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Opposition walkout over Shuman’s selection as Deputy Speaker

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition walkout over Shuman’s selection as Deputy Speaker

Guyana’s main Opposition A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition earlier this morning staged a parliamentary walkout of the National Assembly over the selection...

Manzoor Nadir elected Speaker of the National Assembly, Shuman elected Deputy

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Manzoor Nadir elected Speaker of the National Assembly, Shuman elected Deputy

– as 12th Sitting of Parliament gets under way Guyana’s 12th sitting of Parliament commenced earlier this morning and saw Manzoor Nadir being elected as the Speaker of the National...

For every concession given to oil companies, you must get something in return

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on For every concession given to oil companies, you must get something in return

– University of Houston Instructor University of Houston instructor, Tom Mitro, said that for every concession granted to oil companies during negotiations, it is imperative on the government’s...

Exxon’s Guyana President claims produced water not harmful, despite no study done

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s Guyana President claims produced water not harmful, despite no study done

As the government continues its review of the Payara Field Development Plan (FDP), there have been calls from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for ExxonMobil to put systems in place to...

Exxon defies Govt.’s authority but makes Guyana out to be the bully

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon defies Govt.’s authority but makes Guyana out to be the bully

By Kemol King It is common knowledge that the Payara project, the third of its kind that ExxonMobil intends to develop in the Stabroek Block, has not yet been approved by the Government of Guyana....

$1.6B Ocean View Hospital… Former AG breaks silence

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $1.6B Ocean View Hospital… Former AG breaks silence

– says Rambarran does not own property Basil Williams, Guyana’s former Attorney General, has finally dispelled claims made by the supposed owner of the old Ocean View Hotel turned Infectious...

Mingo, two others released on bail for election fraud

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mingo, two others released on bail for election fraud

By Renay Sambach Region Four Returning Officer (RO), Clairmont Mingo, and two other GECOM employees were yesterday released on bail after they appeared in court to face multiple election fraud...

Protesters block traffic in several W.C.B. villages

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Protesters block traffic in several W.C.B. villages

– police rank injured – businesses cut off – mourners forced to walk through protesters to bury dead Intense and violent protest actions by residents from several villages along the...

Alleged Ponzi schemers slapped with 10 additional charges

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged Ponzi schemers slapped with 10 additional charges

Four days after alleged Ponzi schemers, Yuri Garcia-Dominguez and his wife, Ateeka Ishmael, were remanded to prison on six fraud charges; the duo was yesterday slapped with 10 additional charges and...

APNU+AFC lodges election petition in the High Court

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC lodges election petition in the High Court

By Rehanna Ramsay The A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) opposition party has filed an election petition in the Georgetown High Court challenging the results of the...

Chief Prison officer dies in Homestretch Avenue smash-up

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Prison officer dies in Homestretch Avenue smash-up

By Shervin Belgrave A Chief Prison Officer yesterday died tragically in a vehicular smash-up at Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown. The accident involving a motorcar and a Nissan X-trail SUV resulted in...

Guyana records 41 COVID-19 deaths

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 41 COVID-19 deaths

– reverts to 6pm – 6am curfew from today Guyana now has 41 COVID -19 related deaths, 21 of which were recorded during the month of August. The rise in the number of deaths correlates with...

Modest Mingo!

Sep 01, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Modest Mingo!

Dem Boys Seh… De Rig-adier talk how Mingo is a quiet, peaceful and modest man. He maths nah modest though. De Rig-adier bin seh how he nah gan influence, interfere or intervene in de wuk of GECOM....

Enforcement is the name of the game!

Sep 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Enforcement is the name of the game!

If you continue to do things the same way all the time, you should not expect different results. The COVID-19 measures which will take effect today until the end of September represent a reverting to...

Pensioner’s body found floating in canal

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner’s body found floating in canal

The body of a pensioner was on Sunday last fished out of canal in front of his Bella Dam, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara home. The body was identified as that of 66-year-old Hardat Dhaniram....

EU recommits support to government

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EU recommits support to government

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, on Friday, August 28, 2020, received a courtesy call from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the European Union (EU) to Guyana, H.E. Fernando Ponz...

Disabilities Council members engage Minister Benn

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Disabilities Council members engage Minister Benn

Representatives of the Guyana Council of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) on Friday August 28, 2020) met with Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn. At the meeting, they raised...

Education Ministry announces placement exams for September 23

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry announces placement exams for September 23

The Ministry of Education has announced that it has set a date for the Entrance/Placement examination to be done at the secondary level to facilitate those students who wish to move from one public...

Shaik Baksh returns as GWI boss

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Shaik Baksh returns as GWI boss

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the state-owned Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) has returned to that position. He was sent home in the early days of the Coalition government in 2015. The Ministry of...

Vagrant killed in Timerhi hit and run accident

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vagrant killed in Timerhi hit and run accident

A vagrant was on Sunday killed after he was involved in a hit and run accident along the Timerhi Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The dead man has since been identified only as Sheriga....

Indian High Commissioner calls on Natural Resources Minister

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Indian High Commissioner calls on Natural Resources Minister

– expresses interest in the petroleum, mining sectors High Commissioner of India, His Excellency, Dr. K. J Srinivasa, yesterday met with Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat. The two...

President Ali says GDF to become more community-oriented

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali says GDF to become more community-oriented

– as officers receive Military Service Medal and promotion Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Dr. Irfaan Ali, yesterday said that the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will soon become more...

School of the Nations excels at Cambridge IGCSE, A Level exams

Sep 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on School of the Nations excels at Cambridge IGCSE, A Level exams

Cambridge University recently released the revised results of IGCSE and A Level results for more than one million students from 136 countries worldwide. In a press release, School of the Nations...

No new transfers for Den Amstel FC

Sep 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on No new transfers for Den Amstel FC

Current squad can compete says Coach Heywood Head Coach of the Den Amstel FC, O’Neal Heywood, during an exclusive interview with Kaieteur Sport has revealed that his club, which finished in the...

Vincent Adams: Existential choices

Sep 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Vincent Adams: Existential choices

When Dr. Vincent Adams was made executive director of the EPA, my perspective on Guyanese political history would have dictated my attitude to the appointment. Several times I have outlined my...

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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