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Oil spill from Exxon’s Payara field would significantly affect Venezuela, Trinidad, other islands – EIA

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil spill from Exxon’s Payara field would significantly affect Venezuela, Trinidad, other islands – EIA

By Kiana Wilburg ExxonMobil and its partners, Hess Corporation and CNOOC/NEXEN, have stepped up the pace for securing a permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to start...

Crude Lifting Agreement to remove opportunities for abuse – Energy Dept. Head

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Crude Lifting Agreement to remove opportunities for abuse – Energy Dept. Head

Energy Department Head, Dr. Mark Bynoe, has indicated to this newspaper, that the Crude Lifting Agreement still has a few issues to be ironed out but it is close to completion. During an...

Jagdeo warns int’l agencies about disbursing funds to an “illegal” Govt.

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo warns int’l agencies about disbursing funds to an “illegal” Govt.

Leader of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, has issued a call to international agencies to desist from further funding the projects of the “illegal”...

Local Content Policy…Guyana should consider ‘right to refusal’ of foreign suppliers in certain cases

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Content Policy…Guyana should consider ‘right to refusal’ of foreign suppliers in certain cases

– Former GCCI President Former President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Deodat Indar, has suggested that Government should consider implementing the ‘right to...

19 years later Prison Service continues fight for risk allowance and insurance

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 19 years later Prison Service continues fight for risk allowance and insurance

Director of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), Gladwin Samuels, made a call for risk allowance and life insurance to be made available to his staff. According to Samuels, the working environment for...

$20M Creative Industries Fund distributed to 15 small business owners

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $20M Creative Industries Fund distributed to 15 small business owners

Small business entrepreneurs who own cultural and creative projects were on Monday, finally shortlisted and awarded grants in various amounts at the Main Street office of the Ministry of...

GRA expanding regional operations

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GRA expanding regional operations

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is taking steps to improve and harmonise the provision of its services throughout the country. In its Corporate Strategic Plan 2019-2021, the tax-collector...

King hit royal unbeaten 132 as Warriors qualify for 5th final

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on King hit royal unbeaten 132 as Warriors qualify for 5th final

By Sean Devers In a fantastic atmosphere with Warriors flags being waved joyously and a raucous capacity crowd dancing in the stands, Warriors romped to a 31-run win against Tridents at Providence to...

Eliminator 1 Hero CPL T20…. TKR advance to Qualifiers with six-wicket win over Patriots

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Eliminator 1 Hero CPL T20…. TKR advance to Qualifiers with six-wicket win over Patriots

By Sean Devers Defending Champions Trinbago Knight Riders will have to do it the hard way if they hope for a successful title defence and began their journey to a fourth possible final with a...

Highest number of women killed by their partners in the last two yrs was stabbed to death

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Highest number of women killed by their partners in the last two yrs was stabbed to death

According to statistics obtained from the Ministry of Social Protection, the highest number of women in domestic violence related killings met their demise as a result of being stabbed to...

Limacol Football Tournament… Santos and Fruta Conquerors to contest final

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol Football Tournament… Santos and Fruta Conquerors to contest final

The final of the fourth annual Limacol football tournament will be contested on Saturday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) Ground, Carifesta Avenue when it would be a clash of the Under-20s, Santos...

PPP radio, TV stations challenge legality of broadcast authority board

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP radio, TV stations challenge legality of broadcast authority board

Representatives of Multi Technology Vision, (MTV) and the People Progressive Party, (PPP)-aligned Freedom Radio have moved to the Court to challenge the legality of the Guyana National Broadcast...

Republic Bank Invitational – Suriname… Guyana’s golfers were looking good after opening day

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank Invitational – Suriname… Guyana’s golfers were looking good after opening day

The opportunity was still there for the eight male and three female Guyanese golfers to chase glory as champions on day one of two of last weekend’s annual Republic Bank Invitational Golf...

Lennox Blackmore Nat Intermediate C/Ships… FYC’s Halley shines on night two as GDF dominate

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lennox Blackmore Nat Intermediate C/Ships… FYC’s Halley shines on night two as GDF dominate

Story and photos by Sean Devers Talented 18-year-old Shemar Halley, the best boxer at July’s National Novices Boxing Championships, continued to impress when he handed the GDF its only loss on...

Drunken driver kills Houston resident

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Drunken driver kills Houston resident

Police are investigating the circumstance surrounding the death of 26-year-old Bonita Sugrim of Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The woman met her demise Saturday night around 21:30hrs after...

Courts Pee Wee Football Tourney… Final round of group matches completed

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Courts Pee Wee Football Tourney… Final round of group matches completed

Defending champions St. Pius Primary that had racked up 17 goals in their opening two round-robin matches did not get a chance to exercise that form on match day three last Saturday at the Ministry...

GPHC implements initiatives to better serve the public – CEO

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC implements initiatives to better serve the public – CEO

To ensure better service is rendered, and to downsize waiting time for patients, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) recently embarked on several exercise geared at bettering...

Climate change report highlights need for Guyana to safeguard against increased flooding

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Climate change report highlights need for Guyana to safeguard against increased flooding

With its coastline being below sea level, Guyana remains highly vulnerable to climate change and the consequent trend in sea level rise. A five-year report on the effects of climate change by...

Increase complaints against utility companies

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Increase complaints against utility companies

Dela Britton, the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) Chairman, in an interview with Kaieteur Radio on Tuesday, disclosed that she has seen a lot of foot traffic. She noted that they have...

$1M Resource Centre in Mahdia commissioned

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $1M Resource Centre in Mahdia commissioned

Minister of State, Dawn Hastings- Williams, on Friday commissioned the $1,069,000 Lynette Stephens Resource Centre in Mahdia, Potaro-Siparuni (Region Eight). The centre was named to honour the...

Woman delivers baby on hospital floor…Ret’d nurse slams CEO’s response, calls on dismissal of negligent nurses

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman delivers baby on hospital floor…Ret’d nurse slams CEO’s response, calls on dismissal of negligent nurses

Yvonne Sam, a retired Charge Nurse (Obstetrics), has slammed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brigadier George Lewis, of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), after the birth of a...

Indian High Commission hosts Navratri Dance Festival

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Indian High Commission hosts Navratri Dance Festival

Saturday Evening, the High Commission of India hosted its second Garba, a dance festival which honours the Navratri season. This was held at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), Bel...

400 disabled persons certified with industrial training

Oct 07, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 400 disabled persons certified with industrial training

From 2016 to 2019, some 400 disabled persons have been trained and certified with skills in industrial training under the Ministry of Social Protection. On Friday, during a graduation ceremony held...

Ramjattan ‘tekking nuff jumbie’ lashes

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Freddie Kissoon, News Comments Off on Ramjattan ‘tekking nuff jumbie’ lashes

After reading what Khemraj Ramjattan said last Monday about the possibility and probability of becoming the APNU+AFC’s prime ministerial candidate, I concluded that the issue was settled. That...

CPL mek Guyanese forget elections

Oct 07, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CPL mek Guyanese forget elections

Who seh sports and politics don’t mix? If anybody seh suh dat person don’t live in Guyana. Dem boys was watching de cricket pon TV when dem see political advertisements. One set of political ads...