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ExxonMobil commits to handle costs to clean up spills from Guyana operations that affect T&T, Venezuela & others

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil commits to handle costs to clean up spills from Guyana operations that affect T&T, Venezuela & others

According to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that was done for ExxonMobil’s third Stabroek Block project called Payara, an unmitigated oil spill can affect Guyana’s Continental and...

Goldminer/bandits shootout…Wanted bulletin issued for ‘Demon’, recently charged Linden gang member

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Goldminer/bandits shootout…Wanted bulletin issued for ‘Demon’, recently charged Linden gang member

The police have issued wanted bulletins for two men fingered in last Monday’s shocking attempted robbery which left gold miner, Deon ‘Mow’ Stoll, dead. The case, which has angered the...

Trinidad Energy Chamber shuts door on Private Sector Commission

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad Energy Chamber shuts door on Private Sector Commission

The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Chamber does not appear interested in cooperating with the Guyanese Private Sector. That was indicated when it sponsored a Guyana Safety Forum at the Arthur...

Minimum royalty rate for deepwater acreage is 7 to 10 %

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Minimum royalty rate for deepwater acreage is 7 to 10 %

-Even a doubling of Guyana’s current rate would not scare away oil producers – Industry Analyst In the eyes of Fitch Solutions, an industry-leading provider of macro intelligence data,...

Companies approach prison workers with insurance plans

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Companies approach prison workers with insurance plans

–hopes of Government intervention still sharp Director of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), Gladwin Samuels, has indicated that the GPS has received interest from several insurance...

Fuel spill near titled lands captures attention of District Council

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel spill near titled lands captures attention of District Council

A fuel spill in the Ikaazupu Wao (Wao means creek) which runs within the Aishalton Village’s titled lands, has captured the attention of the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC). The...

Iwokrama Centre warns against illegal activities in protected forest

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Iwokrama Centre warns against illegal activities in protected forest

The Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) for Rain Forest Conservation and Development has warned against conducting illegal activities in the protected Iwokrama Forest, and has reminded that...

Ramjattan admits to crime increase

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan admits to crime increase

Speaking with Kaieteur News on Thursday, after the commissioning of the new “fire boat”, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said, that there has been a “spike” (rise) in crimes...

Thieves finally caught in YMCA

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves finally caught in YMCA

Two persons are now in police custody following a third break-in at The Grill located in the YMCA compound, Thomas Lands. According to the owner of the business, the thieves returned last...

Don’t corner a cat

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Don’t corner a cat

Life is nice when things going good. But when things bad don’t talk. People read nuff things bout jealous women and de things dem do. Some woman had a birth night party and when she enter de party...

Guyana’s poor sleep on planks while Govt. waives $$$ billions in taxes to rich oil companies – Engineer

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s poor sleep on planks while Govt. waives $$$ billions in taxes to rich oil companies – Engineer

Guyana has exempted the operators of the Stabroek Block from a series of taxes, and it will cost the people dearly, according to a Canadian Engineer, Darshanand Khusial. The Lead Operator on that...

Troy Resources ordered only to conduct remedial operations

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Troy Resources ordered only to conduct remedial operations

Following engagement with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the Ministry of Natural Resources has advised that as part of the preparations for the restarting of operations at the...

New York Business Group U19 50-overs Tourney…Albion whips Rose Hall Town Pepsi to become 2019 champions

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on New York Business Group U19 50-overs Tourney…Albion whips Rose Hall Town Pepsi to become 2019 champions

By Samuel Whyte Albion Community Center Cricket Club (ACCCC) are the 2019 New York Business Group U19 cricket champions after defeating double defending champions Rose Hall Town Pepsi (RHT Pepsi) in...

Govt. allows certain private bodies to supply electricity to others

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. allows certain private bodies to supply electricity to others

It is generally not allowed by law for a person or an institution to supply electricity to another, in an area where the public supplier, Guyana Power and Light (GPL), has the exclusive...

GTT National Indoor Hockey C/Ship…GBTI Tigers regain, Hikers retain first division titles

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTT National Indoor Hockey C/Ship…GBTI Tigers regain, Hikers retain first division titles

Pepsi Hikers edged YMCA Old Fort Delta Force 4-3 last night to retain their National Indoor Men’s First Division title in a clash at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) that saw no love lost...

Morning Glory Cereal wins GNBS National Quality and Green Initiative Awards for Agro-Processing

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Morning Glory Cereal wins GNBS National Quality and Green Initiative Awards for Agro-Processing

– IAST Head encourages more use of local products by State entities By Kiana Wilburg After being in commercial operation for nearly two years, the locally produced Morning Glory cereal was...

GMR&SC 1320 Heat Rematch…‘Mad Dog’ win Unlimited bracket

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC 1320 Heat Rematch…‘Mad Dog’ win Unlimited bracket

Deryck ‘Mad Dog’ Jaisingh sped away with victory for team S&D Performance in his Jumbo Jet sponsored Toyota Supra when the curtains fell on the fourth and final Drag Race Meet of the Guyana...

CGI’s SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League…Foo (86 & 2-20), Smith (4-54) break E’bo winning streak

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on CGI’s SBF Petroleum Jaguars 50-over League…Foo (86 & 2-20), Smith (4-54) break E’bo winning streak

Story and photos by Sean Devers in Berbice Watched by a fair size crowd which included President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Hilbert Foster, Johnathon Foo and Nial Smith conspired to propel...

Govt. appoints two more boards

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. appoints two more boards

A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Cabinet has appointed two more boards, according to the ordinary October 19, 2019 publication of the Official Gazette. These...

Citizen’s Bank/LGC Cancer Awareness Golf…Philanthropist Patanjilee Persaud excels

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Citizen’s Bank/LGC Cancer Awareness Golf…Philanthropist Patanjilee Persaud excels

It was a fabulous day of golfing on Saturday last as some international competitors, here for the premier Guyana Open International Invitational Golf Tournament teamed up with many top locals to...

Youths searched, gun butted at Stabroek Square

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Youths searched, gun butted at Stabroek Square

Yesterday, around 15:00 hours at the Timehri Bus Park, two ranks attached to the Stabroek Police Mobile Outpost during one of their exercises conducted a search on two young men at the said...

BCB/RHTY&SC 6th Annual Naeem Nasir Mem. T20…Six schools to participate

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB/RHTY&SC 6th Annual Naeem Nasir Mem. T20…Six schools to participate

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) with support from the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) would be hosting the 6th Annual Naeem Nasir Memorial T20 tournament at the Area ‘H’ Ground...

Johnson century boosts Georgetown; wins for Upper Corentyne and West Demerara

Oct 21, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson century boosts Georgetown; wins for Upper Corentyne and West Demerara

Georgetown, Upper Corentyne and West Demerara registered victories when play in the Cricket Guyana Inc. / SBF Petroleum 50-over Franchise League continued yesterday. At Bourda, Georgetown led by a...

Truck driver found dead in overturned truck

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver found dead in overturned truck

A truck driver was found dead, yesterday, in an overturned oil tanker. According to reports, 34-year-old Etto DeFreitas, of Kuru Kuru Village, on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, who was the driver of an...

Bandits assault, rob young Port Mourant couple – four in custody

Oct 21, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits assault, rob young Port Mourant couple – four in custody

Four persons including a woman are in police custody along with a car, at the Whim Police Station following information provided to the police that the quartet was involved in an armed robbery...

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Anderson ton, Looknauth’s 9 seals dominant 10-wicket win for Harpy Eagles

A wave of criminal deportees may be coming our way soon

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News-It is peculiar the way the PPP/C government often finds itself staring down the barrel of... more