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Loophole gives Exxon recovery costs for any environmental disaster

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Loophole gives Exxon recovery costs for any environmental disaster

By Kiana Wilburg How will the costs of environmental damage offshore Guyana be treated? Will it be a deductible expense for the operators under all circumstances? Based on a perusal of the Stabroek...

Venezuela’s aggression did not deter us, Int’l law favours Guyana’s position – Ratio Petroleum Co-Founder, Geologist

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuela’s aggression did not deter us, Int’l law favours Guyana’s position – Ratio Petroleum Co-Founder, Geologist

By Kiana Wilburg When Israeli based Ratio Petroleum took the decision to apply for the Kaieteur Block licence in 2012, it was unaware of any impending claims by Venezuela on Guyana’s territorial...

‘Careless’ city commuters create opportunity to get robbed – Ramjattan

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Careless’ city commuters create opportunity to get robbed – Ramjattan

“Guyanese like fuh walk with cash. They don’t like to walk with plastic or cheques. That is why the opportunity is there. Some of them are very careless, so they get robbed.” That is the...

Govt. should approve no further projects until it can regulate offshore oil operations – Mangal

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. should approve no further projects until it can regulate offshore oil operations – Mangal

The Government of Guyana should not have approved another project after Liza-1. It is moving too fast. With every project it approves, it does so to its detriment. Government should slow down, and...

Westside promoter surprises senior citizens with ‘give back gesture’

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Westside promoter surprises senior citizens with ‘give back gesture’

Over twenty-five senior citizens from Pouderyen, West Bank Demerara, were pleasantly surprised just recently when a West Demerara District entertainment promoter knocked at their doors with food...

Jagdeo repeats call for probe into ‘crime wave’ killings

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo repeats call for probe into ‘crime wave’ killings

Opposition leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is once again challenging the A Partnership for National Unity / Alliance for Change, (APNU/AFC) Government to launch an investigation into mid 2000s crime...

American Airlines craft forced to return to Guyana

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on American Airlines craft forced to return to Guyana

– passengers locked in cabin without working air conditioner for over two hours The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), was swarmed by very angry and frustrated passengers on...

PPP condemns assertion that Sept. 18 elections deadline is self imposed

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PPP condemns assertion that Sept. 18 elections deadline is self imposed

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has denounced the assertions of Trade Unionist, Lincoln Lewis, who in a letter over the weekend, claimed that the September 18 elections deadline is a part of...

$1.5B in upgrades for La Parfaite Harmonie

Aug 12, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $1.5B in upgrades for La Parfaite Harmonie

– 75 starter-homes to be distributed – works to begin in January 2020 – to install 100 solar lights A whopping $1.5B has been set aside by the Coalition Government to execute...

13th Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships – Road Race…Tough day for locals; T&T’s Comarmond cops the Junior double; PR’s Segarra wins Juvenile class

Aug 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 13th Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships – Road Race…Tough day for locals; T&T’s Comarmond cops the Junior double; PR’s Segarra wins Juvenile class

By Franklin Wilson Witnessed by an encouraging local crowd in the Green Town of Bartica, the 13th edition of the Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships (JCCC), the first time ever hosted in Guyana...

I believe Johnson, Trump and Granger will lose

Aug 12, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I believe Johnson, Trump and Granger will lose

There are three elections coming up soon that are important to Guyana. Two are from nations, which Guyana has been traditionally linked to and there are close interconnections between the three...

Richardson dagger hands Sparta Boss Guinness Street Football title

Aug 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Richardson dagger hands Sparta Boss Guinness Street Football title

Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson sunk a dagger, a 9th minute lone strike, to hand proven warriors, Sparta Boss, the Guinness Greatest of the Street football championship on Saturday evening at...

2020 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship Qualifiers…Guyana’s preparation is advanced; team management optimistic about performance

Aug 12, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2020 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship Qualifiers…Guyana’s preparation is advanced; team management optimistic about performance

Georgetown: “Preparation has been going great. Over the past eight weeks, we were able to work on the different aspects of the game and have seen great improvement from the girls,” said Akilah...