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House-to-house registration legal; court cannot fix date for polls- Chief Justice -Nandall not impressed with ruling, to file appeal

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on House-to-house registration legal; court cannot fix date for polls- Chief Justice -Nandall not impressed with ruling, to file appeal

By Feona Morrison The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has acted within the remit of the powers invested to it under the laws said Chief Justice Roxane George as she declared that the current...

Eco Atlantic share price doubles following Orinduik discovery

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Eco Atlantic share price doubles following Orinduik discovery

Just hours after announcing on Monday, the discovery of oil at its Jethro-1 well on the Orinduik Block, the share price for Eco Atlantic doubled from 73p per share to trade just over 139p per share...

Guyana basin offers bigger profits due to low development costs

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana basin offers bigger profits due to low development costs

Hannam and Partners, a leading independent investment bank headquartered in London, recently prepared a report which compared the economics of Guyana’s Liza Phase One Project in the Stabroek Block...

Anna Regina Secondary and St Roses’High students are top CSEC performers

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina Secondary and St Roses’High students are top CSEC performers

Riana Toney, a student of Anna Regina Secondary in Region Two, has emerged as the top performer at this year’s overall Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate, (CSEC) with 19 Grade one passes....

CJIA’s deputy chief to be charged indictably with sexual assault

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA’s deputy chief to be charged indictably with sexual assault

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that a senior manager of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) be charged with a sex crime. Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Andre...

Guyana Goldfields no longer interested in selling

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields no longer interested in selling

Canada-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc. (GGI), which operates the country’s biggest mine, has for all intents and purposes abandoned attempts at this time to sell. Hours after a report by Bloomberg on...

Political threat stall sugar reform – Finance Minister

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Political threat stall sugar reform – Finance Minister

The privatization of the sugar estates Government has closed has been delayed. Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, is blaming this state of affairs on the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP)...

Nobody going to parliament but dem getting pay

Aug 15, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Nobody going to parliament but dem getting pay

When Parliament go into recess nobody didn’t know. Nobody was going in de first place. De only money save was de money dem use to spend on food. But every MP still getting pay. That is how nice...

Queen ’s College dominates CAPE

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Queen ’s College dominates CAPE

The nation’s public schools again dominated the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) examinations, with 13 of the 15 students from these institutions securing the country’s top...

Persistent rainfall causes severe flooding in Region Three

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Persistent rainfall causes severe flooding in Region Three

Several communities in the Essequibo Islands- West Demerara Region are flooded due to the heavy rainfall during the course of Tuesday night. According to sources, communities such as Farm, Zeelugt,...

President Granger requests an investigation into Presidential Guard’s death

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger requests an investigation into Presidential Guard’s death

President David Granger is adamant that a detail investigation should be done into the death of Police Constable 2045 Winston Cooper, who succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning at the Georgetown...

Jagdeo remains opposed to house-to-house following CJ’s ruling

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo remains opposed to house-to-house following CJ’s ruling

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, still remains opposed to the issue of house-to-house registration, calling it a “complete waste of time and money.” These statements surfaced following...

Parliament comes out of recess on October 10 – Jordan

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Parliament comes out of recess on October 10 – Jordan

The National Assembly has not met for quite some time. It has been in recess. According to Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, it will be coming out of recess on October 10, 2019. During a press...

Jealous man invades home, stabs ex-lover and partner

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jealous man invades home, stabs ex-lover and partner

Police are hunting for an Upper Berbice man who stabbed his ex-lover and her partner after sneaking into their home. Dolly Gobin, 48, and Leymond Smith, 40, of Hururu Mission, Upper Berbice, were...

Corentyne man dies from injuries sustained in accident three days prior.

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne man dies from injuries sustained in accident three days prior.

Nevon Steele, 22, of Eversham Village, Corentyne, Berbice died on Tuesday at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was struck down from his motorcycle by a car on the Bush Lot Public road, Sunday...

“I did what I had to do” alleged bull thief tells court

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “I did what I had to do” alleged bull thief tells court

An elderly man who is charged for allegedly stealing a bull was yesterday released on bail after he made his first court appearance. Fifty-five-year-old Ryan Robinson appeared before Senior...

Govt. warns low-lying coastal communities of spring tide

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. warns low-lying coastal communities of spring tide

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is advising the public, especially residents of low-lying coastal communities to take precautions, as the period of Spring tides – August 14-19 – are here....

Prisoners beat suspect in mechanic’s murder, cut off hair

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners beat suspect in mechanic’s murder, cut off hair

Prison officials are attempting to identify a group of inmates who beat and cut off the hair of Marlon Bradley, the suspect in the murder of Guyhoc Park mechanic Reginald Atherly. The incident...

Trinidad private sector group “discussing” comments by Jagdeo

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad private sector group “discussing” comments by Jagdeo

(Antigua News) – The Trinidad and Tobago private sector remained silent on Wednesday after Guyana’s Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo criticised Trinidadian investors seeking to do business in...

Charity residents hit by severe flooding … following one night of heavy downpour.

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Charity residents hit by severe flooding … following one night of heavy downpour.

After more than six hours of continuous rainfall Tuesday night, the community of Charity suffered what is being described as one of its worst flooding in history. Based on information sourced by this...

Taxi driver who allegedly fondled passenger, 16 gets bail

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver who allegedly fondled passenger, 16 gets bail

A taxi driver who was charged for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl who stopped his car to take her to Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday released on bail after he appeared in court....

Two construction workers charged for stealing $860,000 in articles

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two construction workers charged for stealing $860,000 in articles

Two men who are employed with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure as construction workers were yesterday remanded to prison after they appeared in court to answer to a joint break and enter charge....

Snr C’bean Squash C/ships to start Sunday in Guyana Men and Women to defend team titles

Aug 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Snr C’bean Squash C/ships to start Sunday in Guyana Men and Women to defend team titles

By Sean Devers After no tournament was held last year Guyana is set to host the 26th Senior Caribbean Squash Champions from August 14-24 at the Georgetown Club and the National Racquet Centre with...

Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys tourney team profiles

Aug 15, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys tourney team profiles

The Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Boxing Tournament will be staged from tomorrow August 16 to Sunday 18 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH). Three-times defending...

Guyana working closer with India to build solar energy capacity

Aug 15, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana working closer with India to build solar energy capacity

President David Granger yesterday accepted the Letters of Credence from Dr. K. J. Srinivasa, accrediting him as the new High Commissioner of India to Guyana. Dr. Srinivasa replaces former High...