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Gold miner and bandits shootout… Getaway driver took blood-soaked backseat to car-wash — begs worker to use entire bottle of ‘Squeezy’

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gold miner and bandits shootout… Getaway driver took blood-soaked backseat to car-wash — begs worker to use entire bottle of ‘Squeezy’

There are more details emerging about the actions of the getaway driver in Monday’s deadly attempted robbery on Da Silva Street, Newtown. That attempt left a prominent gold miner dead. Well-placed...

Parent companies accept oil spill liabilities for subsidiaries–EPA Head

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Parent companies accept oil spill liabilities for subsidiaries–EPA Head

As exploration and development activities continue to increase offshore Guyana, Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams has assured that all oil spill liabilities would...

Civil Aviation to introduce… Mandatory drug, alcohol testing for pilots – GCAA gets tough on poorly-dressed ones

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Civil Aviation to introduce… Mandatory drug, alcohol testing for pilots – GCAA gets tough on poorly-dressed ones

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is getting tough on operators to up standards. The changes were happening for a while now but have been thrust more to the forefront following an accident...

Bike bandit hit down by civilian after robbery

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bike bandit hit down by civilian after robbery

Two men are now in police custody after a Mon Repos man knocked them over with his car, following a robbery. According to the reports, two bandits held a young woman at knifepoint in an attempt to...

ExxonMobil’s hiring practice allows it to avoid negotiations with unions – Trade Unionist

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s hiring practice allows it to avoid negotiations with unions – Trade Unionist

ExxonMobil employs many workers, but many of them aren’t employed directly. They are employed via a sub-contracted employment agency. It turns out that this may be a very clever strategy. President...

New York Climate Change lawsuit against ExxonMobil for trial this week

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New York Climate Change lawsuit against ExxonMobil for trial this week

A lawsuit brought against ExxonMobil is set to go to trial this week, beginning October 23, 2019. It was a three-year investigation which led the State of New York to file the lawsuit against the oil...

Jealous child mother stabs ex-lover, chops ‘new’ woman nine times

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jealous child mother stabs ex-lover, chops ‘new’ woman nine times

A jilted woman has recently stabbed her ex-lover, and chopped his new partner nine times in an explosion of rage last Tuesday. The woman, on the said day, has been accused of entering her...

Pregnant woman pelts hot pot of cook-up rice on ‘birth-night’ guests

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant woman pelts hot pot of cook-up rice on ‘birth-night’ guests

What was supposed to be a very festive birthnight celebration at Calcutta Village, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, turned into a melee as a very angry and jealous woman turned up and overturned a...

Guyana’s oil sector will be inefficient if left unregulated-Industry Analyst

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s oil sector will be inefficient if left unregulated-Industry Analyst

Irrespective of Guyana’s regulatory weaknesses, interest in exploring its oil rich basin will remain unaffected. In fact, Fitch Solutions, an industry-leading provider of macro intelligence...

People fronting fuh Exxon

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on People fronting fuh Exxon

Life is a game of cat and mouse. People don’t like accept responsibility. A man go wid a woman and as soon as she get pregnant de man does disappear. Is like he was never there suh de child is not...

GNBA to seek international help to monitor airwaves during elections – Sobers

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GNBA to seek international help to monitor airwaves during elections – Sobers

Chairman of the board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Agency (GNBA), Leslie Sobers, recently said that the agency will be seeking international help to monitor broadcasting during the upcoming...

Goed Fortuin–a little village with a refreshing ‘yesteryear aura’

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Goed Fortuin–a little village with a refreshing ‘yesteryear aura’

I was not one bit pleased with the way the driver was cavorting recklessly along the East Bank Highway, darting in and out of traffic like a maniac. His constant squeal of tires and raucous, filthy...

Linden youths benefit from Social Cohesion workshop.

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Linden youths benefit from Social Cohesion workshop.

A workshop targeting young people was held on Thursday and Friday at the Linden Enterprise Network. Thirty-eight youths drawn from various youth groups and organizations across Linden, benefitted...

Student beat, rip off hijab, and attempt to strip 5th form school mate — Parent not satisfied with school’s intervention

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Student beat, rip off hijab, and attempt to strip 5th form school mate — Parent not satisfied with school’s intervention

“I was embarrassed and bullied”, said the fifth form student of the Tagore Memorial Secondary School at Number 66 Village, Upper Corentyne, Berbice after she was beaten and had her...

ALLOCATION OF MORE LANDS FOR EDUCATION AND SPORTS

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on ALLOCATION OF MORE LANDS FOR EDUCATION AND SPORTS

PAT DIAL Education and the acquisition of various technical skills such as fully knowing the intricacies of smart phones or computers have become a necessary part of existence or even survival in the...

The test of the political system

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The test of the political system

This is the test of the political and social system of Guyana’s promised future governance. It is the final test of the truth of where the voters in this country stand. For or against? That would...

Animal Rights Activist, Shari Rodrigues, is a ‘Special Person’

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Animal Rights Activist, Shari Rodrigues, is a ‘Special Person’

“If you leave back good food, don’t throw it way. Don’t throw it in the garbage. Feed a stray, give a hungry dog. Too many times, I see animals hungry in a community and people are throwing...

Abuse of process?

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Abuse of process?

On the 31st January 2019, the Chief Justice of Guyana ruled that the no-confidence motion of December 21, 2018 was validity passed. She also indicated that the Cabinet was resigned by operation of...

The silence of the police at this time: Is a still tongue keeping a wise head?

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The silence of the police at this time: Is a still tongue keeping a wise head?

Early last week a miner got shot and killed during a botched robbery. The ubiquitous nature of close circuit television brought the act to just about everyone who has a smart phone. I got a call...

GFA Extraordinary General Meeting set for Nov. 2

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFA Extraordinary General Meeting set for Nov. 2

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in its continuing efforts to bring the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) back to a state of normalcy and based on a correspondence from the GFA Clubs dated...

RDC 10 not linked to purported oil refinery business – Regional Chairman

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on RDC 10 not linked to purported oil refinery business – Regional Chairman

The Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 has issued an urgent warning to the general public that it is in no way connected with a purported oil refinery in the Region. In fact Regional Chairman,...

The revelation over breakfast that I knew already

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The revelation over breakfast that I knew already

I go early on the Eve Leary seawall with man’s best friend – my dog. Friday morning, I was driving in Kingston and encountered someone from the extended leadership of the AFC that I respect...

GTT National Indoor Hockey C/Ship Curtains to fall on event this evening

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Hockey C/Ship Curtains to fall on event this evening

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) is set to come alive this evening when the semifinals and finals in the First Division Men’s and Women’s, Over-35 Veteran’s and Second Division Men’s and...

Cancer Survivors satisfied with treatments

Oct 20, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cancer Survivors satisfied with treatments

In light of Breast Cancer Awareness Month which is usually observed annually in October, several cancer survivors at the Oncology Department attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

New Parties have learnt the wrong lesson from the AFC

Oct 20, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on New Parties have learnt the wrong lesson from the AFC

The apparent electoral decline of the AFC has prompted a fresh debate over the role of Third Parties in Guyana. Some commentators and former AFC supporters have taken the party to task for coalescing...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more