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Trotman breaks silence on 1% royalty in Orinduik deal -Says he was following orders

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman breaks silence on 1% royalty in Orinduik deal -Says he was following orders

By Kiana Wilburg Since Tullow Oil struck black gold on the Orinduik Block, the fiscal terms of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) it signed with the Granger administration has come under the...

UK Company quietly moving into Guyana basin

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on UK Company quietly moving into Guyana basin

Westmount Energy Limited, a UK Energy Investment firm, has slowly been acquiring shares in companies with stakes in oil blocks offshore Guyana. The most recent announcement the company made on...

Halt granding exorbitant concessions to foreign investor – AMCHAM president tells Govt.

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Halt granding exorbitant concessions to foreign investor – AMCHAM president tells Govt.

It is no longer necessary to grant exorbitant concessions to foreign companies in the hope that it will lure them. That practice must stop. This is the insistence of President of the American Chamber...

Berbice Bridge open to sale offer by Govt.

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice Bridge open to sale offer by Govt.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) says it is open to consider an offer by Government to buy that critical link. The bridge, which opened in December 2008, connects Berbice and Demerara. Built...

Beware of fake David Granger profile offering affordable housing – Ministry of the Presidency

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of fake David Granger profile offering affordable housing – Ministry of the Presidency

The Government is warning persons not to fall for the lies being peddled by yet another fake profile of a Government official. This time, the account, titled ‘H E David Granger’, is pretending to...

Scholarship for law students lacks transparency – Lawyers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Scholarship for law students lacks transparency – Lawyers

Government’s method of awarding the recently announced law school scholarship is under question over what is being described as a lack of transparency. In an invited comment, Attorney- at –law,...

Norway team due this week as Brazil fires place spotlight on Guyana’s forest

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Norway team due this week as Brazil fires place spotlight on Guyana’s forest

A Norway assessment team is expected this week in Guyana to check on the country’s progress to protect the forest in keeping a 2009 deal. However, this time for the annual assessment, the situation...

Forestry Commission considering export licences for sawmillers and timber dealers

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry Commission considering export licences for sawmillers and timber dealers

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has not ruled out the possibility of expanding export licences for logs and other timber products to sawmillers and timber dealers. However, government warned...

Deputy CJIA Chief charged with sexual assault interdicted from duty

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy CJIA Chief charged with sexual assault interdicted from duty

Andre Kellman, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), who had been charged for sexual assault has been interdicted from duty, airport officials...

$87M allocated for repairs of three city municipal markets

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on $87M allocated for repairs of three city municipal markets

Vendors of the East Ruimveldt, Bourda and Kitty markets are relieved that those facilities have been earmarked for rehabilitation. Over $87 Million has been set aside for these works which are set to...

Oil Spill Plan 90 percent complete –CDC Head

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Oil Spill Plan 90 percent complete –CDC Head

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s National Oil Spill Contingency Plan is 90 percent complete and is expected to be in place before first oil. This was recently noted by Head of the Civil Defense Commission...

Ministry provides dedicated health services to Blind Society

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry provides dedicated health services to Blind Society

In order to ensure that they receive basic health care, the Ministry of Public Health has been providing continuous dedicated services to the blind and visually impairs individuals. The services are...

Improper for Chief Justice to rule on persons being removed from voters’ list – Attorney General

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Improper for Chief Justice to rule on persons being removed from voters’ list – Attorney General

In her judgment on the recent challenge to the legality of the house-to-house registration exercise that was mounted by lawyer Christopher Ram, Chief Justice Roxane George made an order that would...

Lawlessness at Stabroek back to square one -Traffic Chief’s “sustained” campaign collapses -Crime Chief’s patrol exercise fails

Aug 25, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Lawlessness at Stabroek back to square one -Traffic Chief’s “sustained” campaign collapses -Crime Chief’s patrol exercise fails

While the police not so long ago promised a sustained campaign against minibus touts on the bus parks, from all accounts the promised initiative has failed miserably. The touts have returned in large...

Good Faith Village: a quiet little alcove with humble inhabitants

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A false panacea for electoral integrity

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News – Advocates for fingerprint verification in Guyana’s elections herald it as... more