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No laws broken; no corruption in Kaieteur, Canje giveaways – Jagdeo

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No laws broken; no corruption in Kaieteur, Canje giveaways – Jagdeo

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has said that the government intends to peruse briefing reports on the handling of the awards of the Kaieteur and Canje oil blocks, to find...

Guyana still stuck on audit of $460M pre-contract costs owed to ExxonMobil

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana still stuck on audit of $460M pre-contract costs owed to ExxonMobil

AS US$ BILLIONS MORE PILE UP POST 2015… Kaieteur News – In September 2019, the APNU+AFC regime had awarded a contract to a UK firm called IHS Markit to audit US$460M which ExxonMobil said it...

GGMC’s Company Secretary escapes execution attempt

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GGMC’s Company Secretary escapes execution attempt

Kaieteur News – A senior official of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) traded shots with a gunman on Thursday in what appeared to be an execution attempt. Nursing a gunshot wound...

Govt. to seek out beneficial owners of oil blocks

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to seek out beneficial owners of oil blocks

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo who holds an oversight responsibility for the oil and gas industry, disclosed yesterday that the government will be making efforts to...

Govt. to close loopholes in Liza permits with safeguards from Payara

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to close loopholes in Liza permits with safeguards from Payara

Kaieteur News – Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday announced that the Government will endeavour to close loopholes in the Liza Phase One and Two project permits which allow grave...

Three new Covid deaths push death toll to 134

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three new Covid deaths push death toll to 134

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday announced three new COVID-19 deaths, pushing Guyana’s death toll from the pandemic to 134. It was reported that the first death was a...

Atlantic Ville man wanted in connection with Belgium coke seizure; broker arrested

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Atlantic Ville man wanted in connection with Belgium coke seizure; broker arrested

Kaieteur News – As the Belgian authorities continue their probe, local investigators have arrested a broker and are looking for a businessman who is said to be a person of interest in one of...

Ex-cop extradited to face drug charges in US

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop extradited to face drug charges in US

Kaieteur News – Ex-policeman, Shawn Neblett, was yesterday handed over to U.S Federal Officers to be extradited to face a series of drug related charges in the United States of America (USA)....

Saving Christmas!

Nov 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Saving Christmas!

Kaieteur News – It may not be too late to try to save Christmas. A two-week total lockdown with strong enforcement may do the trick. Unless that happens, the Grinch called coronavirus is going...

Eccles couple was alive when deadly fire started – PM report says

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles couple was alive when deadly fire started – PM report says

Kaieteur News – The post mortem examinations of the Eccles couple whose burnt bodies were discovered Tuesday night, have found that they were alive when the fire started. According to a police...

Govt. will soon identify evaluators for oil sale bids – VP

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. will soon identify evaluators for oil sale bids – VP

Kaieteur News – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has given his assurance that the government will release the identities of the evaluators under the National Procurement and Tender Administration...

Bat and ball nah mek yuh suited fuh Minister wuk

Nov 07, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bat and ball nah mek yuh suited fuh Minister wuk

Dem boys seh… Dem boys hear how de Son of Ram or Ram’s Son used to play lil bat and ball. But dem boys nah consider he an expert in sport. Dem boys did remember when he resign from de parliament...

Is Jagdeo the chief cook and bottle washer?

Nov 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Is Jagdeo the chief cook and bottle washer?

Kaieteur News – The PPP/C will have to eventually make a decision about the continued presence of Bharrat Jagdeo within the government. It does appear as if he is wielding too much power and...

Police investigating 2016 contract for new harbour bridge study

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police investigating 2016 contract for new harbour bridge study

Kaieteur News – The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the award of the 2016 contract to LievenseCSO to conduct a feasibility study and design of a new Demerara Harbour...

Thousands still awaiting repayment from Accelerated

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Thousands still awaiting repayment from Accelerated

Kaieteur News – The repayment process for the persons who invested monies with Accelerated Capital Firm (ACF) Inc. is still stalled. After weeks of uncertainty, the company yesterday spoke,...

St. Cuthbert’s shelves schools’ reopening plans amid outbreak …2-week lockdown ordered

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on St. Cuthbert’s shelves schools’ reopening plans amid outbreak …2-week lockdown ordered

Kaieteur News – Due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in St. Cuthbert’s Mission, Mahaica River, students who were set to return to school on Monday will be unable to do so. This is because a...

COVID-19 frontline workers to soon get risk allowance

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 frontline workers to soon get risk allowance

Kaieteur News – Health care workers in direct contact with COVID-19 patients will be getting their risk allowance, which comes as compensation for them putting their lives on the line daily....

MACORP to supply 10MW of power by month end

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on MACORP to supply 10MW of power by month end

– five new Wartsila generators arrive Kaieteur News – By the end of November, the Machinery Corporation of Guyana Limited (MACORP) is expected to supply an additional 10MW of electricity...

DUI driver with uninsured, uncertified car, assaults traffic cop

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on DUI driver with uninsured, uncertified car, assaults traffic cop

– slapped with 12 charges; fined $177,500 Kaieteur News – A driver who claimed he was part of the Guyana People’s Militia, has found himself in hot water in a matter of a few hours. Not...

GPL launches WhatsApp complaints number for Prepaid customers

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL launches WhatsApp complaints number for Prepaid customers

Kaieteur News – The state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) yesterday announced that it has launched its ‘Prepaid Meter WhatsApp Service’ to allow customers to make their complaints...

Brazilian kills miner, injures another at Balamani Backdam

Nov 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilian kills miner, injures another at Balamani Backdam

Kaieteur News – The police are currently searching for a Brazilian man who allegedly killed a miner and wounded another at Balamani Backdam, Cuyuni River, on Tuesday, November 3, 2020....

Lewis, Kwayana, Alexander: The facts and the truths of Guyana

Nov 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lewis, Kwayana, Alexander: The facts and the truths of Guyana

Freddie Kissoon column… Kaieteur News – In response to me, Lincoln Lewis wrote in the October 20th edition of the Kaieteur News, in its letter pages that: “At no time have I called on...

Lenders Jewellery and Pawnshop supports ‘Sunday in the Country’ dominoes

Nov 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lenders Jewellery and Pawnshop supports ‘Sunday in the Country’ dominoes

Lenders Jewellery and Pawn Shop has thrown their support behind ‘Sunday in the Country’ dominoes which is set for tomorrow at Pouderoyen Wash Bay, West Bank Demerara. The entity’s...

Stanton Rose officially at NCAA outfit St. Mary’s University

Nov 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stanton Rose officially at NCAA outfit St. Mary’s University

Kaieteur News – Guyana’s electric senior men’s basketball team captain; Stanton Rose, has officially made his move to NCAA division II outfit, St. Mary’s University in San-Antonio, Texas....

National Self Determination: The White Man Had It Right

Nov 07, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on National Self Determination: The White Man Had It Right

Kaieteur News – Whatever the ulterior motives, and there were those, the white men from America and Europe were on the right track. Colonized societies were far from ready for the hard demands...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more