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Ruling on Exxon’s Liza permit sets precedent – Khusial

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling on Exxon’s Liza permit sets precedent – Khusial

Kaieteur News – Darshanand Khusial of the Oil & Gas Governance Network (OGGN) has hailed the recent ruling of the High Court on the legal duration for ExxonMobil’s Liza Phase One permit...

Guyana sets new oil discovery record – now the largest new conventional liquids play in the last decade

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana sets new oil discovery record – now the largest new conventional liquids play in the last decade

Kaieteur News – The Yellowtail-2 and Redtail discoveries which were made in July and September respectively have pushed Guyana’s recoverable estimate to approximately nine billion oil...

NICIL Head sent packing – failed to protect Guyanese’s interests ; issued lands without receiving full payments

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL Head sent packing – failed to protect Guyanese’s interests ; issued lands without receiving full payments

Kaieteur News – Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Colvin Heath-London, was yesterday sent packing with immediate effect, thereby...

Lawyers claim prejudicial evidence in Neesa Gopaul case led to conviction

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyers claim prejudicial evidence in Neesa Gopaul case led to conviction

Kaieteur News – Lawyers arguing on behalf of Bibi Shareema Gopaul and her former lover, Jarvis ‘Barry’ Small, have raised contentions over what they term as prejudicial evidence led in the...

Health Ministry approves conditional opening for schools in new COVID-19 measures

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry approves conditional opening for schools in new COVID-19 measures

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has provided for the conditional opening of schools in the newly gazetted COVID-19 measures for the month of November. Schools will be allowed to...

Kwebana man died of haemorrhage and shock –post mortem

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Kwebana man died of haemorrhage and shock –post mortem

Kaieteur News – A man, Kamal Wilson, 35,who was on Monday ambushed and chopped to death by his own relative at Kwebana Village, North West District (NWD) died of haemorrhage and shock due to...

Gaskin still hopeful for judicial review of Stabroek contract

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gaskin still hopeful for judicial review of Stabroek contract

Kaieteur News – Ramon Gaskin says that a judicial review of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) governing ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block operations is necessary, and that he’s still hopeful...

Canadian High Commissioner Chatterjee leaving for Barbados

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian High Commissioner Chatterjee leaving for Barbados

Kaieteur News – Canadian High Commissioner Lilian Chatterjee has been appointed as the new High Commissioner for Barbados. This announcement was made yesterday by Canadian Foreign Minister...

Politician suffering from memory loss

Oct 31, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Politician suffering from memory loss

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – We have a more serious problem in dis country. De problem bigger than de coronavirus pandemic. It affecting some of dem politicians. Dem suffering from memory...

Many more people will die

Oct 31, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Many more people will die

Kaieteur News – The government has learnt nothing from the rest of the world. And because of this, we are going to suffer dire consequences. There is a second wave of coronavirus infections and...

COVID-19 has political impact on America’s voter turnout

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 has political impact on America’s voter turnout

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – As, November 3, the US Presidential Election date approaches, candidates have had to be cognizant of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the turnout of voters....

The End of America

Oct 31, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The End of America

Kaieteur News – Today marks the final full week of the elections countdown in the United States. On Tuesday, Americans will go to the polls (indeed many have already, taking advantage of...

70-year-old male is the latest COVID-19 fatality

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 70-year-old male is the latest COVID-19 fatality

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health yesterday announced a 70-year-old Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) man as the latest COVID-19 fatality. The Ministry stated that the man died while...

Cabinet moves to reconstitute parole board

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet moves to reconstitute parole board

Kaieteur News – The Cabinet is currently in talks to reconstitute Guyana’s Parole Board given that the previous board expired in June this year. This was confirmed by Minister of Home...

Zeelugt, Tuschen assured infrastructural works will be carried out

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Zeelugt, Tuschen assured infrastructural works will be carried out

Kaieteur News – Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, has assured residents of Zeelugt and Tuschen housing schemes that work to improve current infrastructure will commence shortly,...

Man who threatened GECOM Chair apologizes – says letter a condition for charge to be dropped

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man who threatened GECOM Chair apologizes – says letter a condition for charge to be dropped

Kaieteur News – The man charged for making a post via Facebook threatening to kill the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice (r’td.) Claudette Singh and her family, has been...

Education Ministry holds stakeholders meeting on public transportation

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry holds stakeholders meeting on public transportation

Kaieteur News – The Chief Education Officer, Dr. Marcel Hutson, and his team, yesterday met with representatives of the Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department; President of the United Mini...

Berbice money changer, vendor robbed at Skeldon market

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice money changer, vendor robbed at Skeldon market

Kaieteur News – A money changer who plies his trade at the Skeldon Market was robbed for the second time this year while another vendor was also pounced on. Daneshwar ‘Peter’ Panalall, 40,...

More illegal mining, fishing activities found in Iwokrama’s forests

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on More illegal mining, fishing activities found in Iwokrama’s forests

Kaieteur News – The Iwokrama International Centre has reminded that any illegal activities conducted within the Iwokrama Reservation would be subject to the application of the law inclusive of...

Critically injured Success squatter remains in ICU, others discharged

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Critically injured Success squatter remains in ICU, others discharged

Kaieteur News – A woman that was critically injured after a tree fell on a group of squatters at Success on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the...

Giftland to begin supplying GPL’s grid from tomorrow

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland to begin supplying GPL’s grid from tomorrow

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) will begin receiving, from tomorrow, a maximum five megawatts (MW) of power from the Giftland Mall. This was disclosed by Deputy...

UN sets six-point climate action plan ─ for sustainable COVID-19 recovery

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UN sets six-point climate action plan ─ for sustainable COVID-19 recovery

Kaieteur News – United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres has laid out a six-point positive climate action plan developing countries could use to rebuild economies impacted...

Tender Board opens 300 bids (Part 2)

Oct 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tender Board opens 300 bids (Part 2)

Kaieteur News – Following the passage of the emergency $330B budget, the government is now in a rush to expend the remainder of funds on projects before the end of this fiscal year. With this,...

Mohamed confirms 2021 calendar

Oct 31, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed confirms 2021 calendar

Just two events were able to be contested from the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) 2020 calendar namely the Endurance Championship Meet Round 1 and the Race of Champions Round 1 due...

James Bond: On His Majesty Secret Service

Oct 31, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on James Bond: On His Majesty Secret Service

Kaieteur News – The fact that the local 007 is silent about G$220 million he collected from lands awarded to him by NICIL, then sold, does not mean that ‘007 at Ocean Eleven’ (those at my...

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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