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ExxonMobil contributes annually to Liberia’s Decommissioning Fund, but Guyana left exposed

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil contributes annually to Liberia’s Decommissioning Fund, but Guyana left exposed

By Kiana Wilburg Decommissioning is considered one of the most crucial aspects of an oil project. It involves safe well plugging, platform removals, pipeline and power cable extractions as well as...

GAWU, GPSU, GLU, NAACIE, CCWU among 260 entities which for decades failed to file tax returns

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU, GPSU, GLU, NAACIE, CCWU among 260 entities which for decades failed to file tax returns

Scores of active trade unions have breached their obligations, failing to file their annual tax returns. In fact, according to a notice filed in the Official Gazette yesterday, the country’s...

Mechanic gunned down in Guyhoc home

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic gunned down in Guyhoc home

Popular mechanic, Reginald Atherly, was shot dead at around 04.00 hrs yesterday, allegedly after confronting two masked bandits who had broken into his Lot G 26 Guyhoc Park home. Atherly, 44, called...

Celebrating their silver jubilee… Guyana Watch treats over 600 patients in two days to conclude medical outreach

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Celebrating their silver jubilee… Guyana Watch treats over 600 patients in two days to conclude medical outreach

To conclude their final two days of their medical outreach, the Guyana Watch Medical team treated 695 patients, a total number combined from the patients at the Belle West Primary School and the...

Accept oil contracts that offer best fiscal terms through bidding process – Attorney Charles Ramson Jr.

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Accept oil contracts that offer best fiscal terms through bidding process – Attorney Charles Ramson Jr.

For future Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs), Government should grant oil blocks to the International Oil Companies (IOC) that offer the best fiscal terms during the bid process. That is the...

Armed men disguised as Federal police agents snatched US$30M in gold bars from Brazil airport

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Armed men disguised as Federal police agents snatched US$30M in gold bars from Brazil airport

By Fabiola Moura and David Biller Brazil (Bloomberg)- It took less than three minutes for eight armed men to make off with US$30 million worth of gold bars from Sao Paulo’s International Airport...

Local Content Policy must demand all int’l suppliers have local partner, transfer skills-Chatham House Advisor

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Policy must demand all int’l suppliers have local partner, transfer skills-Chatham House Advisor

By Kiana Wilburg Any Local Content Policy Guyana pursues should have several key provisions, particularly one that ensures all international suppliers are made to have a local partner. This was noted...

Collect de money up front or else…

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Collect de money up front or else…

Oil is big business. Was a time when oil was a black dirty thing was cheap. But after a time is anodda. Oil get expensive and de companies begin to follow it. Since a country find oil, is nearly all...

Preliminary inquiry begins into Sand Hills Chain saw operator murder.

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Preliminary inquiry begins into Sand Hills Chain saw operator murder.

The preliminary inquiry into the murder of a Sand Hills, Berbice River, chainsaw operator began on Wednesday in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. Roy Glaston, 28, of Sand Hills, Berbice River,...

Local school benefits from US firm with supplies

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local school benefits from US firm with supplies

A locally based United States (US) firm, Keen360, will be reaching out to the students of Meten-Meer-Zorg Primary School, West Coast Demerara to assist with the upcoming academic year as part of...

Government takes Oil and Gas discourse to Berbice students

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Government takes Oil and Gas discourse to Berbice students

The Department of Energy (DoE), took its interactive session to the Upper Corentyne area where several students from the Upper Corentyne Industrial Training Centre (UCITC) were educated on the oil...

SME’S SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AVAILABLE STANDARDS

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on SME’S SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AVAILABLE STANDARDS

Standards provide as many benefits for small businesses as they do for global enterprises. The strategic use of standards can make a significant difference to the annual profits of an SME, and can...

Police to construct five new divisional HQ

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police to construct five new divisional HQ

The Guyana Police Force is inviting bids for the construction of five divisional headquarters. The government, through the Ministry of Public Security, said that it is seeking eligible and qualified...

More youths graduate for the work market …as Vryman’s Erven Training Centre churns out 65

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on More youths graduate for the work market …as Vryman’s Erven Training Centre churns out 65

As the Government of Guyana pushes ahead with its various programmes to empower youth for the world of work another 65 youths are now certified to enter the job market. They graduated after they...

Build momentum on the GECOM appointment

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Build momentum on the GECOM appointment

All Guyanese should treat themselves. True citizens of the soil should allow themselves the fleeting luxury of exhaling slowly; slowly but carefully, as only the first sharp prong in the tormenting...

148 convicted for drug-related offences last year

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 148 convicted for drug-related offences last year

Carrying illicit drugs for your personal use or for trafficking can land you a large fine and time in prison, too. In Guyana, it is illegal to supply anyone with drugs or to have your own drugs. It...

The selection of Claudette Singh: Guyana has been placed first

Jul 28, 2019 KNews The Story within the Story Comments Off on The selection of Claudette Singh: Guyana has been placed first

By Leonard Gildarie It was after 2pm on Friday when I received the call. Did I hear that Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh had been selected as the new chair for the Guyana Elections Commission...

Anna Catherina: a quaint little village where quiet and peace seemingly abounds

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Catherina: a quaint little village where quiet and peace seemingly abounds

By Alex Wayne It was about 10 am and I was on a minibus, weaving in and out of traffic, en route to Anna Catherina on the West Coast of Demerara. I was particularly enraged by the reckless manner in...

The silly season is here and so is racism

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The silly season is here and so is racism

Up until Friday there was a lot of chatter about the apparent indecision by President David Granger to appoint a chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission. People who are no more than armchair...

The danger in President Granger’s politics

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The danger in President Granger’s politics

How could a rugby player tell a cricketer that if the fielder’s foot touches the rope while stopping the ball it is not a four? The cricketer is bound to tell him that he knows the laws of cricket...

Sneak-peak at PPP’s plans… Irfaan Ali signals removal of major gold taxes; $2B annually for hinterland roads

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sneak-peak at PPP’s plans… Irfaan Ali signals removal of major gold taxes; $2B annually for hinterland roads

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is aggressively moving into elections mode, already signaling what it wants to include in its manifesto. According to Presidential Candidate of the party,...

Over 300 Aurora workers choose NMWUG to represent them

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 300 Aurora workers choose NMWUG to represent them

The application process for the workers of Guyana Goldfields’ Aurora Gold Mines Incorporated (AGM) to be unionised is well underway, and has seen about 300 workers being submitted to the Trade...

A leader in health care delivery, Dr. Budhendra Doobay is a ‘Special Person’

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on A leader in health care delivery, Dr. Budhendra Doobay is a ‘Special Person’

“Everything does not always come your way how you want it, but you have to approach everything the same way…no matter what the obstacles are, you can either go around them or jump over them, but...

African Mall takes over Main Street

Jul 28, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on African Mall takes over Main Street

In the few days leading up to Emancipation Day, local crafters, jewellery makers and clothes vendors paved the Main Street Avenue between Quamina and Church Streets, Georgetown to display their...

The right to change one’s political allegiance

Jul 28, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The right to change one’s political allegiance

If you ask any Guyanese whether he or she respects freedom of conscience, they will say yes. If you then ask them whether they respect the right of an individual to belong to a political party of...