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ExxonMobil banks on Guyana for 20% of its global crude…

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil banks on Guyana for 20% of its global crude…

company now offering stock for high interest at rock bottom prices ExxonMobil stocks during the third quarter for this financial year, have seen its share prices plummet on the world market, to the...

Kirk Hollingsworth got 3,200 square feet land, not acres – lawyer says

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Kirk Hollingsworth got 3,200 square feet land, not acres – lawyer says

The Official Gazette appeared to have erred by suggesting that a North Ruimveldt resident benefited from almost 3,200 acres of land in the Georgetown area. In fact, says attorney-at-law, Emily...

Man caught on camera chopping street dweller to death

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man caught on camera chopping street dweller to death

A known street dweller was on Monday morning discovered lying in a pool of blood at the junction of Regent and Light Streets, Georgetown, sporting a huge gash to his throat. The man was identified...

Not enough house lots to meet demands – Minister Hughes

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Not enough house lots to meet demands – Minister Hughes

“We are not able to generate enough house lots to meet the demand. Now we are working to ensure all who applied for land are catered for,” Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes,...

Another miner killed in mining pit collapse

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Another miner killed in mining pit collapse

Deon Henry, a 21-year-old miner did not survive after the walls of a mining pit collapsed, Saturday afternoon at the Triangle Backdam, Barmita North West District (NWD). According to reports, there...

Jamaican woman seeks $70M for false imprisonment…

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaican woman seeks $70M for false imprisonment…

spent nine months pending deportation Jamaican National, Sandra Russell, who is alleging that she was kept in police custody for an additional eight months after she had completed serving a sentence...

Absent SOCU special prosecutor could be charged

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Absent SOCU special prosecutor could be charged

According to well placed sources, Special Prosecutor Lawrence Harris could be charged for a breach of contract in relation to his absence from a court proceeding. He was fighting a court case on...

Two years later… Ruling on Constitutionality of SARA Act still on hold

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two years later… Ruling on Constitutionality of SARA Act still on hold

The ruling on the legal challenge to the State Assets Recovery Agency,(SARA), is still pending. This is two years after the case filed by social commentator and activist Ramon Gaskin was completed in...

Everybody mekking promises

Nov 12, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Everybody mekking promises

When dem boys was young, dem use to promise dem gyal all kind of things. And when dem was mekking de promise dem was serious, very serious. Politicians does wait till elections coming before dem...

OVERPAYMENT AND UNDERPAYMENT IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE

Nov 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on OVERPAYMENT AND UNDERPAYMENT IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE

The claim of a 75% increases in public service pay over the past four years is yet another of the ingenious claims of the APNU+AFC government. There have been no such increases across the board. The...

Guyana Shop takes the frontline in promoting local agro-processors

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Shop takes the frontline in promoting local agro-processors

Since reopening its doors seven years ago, the Guyana Marketing Corporation’s (GMC) Guyana Shop has been at the forefront in promoting local agro-processors. While many supermarkets aid in this...

Youman Nabi – a day to reflect

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Youman Nabi – a day to reflect

On Sunday, Muslims observed Youman Nabi- the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Many Muslims gathered in Mosques which hosted lectures and Quranic recitation to widen their...

Rehabilitation of Parika Ferry Stelling given new deadline

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rehabilitation of Parika Ferry Stelling given new deadline

The Parika Ferry Stelling, which was scheduled for renovations about two years ago, has been given yet another extended deadline. According to General Manager of the Transport and Harbours...

Two new logging concessions for Ituni

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two new logging concessions for Ituni

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), on Sunday, announced the award of two new concessions to the Ituni Small Loggers Association (ISLA). This move will see the Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice)...

Early morning fire destroys bond at Coldingen

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Early morning fire destroys bond at Coldingen

Early yesterday morning a fire erupted and completely destroyed a bond located at the Industrial Estate, Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, (ECD). Kaieteur News understands that the bond was...

Bypass road created as Pirara bridge inaccessible following damage ─ safety signs erected to guide commuters

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bypass road created as Pirara bridge inaccessible following damage ─ safety signs erected to guide commuters

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has deemed the Pirara Bridge in Region Nine inaccessible following damage to a beam. In the interim, the Ministry has begun to create a bypass road that will...

Public Service assured of pay hike

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Public Service assured of pay hike

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, recently announced that the servants within the public sector will be assured of a salary increase, nearing the year’s end. He made this proclamation during a...

Taxi driver hospitalised following armed robbery in Leopold St.

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver hospitalised following armed robbery in Leopold St.

A night of fun ended on a sour note when three friends were relieved of their cash and valuables by armed robbers on Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Monday...

Linden nurse killed in ambulance accident laid to rest – residents want allowance, insurance for medical workers who accompany patients

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Linden nurse killed in ambulance accident laid to rest – residents want allowance, insurance for medical workers who accompany patients

By Jacquey Bourne It was an afternoon of sadness; tears rolled down the faces of all present at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground on Sunday for the funeral service of the late Nurse Eon Reddock....

Climate Lawsuit against ExxonMobil… New York drops 2 of 4 fraud charges as case closes

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Climate Lawsuit against ExxonMobil… New York drops 2 of 4 fraud charges as case closes

By Karen Savage The New York attorney general’s office said in the closing arguments of its climate fraud case against Exxon it is dropping two of the four fraud charges it had levied against the...

Police unearth 1076 grams of ganja in Werk-en-Rust

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police unearth 1076 grams of ganja in Werk-en-Rust

Ranks of ‘A’ Division, yesterday made another drug bust. They discovered 1,076 grams of what was suspected to be cannabis in a house. An intelligence-led operation conducted by the ranks under...

Guyana to earn 1M barrels only after Exxon & partners get 8M…

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to earn 1M barrels only after Exxon & partners get 8M…

country then has to pay taxes for oil companies from its share Guyana will only qualify to uplift its first earned million barrels of oil, after ExxonMobil and its partners, HESS Exploration and...

Become guardians of the environment – students encouraged during schools outreach

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Become guardians of the environment – students encouraged during schools outreach

In celebration of its 30-year commemoration of the pledge of the one million acre Iwokrama Forest to the international community, a team from the Iwokrama International Centre visited several schools...

Booted PPP councillor accuses REO of “manipulating the law”

Nov 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Booted PPP councillor accuses REO of “manipulating the law”

It was announced at the Region Six Regional Democratic Council’s recent statutory meeting through a correspondence issued by the Regional Executive Officer to the Chairman that PPP/C...

I urge President Granger and Minister Patterson to look at the tapes

Nov 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I urge President Granger and Minister Patterson to look at the tapes

I have spent all my life reading and studying politics. I am finely educated to understand how societies function but I admit today here in this column, I will never understand the politicians who...

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The tirade against the independent media continues unabated

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- In every democracy worth its salt, the press serves as the watchdog, the thorn in the side... more