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PRO says… GECOM has no legal obligation to verify candidates’ eligibility

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PRO says… GECOM has no legal obligation to verify candidates’ eligibility

Pull quote: “The onus is on the politicians themselves to ensure that they are honest on the statutory declaration form…as it stands GECOM has no legal obligation to verify the information.”...

Every Guyanese should be given a share in a National Oil Company – Robert Badal

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Every Guyanese should be given a share in a National Oil Company – Robert Badal

Recently formed political party, Change Guyana’s Presidential Candidate, Robert Badal, is of the view that every Guyanese citizen should be assigned shares in a state-owned National Oil Company...

Another MMA/ADA chairman benefits from thousands of acres of state lands

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Another MMA/ADA chairman benefits from thousands of acres of state lands

The first post-2015 elections chairman of the Mahaica-Mahaicony Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA), Dr. Kenneth Sealey, also benefitted from state lands. According to documents of the...

Pensioner, 81, dies after struck down on pedestrian crossing

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner, 81, dies after struck down on pedestrian crossing

The life of an 81-year-old woman was yesterday morning snuffed out after a car struck her down while she was on a pedestrian crossing. The incident which took place opposite the Post Office in Nigg...

Major offshore oil find in Suriname

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Major offshore oil find in Suriname

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – CMC – The US-based Apache Corporation (AC) and the France-based Total S.A yesterday announced they had made a significant oil discovery at the Maka Central-1 well...

Woman’s declines to testify against CJIA deputy CEO

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman’s declines to testify against CJIA deputy CEO

– Sexual assault case dismissed Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Andre Kellman, yesterday walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’...

January 17 is final day for parties to coalesce

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on January 17 is final day for parties to coalesce

Political parties have until January 17, 2020, to coalesce if they so intend. During a Nomination Day Press Briefing jointly hosted by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and Guyana Press...

Miner killed after boat crashes into tree – friend hospitalised

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Miner killed after boat crashes into tree – friend hospitalised

By Shikema Dey A 25-year-old miner was killed just after midnight on Tuesday in the Pomeroon River after the boat he was travelling in crashed into a tree. A friend who was with him is hospitalised....

City Hall is de best place fuh Nomination Day

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on City Hall is de best place fuh Nomination Day

Friday is when all dem political parties, new and old, will signify dem intention to contest de elections. Of course, dem boys seh is every time elections come around some [political parties does...

Man nabbed with unlicensed firearm at party

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man nabbed with unlicensed firearm at party

A 25-year old construction worker of Area B, Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara was nabbed Monday night with an unlicensed firearm at a party in Prince William Street, Plaisance. Police said that...

Mechanic charged for stealing employer’s equipment

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic charged for stealing employer’s equipment

A 33-year-old mechanic was yesterday hauled before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, after he was charged for stealing equipment from the mining camp at which he was once employed. The defendant, Ruanda...

Iran attacks U.S. forces in Iraq in retaliation for killing of commander

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Iran attacks U.S. forces in Iraq in retaliation for killing of commander

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran said it launched a missile attack on U.S.-led forces in Iraq in the early hours today in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose...

Schoolboy beaten for not allowing peers to write on his uniform

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy beaten for not allowing peers to write on his uniform

A third form student of Campbellville Secondary School is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was allegedly beaten by several of his peers for not allowing them to write on his...

E’bo man accused of fatally stabbing wife to stand trial

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo man accused of fatally stabbing wife to stand trial

A 50-year-old chainsaw operator who is accused of stabbing his wife to death was yesterday committed to stand trial before a judge and jury at the next practicable sitting of the Essequibo Assizes....

Girl, 12, dies after choking in hammock at friend’s home

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Girl, 12, dies after choking in hammock at friend’s home

The police in Number 1 sub-division in Region Six have launched an investigation in connection with the sudden death of a 12-year-old Vryman’s Erven Secondary School Student from Rotterdam, East...

Lombard St. families to receive support upon relocation

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lombard St. families to receive support upon relocation

– CH&PA to collaborate with other agencies to provide help Twenty (20) Broad and Lombard Street squatting area families will receive additional support from the Central Housing and Planning...

Clerk committed to stand trial for rape of girl, 10

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Clerk committed to stand trial for rape of girl, 10

A 43-year-old clerk was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the 2014 rape of a 10-year-old girl. The accused, Jomo McDonald of Republic Drive, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, was...

Speeding bus driver threatens to put out passenger

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Speeding bus driver threatens to put out passenger

A passenger who rebuked a driver for going beyond the speed limit was hastily asked to exit a minibus yesterday around 12:26pm, on Camp Street, Georgetown. The route 44 minibus, BXX 9516, was...

Unauthorised persons continue to occupy regional houses

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Unauthorised persons continue to occupy regional houses

The issue of unauthorised occupants living in government-owned buildings in Region Four, and not paying rent has been highlighted in the Auditor General’s most recent report. The Auditor General...

Berbice beach hotel double-murder… Five persons released from custody

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice beach hotel double-murder… Five persons released from custody

The five persons who were arrested by police last week for questioning have since been released from custody after investigators found no credible evidence to keep them detained. The men were...

Umana Yana is new venue for Nomination Day proceedings

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Umana Yana is new venue for Nomination Day proceedings

The Umana Yana in Kingston is the new venue for Nomination Day proceedings. Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s PRO Yolanda Ward confirmed yesterday that the day’s activities were moved from...

Who gave the orders to sign the contract?

Jan 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Who gave the orders to sign the contract?

We live in a strange country. One man denied a link between debt and oil. Peeping Tom demolished the denial and yet the man rebutted that Peeping Tom had vindicated his position. Guyana has to repay...

ERC to investigate multiple campaign attacks

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ERC to investigate multiple campaign attacks

In an effort to combat the recent rise in social conflict with the coming of Regional and General Elections, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is set to investigate the multiple campaign attacks....

GECOM will be available to correct any misinformation – PRO

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM will be available to correct any misinformation – PRO

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, has committed to making herself available to the press during election season to correct any misleading information...

27 bids opened for six governmental projects

Jan 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 27 bids opened for six governmental projects

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened ¬¬¬¬¬27 bids for six governmental projects. National Parks Commission Rehabilitation of northern stand ...

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Guyanese boxers shine at T&T National Boxing Championships

A warning to President Ali on U.S. Overtures

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- It remains unknown what President Ali told the U.S. Secretary of State during their recent... more