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Guyana’s minimum share of oil resources must be between 15 and 20% –IMF

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s minimum share of oil resources must be between 15 and 20% –IMF

By Kiana Wilburg Upon the request of the Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was invited last year to advise on what reforms would be needed for the fiscal...

Guyana could rake in $$ billions if data is made available on relinquished oil blocks – Industry experts

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana could rake in $$ billions if data is made available on relinquished oil blocks – Industry experts

By Kemol King Oil companies would prefer it if the data they have accumulated on areas they have studied are kept secret, even after those areas ceases being theirs to operate. That’s because the...

Lands seized from BaiShanLin should not be allocated in a hurry – Jagdeo

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lands seized from BaiShanLin should not be allocated in a hurry – Jagdeo

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, is warning the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to not hurriedly re-issue a number of forestry concessions that had been seized from Chinese investor, BaiShanLin....

Bus driver to spend 6 months in jail for allowing students to jump out of moving bus

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bus driver to spend 6 months in jail for allowing students to jump out of moving bus

– Conductor charged The 2019 road madness was hell for the Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department. The road madness reigned, from minibus drivers and conductors dancing out of moving buses...

Cane Grove man arrested for slashing wife’s throat

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cane Grove man arrested for slashing wife’s throat

A Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara man was yesterday nabbed by police while trying to hang himself, hours after slashing his wife’s throat at their home on Thursday evening following a quarrel. The...

Father of one jailed 23 years over execution-style killing

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Father of one jailed 23 years over execution-style killing

A 28-year-old father of one was yesterday sentenced to 23 years’ imprisonment for the execution-style killing of Festival City, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown resident, Christopher Wharton, called...

Man crushed by truck in Sophia

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man crushed by truck in Sophia

A Meadowbrook Gardens resident was on Thursday crushed to death by a trailer truck while heading to a construction site at “C” Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown. The dead man has been identified...

De Waterfalls paper calling some shots

Jan 25, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De Waterfalls paper calling some shots

If is one thing people can seh about de Waterfalls paper is dat it always tekking on dem big companies who come to rob Guyana. Dem got a saying dat if people don’t be careful all who was dem...

THE BALLOT BOXES ARE NOT OF MUCH RELEVANCE AFTER THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS

Jan 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE BALLOT BOXES ARE NOT OF MUCH RELEVANCE AFTER THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS

Once the ballots have been counted at the places of poll, the ballot boxes really do not matter much anymore. The concern over the integrity of the ballot boxes and the need to protect them after the...

GTT records increase in fraud complaints

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTT records increase in fraud complaints

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is urging customers to be more vigilant and to seek verification of promotions. Recently, the company has seen an increase in fraud reports during...

Elections observers missions to spread across the country on E-day

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Elections observers missions to spread across the country on E-day

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday hosted a meeting with the diplomatic representatives of the countries providing Electoral Observer Missions for the forthcoming General and Regional...

UN to review Guyana’s human rights record on Wednesday

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UN to review Guyana’s human rights record on Wednesday

Guyana’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday. The meeting will be webcast live,...

Market porter collapses, dies

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Market porter collapses, dies

A 45-year-old man is now dead after he unexpectedly collapsed and died in the presence of vendors and shoppers at the New Amsterdam Market yesterday morning. Dead is Rasheed Gobin of Angoy’s...

Labourer killed by fallen log

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer killed by fallen log

A labourer attached to Bacchus Logging Company met his demise last Thursday after he was reportedly crushed by a fallen log while on duty. Family members have identified the victim as 64-year-old...

‘Carjacking victim’ parked ‘stolen’ vehicle outside relatives’ home

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Carjacking victim’ parked ‘stolen’ vehicle outside relatives’ home

Police have reportedly established that a West Coast Demerara man who claimed he was a carjacking victim had actually hidden his ‘stolen’ vehicle at the home of relatives. The 32-year-old is...

2016 murder of Prospect woman… Victim’s mother testifies in PI

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 2016 murder of Prospect woman… Victim’s mother testifies in PI

Following the disappearance of her daughter four years, Dhanrajie Murray, yesterday flew into Guyana to take the witness stand and testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) against Devindra Ramdiah....

Labour Dept. working to have Rusal workers reinstated

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Labour Dept. working to have Rusal workers reinstated

Officials from the Ministry of Social Protection have met with workers union and company representatives to discuss the reinstatement of 142 bauxite workers who were recently let go. Minister with...

High Court to rule on legality of Presidential respite for Minister Jordan

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on High Court to rule on legality of Presidential respite for Minister Jordan

High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan has fixed February 17, for ruling on the legality of a Presidential respite which pardoned Finance Minister Winston Jordan from 21 days’ imprisonment after he...

GRA wins chicken smuggling case – defendants ordered to pay $5.7M

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GRA wins chicken smuggling case – defendants ordered to pay $5.7M

Three chicken smugglers were on Thursday found guilty of chicken smuggling and ordered to pay $5.7M to the Guyana Revenue Authority by Magistrate Alicia George. Jimmy Ferguson, Antonio Robertson and...

Newspaper vendor’s murder Court clears cops to hold suspects for another 72 hours

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Newspaper vendor’s murder Court clears cops to hold suspects for another 72 hours

Police have been given a bit of breathing room to try to build an air-tight case against three youths suspected of murdering newspaper vendor Shawn Mannilall. Yesterday, a High Court judge granted...

Cricket Stakeholders Lawyer seeks intervention of Windies/CWI President

Jan 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket Stakeholders Lawyer seeks intervention of Windies/CWI President

Attorney for several Cricket Stakeholders, Attorney-At-Law Arudranauth M. Gossai of the Law Firm Gossai & Gossai of Lot 8 St. Ann Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice, has written to President of...

Turbo knockout football tourney Fruta versus GFC tomorrow

Jan 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Turbo knockout football tourney Fruta versus GFC tomorrow

The final of the Turbo Knockout tournament that is sponsored by Guyana Beverages Inc. kicks off tomorrow night at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Carifesta Avenue where the arguably the two...

Nandlall moves to CCJ to over law books

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall moves to CCJ to over law books

Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, yesterday told the court that he will be approaching the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Guyana’s last court of resolution, to overturn the ruling of the...

“We are moving in the right direction” say CPL’s Chief Operations Officer Pete Russell

Jan 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on “We are moving in the right direction” say CPL’s Chief Operations Officer Pete Russell

“There is nothing like watching cricket in Guyana, and we were so pleased with how welcome we were made once again. The Guyanese economy is moving forward rapidly and we are very pleased to be...

GECOM maintains changes to the RLE are legal

Jan 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM maintains changes to the RLE are legal

The Guyana Elections Commission has refuted statements that the agency believes are being used to discredit its work to ensure its production of a credible Official List of Electors, (OLE) for the...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more