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Key document held by Sir Shridath Ramphal, not attached to Exxon Bridging Deed leaked to media

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Key document held by Sir Shridath Ramphal, not attached to Exxon Bridging Deed leaked to media

Kaieteur News has finally managed to secure a copy of the long sought after Bridging Deed. The purpose of the Deed is to re-ignite ExxonMobil’s expired agreement with Government for its operations...

Disclosure is key to keeping corruption at bay in the oil industry – Expert

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Disclosure is key to keeping corruption at bay in the oil industry – Expert

By Kiana Wilburg There are two key reasons why countries fail to make petroleum resources a success. One reason is that the political elites use the nation’s oil resources for their own gains. The...

Guyana’s take of profit oil should be higher if it pays oil companies’ income taxes – IMF

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s take of profit oil should be higher if it pays oil companies’ income taxes – IMF

By Kiana Wilburg According to all the Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) Guyana has with the world’s oil majors, the Government will pay the companies’ income taxes from this nation’s share of...

Any contract can be renegotiated – GRA Boss

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Any contract can be renegotiated – GRA Boss

“Any contract that you have is not written in stone.” That was the response given by Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia, when asked whether the...

Minister Annette Ferguson takes political campaign to funeral

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Annette Ferguson takes political campaign to funeral

– calls dead ‘party comrade’ by wrong name With Guyana’s General and Regional Elections mere weeks away, the major political parties are travelling to every nook and cranny to let...

Thief struck down by car after snatching woman’s purse

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Thief struck down by car after snatching woman’s purse

Mere seconds after he reportedly rode up behind a woman and snatched her purse, a 27-year-old man was struck down by a car while making his escape. He sustained a broken left leg and neck injuries,...

Saudi Arabia in the Caribbean? Guyana Is the World’s Newest Petrostate

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Saudi Arabia in the Caribbean? Guyana Is the World’s Newest Petrostate

Guyana does not feature prominently in US strategic thought towards the Western Hemisphere, but this year could change that. Guyana is set to become one of the world’s best performing economies in...

We must keep our minds open to a holistic approach towards cultivating our future society

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must keep our minds open to a holistic approach towards cultivating our future society

DEAR EDITOR, Please allow space in your newspaper to respond to some questions recently raised on the use of corporal punishment in our schools. First, I would like to thank your readers for their...

Seven athletes qualify at AAG CARIFTA Trials

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seven athletes qualify at AAG CARIFTA Trials

By Calvin Chapman The Athletics Association of Guyana(AAG) held their fourth development meet of the year and first Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) trials yesterday at the National Track...

6th Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge ….Linden’s Omisi Williams aiming for the center podium spot

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 6th Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge ….Linden’s Omisi Williams aiming for the center podium spot

By Franklin Wilson While his thirdplace overall finish last year was encouraging, Linden’s Omisi Williams has indicated that he is going all out for the center podium place this time around when...

Sinclair slams century for GYO in drawn encounter

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sinclair slams century for GYO in drawn encounter

Jason Sinclair struck a fine unbeaten century, but Ace Warriors managed to hold on for a draw against Gandhi Youth Organisation when the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Noble House Sea Foods second...

Seebarran to make radical debut this season

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Seebarran to make radical debut this season

Go-kart and group one champion, Raymond Seebarran, will be taking his racing to the next level this season on the SR3 Radicals scene after striking a deal with Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) based...

GCA’s NBS 2nd division 40 overs cricket …Nannan, Forrester & LaRose spur GCC to lead

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCA’s NBS 2nd division 40 overs cricket …Nannan, Forrester & LaRose spur GCC to lead

Raj Nannan hit 67 whileWinston Forrester and Carlos LaRose had four wickets each to spearhead GCC to a 62-run win against MYO in a top of the table clash in the GCA’s NBS second division 40 overs...

Man allegedly shot by police after taunting them about ‘blank bullets’

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man allegedly shot by police after taunting them about ‘blank bullets’

– was said to be armed with cutlass A labourer of Parika, East Bank Essequibo was shot by police ranks, whom he had allegedly approached while brandishing a cutlass and taunting them about...

Billingy cops gold; Johnson, Van Lange through to final

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Billingy cops gold; Johnson, Van Lange through to final

Jasmine Billingy turned in an outstanding performance to win the final of the Women’s U21 category when the Guyana Table Tennis Association Senior National Championship continued yesterday at the...

Cricket – Not just a game for gentlemen

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cricket – Not just a game for gentlemen

While eighteen-year-old Elyna Abrahams looks like a typical teenage girl, she also dreams of becoming a professional cricketer and “be out there like Chris Gayle.” Elyna, who is from the village...

Digital court registry crashes…No back-up system available

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Digital court registry crashes…No back-up system available

With no backup system available, litigants and court officials alike are feeling the effects of a crash to the digital system at the registry of the Georgetown Supreme Court. Kaieteur News...

6th Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge… Fourteen teenagers to compete for Teen Challenge titles

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 6th Kares Caribbean Fitness Challenge… Fourteen teenagers to compete for Teen Challenge titles

By Franklin Wilson With an eye on the future, organisers, Guyana Fitness Games in association with Kares Crossfit and Lotus Hardware will for the second year be running off the Teen Challenge segment...

Drunk labourer on the run after killing twin brother

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Drunk labourer on the run after killing twin brother

A 44-year-old man is on the run after killing his twin during a drunken argument yesterday at Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara. Police identified the slain man as Winford Jacob, of Bonking...

Final set of teams seal knockout berths tomorrow

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Final set of teams seal knockout berths tomorrow

With several teams yet to seal their respective berths to the knockout round, the final night of group action in the Magnum Tonic Wine Mashramani Cup Futsal Championship commences tomorrow at the...

Defending Mark Benschop and David Hinds

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Defending Mark Benschop and David Hinds

One of the things that affect humans is the power of perceptions. Perceptions and reality are not necessarily related but perceptions are out there and one has to deal with them depending on your...

To abolish or not? Society remains divided in corporal punishment debate – Govt. tells UN

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on To abolish or not? Society remains divided in corporal punishment debate – Govt. tells UN

Government has informed the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council that the abolition of corporal punishment remains an issue in which Guyanese remain “staunchly and equally divided.” The...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…An old stranger calls her by another name

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…An old stranger calls her by another name

By Michael Jordan It was on a Friday night in mid-July that Vibert Sealey finally saw the girl. He had returned to the old Ritz Guest House, obsessed by the thought that a woman who resembled the...

The chef’s mystery lady

Feb 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The chef’s mystery lady

….and other cold cases that have followed the police into 2020 On the night of Saturday, September14, 2019, Andre Gordon, 51, invited a woman into the Station Street, Kitty house in which he...

Guyana’s offshore: Facts, Risks and Challenges

Feb 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s offshore: Facts, Risks and Challenges

DEAR EDITOR, In 2015 ExxonMobil struck oil in 2 out of 3 exploratory wells in Liza prospect, offshore Guyana, Stabroek block. Appraisal work has placed Liza asset under an estimate of 450 MMBOE to...