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Canadian hired to review Exxon’s US$9B Payara project benefited $$$ from Exxon subsidiary

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canadian hired to review Exxon’s US$9B Payara project benefited $$$ from Exxon subsidiary

By Kemol King Kaieteur News – Alison Redford, the former politician sent by Canada to review ExxonMobil’s US$9B Payara project, has benefitted from thousands of dollars in donations made to...

US company setting up shore base here known for bribing politicians, Customs Officers

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US company setting up shore base here known for bribing politicians, Customs Officers

By Kiana Wilburg Kaieteur News – The Stabroek Block offshore Guyana currently holds over nine billion barrels in oil equivalent resources. To develop such a massive oil and gas reserve, there...

James Bond arrested in Peter’s Hall land giveaway probe

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on James Bond arrested in Peter’s Hall land giveaway probe

Kaieteur News – Senior People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member and attorney-at-law, James Bond, was yesterday arrested as investigators continue their probe into the large-scale...

Trio gets 11 and a half years each for killing of Beharry Group engineer

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trio gets 11 and a half years each for killing of Beharry Group engineer

Kaieteur News – Three persons held for the murder of electrical engineer, Saleem Azeez Abdool, who was shot dead in front of his Prashad Nagar home in October 2014, have been sentenced to 11...

Guyana may introduce visa system for Haiti soon

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana may introduce visa system for Haiti soon

– 7 Haitian children found during police operations likely trafficked Kaieteur News – As the probe into alleged human smuggling continues, after several foreign nationals were arrested...

Corentyne bridge deal to be inked; ferry service issues to be resolved – business unit to boost trade

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne bridge deal to be inked; ferry service issues to be resolved – business unit to boost trade

Ali in Suriname… Kaieteur News – Paramaribo, Suriname -President Irfaan Ali said that Guyana and Suriname have taken the important step to formalize a new cooperation mechanism which...

Man dies after mishap with truck during EBD three-lane traffic

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies after mishap with truck during EBD three-lane traffic

Kaieteur News – It appears as if a man was not aware that the three-lane traffic along the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road was open on Monday morning. He walked right into the path of a...

NY-bound Guyanese woman busted at CJIA with coke stashed in book, make-up

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NY-bound Guyanese woman busted at CJIA with coke stashed in book, make-up

Kaieteur News – Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Units (CANU), on Monday, busted a woman at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with close to two kilograms of suspected cocaine....

Slack change is like condensed milk

Nov 25, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Slack change is like condensed milk

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De government gat de people weh dem want dem. Deh gat de people running behind dem like junkie running behind a man fuh a $100. Is no different with de...

The Prison Service is part of the problem

Nov 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Prison Service is part of the problem

Kaieteur News – The problems within our local prisons cannot be solved by the Prison Service. The Prison Service has become part of the problem and therefore cannot be expected to be part of...

For me, Dr. Vincent Adams is no democrat

Nov 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on For me, Dr. Vincent Adams is no democrat

Kaieteur News – Dr. Ivelaw Griffith, the former Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Guyana, was two years my junior as a UG student. After he graduated, he left Guyana. Dr. Griffith...

Best friend granted bail as mom lays son to rest

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Best friend granted bail as mom lays son to rest

15-year-old shot to head… Kaieteur News – As a mother laid her 15-year-old son to rest, his best friend,16, who allegedly accidently shot him to head, is out on bail. Police said yesterday...

Nearly $190M in COVID-19 cash grants distributed in Region 9

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nearly $190M in COVID-19 cash grants distributed in Region 9

Kaieteur News – The Government has successfully distributed COVID-19 relief cash grants totalling some $190M to households in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine), to cushion the...

School vouchers distribution taken to Region 10

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on School vouchers distribution taken to Region 10

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday visited the One Mile Primary, One Mile Nursery and the Mackenzie High Schools in Region 10 to distribute the school uniform and supplies voucher to...

Traffic lights to include sound signals for visually impaired

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic lights to include sound signals for visually impaired

Kaieteur News – The Government is taking steps to improve traffic lights at major intersections by implementing sound/acoustic signals to ensure safer road usage for persons who are visually...

Cabinet to review bill to remove jail time for small quantities of “ganja” – AG

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet to review bill to remove jail time for small quantities of “ganja” – AG

Kaieteur News – The Cabinet is expected to review a draft bill, which seeks to remove custodial sentences for persons caught with small quantities of ‘ganja.’ This is according to Attorney...

Berbice records another COVID-19 death

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice records another COVID-19 death

Kaieteur News – Guyana has recorded 35 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total confirmed cases to 5,189 as of November 24, 2020. According to the Ministry of Health (MOH), the total number of...

Anna Regina’s Deputy Mayor dies from COVID-19 complications

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Anna Regina’s Deputy Mayor dies from COVID-19 complications

Kaieteur News – Communities on the Essequibo coast, Region Two, are in deep shock and mourning, following the passing of Deputy Mayor of Anna Regina Town Council, Rudolph Williams. He passed...

Lawyer fails early attempt to have application to strike out Elections Petition

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer fails early attempt to have application to strike out Elections Petition

2020 election court case… Kaieteur News – Attorney-at-law, Mayo Robertson failed in an early attempt to have the application to strike out the election petition by Attorney General (AG) and...

587 Guyanese re-employed at Aurora Gold Mine – talks start on building capacity for underground mining

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 587 Guyanese re-employed at Aurora Gold Mine – talks start on building capacity for underground mining

Kaieteur News – Some 587 Guyanese have been re-employed by Aurora Gold Mine after being laid off earlier this year, due to the pandemic. This was disclosed by Minister of Natural Resources,...

Albion man charged yet again, busted with ganja

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Albion man charged yet again, busted with ganja

Kaieteur News – A 39-year-old man was sentenced to three years imprisonment for possession of 20 grams of cannabis. Khemraj Ramlall, unemployed, of Doctor Bush, Albion, Corentyne, Berbice was...

Woman injured in Soesdyke accident show signs of recovery

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman injured in Soesdyke accident show signs of recovery

Kaieteur News – A 23-year-old woman, Aaliyah Norton, who was unconscious for two days, is now showing signs of recovery after the car in which she was travelling, was involved in an accident on...

Metro donates 4,000 masks

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Metro donates 4,000 masks

Kaieteur News – Prime Minister Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, who is performing the functions of President, yesterday afternoon received a donation of 4,000 face masks from Metro Office and...

GCB/ Tropical Spring T20 O-40 Cricket Four teams advance in Demerara Zone

Nov 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB/ Tropical Spring T20 O-40 Cricket Four teams advance in Demerara Zone

No matches played in B’ce zone where W/B’ce & Jai Hind remain unbeaten By Sean Devers Kaieteur News – Regal Masters, RP Construction and West Demerara Mavericks won their matches in the...

Services of Lands and Survey head, Trevor Benn, terminated

Nov 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Services of Lands and Survey head, Trevor Benn, terminated

Kaieteur News – The contract of the Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GSLC), Trevor Benn, has been terminated following a 42-day leave-of-absence in September. His...

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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