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Non-disclosure of negotiation details costs Trinidad 75 percent of its national debt

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Non-disclosure of negotiation details costs Trinidad 75 percent of its national debt

– Only recovered US$157M of pilfered US$17B When Governments fail to be transparent about the decisions they make and deals that are signed with oil and gas operators, they can be taken for a...

Guyana lacks policy, legal and regulatory frameworks to maximise oil benefits-World Bank

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana lacks policy, legal and regulatory frameworks to maximise oil benefits-World Bank

As a new oil and gas producer, Guyana lacks the policy, legal and regulatory frameworks and institutional capacity needed to maximise the benefits from expected oil revenues and minimise downside...

New Demerara River bridge… Opposition protests Govt.’s compulsory acquisition of almost 123 acres

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on New Demerara River bridge… Opposition protests Govt.’s compulsory acquisition of almost 123 acres

Government has compulsorily acquired 123 acres of prime lands at Houston, East Bank Demerara and on the opposite side of the river for the construction of access roads for a new floating bridge. The...

GPOC disputes birth claims of 350 Eteringbang residents

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPOC disputes birth claims of 350 Eteringbang residents

Residents of the mining community at Eteringbang, Region Seven, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, said that the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) is disputing their birth claims. Kaieteur News understands from a...

Guyana collects US$45M final payment from Norway

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana collects US$45M final payment from Norway

– country seeks new deal The Kingdom of Norway has released $393.4M Norwegian Kroner or $9.1B (US$45M) to the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund, administered by the World Bank for disbursement to...

GECOM fails to verify 6,534 new House-to-House registrants

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM fails to verify 6,534 new House-to-House registrants

…Yet to decide what to do with them The Guyana Elections yesterday announced that 6,534 of the purported new registrants from the truncated House-to-House exercise have not been confirmed. This...

Dem small party got to buy a drone

Dec 24, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem small party got to buy a drone

Dis world full of people who got great imagination. And if is not imagination then is people who can lie like when horse trotting. Over de weekend, dem boys read how dem small parties decide to...

Sensationalism, fake news on social media undermines journalism

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sensationalism, fake news on social media undermines journalism

By Kemol King In the age of the internet, every person with a smart phone has become a reporter. If they notice an accident, they open their phones to flash photos or to go live on Facebook. If a...

Man busted with 465 grams cannabis.

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man busted with 465 grams cannabis.

Police in Berbice acting on information, ventured to Stelling Road, New Amsterdam, where the route 56 Minibus Park is located. The operation commenced just around 10:30 hrs on Sunday. Upon their...

Christmas rain falls on the PPP and PNC

Dec 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Christmas rain falls on the PPP and PNC

This Christmas is one we must enjoy. We may not know what will happen to Guyana next year. Our history has been a turbulent one and there is not one faint sign that a happiness kingdom is awaiting...

Apache and Total Team Up for Exploration Off Suriname

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Apache and Total Team Up for Exploration Off Suriname

(Reuters) – Apache Corporation and French rival, Total, have formed a joint venture to develop a project off Suriname, the companies said, in a deal that gives the U.S. oil and gas producer a...

Labourer stabbed to death with BBQ fork

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer stabbed to death with BBQ fork

Thirty-two year old Balchan Avai Baichan was killed on Sunday after a drunken argument turned sour, resulting in him being stabbed. The suspect, a 67-year-old fisherman, has since been arrested and...

Child rapist murder accused to be sentenced Jan. 6

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Child rapist murder accused to be sentenced Jan. 6

Sentencing for murder accused, 24-year-old Travis Evans, who pleaded guilty to rape and armed robbery charges earlier this month, has been deferred to January 6, 2020. The sentence will be imposed by...

Breast cancer awareness should not be a seasonal affair – Doctor warns

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Breast cancer awareness should not be a seasonal affair – Doctor warns

– encourages women to take advantage of free screening at GPHC Paying keen attention to breast cancer should not be a seasonal affair. Rather deliberate efforts should be made to keep it on the...

Exxon makes15th discovery at Stabroek Block

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon makes15th discovery at Stabroek Block

Just after the production of Guyana’s first oil, ExxonMobil yesterday made a discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well thus making it the 15th discovery on the Stabroek Block. This adds to the...

Taxi drivers double fares in festive season

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi drivers double fares in festive season

– Minibus Association President accuses them of fleecing the public Although it has become a norm for hire car operators to hike their fares around the festive season, commuters continue to...

Linden granny dies after being struck by drunk driver

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Linden granny dies after being struck by drunk driver

A combination of speed and drunk driving allegedly resulted in the death of a 78-year-old Linden resident, moving the current road death toll of 126, a step higher. Dead is Juliet Cornelius of West...

US Open Youth Cup Tourney Guyana Floodlights beat T&T’s Presentation College in Semis

Dec 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on US Open Youth Cup Tourney Guyana Floodlights beat T&T’s Presentation College in Semis

MOM Dindyal powers Guyanese to 8-Wicket win Guyana Floodlight U-15 team waltzed into yesterday final of the United States of America (USA) Open Youth Cup when Mavendra Dindyal spearheaded the...

Trophy Stall on board with KMTC Boxing Day meet

Dec 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall on board with KMTC Boxing Day meet

Trophy Stall with its popular location at Bourda Market in Georgetown has as is customary thrown its support to the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) for the staging of their annual Boxing Day meet...

Saudi Arabia says five sentenced to death in killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Saudi Arabia says five sentenced to death in killing of Jamal Khashoggi

By Kareem Fahim and Sarah Dadouch Bloomberg (Istanbul) – Five people have been sentenced to death in connection with the killing of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, inside the Saudi consulate in...

Briton, Persaud shine at Seniors and Juniors table tennis tourney

Dec 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Briton, Persaud shine at Seniors and Juniors table tennis tourney

Shemar Britton and Yeudistir Persaud turned in commendable performances to emerge champions of the Seniors partner and Juniors Table Tennis Team tournament which concluded on Sunday night last at the...

Penalty Shootouts the order of play in latest 592 Beer Inter-Village Football

Dec 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Penalty Shootouts the order of play in latest 592 Beer Inter-Village Football

It was an evening of penalty shoot-out victories, as Beterverwagting [BV] and Golden Grove secured semi-final berths in the inaugural 592 Beer Inter-Village Football Championship on Sunday at the...

Family mourns as Mahaicony couple killed in horrific Canada crash

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Family mourns as Mahaicony couple killed in horrific Canada crash

A Guyanese couple who has been living in Canada for years was killed over the weekend in a three-vehicle crash. Canadian news reported that Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a crash...

Kumar Bishundial is Lusignan Sports Club MVP

Dec 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Kumar Bishundial is Lusignan Sports Club MVP

All-rounder Kumar Bishundial was voted the most valuable player when the Lusignan Sports Club (LSC) of East Coast Demerara held its 2019 awards ceremony on Sunday night. Bishundial performed...

SBM hands over ‘Liza Destiny’ to Guyana counterparts

Dec 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on SBM hands over ‘Liza Destiny’ to Guyana counterparts

…confirms ExxonMobil always targeted December first oil Guyanese have been told that ExxonMobil Guyana and its joint venture partners in the Stabroek Block began producing oil from the Liza I...

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Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

A shameful abdication of leadership

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The PPPC government has reached a new low in its spineless defense of the lopsided Production... more