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BREAKING NEWS! US commends high court for clearing way for national recount

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS! US commends high court for clearing way for national recount

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has commended the high court for clearing the way for a national recount of the March 2, 2020 national and regional elections. At a press conference held at the US...

COVID-19 claims drag racer as its 5th victim – Confirmed cases now 31

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 claims drag racer as its 5th victim – Confirmed cases now 31

A 38-year-old popular drag racer is the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality – its fifth. Family members last evening confirmed that Deryck Jaisingh, more popularly known by fellow drag racers...

GECOM agrees CARICOM should play special role in validating credibility of recount – Commissioner

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM agrees CARICOM should play special role in validating credibility of recount – Commissioner

As it works out the modalities of a national recount of all votes cast in last month’s general and regional elections, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has agreed that CARICOM should play a...

Stabbed, bound body of cattle farmer found in shallow grave

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Stabbed, bound body of cattle farmer found in shallow grave

By Shikema Dey The community of Belle West on the West Bank of Demerara was rocked when news of an elderly cattle farmer’s gruesome demise made its rounds. The dead man was identified as...

Cop disarms woman who points loaded gun in his face

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cop disarms woman who points loaded gun in his face

Despite being off the job, an interdicted policeman was able to use some of his training to disarm a female would-be assassin who pointed a loaded gun in his face, reportedly in an effort to take him...

Marcus Bisram to stand trial in High Court

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Marcus Bisram to stand trial in High Court

Marcus Brian Bisram, who was extradited from the United States of America to face a murder charge, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the Berbice High Court by Magistrate Renita Singh at the...

Govt. approached multiple int’l partners for COVID-19 aid – Finance Minister

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. approached multiple int’l partners for COVID-19 aid – Finance Minister

Responding to concerns that a request to The World Bank for financial aid to combat COVID-19 under its Rapid Response Emergency Facility may have been denied, Finance Minister Winston Jordan...

Govt. no longer pursuing casino for Marriott Hotel – NICIL CEO

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. no longer pursuing casino for Marriott Hotel – NICIL CEO

In light of the tremendous success the Guyana Marriott Hotel has enjoyed as a result of the nation’s budding oil industry, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the National Industrial and Commercial...

Political parties, local observer and online petition, call for recount to be televised

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Political parties, local observer and online petition, call for recount to be televised

Two political parties, a local observer and an online petition are asking Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, to ensure that the recount of all votes cast in...

Do suh nah like suh

Apr 07, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Do suh nah like suh

Dem boys seh that Cheddi turnin’ in he grave and Burnham laughing at he. Burnham seh how he gat some of Cheddi boys – Rum Jattan and Na Ga Much To Do – dancing to he, Burnham, tune. Dem...

The battle will be won by the scientists

Apr 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The battle will be won by the scientists

The period just after the Second World War saw the churning out of comic books and movies celebrating Allied forces heroism in the war. Most of the comic books depicted British and American forces...

Fish vendor struck and killed by minibus at Houston

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fish vendor struck and killed by minibus at Houston

A 32-year-old fish vendor met a horrific death when he was struck and killed by a minibus while on his bicycle on the Houston Public Road, East Bank Demerara. Dead is Rudy Nurse of 188 Lance Gibbs...

Eight COVID-19 patients in ICU, as Guyana confirms 31 cases

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Eight COVID-19 patients in ICU, as Guyana confirms 31 cases

Eight individuals are now patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital, one of whom is said to be critical, as authorities here yesterday confirmed 31 cases of the...

Tiger in NY Zoo is sick with the coronavirus – Several other tigers and lions have also exhibited symptoms, according to federal officials

Apr 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tiger in NY Zoo is sick with the coronavirus – Several other tigers and lions have also exhibited symptoms, according to federal officials

By Joseph Goldstein (Republished from The New York Times) A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has been infected with the coronavirus, in what is believed to be a case of what one official called “human-to-cat...

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D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life with Region 3 Jamboree

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more