Following various efforts by former Executive Director of NICIL, Winston Brassington to garnish the almost $40 million in damages he has won in judgments against the Kaieteur News (KN), the newspaper has finally agreed to voluntarily pay off the outstanding balance of some $18 million.
Brassington had already received some $20 million which he garnished from a bank account belonging to Kaieteur News through appointing a receiver to recover from the income and/or capital assets of the newspaper in order to satisfy judgments awarded.
Advancing financial constraints primarily caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, owner of the newspaper Glenn Lall, through his attorney Christopher Ram had made pleas for a chance to pay the outstanding balance of some $18 million in installments.