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A Few corrections Freddie!

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A Few corrections Freddie!

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me a few lines to correct the most recent in a series of inaccuracies consistently peddled in your newspaper by Mr. Freddie Kissoon. For a very long time I have chosen NOT to read...

Contracts Not Mandatory

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Contracts Not Mandatory

DEAR EDITOR, Signing a one-sided employment contract that reduces the legal rights of either party is tantamount to fraud. People should understand a written employment contract is not a requirement...

It is time for Guyanese to take a reality check

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time for Guyanese to take a reality check

DEAR EDITOR, On the 21st April 2020, the price of Oil went negative for the first time in history; when oil prices are negative, it means traders holding oil futures are paying buyers to take it off...

Who is in, who is out?

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is in, who is out?

DEAR EDITOR, There is a flurry of movement, involving packing and retreating, or getting ready to hit the ground running, in true paratrooper style. No, it is not about rentals and tenants, or...

Would Review lead to renegotiation of the contract?

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Would Review lead to renegotiation of the contract?

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese are asking whether a review would lead to renegotiation of the contract and increased revenue sharing. “Show us the dough”, is what interest Guyanese. We applaud the...

Behind the paryara project

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Behind the paryara project

DEAR EDITOR, There is no secret that ExxonMobil took advantage of the lack of local experience in the oil and gas industry during and after the 2015-16 contract negotiations. A number of items from...

WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE MANDATE TO RENEGOTIATE THE OIL CONTRACT?

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE MANDATE TO RENEGOTIATE THE OIL CONTRACT?

DEAR EDITOR, Let’s make a few things clear: Payara Approval has been put on hold to allow for a review of field operations, how to conduct drilling, avoid a well-blowout, etc. It is really an...

Silence over broken oil promise and mis-appointments

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Silence over broken oil promise and mis-appointments

DEAR EDITOR, The PPP during the election campaign said the oil contract would be renegotiated. Now it says there would be no renegotiation. Was a deal made for the transfer of political power that...

It will be the biggest political blunder if PPP fails to renegotiate oil contracts now

Aug 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It will be the biggest political blunder if PPP fails to renegotiate oil contracts now

DEAR EDITOR, It will be the biggest political blunder if the new PPP government fails to renegotiate all oil contracts now including the ExxonMobil contract. Such a blunder may well lead to its...

Sign the Petition

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sign the Petition

We Urge The Guyana Government To Renegotiate All Oil Contracts chng.it Can you help me out by signing this petition? http://chng.it/dCHDRc2K

ExxonMobil: Prejudiced corporate hypocrites

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil: Prejudiced corporate hypocrites

We look closely at Exxon’s relationship and dealings with Guyana and arrive at this conclusion: ExxonMobil’s attitudes and actions towards Guyana are prejudiced through and through. It cheated us...

PPP/C Govt. should renegotiate, investigate ExxonMobil’s exploitative deal – Global Witness

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C Govt. should renegotiate, investigate ExxonMobil’s exploitative deal – Global Witness

As the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) settles into office, one of the world’s foremost anticorruption bodies,Global Witness, has renewed calls for there to be an investigation as well...

Emergency Medicine Specialist promotes importance of a strong immune system

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Emergency Medicine Specialist promotes importance of a strong immune system

As country battles surge in COVID-19 cases… – says early treatment can help prevent severe form of the disease “The stronger our immune system, the better are our chances of overcoming...

Appeal Court reduces 83-year prison sentence for man who torched wife to death

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court reduces 83-year prison sentence for man who torched wife to death

The Court of Appeal has reduced the 83 -year old prison sentence for Delon Gordon, who was convicted for torching his wife to death. The Appellate Court bench which comprised Justices of Appeal Rishi...

“SARA is incapable of doing anything”

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “SARA is incapable of doing anything”

Vice President Jagdeo says… – Unit to be disbanded After being in operation since 2017, the controversial State Asset Recovery Unit (SARA) is set to be disbanded by the new Irfaan Ali...

ExxonMobil begins drilling Kaieteur Block

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil begins drilling Kaieteur Block

– To be completed by October Even as it pursues development and exploratory activities in the Stabroek Block, American oil giant, ExxonMobil, is wasting no time in trying to understand just how...

Guyana to surpass Venezuela’s current oil output by 2022

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana to surpass Venezuela’s current oil output by 2022

Guyana is set to produce by 2022 more than the current output of Venezuela, which was once a giant in the oil industry. UK-based global business information provider IHS Markit said recently that...

GRA wins case against Grace Kennedy Remittance Services for close to $400M owed in taxes

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GRA wins case against Grace Kennedy Remittance Services for close to $400M owed in taxes

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has secured a court judgment against Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (Guyana) Limited in a matter relating to the company owing back taxes amounting to close to...

Lil Sharma nah deh pon de list!

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lil Sharma nah deh pon de list!

Dem Boys Seh… De Rig-adier legacy gone international. Dem boys remember how de Rig-adier bin spread de virus wah does cause rigging, recounting and recanting. De Bingo tried fuh rig with a...

The APNU+AFC will be outclassed in the National Assembly

Aug 18, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The APNU+AFC will be outclassed in the National Assembly

It is perhaps too early and there is too little information available to pronounce precisely on what exactly is taking place within the PNC/R. When the dust settles on the fallout from the elections,...

Foreign Minister appoints Greenidge as Advisor, several others

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign Minister appoints Greenidge as Advisor, several others

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, yesterday announced several appointments within his Ministry. Todd said that the appointments are meant to bolster the...

“It is a slap in the face” – James Bond on Volda Lawrence not making APNU+AFC parliamentary list

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “It is a slap in the face” – James Bond on Volda Lawrence not making APNU+AFC parliamentary list

People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) member, James Bond, has expressed his disappointment that the name of the party’s Chairman, Volda Lawrence, is noticeably absent from the A Partnership...

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Paul Williams, proceeds on leave

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Deputy Commissioner of Police, Paul Williams, proceeds on leave

– as rumours surface that he was sent home Deputy Commissioner of Police and former Crime Chief, Paul Williams, was yesterday sent on 192 days annual vacation leave. The Public Relations...

US claims Guyana joins democratic countries in support of change in Venezuela

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US claims Guyana joins democratic countries in support of change in Venezuela

(CMC) – The United States says Guyana has joined “many democratic countries in support of democratic change in Venezuela,” but there has so far been no official response from the new...

87 year-old is Guyana’s latest COVID -19 fatality

Aug 18, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 87 year-old is Guyana’s latest COVID -19 fatality

An 87-year-old man is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality. According to information obtained by this publication, the man succumbed to COVID-19 related complications while hospitalized in the...

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Peeping tom… Kaieteur News- There has been a long-standing controversy over Trinidad and Tobago’s use of sanitary... more