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Declaration of elections results…Pay no attention to anyone but GECOM – CEO Lowenfield

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Declaration of elections results…Pay no attention to anyone but GECOM – CEO Lowenfield

Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Keith Lowenfield has made it clear that the official results of the elections must be declared by the GECOM, and that persons...

Global Witness exposes… Company awarded Congo oil project has links to leader’s family

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Global Witness exposes… Company awarded Congo oil project has links to leader’s family

By Kemol King The award of an oil block, Ngoki, by the government of the Republic of Congo to a company called Petroleum Exploration and Production Africa (PEPA) has caused Global Witness to ring the...

2020 Elections…PSC “disappointed and extremely concerned” with delays by Returning Officers

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 2020 Elections…PSC “disappointed and extremely concerned” with delays by Returning Officers

The delay in the declarations of election results of the Returning Officers (ROs) for their respective districts is disappointing and of extreme concern. This was expressed by the Chairman of the...

OAS repeats call for implementation of modern tabulation system for early election results

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OAS repeats call for implementation of modern tabulation system for early election results

By Rehanna Ramsay In its preliminary report on the March 2020 General and Regional Elections, the Organization of American States, (OAS) made several key recommendations by which to strengthen the...

City at a standstill as nation awaits outcome of polls

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City at a standstill as nation awaits outcome of polls

– Other towns try to maintain routine activities By Shikema Dey The March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections began with a flurry of excitement and emotions. Guyanese were up and about...

Teen killed while defending mother during family brawl

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teen killed while defending mother during family brawl

A Buxton, East Coast Demerara family was plunged into a state of mourning on Sunday after a young man met his demise trying to defend his mother from being chopped to death during a family brawl. The...

Cops file documents for Gary Best to appear in court today

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops file documents for Gary Best to appear in court today

Former Chief-of-Staff and Retired Rear Admiral, Gary Best should finally make his long-overdue appearance in court today. A senior police official disclosed that documents were filed in court...

Grenada prevents Chinese nationals from disembarking flight

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Grenada prevents Chinese nationals from disembarking flight

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – CMC – The Grenada government has confirmed that a chartered aircraft with a number of Chinese business people had been turned away from the island after two of the...

Dem oil companies glad when we fighting

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem oil companies glad when we fighting

If is one thing Guyanese good at it is causing confusion. Guyanese can’t see something without adding some mystery to it or adding on more than dem see when dem got to talk about de event or de...

Ease your stress this week!

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Ease your stress this week!

The period leading up to general and regional elections can be extremely stressful for Guyanese. But the stress of the elections and the interminable wait for the results, as well as the anxieties...

Lamaha Gardens house badly damaged by fire

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lamaha Gardens house badly damaged by fire

A fire suspected to be electrical in origin yesterday completely destroyed the top flat of a two-story wooden and concrete house in Durabana Square, Lamaha Gardens. According to reports, the fire...

Unoccupied building in NDIA Berbice compound gutted by fire

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Unoccupied building in NDIA Berbice compound gutted by fire

Firefighters late yesterday afternoon responded to a fire that took place at the NDIA Compound at Tarlogie, Corentyne, Berbice. Reports are that the inferno may have been an act of arson. The...

Overseas-based Guyanese brothers launch NGO

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese brothers launch NGO

– set to target the less fortunate Several Guyanese within the Diaspora have been looking to invest here. Some of them have been directing their attention to social programmes aimed at...

Guyana complete IBF-Antilles under-18 3×3 basketball programme

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Sports Comments Off on Guyana complete IBF-Antilles under-18 3×3 basketball programme

The Antilles3x3 Hoops Final was held over the weekend in Guadeloupe. In line with the International Basketball Foundation’s (IBF) Basketball For Good strategy, the project’s main objective...

Suppliers want $12M for baggage scanners at Guyana Prison Service

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suppliers want $12M for baggage scanners at Guyana Prison Service

Yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, 17 bids were opened for several projects at the Ministry of Finance’s office, at Main and Urquhart Streets, Georgetown. One...

Coronavirus epidemic stalls women’s National TT team

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Sports Comments Off on Coronavirus epidemic stalls women’s National TT team

By Calvin Chapman Guyana national women’s senior National Table Tennis that was selected by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) to participate in the 2020 World Teams Table Tennis...

Miner remanded for allegedly killing coworker over stolen gold

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Miner remanded for allegedly killing coworker over stolen gold

Twenty-six-year-old Emric Joseph was yesterday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, after he was charged for the murder of his co-worker. An...

Sri Lankans charged for illegal entry

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sri Lankans charged for illegal entry

Two foreigners were yesterday charged for entering Guyana illegally. They both pleaded guilty to the charge after it was read to them by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

‘Otisha’ accused of stealing $100,000

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Otisha’ accused of stealing $100,000

Otis Pearson of 42 Station Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was yesterday granted bail after he denied stealing $100,000. The defendant appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Principal...

West R/veldt man shot while on his way home

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on West R/veldt man shot while on his way home

A West Ruimveldt resident is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was shot while on his way home. The incident occurred on Monday around 22:40hrs. Relatives have identified the...

Ganja smuggled from Berbice found in Charlestown bush

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ganja smuggled from Berbice found in Charlestown bush

The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) has arrested one person after a seizure of ganja in Charlestown yesterday morning. According to the unit, the 14.2 kilos were found in a clump of bushes in an...

British, US envoys laud GECOM’s operations

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on British, US envoys laud GECOM’s operations

Two esteemed members of the diplomatic community congratulated the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for a job well done in its production of fair and credible elections. British High Commissioner,...

Gecom’s declaration of readiness

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Gecom’s declaration of readiness

We are ready! So said Gecom last week. As reassurances go, there is little room for failure on that promise, that commitment. The first phase of that authoritative pronouncement from the head of...

Stay calm, collected, and help keep Guyana safe

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Stay calm, collected, and help keep Guyana safe

I doubt when you pick up this edition of the Kaieteur News, there will be the 2020 election results. I wrote yesterday that it may very well be Thursday. Once GECOM and the international observers...

Guyana’s greatest asset is its people

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s greatest asset is its people

DEAR EDITOR, Recently, I returned home to Guyana after more than 10 years. It was apparent that numerous drastic changes have occurred in infrastructure, economy and society. Infrastructure obviously...

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more