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Int’l probe launched …As expired HIV test kits supplied to Health Ministry

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l probe launched …As expired HIV test kits supplied to Health Ministry

One of the country’s biggest local pharmaceutical supplies companies has found itself in deep legal trouble with an international investigation now underway in Kenya. Already a senior official of...

Guyana COVID-19 toll reaches 8

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana COVID-19 toll reaches 8

Guyana has three new cases of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, bringing the new total number of cases confirmed here to eight, inclusive of one death – Patient Zero. This was confirmed by...

To recognize the legitimacy of the govt., a recount must be conducted – Canadian Minister

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on To recognize the legitimacy of the govt., a recount must be conducted – Canadian Minister

“We believe a recount of the ballots is necessary to ensure every vote is counted. The will of the people must be respected for Canada to recognize the legitimacy of a duly elected government.”...

Tullow’s overall performance for 2019 was “disappointing”

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tullow’s overall performance for 2019 was “disappointing”

– Poor discoveries in Guyana served as a further set-back –Executive Chair The Executive Board for British exploration company, Tullow is disappointed with the operational and financial...

Play your part!

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Play your part!

The nonchalance with which Guyanese are going about their daily business does not suggest that the country is taking the Coronavirus threat seriously. The past week, it was business as usual in our...

Get on with it! – Human Rights Association to GECOM Chair

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Get on with it! – Human Rights Association to GECOM Chair

“The Chairperson of GECOM now holds the future of Guyana in her hands. It is no longer a question of what she wants to do but what she must do – NOW!” That statement began a plea by the Guyana...

Man, who challenged Region 4 declaration, commits suicide

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man, who challenged Region 4 declaration, commits suicide

Reaaz Holladar, the private citizen who filed for a court injunction to challenge the credibility of the District Four results declaration, has reportedly committed suicide. Kaieteur News was...

Strict measures in place to keep COVID-19 out of country’s jails

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Strict measures in place to keep COVID-19 out of country’s jails

International news sites have indicated that COVID-19 cases are already spreading among the incarcerated in penitentiaries such as the New York’s infamous Riker’s Island jail. Prison officials in...

Bartica teacher hacked to death in front of children – husband found with ‘self-inflicted’ wounds

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica teacher hacked to death in front of children – husband found with ‘self-inflicted’ wounds

By Anastacya Peters Thirty-seven-year old Natoya Speede, a teacher of Lot 36, 6th Avenue Bartica, was on Friday hacked to death by her husband in the presence of her two children ages 17 and 11. The...

Worst harm that can happen to a country is electoral fraud-Lawyers

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Worst harm that can happen to a country is electoral fraud-Lawyers

Pull quote: “If you aren’t allowed to have change because the electoral process is corrupted, then the mismanagement of the resources will simply continue.” By Kiana Wilburg In his book, The...

Dem visa gone for good!

Mar 29, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem visa gone for good!

Dem boys began supporting de “Hey Heff See” from the start. Dem fall fuh all dem sweet talk dem use to throw at Guyana. De one thing dem boys didn’t like was when dem team up wid de “Hap...

Only a fool breaks his own heart

Mar 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Only a fool breaks his own heart

The APNU+AFC Coalition, and a few miscreants within the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), must be living in some other stratosphere. It is incomprehensible that they can believe that the world is...

Curfew for E’bo Coast

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Curfew for E’bo Coast

The Pomeroon/Supenaam region has recently implemented a curfew along with a number of other guidelines, as it continues its fight against the Novel Coronavirus Disease [Covid-19]. Moreover, the...

Local business community will take every lawful measure to resist, condemn illegitimate governance – GCCI, GGDMA

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Local business community will take every lawful measure to resist, condemn illegitimate governance – GCCI, GGDMA

In a strong call for a credible electoral process, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) have jointly declared that the...

The art of compromise has to be discovered, refined, and put to work

Mar 29, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The art of compromise has to be discovered, refined, and put to work

The lines that link us together across 83,000 square miles, and the widely scattered Guyanese diaspora, are open, inclusive of paper, screen, wires, and that sometimes secret society of cyberspace...

Linden Chamber of Commerce welcomes curfew – Mayor addresses ‘lockdown’ fears

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linden Chamber of Commerce welcomes curfew – Mayor addresses ‘lockdown’ fears

The Linden Chamber of Commerce through its President, Victor Fernandes, has welcomed plans to implement curfew in the mining town. The announced action will be implemented by the Linden Mayor and...

Simple steps to assist with your own food security

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Simple steps to assist with your own food security

In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, food security has become an important factor. To this end, there have been several calls for the adaptation of food security practices. Kaieteur News recently...

GNBS – WE OPENED OUR DOOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO!

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on GNBS – WE OPENED OUR DOOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO!

Established under the Standards Act No. 11 of 1984, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) first opened its doors as the National Standards Body of Guyana in March 1985. For the past 35...

TURMERIC – THE WONDER SPICE

Mar 29, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on TURMERIC – THE WONDER SPICE

By Pat Dial Some time ago, we had intended to do an article on Turmeric or haldi as it is also known. The onset of the Coronavirus or COVID-19 has precipitated us in doing so since we have seen on...

When You Die of the Coronavirus, You Die Alone

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on When You Die of the Coronavirus, You Die Alone

– Containing a pandemic means keeping visitors out of the I.C.U. my patients will suffer in solitary confinement. By Daniela J. Lamas Dr. Lamas is a critical care doctor. BOSTON — As an...

Guyana’s ‘Energizer Bunnies’… How two 26-year-old engines confounded Wartsila

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s ‘Energizer Bunnies’… How two 26-year-old engines confounded Wartsila

In 1994…some 26 years ago…Guyana was badly in need of more power. Its aging generators were unable to keep up with the growing demand for power and inefficiency was the order of the day. The then...

Helping to churn out timely and credible diagnoses… Laboratory Director, Dr. Pheona Mohamed-Rambaran, is a ‘Special Person’

Mar 29, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Helping to churn out timely and credible diagnoses… Laboratory Director, Dr. Pheona Mohamed-Rambaran, is a ‘Special Person’

“I believe my work is very important. I lead the Laboratory Professionals, who are the key persons working behind the scenes to perform test on samples to guide patient diagnosis and monitoring. My...

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Fantastic Wharton snipes haul-trick in 11-0 win

Choosing between bad and worse

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- I’ve always had an aversion to elections, which I suppose is natural for someone who... more