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BREAKING NEWS: ‘Roger’ Khan released from custody

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS: ‘Roger’ Khan released from custody

Three and a half days after he was deported to Guyana from the US, Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan was minutes ago released from police custody. His lawyer, Glen Hanoman, confirmed to Kaieteur News that...

Guyana must acquire latest technology to ensure accurate meter reading for oil

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana must acquire latest technology to ensure accurate meter reading for oil

-But Customs must retain right to be present on storage vessel –IMF By Kiana Wilburg If Guyana intends to get its fair share of oil from the Stabroek Block, then it has to invest in the latest...

Low salaries for local oil workers shock Coalition Govt.

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Low salaries for local oil workers shock Coalition Govt.

Recent revelations that locals working on the Liza Destiny oil production platform were being paid a little more than minimum wage has not been welcomed by Government. Minister of Finance, Winston...

Woman chopped to death by propellers, 2 missing in E’bo River accident

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman chopped to death by propellers, 2 missing in E’bo River accident

A woman is dead and two persons remain missing up to late last night in the Essequibo River after a horrific two-boat collision. Five persons with injuries were said to have survived. While details...

Fmr. Presidents decline invite to Chinese celebrations where Granger was chief guest

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fmr. Presidents decline invite to Chinese celebrations where Granger was chief guest

Three former presidents of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) have refused to attend a Chinese ceremony where President David Granger has been invited as the Chief Guest. Yesterday, the...

Granger heightens security ahead of PPP/C’s E’bo protest

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Granger heightens security ahead of PPP/C’s E’bo protest

By Romario Blair The heavy presence of armed security personnel within the presidential motorcade yesterday on the Essequibo Coast, is a clear indication that the president is taking all precautions,...

ExxonMobil seeks to land fibre optic cable from production platform

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil seeks to land fibre optic cable from production platform

ExxonMobil is looking to lay a subsea fibre optic cable that will connect its offshore operations with its Georgetown operations. Yesterday, ExxonMobil’s local operating company, Esso Exploration...

Woman delivers baby on hospital floor after allegedly being forced to walk to washroom

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Woman delivers baby on hospital floor after allegedly being forced to walk to washroom

Medical staff and patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were reportedly in shock yesterday after a mother in labour delivered her baby as she walked to a washroom within the...

Protesters mekking Soulja Bai uncomfortable

Sep 24, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Protesters mekking Soulja Bai uncomfortable

Jagdeo mekking Soulja Bai uncomfortable. Everywhere Soulja Bai turn dem have Jagdeo people waiting fuh him in their numbers. Last night was just anodda example. Soulja Bai was going to de Chinese...

GFF hosts Financial Planning Workshop to inform 2020 budget

Sep 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF hosts Financial Planning Workshop to inform 2020 budget

Following a decision at the ExtrOrdinary Congress held in August 2019, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday hosted a financial planning workshop to inform the 2020 budget. The session, held...

LGC President Aleem Hussain wins Silica Sandport Inc. 3rd Annual Golf Extravaganza

Sep 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on LGC President Aleem Hussain wins Silica Sandport Inc. 3rd Annual Golf Extravaganza

On the heels of a win 2 weeks ago in the Odyssey Sightseeing Tours Guyana Inc. tournament on Saturday September 7, LGC President Aleem Hussain again showed his skill in the game when he took...

A date for elections

Sep 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A date for elections

The least of our problems is naming a date for elections. Guyana is facing international isolation, the United States, Britain, the European Union and the Commonwealth have all indicated that it will...

Private Sector urges Granger to fix February month-end elections date without delay

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Private Sector urges Granger to fix February month-end elections date without delay

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday urged President David Granger to fix general elections for February monthend as defined by the timeline of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)....

City Council, Lands and Surveys dispute ownership of State lands in city

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City Council, Lands and Surveys dispute ownership of State lands in city

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and Guyana Lands of Surveys Commission (GLSC) are at odds over State lands, located in the city. Both entities allude to legislation which gives them...

East La Penitence man allegedly shoots neighbour through wall

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on East La Penitence man allegedly shoots neighbour through wall

A gun reportedly acquired by a known criminal with intention to shoot his sister, accidentally went off, shooting a female neighbour in the thigh. A visit to Cookrit Street, East La Penitence,...

Guyanese – born sex defendant claims he was not fleeing jail time

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese – born sex defendant claims he was not fleeing jail time

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (silive.com/new)– Brian Prince insisted Monday he wasn’t playing a game of hide-and-seek with authorities last week. The New Brighton man, who failed to appear in court on...

Guyanese family mourns after recently graduated daughter shot dead

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese family mourns after recently graduated daughter shot dead

NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Police in suburban Orange County are looking for two men who burst into an apartment, opened fire, and killed a recent college graduate. At a home in Walden, a...

GTT offers Free Blaze installation – company has over 20,000 customers

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GTT offers Free Blaze installation – company has over 20,000 customers

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is moving aggressively to corner the fibre optic market. Yesterday, the US-owned telephone company which is currently in negotiations with the...

Better paddy price for farmers this crop

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Better paddy price for farmers this crop

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has announced higher prices for farmers this crop. From yesterday, millers were being paid between $41,526 to $53,830 per tonne of paddy. “When harvesting...

Guyana/Suriname boat service resumes Thursday – no containers allowed; height and weight restrictions in force

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana/Suriname boat service resumes Thursday – no containers allowed; height and weight restrictions in force

After more than four months, vehicles will once again be allowed to criss-cross the Corentyne River, allowing trade and travel to resume to some level of normalcy between Guyana and neighbouring...

“I didn’t escape, I went back to the station” – man tells magistrate

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on “I didn’t escape, I went back to the station” – man tells magistrate

– insists he is a psychiatric patient; threatens to escape again A man who claimed to be a psychiatric patient and in need of an evaluation, was yesterday remanded to prison on four charges....

Deadly high seas piracy attack… Accused leaders, “Fyah” and “Sandbad”, committed to trial

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Deadly high seas piracy attack… Accused leaders, “Fyah” and “Sandbad”, committed to trial

Nakool “Fyah” Manohar of Number 43 Village, Corentyne, Berbice and Premnauth “Sanbad” Persaud of Cromarty Village, Upper Corentyne, Berbice were yesterday committed to stand...

Non-Practice of Preventative Medicine Will Have an Impact on the National Treasury-Neurosurgeon

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Non-Practice of Preventative Medicine Will Have an Impact on the National Treasury-Neurosurgeon

Guyana’s first neurosurgeon Dr Amarnauth Dukhi said that preventative medicine will have an impact on the national treasury and a country’s economy, as if it is not practiced there are dire...

Balram Narine gets assist to participate in first Tobago International Cycling Classic

Sep 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Balram Narine gets assist to participate in first Tobago International Cycling Classic

Cyclist Balram Narine of the Flying Ace Cycling Cub (FACC) of Berbice is slated to participate in the Tobago International Five Stage Cycling Classic event. The event, which is slated to be held from...

44 trials, 31 convictions at Sexual Offences Court since 2017

Sep 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 44 trials, 31 convictions at Sexual Offences Court since 2017

The Sexual Offences Court in Guyana has been making significant headway in bringing perpetrators to justice; something that, in the past, took a very long time to happen. Since its inception in...

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GHB selects strong Women’s team for PAHF Challenge in Bermuda

Cyberspace is becoming a dark place

Kaieteur News – The notion that cyberspace should exist in some fictional realm, free from the meddling hands of governments... more