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More of Mingo’s magic numbers surface

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on More of Mingo’s magic numbers surface

So far 25 ballot boxes show Mingo added 1,214 votes to APNU+AFC and subtracted 341 from PPP/C. By Kemol King Kaieteur News is today reporting evidence of a 25th ballot box that shows Region Four...

Allowing ExxonMobil lobbyist to revise Guyana’s oil laws is a recipe for failure – Dr. Mangal

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Allowing ExxonMobil lobbyist to revise Guyana’s oil laws is a recipe for failure – Dr. Mangal

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s oil laws and regulations need to be revised with a great degree of urgency as they are more than 30 years old. But hiring a registered ExxonMobil lobbyist for this...

GECOM Chair, Immigration exchange information about Coalition’s allegations

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair, Immigration exchange information about Coalition’s allegations

The Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh has received information from the Immigration Department, to support her investigation into the claims made by APNU+AFC...

“Madam Chair is going down a very, very slippery slope” – Shuman

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Madam Chair is going down a very, very slippery slope” – Shuman

“We are concerned that Madam Chair going down a very, very slippery slope.” These were the words expressed by Presidential Candidate of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman,...

Imbaimadai tragedy…Farmer heard ‘cracking sound’ before tree crushed wife and grand-daughter

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Imbaimadai tragedy…Farmer heard ‘cracking sound’ before tree crushed wife and grand-daughter

Fifty-five-year-old Bennette John yesterday recounted how he heard an ominous, ‘cracking sound’, before a massive tree, weakened by a storm, crashed down on his wife and nine-year-old...

Brutal killing of female guard by youths…Childcare expert calls for ‘boot camp’ for troubled juveniles

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Brutal killing of female guard by youths…Childcare expert calls for ‘boot camp’ for troubled juveniles

By Michael Jordan The brutal and senseless killing of female guard Margaret Dawson, allegedly by a teen and his friend, is yet another signal that Guyana urgently needs a youth facility where...

Dem off-i-sar value dem visa

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem off-i-sar value dem visa

Dem boys believe dat de real drama is about to begin. Dem boys believe in dem heart dat GEE-CUM wan cancel out de elections’ results so dat the HAP-New+HAY-Eff-See can stay in office. Dem can stay...

Moruca begins two week lockdown from Tuesday

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca begins two week lockdown from Tuesday

– as residents allege deficiencies in quarantine care of COVID-19 patients Moruca Sub-District of Region One (Barima Waini) is scheduled to go on a two-week lockdown from Tuesday. This is due...

Samara Rodrigues eyes spot on senior national football team

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Samara Rodrigues eyes spot on senior national football team

By Zaheer Mohamed It is no doubt that some of the finest sporting talents emerge from rural communities, but due to the lack of adequate facilities in those areas, the athletes are forced to ply...

100 boxes counted on Day 26

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 100 boxes counted on Day 26

On Day 26 of the National Recount exercise, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to complete an additional 100 ballot boxes—the highest number since the recount commenced. This now...

WI player Smartt wants to see Women’s game grow (Part 2)

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on WI player Smartt wants to see Women’s game grow (Part 2)

By Sean Devers Guyana and Windies player Tremayne Smartt started Coaching after she joined Tucber Park/Bermine Cricket Club which had as much as fifty U-13, 15, 17, and U-19 youngsters as well as...

GTTA using downtime for strategic planning

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GTTA using downtime for strategic planning

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), through its President Godfrey Munroe, has shared with Kaieteur Sport some of its ongoing and planned activities for these troubling times of the...

Former head-teacher’s business goes up in flames

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Former head-teacher’s business goes up in flames

Seventy-five-year-old William Leung of Tract W Caracas Village, West Canje, Berbice is contemplating his next move after his business went up in flames yesterday morning sometime around 03:00 hrs....

Theatrical, Culinary and Literary Arts in Guyana need to broaden horizons

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Theatrical, Culinary and Literary Arts in Guyana need to broaden horizons

Bold steps need to be taken to encourage more interest among Guyanese in the local theatrical, culinary and literary arts. This was highlighted by Kamarang Author and Journalist Michael Jordan....

The gate is straight and the path is narrow

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The gate is straight and the path is narrow

I grew up with my grandparents. The benefit of belonging to an extended family is that you can hardly fail to derive the benefits of your elders’ wisdom. My grandmother was a simple but wise woman....

Tamika Marshall, Berbice Chamber of Commerce, Development Association assist needy in Berbice

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Tamika Marshall, Berbice Chamber of Commerce, Development Association assist needy in Berbice

Guyanese singer Tamika Marshall recently teamed up with the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) to distribute food hampers to needy families in Berbice. Marshall recently...

From sugar plantation to ganja farm…Over $5M in cannabis found growing on abandoned GUYSUCO sugar lands

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on From sugar plantation to ganja farm…Over $5M in cannabis found growing on abandoned GUYSUCO sugar lands

A cattle farmer is currently in police custody after he was found tending to cannabis plants at abandoned GUYSUCO sugar lands in Vryheid, West Canje, Berbice. According to the police, they were...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…GIRL SITS IN SHADOWS

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…GIRL SITS IN SHADOWS

Without moving, the figure in the darkness seemed to have shifted forward. And it had to be his imagination, because there was no light in the corner, but for a second he’d seemed to see her eyes,...

Joe Harmon, Hannah Arendt and the banality of evil

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Joe Harmon, Hannah Arendt and the banality of evil

One of the superb thinkers in philosophy was the German philosopher, Hannah Arendt who was a student of the learned German thinker, Martin Heidegger (see Heidegger’s, phenomenal work, “Being and...

GTUC concerned about stability of nation, safety of workers during 2020 elections season

Jun 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTUC concerned about stability of nation, safety of workers during 2020 elections season

The Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) has expressed its deep concern about the peace, security and stability of the nation and about the future of every worker in Guyana in the current political...

George Floyd protests should make all Guyanese pay attention

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on George Floyd protests should make all Guyanese pay attention

DEAR EDITOR, As the George Floyd protests rage escalate across the United States, I hope that all Guyanese are paying close attention that we consider ourselves forewarned, that we be sensible. For...

Bringing home stranded Guyanese

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bringing home stranded Guyanese

DEAR EDITOR, I am writing concerning the above subject. I am very happy that the authorities are bringing home stranded Guyanese. But on the other hand, I am very sorry for some who cannot pay $200...

GECOM has the right, responsibility and jurisdiction to investigate the incidences of deceased and migrant voting and every other statistical anomaly

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM has the right, responsibility and jurisdiction to investigate the incidences of deceased and migrant voting and every other statistical anomaly

DEAR EDITOR, It was only two months ago and the memory of strident demands for verification, transparency and credibility in the tabulation and declaration of results for District 4 is still searing...

The world is in a recession

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The world is in a recession

DEAR EDITOR, An online news entity published an article on May 28, 2020, “PSC requests no quarantine for stranded Guyanese with negative COVID test”. I agree with the point of the PSC where they...

Flaring and Guyana’s Oil and Gas Sector

Jun 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Flaring and Guyana’s Oil and Gas Sector

Dear Editor, The Oil and Gas sector is large and often, individuals forget about the gas component of this sector. Gas can sometimes be the largest portion of the finding and thus far Guyana has a...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more