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We need to stop cheating ourselves

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on We need to stop cheating ourselves

Everybody is profiting from Guyana’s oil. God bless Guyana, where anyone touching our oil prospers. The downturn in the global economy is forcing oil companies to cut costs and downsize their...

Oil companies robbed Republic of Congo US$64M in two years by inflating costs

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil companies robbed Republic of Congo US$64M in two years by inflating costs

– enough to lift more than 300,000 Congolese citizens out of poverty By Kemol King Former Petroleum Advisor to the Government of Guyana, Dr. Jan Mangal, once told Kaieteur News that the oil...

Small team cannot adequately review Payara FDP in a few months

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Small team cannot adequately review Payara FDP in a few months

– Associate Professor, Dr. Blackman When it comes to the petroleum industry, several stakeholders have stated that they will be looking to see if the Irfaan Ali government will demonstrate that...

Lands & Surveys used own staffers to value $25M vehicle Trevor Benn bought for $11M

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lands & Surveys used own staffers to value $25M vehicle Trevor Benn bought for $11M

Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC), Trevor Benn, has come out defending his purchase of a 2016 Toyota Landcruiser Prado for $2.5M from his work place three days before...

$250M unaccounted from SLED programme

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $250M unaccounted from SLED programme

– probe to be launched—Minister Dharamlall According to the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, some $250M from the Sustainable Livelihood and...

Guyana beefs up presence at Venezuelan border after army, police ranks come under fire

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana beefs up presence at Venezuelan border after army, police ranks come under fire

Patrolling ranks from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), on Wednesday came under fire in the Cuyuni River, Region Seven, reportedly by a notorious Venezuelan gang....

Alleged Ponzi schemers out on bail

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged Ponzi schemers out on bail

Alleged Ponzi scheme operators, Yuri Garcia-Dominguez and his wife Ateeka Ishmael, were yesterday released on bail. The duo appeared in the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Malissa...

Windsor Estate developer returns 30-acres Ogle lands to NICIL

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Windsor Estate developer returns 30-acres Ogle lands to NICIL

The developer of the iconic Windsor Estate gated community on the East Bank of Demerara has rescinded the sale of a 30-acre plot of land at Ogle, East Coast Demerara. The land to Navigant Builders...

West Demerara nurses join in protests for risk allowance, other issues

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on West Demerara nurses join in protests for risk allowance, other issues

Nurses at the West Demerara Regional Hospital have joined in protest action for risk allowance, adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and for their pay to be remitted on time. The nurses stood...

PPP/C sole-sourced birth certificate, we only continued – Winston Felix

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C sole-sourced birth certificate, we only continued – Winston Felix

Former Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, has revealed even more details regarding the birth certificate transaction between the former APNU+AFC administration and their party executive,...

Accept and Bless!

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Accept and Bless!

Dem Boys Seh… De CXC examinations results come out on Tuesday. Many of dem picknee from dem small school accept dem results. Some ah dem cry, some of dem blame dem teachers; while others seh dat...

Excuses do not solve problems

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Excuses do not solve problems

The government must cease playing games with the people. The government must stop making excuses and find the solutions to the more than two-fold increases in coronavirus deaths over the past six...

Transport & Harbour Dept. grappled by $956M debt — Minister Edghill

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Transport & Harbour Dept. grappled by $956M debt — Minister Edghill

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill on Wednesday revealed to the National Assembly’s Committee of Supply that the Transports and Harbours Department (T&HD) is deep in a debt of...

Rape convict found with marijuana in prison

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rape convict found with marijuana in prison

An inmate currently serving a 12-year sentence for rape, was on Wednesday last found with 190 grams of marijuana in his possession at the Lusignan Prison. According to police, the rape convict was...

Police break up funeral for breaching COVID-19 guidelines

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police break up funeral for breaching COVID-19 guidelines

Police on the Corentyne had cause to break up a funeral on Wednesday for breaching the COVID-19 orders Gazetted by the Ministry of Health. The pandemic has killed 71, and infected more than 2,500...

DDL defends the use of seven proxies at COVID19 affected AGM

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on DDL defends the use of seven proxies at COVID19 affected AGM

Drinks and rum giant, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), has announced that its 68th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Friday, October 9, 2020 from 16:00hrs using a hybrid format. The...

Ministry of Education questions CXC over discrepancies in results

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry of Education questions CXC over discrepancies in results

– Queen’s College and The Bishops’ High School unify to protest The Ministry of Education has expressed dissatisfaction with the grades some students received in certain subject areas at...

ExxonMobil intends to recover billions of dollars in costs for its oil developments from the sale of Guyana’s oil

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil intends to recover billions of dollars in costs for its oil developments from the sale of Guyana’s oil

The people must know: How involved is the Government of Guyana in the deciding and monitoring of capital costs associated with the oil projects? Does it have a detailed breakdown of the upfront costs...

Lusignan Prison escapee found hiding in Buxton shack

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lusignan Prison escapee found hiding in Buxton shack

Freedom was short lived for Leroy Graham, 23, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on Wednesday last. He was located yesterday by policemen hiding in a shack alone at Buxton, East Coast Demerara...

Mackenzie home invaded by bandits; one arrested with gunshot wound

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mackenzie home invaded by bandits; one arrested with gunshot wound

Two men, ages 43 and 21, respectively were yesterday robbed in their home of cash and cell phones by a two late-night visitors knocking on their door. Police stated in its reports that the robbery...

Olato Sam back at Ministry of Education as specialist

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Olato Sam back at Ministry of Education as specialist

The Ministry of Education yesterday announced that Olato Sam will be joining the Ministry again to serve as an Education Specialist in the Office of the Minister. Sam previously served as the Chief...

Lincoln Lewis: I will never retain friendship that is devoid of humanity

Sep 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis: I will never retain friendship that is devoid of humanity

I am a senior citizen chalking up more than 50 years of fighting for rights over wrongs and 32 years of being a media operative engaged in public commentary/analysis of exposing wrongs that must be...

Former Guyanese cricketer donates 10,000 facemasks to MoE

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former Guyanese cricketer donates 10,000 facemasks to MoE

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday received 10,000 facemasks from businessman and former cricketer, Timur Mohamed. Making the donation on behalf of Mohamed was social activist, Don Singh. The...

Two more COVID-19 deaths

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two more COVID-19 deaths

Guyana yesterday recorded two new COVID-19 deaths, taking the total death toll to 73. With a new average of two deaths recorded per day Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll may soon surpass 100. The...

School girl dies months after tragic accident

Sep 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on School girl dies months after tragic accident

– driver wants family to settle matter for $350,000 A student of the Diamond Secondary School, East Bank Demerara, died on Monday last, after a seven-month long-battle for survival from severe...

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Guyana’s oil bonanza is being squandered by political duels

Kaieteur News – In Guyana, politics and economics have always danced an ill-fated tango. It is difficult to say which... more