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Preliminary audit report for ExxonMobil’s US$460M pre-contract costs being examined – GRA Boss

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Preliminary audit report for ExxonMobil’s US$460M pre-contract costs being examined – GRA Boss

Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Godfrey Statia has confirmed that he is in receipt of an initial audit report for the US$460M in pre-contract costs Guyana must pay to...

UN launches US$2B global humanitarian response plan to tackle COVID-19

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UN launches US$2B global humanitarian response plan to tackle COVID-19

A global approach is the only way to fight COVID-19, says the United Nations (UN). UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock warned that failing to help vulnerable countries fight the coronavirus now could...

Charter flight arrive from Barbados with 17, taken to quarantine facility

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Charter flight arrive from Barbados with 17, taken to quarantine facility

Some 17 Guyanese, including three children and one elder were late yesterday abruptly accosted by police officers at the ogle Airport, after arriving from Barbados on a Trans Guyana flight chartered...

Region Seven rolls out action plan to deal with COVID-19

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region Seven rolls out action plan to deal with COVID-19

A regional task force has been set up as part of an action plan to deal with measures to safeguard against the spread of COVID- 19 in Region Seven. Heading the task force is Regional Health Officer,...

City Council begins sanitisation exercise to combat Coronavirus

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City Council begins sanitisation exercise to combat Coronavirus

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council’s Solid Waste Management Department began its well-publicised sanitisation exercise at 04:00hrs yesterday. The exercise is aimed at slowing the spread of the...

Inter-Religious Organisation calls for seven weeks of social distancing

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Inter-Religious Organisation calls for seven weeks of social distancing

The Inter-Religious Organisation has called for Guyanese to observe seven weeks of social distancing to safeguard against the transmission of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The organisation’s secretary,...

COVID-19 update… No new cases but ‘person of interest’ on Ministry’s radar

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 update… No new cases but ‘person of interest’ on Ministry’s radar

– awareness messages being translated for migrant, indigenous populations While Guyana’s cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) remain at five, the Ministry of Public Health has a ‘person of...

Bloomberg blooming wrong!

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bloomberg blooming wrong!

Dem boys read a report from Bloomberg dat seh because ah de problems over de elections, Guyana can turn like Venezuela. Dem boys vex when dem read dat. Dem want remind Bloomberg dat before we...

Plan for the worst and hope for the best

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Plan for the worst and hope for the best

Precautions are absolutely necessary to contain and prevent the importation and local transmission of the coronavirus. But the precautionary measures adopted must be evidence-based. Extreme measures...

We await the decision of the Court before any further action – GECOM

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on We await the decision of the Court before any further action – GECOM

While understanding the anxiety and frustration of the electorate, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) states that it will await the decision of the Court before taking any further action. In a...

Caribbean Airlines Cargo Freighter flights continue to operate

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines Cargo Freighter flights continue to operate

Caribbean Airlines is advising that its Cargo freighter flights and ground transport trucking services continue to operate – moving cargo between the United States and the Caribbean. In a...

Measures implemented at tax offices to create social distancing

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Measures implemented at tax offices to create social distancing

Taking into consideration recommendations from the Ministry of Public Health to create social distancing and discourage mass gatherings, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be implementing...

In view of COVID-19 risk… Diabetic Association halts monthly meetings

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on In view of COVID-19 risk… Diabetic Association halts monthly meetings

– urges diabetics to safeguard themselves Among those most at risk of being infected with COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, are the elderly and those with underlying conditions such as lung,...

Taxes waived for all medical supplies needed for Coronavirus – GRA

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Taxes waived for all medical supplies needed for Coronavirus – GRA

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has issued a waiver of Value Added Tax (VAT) and duties on all medical supplies associated with the testing, prevention and treatment of the Coronavirus until June...

West Indies over-50’s Media Officer stranded in Boston S/Africa was an excellent host and tournament was competitive

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies over-50’s Media Officer stranded in Boston S/Africa was an excellent host and tournament was competitive

After the inaugural eight-team over-50 World Cup in Sidney, Australia in 2018, the 2020 event in Cape town South Africa attracted four new teams; West Indies, India, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The West...

Man remanded for alleged possession of unlicensed gun

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man remanded for alleged possession of unlicensed gun

Forty-eight-year-old Kent Isaacs was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, and was charged for the...

Greene staying patient despite delayed return

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene staying patient despite delayed return

By Calvin Chapman Former national hockey player; Ato Greene, following a two year hiatus from the sport is working hard towards making his return to not only competitively play but to the national...

Two trillion dollars to help a country in distress: Poor Guyana

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Two trillion dollars to help a country in distress: Poor Guyana

The largest injection of money into the affairs of the country to help the economy in American history occurred yesterday. In a bipartisan pact, Democrats and Republicans limited the damage done by...

Foster pays tribute to Robert Selman

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foster pays tribute to Robert Selman

Hilbert Foster, RHTYSC Secretary/CEO and BCB President has extend his condolences following the passing of Guyana Beverage Inc. (Busta company) Boss Robert Selman, who passed away in his native...

The dream threatens to die a premature death

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The dream threatens to die a premature death

The dream threatens to die a premature death. It is a testimony to the follies of political leaders lost in the addictions of their selfish ambitions for their visions of exclusive control of a...

BCUA and BFA pays tribute to the late Robert Selman

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCUA and BFA pays tribute to the late Robert Selman

The Berbice Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) has joined with fellow Berbician institutions, Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and the Berbice Football...

Three armed robbery charges for North R/veldt resident

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three armed robbery charges for North R/veldt resident

Twenty-five-year-old Osafo Denhart, of 316 North Ruimveldt Georgetown, was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus. Denhart is slapped with three charges for armed...

Amazon makes audiobook service free for kids worldwide

Mar 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Amazon makes audiobook service free for kids worldwide

Audible, an Amazon company, has announced that it is making all of its audible stories accessible for free to children worldwide. This announcement comes as large sections of the world’s population...

‘Board did the right thing in cancelling season’ says Barnwell

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Board did the right thing in cancelling season’ says Barnwell

By Sean Devers Thirty-three-year-old Guyana Jaguars batting all-rounder Christopher Barnwell has been his team’s most consistent batsman this season with 438 runs from 14 innings in eight matches...

To see and yet not see

Mar 26, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on To see and yet not see

DEAR EDITOR, Like many other Guyanese, I have been finding the letters of Mr GHK Lall learned and erudite and entertaining yet, even so, a little troubling in its studied purveying of us the PPP/C as...

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Crowds, chaos and complaints

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The folly of the cash grant distribution is a textbook case of what happens when a government,... more