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All oil contracts should be subject to renegotiation-UNDP …provides strategy to help Guyana

Aug 05, 2018 KNews ExxonMobil, News Comments Off on All oil contracts should be subject to renegotiation-UNDP …provides strategy to help Guyana

By Kiana Wilburg Oil contracts are not set in stone. If there are fiscal arrangements that leave a country holding the short end of the proverbial stick, then renegotiation is not an unreasonable...

China’s Belt & Road initiative is a yet another debt trap! Three years into the project, Pakistan finds self waist deep in debt

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on China’s Belt & Road initiative is a yet another debt trap! Three years into the project, Pakistan finds self waist deep in debt

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell Nothing is free. But sometimes the price to be paid is more than what was bargained. Several countries that signed onto China’s Belt and Road initiative are finding...

18 GWI wells in trouble because of poor designs -company gets tough on contractors, quality of materials

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 18 GWI wells in trouble because of poor designs -company gets tough on contractors, quality of materials

The state-owned Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) says it is grappling with a major problem of ensuring that materials its uses for its projects meet the necessary standards. The company is calling for local...

Hotel owner shoots driver dead during confrontation

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Hotel owner shoots driver dead during confrontation

A 30-year-old driver was shot dead at around 01:00 hrs yesterday during a confrontation with his neighbour, who is the owner of the Tourist Villa Hotel in Fifth Avenue, Subryanville, Kitty. Jason De...

Dr. Bynoe has no experience in Oil and Gas …appointment leaves more questions than answers – Ram

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. Bynoe has no experience in Oil and Gas …appointment leaves more questions than answers – Ram

Chartered Accountant, Chris Ram is of the firm view that the President’s selection and appointment of economist, Dr. Mark Bynoe, as Head the Department of Energy, leaves more questions than answers...

Pomeroon farmer 72, gunned down in front 46-year-old lover – woman among three detained

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon farmer 72, gunned down in front 46-year-old lover – woman among three detained

A 73-year-old farmer was gunned down in his Grant River, Lower Pomeroon home after being attacked by a masked intruder at around 18:30 hrs on Friday. Police said that Deonarine, also called...

China baiting Soulja Bai like how an old scamp gat he eyes pun yuh 13-year-old daughter

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on China baiting Soulja Bai like how an old scamp gat he eyes pun yuh 13-year-old daughter

The world has no space for fools. Old people seh suh and is true. Dem boys seh if yuh can’t keep yuh head on then cat will surely eat you and your family tea, breakfast and dinner. That is exactly...

Almost 500 fleeing Venezuela in Region One -Region urges more supplies, better collaboration

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Almost 500 fleeing Venezuela in Region One -Region urges more supplies, better collaboration

As Government continues to grapple with an evolving situation in Region One, where scores of Venezuelans have fled from their homeland, authorities there are calling for closer collaboration to deal...

16th Annual IPF/ NAPF Championship – Mexico Day 3… Petterson, Frank Tucker, Nairanjan Singh golden on last day; Guyana 6 gold, 3 bronze

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on 16th Annual IPF/ NAPF Championship – Mexico Day 3… Petterson, Frank Tucker, Nairanjan Singh golden on last day; Guyana 6 gold, 3 bronze

After snaring the gold medal in the Men’s Raw Open 93kg battle on Friday, Guyana’s leading young strongman, Carlos ‘The Showstopper’ Petterson competing in the Men’s Equipped Open division...

GBA Schoolboys/ Junior Boxing C/Ships…. Five titles decided on opening day

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA Schoolboys/ Junior Boxing C/Ships…. Five titles decided on opening day

By Sean Devers The two-day Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Schoolboys and Juniors Boxing Championships at the Andrew ‘Six Heads’ Lewis in Albouystown began late yesterday with one of 13 scheduled...

Helping to sustain a noble profession…Nurse Doneth Mingo is a ‘Special Person’

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Special Person Comments Off on Helping to sustain a noble profession…Nurse Doneth Mingo is a ‘Special Person’

“The first thing a potential nurse needs to know is that nursing is a noble profession and because it is noble you have to always act professionally, even in the face of a challenge.” By...

Mohamed Enterprise 5th annual futsal tournament… Figgy Green Jags hit 8 past Red Line on Friday as Bakewell lends support

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed Enterprise 5th annual futsal tournament… Figgy Green Jags hit 8 past Red Line on Friday as Bakewell lends support

The fifth annual Mohamed’s Enterprise/ExxonMobil futsal tournament continued on Friday night at the Mackenzie Hard Court in Linden with 8 electrifying clashes. As the battle for the top prize of...

GMRSC Endurance Series continues today with round 2 at Timehri

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMRSC Endurance Series continues today with round 2 at Timehri

The second round of the 2018 Endurance Series speed off today at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri, from 13:00hrs. There will be 4 classes in which the drivers will be able to compete in, namely: 0...

A. Forrester Lumber Yard, Soriedom Guyana Inc, 4R Bearings on board Guyana Cup

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on A. Forrester Lumber Yard, Soriedom Guyana Inc, 4R Bearings on board Guyana Cup

The Guyana Cup 2018 horse race meet is quickly approaching and the August 19th premier local racing event, which will be held at the Rising Sun Turf Club in Port Mourant, Berbice, is sure to attract...

Differently Able Athletics Club to begin Terry Fox walk fundraisers

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Differently Able Athletics Club to begin Terry Fox walk fundraisers

This year, three athletes from the Differently Able Athletics Club (DAAC) will be heading to Canada to participate in the 2018 Terry Fox Foundation Cancer Awareness run. Those athletes are the...

Going home and passing have replaced death

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Going home and passing have replaced death

These days there is a lot of euphemism surrounding one’s death. People hardly say that someone is dead. Instead, we would hear that the person has passed or that the person has gone home. Sometimes...

GCC overcome Everest CC by 26 runs

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC overcome Everest CC by 26 runs

Georgetown Cricket Club defeated Everest Cricket Club by 46 runs in an U-17 Tapeball fixture played recently at Bourda. Batting first GCC managed 126 all out in 30 overs with Thaddeous Lovell and S....

Republic Bank on board with Nand Persaud and Company Sky Plus Sprint Classic

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank on board with Nand Persaud and Company Sky Plus Sprint Classic

With race day just one week away for the Nand Persaud Group of Companies Sixth Mega Sprint Classic Horserace meet, Republic Bank Guyana Limited has come on board in a big way. The event which is...

100 percent renewable energy by 2025 may not be achievable

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on 100 percent renewable energy by 2025 may not be achievable

Head, Office of Climate Change, (OCC) Janelle Christian, on Friday acknowledged that the target of 100 percent renewable energy use by 2025 may have to be revisited given the new dynamics created by...

Regional Under-19 Championship – 2nd day, 1st round… Guyana take useful lead

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Regional Under-19 Championship – 2nd day, 1st round… Guyana take useful lead

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Aug 4, CMC – Guyana took a useful 91 run lead with play continued on the second day of the opening round of matches in the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday. At...

Fire destroys Sparta home; family resides abroad

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys Sparta home; family resides abroad

A family of the Sparta Middle Dam on the Essequibo Coast, is now counting its losses after the furnished double flat home went up in flames Friday morning. According to reports, shortly after...

Harmon pledges $500,000 personal support to Beacon Foundation

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon pledges $500,000 personal support to Beacon Foundation

Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, on Friday visited the Beacon Hospice on Thomas and New Market Streets, where he made a personal pledge of $500,000 and other forms of support to the charitable...

Two arrested at Jamaican airport for attempting to smuggle coke to Guyana

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on Two arrested at Jamaican airport for attempting to smuggle coke to Guyana

Jamaica (rjrnewsonline.com) – Two persons who were held at Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine, are to appear in court on Wednesday. Miriam...

GMC offers unique marketing opportunities for small agro-processors

Aug 05, 2018 KNews News Comments Off on GMC offers unique marketing opportunities for small agro-processors

“I cannot believe we have so many nicely packaged items made right here in Guyana,” said a woman who was shopping at the recently concluded Agro-processors’’ Exhibit, hosted by the Guyana...

Persaud, Hussain, Subhan take Category lead as LGC Open tourney commences – Hussain, Dr. Deo, Webster tied in flight B category

Aug 05, 2018 KNews Sports Comments Off on Persaud, Hussain, Subhan take Category lead as LGC Open tourney commences – Hussain, Dr. Deo, Webster tied in flight B category

By Zaheer Mohamed Following an absence of 25 years, the Lusignan Golf Club Open tournament made a grand return yesterday with some exciting action in the respective categories. The Groups started off...