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Is our border with Brazil closed?

Mar 02, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Is our border with Brazil closed?

DEAR EDITOR, The back track route between Guyana and Suriname is closed due to a potential Coronavirus risk. Brazil which has declared at least two confirmed cases as a result of the dreaded disease....

solidarity w

Mar 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on solidarity w

Dear Editor, It has been reported in the news media that the President of the Republic, has proclaimed that the National Flag of Guyana be flown at half-staff on government buildings on July 23 for...

Eliminate worries and anxiety

Mar 02, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on Eliminate worries and anxiety

DEAR EDITOR, Already our beloved country is on edge over who will win and if there will be violence, the main parties have promised a win and we know that this cannot be, unless the Commission acts...

On Free & Fair Elections and Int’l Observers

Mar 02, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Letters Comments Off on On Free & Fair Elections and Int’l Observers

DEAR EDITOR, I applaud your editorial (KN March 1) wherein your paper has taken the principled position to be neutral in the elections and not to endorse any party. I also salute your paper for...

The decline of sugar production and the equalising of opportunity

Mar 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The decline of sugar production and the equalising of opportunity

DEAR EDITOR, The European Union (EU) had given the (African, Caribbean and Pacific) ACP states, as former colonies of the European powers, preferential market access under the EU-ACP Lomé (1975) and...

Trotman ignored experts’ advice of 10-15% royalty – Wall Street Journal report

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman ignored experts’ advice of 10-15% royalty – Wall Street Journal report

A Wall Street Journal report on Guyana’s oil industry has revealed that Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, refused to heed the advice of experts who advocated for 10-15 percent royalty...

Guyana more than capable of Parliamentary debates on oil deals before signing – University of Houston Instructor

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana more than capable of Parliamentary debates on oil deals before signing – University of Houston Instructor

By Kiana Wilburg When the ExxonMobil Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for the Stabroek Block was revised in 2016, industry experts were adamant that certain fiscal terms, such as the meager two...

11 parties to contest elections tomorrow

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 11 parties to contest elections tomorrow

The stakes are high for Guyana’s 2020 general and regional elections. Eleven political parties head to the polls tomorrow. Two of these are not contesting the presidential elections. The Guyana...

Foreign observers in Region Nine for elections

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign observers in Region Nine for elections

Region Nine is well ahead with preparations for elections tomorrow. In these ‘Guyana, South America’ Facebook photos, observers from the European Union have arrived in the region. The Guyana...

Forestry Commission defends 164,000 acres approval

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Forestry Commission defends 164,000 acres approval

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has defended its approval for a large tract of forest lands in Upper Berbice area. There is absolutely nothing sinister about the transaction which would have...

Man mistakes cousin for intruder; shoots him

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man mistakes cousin for intruder; shoots him

A resident of South Sophia is now recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was reportedly shot by his cousin. He was mistaken for a home invader. The incident occurred...

Authorities close Berbice ‘backtrack’ route over Coronavirus fears

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities close Berbice ‘backtrack’ route over Coronavirus fears

…Opposition, operators unhappy at timing Authorities have temporarily closed the so-called ‘backtrack’ route to Suriname over the Coronavirus fears but the Oppositio n has expressed concerns...

Tow trucks to control lawlessness outside GPHC

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tow trucks to control lawlessness outside GPHC

After much deliberation, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will be using tow trucks to remove delinquent taxi driver who park their cars in the vicinity of the city hospital. They...

Gary Best for court on Tuesday

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gary Best for court on Tuesday

Following Thursday’s advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions that former Chief-of-Staff and Ret’d Rear Admiral, Gary Best, be charged with causing the death of cyclist Jude Bentley, one...

De big horses galloping to de finish

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De big horses galloping to de finish

Tomorrow is de big day. Is de day when people gon run to cast dem vote fuh who dem like. Last night, de two big parties flex dem muscles fuh de last time before de elections. Of course when de...

NICIL raised S$1.1B for local coffers

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL raised S$1.1B for local coffers

Members of the Board of Directors of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, (NICIL), say that the entity has been able to mobilise US$1.1B in investment for Guyana in 12 months....

Essequibo woman wins CAGE jackpot

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo woman wins CAGE jackpot

A single mother of two last Wednesday, became the first CAGE winner in Guyana to hit the Caribbean Cash Progressive Mega Jackpot. After more than two years of gaming experience, Kerron Peters finally...

ERC reiterates call for peaceful general elections

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ERC reiterates call for peaceful general elections

As Guyana heads to the polls tomorrow, the Ethnic Relations Commission,(ERC) is reiterating its call for peaceful, fair and transparent elections. For this to be realised, the ERC noted that it will...

Family suspicious about death of Essequibo labourer

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Family suspicious about death of Essequibo labourer

On Wednesday, the body of 35-year-old Arvin Mahiylall of Johanna Cecila was found lying under a bench in a yard, a few houses away from his home. According to family members, the man’s neck...

Tomorrow’s elections

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Tomorrow’s elections

We at this publication do not favour anyone or make any judgment. Hence, we make no endorsement of any political group as the nation prepares for tomorrow. Our position is, unfortunately, compelled...

GUYANA SOCIETY NO LONGER VICTIM OF RACIO-POLITICAL SYNDROME

Mar 01, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on GUYANA SOCIETY NO LONGER VICTIM OF RACIO-POLITICAL SYNDROME

CONSUMER CONCERNS By PAT DIAL The Guyana Consumers Association, by its Constitution, does not make pronouncements on politics and does not have persons who are political practitioners holding office...

Newly constructed Aurora police station commissioned

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Newly constructed Aurora police station commissioned

Often times when we step into a police station and there’s no place confidential to lodge a criminal report, or a domestic violence report, we may experience some measure of reluctance to pursue...

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund gains £140bn in one year – £26,400 for every citizen

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Norway’s sovereign wealth fund gains £140bn in one year – £26,400 for every citizen

– total value now equivalent to £160,000 for each of Norway’s 5.3M people Norway- (https://www.independent.co.uk/) Norway’s sovereign wealth fund earned a record £140bn, meaning an...

Pomeroon farmers fear imminent flooding if canal works incomplete

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pomeroon farmers fear imminent flooding if canal works incomplete

More than twenty-five farmers in the Pomeroon fear that there will be an imminent flood, if a project started by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority [NDIA] is not soon completed. Reports...

MAINTAINING A VIABLE RICE INDUSTRY WITH STANDARDS

Mar 01, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on MAINTAINING A VIABLE RICE INDUSTRY WITH STANDARDS

STANDARDS IN FOCUS The harvesting of the first rice crop for 2020 is about to commence in the various rice-producing regions of Guyana. And while farmers are aiming to maximise profits from their...

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Let us not be silent witnesses!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Ray Daggers walked from Corriverton to Charity. It was a journey so epic it might have... more