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Parenting during a pandemic – how to cope

May 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Parenting during a pandemic – how to cope

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a general shift in the way the world operates to contain and mitigate further transmission. Children are home and parents are now assuming the role of teachers while...

Nation salutes essential workers – as Labour Day is observed

May 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nation salutes essential workers – as Labour Day is observed

As Guyana observed Labour Day, President David Granger has commended workers in the essential and public services for their contribution in the local fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....

Degeneracy: Trade unionism in Guyana in 2020

May 02, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Degeneracy: Trade unionism in Guyana in 2020

Yesterday was Labour Day. Fate works wonders. Covid-19 prevented another manifestation of incredible hypocrisy. It would be interesting if a survey could be taken of how Guyanese feel about this...

Inniss appointed interim head of referees

May 02, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Inniss appointed interim head of referees

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has appointed Dion Inniss as Interim Head Of Referees Department, with immediate effect, following unsuccessful public advertisements to fill the position. This...

Covid19 Socio economic impact… Guyana likely to experience worst recession in decades – Economic Lecturer

May 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Covid19 Socio economic impact… Guyana likely to experience worst recession in decades – Economic Lecturer

With any public health crisis, it is only natural to expect a drop in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the affected country’s financial system is tested. According to Business Economics Lecturer...

Cops capture suspect in slaying of gold miner

May 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops capture suspect in slaying of gold miner

Police have captured murder suspect Lennox Estwick, six months after issuing a wanted bulletin for him for the murder of prominent gold miner Deon ‘Mow’ Stoll. Estwick, 23, of 640 South...

Priyanna Ramdhani is Broncos Female Rookie of the Year ‘It felt great to achieve a major award for my college’ says Priyanna

May 02, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Priyanna Ramdhani is Broncos Female Rookie of the Year ‘It felt great to achieve a major award for my college’ says Priyanna

Eighteen-year-old Badminton player, Guyanese Priyanna Ramdhani was this week selected as Broncos Female Rookie of the Year. Hailing from Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara, Ramdhani maintained...

Is there a justified rebellion against President Granger?

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is there a justified rebellion against President Granger?

DEAR EDITOR, Joe Harmon and other patriots feel Granger should have been sworn in days after the election using fraud and force. But Granger is resisting leading to a showdown in our party. Granger...

NAGAMOOTOO’s LAST LAP

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on NAGAMOOTOO’s LAST LAP

DEAR EDITOR, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s decision to tango on GECOM’s dance floor with his 14-day quarantine of the high level team from CARICOM that was invited to observe the recount of...

The recount must reflect the true SOPs currently in the hands of political parties

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The recount must reflect the true SOPs currently in the hands of political parties

DEAR EDITOR, The results of the General Election of March 2nd 2020, without any doubt, resulted in a clear win for the PPP/C party. At the close of polls, the votes have been carefully counted at...

Old habits die hard

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Old habits die hard

DEAR EDITOR, As Guyanese prepared for the May 11, 2015 election, Murtland ‘Slugger’ Williams, long standing member of The United Force, recalled “The PNC’s repeated rigging of...

Caretaker Ministers should take pay cut

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Caretaker Ministers should take pay cut

DEAR EDITOR, The caretaker Ministers (indeed all 65 Members of Parliament and four ‘professional Ministers’) have not been functioning since March 2 and should consider taking a pay cut and...

Clarification Note from the University of Guyana

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Clarification Note from the University of Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, Please permit a small clarification on recent stories which suggest that May 30 is a hard set date for the return of staff and students of UG to physical face to face mode of...

Guyana Legal Aid Clinic

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana Legal Aid Clinic

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Legal Aid Clinic has been closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, but from next week (beginning 4 May 2020) will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to midday with...

Guyana – The blessing or curse?

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana – The blessing or curse?

DEAR EDITOR, God has blessed us beyond measure with more than most countries in the world. Guyana is not a perfect place and Guyanese are not perfect people but I would like to compare God’s first...

The lost art of conversation

May 02, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The lost art of conversation

DEAR EDITOR, Jeff Dujon, a man who played many cricket test matches at the highest level, said that we have “lost the art of conversation.” He was referring to the sharp fusillade from cricket...

CARICOM high level team arrives today for recount

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM high level team arrives today for recount

The CARICOM high level team is expected to arrive in Guyana today for the recount, as confirmed by GECOM Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, yesterday. GECOM is now in a position to gazette an...

Occupants of “ganja boat” in deadly Berbice collision remanded for narcotics

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Occupants of “ganja boat” in deadly Berbice collision remanded for narcotics

Five men, including the captain of a boat that Monday collided with another vessel on the Berbice River near Friendship Village, were yesterday charged and remanded to prison on possession of...

9th COVID-19 death recorded – Curfew extended to June as four new cases recorded

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 9th COVID-19 death recorded – Curfew extended to June as four new cases recorded

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, yesterday confirmed the ninth death in Guyana as a result of COVID-19, while the Ministry expressed condolences to the family of the victim. The deceased is...

Timehri Army Base explosion leaves 3 dead, 2 injured – Second such incident in two months

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Timehri Army Base explosion leaves 3 dead, 2 injured – Second such incident in two months

By Shikema Dey Less than three months after a similar incident resulting in the death of one officer and the injury of three others, the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) lost three of its own yesterday,...

NPTAB refuses to reveal details on evaluators for crude marketing bids

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on NPTAB refuses to reveal details on evaluators for crude marketing bids

By Kiana Wilburg The National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTAB) has refused to reveal key details on the evaluation process that will be employed for the selection of a credible trader...

15 of 34 bidders to market Guyana’s crude linked to corrupt practices – Charges, convictions and fines range from bribery to unfair pricing practices

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 15 of 34 bidders to market Guyana’s crude linked to corrupt practices – Charges, convictions and fines range from bribery to unfair pricing practices

By Mikaila Prince When the Department of Energy invited expressions of interest for a company to market Guyana’s share of oil from the Stabroek Block, it listed stringent conditions of...

COVID-19 & Crashing Oil Prices… ExxonMobil, others grabbing up emergency storage

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 & Crashing Oil Prices… ExxonMobil, others grabbing up emergency storage

As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to desecrate oil demand, the world’s leading exploration and production giants are left with no choice but to hold on to their crude for a little while...

Man dies in freak tree-cutting accident

May 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man dies in freak tree-cutting accident

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Vibert Johnson, 56, a driver of Lot 386 Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara. The incident is reported to have occurred about...

Dem companies give slack change from back pocket

May 01, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem companies give slack change from back pocket

One of the biggest companies in Guyana behaving cheap, cheap, cheap and don’t have a conscience. Imagine dis company which does rake in billons of dollars every year ask dem staff fuh tek pay cut....

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Body of Chinese national who fell from new Demerara River bridge recovered

Dem signs need calibrating

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News- Dem boys bin pass one of dem fancy speed meter signs wah de guvament put up fuh tell drivers... more