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Rystad expects Exxon to commit US$3.6B to Payara this year

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rystad expects Exxon to commit US$3.6B to Payara this year

– IDB estimates development cost to exceed US$6B ExxonMobil’s Payara development, for which approval seems imminent, will see a commitment of US$3.6B this year from the oil major, says...

Evaluators under scrutiny for skullduggery; electronic tender submissions mulled

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Evaluators under scrutiny for skullduggery; electronic tender submissions mulled

…Balgobin is temporary head of new NPTAB board The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), under the Ministry of Finance (MoF), has come under new management. This follows...

Christopher Jones gifted state lands twice; Trevor Benn waived land fees

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Christopher Jones gifted state lands twice; Trevor Benn waived land fees

…Barber shop scandal The story involving an application for financing from the government-run Sustainable Livelihood and Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) programme for the establishment of a...

UK investment firm expands influence in Guyana basin

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UK investment firm expands influence in Guyana basin

The United Kingdom investment firm, Westmount Energy, continues to quietly expand its influence in the Guyana-Suriname basin by buying into various companies which have stakes there. The company just...

Vet all oil companies to verify beneficial owners – Expert

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vet all oil companies to verify beneficial owners – Expert

…Keeping corruption at bay By Kiana Wilburg Even though a nation’s oil wealth holds the potential to bring about transformative development, there are numerous examples across the globe which...

Foreign investor secures majority ownership of Church’s Chicken

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign investor secures majority ownership of Church’s Chicken

Foreign investor, SEAF Caribbean SME Growth Fund, has acquired a majority ownership interest in Camex Restaurants Incorporated in Guyana, which will enable the fast food restaurant franchisee to push...

NICIL warns about selling lands in vicinity of proposed East Bank bypass

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL warns about selling lands in vicinity of proposed East Bank bypass

– Central Housing says no one authorized to collect payments for Vryheid’s Lust, Success The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has issued a stern warning to the...

Team of engineers, auditors to probe asphalt plant racket – Minister Edghill

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Team of engineers, auditors to probe asphalt plant racket – Minister Edghill

Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill, has revealed that a high-level team of engineers and auditors is being assembled to probe the alleged asphalt plant racket at the state-run facility. It was...

Bandits invade Canal home, beat occupants, escape with $2.4M

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits invade Canal home, beat occupants, escape with $2.4M

Four armed bandits, on Monday last, invaded the home of a businessman; beat the occupants before escaping with over $2,000,000 in cash. Beaten and recovering from injuries are the businessman...

Man faces jail for breaking into morgue, having sex with woman who died from COVID-19

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man faces jail for breaking into morgue, having sex with woman who died from COVID-19

A Port Kaituma, Region One, man is now facing jail after he admitted to entering a morgue, on Saturday last, and having sex with a female corpse infected with COVID-19. Currently remanded and waiting...

Dutch national arrested with sub-machine gun, cash at Berbice backtrack

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dutch national arrested with sub-machine gun, cash at Berbice backtrack

A Dutch national was intercepted Monday night at the backtrack location in the Upper Corentyne area, Berbice, by law enforcement officers. The man was caught with a sub-machine gun with no serial...

PPP/C reverses Coalition’s tax hikes

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C reverses Coalition’s tax hikes

Making good on their word on returning money in the pockets of Guyanese, the administration of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), yesterday voted to reverse tax hikes, licensing fees,...

Shame does mek people lose face

Sep 30, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Shame does mek people lose face

Dem Boys Seh… Shame a wan terrible burden to bear and also to face. So dem boys understand why de Hap-New+Hay-Eff-See stay away from de debate of de Bills wah table to give effect to de Budget...

A glimmer of hope

Sep 30, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A glimmer of hope

With the establishment of the Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs) in nine of the country’s 10 administrative regions, the efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19 infections and deaths can now be...

Coalition activist arrested as elections fraud probe continues

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition activist arrested as elections fraud probe continues

Coalition activist, Carol Joseph, was arrested yesterday and questioned about alleged fraud regarding the March 2nd elections. Police ranks reportedly turned up at her home. She was later questioned...

Robbery convict escapes Lusignan jail

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Robbery convict escapes Lusignan jail

A convict, 23, escaped from the Lusignan Prison sometime before 16:30hrs yesterday. The escapee, identified as James Moore of 544 New Road, Dairy, West Bank Demerara (WBD), and Dennis Street, Sophia,...

CXC to review, possibly revise CSEC, CAPE results

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CXC to review, possibly revise CSEC, CAPE results

The Caribbean Examinations Council, (CXC) has announced that steps will be taken to review and possibly revise the results of the 2020 Caribbean Secondary School Examination (CSEC) and the Caribbean...

Friendship women robbed by neighbour

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Friendship women robbed by neighbour

A labourer, 27, who goes by the alias of ‘Rubber’, was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly robbing his female neighbours with a knife. Charged for two counts of robbery under arms is...

Crack the whip on Exxon contract like you did with CJIA project – OGGN urges President Ali

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Crack the whip on Exxon contract like you did with CJIA project – OGGN urges President Ali

The Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN), a pressure group formed to advocate for prudent management of Guyana’s oil sector, is urging the President to renegotiate the Stabroek Block Production...

Body found in trench at BV

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Body found in trench at BV

Police yesterday fished out the body of a man from a trench at Republic Drive, Beterverwagting (BV), East Coast Demerara (ECD). The remains were discovered around 12:15hrs by a passerby and...

COVID-19 death toll hits 80; 59 new cases recorded

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 death toll hits 80; 59 new cases recorded

Another two persons who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have died, the Ministry of Health said in a statement yesterday. The deceased are identified a 77-year-old male and a...

COVID-19 response should involve mass immunization, debt relief, grants

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 response should involve mass immunization, debt relief, grants

President Ali urges UN meeting… President Irfaan Ali yesterday addressed a virtual United Nations high-level meeting on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Era of COVID-19...

CAL announces lay-offs, salary reduction, cost cutting

Sep 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CAL announces lay-offs, salary reduction, cost cutting

Trinidad Express – Caribbean Airlines advises that in the coming weeks the airline will apply temporary measures to support the recovery of the airline. Reduced demand due to the global...

CXC Results

Sep 30, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on CXC Results

The cries of disagreements have been loud and relentless. In fact, it is intensifying not only in Guyana, but regionally. This was confirmed by the caption: “Massive region-wide opposition to CXC...

David versus Irfaan: It all came down to cultural superiority

Sep 30, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David versus Irfaan: It all came down to cultural superiority

I grew up in political activism. I have lived on only two horizons, apart from marriage, in my entire life – politics and academia. My entry into non-PPP organizations brought immense knowledge...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more