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Smoothest recount day so far… No objections, no complaints – Nandlall

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Smoothest recount day so far… No objections, no complaints – Nandlall

On the 16th day of the National Recount exercise, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to record a smooth day without complaints and hiccups in the process, according to executive of the...

Region 7 registers marked increase of Venezuelans despite border closure

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 7 registers marked increase of Venezuelans despite border closure

Over the years, gold-rich Region Seven has been getting the rush. Hundreds of mining operations are scattered across the region with the country’s largest mining operations- Aurora Gold Mine and...

“Mingo’s fraud” found in 85 recounted ballot boxes – PPP Claims says will release evidence

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Mingo’s fraud” found in 85 recounted ballot boxes – PPP Claims says will release evidence

… says will release audio, video evidence By Kemol King The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is alleging that 85 of the 212 Region Four ballot boxes which have been recounted thus far, show...

Murder of female guard in cemetery… Suspect shot and captured after attacking cops

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murder of female guard in cemetery… Suspect shot and captured after attacking cops

– police seek advice about murder charges for teens; taxi driver to be released In what may be a major breakthrough in the heinous killing of security guard Margaret Dawson, police have shot...

APNU+AFC’s Craig doubles down on false ‘migrant voter’ information

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC’s Craig doubles down on false ‘migrant voter’ information

– couple said to be out of country had voted for Coalition By Shikema Dey Alliance For Change (AFC) Leonard Craig has added a new dimension to his party’s claims of possessing evidence that...

Captured cow thief turns out to be knife bandit

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Captured cow thief turns out to be knife bandit

“Moon does run till day light ketch am”. These were the words used by Bertie Murray after he learnt that the man held for stealing his cow had allegedly robbed him at knife point four years ago....

All Guyanese can kack up dem foot and drink whiskey

May 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on All Guyanese can kack up dem foot and drink whiskey

Some workers start to cry dis week when dem get dem knack-off letters from Guyana Goldfields. Dem boys sarry fuh dem who lose dem wuk but dem boys more sorry fuh de country and de people wha nah...

In Defence of Men

May 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on In Defence of Men

You are bound to expect that whenever harsh criticisms are published about certain women, there will be a barrage of protests from women activists. Solidarity is strong within the female community....

GECOM Chair says, “He who asserts must prove”

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair says, “He who asserts must prove”

“He who asserts must prove,” is the view of the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh, on the many claims being made during the recount, of anomalies...

Mechanic on bail for road death of female cyclist

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mechanic on bail for road death of female cyclist

A mechanic yesterday appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court where he was slapped with four charges. Sasenarine Jairam of 147 Stevedore Housing Scheme, Georgetown and driver of motorcar...

Two more men test positive for COVID-19 – as cases increase to 127

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two more men test positive for COVID-19 – as cases increase to 127

Two more Guyanese men have tested positive for COVID-19 lending further credence to statistics that men by far outweigh women in being at risk for contracting and spreading the infectious disease. As...

Brother detained after Corentyne man’s body found

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Brother detained after Corentyne man’s body found

Police in Berbice are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 52-year-old man whose body was found lifeless in the lower flat of his home at Lot 100 Number 49 Village, Corentyne,...

CDC to assist family affected by freak storm

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC to assist family affected by freak storm

Senior Response Officer of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Captain Salim October has disclosed that the agency is in discussions with Region Six officials on the provision of support for a family...

Soldier dies in Vlissengen Road accident

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Soldier dies in Vlissengen Road accident

The Guyana Defence Force yesterday said it is mourning the death of one of its own in a road accident. According to the army, Private Kwasi Rodriguez died as a result of injuries he received...

Measures being taken to protect zoo animals, workers

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Measures being taken to protect zoo animals, workers

“Our zoo keepers and other staff here are the real super heroes- they come every single day, not for the money, but for the love of the animals.” Those are the sentiments of Guyana Zoological...

Berbice health official preaches “zero tolerance” for home, health centre deliveries

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice health official preaches “zero tolerance” for home, health centre deliveries

…as probe launched into latest maternal death Region Six Health Officials have launched an investigation into the death of a 25-year-old woman who died hours after giving birth at the Fyrish Health...

Pedal cyclist killed in Crabwood Creek accident

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pedal cyclist killed in Crabwood Creek accident

A 57-year-old pedal cyclist is now dead after he was struck down from the bicycle he was riding by a car driven by a 25-year-old Crabwood Creek Resident. Dead is Marsha Adiana of Skeldon Riverside,...

Return goods under spotlight as local online sales grow

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Return goods under spotlight as local online sales grow

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) is advising suppliers that domestic online sales are subject to the Consumer Affairs Act (CAA) 2011. “The impact of COVID-19 has seen the...

M4 rifle, Tech 9 pistol, ganja destined for Guyana seized by Miami Customs

May 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on M4 rifle, Tech 9 pistol, ganja destined for Guyana seized by Miami Customs

MIAMI – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers had a busy week seizing guns, drugs and money attempted to be exported from the United States through Miami International Airport (MIA)....

Deadly triumvirate: COVID, Claudette and Lil Joe

May 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Deadly triumvirate: COVID, Claudette and Lil Joe

Long, long ago in one of these columns, I held the view that if Guyana was not an unknown, obscure country, many of the leading scholars in comparative politics at many of the world’s top research...

GFF’s Women’s programme featured on FIFA’S website

May 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF’s Women’s programme featured on FIFA’S website

Youth footballer Josiah King is Football For Friendship’s young journalist The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) was featured on two international platforms on Thursday with an article on women’s...

Former ‘Golden Jaguar’ Dwain Jacobs enjoying life at Dynamic FC

May 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Former ‘Golden Jaguar’ Dwain Jacobs enjoying life at Dynamic FC

Former Guyana National Men’s Football starlet, Dwain Jacobs who played at the club level for Alpha United, Pele and Buxton United Football Clubs has revealed that in a bid to give back to his...

Compound Archer, Winnette Lawrence represents Guyana in ‘Online Archery Competition’

May 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Compound Archer, Winnette Lawrence represents Guyana in ‘Online Archery Competition’

Amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, Archers from around the world recently got together and competed in a novel Virtual Online Archery Competition. In the 7th stage held on Sunday 17th May, 2020, Archery...

Total lockdown – if mandatory, then cleanly and convincingly only

May 22, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Total lockdown – if mandatory, then cleanly and convincingly only

Total lockdown! The whispers keep growing to the point where they now coalesce just short of a crescendo. The thinking and sense that a total lockdown is almost here is now like a public secret. Our...

Great attention to and investment in electronic learning platforms are needed

May 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Great attention to and investment in electronic learning platforms are needed

Dear Editor, COVID-19 has affected many countries throughout the world in unprecedented ways. This coronavirus pandemic had led to a complete or partial lockdown in many countries. During epidemics,...

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