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Expired voters’ list can be refreshed and used for elections – Lowenfield

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Expired voters’ list can be refreshed and used for elections – Lowenfield

Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, has declared that the Official List of Electors, which expired on April 30, 2019, can still be used to execute...

Chief Justice refuses to halt house-to-house registration pending further evidence

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice refuses to halt house-to-house registration pending further evidence

Attorney-at-Law and Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram, has failed in his bid to secure a Conservatory Order against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to stop the house-to-house registration...

Cabinet will not resign – Minister Ramjattan

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Cabinet will not resign – Minister Ramjattan

Cabinet will not resign, says Minister of Public Security and Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan. He was at the time discussing the implications of the December 21, 2018 vote...

Guyana Watch treats 460 patients in Berbice

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch treats 460 patients in Berbice

The Guyana Watch Incorporated medial team yesterday visited the Sheet Anchor Primary School in Berbice, Region 6. There they attended to 40 patients; 232 who were adults; 68 children and 160 persons...

Side Letter Agreement reveals … Kaieteur Block licence was granted on condition that only 40 % can be explored

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Side Letter Agreement reveals … Kaieteur Block licence was granted on condition that only 40 % can be explored

By Kiana Wilburg Based on documents emanating from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), it appears that the Kaieteur Block was granted to two firms on the condition that only 40 percent of...

PUC fines GPL for operating below standards

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on PUC fines GPL for operating below standards

The Public Utilities Commission, (PUC) has imposed a monetary fine on the Guyana Power and Light, (GPL) over a failure to meet the operating standards set for the year 2018. According to the PUC, in...

City Constable accused of collusion with criminals

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on City Constable accused of collusion with criminals

A staffer from a Regent Street shoe store is accusing a City Constable from the Bourda, Georgetown Outpost of aiding and abetting with criminals. Just over week ago Stanley Sarius was standing in...

Guyana signs contract for new Instrument Landing System at CJIA

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana signs contract for new Instrument Landing System at CJIA

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) will benefit from a new and upgraded Instrument Landing System. To set this in motion on July 18, 2019, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed...

Confusion can’t done

Jul 24, 2019 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Confusion can’t done

Guyanese like a conflict. If none don’t exist dem would mek one. Dem boys remember when dem was growing up. Dem use to see people standing pun dem bridge and as soon as somebody look at dem, a war...

Me nah live yah!

Jul 24, 2019 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Me nah live yah!

Meh shame bad! Meh so shame that meh mek wan decision. Meh decide that meh giving up meh Guyanese citizenship. When the people come around for house-to-house registration meh gun deny that meh a...

Teen, 14, treated for foot pain at E’bo hospital, dies within 24hrs.

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Teen, 14, treated for foot pain at E’bo hospital, dies within 24hrs.

The sudden death of a 14-year- old boy, who died shortly after receiving medical treatment at an Essequibo Health facility, has left the Khagaram family in shock. The now dead teen was identified as...

Two additional witnesses to testify in ex-policeman’s extradition

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Two additional witnesses to testify in ex-policeman’s extradition

Two more witnesses are expected to testify in the extradition matter of Shawn Neblett, a former member of the Guyana Police Force, who is wanted by the United States Government for trafficking...

No Bids Submitted For National Parks Commission Project.

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on No Bids Submitted For National Parks Commission Project.

On the agenda at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday there was a project for the National Parks Commission for the Rehabilitation of Enclosures and Exhibits for...

Man steals 170lbs of chicken, sentenced in absentia

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Man steals 170lbs of chicken, sentenced in absentia

The trial of 23-year-old Omalo Dick, a car wash operator from ‘A’ Field Sophia, Georgetown, yesterday continued in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate Rondell Weever. Omalo was...

GRDB expands paddy bug campaign

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on GRDB expands paddy bug campaign

With the interest and welfare of rice farmers at heart, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is expanding its paddy bug campaigns with intent to completely eradicating the issue. Speaking to...

Under-reporting of disability population exists – official suspects -GRA tax exemptions poised to help address shortcoming

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Under-reporting of disability population exists – official suspects -GRA tax exemptions poised to help address shortcoming

Instead of admitting that they are afflicted with a disability, some persons would much rather remain in denial. This, however, does not augur well for the National Commission on Disabilities...

Guyanese woman charged in T&T with misbehaving on flight

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman charged in T&T with misbehaving on flight

[Trinidad News Day]- A Guyanese woman appeared before magistrate Cheron Raphael in the Arima Magistrate First Court yesterday charged with misbehaviour while on a flight to Trinidad. The magistrate...

West Indies “A” make three changes ahead of first “Test” against India “A”

Jul 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies “A” make three changes ahead of first “Test” against India “A”

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies “A” have been forced to make a number of last-minute changes to their squad for the first “Test” against India “A”, starting today at the Vivian...

Doctor to report if man fit to stand trial for beheading brother-in-law

Jul 24, 2019 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor to report if man fit to stand trial for beheading brother-in-law

A doctor is expected to give a report on the mental health of Anthony King, who was charged last year November for beheading his brother-in-law. This is to determine if the defendant is fit to stand...

West Indian past cricketers to conduct DCC’s 2019 holiday camp

Jul 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indian past cricketers to conduct DCC’s 2019 holiday camp

A slew of past West Indian cricketers are set to spearhead the 2019 Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) junior holiday camp. Formally known as the ‘Home of Legends’, DCC will roll out its 2019 edition of...

President Granger 74th Birthday Anniversary RHTYSC Patron’s Fund shares out over $1.5M worth of bicycles, schools bags, cricket gears

Jul 24, 2019 KNews Sports Comments Off on President Granger 74th Birthday Anniversary RHTYSC Patron’s Fund shares out over $1.5M worth of bicycles, schools bags, cricket gears

The ten cricket teams of Guyana’s leading youth and sports club, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, MS on Friday last hosted the 3rd Edition of the Club’s Patron Fund. The Teams and the...