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Heads PPP Loses, Tails PNC Wins…

May 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Heads PPP Loses, Tails PNC Wins…

Recounting all the ballots using the SOPs for Region 4, is all that’s needed to complete the tabulation for Guyana’s March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, in a manner that meets the...

All political parties except APNU+AFC, support live stream of recount … Coalition says use of phones shouldn’t be allowed either

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on All political parties except APNU+AFC, support live stream of recount … Coalition says use of phones shouldn’t be allowed either

By Kemol King All of the political parties attending a briefing with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday supported a live stream of the national recount of votes, except the incumbent...

ExxonMobil deal will never allow Guyanese to lead oil sector – Int’l lawyer gives contract an “F” for local content provisions

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil deal will never allow Guyanese to lead oil sector – Int’l lawyer gives contract an “F” for local content provisions

By Kiana Wilburg Since 2016, Guyanese have been kicking and screaming for a proper Local Content Policy; the kind that ensures ExxonMobil, its joint venture partners, and subcontractors have little...

Carter Center not getting Govt. approval to fly to Guyana for recount

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Carter Center not getting Govt. approval to fly to Guyana for recount

The Carter Center Electoral Observer Mission yesterday tweeted that it has been trying to get an observer on a Monday flight to Georgetown to observe the recount, but had not been granted access by...

Bidders to market Guyana’s crude… Pt 2 Four companies implicated in massive corruption scandal in Latin America

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bidders to market Guyana’s crude… Pt 2 Four companies implicated in massive corruption scandal in Latin America

By Mikaila Prince Four of the companies that have submitted applications to market Guyana’s share of Stabroek Block oil were involved in what is considered the biggest corruption scandal in Latin...

Guyanese must know evaluators for Crude Marketing deal – Dr. Mangal

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese must know evaluators for Crude Marketing deal – Dr. Mangal

– Says nation is already too weak, vulnerable and exploited by sharks By Kiana Wilburg As the Department of Energy considers applications for a marketer of the Guyana’s share of the Stabroek...

Ministry says no new COVID-19 case – Three now in ICU

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry says no new COVID-19 case – Three now in ICU

Guyana’s Covid-19 toll as at yesterday remains 82 with nine deaths. This is according to the Ministry of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard which noted that there are no new confirmed cases of...

Tenant in we own house

May 03, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Tenant in we own house

Dem boys sitting and all watching all dem container truck passing pun de road. At certain hour, dem gat mo container passing pun the road than car. All dem container is wha doing business with dem...

The truth about the 1992 elections

May 03, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The truth about the 1992 elections

Free and fair elections would not have been possible in Guyana had it not been for an event which took place thirty years ago on the other side of the world. On the 9th November 1989, the Berlin Wall...

Region 10 police worried over residents’ non-adherence to COVID-19 orders

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 police worried over residents’ non-adherence to COVID-19 orders

– need for “heavy” penalties being touted A number of Region 10 residents are yet to come to grips with the grim reality of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This is the observation of...

NICIL converting former sugarcane lands into productive rice fields

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NICIL converting former sugarcane lands into productive rice fields

Microbiologist, Haribhajan Persaud, is part of a three-person team at the forefront of a vision by the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) to transform former sugarcane...

Addressing occupational safety and health amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

May 03, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Addressing occupational safety and health amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

Keeping safe and healthy in the workplace is important at any time, but even more so in times like these. Organisations across the globe on April 28 commemorated Occupational Safety and Health Day....

LABOUR DAY AND TRADE UNIONISM

May 03, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, Features / Columnists Comments Off on LABOUR DAY AND TRADE UNIONISM

Last week Friday, May 1st, just two days ago, Labour Day was celebrated as a national holiday. It is customary for this column to notice commemorative holidays before they occur but we would have had...

Why Trump is moving closer to punishing China for the coronavirus

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Why Trump is moving closer to punishing China for the coronavirus

(Yahoo Finance) For months, the story of official Washington’s stance towards China amid the coronavirus pandemic has been a bit of a split screen. On one side, China “hawks” have pushed for a...

Man shot 4 times during argument over motorcycle

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot 4 times during argument over motorcycle

A 27-year-old Georgetown man is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was shot four times by his close friend during an argument over a motorcycle. The victim...

MMG launches bill payment promotion

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on MMG launches bill payment promotion

Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) on Friday launched a $310,000 month-long bill payment promotion to encourage more customers to utilize this mobile method to pay bills. In a statement issued by GTT’s VP...

Digicel Guyana gives back to healthcare workers

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel Guyana gives back to healthcare workers

Digicel Guyana has been supporting doctors and nurses on the frontline amid the current COVID-19 pandemic, and with calls across the nation for social distancing, the company has made it clear to its...

Catastrophic times call for timely and inspiring leadership

May 03, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Catastrophic times call for timely and inspiring leadership

“We were hearing from low- and moderate-income and minority communities that this was the best labour market they’d seen in their lifetime,” he said. “It is heartbreaking, frankly, to see...

The inside story of the Wuhan virus laboratory blamed by President Trump for releasing Covid-19

May 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The inside story of the Wuhan virus laboratory blamed by President Trump for releasing Covid-19

(The Telegraph) – A state-of-the art facility purpose-built to handle research into the world’s most deadly pathogens, the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) played a crucial role in...

The PPP has been pushing for a limited recount of the votes

May 03, 2020 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The PPP has been pushing for a limited recount of the votes

Sometimes you simply have to admire the leadership of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). That group does not understand what it is to be duplicitous. Take for example its latest uttering that...

Book Review – Guyana’s Public Service: change, conformity and continuity

May 03, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Book Review…, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Book Review – Guyana’s Public Service: change, conformity and continuity

(A Review of David Granger’s Guyana’s Public Service: Change, conformity and continuity) David Granger, Guyana’s 8th Executive President, is reforming the Public Service to ensure the impartial...

Book review… Bygone Days Come Alive

May 03, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book review… Bygone Days Come Alive

Book: A Country Boy – More Ossie Stories Author: Earl McKenzie Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD In the bucolic setting of bygone Jamaica, the life of Oswald Johnson, fondly called Ossie, unfolds....

Coronavirus: It’s not all bad

May 03, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: It’s not all bad

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Over the past weeks, I have been trying my best to update you on the Covid-19 infection, and it has been mostly bad news thus far. There...

Interesting Creatures… Blue-winged Teal

May 03, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Blue-winged Teal

The blue-winged teal (Anas discors) is a small dabbling duck from North America. It has reportedly been found in South American territories too. The scientific name is derived from Latin Anas...

The Case for Power Sharing: Benefits

May 03, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on The Case for Power Sharing: Benefits

Power Sharing as a possible solution to Guyana’s ongoing ethno-political problems has resurfaced as part of the political discourse. Understandably the parties and supporters which feel that they...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more