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Sudan, Papua New Guinea go after ex-leaders for corruption, stolen assets

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sudan, Papua New Guinea go after ex-leaders for corruption, stolen assets

– US$4B recovered so far Two oil producing nations have recently demonstrated to the world that when it comes to the fight against corruption, not even their ex-leaders will be spared. Just...

Region of the Americas is epicenter of COVID-19 – PAHO Director

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region of the Americas is epicenter of COVID-19 – PAHO Director

…calls for intensified efforts to protect those with underlying conditions The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, yesterday said the response to the...

Granger says not afraid of media – in exclusive interview with state television broadcaster

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger says not afraid of media – in exclusive interview with state television broadcaster

Incumbent President David Granger – in an exclusive interview with Chairman of the Board of Directors of the state broadcaster, National Communications Network Television, Enrico Woolford...

Cop under close arrest for allegedly selling seized boat engine

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cop under close arrest for allegedly selling seized boat engine

Police in Berbice are investigating one of their own – a Corporal – after it was found out that he sold a boat engine that was seized by ranks during an investigation. According to the Commander...

Close Brazil border for another 3 months – Rupununi businesses urge

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Close Brazil border for another 3 months – Rupununi businesses urge

Businesses of Region Nine are calling on the authorities to continue the closure of the Brazil border for another three months, to help reduce the risk of spreading the novel Coronavirus disease,...

Former GRA boss, Khurshid Sattaur, dies

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former GRA boss, Khurshid Sattaur, dies

Former Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, has died. Yesterday, the Guyana Islamic Trust and other organisations joined in extending condolences to his...

Video shows container truck jumped major road causing fatal accident

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Video shows container truck jumped major road causing fatal accident

Based on video footage, a container truck, which was involved in Monday night’s collision with a Toyota Spacio bearing registration plate PSS 1314, had “jumped” the intersection at Sussex and...

Recovering COVID-19 patients transferred to incomplete Liliendaal facility

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Recovering COVID-19 patients transferred to incomplete Liliendaal facility

A total of nine patients said to be recovering from COVID-19 were transferred from the Diamond Diagnostic Centre to the Ocean View hotel which is being transformed into a COVID-19 facility. This...

Coalition’s dead voter claim… Family says it never approved access to death certificate

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition’s dead voter claim… Family says it never approved access to death certificate

By Shikema Dey “We were so disturbed when we saw it because we wanted to know how they got a copy of a death certificate for someone who they are not related to.” Those were the sentiments...

Lie travelling pun rocket

May 27, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lie travelling pun rocket

Dem boys rememba wah wan wise man bin seh: “A lie can travel half-way around the world, while the truth still putting on its shoes.” But dem boys also rememba dat ‘Teacher Percy’ say if you...

Five years after…

May 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Five years after…

There was once a man in Guyana who was so rich that when he got drunk he would show-off on his friends by lighting his cigarettes with a $100 bill, the highest denomination in those days. This...

GECOM completes 55 percent of recount

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM completes 55 percent of recount

On day of the National Recount exercise, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to complete 84 ballot boxes. This now raises the total number of recounted ballot boxes to 1,290, with some...

COVID-19 mutes Independence celebrations

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 mutes Independence celebrations

As was expected, the country’s 54th Independence celebrations on Monday night was quiet as handfuls of officials attended the flag-raising ceremonies in the regions. There were no crowds. The...

Chinese national in Nigg accident that killed pensioner, appears in court

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese national in Nigg accident that killed pensioner, appears in court

A Chinese man, who was involved in an accident on the Nigg Public road, made his first court appearance Monday, months after the accident occurred. The man, on January 7 last, was driving motor car...

Her 100th meant a Zoom call and a car party… Guyanese Victorine Creavalle has a life full of birthdays

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Her 100th meant a Zoom call and a car party… Guyanese Victorine Creavalle has a life full of birthdays

Maryland- (Independenttribune.com) – The eight days that her children were born and the 22 birthdays of her grandchildren add up to a whole month of birthdays, to start. She has 51...

CARICOM mourns as Guyanese-born diplomat, Miles Stoby, dies

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM mourns as Guyanese-born diplomat, Miles Stoby, dies

The Caribbean region is mourning the death of one of its most highly respected international public servants, Miles Stoby, who retired from the United Nations Secretariat after decades of service,...

The $86, 000 joke and cacophonous hullaballoo of Joe Harmon

May 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The $86, 000 joke and cacophonous hullaballoo of Joe Harmon

With less than half the votes completed so far in the recounting project, Joe Harmon, (the only man in history who insinuated that governments, like political parties, contest national elections; see...

Cops to seek legal advice on suspect implicated in murder of female guard

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops to seek legal advice on suspect implicated in murder of female guard

Police are preparing to seek legal advice on whether they have enough evidence to charge a man that a teen has implicated in the murder of female security guard, Margaret Dawson. The suspect, said to...

Coalition’s claim of the fraudulent reeks of the bizarre and sinister

May 27, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Coalition’s claim of the fraudulent reeks of the bizarre and sinister

Something is not registering. It is not that we are slower than most, far from it. But when the following statement and position are listened to and absorbed, parsed as far as they could be and run...

Disaster risk assessment conducted in Konashen District

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Disaster risk assessment conducted in Konashen District

– as CDC takes aid to flood-affected residents A team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), on Monday, travelled to Gunns/Masekenari Village in the Konashen District, Upper Takutu-Upper...

Air Link announces Guyana expansion – 90 days Free TV for GTT Blaze customers

May 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Air Link announces Guyana expansion – 90 days Free TV for GTT Blaze customers

Air Link, a digital entertainment company with a proven track record delivering premium quality IPTV services in HD quality to regional markets, has announced an expansion of its services in Guyana....

Stranded boxers approved to return home, every effort being made to secure a flight

May 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Stranded boxers approved to return home, every effort being made to secure a flight

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) was on Monday informed that the four boxers stranded in Cuba have been given approval to return to Guyana. This information was given during informal discussion...

Those who are proposing “shared governance” are more interested in power than sharing

May 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those who are proposing “shared governance” are more interested in power than sharing

Dear Editor I have examined the concept of “No Guilty Race” and found the concept to be deficient. Saying “No Guilty Race” is like saying that a person can steal but because...

On the origin and the meaning of our independence

May 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on On the origin and the meaning of our independence

Dear Editor, Today we should be celebrating this beautiful nation 54th year as an independent nation, which makes one wonder about what it means to be an independent nation. When you think of what...

PPP trying to drown out APNU+AFC allegations of electoral anomalies

May 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on PPP trying to drown out APNU+AFC allegations of electoral anomalies

Dear Editor, The usual armchair letter writers, residing abroad, have surfaced and are attempting to flog the PPP’s dead horse of a declaration of the results on the basis of the recount, despite...

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