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Oil likely sooner than projected …Govt. accelerates preparation

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News 2

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell The Government of Guyana has been forced to accelerate its preparations for oil production. This was noted during a recent interview with Minister of Natural Resources,...

Angry woman knocks down St Luician Cub scouts – one seriously injured

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Angry woman knocks down St Luician Cub scouts – one seriously injured

Two St Lucian cub scouts were struck down on Woolford Avenue yesterday at around 13:00hrs. According to reports, a female driver was speeding up the one way and smashed into the young children just...

Ministry of Health Fire… Arson accused walks free …as court upholds no case submission

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Health Fire… Arson accused walks free …as court upholds no case submission

Keith Ferrier, the man accused of setting the Ministry of Health on fire in July 2009 was yesterday freed of the charge by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The...

Increased demand causes global shortage of Yellow Fever vaccine…but Guyana administering doses judiciously – CMO

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Increased demand causes global shortage of Yellow Fever vaccine…but Guyana administering doses judiciously – CMO

An increased demand by people to be safeguarded against Yellow Fever has resulted in a global shortage of the Yellow Fever vaccine. This state of affairs has been confirmed by Chief Medical Officer...

IMF zeros in on Guyana’s oil dependency …high electricity costs, tariffs attract most attention

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News 1

By Kiana Wilburg Even though it has acknowledged the efforts of the coalition administration in moving towards alternative sources of energy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) still expressed...

Jagdeo stands by statement on racial targeting by Govt. – Rohee says comments were factual

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo stands by statement on racial targeting by Govt. – Rohee says comments were factual

The Former President and current Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, has defended the damning statements he made in New York recently, saying that his comments were no different from those he...

Duo remanded over missing gold miner’s murder

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Duo remanded over missing gold miner’s murder

Two men were remanded to prison for the murder of Shawn Clarke, the gold miner whose body parts were discovered last week in Mahdia. Shane McAlmont, 36, of 111 Miles Mahdia, Potaro and Marlon Joseph,...

Dem boys seh …Ash suing from long distance

Jul 27, 2016 KNews Dem Boys Seh, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …Ash suing from long distance

Eye pass can never done. That is why dem old people does seh that when fowl eye pass corn is a bad thing. At first dem boys didn’t understand de saying until a old man tell dem that de corn can...

GPHC to charge offshore students to use medical facilities -earnings to help procure needful equipment – Chairman

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC to charge offshore students to use medical facilities -earnings to help procure needful equipment – Chairman

The process of regaining accreditation for the University of Guyana (UG)’s School of Medicine is an ongoing one that requires the support of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). And...

Lightning strike suspected cause of GT power outages – GPL

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Lightning strike suspected cause of GT power outages – GPL

It seems that residents around Georgetown who were plunged into darkness on Monday, were the victims of forces of nature. According to the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), lightning strikes are...

Dutch Risk Reduction Team visits city’s main drainage stations

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Dutch Risk Reduction Team visits city’s main drainage stations

The Dutch Risk Reduction (DRR) Team presently in Guyana for the next three months to create hydraulic drainage models for the city of Georgetown, yesterday visited pump stations around the capital....

East Canje taxi driver stabbed during failed hijacking

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on East Canje taxi driver stabbed during failed hijacking

An East Canje taxi driver nearly lost his life during a failed hijacking of his vehicle yesterday morning at Welfare, East Canje, Berbice, and was stabbed multiple times about the body. Chunilall...

Rusal accused of not adhering to labour laws

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Rusal accused of not adhering to labour laws

By Jacquey Bourne The Russian Mining Company, Rusal, is accused of ill-treating its employees. Workers at the mining company in Aroaima, are complaining that the company is not adhering to the laws....

Debate about race should not be criminalized

Jul 27, 2016 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Debate about race should not be criminalized

The Capitol News newscast of July 25, 2016, began with the headline that Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo had taken the race game to supporters in New York. This was a clear case – and not the...

Carvil Duncan trial… Shareholders fix salaries for GPL Board – Corporate Secretary tells court

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Carvil Duncan trial… Shareholders fix salaries for GPL Board – Corporate Secretary tells court

It is the shareholders who are authorized by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) by-laws to fix remuneration for the power company’s board of directors. This is according to Lorraine Bancroft, the...

UG needs to tailor courses to benefit the Private Sector – PSC Chairman

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on UG needs to tailor courses to benefit the Private Sector – PSC Chairman

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Eddie Boyer, in an interview with Kaieteur News, acknowledged that there are several reasons why tertiary educated Guyanese are migrating. However, he...

West Berbice cane cutter on trial for murder of ex-teen lover

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on West Berbice cane cutter on trial for murder of ex-teen lover

A West Berbice Cane harvester who in a fit of rage allegedly knifed his ex-lover to death, is on trial in the Berbice High Court on the charge of murder. Shazam Khalil 23, of 53 Shieldstown, West...

WICB Women’s’ t20 final T&T’s Queens wear ‘double crown’ after thrilling last over win against Jamaica

Jul 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on WICB Women’s’ t20 final T&T’s Queens wear ‘double crown’ after thrilling last over win against Jamaica

By Sean Devers Trinidad & Tobago added the t20 WICB Women’s Championship to their 50-over title when they overcame Jamaica by two wickets in a thrilling finish Monday night at Providence in...

Two St Lucian cub scouts struck down on Woolford Ave. – one seriously injured

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Two St Lucian cub scouts struck down on Woolford Ave. – one seriously injured

The late Kevin Layne Snr. to be buried on Monday Night of reflection set for Friday at #5 ground

Jul 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on The late Kevin Layne Snr. to be buried on Monday Night of reflection set for Friday at #5 ground

Family and friends of the late Kevin Layne Snr., long serving Manager of Monedderlust Football Club (MFC) will bid farewell to the former football administrator on Monday afternoon following a...

12th IKD Caribbean Karate Championship – Jamaica Team ASK-G snare 40 medals including 14 gold; Team GKC cop 3 bronze

Jul 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on 12th IKD Caribbean Karate Championship – Jamaica Team ASK-G snare 40 medals including 14 gold; Team GKC cop 3 bronze

Guyana’s karatekas competing at the just concluded 12thInternational Karate Daigaku (IKD) Caribbean Karate Championship held at the UTEC Campus in Kingston, Jamaica from July 18 – 23 turned in...

Region#5 RDC row… Development being stalled by APNU+AFC Councillors’ continuous disruptions – Chairman

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on Region#5 RDC row… Development being stalled by APNU+AFC Councillors’ continuous disruptions – Chairman

Vickchand Ramphal, the Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) for Administrative Region Number Five (Mahaica/Berbice), yesterday stated that the alleged continuous disruptions by...

GRPA launches project to support pregnant, parenting and at-risk teen girls

Jul 27, 2016 KNews News Comments Off on GRPA launches project to support pregnant, parenting and at-risk teen girls

In an effort to help address critical issues affecting teenage mothers, the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association, (GRPA) yesterday launched a new project towards providing support for pregnant,...

The drainage dilemma of Georgetown

Jul 27, 2016 KNews Letters Comments Off on The drainage dilemma of Georgetown

Dear Editor; The Kingston Citizens’ Task Force was initiated in August 2014 in response to a call by the then Minister of Local Government for citizen participation in the “Clean up My...

More beneficial activities for Berbice Youth as police intervenes Another sports and youth group formed in Berbice

Jul 27, 2016 KNews Sports Comments Off on More beneficial activities for Berbice Youth as police intervenes Another sports and youth group formed in Berbice

Even with limited resources and more work being added to their platter, the police are not shirking from their responsibilities to tackle crime and other social ills that are plaguing the society,...

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Guyana’s oil bonanza is being squandered by political duels

Kaieteur News – In Guyana, politics and economics have always danced an ill-fated tango. It is difficult to say which... more