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Over 250 companies participate in GIPEX 2019

Nov 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 250 companies participate in GIPEX 2019

• Participation from 40 local companies • Increased interest from foreign investors The Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition (GIPEX) 2019 wrapped up on Friday with its organiser reporting...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION…THE VAT – PART II

Nov 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION…THE VAT – PART II

By Harold A. Bascom (When we left Port Kaituma last week, psychologist Yvonne Holder and her brother, Brent, were investigating the baffling suicides of four young men. The Regional Chairwoman had...

3rd Payara Field Development Plan…Canadians ink US$$$M pact for works still to be approved by Guyana

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 3rd Payara Field Development Plan…Canadians ink US$$$M pact for works still to be approved by Guyana

– agreement allows for release of funds even before Govt. approves The development of a third oil field in the Stabroek Block, has for all intents and purposes been put on hold by the...

Make ring-fencing a condition for renewal of all petroleum licences – Chartered Accountant, Chris Ram

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Make ring-fencing a condition for renewal of all petroleum licences – Chartered Accountant, Chris Ram

By Kiana Wilburg A simplified explanation for the term ring-fencing A young, married couple decides to start selling goods at Bourda and Stabroek Markets. The man takes charge of running the stalls...

Body of beheaded Brazilian found on Lethem trail

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Body of beheaded Brazilian found on Lethem trail

-cops seek victim’s 17-year-old cousin Police are hunting for a 17-year-old Brazilian man, who is believed to have hacked off the head of his 22-year-old cousin and left his body on a Lethem trail....

Award of Kaieteur, Canje Oil Blocks…I only operated as a bridge between GGMC and Ramotar

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Award of Kaieteur, Canje Oil Blocks…I only operated as a bridge between GGMC and Ramotar

– Former Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud By Kiana Wilburg When it comes to the award of oil blocks pre- oil discovery, former Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud...

Taxi driver flees after car hits traffic cop

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Taxi driver flees after car hits traffic cop

Sunday morning shoppers and vendors in Saffon Street were treated to some extra drama yesterday when a hire car driver struck down a traffic cop and fled the scene. Police Constable Roy Shanti...

Operators estimate four billion barrels of oil in Orinduik Block

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Operators estimate four billion barrels of oil in Orinduik Block

…say with Venezuela shutdown, US refineries are thirsty Operators of the Orinduik Block—where the Jethro and Joe exploration wells recently struck oil—are eyeing as much as four billion...

DDL teams up with TT Co. to build new Oil & Gas shore base

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on DDL teams up with TT Co. to build new Oil & Gas shore base

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), through its subsidiary Demerara Contractors and Engineering Limited (DCEL) and Caribbean Welding Supplies Ltd. (CWSL) has announced the establishment of an...

Police Commissioner gains Commonwealth Masters

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police Commissioner gains Commonwealth Masters

Commissioner of Police Leslie James (DSS, DSM) graduated on Saturday from the University of Guyana with a Commonwealth Masters in Public Administration. A press release stated that Mr. James...

Lymphatic Filariasis still transmitted in Region Ten – Dr. Anastacia Sampson

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lymphatic Filariasis still transmitted in Region Ten – Dr. Anastacia Sampson

There is still active transmission of the dreaded Lymphatic Filariasis in Region Ten, one of four Regions still faced with this challenge. This is according to Dr. Annastacia Sampson, National...

IAST pushing local products to outshine imports – Ready for GuyTIE 2020

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on IAST pushing local products to outshine imports – Ready for GuyTIE 2020

What started out as a quest to develop local products and add value has turned into a thriving and growing industry today. Cereals, personal-care products and condiments are now being produced...

A history of the AFC: Part 1

Nov 18, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A history of the AFC: Part 1

Two of the funniest moments in Guyanese political history are the ontological shape of the WPA and AFC. The WPA’s whole name is the Working Peoples’ Alliance. Up to this day, I don’t know which...

Over 200 prisoners awaiting trial for murder

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over 200 prisoners awaiting trial for murder

A staggering 238 prisoners are currently awaiting trial for murder at the Demerara and Essequibo Criminal Assizes. Of this number, 204 of them are males, and six female prisoners who are...

Caribbean Film Festival winner is a Lindener!

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Film Festival winner is a Lindener!

Talented Lindener, twenty-one-year old Jason Copeland was recently declared winner of the Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition. Copeland received US $1000, a smart phone and a trip to...

Sheet Anchor residents accuse NDC of stymieing community works

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sheet Anchor residents accuse NDC of stymieing community works

Officials at a community meeting at Sheet Anchor Primary School heard residents calling for action to be taken against the Ordinance-Fortlands Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC). The...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION…THE VAT – PART I

Nov 18, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION…THE VAT – PART I

By Harold A. Bascom As we continue our series on Guyanese Horror Fiction, we bring you this four-part story from the imagination of author and three-time Guyana Prize winner Harold Bascom....

Contract deal shocking…Rusal ships out 12 times more than what they declare yearly

Nov 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Contract deal shocking…Rusal ships out 12 times more than what they declare yearly

Russian owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) is taking more bauxite out of Guyana in one month than what it claims to be shipping out in a year. According to records obtained by this...

Jagdeo says he will have US$150M CJIA rehab contract released

Nov 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo says he will have US$150M CJIA rehab contract released

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, says he has committed to having the modified contract for the US$150M Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) renovation released to the public. A copy of...

Three and a half years later…Guyana still to tap Exxon’s special fund

Nov 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Three and a half years later…Guyana still to tap Exxon’s special fund

Three and a half years after Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL)—the Contractor for the Stabroek Block—and its partners committed to providing the Ministry of the...

UGSS calls for suspension of student caught making racist ‘joke’ on campus

Nov 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UGSS calls for suspension of student caught making racist ‘joke’ on campus

The University of Guyana’s newly installed Student Society (UGSS) has called for the suspension of a third year student after a video of him making a racist “joke” at the Turkeyen campus...

WPA to engage President Granger to release findings of Walter Rodney COI

Nov 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on WPA to engage President Granger to release findings of Walter Rodney COI

Working people’s Alliance member Dr. David Hinds has indicated that his party will be engaging President David Granger to have the findings and recommendations of the Walter Rodney...

Guyana honours the service and sacrifice of world war veterans

Nov 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana honours the service and sacrifice of world war veterans

Scores gathered early yesterday at the Cenotaph Monument, located on Main and Church Streets, Georgetown to commemorate Remembrance Day. Leading the tribute to the fallen was President David...

Family members call off search for missing boat captain

Nov 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Family members call off search for missing boat captain

Almost three weeks after he reportedly went missing the family members of 53-year –old David Mohan, of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) have called of the search for the captain that...

Cold Cases: The murdered and the missing

Nov 11, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cold Cases: The murdered and the missing

Why were they murdered? Will there ever be justice? by Shikema Dey As 2019 draws to a close, the Guyana Police Force’s investigative ranks have their hands full: robberies, missing persons,...

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