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CARICOM high level team arrives today for recount

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM high level team arrives today for recount

The CARICOM high level team is expected to arrive in Guyana today for the recount, as confirmed by GECOM Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, yesterday. GECOM is now in a position to gazette an...

Occupants of “ganja boat” in deadly Berbice collision remanded for narcotics

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Occupants of “ganja boat” in deadly Berbice collision remanded for narcotics

Five men, including the captain of a boat that Monday collided with another vessel on the Berbice River near Friendship Village, were yesterday charged and remanded to prison on possession of...

9th COVID-19 death recorded – Curfew extended to June as four new cases recorded

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 9th COVID-19 death recorded – Curfew extended to June as four new cases recorded

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, yesterday confirmed the ninth death in Guyana as a result of COVID-19, while the Ministry expressed condolences to the family of the victim. The deceased is...

Timehri Army Base explosion leaves 3 dead, 2 injured – Second such incident in two months

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri Army Base explosion leaves 3 dead, 2 injured – Second such incident in two months

By Shikema Dey Less than three months after a similar incident resulting in the death of one officer and the injury of three others, the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) lost three of its own yesterday,...

NPTAB refuses to reveal details on evaluators for crude marketing bids

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NPTAB refuses to reveal details on evaluators for crude marketing bids

By Kiana Wilburg The National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTAB) has refused to reveal key details on the evaluation process that will be employed for the selection of a credible trader...

15 of 34 bidders to market Guyana’s crude linked to corrupt practices – Charges, convictions and fines range from bribery to unfair pricing practices

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 15 of 34 bidders to market Guyana’s crude linked to corrupt practices – Charges, convictions and fines range from bribery to unfair pricing practices

By Mikaila Prince When the Department of Energy invited expressions of interest for a company to market Guyana’s share of oil from the Stabroek Block, it listed stringent conditions of...

COVID-19 & Crashing Oil Prices… ExxonMobil, others grabbing up emergency storage

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 & Crashing Oil Prices… ExxonMobil, others grabbing up emergency storage

As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to desecrate oil demand, the world’s leading exploration and production giants are left with no choice but to hold on to their crude for a little while...

Man dies in freak tree-cutting accident

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies in freak tree-cutting accident

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Vibert Johnson, 56, a driver of Lot 386 Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara. The incident is reported to have occurred about...

Dem companies give slack change from back pocket

May 01, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem companies give slack change from back pocket

One of the biggest companies in Guyana behaving cheap, cheap, cheap and don’t have a conscience. Imagine dis company which does rake in billons of dollars every year ask dem staff fuh tek pay cut....

The lockdown is giving us lockjaw

May 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The lockdown is giving us lockjaw

When this newspaper first made the call for a lockdown of the country there were 8 confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus cases and 1 death. Within one week, the number of cases skyrocketed to 18. It took a...

Happy Labour Day to all of Guyana!

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Happy Labour Day to all of Guyana!

Below are some messages in commemoration of this auspicious day. Today Kaieteur News joins its fellow working class Guyanese to celebrate Labour Day 2020. PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONGRESS REFORM The...

CDC distributes hampers to persons living with disabilities — over 700 individuals to benefit

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC distributes hampers to persons living with disabilities — over 700 individuals to benefit

A partnership between the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) will see over 700 persons benefiting from relief hampers during...

Ramnaresh Sarwan sets the record straight

May 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramnaresh Sarwan sets the record straight

Christopher Gayle’s outburst disseminated via a YouTube video a few days ago, is quite unfortunate. In that video, he has leveled false allegations and tarnished the good name and reputation of a...

Michael Granger expanded the AFC’s strategy; it failed

May 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Michael Granger expanded the AFC’s strategy; it failed

In yesterday’s article, I argued that after Mingo tried barefaced methods to rig the election which were silly because all the important international observers saw what he was doing, the AFC...

GABBFF establish coping mechanism to help athletes flex with challenges of Covid-19 Hosting a virtual competition under consideration

May 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF establish coping mechanism to help athletes flex with challenges of Covid-19 Hosting a virtual competition under consideration

Given the continued shut down of all activities especially from a sports standpoint around the world, the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) has been over the past couple of...

Archery Guyana pegged back by Covid-19

May 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Archery Guyana pegged back by Covid-19

Head Coach of Archery Guyana Nicholas Hing informed Kaieteur Sport yesterday that Archery has been affected by the global crisis. Hing revealed that in addition to a few tournaments that would’ve...

Misleading food remedies to fight coronavirus

May 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Misleading food remedies to fight coronavirus

DEAR EDITOR, Texts and emails are flooding social media about home food and beverage consumption as potential remedies to tackle the coronavirus. No one knows for sure what works, but one could try...

Labour Day – a rough holiday for Guyanese workers

May 01, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Labour Day – a rough holiday for Guyanese workers

As we celebrate this Labour Day, there is remembrance of the great exploits and stirring sacrifices made by fellow workers in Guyana’s ungenerous industrial relations history. We salute them,...

If this is simply about PPP vs. PNC, then…

May 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on If this is simply about PPP vs. PNC, then…

DEAR EDITOR, I follow a few social media groups so as to get an idea of how people are thinking on both sides of our ethnic division. As a non-Indian or African person, I get to hear and feel the...

Let our children be children during Covid-19 Pandemic

May 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let our children be children during Covid-19 Pandemic

DEAR EDITOR, Since March 2, we have been in uncharted waters in Guyana. Now, with schools closed, the zoo, various places children go during school breaks are now off-limits and parents are working...

There are many more exciting things to be written about the 300+ Club

May 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are many more exciting things to be written about the 300+ Club

DEAR EDITOR, I recently perused two articles in the local press in relation to Brian Lara’s world record- breaking 375 and 400 not out test innings. The articles contained several interesting...

Individual sanctions now!

May 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Individual sanctions now!

DEAR EDITOR, Personal sanctions should be applied immediately by international communities to APNU/AFC members and GECOM officials who have continued to derail Guyanese democracy. Since the close of...

The COVID-19 task force is creating a mess

May 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The COVID-19 task force is creating a mess

DEAR EDITOR, After paying taxes to the government for decades, it is disappointing that basic needs cannot be provided to those who are affected in this season of COVID-19 or maybe we should accept...

We cannot build a future without trust

May 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cannot build a future without trust

DEAR EDITOR, We hear often that Guyana has a wealth of commodities. The reality is, with an economy still based on the export of unrefined commodities, we are invariably victim to the vagaries of the...

Why would City Council be piling on more pressure at this time?

May 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why would City Council be piling on more pressure at this time?

DEAR EDITOR, I was deeply disturbed to see in this time of severe crises of the Covid-19 pandemic, the political impasse with the elections still incomplete, and the country being buffeted by a world...