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Investigation into APNU+AFC objections… Gunraj, Alexander give conflicting accounts of Claudette Singh’s actions

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Investigation into APNU+AFC objections… Gunraj, Alexander give conflicting accounts of Claudette Singh’s actions

Commissioners representing the major sides of the political divide are giving conflicting accounts about what is being done by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, Justice Claudette Singh...

ExxonMobil encounters more issues, now flaring 15 million cubic feet of gas per day – EPA Head

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil encounters more issues, now flaring 15 million cubic feet of gas per day – EPA Head

By Kiana Wilburg Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams confirmed with Kaieteur News last night that ExxonMobil, despite its “best efforts”, has been unable to fix a...

Guyana vs. Venezuela border case… World Court to hold jurisdiction arguments via video conference

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana vs. Venezuela border case… World Court to hold jurisdiction arguments via video conference

A critical phase of the International Court case that Guyana has filed against Venezuela is expected to be conducted via video-conferencing next month. The new arrangements are because of the...

Recount extended to 13th June -as 82 boxes counted on Day 24

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Recount extended to 13th June -as 82 boxes counted on Day 24

After failing to complete the National Recount within the 25 days initially allocated, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has extended the date of the exercise to June 13, thereby providing an...

APA Executive Director calls on Indigenous communities to obey COVID-19 rules

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APA Executive Director calls on Indigenous communities to obey COVID-19 rules

Executive Director of the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA), Jean La Rose is calling on members of the various Indigenous communities across Guyana to desist from disobeying the Covid-19 rules. La...

PAHO rep says lack of interest slowing pace of implementation of tobacco control law

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PAHO rep says lack of interest slowing pace of implementation of tobacco control law

Guyana has to get more serious about the implementation of its Tobacco Control legislation, Country representative for the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Dr....

Woman, grand-daughter killed after tree falls on camp during storm

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, grand-daughter killed after tree falls on camp during storm

A 54-year-old woman and her nine-year-old grand-daughter were killed after a tree, uprooted during heavy rainfall, fell on a camp at Imbaimadai, Upper Mazaruni on Thursday. Police identified the...

Five-car accident on West Bank Demerara

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Five-car accident on West Bank Demerara

A five-car accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Schoonord, West Bank Demerara – luckily, there were no injuries (Sandra-dee Barker photos).

“Government only wants foreigners in our affairs when it suits them”

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Government only wants foreigners in our affairs when it suits them”

– Transparency Guyana on exclusion of Carter Center The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is of the view that Government only requires foreign intervention into Guyana’s affairs when the...

Things does happen on June 13th

May 30, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Things does happen on June 13th

Dem boys seh… Dem boys feel dat de HAP-New + HAY-EFF-SEE nah look like dem wan come out from power. Is like Soulja Bai gat Crazy Glue pon he backside dat he stick down on de President’s chair....

ExxonMobil CEO rejects investors’ call for full disclosure on State lobbying

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil CEO rejects investors’ call for full disclosure on State lobbying

By Kiana Wilburg ExxonMobil’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman, Darren Woods, has often said the American oil giant subscribes to the principles of transparency and accountability, but...

File for an extension of stay – US embassy advises Guyanese stuck in the States

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on File for an extension of stay – US embassy advises Guyanese stuck in the States

There is an easy fix for Guyanese stuck in the United State and worried about over-staying their time, the US Embassy in Georgetown said yesterday – simply file an application for an...

Police again breaks up Uitvlugt workers protest

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police again breaks up Uitvlugt workers protest

The workers of the Uitvlugt Estate were for the second day in a row asked to disperse by police. According to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), the workers of that West Coast...

More flooding in “Deep South” Rupununi

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on More flooding in “Deep South” Rupununi

Heavy rainfall in‘Deep South’ Rupununi, Region Nine, has caused creeks to overtop resulting in flooding in several communities. According to reports, the roadway at Aishalton Village in the...

New Amsterdam Hospital recalls body from funeral parlour in bizarre incident

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam Hospital recalls body from funeral parlour in bizarre incident

A rather bizarre story was relayed to Kaieteur News late last evening of an interesting occurrence between a funeral parlour and doctors at the New Amsterdam Hospital. According to information...

Guns, ganja seized, woman arrested in Berbice River raids

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guns, ganja seized, woman arrested in Berbice River raids

Police found two unlicensed firearms and a quantity of packaged cannabis during a search operation in the Berbice River. Kaieteur News was informed that the police acted on information and ventured...

St Kitts and Nevis revokes invitation to OAS observers for June 5 elections

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on St Kitts and Nevis revokes invitation to OAS observers for June 5 elections

St. Kitts and Nevis (Wicnews.com)- As the June 5, 2020, general elections approach, the government has denied an earlier invitation to the Organization of American States (OAS) to send an election...

COVID-19 cases remain at 150

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 cases remain at 150

The Ministry of Public Health has reported that the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) remains at 150, inclusive of 11 deaths and 67 recoveries. To date, 1,586 tests have...

GECOM is on a fishing expedition

May 30, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GECOM is on a fishing expedition

A disturbing report emerged yesterday. It is alleged that just as one of the ballot boxes was opened for counting, one of the agents of a political party randomly picked eight serial numbers and...

Over-50s Cricket World Cup Committee says next tourney maybe until 2022

May 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Over-50s Cricket World Cup Committee says next tourney maybe until 2022

In a statement from Stirling Hamman, Chairman of the Over-50s Cricket World Cup Committee, the body has indicated that the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a major rethink of the sporting...

Miner beaten to death following row… Dredge owner, police trap prime suspect

May 30, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Miner beaten to death following row… Dredge owner, police trap prime suspect

Police have successfully managed to trap the prime suspect who allegedly punched David James of Port Kaituma North West District (NWD) to death last Tuesday evening at a mining camp located in...

FIFA issues guidelines on penalisation of spitting and other related actions

May 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA issues guidelines on penalisation of spitting and other related actions

In an effort to prevent the possible spread of the Corona Virus, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has issued guidelines relative to penalisation of spitting and other...

Nagamootoo typifies the degeneracy of our political culture

May 30, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nagamootoo typifies the degeneracy of our political culture

After pointing out that there were foreign citizens serving in Guyana’s parliament, Nagamootoo went on to add; “… one such foreign citizen voted with the parliamentary opposition to remove the...

Percival is most successful Regional U-19 Captain

May 30, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Percival is most successful Regional U-19 Captain

But never fulfilled his immense talent shown at 16 By Sean Devers Guyana dominated Regional U-19 cricket in the 1990s winning an unprecedented six consecutive 3-day titles from 1992 to 1997 and...

Coronavirus and Colour

May 30, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Coronavirus and Colour

Catastrophic circumstances demand unchallengeable fairness and clear-cut objectivity. Although the absence of such fairness and objectivity is a hard reality of life, it should be at this most...

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Brewley’s ‘glut’ inspires Hard Knocks to ExxonMobil Futsal Championship Finals

Traditional media is still king

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