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Trotman ignored experts’ advice of 10-15% royalty – Wall Street Journal report

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman ignored experts’ advice of 10-15% royalty – Wall Street Journal report

A Wall Street Journal report on Guyana’s oil industry has revealed that Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, refused to heed the advice of experts who advocated for 10-15 percent royalty...

Guyana more than capable of Parliamentary debates on oil deals before signing – University of Houston Instructor

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana more than capable of Parliamentary debates on oil deals before signing – University of Houston Instructor

By Kiana Wilburg When the ExxonMobil Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for the Stabroek Block was revised in 2016, industry experts were adamant that certain fiscal terms, such as the meager two...

11 parties to contest elections tomorrow

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 11 parties to contest elections tomorrow

The stakes are high for Guyana’s 2020 general and regional elections. Eleven political parties head to the polls tomorrow. Two of these are not contesting the presidential elections. The Guyana...

Foreign observers in Region Nine for elections

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign observers in Region Nine for elections

Region Nine is well ahead with preparations for elections tomorrow. In these ‘Guyana, South America’ Facebook photos, observers from the European Union have arrived in the region. The Guyana...

Forestry Commission defends 164,000 acres approval

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry Commission defends 164,000 acres approval

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has defended its approval for a large tract of forest lands in Upper Berbice area. There is absolutely nothing sinister about the transaction which would have...

Man mistakes cousin for intruder; shoots him

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man mistakes cousin for intruder; shoots him

A resident of South Sophia is now recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was reportedly shot by his cousin. He was mistaken for a home invader. The incident occurred...

Authorities close Berbice ‘backtrack’ route over Coronavirus fears

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities close Berbice ‘backtrack’ route over Coronavirus fears

…Opposition, operators unhappy at timing Authorities have temporarily closed the so-called ‘backtrack’ route to Suriname over the Coronavirus fears but the Oppositio n has expressed concerns...

Tow trucks to control lawlessness outside GPHC

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tow trucks to control lawlessness outside GPHC

After much deliberation, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be using tow trucks to remove delinquent taxi driver who park their cars in the vicinity of the city hospital. They...

Gary Best for court on Tuesday

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gary Best for court on Tuesday

Following Thursday’s advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions that former Chief-of-Staff and Ret’d Rear Admiral, Gary Best, be charged with causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley, one...

De big horses galloping to de finish

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De big horses galloping to de finish

Tomorrow is de big day. Is de day when people gon run to cast dem vote fuh who dem like. Last night, de two big parties flex dem muscles fuh de last time before de elections. Of course when de...

NICIL raised S$1.1B for local coffers

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL raised S$1.1B for local coffers

Members of the Board of Directors of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, (NICIL), say that the entity has been able to mobilise US$1.1B in investment for Guyana in 12 months....

Essequibo woman wins CAGE jackpot

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo woman wins CAGE jackpot

A single mother of two last Wednesday, became the first CAGE winner in Guyana to hit the Caribbean Cash Progressive Mega Jackpot. After more than two years of gaming experience, Kerron Peters finally...

ERC reiterates call for peaceful general elections

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ERC reiterates call for peaceful general elections

As Guyana heads to the polls tomorrow, the Ethnic Relations Commission,(ERC) is reiterating its call for peaceful, fair and transparent elections. For this to be realised, the ERC noted that it will...

Family suspicious about death of Essequibo labourer

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Family suspicious about death of Essequibo labourer

On Wednesday, the body of 35-year-old Arvin Mahiylall of Johanna Cecila was found lying under a bench in a yard, a few houses away from his home. According to family members, the man’s neck...

Tomorrow’s elections

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Tomorrow’s elections

We at this publication do not favour anyone or make any judgment. Hence, we make no endorsement of any political group as the nation prepares for tomorrow. Our position is, unfortunately, compelled...

GUYANA SOCIETY NO LONGER VICTIM OF RACIO-POLITICAL SYNDROME

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on GUYANA SOCIETY NO LONGER VICTIM OF RACIO-POLITICAL SYNDROME

CONSUMER CONCERNS By PAT DIAL The Guyana Consumers Association, by its Constitution, does not make pronouncements on politics and does not have persons who are political practitioners holding office...

Newly constructed Aurora police station commissioned

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Newly constructed Aurora police station commissioned

Often times when we step into a police station and there’s no place confidential to lodge a criminal report, or a domestic violence report, we may experience some measure of reluctance to pursue...

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund gains £140bn in one year – £26,400 for every citizen

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Norway’s sovereign wealth fund gains £140bn in one year – £26,400 for every citizen

– total value now equivalent to £160,000 for each of Norway’s 5.3M people Norway- (https://www.independent.co.uk/) Norway’s sovereign wealth fund earned a record £140bn, meaning an...

Pomeroon farmers fear imminent flooding if canal works incomplete

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon farmers fear imminent flooding if canal works incomplete

More than twenty-five farmers in the Pomeroon fear that there will be an imminent flood, if a project started by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority [NDIA] is not soon completed. Reports...

MAINTAINING A VIABLE RICE INDUSTRY WITH STANDARDS

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on MAINTAINING A VIABLE RICE INDUSTRY WITH STANDARDS

STANDARDS IN FOCUS The harvesting of the first rice crop for 2020 is about to commence in the various rice-producing regions of Guyana. And while farmers are aiming to maximise profits from their...

The baccoo speaks

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The baccoo speaks

Some people think that these are desperate times and with the tension brought on by the elections, there are those who will be targeting shoppers. Another bicycle group will attack a woman. They will...

CARICOM’S ROLE AS HAITIAN CRISIS WORSENS

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM’S ROLE AS HAITIAN CRISIS WORSENS

By Sir Ronald Sanders On February 20, the UN Security Council received a grim report of deteriorating human rights and collapsing rule of law in Haiti. The troubling situation includes widening...

Another election and another tribal division

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Another election and another tribal division

Guyana’s landscape always changes when elections come around. For some reason friends become suspicious. Their conversation is tilted if they believe the other party holds a different political...

Vote to move Guyana forward

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Vote to move Guyana forward

Fellow Guyanese, brothers and sisters. For years I am known to say it as it is. In my heart I cannot stray, nor can I fail you now. We are at the crossroads of our lives where we have to make a...

Tomorrow I do not vote for a party, but for a chance for the poor to beat poverty

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Tomorrow I do not vote for a party, but for a chance for the poor to beat poverty

Here we are on the eve of what is by all accounts, the most consequential election in the modern history of Guyana. The consequences are enormous for this small post-colonial society that is on the...

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Crowds, chaos and complaints

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The folly of the cash grant distribution is a textbook case of what happens when a government,... more