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Gov’t appoints new NICIL board – Jagdeo

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t appoints new NICIL board – Jagdeo

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today revealed that a new board has been appointed to handle the business under the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL). According to a...

Payara approval will not be rushed; we want maximum value for Guyana

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Payara approval will not be rushed; we want maximum value for Guyana

Minister of Natural Resources says… By Kiana Wilburg Even though the PPP/C government may be desirous of granting the approval for ExxonMobil’s third development project within a reasonable...

Suriname boasts three discoveries for the year in oil block at Guyana border

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname boasts three discoveries for the year in oil block at Guyana border

The Republic of Suriname is facilitating exploration in a concession at its maritime border with Guyana, called Block 58. The companies granted the concession, Apache and Total, have managed to make...

We must invite our own to invest instead of turning to foreigners

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on We must invite our own to invest instead of turning to foreigners

– Surinamese President Instead of turning to foreign multinationals and inviting them to invest, President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, believes that small nations must first seek out...

Anti-money laundering Act to be reviewed – AG

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering Act to be reviewed – AG

The current legislative framework crafted to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing is set to be reviewed. The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, made this...

UN raises concerns about environmental impact of Guyana’s oil production

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UN raises concerns about environmental impact of Guyana’s oil production

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has written to Guyana seeking answers about the environmental hazard posed by offshore oil production, a hazard it considers a challenge to the human...

Exxon blames COVID-19 restrictions for failing to meet flaring deadline

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon blames COVID-19 restrictions for failing to meet flaring deadline

– blames COVID-19 restrictions Even though it told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it would bring an end to flaring today, it appears that American oil giant, ExxonMobil, will be...

Tourism Minister Walrond-Allicock, Gerry Gouveia test positive for COVID-19

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tourism Minister Walrond-Allicock, Gerry Gouveia test positive for COVID-19

Several officials and Cabinet members, who came into contact with Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd, who recently tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, have produced negative results. However,...

COVID-19 testing machine left on wharf for months

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 testing machine left on wharf for months

– Minister Dr. Frank Anthony A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine which was given to Government to increase the country’s COVID-19 testing capacity was neglected for months. This was...

Army still silent on $1B spent to purchase, fix 4 aircraft

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Army still silent on $1B spent to purchase, fix 4 aircraft

One plane “cannibalised” to fix another… It appears that the army has little answers to the questionable purchase of four aircraft by the Coalition government in the last two years. The...

NICIL’s lawyer moves to strike out challenge to transactions

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL’s lawyer moves to strike out challenge to transactions

Glenn Lall vs. Winston Jordan in ECD land deals case… Devindra Kissoon, Attorney for the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), has filed an application to strike out Glenn...

Exxon buy out all de bora, bajee and ochro

Aug 14, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon buy out all de bora, bajee and ochro

Dem Boys Seh… Exxon Mobil produce wan half yearly report about dem local content spending over de last six months. Dem only do dat because dem wan de government feel nice about how much money...

The PPP/C is behaving like a wild cat

Aug 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The PPP/C is behaving like a wild cat

The COVID-19 epidemic is becoming increasingly unmanageable. The virus is no longer isolated to any one Region; it is spreading nationally at a rapid rate. Active cases are now dispersed across eight...

The Opposition PNC

Aug 14, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Opposition PNC

In the pre-independence era, there was no sharper person in the legislature than then leader of the opposition in what was then the Legislative Council, founder of the People’s National Congress...

Teenage boy kills one in chopping rampage

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teenage boy kills one in chopping rampage

A 15-year-old boy went berserk yesterday chopping to death his brother-in-law and injuring four other family members in the process, including two children and a woman in her 40s. According to...

Pensioner stabbed, robbed by family friend

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner stabbed, robbed by family friend

Patrick Harris, 69, of 3278 Lamaha Place, South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown was on Wednesday stabbed in the head and robbed of $80,000 in cash by a “family friend”. The pensioner, who still works...

Women to head State Media – NCN and Chronicle

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Women to head State Media – NCN and Chronicle

Former Regional Radio Manager of the National Communications Network (NCN), Michella Abraham-Ali, was yesterday appointed the Chief Executive Officer (ag) for the State owned media entity. The...

Wanted bulletin issued for suspect in shooting death at Cotton Tree

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Wanted bulletin issued for suspect in shooting death at Cotton Tree

Police are seeking information that would lead to the arrest of a 31-year-old man of Bennet Dam, Rosignol Village, West Coast Berbice. Richardo Mitchell, aka “Cardo”, is wanted by police for...

Caribbean Cinemas reopens today

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Cinemas reopens today

Caribbean Cinemas at the Giftland Mall is set to reopen today after closing its doors on March 26, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The re-opening announcement was made in a statement issued by...

Class of ‘88 endows Richard Ishmael Secondary with Commercial Copier

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Class of ‘88 endows Richard Ishmael Secondary with Commercial Copier

A commercial copier, complete with accessories and printing paper, valued at G$1.1M was last week Tuesday presented to the Richard Ishmael Secondary School, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. The timely...

Japarts donates masks, other protective items to Police Force

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Japarts donates masks, other protective items to Police Force

Japarts, one of the biggest suppliers of mining equipment, has made a significant donation to the Guyana Police Force. The $1.6M donation includes 200 reflective vests; 3000 disposable masks; 300...

Two-day boxing seminar for Officials set for this weekend

Aug 14, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Two-day boxing seminar for Officials set for this weekend

President of the Guyana Boxing Association and Vice-President of the Americas Boxing Confederation (AMBC), Steve Ninvalle has informed Kaieteur Sport that the two-day Virtual Seminar for...

India’s Response to Pandemic: Using Crisis as an Opportunity

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on India’s Response to Pandemic: Using Crisis as an Opportunity

By Manish Chand A crisis can trigger ruin and catastrophe, but it also sometimes brings out the best in people and nations. More than any other country in the world, India has shown vividly how to...

Hero Caribbean Premier League calls on ICSS to support competition oversight

Aug 14, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero Caribbean Premier League calls on ICSS to support competition oversight

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) have announced they will work in partnership to safeguard the integrity of the T20 cricket league for...

Driver in fatal accident at Soesdyke, charged

Aug 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Driver in fatal accident at Soesdyke, charged

The driver of a car, which crashed on Monday along the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was on Tuesday charged for causing death by dangerous driving. He was placed on $250,000 bail....