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Govt. aiding and abetting human smuggling and trafficking

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. aiding and abetting human smuggling and trafficking

Int’l investigation required immediately – Ramson The recent revelations of the large number of Haitians and Cubans arriving legally in Guyana, those leaving and the noticeable absence of...

Energy dept. to demand more royalties, profit oil in future contracts

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Energy dept. to demand more royalties, profit oil in future contracts

De-risked basin strengthens country’s negotiating position – Dr. Bynoe By Kiana Wilburg Energy Department Head, Dr. Mark Bynoe is desirous of increasing the Government’s take from...

New York lawsuit alleges…ExxonMobil lied to investors about impact future climate change regulations would have on company’s Guyana assets

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New York lawsuit alleges…ExxonMobil lied to investors about impact future climate change regulations would have on company’s Guyana assets

A lawsuit that is before the New York Supreme Court has alleged that ExxonMobil lied to investors about the effect future climate change regulations would have on its operational costs in...

Brazil gang leader dresses up as daughter in jail escape bid

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Brazil gang leader dresses up as daughter in jail escape bid

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian gang leader tried to escape from prison by dressing up as his daughter when she visited him behind bars and walking out the penitentiary’s main door...

OPR completes Crime Chief probe…Granger, Police Commissioner likely to receive report this week

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on OPR completes Crime Chief probe…Granger, Police Commissioner likely to receive report this week

An Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report into allegations against Deputy Commissioner of Law Enforcement Lyndon Alves, is likely to land on the desks of President David Granger,...

Guyana seeks expert to review Exxon’s Field Development Plan for Payara well and Stabroek Block – Dr. Bynoe

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana seeks expert to review Exxon’s Field Development Plan for Payara well and Stabroek Block – Dr. Bynoe

The Energy Department recently received a Field Development Plan (FDP) for Payara on the Stabroek Block from ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)...

Angoy’s Avenue man chopped, parents brutalised during robbery

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Angoy’s Avenue man chopped, parents brutalised during robbery

A resident from Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam is in a critical condition after he was badly chopped on Saturday night by two armed men who invaded the home he shared with his parents. In an...

Never a dull moment fuh some people

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Never a dull moment fuh some people

People can’t use dem toilet in peace. A woman pun de Essequibo Coast don’t have dem house toilet; she got a latrine. Long time when people got toilet outside dem use to got something else in de...

Gold is Money are Georgetown Guinness champs

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gold is Money are Georgetown Guinness champs

Gold is Money are the Georgetown Zone champions of the Guinness Greatest of the Street football championship following an injection in Albouystown B in the finals played on Saturday evening. Jermin...

Wilkinson claims Ricks and Sari road race title

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wilkinson claims Ricks and Sari road race title

Akeem Wilkinson turned in a sterling performance to win the 15th edition of the Ricks and Sari cycle road race which took place yesterday on West Demerara. Wilkinson managed to overcome a few...

AMS, B.M. Soat and Rohan Auto Spares onboard Guyana Cup

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on AMS, B.M. Soat and Rohan Auto Spares onboard Guyana Cup

Atlantic Marine Supplies (AMS), B.M. Soat Auto Sales and Rohan Auto Spares have signed on as sponsors for the grand 13th annual Guyana Cup that is scheduled for Sunday August 17th at the Rising Sun...

Pan American games 2019…Edghill serves up 1st round table tennis action today

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan American games 2019…Edghill serves up 1st round table tennis action today

Guyana’s Chelsea Edghill arrived in Lima, Peru on Saturday ahead of women’s singles first round knockout match where she will be up against Colombia’s Paola Medina. Edghill, who recently...

Sharma stars as India beat Windies in rain-hit Florida T20

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sharma stars as India beat Windies in rain-hit Florida T20

AFP – Rohit Sharma led from the front as India defeated the West Indies in a rain-affected second fixture of the three-match T20 International series at the Central Broward Stadium in Florida...

KRCA of T&T ends Guyana tour at Bourda

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Lovell (47), Singh (4-3) spearhead GCC U-15s to victory By Sean Devers The touring Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy from Couva Trinidad ended their one-week tour to Guyana yesterday at the historic...

Farley is Guyana Chess Federation President

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Frankie Farley was elected as President of the Guyana Chess Federation when the body held its Annual General Meeting and elections yesterday at the Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue. Professor...

Guyana Watch Inc. thanks supporters

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch Inc. thanks supporters

After completing their 25th year of medical and dental outreaches in Guyana, the Guyana Watch Incorporated and their team sent out heartfelt gratitude to all who enabled this year’s outreach...

Dominoes action set for today in Wakenaam

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Dominoes teams on the island of Wakenaam will be action today when the Throlokie Bhagelu dominoes tournament commences from 13:00hrs at Carlosh Sports bar in Good Success. Among the teams set to...

Cayman Island to send three for Caribbean Schoolboys Boxing

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cayman Island to send three for Caribbean Schoolboys Boxing

The Cayman Islands Boxing Association (CIBA) is sending a three-man team to the fourth annual Caribbean Schoolboys and Junior tournament slated for later this month in Guyana. The CIBA has registered...

Guyana Beverages Inc. partners with Archery Guyana

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Beverages Inc. partners with Archery Guyana

Hydration was the talk of the morning of Tuesday 30th July, 2019 at the Press Conference at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue. Secretary-General of Archery Guyana, Mrs. Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon...

In seven months…Over 200 corruption complaints against cops

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on In seven months…Over 200 corruption complaints against cops

With a new Police Commissioner who has repeatedly expressed determination to have a professional organization, the Force’s hierarchy has dispatched an alarming number of corruption claims...

Albion Community Development Centre 10/10 Cricket Competition washed out

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Albion Community Development Centre 10/10 Cricket Competition washed out

Rescheduled to Sunday September 8 The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club has expressed regret in informing the general public that the 2nd division 10/10 Cricket Competition slated for yesterday,...

Irfaan Ali and David Granger: Comparative Notes

Aug 05, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Irfaan Ali and David Granger: Comparative Notes

I get information all the time about the unacceptable things that people do that should be published. Some pieces never get printed for five reasons. First, I fear for my life. I do not want a gunman...

Caribbean must dismantle barriers to legal education – AG Basil Williams

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean must dismantle barriers to legal education – AG Basil Williams

By Feona Morrison Public legal education and information is one means of ensuring greater public confidence in the Caribbean’s legal systems. It also will allow citizens to better understand our...

Director of Youth wasn’t acquitted, probe still ongoing – Govt.

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Director of Youth wasn’t acquitted, probe still ongoing – Govt.

A recent statement by political commentator, Rickford Burke, claimed that a police investigation of the Director of Youth at the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Social Cohesion,...

Piracy massacre COI begins today

Aug 05, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Piracy massacre COI begins today

A month ago, Dr Rishee Shri Thakur was sworn-in by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts as commissioner to conduct the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the...