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Chinese refiners grab up Guyana’s oil for next to nothing – report

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese refiners grab up Guyana’s oil for next to nothing – report

As a result of the novel coronavirus, all hopes of local authorities locking in approximately US$60 to US$40 a barrel for Guyana’s sweet, light crude have been dashed, leaving independent Chinese...

Man who chokes wife and threatens to push her head into fire, stabbed to death

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man who chokes wife and threatens to push her head into fire, stabbed to death

A 35-year-old miner of Big Cannaballi, Barima, Waini River, North West District, was on Sunday stabbed to death, reportedly by his reputed wife, whom police said he choked and threatened to push her...

Region Ten confirms second COVID-19 case – Female patient, 29, transferred to Diamond Diagnostic Centre

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region Ten confirms second COVID-19 case – Female patient, 29, transferred to Diamond Diagnostic Centre

The Regional Health and Emergency Committee of Region Ten has confirmed that a second person from that region has been tested positive for COVID-19. The confirmation was given by Medical...

Recount not likely to start this week – Commissioner

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Recount not likely to start this week – Commissioner

– Lowenfield seeks clarity before finalising plan – GECOM to scout venue By Kemol King Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) had hoped that they would yesterday receive...

Shackled Venezuelan women disregarded quarantine protocols – Health Ministry

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Shackled Venezuelan women disregarded quarantine protocols – Health Ministry

– Health Ministry Four female Venezuelan migrants who were detained and seen via viral images being handcuffed to beds, had attempted to breach home quarantine protocols and travel to another...

Men in AK-47 probe released on bail

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Men in AK-47 probe released on bail

Several men, including a prominent gold miner, have reportedly been released on station bail, following questions over at least two AK-47 weapons seen in a viral video. The incident happened last...

COVID-19 and the Economic Outlook… IMF projects 52.8% growth for Guyana in 2020

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 and the Economic Outlook… IMF projects 52.8% growth for Guyana in 2020

By Kiana Wilburg As governments across the world continue to grapple with the significant economic damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic, while bracing for negative growth, the latest projections by...

Social distancing orders… CDC wants enforcement of strict penalties for violators

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Social distancing orders… CDC wants enforcement of strict penalties for violators

In its recommendations to the Government of Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) says that it wants the full enforcement of strict penalties for violators of the recently gazetted order, which...

Body found in barrel… Corentyne man charged for brutal murder of reputed wife

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Body found in barrel… Corentyne man charged for brutal murder of reputed wife

The man who was arrested for the brutal murder of his reputed wife, whose body was found stuffed in a barrel in a trench, has been charged with murder. Thirty-year-old Suraj Veerasammy called...

No arrest yet in Wismar execution-style killing

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No arrest yet in Wismar execution-style killing

Commander of E Division, Hugh Winter, has said that while investigations are continuing into the execution-style killing of a 43-year-old man by a lone gunman on Monday evening, no one has yet been...

In one month, Guyana records 48 cases of COVID-19

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on In one month, Guyana records 48 cases of COVID-19

Between the periods of March 12th to April 14th, Guyana has thus far confirmed 48 cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), which has taken the lives of six Guyanese. The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH),...

Prepare fuh suck salt

Apr 15, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Prepare fuh suck salt

Dem boys warn y’all all along bout this shameful deal which the government sign with dem oil companies. The chickens now come home to roost. Dem boys smelling hard times ahead. Dem boys know bout...

Guyana is facing a triple-whammy

Apr 15, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana is facing a triple-whammy

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall paints a chilling picture. It has been converted into a facility to house COVID-19 patients. Beds and gurneys are lined up next to each other on the Hall’s spacious...

Moleson Creek man is hit-and-run fatality – Suspect detained

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Moleson Creek man is hit-and-run fatality – Suspect detained

Police say they are investigating a hit-and-run fatal accident which occurred Monday night on the Moleson Creek Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. The deceased has been identified as 23-year-old Ron...

Man charged for allegedly cultivating ganja plants placed on $150,000 bail

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged for allegedly cultivating ganja plants placed on $150,000 bail

The man who was arrested on a ganja farm up the Berbice River during a police operation has been charged. Rakesh Sookram, 42, of 5th Street Islington, East Bank Berbice, was arrested and charged for...

GCCI lends support to M&CC’s sanitisation efforts

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI lends support to M&CC’s sanitisation efforts

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday handed over a quantity of cleaning and disinfecting supplies to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in an effort to help stop the...

Shuman disgruntled with GECOM’s sloth to operationalise recount

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Shuman disgruntled with GECOM’s sloth to operationalise recount

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman, has voiced his dissatisfaction with the time it is taking for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to get the national recount of all...

Not much activity on Easter Monday in Berbice

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Not much activity on Easter Monday in Berbice

– as residents pay heed to COVID-19 advice The usually busy and packed New Amsterdam, Canje playfields and open spaces – that are swarmed by hundreds and sometimes thousands of...

Youths calling on authorities to upgrade Tuschen playfield

Apr 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Youths calling on authorities to upgrade Tuschen playfield

Despite several pleas by residents to upgrade the Tuschen New Housing Scheme playfield which is situated next to the primary school, the ground is still being neglected by the authorities. Kaieteur...

National footballers waiting out pandemic in Miami

Apr 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on National footballers waiting out pandemic in Miami

Golden Jaguars’; Guyana’s national men’s football team, duo of Curtez Kellman and Jeremy Garrett, are stuck in Miami, Florida, along with 68 other homebound Guyanese, waiting out the pandemic...

Lynch, Quinn, Chatterjee, Paet, Carter, Arthur and Golding saved Guyana

Apr 15, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lynch, Quinn, Chatterjee, Paet, Carter, Arthur and Golding saved Guyana

By now, most decent, honest, law-abiding, multi-racial Guyanese here, and whichever country they are in, should be grateful forever to US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch; UK High Commissioner, Greg Quinn;...

Church’s, NCN, Smoke Shack on board iBet Supreme’s FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’

Apr 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Church’s, NCN, Smoke Shack on board iBet Supreme’s FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’

– Over $100,000, 2 pennyweights of Gold and other prizes up for grabs The highly anticipated FIFA 20 eSports tournament, ‘League of Champions’, which is being hosted by iBet Supreme, has...

A total recount, it must be.

Apr 15, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A total recount, it must be.

First, many wanted a recount, now some have no use for a total recount. Then, it was announced by GECOM that a staggering 156 days were required to conduct and complete the process. As if there was...

‘Not enough local club cricket’ says WI U-19 spinner Nedd Urges people to stay home as Covid-19 cases rise in Guyana

Apr 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Not enough local club cricket’ says WI U-19 spinner Nedd Urges people to stay home as Covid-19 cases rise in Guyana

By Sean Devers Guyana and West Indies U-19 left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd was a vital member of the team when West Indies Emerging Players in the Colonial Medical won the Regional Super50 Cup...

Building resilient agriculture and food systems in Guyana – what COVID-19 teaches us

Apr 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Building resilient agriculture and food systems in Guyana – what COVID-19 teaches us

By Dr. Gillian Smith, FAO Representative in Guyana In addition to the impact on health systems, lives and families, COVID-19 is also challenging the global economy and unravelling decades of...

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Sometimes the best of leaders fail

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Jimmy Carter’s presidency fell victim to global and domestic upheavals. His single term... more