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2019 Concacaf Gold Cup berths sealed as CNLQ comes to close

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup berths sealed as CNLQ comes to close

Miami, Florida – The 16-team field for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup is now official following Sunday’s results in Week 4 of 2019-20 Concacaf Nations League Qualifying. Haiti, Canada,...

ExxonMobil gets Environmental Permit to drill Yellowtail-1 well –but on condition

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil gets Environmental Permit to drill Yellowtail-1 well –but on condition

By Kiana Wilburg ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), along with its other two partners on the Stabroek Block, Hess and CNOOC, received an Environmental...

Food and Drug Department to address ‘free for all’ drug distribution by pharmacies.

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Food and Drug Department to address ‘free for all’ drug distribution by pharmacies.

West Demerara District Regional Health Officer (RHO), yesterday, disclosed that he will be working in close collaboration with the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department to address the...

Police launch new boat in ‘D’ Division

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Police launch new boat in ‘D’ Division

On Friday, the Guyana Police Force ‘D’ Division launched a new boat which is powered by a 85 horse power (hp) Yamaha engine. The vessel ‘Lady G’ made its first trip to the Bonasika...

Late manifestation of HPV causes Ministry to label it ‘the silent attacker’

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Late manifestation of HPV causes Ministry to label it ‘the silent attacker’

The Human Papilloma Virus [HPV] is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract, surpassing both the human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] and the Herpes Simplex Virus [HSV] . This...

Berbice cops investigating threats by AFC member against fellow memberDerek Basdeo…General Secretary says it was “two men arguing about personal issues”

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice cops investigating threats by AFC member against fellow memberDerek Basdeo…General Secretary says it was “two men arguing about personal issues”

Police in Berbice are currently investigating a report filed by two members of the Alliance For Change that they were threatened by a fellow member after a party meeting in New Amsterdam...

Over $15.6B reaped from oil and gas sector thus far- Energy Director

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Over $15.6B reaped from oil and gas sector thus far- Energy Director

Guyana has thus far benefitted from more than $15.6 Billion (US$75M) directly from the oil and gas sector. This was disclosed by Director of the Energy Department Dr. Mark Bynoe as he...

Duo remanded for allegedly stealing bicycle, cash

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Duo remanded for allegedly stealing bicycle, cash

Wayne Blair, 28, and Ezra Evans, 25, found themselves before the court after they were caught by public spirited persons, when they allegedly robbed a man of his bicycle, cash and a cell phone. They...

Options being explored to find housing for Venezuelan migrants

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Options being explored to find housing for Venezuelan migrants

Following the arrival of 140 Venezuelan migrants in Georgetown last Wednesday, the Department of Citizenship in collaboration with its international partners and other Government agencies, has...

Mason slapped with two counts of armed robbery

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Mason slapped with two counts of armed robbery

Adam Mohamed, a mason of Lot 266 Independence Boulevard, Albouystown, was yesterday remanded to prison when he answered to two charges of armed robbery. The 20-year-old man entered not guilty pleas...

Guyanese man, 62, arrested in Phuket for ‘black money scam’

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese man, 62, arrested in Phuket for ‘black money scam’

PHUKET, Thailand: Police are investigating a network still using the old “black money” scam after a 62-year-old man from Guyana was arrested in Phuket and is now under investigation for...

Presidential grants transforming village economies, lives

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Presidential grants transforming village economies, lives

The village of Patarinau in the South Rupunini, Region Nine is the latest beneficiary of the Presidential Grant programme that allows hinterland villages to access funding to start or continue...

Guyana secretly buries dead foreign prisoners

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Guyana secretly buries dead foreign prisoners

I am going to speak to Nigel Hughes, Christopher Ram and other lawyer friends of mine to see if I can file a complaint against the Government of Guyana for criminal violation of international laws....

‘He Killed My Family, but I Forgive Him’

Mar 26, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on ‘He Killed My Family, but I Forgive Him’

By Frank Campbell Canadian Adventist Messenger March 14, 2019, marks one year since the day that Vas Pejcinovski’s wife, son, and youngest daughter were murdered. In that year, he learned to...

Inherently flawed assumptions in arriving at the number 34

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Inherently flawed assumptions in arriving at the number 34

DEAR EDITOR, The 50% plus 1 formula used to calculate the Absolute Majority is standard practice in most Democratic Societies, however the assumptions used in Guyana to arrive at the number 34 are...

Unnecessary inconvenience at the Parika Ferry Stelling

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Unnecessary inconvenience at the Parika Ferry Stelling

DEAR EDITOR, On Saturday 23rd March, 2019, about 06:60 hours I was at the Parika Ferry Stelling as a passenger that travelled early that morning. The tide was unusually high, but to a level we had...

We must respect the edict of the Court of Appeal

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must respect the edict of the Court of Appeal

DEAR EDITOR, It has been a serious, tumultuously, exciting, worrisome, and painful period for the people of this country over the past three months since the passing of the no confidence motion. The...

Elections are not something that you want every two, three years

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elections are not something that you want every two, three years

DEAR EDITOR, I am no legal person, but commonsense tells me that if the PPP appeals the Appeal Court’s NCM decision (to the CCJ) , the Government should also file an appeal – for the...

Several issues on the no-confidence motion are settled among those who are informed and objective

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on Several issues on the no-confidence motion are settled among those who are informed and objective

DEAR EDITOR, SN’s editorial of March 25th, captioned “The Court of Appeal ruling and its aftermath”, was poorly informed and reasoned in key places. For brevity, I will dwell...

APNU+AFC cannot now wish away the CCJ

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Letters Comments Off on APNU+AFC cannot now wish away the CCJ

DEAR EDITOR, In spite of the clear, publicly-announced intention by relevant stakeholders that the constitutional challenge to the December 21st, 2018 No-Confidence Motion is going the full...

It is criminal to ignore some necessary requests

Mar 26, 2019 KNews Editorial Comments Off on It is criminal to ignore some necessary requests

After 36 years in prison an innocent man is set free. It did not have to be this long. All that was required was for those who have such authority to give the man a listening, and giving him a...

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The PPP/C’s greatest liability

Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- One might have expected that a ruling party basking in the largesse of oil wealth would chart... more