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Difficult to renegotiate Orinduik contract if Exxon deal remains unchanged –University of Houston Instructor

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Difficult to renegotiate Orinduik contract if Exxon deal remains unchanged –University of Houston Instructor

By Kiana Wilburg Since the revelation by this newspaper that the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) covering the Orinduik Block allows the operator, Tullow Oil, to recover a measly one percent...

US$720M Liza Destiny to be leased to Guyana

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on US$720M Liza Destiny to be leased to Guyana

By Kiana Wilburg SBM Offshore, a Dutch global group of companies selling systems and services to the oil and gas industry, was able to put together the Liza Destiny, Guyana’s first Floating...

Almost 6 months after ‘non-binding’ MoU…Govt., GTT silent on negotiations for liberalisation

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Almost 6 months after ‘non-binding’ MoU…Govt., GTT silent on negotiations for liberalisation

-“outstanding” US$40M in tax remains at centre of negotiations Almost six months after signing a “non-binding” agreement, both the Government and the US-owned Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

Three captured during botched robbery at Republic Park home

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Three captured during botched robbery at Republic Park home

– cop relieving himself in bushes hears wounded suspect groaning nearby Quick response by police ranks led to the shooting and capture of one bandit and the arrest of two others, following a...

Belt and Road Initiative… Tanzania rejects “exploitative” US$10B port from China

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Belt and Road Initiative… Tanzania rejects “exploitative” US$10B port from China

The Government of Tanzania has suspended a US$10B port project, which would have seen the country handing over a range of lopsided benefits to the Asian emerging superpower. A key component of...

Guyana doing more offshore drilling than T&T – Ex-T&T Energy Minister

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana doing more offshore drilling than T&T – Ex-T&T Energy Minister

Guyana Government officials may not know but drilling activity has increased so much that there’s more offshore drilling here than there is in Trinidad and Tobago. This is according to former...

Police hunt prime suspect in Diamond fish shop fatal stabbing

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police hunt prime suspect in Diamond fish shop fatal stabbing

Police have launched a manhunt for the main suspect in the recent Diamond, East Bank Demerara fish shop brawl that ended with 18-year-old Friendship, East Bank Demerara resident Rivaldo Williams,...

Head teachers of Region 10 trained to become accountable school managers

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Head teachers of Region 10 trained to become accountable school managers

Under the theme: “Empowering head teachers for accountable School Management,” a conference/retreat was held by the Regional Education Department of Region 10 for 24 nursery school head teachers....

Speedboat mysteriously disappears from under nose of Essequibo farmer

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Speedboat mysteriously disappears from under nose of Essequibo farmer

A Melville Village, Wakanaam, Essequibo River farmer got the shock of his life recently when he returned from his farm, to find that his speedboat had disappeared. It had been tied close to his farm....

First Savannah Village: a quaint little settlement seemingly forgotten

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on First Savannah Village: a quaint little settlement seemingly forgotten

By Alex Wayne When it was suggested that I visit the village of First Savannah, way up in the Mahaicony River, I immediately got butterflies in my stomach. I started to battle with thoughts of a...

INTEGRATING STANDARDISATION INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on INTEGRATING STANDARDISATION INTO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Tomorrow, it is anticipated that all teachers and students will be fully back into the classrooms, all across Guyana, as the moulding of minds continues for another school year. The Guyana National...

Ex-GRA employee accused of taking $1M bribe from nightclub

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-GRA employee accused of taking $1M bribe from nightclub

A former employee of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was on Friday granted bail by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly after he appeared before her for allegedly carrying out a corrupt transaction with...

GuyOil denies mid-yr report that fuel shipment was contaminated

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GuyOil denies mid-yr report that fuel shipment was contaminated

The state-owned Guyana Oil Company Limited (GuyOil) has denied the Ministry of Finance’s half-year’s report, which said that shipment of fuel in February was contaminated. The company was last...

PRESERVATION OF AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES – FACET OF NATIONAL PLURAL CULTURAL POLICY

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on PRESERVATION OF AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES – FACET OF NATIONAL PLURAL CULTURAL POLICY

By PAT DIAL September each year has been set aside for the commemoration of Amerindian Heritage Month, officially known as Indigenous Heritage Month. This year, the commemoration had been launched on...

Overcoming partisan ambitions – A daunting challenge

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Overcoming partisan ambitions – A daunting challenge

The not-so-small hill of house-to-house registration rests. Now the next hills, mini-mountains in themselves, wait to be scaled. Those would be the businesses encompassing Claims and Objections...

It’s back to school for some

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on It’s back to school for some

Schools open tomorrow. There will be the tears for the first-timers. There will be tears in the eyes of some parents who will watch their precious cargo take their first steps at leaving the nest,...

Fake birth certificates and strange faces

Sep 01, 2019 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Fake birth certificates and strange faces

The AFC has received reports that more fake birth certificates and other personal identification documents have surfaced in Region 9 (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo). Some of the reports were submitted...

A list we can trust… to hold elections we can trust

Sep 01, 2019 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A list we can trust… to hold elections we can trust

“It is my desire that credible elections be held in the shortest possible time. I shall continue to ensure that Government’s actions are consistent and in compliance with the Constitution, and...

It’s not always a good thing to get flowers

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Countryman Comments Off on It’s not always a good thing to get flowers

By Dennis Nichols Less than two weeks ago, and in the space of four days, two women were murdered by their husbands. (One reputed) Such horror has become a virulent trend in Guyana. The following...

Mr. Jagdeo, go to work and stop buzing

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Mr. Jagdeo, go to work and stop buzing

Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo is failing the people by throwing the nation into steady ‘rickaticks.’ As a participant in the process whereby he was elected to the National Assembly (and a taxpayer who pays...

Local Tech Company to launch Facebook developer circle in Guyana

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Local Tech Company to launch Facebook developer circle in Guyana

Trifinity Solutions, a local tech company is set to collaborate with Silicon Valley tech giant Facebook to help build a developer community in Guyana through the launch of a local chapter. The...

The music has stopped; the singer is dead

Sep 01, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The music has stopped; the singer is dead

I don’t believe there is a human on earth who is over forty years of age and doesn’t invoke their memory bank about childhood days when they hear a certain song or the name of a certain singer....

Gunmen escape in taxi after robbing Rambarran’s Enterprise

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Gunmen escape in taxi after robbing Rambarran’s Enterprise

Two gunmen made good their escape yesterday after robbing the employees at Rambarran’s Enterprise located on Middleton Street, a stone’s throw away from the Rama Krishna Primary School. They...

Those tax incentives and local businesses

Sep 01, 2019 KNews The Story within the Story Comments Off on Those tax incentives and local businesses

By Leonard Gildarie In the everyday run of the newsroom, the stories come from myriad sources. Very often, someone would walk off the road, just coming off a flight from the United States, to...

Energy Director, Tullow Oil Management Team visit Stena Forth

Sep 01, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Energy Director, Tullow Oil Management Team visit Stena Forth

Director of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, on Friday said that the visit to the Stena Forth to get a first-hand look at the drillship was tremendous as it brought a new appreciation of the entire cycle of...

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The quandary of the Guyanese electorate

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