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Implement ExxonMobil deal to the benefit of Guyanese – Chatham House Associate Fellow

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Implement ExxonMobil deal to the benefit of Guyanese – Chatham House Associate Fellow

The Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) has been heavily criticised over the years for the its fiscal weaknesses such as the absence of ringfencing provisions and low government take,...

Finance Ministry says no oil money received in December

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Finance Ministry says no oil money received in December

– Royalty to come at the end of first quarter The Ministry of Finance confirmed yesterday that Guyana received no revenues in the month of December for its oil resources since the production up...

Berbice police arrest ‘AK-47’ gang on way to robbery – guns, ammo, masks seized

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice police arrest ‘AK-47’ gang on way to robbery – guns, ammo, masks seized

Berbicians are feeling a bit more at ease after news broke that ranks from the Major Crimes Unit, together with Berbice police ranks, were successful in arresting members of a gang that were wreaking...

Fire destroys Regent Street store

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Regent Street store

A fire of unknown origin completely gutted the Sachi General and Variety Store located on Regent Street in the capital city resulting in millions of dollars in losses. According to reports received,...

Govt.’s new asphalt plant has capacity to use tyres, plastic bags and bottles

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt.’s new asphalt plant has capacity to use tyres, plastic bags and bottles

The Eco 2000 Batch Mix Asphalt Plant which arrived in Guyana back in July last year is nearing completion. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson yesterday visited the construction site...

Alleged child rapist captured while applying for police clearance

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged child rapist captured while applying for police clearance

Twenty-six-year-old Esmond Junior Adams, a security guard of Wortmanville, Georgetown yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts after he was...

Jailer, jailed for smuggling ganja into prison

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jailer, jailed for smuggling ganja into prison

Nine months after being charged for the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, 23-year-old Cleon Webster, a Prison Officer of Golden Grove, West Coast Berbice was yesterday sentenced...

Motorcyclist dead after Diamond accident – Pillion rider injured

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist dead after Diamond accident – Pillion rider injured

One person is now dead and another injured following a motorcycle accident Sunday evening on the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara. The dead man has been identified as 26-year-old Calwin...

Standing up for Guyana

Feb 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Standing up for Guyana

When Exxon struck oil in 2015, it made this fact known to the government. The Coalition then in opposition knew about it and therefore when they came into office could not claim to be taken...

GNYC revives voter education campaign

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GNYC revives voter education campaign

Using a new hastag, # Ink It Up! The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) has taken to social media and other platforms to urge young voters to cast their ballots at the Regional and General...

No Coroners appointed in four years – Nandlall

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No Coroners appointed in four years – Nandlall

On January 14, 2016, the Coroners (Amendment) Act of 2015 was passed in the National Assembly. Then, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams had said that the amended Act will...

Ruling on legality of Presidential respite deferred until March 4

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling on legality of Presidential respite deferred until March 4

A ruling on the legality of a Presidential respite which pardoned Finance Minister Winston Jordan from 21 days imprisonment after he was held in Contempt of Court over failure to pay out a US$2.2M...

First Exhibition for Transition Students opened

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on First Exhibition for Transition Students opened

The Georgetown Department of Education held its first Exhibition for Transition students yesterday at the New Campbellville Secondary School under the theme: Shaping Creative Minds for Future...

GuySuCo proposed 5% pay hike for workers

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo proposed 5% pay hike for workers

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) says it has taken note of the “insincere representations” in the press statement by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) last...

Trial of two accused in murder of Better Hope pensioner fixed for March 3

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trial of two accused in murder of Better Hope pensioner fixed for March 3

Together, Sherwin Clarke, 31 and Godfrey Gill, 26, have been jointly charged with the August 21, 2016 murder of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara businessman 76-year-old David Ramkissoon. Their trial...

GuySuCo withdraws Wales canecutters’ severance pay appeal to avoid dismissal

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GuySuCo withdraws Wales canecutters’ severance pay appeal to avoid dismissal

On Friday February 14, 2020, the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) withdrew an appeal filed by the Corporation against a decision by Chief Justice (a.g.) Roxanne George-Wilshire. In...

India offering 9 scholarships to Guyanese

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on India offering 9 scholarships to Guyanese

The High Commission of India has announced that it is open to applications from Guyanese for scholarships offered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India for the...

CU20 Qualifying Guyana down SVG 3-0 on account of Simpson’s brace

Feb 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on CU20 Qualifying Guyana down SVG 3-0 on account of Simpson’s brace

Guyana’s Under-20 ‘Junior Jaguars’ recorded its second win in as many matches when they brushed aside Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 3-0 last evening at the Nicaragua National Football...

Wife, who doused husband with hot oil, granted $500,000 bail, three-year bond

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Wife, who doused husband with hot oil, granted $500,000 bail, three-year bond

A 35-year-old woman appeared before the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Peter Hugh for an attempted murder charge committed on her husband at Garrison Road, New...

Regal Masters are GSCL Inc Republic Cup T20 champs

Feb 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regal Masters are GSCL Inc Republic Cup T20 champs

By Zaheer Mohamed Led by a resolute half century from opener Unnis Yusuf and an incisive spell from Tyrone Sanasie, Regal Masters defeated Fisherman Masters by four wickets to win the final of the...

Wuhan – scenes from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak

Feb 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Wuhan – scenes from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak

[National Public Radio (NPR) Washington]: Wuhan is a ghost town, yet there are still definite signs of life. That’s the status of this city of 11 million, which has seen strict quarantine...

Police SC dominate senior division at Jubilee Relays

Feb 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police SC dominate senior division at Jubilee Relays

Police Progressive Youth Club chalked up 56 points to dominate the senior division (20 plus) when the Jubilee Relay Meet which was sponsored and organised by the Athletic Association of Guyana and...

GABBFF Mr. Linden Classic Omisi Williams lands inaugural title in four way battle

Feb 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF Mr. Linden Classic Omisi Williams lands inaugural title in four way battle

By Franklin Wilson The multi talented Omisi Williams was on Saturday night last crowned Mr. Linden Classic sponsored by Linden Businessman, Samuel Hardy when the Guyana Amateur Body Building and...

Lusignan overcome Enmore to take ECCC/Banks Beer 100-ball title

Feb 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lusignan overcome Enmore to take ECCC/Banks Beer 100-ball title

Lusignan defeated Enmore by 64 runs to win the final of the East Coast Cricket Committee/Banks Beer 100-ball tournament which was contested on Sunday. Played in front of a large and colourful crowd...

Lawrence Rowe is first WI cricketer to endorse Over 50s cricket team

Feb 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lawrence Rowe is first WI cricketer to endorse Over 50s cricket team

None other than one of the greatest West Indies batsman, Lawrence George Rowe, has endorsed the 16-man squad selected to represent the West Indies at the 2nd Over 50s World Cup in South Africa during...

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The oil industry is a casino of cash, power and corruption

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- According to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow in her book, Blowout: “The oil and gas industry... more