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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,...

Being Overwhelmed during this time

May 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Being Overwhelmed during this time

DEAR EDITOR, In my last letter I urged parents to think of the Lockdown as a Master’s Programme in simply chilling. After my last letter, a friend extended thanks for the read, saying she was...

Hopeful that the recount will produce the rightful winner

May 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hopeful that the recount will produce the rightful winner

DEAR EDITOR, The recount of the Elections has started. The media have been shutout of the premises to camp on the roadside. What a disgrace. The Commission and its PR Officer should hang their head...

Another attempt to rig must not be allowed to pass

May 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Another attempt to rig must not be allowed to pass

DEAR EDITOR, A convincing case has been made out to the effect that what we experienced on March 4, 2020 was tantamount to a virtual coup by a group of ex-military men now in civilian clothes. The...

Feroze’s contributions to country forever appreciated

May 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Feroze’s contributions to country forever appreciated

DEAR EDITOR, I join others in paying tribute to Feroze Mohammed, a stalwart in the struggle against colonialism (1960s) and against the dictatorship (1966 to 1992). He was hard working as a PPP...

OUR NATION’S CHOICES DETERMINE IT’S DESTINY!!

May 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on OUR NATION’S CHOICES DETERMINE IT’S DESTINY!!

DEAR EDITOR, May 5, 1995 – one of the darkest days in Guyana’s history! The day our then Parliament passed the damnable Termination of Pregnancy Bill into law, enabling the murder of the...

If anyone thinks there are problems, just wait

May 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on If anyone thinks there are problems, just wait

DEAR EDITOR, In 1983 the Police had a superhit titled, “I’ll be watching you” which is what I believe has come to capture the essences of Guyana’s March 2nd elections. I suspected that things...

Economic philosophy and party polarization

May 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Economic philosophy and party polarization

DEAR EDITOR, The Cooperative Republicans of Guyana (CRG) is not Capitalist, Socialist nor Communist. It is a Party that leverages the best practices of the various Economic Models depending on the...

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