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House-to-House Registration… Dead persons on voters’ list inconsequential – Former GECOM Chairman

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on House-to-House Registration… Dead persons on voters’ list inconsequential – Former GECOM Chairman

By Kiana Wilburg It is important for Guyana to have house-to-house registration. But given the special circumstances, the country now finds itself in, it would not be a matter of life and death if it...

Fiscal incentive for oil need careful analysis – NRGI says there’s a risk of govt. giving away too much

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Fiscal incentive for oil need careful analysis – NRGI says there’s a risk of govt. giving away too much

When it comes to the petroleum sector, it is not uncommon to see governments providing individual companies or groups of companies, with investment incentives or tax incentives, which serve as...

GECOM chairman back to work today – PPP requests elections date, status of preparedness be placed on agenda

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM chairman back to work today – PPP requests elections date, status of preparedness be placed on agenda

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d), James Patterson, who was ailing for the past few weeks, is due back at work today. He is expected to get right down to...

W.C.D access road damaged by heavy duty trucks – Residents blame contractor,say paved surface now mud damn

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on W.C.D access road damaged by heavy duty trucks – Residents blame contractor,say paved surface now mud damn

Residents of La Union, West Coast Demerara, are upset over the state in which heavy-duty trucks attached to a sea defence contractor has left one of their main access roads. Over the past...

Chief Justice upholds larceny charges against Nandlall

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice upholds larceny charges against Nandlall

By Feona Morrison Former Attorney General and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) parliamentarian Anil Nandlall has failed in his bid to have the High Court quash a larceny charge against him...

2,300 kilos drug bust… Suspect attempts suicide in Suriname lockups

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on 2,300 kilos drug bust… Suspect attempts suicide in Suriname lockups

A 43-year-old truck driver from Suriname whose only name was given as Shailindra attempted to kill himself in a lockup there on Sunday. The suspect was one of at least 10 persons who were...

Sophia shopowner stabbed to death

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Sophia shopowner stabbed to death

Forty-eight-year-old Godfrey Phillip of 3028 ‘D’ Field, Sophia died after being stabbed to the abdomen on Sunday night around 23:45 hours, reportedly by a Pike Street, Sophia resident. The...

Singh’s ton propels DCC, Everest, Police triumph Khan slams 90 for ECC

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Singh’s ton propels DCC, Everest, Police triumph Khan slams 90 for ECC

Opener Sachin Singh struck a fine century to lead Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to a 103-run victory over University of Guyana (UG), while Everest Cricket Club and Police registered wins when...

Providing infrastructure for athletes development is priority – Bartica Mayor Marshall Congratulate new BFA President, Alden Marslowe

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Providing infrastructure for athletes development is priority – Bartica Mayor Marshall Congratulate new BFA President, Alden Marslowe

By Franklin Wilson Mayor of Bartica, His Worship Gifford Marshall has disclosed that he is very pleased that a key stakeholder in the Town, the Bartica Football Association (BFA) has been able...

Arinze Chance breaks national indoor record

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Arinze Chance breaks national indoor record

By Calvin Chapman Guyana’s sprint ace, Arinze Chance, who attends South Carolina University in the United States of America (USA), gave himself a wonderful birthday present last Friday when he...

Patrick Ford Memorial set for Feb 17 T&T to send team list tomorrow – GBA

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patrick Ford Memorial set for Feb 17 T&T to send team list tomorrow – GBA

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) in collaboration with Alford McDonald will host the second edition of the Patrick Ford memorial tournament on February 17 at the National Gymnasium. This...

E’bo man taken into police custody dies hours later – Wife detained for questioning

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo man taken into police custody dies hours later – Wife detained for questioning

A carpenter from the Essequibo Coast died under mysterious circumstances last Sunday night, while in police custody at the Anna Regina Police Station. The deceased, who has since been identified as...

I felt I did not have clear majority -Frank Anthony on surprise withdrawal from PPP race

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on I felt I did not have clear majority -Frank Anthony on surprise withdrawal from PPP race

Saturday’s pullout from a presidential candidate race of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) by Dr. Frank Anthony caught many by surprise. It was widely believed that he was the...

The deaths of two children should be a wake-up call

Jan 22, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The deaths of two children should be a wake-up call

What will it take for the authorities to recognize that there is a serious problem at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), which needs to be addressed? It ought not to have taken the...

GPHC provides clarification on treatment of dead cancer patients

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GPHC provides clarification on treatment of dead cancer patients

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has provided clarification on the death of two young cancer patients. In a statement to the press, the hospital noted that “speculative information...

Foetus left on parapet at Liliendaal

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Foetus left on parapet at Liliendaal

Persons traversing the Liliendaal Embankment yesterday morning around 06:00 hours got the shock of their life, after discovering a foetus on the parapet. Police received a report of a foetus...

El Niño-like conditions ravaging Region Six agri sector

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on El Niño-like conditions ravaging Region Six agri sector

In August 2018, the Hydromet Department issued a statement about transitioning to a drier period from a normal period in Guyana using the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) model. Against this...

Real estate agent slapped with fraud charge

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Real estate agent slapped with fraud charge

A man who told the court that he is a real estate agent was yesterday charged and remanded to prison after being slapped with three fraud-related charges. Twenty-four-year-old Miguel Dino, of...

Controversial fuel licences will be revoked as soon as PPP takes over – Jagdeo

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Controversial fuel licences will be revoked as soon as PPP takes over – Jagdeo

By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell A People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government will not allow the present “lawlessness” that is reigning on the local fuel market, to continue. “We will put...

Suspected Sindicato Gang members remanded for grenades

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected Sindicato Gang members remanded for grenades

Two Venezuelans who are believed to be linked to the notorious Sindicato Gang were yesterday charged and remanded to prison after they were allegedly caught with two grenades. Luis Alfredo Gonzalez,...

Voir Dire ongoing in ‘Mango Man’ murder trial

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Voir Dire ongoing in ‘Mango Man’ murder trial

A Voir Dire is ongoing in the trial of death row inmate Royden Williams and his co-accused, who are on trial before Justice James Bovell Drakes and a 12-member mixed jury, for the murder of...

Jury empanelled as 16-yr-old goes on trial for murder

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Jury empanelled as 16-yr-old goes on trial for murder

A jury has been empanelled in the Berbice High Court as a 16-year-old goes on trial for a murder committed in 2017. The teen is on trial before Justice Brassington Reynolds and a mixed jury for the...

Female court-regular jailed again after stabbing man in neck

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Female court-regular jailed again after stabbing man in neck

A woman, who is said to be in the habit of beating men, including her lovers, and was recently released from jail, has been jailed again for unlawful wounding. Gem Rosmund Cadogan, 50, of Adelphi...

Bodies decompose at N/A Hospital mortuary after freezer goes down – CEO, Health Director dodge media

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Bodies decompose at N/A Hospital mortuary after freezer goes down – CEO, Health Director dodge media

Several bodies including an infant’s corpse decayed at the New Amsterdam Hospital Mortuary after the facility’s freezer went down. This revelation was made by a relative of one of the...

Health Ministry on mission to raise ‘SMART Hospital’ awareness

Jan 22, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry on mission to raise ‘SMART Hospital’ awareness

Aimed at raising awareness about the importance of the SMART Hospital initiative, the Ministry of Public Health yesterday collaborated with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more