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Finding right pace of development for oil resources must be part of national discussion – Industry Expert

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Finding right pace of development for oil resources must be part of national discussion – Industry Expert

“…You know companies always want to go quick because they want to monetize their discoveries (but) governments have to remind themselves that they can take measures to slow the pace if they...

Fireworks tragedy… Injured soldiers to receive psychological care

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fireworks tragedy… Injured soldiers to receive psychological care

The members of the Guyana Defence Force’s Artillery Unit who were injured in the fiery explosion at the Coast Guard wharf, will soon be receiving psychological care. The GDF in a release yesterday...

Carter Centre says election preparations on track

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Carter Centre says election preparations on track

As Guyana heads towards General and Regional Elections, the Carter Centre has noted that preparations are on track and adhering to the established timetable in all ten of the country’s...

OAS Chief of Mission arrives to observe Elections

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OAS Chief of Mission arrives to observe Elections

OAS Chief of Mission, former Prime Minister of Jamaica Orette Bruce Golding, arrived yesterday in Guyana to observe the March 2 General and Regional Elections. His first activity was the signature of...

Drones grounded for Election Day – Aviation Authority

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Drones grounded for Election Day – Aviation Authority

Authorities have announced a three-day ban on drones for next week’s elections. According to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), in a notice published in Kaieteur News yesterday, the...

Driver in custody after Coverden hit-and-run

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver in custody after Coverden hit-and-run

Two persons are now hospitalised nursing multiple injuries about their bodies following the reckless actions of a speeding minibus driver on the Coverden, East Bank Demerara Public road on Tuesday...

Lawyer begs Magistrate to allow alleged ‘stop and frisk’ robber to vote

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer begs Magistrate to allow alleged ‘stop and frisk’ robber to vote

“Your Worship, my client is in jail for a very long time and I believe that he should be released, because if he is kept in prison his constitutional right to vote will be denied.” This was the...

Linden cops probe suspected murder of “scammer”

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linden cops probe suspected murder of “scammer”

Police in Linden are investigating the details surrounding the death of an unidentified male whose body was discovered in a clump of bushes in the Prosville Squatting area, Wismar, Linden on Monday...

Coronavirus spreads faster outside China, stoking global fears

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coronavirus spreads faster outside China, stoking global fears

SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) – The number of new coronavirus infections inside China – the source of the outbreak – was for the first time overtaken by fresh cases elsewhere yesterday,...

Guyana got nuff stupid people

Feb 27, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana got nuff stupid people

This world got some people who does only think about de good when dem deh in trouble. A man who going in somebody house to steal never think about getting ketch. He never think about de consequences....

Schoolgirl remains hospitalised two weeks after Supply accident

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolgirl remains hospitalised two weeks after Supply accident

– being kept in medically induced coma Two weeks after she was struck down by a car while on her way home from school, 12-year-old Akazea Austin remains hospitalised at the Georgetown Public...

African Guyanese and me: Well…

Feb 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on African Guyanese and me: Well…

The no-confidence vote (NCV) of December 2018 has taught me something about the collective psyche of this nation that I knew many moons ago, but still it keeps stalking me. I am not surprised at its...

39 Community Health Workers complete six-month programme

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 39 Community Health Workers complete six-month programme

With the aim of increasing knowledge in matters based on health, and functioning at optimum levels in health facilities in communities, the Ministry of Public Health yesterday accredited 39 Community...

Sri Lankans fined for illegal entry – Businessman pays fine

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sri Lankans fined for illegal entry – Businessman pays fine

Four Sri Lankan nationals were yesterday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The defendants, Anthony Jeyaraj, Tambirasd Nirajan, Siriran Jan...

Tullow eyes 11 new leads on Orinduik Block for light, sweet crude

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tullow eyes 11 new leads on Orinduik Block for light, sweet crude

By Kiana Wilburg After making two discoveries of heavy oil on the Orinduik Block, UK Exploration Company, Tullow Oil, is eyeing close to a dozen new leads that could hopefully lead to finding...

Prison Officer threatens to burn victim, remanded

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Prison Officer threatens to burn victim, remanded

George Selman, a member of the Guyana Prison Service, yesterday threatened to burn the alleged victim in his case if granted bail, while he was downstairs at the prisoners lock-up at the Georgetown...

Concacaf Next Play Pilot Project concludes with Festival

Feb 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Next Play Pilot Project concludes with Festival

Country Coordinator Brian Joseph hails project a success; seeking to expand By Franklin Wilson The ten Primary Schools which formed part of the Concacaf Next Play Pilot Project were yesterday part of...

Press Assoc. slams GECOM for slow response on critical elections matters

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Press Assoc. slams GECOM for slow response on critical elections matters

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has blasted the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for its slow response on matters critical to the elections. In a statement disseminated to the press, the GPA...

W.D.C.A President’s T20 Independence B, A, CI, McGill, Belle Vue, Canal SC triumph

Feb 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on W.D.C.A President’s T20 Independence B, A, CI, McGill, Belle Vue, Canal SC triumph

Independence B, Independence A, Cornelia Ida, Mc Gill SC, Belle Vue and Canal Number Two SC registered victories when the latest round of matches in the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA)...

Another Windsor Estates…this time for Ogle

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Another Windsor Estates…this time for Ogle

After setting the standards with his Florida-styled gated community, Windsor Estates, on the East Bank of Demerara, developer Danny Sawh, is set to construct another one on the East Coast. The...

STSC 7-a-side football set for tomorrow

Feb 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on STSC 7-a-side football set for tomorrow

South Turkeyen Sports Committee will be hosting a 7-a-side football, Tapeball and softball competitions for school teams tomorrow at the Carifesta Sports Complex, starting at 10:00hrs. Among the...

Pride and Volcanoes clash features in season reboot

Feb 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pride and Volcanoes clash features in season reboot

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – More intense rivalries are expected with the chasing teams eager to close the gap before it’s too late, when the second half of the 2019-20 West Indies Championship begins...

Turtle conservationist Peter Pritchard dies at 76

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Turtle conservationist Peter Pritchard dies at 76

Florida zoologist Peter Charles Howard Pritchard, whose turtle and tortoise conservation brought international acclaim, and whose persona was of a dashing and ceaselessly curious academic, died...

Mae’s Secondary record mixed fortunes in FBF NSC Al Sport Windball cricket

Feb 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mae’s Secondary record mixed fortunes in FBF NSC Al Sport Windball cricket

Mae’s Secondary recorded mixed fortunes in the Girls and Boys segments following latest results in the Forbes Burnham Foundation (FBF) National Sports Commission (NSC) AL Sport & Tour...

Three still hospitalised after vehicle collision with utility pole

Feb 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three still hospitalised after vehicle collision with utility pole

Three men are still hospitalised after the car they were in slammed into a utility pole at Number 52 Village last Sunday morning. Nursing injuries and hospitalised are Jimmy King, 19, of Lot 90...

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The President’s pipe dream

Kaieteur News – The effusive optimism of President Irfaan Ali in proclaiming Guyana as poised to become a major manufacturing... more