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President Granger and Jagdeo agree to recount all votes

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President Granger and Jagdeo agree to recount all votes

CARICOM team to oversee process CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has announced that President David Granger and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, have agreed for a...

Guyana’s coronavirus toll jumps to four

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s coronavirus toll jumps to four

All ports of entry remain open but the Ministry of Public Health has assured that it is aiming to significantly ramp up its COVID-19 response efforts. This is in light of the Ministry’s...

CARICOM intervention brings great relief for Guyana – Dominic Gaskin

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM intervention brings great relief for Guyana – Dominic Gaskin

– Says agreement by Granger and Jagdeo for resolution is a sign of maturityBy Kiana Wilburg If it takes an extra hour or even a day to ensure the electoral process is transparent, then so be...

Rosignol businessman shot dead on birthday; two others injured – one in custody

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rosignol businessman shot dead on birthday; two others injured – one in custody

A brazen attack by armed bandits at Stelling Road, Rosignol Village, West Coast Berbice on a businessman who was celebrating his birthday with family and friends has left him dead and two others...

In wake of elections controversy… National award recipient seeks to return medal

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on In wake of elections controversy… National award recipient seeks to return medal

“I cannot wear this medal with pride.” In wake of the controversy surrounding the credibility of the March, 2 2020 elections, Head of the Guyana Foundation Charity, Supriya Singh–Bodden has...

APNU+AFC claims ignorance about attacks on media

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC claims ignorance about attacks on media

A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) hosted a press conference early yesterday, following a contentious late night declaration of the results for the District Four vote...

Somebody want plugging and pick pon de wrong person

Mar 15, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Somebody want plugging and pick pon de wrong person

When people like to peep odda people bad things does happen to dem. Of course when people jealous, dem does walk around and look at people who mekking it in life. Sometimes dem does even go so far as...

DISHONESTY AND DISHONOUR

Mar 15, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DISHONESTY AND DISHONOUR

Not many people thought that the rigging of the 1985 elections would have been bettered. Thirty-five years later, a new generation of Guyana can lay claim to witnessing the most blatant and...

Caribbean Airlines announce arrangements for Surinamese to return home

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines announce arrangements for Surinamese to return home

– non-nationals to be accommodated on separate flight Although Suriname has announced a total shutdown of its airspace and borders from March 14 to March 21, 2020 in the wake of its first...

Political parties, police force and GECOM will be held responsible for harm to media workers- Press Assoc.

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Political parties, police force and GECOM will be held responsible for harm to media workers- Press Assoc.

Leaders of the major political parties, the Police Commissioner and members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be held responsible for any harm brought to media professionals as they...

New kidney likely for Sophia teen

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New kidney likely for Sophia teen

“Since making our situation public, we have been receiving financial assistance from local and overseas donors.” This is according to an ailing teen’s sister, Keisha Curry. The teen is Jamaicy...

World Consumer Rights Day 2020 – A focus on Sustainable Consumption

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on World Consumer Rights Day 2020 – A focus on Sustainable Consumption

As we celebrate World Consumer Rights 2020 today, March 15, under the theme: ‘The Sustainable Consumer’, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) joins with the other consumer bodies, both...

NO COVID-19 patient in Bartica – Region Seven RHO Dr. Edward Sagala

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NO COVID-19 patient in Bartica – Region Seven RHO Dr. Edward Sagala

Regional Health Officer (RHO) Dr. Edward Sagala early Saturday debunked rumours that the second case of COVID -19 in Guyana has surfaced in the mining town of Bartica. Dr. Sagala said an employee of...

Teen stole $300,000 from employer

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teen stole $300,000 from employer

Shavanie Sugrim, 18, of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was yesterday ordered to repay her ex-employer $300,000 that she reportedly stole from him. The defendant appeared before Senior...

Teen set on fire by 27-year-old boyfriend

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teen set on fire by 27-year-old boyfriend

Fifteen-year-old Cristal DeAbreu of Lot 70 Timehri Circuit Area, East Bank Demerara (EBD) is battling for her life at the Burn Care Unit (BCU) attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation...

Oil price war forces Hess to make significant budget cuts to preserve “great investment opportunity” in Guyana

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil price war forces Hess to make significant budget cuts to preserve “great investment opportunity” in Guyana

By Kiana Wilburg Hess Corporation has announced that it will be making significant cuts to its budget, all in an effort to preserve its “great investment opportunity” in the Stabroek Block. Its...

Bus conductor gets 3 years for burning spouse with hot water

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bus conductor gets 3 years for burning spouse with hot water

Forty-seven-year-old Rawle Thomas, a bus conductor of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment after he admitted to throwing a pot of hot water on his reputed...

The dictatorship of division

Mar 15, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The dictatorship of division

The word from all around, every powerful and influential source is this: don’t think of it! Don’t dare do it! Do not engage in any type of material electoral fraud. The outsiders mean business;...

CURBING MINIBUS MALPRACTICES

Mar 15, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on CURBING MINIBUS MALPRACTICES

CONSUMER CONCERNS PAT DIAL There was a recent media report that commuters who had traveled by minibus to attend the recent Mashramani celebrations were overcharged for their homeward journey. The...

Apple temporarily shuts stores outside Greater China

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Apple temporarily shuts stores outside Greater China

(CNN) Apple will close all stores outside of Greater China until March 27 to help stop the spread of coronavirus, Apple CEO Tim Cook said yesterday. The company will also commit $15 million to help...

Taxi driver Colin Clarke’s murder: Carjacking or execution?

Mar 15, 2020 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on Taxi driver Colin Clarke’s murder: Carjacking or execution?

By Michael Jordan From what his friends and family told me, taxi driver Colin Clarke made quite a few fatal errors on Friday, November 27, 2015. First, he picked up a tall, dreadlocked man near a bar...

On a mission to make the world a better place… Public Health Consultant, Collin Haynes, is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on On a mission to make the world a better place… Public Health Consultant, Collin Haynes, is a ‘Special Person’

“Guyana is a land of rich history, diversity and people with enormous talents. We are the gem of South America and a beacon of potential for the rest of the world. But, in order for this to be...

Several Americans were injured when rockets hit Iraqi base for second time in a week

Mar 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Several Americans were injured when rockets hit Iraqi base for second time in a week

(CNN) The three Coalition members wounded when rockets struck a military base in Iraq on Saturday were US personnel, a US military official told CNN. It was not immediately clear whether they were...

Coronavirus: What can you do?

Mar 15, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: What can you do?

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine As you should be aware, Guyana had its first case from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a few days ago. Given the history of this...

The Story Within The Story… Rule of law

Mar 15, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… Rule of law

By Leonard Gildarie Is it over? I had an uneasy sleep Friday. Went home after midnight after breaking the Region Four results, which was announced by Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo. As I write,...

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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