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Elections will be held on March 2 – Granger clarifies

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Elections will be held on March 2 – Granger clarifies

President David Granger yesterday made it clear that elections will be held on March 2, 2020, even if the Opposition refuses to go back to Parliament. The clarification would come hours after the...

Extension of Constitutional deadline would affect PPP’s ability to recover “stolen” resources – Bharrat Jagdeo

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Extension of Constitutional deadline would affect PPP’s ability to recover “stolen” resources – Bharrat Jagdeo

There will be no extension of the Constitutional deadline for the holding of General and Regional Elections, beca use it will impair the ability of a potential People’s Progressive Party (PPP)...

In light of recent political developments… Govt., ExxonMobil should not sign crude lifting agreement – IMF

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on In light of recent political developments… Govt., ExxonMobil should not sign crude lifting agreement – IMF

By Kiana Wilburg The ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the political Opposition’s No-Confidence Motion was successfully passed on December 2, 2018 has triggered the need for a...

$250M Children and Family Care Centre commissioned

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $250M Children and Family Care Centre commissioned

With the aim of effectively addressing the issue of the unnecessary separation of children from their loved ones, the Ministry of the Presidency in a team effort with the Social Protection Ministry,...

Two NFMU staffers fired 20 years ago to be compensated

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two NFMU staffers fired 20 years ago to be compensated

Two employees of the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) who were fired “indecently” two decades ago, are to receive compensation. According to the Ministry of Public Telecommunications,...

Deadly Essequibo River collision… Captains to be charged

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly Essequibo River collision… Captains to be charged

The boat captains involved in Monday’s deadly Essequibo River collision are likely to face charges in relation to the accident. This is according to police and maritime sources close to the...

PPP dead – set on replacing Natural Resource Fund Act

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP dead – set on replacing Natural Resource Fund Act

Petroleum production is likely to start before the end of the year on the Stabroek Block. That means that Guyana will collect its first share of oil before General and Regional Elections. Despite...

Given Guyana’s high demand for skilled workers… IMF proposes more relaxed, liberal immigration policy

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Given Guyana’s high demand for skilled workers… IMF proposes more relaxed, liberal immigration policy

Guyana’s demand for skilled workers is high, and with the onset of oil production, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that that demand is likely to be exacerbated. But Guyana’s...

Guyana is like a bowl of sugar water

Sep 27, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana is like a bowl of sugar water

Years ago, when Guyana was a British colony, planes use to come from all over, especially England and America. Dat was because de colonials was mekking money in dis country at de expense of de...

15th Annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair opens today

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 15th Annual Berbice Expo and Trade Fair opens today

All roads lead to the 15th Annual Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair which opens this evening at the Albion Community Development Centre. The event, which will conclude Monday, is being held under the...

Gaskin to challenge Exxon’s “illegal” contract before end of October

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gaskin to challenge Exxon’s “illegal” contract before end of October

Social Activist Ramon Gaskin says that his intended challenge to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for the Stabroek Block, which he insists is illegal, will be filed before the end of October....

Court visits scene of Anna Catherina triple murder

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Court visits scene of Anna Catherina triple murder

The Court yesterday led a site visit to the Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara murder scene in relation to the ongoing triple murder trial. The visit led the judge and jury to the location that...

Fight over child support leads to parents being charged

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fight over child support leads to parents being charged

A mother and father were on Wednesday brought before the court to answer to individual charges in which they allegedly inflicted harm on each other. Thirty-eight-year-old Constance Phillips, a sales...

Notice to be sent to prosecution in GRDB case

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Notice to be sent to prosecution in GRDB case

A notice was prepared to be sent to Special Prosecutor Lawrence Harris following his no-show yesterday for the trial concerning the six former high-ranking officials of the Guyana Rice Development...

Granger to face protests if he retreats from March 2 elections date – Opposition Leader

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Granger to face protests if he retreats from March 2 elections date – Opposition Leader

People Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo stated that there is an open option for protests, and that it all depends on President David Granger. He made this statement during a...

CPCE gets upgraded science labs through China, Guyana collaboration

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on CPCE gets upgraded science labs through China, Guyana collaboration

The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) yesterday received equipment which was made possible by a $50M grant obtained through a collaboration between the Government of Guyana and the People’s...

Over 50 before courts since La Parfaite Police Station commissioned

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 50 before courts since La Parfaite Police Station commissioned

Ranks at the recently commissioned La Parfaite Harmonie Police Station, West Bank Demerara, have disclosed that over fifty arrests have been made since they opened to the public on September 5, last....

Man beats mother with rolling pin for $500

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man beats mother with rolling pin for $500

Thirty-three-year-old Terrence Clement of Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, Georgetown, was on Wednesday hauled before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty for two charges which he admitted to. Both...

UK denies funds approved for seawall, Linden/Lethem road projects

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UK denies funds approved for seawall, Linden/Lethem road projects

Two major projects that Government announced recently were significantly advanced and funded by the British, appears not have been given the final green light by that donor country. Yesterday, the...

RDC hosts Community Engagement Day

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on RDC hosts Community Engagement Day

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region Four yesterday held a Community Engagement Day, where residents, parents and students were invited to come to the RDC compound and be sensitised on a...

Thieves target Berbice mandir, church

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves target Berbice mandir, church

Places of worship are now the new target for break and enter and larceny over the past two weeks. This is being reported by members of a Mandir in Reliance, East Canje, Berbice and a Nazarene Church...

Suriname “ferry” service restarts; Canawaima back in operation on Oct. 16

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname “ferry” service restarts; Canawaima back in operation on Oct. 16

After the Canawaima Ferry was suspended for four months for much-needed repairs, the M.B. Sandaka that usually works the Parika to Leguan route began to transport passengers from Moleson Creek to...

92-year-old woman’s home partly destroyed by fire

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 92-year-old woman’s home partly destroyed by fire

A 92-year-old woman is now counting her losses after the upper flat of her home was completely destroyed by a fire yesterday a fternoon at Lancaster Village, Corentyne, Berbice. According to...

Guyana Beverage Inc. to raise breast cancer awareness through regional outreach initiative

Sep 27, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Beverage Inc. to raise breast cancer awareness through regional outreach initiative

Through a collaborative effort with the Cancer Institute of Guyana, Guyana Beverage Inc. (Oasis Premium Purified Waters) will be taking an educative Breast Cancer Awareness outreach initiative to all...

UCCA U17 Cricket Skeldon High hammer Tagore Memorial by 70 runs to book place in final

Sep 27, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCCA U17 Cricket Skeldon High hammer Tagore Memorial by 70 runs to book place in final

Sheldon High School (SHS) defeated Tagore Memorial Secondary School (TMSS) by 70 runs to advance to the final of the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) U17 competition for schools in the...

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The business class also funds undemocratic parties

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- There’s a peculiar phenomenon in Guyana, a sort of cyclical ritual, where members of... more