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Halt US$20M World Bank loan to Guyana for oil sector – German NGO

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Halt US$20M World Bank loan to Guyana for oil sector – German NGO

– says probe needed into contracts awarded to Exxon’s affiliates By Kiana Wilburg A German Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called Urgewald is appealing to the hierarchy of the World Bank...

Former Presidential Advisor calls for targeted sanctions on ‘those who want to steal the election’

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former Presidential Advisor calls for targeted sanctions on ‘those who want to steal the election’

Former Advisor to the President on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal, says that it is time for severe, targeted sanctions against officials at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and in Government who...

GECOM moves at sloth’s pace while lives hang in the balance – GCCI President

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM moves at sloth’s pace while lives hang in the balance – GCCI President

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Nicholas Deygoo-Boyer, is of the considered view that that the survival of many lives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic rests...

Plans for COVID-19 Hospital… More than US$5M needed to retrofit Ocean View Hotel

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Plans for COVID-19 Hospital… More than US$5M needed to retrofit Ocean View Hotel

…Purchasing arrangement still being worked out – Winston Jordan By Shikema Dey It would cost the incumbent coalition in excess of US$5 million (G$1B) to “retrofit” or transform the old...

March 2 Elections recount… PSC calls on Top Cop to guarantee safety at Arthur Chung Convention Centre

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on March 2 Elections recount… PSC calls on Top Cop to guarantee safety at Arthur Chung Convention Centre

The Private Sector Commission has issued a call on the Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, to ensure the safety and security of those to be involved in the recount of ballots from the March 2, 2020...

Privately-owned Eureka Lab now testing for COVID-19

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Privately-owned Eureka Lab now testing for COVID-19

The privately-owned Eureka Medical Laboratory is now offering testing for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The announcement by the Thomas Street, Georgetown lab would come as Guyana and the world...

“Bicycle bandits” beat and rob elderly Berbice couple – cart off jewellery, other items

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Bicycle bandits” beat and rob elderly Berbice couple – cart off jewellery, other items

By Malisa Playter-Harry An elderly couple was on Friday subjected to an armed robbery that left one of them nursing a battered face which required stitches. Injured is 61-year-old Somwattie Rajgopaul...

One Mingo is enough

Apr 19, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on One Mingo is enough

Everybody facing hardship right now. It will become worse very soon. It will reach a stage which mankind never experience before. Is not dem boys seh suh. Is de Man above. Already de whole world shut...

THE RECOUNT IS TURNING INTO A CIRCUS

Apr 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE RECOUNT IS TURNING INTO A CIRCUS

The Chairperson of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is making the proposed recount into rocket science. Common sense is becoming more complicated than calculus. The recount process is being...

The grim economics of the virus

Apr 19, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The grim economics of the virus

This is going to be one long, hard, harrowing grind of a time. The anxieties over eluding and surviving the coronavirus could soon be superseded by the dreadful economic realities that follow in its...

Guyana records 7th COVID-19 death

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 7th COVID-19 death

Guyana has recorded its seventh COVID-19 death. This was confirmed last night by Minister of Public Health, Ms. Volda Lawrence. Kaieteur News understands that the victim, a man, passed away in the...

Region 10 increases COVID -19 training for medical staff

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 increases COVID -19 training for medical staff

In a continued effort to ensure that medical personnel and the general public are aware of procedures relating to COVID -19, the Linden Hospital Complex held a one-day training session for medical...

Fuel spill at Karouni mine was contained before EPA’s intervention – Troy Resources

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fuel spill at Karouni mine was contained before EPA’s intervention – Troy Resources

– Measures implemented to prevent reoccurrence Even before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intervened by way of issuing a 48-hour “safety pause”, Troy Resources Guyana Inc. says...

Diabetic Association to host another distribution exercise next Sunday

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Diabetic Association to host another distribution exercise next Sunday

As Guyana, much like the rest of the world, continues to feel the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a number of measures have been employed at various levels of society to help persons to...

Important measures to help you cope with COVID-19

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Important measures to help you cope with COVID-19

By Hoyida Marks Anxiety is usually, a normal, healthy human emotion. Too much of it though can torpedo a person’s typical mental state setting off significant stress. The current COVID-19 pandemic...

GEORGETOWN COULD ONCE AGAIN BE THE GARDEN CITY

Apr 19, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on GEORGETOWN COULD ONCE AGAIN BE THE GARDEN CITY

By Pat Dial Guyana was known internationally for a few things – St George’s Cathedral, the highest wooden building in the world; the country which produced the rarest postage stamp in the...

Tribute to the late reserve (GPM) Colonel, John Percy Leon Lewis, MSM (13 February 1943 – 7 April 2020)

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tribute to the late reserve (GPM) Colonel, John Percy Leon Lewis, MSM (13 February 1943 – 7 April 2020)

By Colonel (Ret’d) Carl Morgan It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my friend and former Deputy Commandant of The Guyana Peoples Militia (GPM), Colonel John Percy Lewis, MSM....

Building technology to solve social issues… Software developer and digital entrepreneur, Samantha Sheoprashad, is a ‘Special Person’

Apr 19, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Building technology to solve social issues… Software developer and digital entrepreneur, Samantha Sheoprashad, is a ‘Special Person’

“And as a woman, who entered the Computer Science field, I had to remember that stress and challenges are inevitable. Just find opportunities to learn and grow from it all. Forge and develop your...

Prepare for a long haul: The storm is not fully formed

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

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