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US dollar jumps to $233

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US dollar jumps to $233

There is a shortage of US dollars in the streets and it has sent the selling price to over $230. Yesterday, the different cambios were selling for as high as $233 for one US dollar. It would be...

GGMC cancels 24 mining concessions for non-payment, others to follow

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC cancels 24 mining concessions for non-payment, others to follow

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) , through an order by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has cancelled 24 medium scale mining concessions due to outstanding rental fee...

Execution goes wrong; – intented target shoots one

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Execution goes wrong; – intented target shoots one

What would have otherwise been an execution yesterday at the East La Penitence Georgetown Market, took a sudden turn when the victim escaped and returned fire, injuring one of the three men who were...

GCCI demands clear distinction between local and foreign businesses

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI demands clear distinction between local and foreign businesses

By Kemol King The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is adamant that there should be clear distinctions between local and foreign businesses. Those distinctions should grant first...

Offshore Licences to small companies satisfy nation’s laws – GGMC Commissioner

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Offshore Licences to small companies satisfy nation’s laws – GGMC Commissioner

– Favours fine-tuning existing framework for attracting, vetting other investors By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s offshore basin is teeming with exploration and development activity. A huge portion...

American Petroleum Institute trains Guyanese on oil metering

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on American Petroleum Institute trains Guyanese on oil metering

By Kiana Wilburg To ensure Guyana has the fundamentals in place for the accurate metering of oil which is poised to start flowing at the latest, first quarter, 2020, the Energy Department has aligned...

Ralphie get he plaything at last

Oct 06, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ralphie get he plaything at last

If a man form a political party and he can’t be de leader then something wrang wid him. Papa Cheddi form de PPP and he was de leader; Burnham form de PNC and he was de leader. Trotman and Ram...

NAMS top student gives God credit …Surmounted many challenges to top school

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on NAMS top student gives God credit …Surmounted many challenges to top school

By Samuel Whyte Sarah Reid, the 17-year-old top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations student of the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMSS) is thankful to GOD,...

High tides invade coastal Guyana… More than 400 affected, residents must be compensated – Jagdeo

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on High tides invade coastal Guyana… More than 400 affected, residents must be compensated – Jagdeo

Leader of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, emphatically stated that more than 400 residents were affected by the September 29 to October 2 coastal high tides. During...

Homemakers targeted in household waste workshop. Tourism potential hampered by poor waste Management…says Sam Wright.

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Homemakers targeted in household waste workshop. Tourism potential hampered by poor waste Management…says Sam Wright.

A household waste management workshop, sponsored by the Ministry of Communities and facilitated by Environmentalist Samuel Wright, has enlightened several women, across Linden, on properly managing...

Diabetes association receives large boost from US donor agency

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetes association receives large boost from US donor agency

The Guyana Diabetes Association stands to benefit greatly from a recent sizeable donation of branded insulin and glucometers (blood sugar testing machines) from the Insulin For Life USA organization....

Driver pleads with robbers to return stolen car

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Driver pleads with robbers to return stolen car

A South Ruimveldt Park resident is now pleading with his attackers to return his vehicle that was taken from him during the course of a robbery. Kaieteur News understands that last Wednesday around...

ELIMINATION OF FALSE AND SUBSTANDARD GOODS FROM THE GUYANA MARKET

Oct 06, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on ELIMINATION OF FALSE AND SUBSTANDARD GOODS FROM THE GUYANA MARKET

By PAT DIAL Last two or three weeks, the consumer community was both surprised and rejoiced that the Food and Drugs Department had shown a sudden squirt of activity when it visited a number of...

A welcoming admission of wrong

Oct 06, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A welcoming admission of wrong

The fallout from the Stabroek News ads curtailment brings us to a strange, but welcomed, place. It is encouraging to hear of admission of wrong. If authentic, then it cannot be the only one. This...

Primary School student traumatised after reportedly choked by classmate.

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Primary School student traumatised after reportedly choked by classmate.

The parents of a student from a West Coast Berbice Primary School are frustrated and angry at the manner the administration of the school is handling a matter involving their child and another pupil....

School girl went missing after school sports

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on School girl went missing after school sports

The mother of 15-year-old Anikha Harris is pleading for the safe return of her daughter who reportedly went missing last Thursday. The teen who is a student at Wisburg Secondary School left home to...

Anna Regina: a bustling location with peaceful, humble inhabitants

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina: a bustling location with peaceful, humble inhabitants

By Alex Wayne I was not expecting my visit to Anna Regina to be so traumatic, especially since it did not start off on the negative. I had decided to visit the village at the indication of residents...

An unflinching and versatile son of the soil…. Retired GECOM Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally, is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on An unflinching and versatile son of the soil…. Retired GECOM Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally, is a ‘Special Person’

“I was about six years old when my little dog Pepe got knocked down on the road. He came running in my yard and died in my arms. I couldn’t do anything to help him. I was traumatized. So, I knew...

Free eye tests at GPHC, among other activities to mark World Sight Day 2019

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Free eye tests at GPHC, among other activities to mark World Sight Day 2019

Under the theme: ‘Vision First – a call to nations to ensure that everyone has access to affordable eye care’, World Sight Day (WSD) will be observed on Thursday October 10, 2019. WSD is an...

Direct Oil Benefit/Cash Transfer through Social Programmes is Essential

Oct 06, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Direct Oil Benefit/Cash Transfer through Social Programmes is Essential

There is nothing new about Social Programmes with direct and indirect Cash Transfers, with or without conditionalities. This topic has emerged with the potential estimated oil wealth projected to...

‘A’ Division commander to beef up security for final CPL match in Guyana

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘A’ Division commander to beef up security for final CPL match in Guyana

‘A’ Division commander, Marlon Chapman, has promised heightened security due to the numerous reports of spectators being robbed by bandits who are roaming the National Stadium where the Caribbean...

Interesting Creatures… The Degu

Oct 06, 2019 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… The Degu

The degu (Octodon degus, /ˈdeɪɡuː/) is a small caviomorph rodent endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion of central Chile. The name “degu” on its own indicates either the genus...

Ramkarran elected ANUG’s presidential candidate

Oct 06, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ramkarran elected ANUG’s presidential candidate

Former People’s Progressive Party (PPP) stalwart and former Speaker of the House, Ralph Ramkarran, was yesterday elected Presidential Candidate of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), the party he...

October 5, 1992: one step forward, one step backward

Oct 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on October 5, 1992: one step forward, one step backward

October 5, 1992 started a low-intensity civil war which has never abated. This conflict, the effects of which the country is still experiencing, was caused because one political party has never been...

Anil Nandlall’s perception of a weak administration

Oct 06, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Anil Nandlall’s perception of a weak administration

It is amazing how people across the political divide see issues and how fast they apportion blame. Last week I shared a microphone for an interview with former Attorney General Anil Nandlall. It was...