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Suriname puts strict Local Content requirements on all oil companies

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname puts strict Local Content requirements on all oil companies

– as Guyana struggles to draft its own policy No stone is left unturned when it comes to Suriname securing maximum benefits for its people. According to the Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs)...

US demands immediate disclosure of details of finds. So should Guyana – Petroleum Engineer

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US demands immediate disclosure of details of finds. So should Guyana – Petroleum Engineer

US States, in their dealings with private oil and gas companies, requires that details of finds be immediately reported to the State. Guyana should ensure there is a mechanism that requires the same...

Transparency Advocates await “bridging deed” to take lawsuit against Exxon contract

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Transparency Advocates await “bridging deed” to take lawsuit against Exxon contract

Social Activist Ramon Gaskin said that lawyers are now awaiting the “bridging deed” to finalize the filing of a legal challenge against Exxon’s illegal contract.” Gaskin said all of the legal...

Newspaper vendor’s murder…Crime Chief says cops lacked evidence to keep first suspects in custody

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Newspaper vendor’s murder…Crime Chief says cops lacked evidence to keep first suspects in custody

Acting Crime Chief Michael Kingston is defending a decision to release four youths who were the original suspects in the murder of Queenstown, Essequibo newspaper vendor, Shawn Mannilall. Three of...

Daily oil production figures must be made public – Ramson Jnr.

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Daily oil production figures must be made public – Ramson Jnr.

First Oil officially kicked off on December 20, 2019. And from then to now, neither ExxonMobil nor the Government has provided Guyanese with daily updates on oil production figures. According to...

Cops reportedly crack 2018 Abary murder believed linked to land dispute

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops reportedly crack 2018 Abary murder believed linked to land dispute

Police appear to have cracked the January 2018 murder of a rice farm labourer. The killing is suspected to have stemmed from a bitter land dispute. Kaieteur News confirmed yesterday that...

All records were intact before my removal from City Hall – Former Town Clerk Carol Sooba

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on All records were intact before my removal from City Hall – Former Town Clerk Carol Sooba

Former Town Clerk Carol Sooba is giving her side of the story pertaining to pertinent records City Hall officials say cannot be found. She told Kaieteur News that when she left the Council in 2015,...

Child Protection Director receives Human Rights Award

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Child Protection Director receives Human Rights Award

In celebration of International Human Rights Day, Ann Greene, the Director of the Childcare and Protection (CPA), has received a Human Rights Award. The award was presented on Saturday by the...

Global Spare Parts & Auto Sales Golf tourney… Prashad, Subhan and Mangra are Flight champions

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Global Spare Parts & Auto Sales Golf tourney… Prashad, Subhan and Mangra are Flight champions

Former Club Captain, the veteran Patrick Prashad, pulled all the stops to edge out LGC President Aleem Hussain in their Championship (0-9) Flight, finishing tied in an exciting day of golf under fine...

2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Qualifying…. Senior Golden Jaguars back on the training pitch ahead of crucial matches against Barbados

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Qualifying…. Senior Golden Jaguars back on the training pitch ahead of crucial matches against Barbados

Following the hosting of the successful Super 16 Cup championship, the Guyana Football Federation has now turned its focus back to the preparation of its Senior Mens National Team (SMNT) and...

GCAs NBS 2nd Division 40 overs cricket… Roberts, Benn power UG to 137-run win over 3rd Class

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCAs NBS 2nd Division 40 overs cricket… Roberts, Benn power UG to 137-run win over 3rd Class

An attractive 45 from Keon Roberts and a mesmerising spell from Oswald Benn who took 5-15 spearheaded the University of Guyana (UG) to a 137-run win over Third Class in the latest round of the...

Surujpaul returns unopposed as WCC Chairman

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Surujpaul returns unopposed as WCC Chairman

Khemraj Surujpaul was re-elected unopposed as Chairman of the Wakenaam Cricket Committee (WCC), when the body held its Annual General Meeting and election on Thursday last, at the Wakenaam Community...

Balgobin siblings guide Windsor Forest B to victory

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Balgobin siblings guide Windsor Forest B to victory

Sachin Balgobin took four wickets while Ushardeva Balgobin struck a fine half century to guide Windsor Forest B to a 25-run victory over Meten-Meer-Zorg when the teams collided in a 30-over contest...

Johnson retained as Chairman of East Bank Ebo CC

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Johnson retained as Chairman of East Bank Ebo CC

The East Bank Essequibo Cricket Committee held its Annual General Meeting and election of office bearers on Friday evening last at Big Yard Auto Sales in Tuschen. Alvin Johnson was retained as the...

GMR&SC endurance championship… Team wreckers out to maintain dominance

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC endurance championship… Team wreckers out to maintain dominance

The local motorsport season speeds off this Sunday when the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) hosts the first round of the 2020 Endurance Championship at the South Dakota Circuit,...

GCC beat GDF by an innings and 30 runs despite Andrews 6 for

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC beat GDF by an innings and 30 runs despite Andrews 6 for

Despite a six-wicket haul from Leon Andrews, Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) defeated Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by an innings and 30 runs when the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Sea Foods...

Ministry of Public Infrastructure expends majority of $38.7B Budget

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Public Infrastructure expends majority of $38.7B Budget

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has expended $34.1B, or 88 percent of its $38.7B 2019 Budget allocation. This was related to media operatives at the Ministry’s annual Year-in-Review by...

Pure Water systems for two Reg. 6 schools

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pure Water systems for two Reg. 6 schools

– 2 others to be commissioned in 2 weeks Two pure water treatment systems were commissioned at the McGowan Primary School at Liverpool Village and Manchester Secondary School in Region Six on...

Bharrat Jagdeo; jelly’s last jam

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo; jelly’s last jam

If the PPP loses the 2020 general elections, it literally means that Jagdeo lost three successive elections and the defeats have to be laid squarely at his feet. With single-handed inflexibility,...

Man kills self after setting reputed wife on fire

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man kills self after setting reputed wife on fire

A 43-year-old Wakenaam, Essequibo Island woman is now battling for her life after she was reportedly set on fire by her reputed husband on Saturday. Sattie Harinarine of Friendship, Wakenaam Island,...

Campaign launched to tackle violent behaviour in children

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Campaign launched to tackle violent behaviour in children

The Ministry of Social Protection has embarked on a new campaign aimed at helping instill better dispute resolution practices in children. Director of the Social Services at the Ministry of Social...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…The white woman visits in dreams

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…The white woman visits in dreams

By Michael Jordan There was no sign of the girl when he entered the Ritz two days later. He made a show of going over to the punch-box, while checking in the corner where they had sat. She wasn’t...

Nine of 16 runaway teens return home

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nine of 16 runaway teens return home

Between January 3, 2018 and December 24, 2019, 16 teenagers were reported missing. Of the total number of missing teenagers, 13 were girls and three were boys. Kaieteur News was able to contact nine...

Cyclist dies after being struck by car

Jan 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cyclist dies after being struck by car

A 20 year-old was killed at around 21.30 hrs. on Saturday after being struck by a car on the East Bank Demerara public road. Police identified the victim as Lennox Collette of Lot 4, Public Road,...

When will our leaders put Guyanese first?

Jan 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on When will our leaders put Guyanese first?

DEAR EDITOR,The focus of our country’s leaders is on Oil. Oil and what it can do for this country. We no longer hear of Bauxite or Gold, Sugar and Rice. We keep exporting these raw products and...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more