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Canadian company walks away with US$238M, leaves us with a scavenger and we begging for US$100M loan to build a bridge

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian company walks away with US$238M, leaves us with a scavenger and we begging for US$100M loan to build a bridge

Foreign investors, wherever they go, do so for two main reasons: to enrich the host country so that the people can benefit; and to enrich themselves. However, in Guyana, foreign investors behave like...

APNU+AFC never had any intention of getting the best value for Guyana’s oil resources – Parliamentary records expose

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC never had any intention of getting the best value for Guyana’s oil resources – Parliamentary records expose

By Kiana Wilburg When the APNU+AFC administration had buckled under pressure in December 2018 and released the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) it signed with ExxonMobil, international and local...

Allowing Payara to go forward would be economically and environmentally disastrous for Guyana – German NGO

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Allowing Payara to go forward would be economically and environmentally disastrous for Guyana – German NGO

By Kiana Wilburg Even as the administration of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) continues its assessment of the Field Development Plan (FDP) for ExxonMobil’s Payara project in the...

Police slap Mingo with several charges; Court again refuses to release him

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police slap Mingo with several charges; Court again refuses to release him

By Shikema Dey Investigations into the protracted March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections have escalated with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) instituting several charges on controversial Region...

Oil companies seek friendly personal relations to cloud leaders’ judgments

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies seek friendly personal relations to cloud leaders’ judgments

…beware of it – University of Houston instructor warns University of Houston Instructor, Tom Mitro, said that Governments should ensure personal relationships with the representatives of oil...

Exxon determined to exploit the vulnerable people of Papua New Guinea – PNG Energy Minister

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon determined to exploit the vulnerable people of Papua New Guinea – PNG Energy Minister

Asked whether the country is willing to let the gas stay in the ground if the terms for the State do not improve, Papua New Guinea’s Energy Minister said: “We are happy to wait for a few weeks,...

Glenn Lall appeals decision on East Coast land deals

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Glenn Lall appeals decision on East Coast land deals

Attorney-at-law, Sanjeev Datadin, has filed an appeal on behalf of Kaieteur News publisher, Glenn Lall, over a decision made in the High Court regarding a number of controversial East Coast Demerara...

Ex-PM Nagamootoo, fmr. Minister Sarabo-Halley jumped the line to received houselots – Minister Croal

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-PM Nagamootoo, fmr. Minister Sarabo-Halley jumped the line to received houselots – Minister Croal

– approvals for some granted on August 1…a holiday Several houselots allocated by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) this year have been placed under review. Among...

De police do a Bingo pon Mingo

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De police do a Bingo pon Mingo

Dem Boys Seh… Dem hold Mingo fuh three days. When Mingo think he would be spending de weekend at Bell-a-drum, he find out that de police tun de three into five, just like Mingo bin do with dem...

Suffering and humiliation

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Suffering and humiliation

Some people were born with “gold spoons in their mouths”. They are rich and comfortable. They do not have a care in the world. The pandemic has come and when it is gone, it will not make a big...

We must prepare for life after COVID-19 and the recount

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on We must prepare for life after COVID-19 and the recount

The dreaded COVID-19 pandemic is upon us. Unfortunately, some of us will die but most of us will live. Life will go on. The recount of the ballots of the 2020 elections is in progress but in the end,...

Bandits walk into Melanie shop, rob its owner

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits walk into Melanie shop, rob its owner

Two bandits – one armed with a gun, yesterday walked into Andy’s Variety Store and robbed its owner of cash and cell phones. The robbery took place just after midnight at Stall Four, Linden...

West Berbice police experiments with body cams:

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice police experiments with body cams:

In an effort for senior officers to better monitor the interactions between ranks and members of the public, and to also gather evidence in cases where persons commit offenes, ranks within Regional...

Toddler killed in motorcycle accident

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Toddler killed in motorcycle accident

A toddler died on Thursday last after she was struck down along with her elder sister by a motorbike on a roadway at Kriako Village, Barama River, North West District (NWD), Region One. The toddler,...

Yarrowkabra warning:

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Yarrowkabra warning:

The Guyana Police Force is asking motorists to exercise caution on as they approach this stretch of the roadway located at Yarrowkabra, Linden/Soesdykye Highway. An entire section has collapsed....

First Lady joins Dubai group in talks to increase opportunities for women

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on First Lady joins Dubai group in talks to increase opportunities for women

First Lady, Arya Ali, yesterday participated in the first of a series of meetings, which was organized by the Dubai Vigilance Group (DVG) to reflect on the role of women in today’s society. The...

Another $100,000 winner for Sleepy Sanitary Pads

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Another $100,000 winner for Sleepy Sanitary Pads

Sleepy’s ‘All-Natural Sanitary Pads’ has announced Namomi Abigale Deweever of Sophia as its second $100,000 winner in the Sleepy monthly promotion. “The second drawing was on August 29, 2020...

PRODUCING QUALITY COCONUT WATER BASED ON NATIONAL STANDARDS

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on PRODUCING QUALITY COCONUT WATER BASED ON NATIONAL STANDARDS

STANDARDS IN FOCUS The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is a key agency that supports trade and enhances business competitiveness through the implementation of standards. Standards are...

Taxi driver robbed of car on Agriculture Road

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver robbed of car on Agriculture Road

A taxi-driver was on Thursday robbed of his motorcar at Agriculture Road, East Coast Demerara, by two bandits who posed as customers. The victim has been identified as Mohanlall called Mohan, 68, of...

‘Black Panther’ film star Chadwick Boseman dead at 43, after cancer battle

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Black Panther’ film star Chadwick Boseman dead at 43, after cancer battle

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Black Panther” film star Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose work celebrated African-American pioneers and culture, has died at age 43 after a four-year battle with...

Thieves stash $1.2M in Stolen Cigarettes at Wakenaam Community Centre Ground

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Thieves stash $1.2M in Stolen Cigarettes at Wakenaam Community Centre Ground

Bandits between Thursday night and Friday morning broke into a truck of a Wakenaam businessman and stole 350 cartons of cigarettes valued $1,248,219. The matter was reported and an investigation was...

Exxon and Guyana: The Showdown Looms

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Exxon and Guyana: The Showdown Looms

Exxon has taken off its gloves. The first thing that is noticeable is that there are brass knuckles beneath the company’s stance and stare. Now Guyana must put on its own game face and armour and...

GNBS’ APPROVAL OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OBLIGATORY

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on GNBS’ APPROVAL OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OBLIGATORY

CONSUMER CONCERNS: By PAT DIAL Sellers in the markets and shops, over the centuries, have been known to exploit consumers by giving them less than the correct weights and measurements of the goods...

A penetrating analysis of the functioning of Guyana’s parliamentary system

Aug 30, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A penetrating analysis of the functioning of Guyana’s parliamentary system

(A Review of David Granger’s The public trust: Parliamentary democracy in a small state.) David Granger’s The public trust: Parliamentary democracy in a small state provides a penetrating...

Three Guyanese Pals launch Guyana’s first craft beer

Aug 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three Guyanese Pals launch Guyana’s first craft beer

By Kiana Wilburg Since ancient times, beer has been synonymous with tantalizing the senses and holding the power to irrigate the stress of a hard day from one’s soul. Scientifically, it is known to...

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Renuka, Mandhana consign West Indies to record loss

Chilling reminders that we are not safe

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Georgetown was plunged into shock and terror last week after two heinous incidents laid... more