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Trotman breaks silence on 1% royalty in Orinduik deal -Says he was following orders

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman breaks silence on 1% royalty in Orinduik deal -Says he was following orders

By Kiana Wilburg Since Tullow Oil struck black gold on the Orinduik Block, the fiscal terms of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) it signed with the Granger administration has come under the...

UK Company quietly moving into Guyana basin

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UK Company quietly moving into Guyana basin

Westmount Energy Limited, a UK Energy Investment firm, has slowly been acquiring shares in companies with stakes in oil blocks offshore Guyana. The most recent announcement the company made on...

Halt granding exorbitant concessions to foreign investor – AMCHAM president tells Govt.

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Halt granding exorbitant concessions to foreign investor – AMCHAM president tells Govt.

It is no longer necessary to grant exorbitant concessions to foreign companies in the hope that it will lure them. That practice must stop. This is the insistence of President of the American Chamber...

Berbice Bridge open to sale offer by Govt.

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge open to sale offer by Govt.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) says it is open to consider an offer by Government to buy that critical link. The bridge, which opened in December 2008, connects Berbice and Demerara. Built...

Beware of fake David Granger profile offering affordable housing – Ministry of the Presidency

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of fake David Granger profile offering affordable housing – Ministry of the Presidency

The Government is warning persons not to fall for the lies being peddled by yet another fake profile of a Government official. This time, the account, titled ‘H E David Granger’, is pretending to...

Scholarship for law students lacks transparency – Lawyers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Scholarship for law students lacks transparency – Lawyers

Government’s method of awarding the recently announced law school scholarship is under question over what is being described as a lack of transparency. In an invited comment, Attorney- at –law,...

Norway team due this week as Brazil fires place spotlight on Guyana’s forest

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Norway team due this week as Brazil fires place spotlight on Guyana’s forest

A Norway assessment team is expected this week in Guyana to check on the country’s progress to protect the forest in keeping a 2009 deal. However, this time for the annual assessment, the situation...

Forestry Commission considering export licences for sawmillers and timber dealers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry Commission considering export licences for sawmillers and timber dealers

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has not ruled out the possibility of expanding export licences for logs and other timber products to sawmillers and timber dealers. However, government warned...

Deputy CJIA Chief charged with sexual assault interdicted from duty

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy CJIA Chief charged with sexual assault interdicted from duty

Andre Kellman, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), who had been charged for sexual assault has been interdicted from duty, airport officials...

$87M allocated for repairs of three city municipal markets

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $87M allocated for repairs of three city municipal markets

Vendors of the East Ruimveldt, Bourda and Kitty markets are relieved that those facilities have been earmarked for rehabilitation. Over $87 Million has been set aside for these works which are set to...

Oil Spill Plan 90 percent complete –CDC Head

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil Spill Plan 90 percent complete –CDC Head

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s National Oil Spill Contingency Plan is 90 percent complete and is expected to be in place before first oil. This was recently noted by Head of the Civil Defense Commission...

Ministry provides dedicated health services to Blind Society

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry provides dedicated health services to Blind Society

In order to ensure that they receive basic health care, the Ministry of Public Health has been providing continuous dedicated services to the blind and visually impairs individuals. The services are...

Improper for Chief Justice to rule on persons being removed from voters’ list – Attorney General

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Improper for Chief Justice to rule on persons being removed from voters’ list – Attorney General

In her judgment on the recent challenge to the legality of the house-to-house registration exercise that was mounted by lawyer Christopher Ram, Chief Justice Roxane George made an order that would...

Lawlessness at Stabroek back to square one -Traffic Chief’s “sustained” campaign collapses -Crime Chief’s patrol exercise fails

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lawlessness at Stabroek back to square one -Traffic Chief’s “sustained” campaign collapses -Crime Chief’s patrol exercise fails

While the police not so long ago promised a sustained campaign against minibus touts on the bus parks, from all accounts the promised initiative has failed miserably. The touts have returned in large...

Good Faith Village: a quiet little alcove with humble inhabitants

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Good Faith Village: a quiet little alcove with humble inhabitants

By Alex Wayne We have heard tales of poor drainage, ethnic divisions, water woes and many other issues, and have also enjoyed juicy little village gossips here and there; but here we were in a quaint...

QUALITY PVC PIPES HINGED ON CONFORMANCE TO NATIONAL STANDARDS

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on QUALITY PVC PIPES HINGED ON CONFORMANCE TO NATIONAL STANDARDS

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipes are manufactured locally by two major manufacturers. These two companies are meeting the specifications of National Standards and are certified by the Guyana National...

Accepting pennies for our US multibillion-dollar prize

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Accepting pennies for our US multibillion-dollar prize

The Hess Corporation sits like an oil king, one restored to robust health. It was losing money hand over fist, but now stands to rake in an estimated US$6.6 billion in the near future. To give an...

The Baccoo speaks

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There would be a moment of panic when a fire starts in a home. The cause of the fire would be undetermined, but quick response would avert disaster. The general advice is to avoid leaving flames...

A financial crunch is in the making

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A financial crunch is in the making

A spanking new ivory-coloured Premio was ahead of me in the line for petrol at the filling station. The purchase was quick; in less than one minute he was gone. It was my turn. I look at the meter...

1320 Heat is on today at South Dakota Circuit

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 1320 Heat is on today at South Dakota Circuit

Following all the hype, competitors will now have to produce with the 1320 heat International Drag race meet boosting off today from 09:00hrs at the South Dakota Circuit’s drag strip at Timehri....

I feel for the teachers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews My Column, News Comments Off on I feel for the teachers

It is no surprise that the government keeps losing people to the private sector. Last week the news came that the government had lost nineteen engineers to the private sector. It could have been that...

2%, then 1%, then 18 million, then Charrandass

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 2%, then 1%, then 18 million, then Charrandass

Minister Ramjattan said he was given information that Charrandass was making inquiries about buying gold, so he informed the police. Then the police began to investigate Charran for alleged...

Return to the Source: Giving leadership to Radicalism in the Society

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Return to the Source: Giving leadership to Radicalism in the Society

In my presentation at a recent conference to mark the 40th anniversary of the Grenadian revolution, I argued that the decline of leftwing revolutionary parties that emerged in the Caribbean in the...

Honouring a commitment to help educate the deprived… Chartered Accountant Fazal Bacchus is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Honouring a commitment to help educate the deprived… Chartered Accountant Fazal Bacchus is a ‘Special Person’

“I want to see young people who don’t have the opportunity to go to a university on a full time basis or go after any other studies on a full time basis, to always have that chance like I did,...

1320 Heat is on today at South Dakota Circuit

Aug 25, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 1320 Heat is on today at South Dakota Circuit

Following all the hype, competitors will now have to produce with the 1320 heat International Drag race meet boosting off today from 09:00hrs at the South Dakota Circuit’s drag strip at Timehri....

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Keevin Allicock – the next torchbearer for Guyanese professional boxing

Sometimes the best of leaders fail

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more