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ExxonMobil submits padded list to Gov’t on local content

Jun 06, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil submits padded list to Gov’t on local content

…Bourda Market, Haags Bosch Dumpsite, Shanta’s Roti Shop among ‘companies’ listed USA oil and gas giant, ExxonMobil, has provided the Government of Guyana with a list of companies it used...

ExxonMobil refused to provide Opposition Leader with Info

Jun 06, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on ExxonMobil refused to provide Opposition Leader with Info

Yesterday, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo finally broke his silence on his engagements with oil giant, ExxonMobil. The politician revealed that ExxonMobil has been reluctant to provide him with...

Businesswoman charged for drug trafficking, escaping from police station

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Businesswoman charged for drug trafficking, escaping from police station

A businesswoman, who is claiming that she had sex with two police constables in exchange for her freedom after she was arrested for drug trafficking, was yesterday arrainged before a Magistrate. The...

Local content is not Ads, publications, catering and taxi services

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Local content is not Ads, publications, catering and taxi services

By Kiana Wilburg On Monday, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo called for the Government to publish the list of 309 companies ExxonMobil said it used last year to support its operations. Instead, the...

After more than three decades in fishing, exporting… Over 350 workers given notice as BEV calls it a day

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on After more than three decades in fishing, exporting… Over 350 workers given notice as BEV calls it a day

Guyana’s oldest and privately-owned fishing company, BEV Processors, is winding down its operations, with workers over the weekend given six weeks’ notice. The closure of the Houston operations...

Judge gives State five days to produce evidence of fraud against former GRDB Head

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Judge gives State five days to produce evidence of fraud against former GRDB Head

Justice Navindra Singh has granted the State five days to produce the forensic audit report, which formed the basis for which former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Official Guyana Rice...

Canje labourer shot dead during alleged cattle ranch robbery -co-worker, two others in custody

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Canje labourer shot dead during alleged cattle ranch robbery -co-worker, two others in custody

A labourer of Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice was yesterday found dead with gunshot wounds at a cattle ranch located some six miles from the New Forest main road where he was employed. The deceased...

Exxon lef out Sandy’s, Lyken, Merriman and de Cemetery

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon lef out Sandy’s, Lyken, Merriman and de Cemetery

Nothing worse can happen to Guyana under dis coalition govt. De list from ExxonMobil released by de govt yesterday, is de worse thing to happen to Guyana. Please tell de nation dat de list is a...

Diamond teen reportedly missing

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond teen reportedly missing

The mother of a 14-year-old girl of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, is worried about her daughter’s safety. She is appealing for public assistance in locating the teen. Missing is Tinesha Ramohan...

PAHO to lead investigation into mercury emission – Govt will spare no expense to ensure workers safety

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO to lead investigation into mercury emission – Govt will spare no expense to ensure workers safety

Two teams from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) will be investigating mercury emission at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Brickdam complex. The Ministry of Public Health has...

A ray of hope for cycle champion …biopsy results show tumor not cancerous

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on A ray of hope for cycle champion …biopsy results show tumor not cancerous

“We have to give God praise for what he has done” were the words uttered by the 15-year-old three-time gold medalist, Beyonce Ross, from her bed in Rose Hall Town when she heard the news...

Queens couple charged with welfare fraud

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Queens couple charged with welfare fraud

New York – New York State Inspector General, Catherine Leahy Scott, and Queens County District Attorney, Richard A. Brown, has announced the arrest of a Queens husband and wife accused of...

GABF selects final 12 for three-match series against Barbados – Stanton Rose becomes youngest ever National captain

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF selects final 12 for three-match series against Barbados – Stanton Rose becomes youngest ever National captain

After weeks of intense training, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has reduced their provisional 17-man squad to the final 12 who will fly out Barbados to play in a three-game friendly...

EBFA leg of GFF Academy Training Center setting a solid platform

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on EBFA leg of GFF Academy Training Center setting a solid platform

The initiative was birthed under former Technical Director of the GFF Claude Bolton in 2015 but was rolled out under current GFF Technical Director Ian Greenwood in January of 2017 with sponsorship...

GECOM Chairman accuses PPP of injecting race into preparations for LGE

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chairman accuses PPP of injecting race into preparations for LGE

….Opposition Commissioners stage walk out There is tension brewing over the hiring of persons to fill critical positions at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ahead of the Local...

Taxi driver freed of causing the death of a British citizen

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver freed of causing the death of a British citizen

Haroon Essack, the taxi driver who had been arraigned on charges of causing the death of a British citizen almost two years ago, has been freed on a no-case submission. The no-case submission was...

KMPA 2nd annual Junior Olympic Games launched – $4M in cash and prizes up for grab

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on KMPA 2nd annual Junior Olympic Games launched – $4M in cash and prizes up for grab

The 2018 King Medas-Pansy Adonis (KMPA) Classic which features athletes from the Under-8 to Masters’ category competing in Track and Field is set for four days of excitement from September 20th to...

More Berbice Cricket Clubs benefit from $1M Balls Project

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on More Berbice Cricket Clubs benefit from $1M Balls Project

More Cricket Clubs in Berbice on Saturday last received red balls as President of the Berbice Cricket Board Hilbert Foster and his Predecessor Anil Beharry continued both of their efforts to assist...

Customs, postal workers meet to discuss improved relations, e-Commerce

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Customs, postal workers meet to discuss improved relations, e-Commerce

Customs and postal officers from the Caribbean, met in Guyana for round table discussions aimed at helping the postal services improve working relations with Customs to meet the demand of customers,...

Red-faced: The Queen Victoria

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Red-faced: The Queen Victoria

Red-faced: The Queen Victoria statue at the Supreme Court compound, Avenue of the Republic, was drenched with red paint over the weekend. Yesterday, there were moves underway to clean it. There has...

Woman, spouse on trial for killing her uncle

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Court Stories, News Comments Off on Woman, spouse on trial for killing her uncle

Vishwantie Ragnauth and her reputed husband, Nyron Thakurdyal, will go on trial this morning for the murder of her 39 year-old uncle who was stabbed to death almost four years ago, at Patentia, West...

Police SC, GNIC SC head GCA first division 2-day points table

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Police SC, GNIC SC head GCA first division 2-day points table

By Zaheer Mohamed Following several rounds of matches Police SC and GNIC SC sit atop of Group A and B respectively in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Trophy Stall, Star Party Rentals and...

Osmond Cummings Memorial U-20 Football Tournament… Botofago FC and Winners Connection advance to next round

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Osmond Cummings Memorial U-20 Football Tournament… Botofago FC and Winners Connection advance to next round

Botofago Football Club (BFC) defeated their counterparts Netrockers in the Osmond Cummings Memorial first U-20 football tournament Sunday last at the Bayroc Ground by 4 goals to 1. In the first game...

Rosignol minibuses stage second day fuel price protests

Jun 06, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rosignol minibuses stage second day fuel price protests

Minibus operators (Route 50) plying the Rosignol to Georgetown route yesterday staged their second day of strike and protest to increase the fares for commuters to pay amidst the spike in fuel prices...

Bullying in schools

Jun 06, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Bullying in schools

The incident involving a child who was denied entry to his school because he turned up shirtless even though his costume was intended to display indigenous wear, has led to public consternation. The...

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Rotary Club of NA Childhood Obesity Prevention Inter Secondary School Tapeball Cricket begins with two matches

No such common ground exists

Peeping Tom… The President of Guyana’s response, regarding today’s planned talks with the United States Secretary... more