hunter feeds at midnight

Jul 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on KAMARANG…Hunter feeds at midnight

By Michael Jordan Sealey first saw the hunter with the crippled leg while they were going to the river next day. The boy was last up, still yawning and rubbing the sleep from his eyes, and shivering...