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Protecting the Environment… Laws needed to remove wiggle room for oil operators –Industry Analyst

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Protecting the Environment… Laws needed to remove wiggle room for oil operators –Industry Analyst

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s government, like many others, is bound by the Constitution to protect the environment. In light of being vested with this duty by the supreme law, international agencies...

Corpse with plastic bag over head… Neighbour apologizes to dead friend while dumping his body in trench

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Corpse with plastic bag over head… Neighbour apologizes to dead friend while dumping his body in trench

A 60-year-old labourer has admitted to killing his neighbour and drinking buddy, Abdool Ghannie, and dumping his body in a trench at First Street Patentia, West Bank Demerara (WBD), after wrapping...

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Rashleigh Jackson rescued from burning home

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Former Foreign Affairs Minister Rashleigh Jackson rescued from burning home

Former Guyanese Foreign Affairs Minister, 90-year-old Rashleigh Jackson had to be rescued from his Jackson Avenue Republic Park, East Bank Demerara home Wednesday morning around 11:45hrs after a fire...

Man tries to barter ganja for phone -tells court he not a trafficker but a trader

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man tries to barter ganja for phone -tells court he not a trafficker but a trader

A Soesdyke resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he told the court that he used a quantity of ganja to barter for a phone. Twenty-seven-year-old Carlos Christopher, a father of two and a...

Rusal workers brace for long haul as pay negotiations reach stalemate

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Rusal workers brace for long haul as pay negotiations reach stalemate

Wage negotiations between Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) and the workers’ union have stalled with the matter likely heading for arbitration. The company is only willing to talk...

Bandit gives back woman $200 to go home after robbing her

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit gives back woman $200 to go home after robbing her

“I admit I give him the knife, I can’t change my mouth,” were the words of 18-year-old Kelwin Williams, a bus conductor from South Ruimveldt Gardens. He was remanded to prison after he...

Man in custody after allegedly killing cousin with hammer

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man in custody after allegedly killing cousin with hammer

Police have detained a cousin of Alvin Dipchan, the 35-year-old who died at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital last Tuesday after allegedly being struck with a hammer Dipchan was at an aunt’s home at...

Oil discoveries trigger reassessment of Guyana-Suriname basin

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil discoveries trigger reassessment of Guyana-Suriname basin

Following the 14 discoveries by ExxonMobil in the Stabroek Block and the two made by Tullow Oil in the Orinduik Block, the U.S Geological Survey (UGSS) will be conducting a reassessment of the...

Venezuelan who picked wrong customer to sell ammo remanded

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan who picked wrong customer to sell ammo remanded

A Venezuelan national who is currently in Guyana buying and selling goods and other items was yesterday remanded after he was arrested by the police for possession of illegal ammunition which he...

Go to de court to hear stupidness

Oct 24, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Go to de court to hear stupidness

Something funny always happening in de courts. If somebody ain’t do nutten stupid somebody does seh something stupid. But even before de matter go to court funny things does happen. Two drinking...

PUBLIC OFFICE INVOLVES A CHOICE

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PUBLIC OFFICE INVOLVES A CHOICE

When the President calls and offers you the job as a Minister of the government, it is often hard to decline. It is a glitzy appointment. But acceptance involves making a choice between public duty...

Education, Human Resource Development to highlight 38th COHSOD ─ CARICOM Education Ministers to take action on the HRD 2030 Strategy

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Education, Human Resource Development to highlight 38th COHSOD ─ CARICOM Education Ministers to take action on the HRD 2030 Strategy

The fundamental role of Education and Human Resource Development (HRD) will be the highlight of the 38th meeting of the Council of Human and Social Development. The forum is being held at the CARICOM...

‘Lady Coco’ returns for Agri-Tourism Expo 2019

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Lady Coco’ returns for Agri-Tourism Expo 2019

The re-vamped ‘Lady Coco’ has returned to the spotlight. On Tuesday evening, the monument was unveiled for the Agri- Tourism Expo and Business Forum being held at the Arthur Chung Conference...

Caribbean faces ‘epidemic of ultra-processed foods’ -PAHO

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean faces ‘epidemic of ultra-processed foods’ -PAHO

Ultra-processed food, sugary beverages and fast food with poor nutritional quality are replacing more nourishing domestic foods in diets of families in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is...

Sites earmarked for Bartica, Lethem solar farms ― GEA, contractors inspect locations

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sites earmarked for Bartica, Lethem solar farms ― GEA, contractors inspect locations

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has led a team comprising potential contractors and representatives from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) and the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC), to inspect...

Man who hacked wife to death then placed murder weapon on station counter gets 22 years

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man who hacked wife to death then placed murder weapon on station counter gets 22 years

Athlone Pitt, the 45-year-old man who hacked his wife to death before walking into a police station and putting the murder weapons on a counter, was yesterday sentenced to a term of 22 years...

Coordinated, integrated efforts needed to stem road accidents – Min. Ramjattan

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Coordinated, integrated efforts needed to stem road accidents – Min. Ramjattan

Minister of Public Security, Hon. Khemraj Ramjattan has said that the recent Friendship accident in which five lives were lost, “has hurt him as well as members of the Force. “It has hurt me very...

13,000+ transactions so far in GECOM’s Claims and Objections ─ two weeks remaining

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 13,000+ transactions so far in GECOM’s Claims and Objections ─ two weeks remaining

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is reporting that on Tuesday, October 22, a total of 13,310 transactions have been conducted during its Claims and Objections period. The process, which...

Essequibo Technical Institute to implement 6-Point Plan

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo Technical Institute to implement 6-Point Plan

Since its establishment in June 2000, the Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI) has been delivering on its mandate to provide technical and vocational education to meet the demands for skilled manpower...

Sikorsky helicopters join Guyana’s oil industry

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sikorsky helicopters join Guyana’s oil industry

TRUMBULL-– National Helicopter Services Ltd. (NHSL), a leading Sikorsky S-76® helicopter operator, is expanding operations with its first two S-76D™ aircraft in Guyana, a continuation of the...

GRDB advises rice farmers ahead of forecasted high tides ─ second series of spring tides predicted from tomorrow

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB advises rice farmers ahead of forecasted high tides ─ second series of spring tides predicted from tomorrow

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has advised all rice farmers along the coastal belt to take the necessary precautionary measures as another series of high tides are expected from tomorrow....

Father of three remanded for murder of WCB rice farmer

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Father of three remanded for murder of WCB rice farmer

A 33-year-old father of three was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of West Coast Berbice rice farmer Gregory Reynolds called “Bermine” of Number 8 Village. Appearing before...

GT Beer ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ ‘Gold is Money’ fire four past Spot-7 on Tuesday night

Oct 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT Beer ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ ‘Gold is Money’ fire four past Spot-7 on Tuesday night

Match night three of the annual Banks DIH sponsored GT Beer ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Futsal tournament had nine group matches which produced surprising and expected results on Tuesday at the...

President Granger’s cancer in remission – Ministry of the Presidency

Oct 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger’s cancer in remission – Ministry of the Presidency

President David Granger returned to Guyana yesterday from Cuba, having completed a scheduled medical evaluation at CIMEQ over the past few days. “The CIMEQ medical specialists have expressed...

WDFA Senior League Western Pumas, Pouderoyen and Uitvlugt Warriors win

Oct 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on WDFA Senior League Western Pumas, Pouderoyen and Uitvlugt Warriors win

Play in the West Demerara Football Association’s (WDFA) Senior League continued last weekend with two matches each on Saturday and Sunday at the Goed Fortuin Community Center ground. On Saturday,...