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Jagdeo rubbishes ExxonMobil’s rationale for local content

Jun 08, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on Jagdeo rubbishes ExxonMobil’s rationale for local content

…Says, “I hire over 250 companies a month” By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo agrees with those who have bemoaned the sad state of affairs in Guyana particularly as...

Check the motivation of consultancy companies predicting glory for Guyana- Jagdeo

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Check the motivation of consultancy companies predicting glory for Guyana- Jagdeo

By Abena Rockcliffe- Campbell “Everything must not be taken at face value,” said Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday as he spoke about a recently highlighted report from a Norwegian...

Customs officials shot in anti-smuggling operation on East Coast

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Customs officials shot in anti-smuggling operation on East Coast

Two Customs enforcement officers were shot last evening during an anti-smuggling exercise on the East Coast of Demerara. According to reports, the officials were in a coordinated operation to...

Full benefits as unions, BEV seek alternative for workers

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Full benefits as unions, BEV seek alternative for workers

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) says it is disheartened after learning of the decision by businessman Bruce Vieira to shut his BEV Processors Inc., at Houston, East Bank...

Oil Companies must make disaster response, compensation plans public-NRGI

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Oil Companies must make disaster response, compensation plans public-NRGI

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) is of the firm view that oil companies should allow the government and civil society to hold them to account for their mitigation strategies. To do...

Contractor allegedly forges signature on $10M application letter

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor allegedly forges signature on $10M application letter

An Alliance For Change executive member and contractor of Quad Constructions in Berbice, has come under scrutiny for allegedly forging a businessman’s signature on a $10M pre-qualification...

Deadly high seas attack… Ring leader ‘Sanbad’ captured by Berbice police

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly high seas attack… Ring leader ‘Sanbad’ captured by Berbice police

An intelligence led operation has aided in the capture of the wanted ring leader for the pirate gang that attacked four fishing vessels in Suriname waters. That attack left more than a dozen...

Reporters Without Borders urge Guyana to amend controversial Cybercrime Bill

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Reporters Without Borders urge Guyana to amend controversial Cybercrime Bill

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Guyanese Parliament to amend its draft Cybercrime Bill, which could have a damaging effect on press freedom. On June 7, RSF sent a letter to Prime Minister...

Exxon, Jagdeo and de Coal-lay-shun got a lot in common

Jun 08, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon, Jagdeo and de Coal-lay-shun got a lot in common

De best way to get anything out of anybody is to seh something good about dem. People get promotion and some people get fancy gifts all because dem talk nice about somebody. One consultancy talk good...

GCB Senior Female Team off to Jamaica for 2018 CWI Women’s T20 Championship

Jun 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Senior Female Team off to Jamaica for 2018 CWI Women’s T20 Championship

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Female Team left yesterday for Jamaica to compete in the 2018 Women’s Regional T20 and 50-Overs tournaments. The Guyanese will play their first match on Sunday...

Golden Jaguars new Head Coach formally introduced by GFF – Set 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification as priority

Jun 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Golden Jaguars new Head Coach formally introduced by GFF – Set 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification as priority

Michael Johnson, the newly appointed Head Coach of Guyana’s Senior Men’s team, ‘Golden Jaguars’, arrived in the ‘Land of Many Waters’ yesterday and was formally introduced to the medai...

Public-Private Partnership Policy to ensure value for money in public sector projects- Jordan

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Public-Private Partnership Policy to ensure value for money in public sector projects- Jordan

By Kiana Wilburg In an effort to fulfill its development objectives for Guyana, the Government will have to form partnerships with private partners. This collaboration will see private sector members...

Gov’t says GABF, CBC participation difficult to fund

Jun 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Gov’t says GABF, CBC participation difficult to fund

In light of the Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Sport, Dr. George Norton, stating in the media that the Government of Guyana will be unable to fund the $10 million that Guyana’s...

Imam Bacchus SC, NOC SC and Walton Hall SC through to quarter finals

Jun 08, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Imam Bacchus SC, NOC SC and Walton Hall SC through to quarter finals

Imam Bacchus Sports Club, New Opportunity Corps Sports Club and Walton Hall Sports Club have made it through to the quarter finals of the South Essequibo Cricket Committee Invitational T20...

Local content is not ‘spending’ in the economy

Jun 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Local content is not ‘spending’ in the economy

Local content is a concept which is peculiar to foreign investment. A local company cannot be engaged in local content since conceptually local content is concerned with the portion of a foreign...

Arthur Chung Conference Centre undergoes US$7M repairs

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Arthur Chung Conference Centre undergoes US$7M repairs

After almost 18 months of major repairs, Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), at Liliendaal, has been handed back to the Government of Guyana by China, complete with some new whistles and...

Rusal workers plead for attention amid poor working conditions

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Rusal workers plead for attention amid poor working conditions

Bauxite workers in the Upper Berbice area, are calling for urgent attention to their working conditions. While a task force has been announced and headed by the Minister within the Ministry of...

Ferguson inspects Bartica stelling, power plant projects

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Ferguson inspects Bartica stelling, power plant projects

Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson, yesterday visited Cuyuni-Mazaruni area, Region Seven. During the trip, the Minister was accompanied by the Regional Chairman,...

GPHC Psychiatric clinic to be relocated to Mental Health Unit -counselling and occupational therapy available

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC Psychiatric clinic to be relocated to Mental Health Unit -counselling and occupational therapy available

The Georgetown Public Hospital’s Psychiatric Clinic will soon be relocated to the recently constructed Mental Health Institute, located at Lot 252 Quamina Street, South Cummingsburg. The...

Exxon selling out of Tanzanian gas field to focus on Mozambique, Guyana

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon selling out of Tanzanian gas field to focus on Mozambique, Guyana

LONDON (Reuters) – ExxonMobil is seeking buyers for its stake in a large undeveloped gas field off Tanzania, according to three banking and industry sources, as the company focuses on the...

President tours little Independence star through State House

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on President tours little Independence star through State House

President David Granger was yesterday paid a visit by two special little ladies; Miss Kaylin Klass, a Grade Two School of the Nations student; and Miss Eliana Ganpat, who became an internet sensation...

Doobay Medical is 13th lab certified by GNBS

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Doobay Medical is 13th lab certified by GNBS

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has certified the Doobay Medical Centre Inc. Laboratory for the first time. The ceremony occurred on June 5, 2018 with the lab being the 13th to...

Notable achievements at Indigenous Residence – Minister Allicock

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Notable achievements at Indigenous Residence – Minister Allicock

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs continues to heavily invest in improving living conditions at the Indigenous Residence located on Princes Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown. On...

This is the most violent, immoral, ravished country in the entire world

Jun 08, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on This is the most violent, immoral, ravished country in the entire world

A young lady broke a bottle and stabbed her best friend to death in the presence of the victim’s three-year-old daughter; she pleads guilty and gets 10 years. A man brutalizes his girlfriend’s...

Police photographer testifies in causing death trial

Jun 08, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Police photographer testifies in causing death trial

The trial of a minibus driver who was previously charged with causing the death of a 42-year-old pedal cyclist, continued yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown...