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President Granger tells nation… I am ready to call elections after GECOM’s advice; I will not be reckless

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger tells nation… I am ready to call elections after GECOM’s advice; I will not be reckless

This address is a continued parroting of excuses – PPP/C There is no law or convention requiring the President to wait on anyone – Attorney-at-Law Sanjeev Datadin President David Granger is...

Oil and gas awareness… Region’s readiness to safeguard environment being discussed at high-level confab

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil and gas awareness… Region’s readiness to safeguard environment being discussed at high-level confab

As Guyana prepares for oil production in early 2020, systems must be in place to ensure there are operational practices are carried out to safeguard the environment. Yesterday, at the Marriott Hotel...

Venezuelan teen killed, body found in creek

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan teen killed, body found in creek

A Venezuelan teenager is dead after reportedly coming to the defence of his sister. According to police, the teen’s body was found in the Tabatinga Creek, Region Nine. The suspect is alleged to...

Four suspected Linden gang members appear in court

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Four suspected Linden gang members appear in court

Four alleged gang members, who were said to have been operating out of Linden, were yesterday charged and placed before the court to answer to individual charges. The men were among 14 persons who...

Mahaicony rice farmers save $3M in crops from flood waters

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mahaicony rice farmers save $3M in crops from flood waters

Rice farmers at First Savannah, Mahaicony Creek have indicated that they have managed to save some 25 acres of bearing rice plants from flood waters they have been battling for weeks in the small...

Two for two…Tullow Oil strikes again in Orinduik Block

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two for two…Tullow Oil strikes again in Orinduik Block

By Kiana Wilburg Canadian Exploration Company, Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas Ltd., announced yesterday that it has made a second oil discovery in the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana. Eco noted that the...

ExxonMobil makes 14th discovery in Stabroek Block

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil makes 14th discovery in Stabroek Block

ExxonMobil has struck black gold for the fourteenth time in the Stabroek Block. This time, the discovery was made at the Tripletail-1 well which encountered approximately 108 feet (33 metres) of a...

Who think Guyana got any anti-corruption advocates

Sep 17, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Who think Guyana got any anti-corruption advocates

A major media house looking fuh anti-corruption people. De BBC start dis approach many years ago when it was looking to award people who reach out to help de disadvantaged. De Waterfalls paper did...

Assuria gives $500,000 to GTU for World Teachers’ Day celebrations

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Assuria gives $500,000 to GTU for World Teachers’ Day celebrations

Noting that World Teachers’ Day will be celebrated in less than a month, Assuria—Life, Pension, Fire and General Insurance yesterday made a donation of $500,000 to members of the Guyana...

Porter charged for stealing 30 bottles of rum

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Porter charged for stealing 30 bottles of rum

Twenty-three-year-old Indal Sheobalis was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, to answer to a...

MACORP, Telecoms Ministry sign MoU to facilitate free online technical skills training

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on MACORP, Telecoms Ministry sign MoU to facilitate free online technical skills training

Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes, and Chief Executive Officer of Machinery Corporation of Guyana Limited (MACORP), Guillermo Escarraga, yesterday signed a Memorandum of...

Winners and Losers

Sep 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Winners and Losers

Is it a coincidence that every time an election is about to be held in Guyana, the oil exploration companies suddenly announce discoveries? Guyanese will recall that just days before the 2015...

Legal challenge over oil permits… Lawyers resolute that Trotman acted unlawfully in issuing exploration licences

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Legal challenge over oil permits… Lawyers resolute that Trotman acted unlawfully in issuing exploration licences

Lawyers representing local activist Ramon Gaskin, in the legal challenge to Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, over his decision to grant oil subsidiaries licences to operate here...

GPL unveils plans to link E’bo engines to Demerara, Berbice –Leguan, Wakenaam to operate fully on renewable energy

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPL unveils plans to link E’bo engines to Demerara, Berbice –Leguan, Wakenaam to operate fully on renewable energy

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) has unveiled a long-term plan that will see all its power stations on the coastlands being connected into one grid. The disclosures were made last week during a...

Guyana has terrifyingly, sickeningly, morbid hypocrisy, Mr. Hinds

Sep 17, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana has terrifyingly, sickeningly, morbid hypocrisy, Mr. Hinds

The chartered accountant, Mr. Nigel Hinds, who is a well known letter-writer to this newspaper had a missive published in Kaieteur News last Sunday captioned “Exxon is also robbing Guyana of its...

$2.2M drain-cleaning project ongoing in Charlestown – Residents impressed with work so far

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $2.2M drain-cleaning project ongoing in Charlestown – Residents impressed with work so far

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure in collaboration with the Ministry of Communities during the course of the week has handed out a drain cleaning project, so that substantial work could be done...

“If you suspect you have “red eye” avoid home remedies, OTC Drugs” – Ophthalmologist

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “If you suspect you have “red eye” avoid home remedies, OTC Drugs” – Ophthalmologist

Ophthalmologist Dr. Jenell Sarju during a programme titled “Your Health Matters” on Kaieteur Radio yesterday advised the public that if they suspect that they may have conjunctivitis –...

GTT runs backup fibre cable between New Hope and Timehri

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT runs backup fibre cable between New Hope and Timehri

Customers of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), who are located on the East Bank of Demerara, can expect reduced downtime in all GTT services following the construction of a secondary...

Trophy Stall onboard with WCC for T20 tourney

Sep 17, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Trophy Stall onboard with WCC for T20 tourney

Trophy Stall has supported the Wakenaam Cricket Committee for the staging of a T20 competition in the Essequibo river island. The competition has attracted seven teams; Good Success, Sans Souci, Sans...

“Godfather” facing yet another robbery charge

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “Godfather” facing yet another robbery charge

Five months after being charged for a series of robberies, Chris Pollard, yesterday returned before a city magistrate and was remanded to prison on yet another charge of similar nature. The...

Seventh Bakewell Juniors Open Tennis Championship launched

Sep 17, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seventh Bakewell Juniors Open Tennis Championship launched

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association along with the Nasir & Nasir Company Limited on September 6th, 2019 launched the 7th Edition of the Bakewell Junior Open Championships. The late CEO of...

Rising Stars edge Aurora Knight Riders, Jaguars maul United Warriors Set up final

Sep 17, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rising Stars edge Aurora Knight Riders, Jaguars maul United Warriors Set up final

On a day where the sun was out in all its glory and the sky as blue as the Caribbean Sea, Aurora Knight Riders surrendered to Rising Stars in the first semi final of the South Essequibo T/20 Cricket...

Trinidad’s restriction on honey, poultry… Guyana holds bilateral talks to find resolutions

Sep 17, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trinidad’s restriction on honey, poultry… Guyana holds bilateral talks to find resolutions

Guyana and Trinidad are holding talks to solve a simmering trade dispute over a wide range of especially agricultural products that the neighbouring country has been rejecting. Over the weekend, key...

MSC thump Ace Warriors; ECC, UG, Police grab first innings

Sep 17, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on MSC thump Ace Warriors; ECC, UG, Police grab first innings

-Perez, Savory, Sampson slam centuries; six-wkt hauls for Khan, Barker, George By Zaheer Mohamed Host Malteenoes Sports Club registered an innings and 98-run victory over Ace Warriors when the...

Limacol 11-a-side football continues tonight

Sep 17, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Limacol 11-a-side football continues tonight

Play in the fourth annual Limacol football tournament that is currently in the group round-robin stage continues tonight with two more matches at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground on Carifesta...

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National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more