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Lands and Survey boss, Trevor Benn, bought $25M Prado for $2.5M from his own workplace

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lands and Survey boss, Trevor Benn, bought $25M Prado for $2.5M from his own workplace

Three days before elections… Leading up to the March 2nd elections, there were a flurry of transactions involving state properties. In addition to questionable land deals at Ogle, there is one...

How involved is the Government of Guyana in the capital costs associated with oil projects? – OGGN

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on How involved is the Government of Guyana in the capital costs associated with oil projects? – OGGN

Stabroek Block field development costs estimated at US$60B… The Irfaan Ali administration has inherited an industry of billions in capital costs, where oil is concerned. Recent estimates place the...

CJIA’s Chinese contractor illegally used equipment for MovieTowne construction

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA’s Chinese contractor illegally used equipment for MovieTowne construction

Breach of duty-free concessions… In 2011, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) was awarded a US$150M contract to build Guyana a bigger, modernized airport. It would have included a longer...

$609M bailout for Civil Aviation due to COVID-19

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $609M bailout for Civil Aviation due to COVID-19

With the adverse effects of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the local economy, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has received a $609 million bailout in the 2020 National Budget. This...

Guyana can make hundreds of million$ from studying oil block data

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana can make hundreds of million$ from studying oil block data

You’ve heard that Guyana can make a killing from producing oil. That’s true. However, even before oil is produced in a block, Guyana can make hundreds of millions; sometimes even billions of...

G$134M to complete “badly mismanaged” US$31M Sherriff/ Mandela road expansion project

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on G$134M to complete “badly mismanaged” US$31M Sherriff/ Mandela road expansion project

The previous A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration had expended millions on the Sherriff/ Mandela Road Expansion Project but despite this, the project is...

President Ali, others pay final respects to murdered Berbice teen, Haresh Singh

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Ali, others pay final respects to murdered Berbice teen, Haresh Singh

By Malisa Playter-Harry Just four days after two teenage boys, Joel and Isaiah Henry, were found murdered in the Cotton Tree backdam, Haresh Singh, another teenager who resided at Number 3 Village,...

Linden nurses protest for COVID-19 risk allowance, other issues

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linden nurses protest for COVID-19 risk allowance, other issues

Nurses at the Linden Hospital Complex in Region 10 staged a protest yesterday calling for risk allowance to be included in their pay packages in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nurses who took to...

New data shows COVID-19 aerosol could spread disease – Health Minister

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New data shows COVID-19 aerosol could spread disease – Health Minister

– pleads with nation to also wear face mask in enclosed spaces Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony is reinforcing the need for citizens to wear face masks in an enclosed environment to safeguard...

Small steps could lead to a giant leap

Sep 24, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Small steps could lead to a giant leap

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys please dat Prezzie went to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and examine de wuk wah bin doing deh over the years. It did seem as if nobody was listening to de...

Testing does not provide protection against the coronavirus

Sep 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Testing does not provide protection against the coronavirus

The total number of coronavirus cases in Guyana stood at 2, 535 on Wednesday of which there are almost more than 1,000 active cases nationwide. Region Four, the country’s largest Region, has the...

Security Service supervisor caught shoplifting at Giftland Mall

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security Service supervisor caught shoplifting at Giftland Mall

– says stolen item was a gift for his cousin A security supervisor attached to a private security firm was caught yesterday attempting to shoplift from a store within the Giftland Mall. A...

Man, who was arrested for Berbice teens’ murder, insists “we don’t know anything”

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man, who was arrested for Berbice teens’ murder, insists “we don’t know anything”

As investigators continue to probe the deaths of Isaiah and Joel Henry, whose butchered bodies were found in the backdam of Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice, the grandfather of murdered Haresh...

Fire destroys Kumaka couple’s home

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Kumaka couple’s home

The home of an elderly couple was yesterday completely destroyed by fire. The conflagration occurred just minutes after a loud explosion was heard from inside the house. Without a place to live are...

Guyana records two more COVID-19 deaths

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records two more COVID-19 deaths

The Ministry of Health yesterday announced two more COVID-19 fatalities, taking the death toll to 71. The deaths are of a 70-year-old female from Demerara-Mahaica (Region 4), who died while receiving...

Inmate escapes from burnt section of Lusignan Prison

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Inmate escapes from burnt section of Lusignan Prison

An inmate of the Lusignan Prison is now on the run after he escaped yesterday from a burnt section of the facility where he was being held for his own safety. According to Director of Prisons,...

Petroleum task force to explore gas to shore

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Petroleum task force to explore gas to shore

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, says a petroleum task force will soon be set up and will explore the possibilities of bringing natural gas to shore as the administration advances its...

Aurora Gold denies bringing in scores of Chinese workers; ditching local contractors

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora Gold denies bringing in scores of Chinese workers; ditching local contractors

The new management of Guyana’s biggest gold mining operations has denied that it is bringing in more than 200 Chinese workers. The company also denied it has sidelined locals and will be utilizing...

Families shocked that murder of Berbice teens linked to race hate – ERC

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Families shocked that murder of Berbice teens linked to race hate – ERC

Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Reverend John Smith, along with Commissioners and other staffers on Thursday, September 17, 2020, visited the grieving families of the Henry cousins,...

PAHO urges countries to plan early for COVID-19 vaccinations to reduce deaths

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO urges countries to plan early for COVID-19 vaccinations to reduce deaths

Countries should not wait for a COVID-19 vaccine to be developed before they start planning and preparing for its arrival, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Carissa F Etienne, said...

Guyana responds overwhelmingly to Workforce Recovery Initiative

Sep 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana responds overwhelmingly to Workforce Recovery Initiative

“I have never seen anything like it across the world”. This was the observation of Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Coursera on the response from Guyanese towards the...

The world’s most dangerous minds exist in Guyana

Sep 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The world’s most dangerous minds exist in Guyana

One of the most unbearable patterns of thoughts I find exist in this country was manifested in the newspapers weeks after Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn as president. This shape of the mind is so...

“Peaking at the right time…” Shakera Selman

Sep 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Peaking at the right time…” Shakera Selman

DERBY, England – Peaking at the right time. That is how West Indies Women’s new ball bowler Shakera Selman described her career after an impressive performance in the first T20 International...

Online Bodybuilding competition set for this December

Sep 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Online Bodybuilding competition set for this December

The Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) is planning to host a celebratory championship on a Virtual platform, which means no patrons would be allowed to enter the venue....

Things not talked about here

Sep 24, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Things not talked about here

There are some things of which we speak not and do not wish to hear as Guyanese. We are so far gone with those priorities that stir and excite that even the COVID-19 pandemic and its relentless creep...

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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