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Shoppers ignore ‘social distancing’ to make last minutes purchases

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Shoppers ignore ‘social distancing’ to make last minutes purchases

By Renay Sambach A large number of shoppers flocked to the Stabroek Market and stores nearby yesterday to make what seemed like last minute purchases. This came on the heels of word that city markets...

COVID-19 disrupts ExxonMobil’s drilling plans for Guyana

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 disrupts ExxonMobil’s drilling plans for Guyana

In light of current travel restrictions resulting from the novel Coronavirus, ExxonMobil has made plans to adjust drilling activities offshore Guyana. Kaieteur News was able to confirm this with...

OAS willing to return and observe elections recount – Secretary General

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OAS willing to return and observe elections recount – Secretary General

The Organization of American States (OAS) is willing and ready to resend its Observer Mission to Guyana to observe the National Recount of ballots from the March 2, 2020 General and Regional...

CARICOM team must supervise elections recount – Jagdeo

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM team must supervise elections recount – Jagdeo

Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, has called on the return of the High-Level Team from CARICOM to supervise the National Recount of Ballots from the March 2, 2020 General and Regional...

Local COVID-19 toll reaches 23

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Local COVID-19 toll reaches 23

Guyana’s COVID-19 toll has reached an alarming 23. In fact according to information out of the Public Health Ministry, the total number of persons who have been tested have moved from 75 to 83,...

Elections recount confirmed

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Elections recount confirmed

By Kemol King A national recount of the votes cast in Guyana’s 2020 General and Regional Elections has been confirmed. The order in which the recount will be done will be in numerical order....

The government is incapable of responding to the coronavirus threat

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The government is incapable of responding to the coronavirus threat

It was quite surprising to learn that the Guyana Elections Commission had to vote again on a decision to recount the ballots cast at this year’s General and Regional Elections. GECOM had already...

Local businesses donate food to citizens

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Local businesses donate food to citizens

As the country goes on partial lockdown through the implementation of curfews, the temporary closure of businesses and a general economic slowdown, it is only natural that some families will have to...

Submit Skills Certificate application online – Foreign Affairs Ministry urges

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Submit Skills Certificate application online – Foreign Affairs Ministry urges

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken extra measures to protect its staffers and visitors from COVID-19. It is now urging persons applying for the Certificate of Recognition of CARICOM Skills...

Psychological evaluation for man who allegedly murdered daughter to get rich

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Psychological evaluation for man who allegedly murdered daughter to get rich

Thirty-three-year-old Ganesh Ramdain, a construction worker of 14 Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison for the murder of his 11-year-old daughter. Ramdain, was arraigned...

‘Aunty Vera’ is 101 not out

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Aunty Vera’ is 101 not out

Marry Adialla also known as “Aunty Vera” of No. 1 Road Corentyne Berbice is 101 years old. The woman who was born and raised in the said community where she celebrated her milestone on March 29,...

Giftland robbery suspect remanded for another charge

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland robbery suspect remanded for another charge

Twenty-one-year-old Nicholas Singh, of 1818 D’Urban Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, who was arrested for a robbery at the Giftland Shopping Mall a few months ago, was on Thursday remanded to...

As COVID-19 toll rises… Health Ministry promotes ‘mental health’ tips

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on As COVID-19 toll rises… Health Ministry promotes ‘mental health’ tips

With the emergence of the novel coronavirus here in Guyana and growing numbers around the world, it is quite normal, natural and expected that anxiety will increase and people will become worried and...

To support Mingo’s tabulation is evil

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on To support Mingo’s tabulation is evil

You never know the inner Freudian drives that reside in the subterranean parts of the human mind, until an occasion arises and those neatly repressed instincts escape from the id, finds a seat on the...

Foreign presence, interest and influence

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Foreign presence, interest and influence

It is going to have to come down to this: since we refuse to talk with one another, then this means that the vacuum and role have to be filled by somebody. Since, there is no welcoming of any...

Sarwan gives Skerritt Administration passing grade Wants stronger Regional First-Class tourney

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sarwan gives Skerritt Administration passing grade Wants stronger Regional First-Class tourney

By Sean Devers Former West Indies batsman Guyanese Ramnaresh gave new CWI President Ricky Skerritt’s Administration a passing grade and would like to see better facilities in the Caribbean to...

GAWU appeals for temporary closure of sugar estates

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU appeals for temporary closure of sugar estates

Amid the Coronavirus outbreak, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is calling on the Chief Industrial Relations Manager, Deodat Sukhu, under the Guyana Sugar Corporation...

COVID-19 impact… IPED waiving fees, restructuring clients’ loans; working by appointments only

Apr 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 impact… IPED waiving fees, restructuring clients’ loans; working by appointments only

As a number of commercial banks and other institutions continue to grapple with the fallouts of COVID-19, the Institute of Private Enterprise Development Limited (IPED) has also joined in taking...

Mohamed hopeful for November race meet

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Mohamed hopeful for November race meet

Head of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sport Club (GMR&SC) and active Rotary Demerara member; Rameez Mohamed, during an invited comment with Kaieteur Sport yesterday, explained that he fears the...

Recount: I have my doubts, and they are not minimal

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Recount: I have my doubts, and they are not minimal

Dear Editor, So Gecom has finally agreed to a recount. From my standpoint, though welcome, that is not news, but simply representative of the delayed inevitable, the greatest of anticlimaxes. Call me...

Closing municipal markets without an alternative, risks compounding the impact of Covid-19

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Closing municipal markets without an alternative, risks compounding the impact of Covid-19

DEAR EDITOR, The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown should be taking measures to enable social distancing, without threatening the food supply of the citizens of Georgetown, and the...

Nigel Hughes’ views on Guyana’s race problem are well-meaning, but incorporate a number of fallacies

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nigel Hughes’ views on Guyana’s race problem are well-meaning, but incorporate a number of fallacies

DEAR EDITOR, In the current tense and contentious political and social climate (conflict over the March 2 elections and the potential spread of Covid-19), an emerging debate now centres around...

This is an urgent appeal to the Health Ministry

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on This is an urgent appeal to the Health Ministry

DEAR EDITOR, Based on information circulating within the public domain, persons experiencing related Covid-19 symptoms who have been unable to reach the Covid-19 hotline have been turning up at...

It is time for Ramjattan and Nagamootoo to leave politics

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time for Ramjattan and Nagamootoo to leave politics

DEAR EDITOR, As I write this, the date is April 2. A month has passed and our nation is yet to receive the results of the polling exercise conducted on March 2. At this point, it is simply too...

Power to the people trumps power sharing amongst politicians

Apr 04, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Power to the people trumps power sharing amongst politicians

DEAR EDITOR, The narrative of “power sharing” or ” shared Governance” as alluded to by Khemraj Ramjattan on Kaieteur Radio a few days ago, is a hallowed concept; unworkable...

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The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more