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Response to Charles Ramson

Mar 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Response to Charles Ramson

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published in the Kaieteur News newspaper dated Friday, March 27, 2020 captioned “Ministers no longer hold their offices; no longer entitled to publicly funded...

Make a hard decision and save lives

Mar 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Make a hard decision and save lives

Dear Editor, Right upfront, I say that the only thing that matters to me currently is our preparations, our readiness, and our precautions taken (or not actually so being), in response to the...

If this political crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic don’t pull us together, nothing will

Mar 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on If this political crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic don’t pull us together, nothing will

Dear Editor, If the events that followed the March 2 General and Regional Elections, coupled with the present COVID 19 outbreak, do not motivate us as Guyanese to pull together for what may be the...

GECOM can order recount – Chairperson contends in affidavit

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM can order recount – Chairperson contends in affidavit

“Once there is evidence that the electoral process was compromised, then to ensure impartiality, fairness and compliance with the Constitution, the Commission is constitutionally mandated to...

Court to hear recount case; rejects request for GECOM to produce SOPs

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court to hear recount case; rejects request for GECOM to produce SOPs

Justice Franklyn Holder is expected to proceed with hearing a case filed by A Partnership for National Unity – Alliance for Change (APNU-AFC) candidate, Ulita Moore, following a ruling that the...

UN Resident Coordinator says… ‘Prevention is critical and urgent’

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UN Resident Coordinator says… ‘Prevention is critical and urgent’

– Calls on Govt. to put tougher measures into effect for COVID-19 (STATEMENT BY UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR MS. MIKIKO TANAKA ON COVID-19) The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...

Oil market crisis… Guyana would still get US$250-300M from first year of oil if royalty is at fair 15% – Dr. Jan Mangal

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Oil market crisis… Guyana would still get US$250-300M from first year of oil if royalty is at fair 15% – Dr. Jan Mangal

Former Petroleum Advisor to the President , Dr. Jan Mangal has said that Guyana would still get a substantial revenue share from oil even when the price is sent crashing, once royalty on every barrel...

Front page comment

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Front page comment

This newspaper believes that the time has come for the government to immediately order a lockdown of the country for two weeks, except for essential services, as has been done in Trinidad and Tobago....

Patient’s death amid worrying secrecy at West Dem. Hospital causes concern

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Patient’s death amid worrying secrecy at West Dem. Hospital causes concern

– Man said to have attended first coronavirus victim’s wake A death which occurred at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) on Thursday night has become the source of concern for...

In the light of coronavirus… Don’t discriminate against health care workers

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on In the light of coronavirus… Don’t discriminate against health care workers

– GPHC advises businesses, taxi and bus operators By Anastacya Peters The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is advising all businesses, bus operators and taxi drivers to stop...

Man allegedly shot and injured by police after being found with gun

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man allegedly shot and injured by police after being found with gun

A Mandela Avenue, Phase One Resident was yesterday allegedly shot and injured by police after he was reportedly found with a weapon in his possession. The injured man was identified as 25-year-old...

Cops working closely with Region Six COVID-19 task force

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops working closely with Region Six COVID-19 task force

A COVID-19 task force which was set up at the Regional Democratic Council level in Region Six is working closely with the Guyana Police Force (Region 6) to assist when needed, this is according to...

Exxon still pumping!

Mar 28, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Exxon still pumping!

Dem boys can’t understand how Exxon still pumping… oil. De price ah oil on de world market drop from almost US$60 per barrel a few weeks ago to about US$25.10 as at 6:45 last night. Dem boys nah...

The rule of law must be respected

Mar 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The rule of law must be respected

Trends around the world suggest that the coronavirus threat is going to get worse in Guyana before it gets better. There can be some comfort in the fact that no new cases have been confirmed in one...

Three Cubans test positive for COVID-19 after returning from Guyana last week: reports

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three Cubans test positive for COVID-19 after returning from Guyana last week: reports

Several Cuban publications have reported their health authorities as having confirmed up to 80 cases of Coronavirus, as of yesterday. Kaieteur News has confirmed that three people who travelled from...

Several Guyanese stranded in St. Maarten seek Foreign Ministry’s assistance to come home

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Several Guyanese stranded in St. Maarten seek Foreign Ministry’s assistance to come home

Several Guyanese who are stranded in St. Maarten in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic are appealing for assistance to come home. Many of them had reportedly travelled there on business or on...

Madmen ah run tings now

Mar 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Madmen ah run tings now

My wife looked at “Dancehall Queen” for the second time recently (we kept the movie) because there is a one-second scene that she finds utterly hilarious. The dancehall contestant put her...

Suspected drug dealers nabbed in hire car at Berbice Bridge charged

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected drug dealers nabbed in hire car at Berbice Bridge charged

A male and female who were nabbed in a hire car on Friday with a quantity of drugs at the eastern junction of the Berbice River Bridge Crossing have been charged. Orin Matthews, a hire car driver,...

Miner, mechanic remanded for allegedly stealing $214,000 in jewellery

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Miner, mechanic remanded for allegedly stealing $214,000 in jewellery

Magistrate Dylon Bess yesterday remanded two men to prison when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to a joint break and enter charge. Joel Johnson, 27, a miner of 179 Old...

Security guard charged for assault, discharging firearm

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard charged for assault, discharging firearm

Twenty-three-year-old Nimran Persaud, a Security Guard, of 23 Middle Street, Albouystown Georgetown, who is charged for assaulting a man and discharging a loaded firearm was yesterday placed on...

Rose looking for move to NCAA despite mixed season

Mar 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rose looking for move to NCAA despite mixed season

By Calvin Chapman Kaieteur Sport recently caught up with Stanton Rose; Guyana’s youngest ever senior men’s basketball team captain, who led the charge during the Golden Arrowhead’s first...

COVID-19 awareness!

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 awareness!

Residents of Perth Village, Mahaica, have taken a stand against the COVID-19 pandemic by installing a sink, along with detergent in a public space, to help fight the spread of the virus.

Permaul disappointed not to break his record Says life in B’ce is not normal as people stay off streets

Mar 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Permaul disappointed not to break his record Says life in B’ce is not normal as people stay off streets

By Sean Devers Guyana and West Indies left-spinner Veersammy Permaul ended the truncated 2020 Regional Frist-Class season with 50 wickets from eight matches, the third time he has 50 in a single...

Narayan Ramdhani wins MVP Award

Mar 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Narayan Ramdhani wins MVP Award

Guyana’s Badminton Men’s Champion, Narayan Ramdhani, for the second year has won the MVP Awards for 2020 at The Kings University in Edmonton, Canada. Narayan won that award for his stellar...

Rasville man slapped with 3 armed robbery charges

Mar 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rasville man slapped with 3 armed robbery charges

Twenty-three-year old Phillip English, of 4676 Rasville, Georgetown, who is charged for allegedly committing three armed robberies, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Dylon Bess. English...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Imagine an official who believes he’s the last bastion of sanity in a world of incompetence.... more