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CARICOM team gets approval to come Thursday – PM

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM team gets approval to come Thursday – PM

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) high level team has gotten approval to travel to Guyana on Thursday. This approval was granted by the National COVID-19 Task Force following its weekly statutory...

Lawyer submits petition for US to sanction Granger; GECOM, other officials

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lawyer submits petition for US to sanction Granger; GECOM, other officials

A lawyer has submitted a petition to the US Embassy in Georgetown calling for the State Department in Washington to slap personal sanctions on President David Granger and senior officials of the...

Live stream of recount will be ultimate public confidence booster – Commissioner Benn

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Live stream of recount will be ultimate public confidence booster – Commissioner Benn

A live stream of the recount for the world to see isn’t just a good decision. It is the ultimate boost of public confidence in the credibility of the process. So says Opposition nominated...

My contract was not renewed because of Guyana’s politics – Int’l Cricketer Chris Gayle

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on My contract was not renewed because of Guyana’s politics – Int’l Cricketer Chris Gayle

International cricketing superstar, Chris Gayle, unleashed a barrage of allegations concerning the decision by the Hero CPL franchise team, the Jamaica Tallawahs, including the claim his fate was...

Financial crisis looms after April – Former Auditor General, Goolsarran

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Financial crisis looms after April – Former Auditor General, Goolsarran

According to former Auditor General and Chartered Accountant, Anand Goolsarran, Guyana may very well be facing a financial crisis due to the political shenanigans which have left the nation without a...

Man sanitize he neighbour chicken

Apr 28, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Man sanitize he neighbour chicken

Dis COVID-19 virus serious, it gat some Big Man crying. And is nah because dem get infected. A wife come home from de market and see de husband crying. She ask: “Honey wha u doing?” He answered:...

A Patient Spirit

Apr 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A Patient Spirit

A reporter went to heaven and saw two lines. Over one line was a sign that read “For men who were dominated by their wives”. There were hundreds of men in that line. The other sign had a sign...

Supreme Court of Judicature updates emergency directions for COVID-19

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Supreme Court of Judicature updates emergency directions for COVID-19

The Supreme Court of Judicature has updated its emergency COVID-19 directions, which were first Gazetted on March 23, 2020 and later updated by noticed on April 3, 2020 and then April 5, 2020. The...

Man charged with ganja possession, walks free

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man charged with ganja possession, walks free

Brian Howard yesterday had a possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking charge dismissed against him on the grounds that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he...

Suspect nabbed in Canal No.1 murder, confesses

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect nabbed in Canal No.1 murder, confesses

The suspect behind the gruesome murder of a 52-year-old woman of Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD) has confessed to the brutal murder. According to sources close to the investigation, the...

PSC executives rally around chairman, Gerry Gouveia

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PSC executives rally around chairman, Gerry Gouveia

The current executive of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is rallying around its Chairman, Captain Gerry Gouveia, who has come under fire in recent days for allegedly splitting the business body....

China aids Guyana’s COVID-19 fight

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on China aids Guyana’s COVID-19 fight

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday received several items from the People’s Republic of China to aid in its efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Ministry’s...

No new case of COVID-19 in 2 days – Ministry says – as 15 recover

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No new case of COVID-19 in 2 days – Ministry says – as 15 recover

For the past two days (April 26 and 27), there has been no new case of COVID-19 recorded locally. At least this is according to the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH). In fact up to press time, the...

Region 10 sets up COVID-19 checkpoints

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 sets up COVID-19 checkpoints

The Region 10 Regional Health Emergency Committee (RHEC) in conjunction with the Region’s Department of Health has started screening persons entering the Upper Demerara-Berbice area for the novel...

Guyana Goldfields to be acquired by Canadian silver mining company

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Goldfields to be acquired by Canadian silver mining company

– Govt. to conduct due diligence exercises – Union concerned about workers’ benefits Guyana Goldfields, the parent company of Aurora Gold Mines Inc. (AGM), is set to be acquired by a...

US commits additional US$1.7M to Guyana, Region for COVID-19 fight

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US commits additional US$1.7M to Guyana, Region for COVID-19 fight

The United States Government has committed an additional US$1.7 million to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean. “The United States, via USAID, is...

City Council collaborating with PAHO to help curb spread of COVID-19

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City Council collaborating with PAHO to help curb spread of COVID-19

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday met with representatives of the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday to discuss enforcement techniques and additional measures...

Marudi dredge owner murder… Manhunt launched for “foreign nationals”

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Marudi dredge owner murder… Manhunt launched for “foreign nationals”

A man hunt has been launched for five foreign nationals in connection with the murder of a dredge owner who operated in the Marudi Backdam, Region Nine (Upper Takatu, Upper Essequibo) during an...

Eusi Kwayana knows a little of me, nothing of Claudette Singh

Apr 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eusi Kwayana knows a little of me, nothing of Claudette Singh

I have unlimited respect for Eusi Kwayana. He is a Guyanese icon. Out of reverence one does not want to criticize an icon on little mistakes and out of that very reverence, you just let things go by....

Labourer remanded for murdering ex-common law wife.

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer remanded for murdering ex-common law wife.

A 24-year-old labourer of Number 30 Village, Corentyne, Berbice was remanded to prison yesterday for the brutal murder of his ex-common law wife. Jamal Angus called “Country” appeared at...

GTT observes Int’l Girls in ICT Day

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTT observes Int’l Girls in ICT Day

A number of young girls were on Friday given the opportunity to interact with several of GTT’s women in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) via an online platform, as the company...

Caribbean Airlines launches cargo charter service

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines launches cargo charter service

Caribbean Airlines has introduced a cargo charter service to support supply chains within the Caribbean region. This is according to a statement issued by the airline. It was revealed that the...

Ramdhani siblings doing well Academically & in Badminton Explain how COVID-19 has affected them

Apr 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramdhani siblings doing well Academically & in Badminton Explain how COVID-19 has affected them

By Sean Devers Guyana’s top Badminton players, 20-year-old Narayan Ramdhani and his sister, 18-year-old Priyanna Ramdhani are both on Scholarships in Canada as Student athletes representing the...

CDC receives donation of locally produced sanitizer

Apr 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC receives donation of locally produced sanitizer

As Guyana and the rest of the world continue to grapple with the Coronavirus disease (COVID 19) and its emergency measures, yesterday the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) received a large quantity of...

Patrick Ford Memorial boxing tourney on the cards for later 2020 pending GBA approval

Apr 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Patrick Ford Memorial boxing tourney on the cards for later 2020 pending GBA approval

The second annual Patrick Ford Memorial boxing tournament could be staged in the latter part of 2020 once the Guyana Boxing Association gives the green light. This was announced yesterday by promoter...

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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