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Elections 2020, Day 48…Moses to Claudette: Int’l observers must be quarantined for 2 weeks; no counting after 6pm

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Elections 2020, Day 48…Moses to Claudette: Int’l observers must be quarantined for 2 weeks; no counting after 6pm

Prime Minister and Chairman of the National COVID-19 Task Force, Moses Nagamootoo, has outlined a number of stipulations to Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette...

Contracts granted to Exxon’s associates: World Bank also breached its public disclosure rules – German NGO

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Contracts granted to Exxon’s associates: World Bank also breached its public disclosure rules – German NGO

With the blessings of the World Bank, two ExxonMobil affiliates were able to benefit from major contracts that will shape the policies and laws which Guyana’s regulators will use to keep oil in...

Bag of ganja found in car at checkpoint…Wife drives away with children; leaves husband in the sauce

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bag of ganja found in car at checkpoint…Wife drives away with children; leaves husband in the sauce

An ex-policemen, his wife and two of their children who were heading in the direction of Georgetown in a silver-coloured Toyota Vitz, PSS 1868, were busted with cannabis at the Berbice Bridge police...

PPP asks GECOM Chair to clarify lingering recount issues

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP asks GECOM Chair to clarify lingering recount issues

– insist on live streaming; exclusion of tainted elements in process The Opposition’s People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, has written to the Chair of the...

Blows for fishermen as Corentyne River restrictions bite deep

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Blows for fishermen as Corentyne River restrictions bite deep

– hundreds jobless It has been over a month since Guyana has been on a semi-lockdown amid the Coronavirus pandemic. One of the industry badly hit with thousands affected is the fishing one....

Pregnant mother who kills husband wants help with bail money

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant mother who kills husband wants help with bail money

Thirty-two-year-old, Sandra Brescenio, a pregnant mother of four, is seeking help from the public to post her bail after she appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates Court for the death of her...

Fraudette slip and jewels showing

Apr 20, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Fraudette slip and jewels showing

Dem boys ain’t know just what kind of games Fraudette playing. But by the time she dun play she cards, the whole country gon pull out dem hair from dem head. Even those with bald head and wig gon...

GECOM has power to craft recount protocol

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM has power to craft recount protocol

…no need for COVID-19 task force – Nandlall Attorney-at-law and executive of the People’s Progressive Party, Anil Nandlall, is resolute in his stance that the Guyana Elections Commission...

Stimulus packages for vulnerable after “current hurdle” – Finance Minister

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Stimulus packages for vulnerable after “current hurdle” – Finance Minister

– database to be established Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, said the interim administration will turn its attention to stimulus packages for vulnerable Guyanese who have been most affected...

Life of the late William ‘Billy’ Braithwaite celebrated by GCA of NY Inc. – Remembered as a true son of Guyana

Apr 20, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Life of the late William ‘Billy’ Braithwaite celebrated by GCA of NY Inc. – Remembered as a true son of Guyana

By Franklin Wilson Tributes poured in from the east, west, north and south in the USA and Guyana; some recorded, some live but all in tribute to the late William ‘Billy’ Braithwaite who was taken...

No “constitutional abyss” if Parliament not called by month-end – AG Williams

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No “constitutional abyss” if Parliament not called by month-end – AG Williams

Attorney General Basil Williams is of the opinion that Guyana will not find itself in a “constitutional abyss”, if a new parliament is not convened by the end of April 2020. He disclosed that the...

Air Services explains hinterland flight prices

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Air Services explains hinterland flight prices

Domestic operator, Air Services Limited (ASL) has refuted claims of hike in prices for flights to Regions 7 and 8. This comes as a result of several reports in sections of the media and social...

Eureka to do its first COVID-19 test tomorrow

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Eureka to do its first COVID-19 test tomorrow

After weeks of planning, Eureka Medical Laboratory (EML) has disclosed that it will be doing its first COVID-19 test tomorrow. Confirming this with Kaieteur News yesterday was Chief Executive Officer...

City repeats warnings of protection measures

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City repeats warnings of protection measures

Mayor of Georgetown, Pandit Ubraj Narine, has reiterated his call to shoppers to heed the guidelines on social distancing as part of the COVID-19 fight. In a Zoom interview with DPI, Mayor Narine...

Wisroc’s visually-impaired man identified as latest COVID-19 victim

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Wisroc’s visually-impaired man identified as latest COVID-19 victim

Guyana‘s latest victim of the Covid-19 has been identified Sydney Trellis called ‘Jacket’, a 49-year-old visually-impaired man from the Government Housing Scheme in Wismar, Region 10. Trellis...

More than 300 Guyanese may die from the coronavirus

Apr 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on More than 300 Guyanese may die from the coronavirus

Last week, two bandits robbed a cellular phone store on Regent Street. During the robbery, one of the robbers went inside and the other stayed outside. The one inside advised customers to wear masks...

Let’s start a fund for Guyanese healthcare workers

Apr 20, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Let’s start a fund for Guyanese healthcare workers

HHhundreds of doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel have died since the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world. These are people who gave their lives to save others. They answered the call of duty...

Bandits attack Nurney cash crop farmers

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits attack Nurney cash crop farmers

The police are currently investigating an armed robbery committed on Mandakie Chandan, 64, a housewife of Lot 7 Public Road, Nurney Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Reports are that the incident took...

Ithaca killer had threatened reputed wife before – woman was stabbed over 15 times

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ithaca killer had threatened reputed wife before – woman was stabbed over 15 times

The man who brutally stabbed his reputed wife after she had ended the relationship had threatened to kill her before. The life of Vanessa Benjamin, 21, a cleaner of Lot 301 Ithaca, West Bank Berbice,...

Scores of stuck Canadians repatriated on humanitarian flight

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Scores of stuck Canadians repatriated on humanitarian flight

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson on Saturday joined Canadian High Commissioner, Lilian Chatterjee and team, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to wish departing Canadians and...

LBI men nabbed with unlicensed revolver in bag

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on LBI men nabbed with unlicensed revolver in bag

Police ranks conducting a mobile patrol on Friday about 21:45 hours in Onion Field, La Bonne Intention , East Coast Demerara, observed the “suspicious” behaviour of two males on a motorcycle....

Tipoff leads cops to ganja, coke find in minibus at Mabura

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tipoff leads cops to ganja, coke find in minibus at Mabura

On Saturday, about 09:00hrs, police acting on intelligence gathered, intercepted a minibus at Mabura, Upper Demerara River where a search was conducted. The police ranks found 89 grams of cocaine and...

More marijuana farms destroyed

Apr 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on More marijuana farms destroyed

As the police continue their quest to go after ganja farms, ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Wednesday destroyed more than 50 kilograms of processed cannabis during two eradication exercises...

Shame on you, Moses Nagamootoo

Apr 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shame on you, Moses Nagamootoo

Dear Editor, Moses Nagamootoo has done it again with his foolish statement to quarantine the international observers. It is a ploy to delay the recounting of the votes and steal the elections. I...

Clarification Sought

Apr 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clarification Sought

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit me in the interest of transparency to solicit clarification from the Honorable High Commissioner of Canada with respect to a post she made on Apr. 18 on her Twitter feed...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more