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BREAKING NEWS!!! Political parties want the continuous publication of SORs

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS!!! Political parties want the continuous publication of SORs

With the aim of ensuring transparency during the recount, Timothy Jonas, the Chairman of the A New United Guyana (ANUG), one of the parties contesting in the General and Regional Elections, today...

Breaking News!!! Day Two of National Recount off to a smooth start

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!!! Day Two of National Recount off to a smooth start

Despite the minor hiccups yesterday, Day Two of the National Recount has started promptly and the process is moving in a smooth direction. David Patterson, who spoke to reporters outside of the...

Recount kicks off with hiccups and complaints

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Recount kicks off with hiccups and complaints

o GECOM’s audio live stream of no use o Region one ballot box soaked o APNU+AFC agents report discrepancies o Coalition engaged in delaying tactics – PPP The National Recount of votes kicked off...

Western Diplomats, Commonwealth call for full transparency in recount

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Western Diplomats, Commonwealth call for full transparency in recount

As the recount of ballots from the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections gets underway several top western diplomats issued a call for the process to be fully transparent. The diplomats...

Five members from one family in Linden test positive for COVID-19 – children aged 12 and one among patients

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Five members from one family in Linden test positive for COVID-19 – children aged 12 and one among patients

The mining town of Linden is now battling with nine cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), six of which were recorded among the recent cases. This was disclosed by the Region Ten Regional Health...

Juvenile prisoners overpower police, free colleagues – five recaptured

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Juvenile prisoners overpower police, free colleagues – five recaptured

Police have recaptured five juvenile inmates who ambushed and assaulted police guards Tuesday night before freeing several of their colleagues at the Sophia Holding Centre. Minister of Public...

Liza Phase One to produce 120,000 barrels by June

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Liza Phase One to produce 120,000 barrels by June

Since coming on stream on December 20, 2019, the Liza Phase One project in the Stabroek Block has produced over eight million barrels of oil with an average daily production of 75,000 to 80, 000...

A reportah tek a ride home

May 07, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A reportah tek a ride home

Fact is fact. When yuh try to fuffuckle, everything yuh do does come out. Is na dem boys seh suh, is what does happen. Plenty things wha dem Hap-New, Hay-Eff-See and de Pee-Pee-Pee do already come to...

HAS RELIGION FAILED US?

May 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HAS RELIGION FAILED US?

The politicians are not only to be blamed for the moral crisis facing the nation. The main culprits are the members of the public that refuse to act in accordance with what is right and what is wrong...

Missing polling books delay Reg. 1 count

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Missing polling books delay Reg. 1 count

The national recount of ballots cast in District/ Region One was yesterday delayed after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was unable to locate the polling books that were presumed to be with...

Guyana Press Association asks GECOM to ensure comfort, safety of journalists covering recount

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Press Association asks GECOM to ensure comfort, safety of journalists covering recount

– no chairs, no washrooms for journalists The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has made several demands of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to ensure the safety of media personnel who will...

Kingston oil spill contained – GPL

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Kingston oil spill contained – GPL

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says that it managed to contain an oil spill at Kingston yesterday and an investigation to be conducted. “An oil spill was discovered today, May 6th, 2020...

Ten Guyanese held in Brazil for crossing border illegally – As country sees surge in COVID -19 cases

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ten Guyanese held in Brazil for crossing border illegally – As country sees surge in COVID -19 cases

At least 10 persons were arrested in Brazil for entering the country illegally to seek employment. Kaieteur News understands that the Brazilian authorities made the arrests near the border and the...

M&CC temporarily closes Stabroek Market after customers refuse to wear masks, sanitize

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on M&CC temporarily closes Stabroek Market after customers refuse to wear masks, sanitize

Officials from the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) were yesterday forced to temporarily shut the gates to the Stabroek Market after customers refused to wear masks and sanitize before entering....

COVID-19 cases in Guyana, other territories relatively small but curve not flattening – IDB

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 cases in Guyana, other territories relatively small but curve not flattening – IDB

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has noted in its latest quarterly bulletin that the number of COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean is relatively small when compared to other territories but the...

Man, 44, is charged with murder of singer Eddy Grant’s niece, 36 She burnt to death in ‘arson attack’ on her home

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 44, is charged with murder of singer Eddy Grant’s niece, 36 She burnt to death in ‘arson attack’ on her home

Daily Mail – A 44-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a primary school classroom assistant after she burnt to death in a house fire. Denise Keane-Barnett-Simmons, who is Eddy...

My prediction on how the 2020 drama will end

May 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My prediction on how the 2020 drama will end

Spread over the past six weeks, are commentaries that adumbrate my attitude on how the drama is going to end. I have been asked that question over the past six weeks through emails from people I know...

How to react to World Bank’s aid slight

May 07, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on How to react to World Bank’s aid slight

We will be dispassionate in this attempt at seeking some answers on the questions of aid for Guyana. As we search for some light in this troubling and the long silence, now broken, relative to aid...

India’s cases spike with Chennai market cluster

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on India’s cases spike with Chennai market cluster

NEW DELHI (AP) — Health officials are rushing to contain the spread of the coronavirus in India’s southern city of Chennai, where an outbreak has been identified at one of the country’s...

DEATH OF A COMRADE

May 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on DEATH OF A COMRADE

DEAR EDITOR, Death has struck another painful blow to one of the stalwart of the People’s Progressive Party and an unsung hero of our country, Cde Feroze Mohamed. His passing, coming so soon after...

Hardyal says safety is priority, but remains optimistic on Orlando Cup 3 participation

May 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hardyal says safety is priority, but remains optimistic on Orlando Cup 3 participation

Captain of Regal Masters Mahendra Hardyal said the safety of players is of paramount importance, but remains optimistic that the Orlando Cup 3 can still be played later in the year. The Orlando Cup 3...

Security guard, father of 9, shot dead after telling customer to put on face mask

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard, father of 9, shot dead after telling customer to put on face mask

(USA Today) Calvin Munerlyn, a father of nine, was gunned down after turning a customer away for trying to enter a Family Dollar in Michigan without a mask, according to authorities.Genesee County...

Nagamootoo played his 5 Tests in five different Continents Feels T20 is taking away the interest from 4-Day cricket

May 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Nagamootoo played his 5 Tests in five different Continents Feels T20 is taking away the interest from 4-Day cricket

By Sean Devers Former Guyana and West Indies leg-spinner 44-year-old Mahendra Veeren Nagamootoo was never given an extended run in a Five-Test career which lasted from August 2000 to October 2002 and...

After its racism to Africans goes global, a Chinese province is taking anti-discrimination measures

May 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on After its racism to Africans goes global, a Chinese province is taking anti-discrimination measures

Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu (QUARTZ) Officials in China’s Guangdong province have announced a raft of new measures aimed at combating a racial discrimination storm which has threatened Beijing’s...

The people’s voice will be heard and obeyed

May 07, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The people’s voice will be heard and obeyed

DEAR EDITOR, The tragedy has been committed. The country’s constituents are being taken for a malicious ride. The national and regional elections have been done two months ago and counting. It’s...

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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