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Nandlall requests issues and resolutions document from GECOM, efforts prove futile

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall requests issues and resolutions document from GECOM, efforts prove futile

Anil Nandlall, an executive member of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) today announced to the press that efforts to access a issues and resolutions document from the Guyana Elections...

Day Four: Recount pace improving – Shuman

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Day Four: Recount pace improving – Shuman

Presidential Candidate of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lennox Shuman disclosed to the media earlier this morning that the pace of the National Recount has increased. Shuman told reporters...

Khemraj Ramjattan says… Non-approval of Carter Center rests in Pres. Granger’s hands

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Khemraj Ramjattan says… Non-approval of Carter Center rests in Pres. Granger’s hands

Minister of Public Security and Second Vice-President Khemraj Ramjattan, says that the responsibility for approval of the Carter Center’s observers returning to Guyana is above the level of the...

Coalition on misinformation campaign – ‘Stopped counts’, secret meetings, and ‘dead voters’

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition on misinformation campaign – ‘Stopped counts’, secret meetings, and ‘dead voters’

The A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition has apparently embarked on a well-coordinated misinformation campaign, targeting various aspects of the recount process...

Recount passes 100 ballot boxes mark – Major parties clash on process, time taken

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Recount passes 100 ballot boxes mark – Major parties clash on process, time taken

On the third day of the National Recount, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to complete the recount for 43 ballot boxes, a figure which now takes the total boxes counted to 108. This...

On Exxon-linked US law firm updating Guyana’s energy laws If there is conflict of interest, we have to address it – Energy Dept. Head

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on On Exxon-linked US law firm updating Guyana’s energy laws If there is conflict of interest, we have to address it – Energy Dept. Head

By Kiana Wilburg For the past few weeks, the government of Guyana has faced mounting criticism for allowing a law firm that enjoys a decades-long old relationship with ExxonMobil to rewrite the...

GECOM improves facilities for journalists covering recount But COVID-19 concerns remain

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM improves facilities for journalists covering recount But COVID-19 concerns remain

After much public outrage on social media and complaints from reporters, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has vastly improved the facilities for journalists covering the recount, with several...

Prisoners to be released due to Covid-19 measures – Ramjattan

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Prisoners to be released due to Covid-19 measures – Ramjattan

Guyana‘s prison population is set to decrease in the coming weeks with the release of fifty prisoners in an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the inmate population. Minister of Public...

Social distancing causing problem in de recount

May 09, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Social distancing causing problem in de recount

The Olympics postpone till next year but GEGONE dun start playing gymnastics. De recount of the ballots start and one man complain how GEGONE literally tekkin’ dis social distance thing too far. He...

TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE

May 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE

Contact tracing is not rocket science. As such, the local health authorities’ excuse about contact-tracing being affected because persons are not being honest is pitiful. Guyana may have avoided...

Komal Chand’s body remains stuck in Cuba – GAWU, family appeal to President Granger

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Komal Chand’s body remains stuck in Cuba – GAWU, family appeal to President Granger

Yesterday marked one month since the late President of Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) Komal Chand, 75, passed away while he was receiving medical treatment in Cuba. According to...

Komal Chand’s body remains stuck in Cuba – GAWU, family appeal to President Granger

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Komal Chand’s body remains stuck in Cuba – GAWU, family appeal to President Granger

THAG welcomes new Tourism Authority director

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on THAG welcomes new Tourism Authority director

The Executive of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana, along with its members, has extended congratulations to Carla James-Chandra on her appointment to the post of Director of Guyana...

Traffic Chief wants bus and taxi drivers to wear masks

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Traffic Chief wants bus and taxi drivers to wear masks

Guyana Police Force, Traffic Chief, Linden Isles is urging public transportation operators to take every precaution to protect the health of their passengers during the Covid-19 pandemic, suggesting...

Diamond, Lusignan listed among Region Four COVID-19 hotspots

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond, Lusignan listed among Region Four COVID-19 hotspots

Public should be wary of asymptomatic cases – Chief Medical Officer Diamond, Lusignan, Plaisance and Timehri are among the communities along the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara for which...

Hess suffers US$2.4B in losses in first quarter due to COVID-19

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hess suffers US$2.4B in losses in first quarter due to COVID-19

Hess Corporation announced on Thursday that it suffered a net loss of US$2.4B in losses for the first quarter of 2020, including impairment and other after-tax charges of US$2.3B due to the effects...

GPL says recent spate of outages a result of maintenance works

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL says recent spate of outages a result of maintenance works

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) has said that the recent power outages experienced in sections of the country are as a result of planned maintenance works. GPL’s Divisional Director...

Government sends care packages for Guyanese students in Cuba

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Government sends care packages for Guyanese students in Cuba

The Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Public Service sent off approximately 77 care packages to Guyanese students in Cuba early yesterday morning. The packages were transported to the...

Neaz Subhan confirms Covid-19 infection, treatment via Facebook

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Neaz Subhan confirms Covid-19 infection, treatment via Facebook

– Urges Guyanese to take the pandemic very seriously After spending forty days in isolation and quarantine for COVID – 19, playwright and member of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Neaz...

GWI acquires $160M rig – to drill 8 more wells in next 12 months

May 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GWI acquires $160M rig – to drill 8 more wells in next 12 months

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Thursday commissioned a drilling rig, which was acquired from Brazil to improve the nation’s water access. Director of Operations, Dwayne Shako explained that...

One of the best! Gavin Lewis says More facilities and tournaments needed for Lawn Tennis

May 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on One of the best! Gavin Lewis says More facilities and tournaments needed for Lawn Tennis

By Sean Devers Gavin Lewis, who turns 25 on May 25th, is regarded by many in the local Lawn Tennis Fraternity as Guyana’s most talented male player presently. He has already played Davis Cup &...

Hero CPL to launch life stories films

May 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hero CPL to launch life stories films

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has worked with Trombone Productions and Sunset+Vine to create films that tell the stories of three of the most exciting Caribbean cricketers. The films focus...

There are just too many escapes

May 09, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on There are just too many escapes

The reports keep filtering into the public’s consciousness of prisoner escapes from one holding facility or the other. These fearful circumstances only add to the tenseness and other discomforts...

Granger has been dethroned in the PNC: Four Incidents

May 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Granger has been dethroned in the PNC: Four Incidents

Four incidents or four situations have proven that David Granger has lost power to make decisions for the government and the PNC. Leadership in Guyana has always existed within the framework of one...

GOA donates hampers in covid-19 fight

May 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOA donates hampers in covid-19 fight

On Thursday, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) ensured that it did its part in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic by handing over a total of 200 hampers that will be utilised by coaches,...

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Traditional media is still king

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News-Election campaigns are a battle for attention, persuasion, and votes. In this digital age,... more