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Gold company continues to receive $$Billions in incentives, despite never meeting contractual obligation

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gold company continues to receive $$Billions in incentives, despite never meeting contractual obligation

Troy Resources Guyana has suspended its operations pending a decision by the Board of Directors today, even as Chief Executive Officer, Ken Nilsson, has confirmed that despite securing billions of...

RUSAL costs Guyana US$100 million in duty free ‘FUEL ALONE’

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on RUSAL costs Guyana US$100 million in duty free ‘FUEL ALONE’

…investigations underway into re-sale of a third of its imports Russian owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI/RUSAL), has reneged on its obligations under the ‘Business Plan’...

Dutch firm making Guyana’s oil vessels has history of bribing officials to win contracts

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Dutch firm making Guyana’s oil vessels has history of bribing officials to win contracts

By Kiana Wilburg The Liza Destiny is Guyana’s first Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel which will hold the oil extracted from the Stabroek Block. The maker of this oil storage...

Scores of Venezuelan refugees forced to settle along E.B.D. river dam

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Scores of Venezuelan refugees forced to settle along E.B.D. river dam

Many Venezuelan migrant families have begun squatting along East Bank Demerara (EBD). The migrant community stretches from behind Times Square, Grove, all the way to Little Diamond. Some persons...

Defiant ExxonMobil gives out another contract despite Govt. puts field plan on hold

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Defiant ExxonMobil gives out another contract despite Govt. puts field plan on hold

…tells Saipem to design & make purchases in the mean time Guyana’s Department of Energy (DoE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are yet to sanction the development of a third...

De oil company bring more eye pass pun Guyana

Nov 17, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De oil company bring more eye pass pun Guyana

Eye pass is a bad thing. That is how dem have de saying bout when fowl eye pass corn. Nuff big people knock some children between dem sense and nonsense because of eye pass. So all through de time...

Aishalton Women’s Group making significant strides

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Aishalton Women’s Group making significant strides

The Aishalton Women’s Association in Deep South, Rupununi, Region Nine continues to positively impact not only the village, but the Region as a whole. Chairperson of the group, Immacaulata...

Technical Team to address land issue between St. Ignatius and Moco Moco Villages

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Technical Team to address land issue between St. Ignatius and Moco Moco Villages

Special Assistant on Legal Affairs to the Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, David James, will be leading an Investigation team in the coming days into St. Ignatius and Moco Moco Villages,...

Jagdeo does not rule out assuming VP position

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo does not rule out assuming VP position

“I have not given serious thought to where and what role, but I know that I will be in a government supporting Irfaan Ali to be the best President this country has ever had.” These were the...

Nab Dartmouth teens for motorcycle theft.

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Nab Dartmouth teens for motorcycle theft.

Over the past few months on the Essequibo Coast, quite a number of motorcycles went missing. Police in the Region Two Division believe that they have found the culprits responsible for the so called...

A case of gross disrespect

Nov 17, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A case of gross disrespect

It is eye-opening and jaw dropping, as well as revealing how the ExxonMobil(s) of the world conduct their business with host nations, with Guyana being just the latest example. In terms of what was...

Support group launched for pancreatic cancer patients … donates cash to Cancer Institute

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Support group launched for pancreatic cancer patients … donates cash to Cancer Institute

One of the most aggressive forms of cancer is pancreatic cancer and November is dedicated pancreatic cancer awareness month. Mr. Norbert DeFreitas is a pancreatic cancer survivor of four years. His...

SQUATTING – A MALADY TO BE ERADICATED

Nov 17, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on SQUATTING – A MALADY TO BE ERADICATED

PAT DIAL From time to time we will revisit the issue of squatting on both state and private land since it is one of the scourges of Guyanese society. Squatting during colonial times was not a...

IMPROVING TOURISM READINESS WITH STANDARDS

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on IMPROVING TOURISM READINESS WITH STANDARDS

As we continue to observe Tourism Awareness Month 2019 under the theme “Tourism is a force for good in Guyana”, it is opportune to remind ourselves of the importance of meeting standards in this...

“Farmers being told not to plant is political”- says regional representative

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “Farmers being told not to plant is political”- says regional representative

Prime Minister Representative for Region Six, Gobin Harbhajan, is accusing the Regional Administration of telling farmers “not to go into crop”. He has since stated that such a move is political...

The US Ambassador sees this tragedy each night

Nov 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The US Ambassador sees this tragedy each night

My daughter posted two cartons of books from London. It would be impossible to fetch two cartons of books if I am parked far from the post office downtown. Once it is after 8 a.m., parking near the...

What a time to be a Guyanese! Guyana belongs to you

Nov 17, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on What a time to be a Guyanese! Guyana belongs to you

(Remarks delivered by HE David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, to the 29th Graduation Ceremony of President’s College, November 7, 2019) What a time to be a Guyanese!...

Update on Negotiations – Revision of Cummingsburg Accord

Nov 17, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Update on Negotiations – Revision of Cummingsburg Accord

Following our last report to you on October 24, discussions between the parties (APNU and AFC) resumed with several productive high-level meetings between the Leaders as well as between the two...

Racism and our revenues

Nov 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on Racism and our revenues

By Leonard Gildarie For a long time, our people shied away from debate about racism. It was a tongue-in-cheek thing in whispered breaths. We refused to acknowledge that there is a problem. We...

With 45 years in the teaching profession, Gem Rohlehr A.A., is a ‘Special Person’

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on With 45 years in the teaching profession, Gem Rohlehr A.A., is a ‘Special Person’

Pull quote: “We mould the nation. That is the motto. And if we are moulding the nation then we need to go beyond ourselves.” By Kemol King Gem Ann Rohlehr-Vogt, more popularly known as Gem...

Bolting the stable

Nov 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Bolting the stable

The attention is on two failing companies operating in Guyana. One of them is in the bauxite industry, the other in the gold sector. Rusal has been in the Berbice operations of the bauxite industry...

Hundreds of persons accessed free health care at lion’s club medical outreach

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Hundreds of persons accessed free health care at lion’s club medical outreach

The Lions & Leo club of Bel Air in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday hosted a health fair in the compound of Demerara Mutual Life Located at 61-62, Avenue of the...

The Baccoo speaks

Nov 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

This is the season when young criminals patrol the streets. Many of them left school ill-equipped to play meaningful roles in the society. However, the wider society is on the lookout. Many are...

Former Jamaica PM to address GCCI gala on CARICOM-Guyana trade relations

Nov 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former Jamaica PM to address GCCI gala on CARICOM-Guyana trade relations

Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, is set to address a Business gala to be hosted by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on November 28, 2019. The Gala and...

THE WPA IS MORALLY CULPABLE FOR COVERING-UP THE DEATH OF RODNEY

Nov 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE WPA IS MORALLY CULPABLE FOR COVERING-UP THE DEATH OF RODNEY

It is not true that the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding and the death of Dr. Walter Rodney was not made public. The first volume of the Report has been made...

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China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

China-owned companies competing to build new West Dem. Hospital

The West Demerara Regional Hospital. (China-owned companies) Kaieteur News- Three Chinese companies who are no strangers... more