August 2020

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Dr. Adams’ work remains unmatched in the areas of energy and the environment

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Dr. Adams’ work remains unmatched in the areas of energy and the environment

Dear Editor, The decision of the new Government to effectively terminate the services of Dr. Vincent Adams, Director of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), will be demoralizing to many, who like...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 30/2020

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 30/2020

We have no confidence that the EPA can make key decisions without Dr. Adams

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have no confidence that the EPA can make key decisions without Dr. Adams

Dear Editor, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) is asking the Government why Dr. Vincent Adams, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is being sent on leave before he decides...

Open Letter to Mr. Alistair Routledge, Country Manager of ExxonMobil in Guyana

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Open Letter to Mr. Alistair Routledge, Country Manager of ExxonMobil in Guyana

Dear Editor, On behalf of the National Directorate and members of OVP (Organization for the Victory of the People), I wish to remind the Country Manager of ExxonMobil in Guyana, Alistair Routledge,...

The scene is being set for arbitrary action by the police

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The scene is being set for arbitrary action by the police

Dear Editor, The installation of the PPP/C in Government has seen a flurry of activities post haste, not least among them the reassignment of police officers. It has also seen actions being...

The success of day trading as is being advertised is false

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The success of day trading as is being advertised is false

Dear Editor, Quite recently, there has been an appearance of advertisements seeking to lure persons into “educational platforms” which will enable attendees to become rich. These advertisements...

Getting rid of CH&PA’s Saul was unusual and improper

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Getting rid of CH&PA’s Saul was unusual and improper

Dear Editor, I learnt with disbelief, that the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Lelon Saul received marching orders, by way of a letter signed by the...

If we reject our best, how can we escape the resource curse?

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on If we reject our best, how can we escape the resource curse?

Dear Editor, A patient with cancer would want an experienced world-class oncologist to give the diagnosis and prescribe the treatment. For a life-changing event, one wouldn’t fire the oncologist in...

The coalition has forfeited any possibility of power sharing

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The coalition has forfeited any possibility of power sharing

Dear Editor, In dealing with the multitude of social and economic ills, and the seemingly deep state corruption left behind by coalition supporters, the PPP/C has a daunting task ahead. President...

The EPA needs to stand its ground against Exxon

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The EPA needs to stand its ground against Exxon

Dear Editor, A KN article, “APNU+AFC approved Liza Phase One permit the same day it received Exxon 1500 page EIA”, makes me wonder if it was really the government that signed or the head of...

ExxonMobil country President conjures impressions of a slave master

Aug 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on ExxonMobil country President conjures impressions of a slave master

Dear Editor, Like most Guyanese, I was shocked to learn that the President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, threatened this nation, a sovereign state, when he said that the company would...

Guyana has the power to ease Exxon knees off our necks

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has the power to ease Exxon knees off our necks

Imagine Exxon get all our oil in the Stabroek block fuh free due to the contract signed by these morons. And because we ask them to respect our laws and the environment, them threaten to take them...

APNU+AFC approved Liza Phase One permit same day it received Exxon’s 1,500-page environmental impact assessment

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC approved Liza Phase One permit same day it received Exxon’s 1,500-page environmental impact assessment

By Kiana Wilburg One year after rushing to sign the lopsided Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil, the APNU+AFC administration allowed the company’s Liza Phase One...

Trotman silent as Ramjattan challenges PPP’s management of oil sector

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman silent as Ramjattan challenges PPP’s management of oil sector

By Kemol King After years of silence in public office on the controversies surrounding ExxonMobil’s operations, Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan has finally broken his silence,...

CJ extends Mingo‘s time in police custody

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CJ extends Mingo‘s time in police custody

– Lawyer withdraws case for his release Chief Justice (ag) Rishi Persaud has granted an extension for the Guyana Police Force to further hold District Four Returning, Clairmont Mingo, who was...

Guyana will not tolerate Exxon’s arrogance and disrespect – Ram

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana will not tolerate Exxon’s arrogance and disrespect – Ram

By Kiana Wilburg Chartered accountant, attorney and anticorruption advocate, Christopher Ram, is of the firm conviction that the President of ExxonMobil, Alistair Routledge, was totally out of place...

EPA sued for breaking law to grant permits to oil company

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA sued for breaking law to grant permits to oil company

– issued 24-year permit when law only allows for five The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been sued over a decision to issue environmental permits to Esso Exploration and Production...

US$1.4B Mahaica oceanfront golf club development unveiled

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US$1.4B Mahaica oceanfront golf club development unveiled

Construction and Investment Management Group (CIMGRO) – headed by two of the nation’s leading businessmen, Ragindra Persaud, of Nand Persaud and Company, and Sudama Ramalingum- New Trend Auto –...

Guyana records three COVID-19 deaths, 40 new cases

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records three COVID-19 deaths, 40 new cases

Three new COVID-19 deaths were added to the Ministry of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard but no details were provided in regards to who they are and where they are from. Forty new COVID-19 cases...

Rice farmer, others remanded for allegedly killing Canadian citizen

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rice farmer, others remanded for allegedly killing Canadian citizen

The alleged mastermind and the two other suspects in the gruesome killing of Canadian citizen, Nicholas Jaipaul, yesterday made their first court appearance and were remanded to prison until October...

AFC rocked by resignation of Berbice stalwart, Gobin Harbhajan

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AFC rocked by resignation of Berbice stalwart, Gobin Harbhajan

One of Berbice’s most well known faces of the Alliance For Change (AFC), the smaller faction of the Coalition, which was defeated in the recent elections, has resigned. Yesterday, Gobin Harbhajan,...

Tabby is wan independent woman

Aug 29, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tabby is wan independent woman

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys remember de time when a certain man was selected fuh represent de Pee N- Cee in parliament. De man was from a Pee Pee Pee stronghold and when he name appear in de gazette,...

The attempt at elections’ rigging must not go unpunished

Aug 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The attempt at elections’ rigging must not go unpunished

The PNC/R is politically bent and broken. It did irreparable damage to its political credibility and will find it next to impossible to rebound from the attempts to rig an election in the 21st...

Avoiding the Coastal Public Infrastructure Sinkhole

Aug 29, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Avoiding the Coastal Public Infrastructure Sinkhole

Over the next few months, hopefully Guyana’s political leadership is going to find the courage and consistency to review and renegotiate the disastrous contract with Exxon. The pushback the company...

Minister Manickhand holds virtual consultation on NGSA 2021

Aug 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Manickhand holds virtual consultation on NGSA 2021

– Engages with teachers and stakeholders Yesterday the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand met with Grades Five and Six teachers as well as Regional Education Officers and educational...

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(Cricinfo) – Bangladesh found themselves on the back foot at the end of the second day’s play of the Sylhet Test, losing three wickets for 88 runs in response to West Indies’ 356....

From economic genocide to physical extinction

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – “To bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.” Those were the chilling words of Lester Mallory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, in a memorandum dated 6th April, 1960, addressed to his superior in the U.S. State Department....

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Torture: Mohamed must clear the air

Nov 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The sister of Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, said he was tortured. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said he was not. Mr. Azruddin Mohamed should be out on bail. He is the best body of evidence (literally) as to whether he was or wasn’t tortured. He has...

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