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Sign the Petition

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sign the Petition

We Urge The Guyana Government To Renegotiate All Oil Contracts chng.it Can you help me out by signing this petition? http://chng.it/dCHDRc2K

ExxonMobil: Prejudiced corporate hypocrites

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil: Prejudiced corporate hypocrites

We look closely at Exxon’s relationship and dealings with Guyana and arrive at this conclusion: ExxonMobil’s attitudes and actions towards Guyana are prejudiced through and through. It cheated us...

PPP/C Govt. should renegotiate, investigate ExxonMobil’s exploitative deal – Global Witness

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C Govt. should renegotiate, investigate ExxonMobil’s exploitative deal – Global Witness

As the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) settles into office, one of the world’s foremost anticorruption bodies,Global Witness, has renewed calls for there to be an investigation as well...

Emergency Medicine Specialist promotes importance of a strong immune system

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Emergency Medicine Specialist promotes importance of a strong immune system

As country battles surge in COVID-19 cases… – says early treatment can help prevent severe form of the disease “The stronger our immune system, the better are our chances of overcoming...

Appeal Court reduces 83-year prison sentence for man who torched wife to death

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court reduces 83-year prison sentence for man who torched wife to death

The Court of Appeal has reduced the 83 -year old prison sentence for Delon Gordon, who was convicted for torching his wife to death. The Appellate Court bench which comprised Justices of Appeal Rishi...

“SARA is incapable of doing anything”

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “SARA is incapable of doing anything”

Vice President Jagdeo says… – Unit to be disbanded After being in operation since 2017, the controversial State Asset Recovery Unit (SARA) is set to be disbanded by the new Irfaan Ali...

ExxonMobil begins drilling Kaieteur Block

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil begins drilling Kaieteur Block

– To be completed by October Even as it pursues development and exploratory activities in the Stabroek Block, American oil giant, ExxonMobil, is wasting no time in trying to understand just how...

Guyana to surpass Venezuela’s current oil output by 2022

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to surpass Venezuela’s current oil output by 2022

Guyana is set to produce by 2022 more than the current output of Venezuela, which was once a giant in the oil industry. UK-based global business information provider IHS Markit said recently that...

GRA wins case against Grace Kennedy Remittance Services for close to $400M owed in taxes

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GRA wins case against Grace Kennedy Remittance Services for close to $400M owed in taxes

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has secured a court judgment against Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (Guyana) Limited in a matter relating to the company owing back taxes amounting to close to...

Lil Sharma nah deh pon de list!

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lil Sharma nah deh pon de list!

Dem Boys Seh… De Rig-adier legacy gone international. Dem boys remember how de Rig-adier bin spread de virus wah does cause rigging, recounting and recanting. De Bingo tried fuh rig with a...

The APNU+AFC will be outclassed in the National Assembly

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The APNU+AFC will be outclassed in the National Assembly

It is perhaps too early and there is too little information available to pronounce precisely on what exactly is taking place within the PNC/R. When the dust settles on the fallout from the elections,...

Foreign Minister appoints Greenidge as Advisor, several others

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign Minister appoints Greenidge as Advisor, several others

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, yesterday announced several appointments within his Ministry. Todd said that the appointments are meant to bolster the...

“It is a slap in the face” – James Bond on Volda Lawrence not making APNU+AFC parliamentary list

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “It is a slap in the face” – James Bond on Volda Lawrence not making APNU+AFC parliamentary list

People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) member, James Bond, has expressed his disappointment that the name of the party’s Chairman, Volda Lawrence, is noticeably absent from the A Partnership...

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Paul Williams, proceeds on leave

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Commissioner of Police, Paul Williams, proceeds on leave

– as rumours surface that he was sent home Deputy Commissioner of Police and former Crime Chief, Paul Williams, was yesterday sent on 192 days annual vacation leave. The Public Relations...

US claims Guyana joins democratic countries in support of change in Venezuela

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US claims Guyana joins democratic countries in support of change in Venezuela

(CMC) – The United States says Guyana has joined “many democratic countries in support of democratic change in Venezuela,” but there has so far been no official response from the new...

87 year-old is Guyana’s latest COVID -19 fatality

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 87 year-old is Guyana’s latest COVID -19 fatality

An 87-year-old man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality. According to information obtained by this publication, the man succumbed to COVID-19 related complications while hospitalized in the...

Mechanic injured as boat explodes at New Amsterdam Stelling

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic injured as boat explodes at New Amsterdam Stelling

A man is now nursing second degree burns about his body after a fibre glass boat that was moored at the New Amsterdam Stelling caught on fire yesterday and subsequently exploded. According to...

Special Constable charged for causing pensioner’s death

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Special Constable charged for causing pensioner’s death

Special Constable Michael Lewis was yesterday released on $200,000 bail for causing the death of 61-year-old Bibi Zalima Subrattie, a housewife of Pigeon Island Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara,...

Broomes, bodyguard hauled before Magistrate

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Broomes, bodyguard hauled before Magistrate

– Both released on self bail Former Youth Affairs Minister within the Ministry of the Presidency, Simona Broomes, and her bodyguard, Dexter Austin, were yesterday hauled before Senior...

District Council opposes resumption of mining in Regions 7, 8, 9

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on District Council opposes resumption of mining in Regions 7, 8, 9

The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) is maintaining its firm position that mining should not be an essential service and should be suspended in Indigenous communities, especially those that are...

Guyana Amazon Warriors and TKR clash in opening encounter today

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Amazon Warriors and TKR clash in opening encounter today

Hero CPL 2020… By Zaheer Mohamed Dubbed the biggest party in sport, this year’s edition of the Hero Caribbean Premier League T20 will be a quiet affair due to the crowd restrictions caused by...

PNC should reject the AFC’s selections for parliament

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on PNC should reject the AFC’s selections for parliament

Last Sunday, the AFC selected its nine parliamentarians and it is a sordid violation of the constitution, elections criteria and moral laws. The selection is amorphous and illogical. This country...

GABF looking to upgrade Courts during lockdown

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF looking to upgrade Courts during lockdown

The COVID-19 lockdown in Guyana has forced the commencement of basketball locally to be delayed by six months now and according to head of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF); Mike Singh,...

Hero CPL to broadcast the return of T20 around the world

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL to broadcast the return of T20 around the world

The broadcasters for the Hero Caribbean Premier League have been confirmed for the 2020 tournament with deals with key partners in place in India, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, America,...

President Santokhi – pearls of oil wisdoms

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on President Santokhi – pearls of oil wisdoms

President Chandrikapersad Santokhi of Suriname hit the nail on the head during a recent press session. “The sustainable development should come from the private sector, from the small and medium...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more