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Nondisclosure of ExxonMobil Contract… Anti-corruption advocates rubbish Govt.’s ‘excuses’

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Nondisclosure of ExxonMobil Contract… Anti-corruption advocates rubbish Govt.’s ‘excuses’

Regardless of how many times it is repeated and carried by the media, the APNU+AFC Government continues to resist all calls to release the contract with US oil giant ExxonMobil. They have essentially...

Exposure of procurement fraud…GECOM continues to withhold ads from K/News over published reports

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Exposure of procurement fraud…GECOM continues to withhold ads from K/News over published reports

Late last year, whistleblowers alerted the media of possible wrongdoing at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), with regards to the awards of several contracts to the tune of hundreds of millions...

Bandit shot dead, accomplice turns up at hospital with gunshot wounds

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit shot dead, accomplice turns up at hospital with gunshot wounds

…as businesswoman’s security escort opens fire during botched robbery A security escort came in for a lot of praise yesterday when he shot and killed a bandit and wounded one of his two...

Neither law nor logic favours withholding oil contracts – Ram

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Neither law nor logic favours withholding oil contracts – Ram

The excuse by Government that confidentiality clauses inhibit the release of oil contracts in Guyana, particularly the one with ExxonMobil, does not sit well with a number of anti-corruption...

Ex-cop charged for harbouring prison escapees

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Ex-cop charged for harbouring prison escapees

Former Policeman, Teon Allen, who is before the court for being in possession of an illegal AK-47 rifle, was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly harbouring wanted men, Uree Varswyck and Mark...

Businessmen in mystery plane probe released on bail

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Businessmen in mystery plane probe released on bail

Police have released the two Lethem businessmen who are at the centre of the investigation into the discovery of a Beechcraft twin-engine aircraft and illegal airstrip at Santa Fe. “They were...

De people want a local oil company, Soulja Bai

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News 1

Everybody waiting fuh de oil to come out de ground, but Guyana getting good advice from people who know about oil. Right now is two set of people dealing wid Guyana oil—ExxonMobil and de...

Twenty Team North Pakaraima Football Tournament Underway

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Twenty Team North Pakaraima Football Tournament Underway

Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe on Sunday last declared open the North Pakaraima’s Football tournament being hosted by Paramakatoi Village, Region...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – Berbice…

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – Berbice…

Cougars and Hopetown United Rangers grab full points in latest play Cougars took over the leader board whilst maintaining the winless form of Mahaicony Thunder Hawks with a 9-0 drubbing on Sunday...

Team Guyana emerges Champs at Int. Martial Arts tourney in Suriname

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Team Guyana emerges Champs at Int. Martial Arts tourney in Suriname

Rake in 79 medals Team Guyana came out winners against their Surinamese counterparts in a just concluded International Martial Arts tournament held in the Dutch country. The 32-member Guyana team...

Imam Bacchus and Sons director Baksh wants to see better sporting facilities in Essequibo

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Imam Bacchus and Sons director Baksh wants to see better sporting facilities in Essequibo

By Zaheer Mohamed The Imam Bacchus Sports Club ground at Affiance on the Essequibo Coast is undoubtedly one of the better cricket grounds in Guyana. The facility which was built some six years ago...

GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – West Demerara

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League – West Demerara

Den Amstel swamps Jetty Gunners; Uitvlugt Warriors by WO from Golden Warriors Competition in the West Demerara Football Association leg of the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National Under-17...

Inter Ministries Tapeball re-scheduled for Friday

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inter Ministries Tapeball re-scheduled for Friday

The Inter Ministries; Government Agencies Tapeball cricket competition that was set for Sunday last, has now been re-scheduled for this Friday at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac starting at...

Guyana Softball Cup 7 is on, November 3rd to 5th

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Softball Cup 7 is on, November 3rd to 5th

The seventh edition of the Guyana Softball Cup organised by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) is set to commence on November 3 in Georgetown and conclude, two days later....

One of the best ever cricket tournaments – Roy Jaferally

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on One of the best ever cricket tournaments – Roy Jaferally

Kares Engineering Inc./RHTY&SC/Patron’s Green Economy Tournament… ”In my twenty-one years as a softball player, this tournament is without doubt one of the best every while the...

MSC Open Basketball League…Raiders extinguish Flames; Falcons puncture Pistons

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on MSC Open Basketball League…Raiders extinguish Flames; Falcons puncture Pistons

After faltering in their two opening matches, number one seed Retrieve Raiders have clawed back into contention in the Mackenzie Sports Club Open Basketball League with their second win by a solid...

Double U-19 Champs receives Hero’s welcome

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Double U-19 Champs receives Hero’s welcome

Perez, Yadram excel for Guyana The Guyana team which won both the Regional U-19 three-day and 50-over titles in St Kitts & Nevis returned home yesterday to a Hero’s welcome at Eugene F....

Petra/Corona Beer Invitational Football …Santos, GFC and unbeaten Tigers win to solidify their quarterfinal spots in

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Petra/Corona Beer Invitational Football …Santos, GFC and unbeaten Tigers win to solidify their quarterfinal spots in

The Corona Invitational Football Tourney continued on Monday night with the three final round round-robin matches at the Georgetown Football Club ground. Santos began the evening’s play in...

Diplomatic Community to face Quantum Leap Security in a charity T20 match

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Sports Comments Off on Diplomatic Community to face Quantum Leap Security in a charity T20 match

The British High Commission, in an effort to match the excitement of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) whilst also providing monetary support for local charities has announced a game of T20...

GPHC wants “free flow” of traffic within its vicinity

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News 1

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has over the years been dealing with a worrying inconvenience, related to crowded streets and driveways meant for ambulances. The roadways have...

GWI orders water tanks cleaned at city schools

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on GWI orders water tanks cleaned at city schools

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has intensified its water quality monitoring exercises throughout Guyana. It said that checks have unearthed a number of worrying finds with recommendations made...

Chief Magistrate warns police recruit to stop stealing

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News 1

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan was very compassionate with a 24-year-old police recruit who appeared before her and admitted to stealing his colleague’s mobile phone. Instead of sentencing or...

COI INTO ANCESTRAL LAND OWNERSHIP… Commissioner of Forests tells of conflicts between loggers and miners

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on COI INTO ANCESTRAL LAND OWNERSHIP… Commissioner of Forests tells of conflicts between loggers and miners

– details process to obtain logging, other concessions Commissioner of Forests, James Singh, has provided details about the process undertaken by applicants to obtain lands for logging and...

The slime eels will remain silent on this statement

Aug 30, 2017 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The slime eels will remain silent on this statement

I wrote two columns likening a certain post-2015 mindset to a peculiar creature named slime eels (see Monday, July 31, 2017, “Slimy eels that crawled out of the gutter of dictatorship,” and...

Education Ministry aiming to produce more rounded students

Aug 30, 2017 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry aiming to produce more rounded students

The Ministry of Education is aiming to produce more rounded students. This disclosure was recently amplified by Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry, and Chief Education Officer, Mr. Marcel...

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Colin Smith: Freud, cow-dung and oceanic memories

Kaieteur News – When my daughter heard the news that Colin Smith had died, she rang and said, “I knew him from a... more

Jagdeo is placing the cart before the horse

Kaieteur News – Transparency is not one of the hallmarks of the PPP/C. It is therefore not surprising that the government... more