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Claudette Singh, Keith Lowenfield give conflicting accounts on failure to submit report

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Claudette Singh, Keith Lowenfield give conflicting accounts on failure to submit report

Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, and Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield have given conflicting reports on the failure of the CEO to...

GPL fails to justify purchase of eight bucket trucks for $587M

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL fails to justify purchase of eight bucket trucks for $587M

State-run company, the Guyana Power & Light Incorporated (GPL), has failed to justify the purchase of eight bucket trucks, which carried a price tag of some $587 million, despite promising to do...

Ruling in case against election credibility set for Monday

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ruling in case against election credibility set for Monday

By Rehanna Ramsay A Trinidad –based legal team representing the case filed to prevent the Guyana Elections Commission, (GECOM)’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield from submitting the...

De facto Govt. in mad rush to legalize land deals – Hundreds of acres of prime East Coast land involved

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on De facto Govt. in mad rush to legalize land deals – Hundreds of acres of prime East Coast land involved

As Guyana gets ready for a long-overdue and contentious declaration of the March 2 General Elections, there is evidence now that moves are underway to sign away large portions of former sugar lands...

EPA instructs ExxonMobil to address troubling environmental concerns about its offshore projects

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA instructs ExxonMobil to address troubling environmental concerns about its offshore projects

By Kiana Wilburg ExxonMobil will have to address numerous environmental and other concerns before it gets approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Payara project, which would...

Soulja Bai looking fuh Irfaan phone number

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Soulja Bai looking fuh Irfaan phone number

Dem Boys Seh Friday night was one hell of a night. Dem boys had to peep through dem window fuh see whether it had full moon. It looks as if some people suddenly grow a conscience. People start fuh...

“I left the keys by the gate”

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on “I left the keys by the gate”

Yesterday one of the most vociferous supporters of the APNU+AFC privately conceded “If the people win; they win.” It is a pity this admission was so late in coming; so much tension and problems...

Region 10 vows to flatten COVID-19 curve

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 vows to flatten COVID-19 curve

The Region 10 authorities have vowed to continue their hard work to reduce and prevent the spread of the Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19). In a recent meeting with members of Regional Health and...

Cops to charge former security guard in threatening video with arms cache

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops to charge former security guard in threatening video with arms cache

Police are to charge the former security guard in the social media post who had made comments that appeared to incite violence, while posing with cache of firearms. However, a senior police official...

Languishing in prison for acting killing her abuser in self-defence

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Languishing in prison for acting killing her abuser in self-defence

Melissa Playter hopes to raise bail to see her young children On June 2 of this year, Melissa Playter turned 25, but there was no reason to celebrate. She spent her milestone in detention at the New...

World Yoga day in Guyana to be celebrated virtually today

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on World Yoga day in Guyana to be celebrated virtually today

Guyana will join the rest of the world today in celebrating the sixth annual international day of yoga, this time only virtually. In previous celebrations Guyanese attended yoga festivals organized...

Vendor dies after falling down stairs

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor dies after falling down stairs

A vendor was on Thursday morning found lying unconscious at the bottom of his step. Dead is fifty-three-year-old Chandika Persaud, of West Indian Housing Scheme Bartica, Essequibo River. According to...

Implementing the ISO 50001 standard helps organisations manage their energy use

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Implementing the ISO 50001 standard helps organisations manage their energy use

STANDARDS IN FOCUS An energy management system helps organisations to better manage their energy use, and it has a significant impact on improving productivity. Usually, the establishment of an...

More economical buying consumer durables from large stores with better warranties than small stores with better prices

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on More economical buying consumer durables from large stores with better warranties than small stores with better prices

By Pat Dial As consumer advocates, the Guyana Consumers Association (GCA) receives two or three complaints per month from persons who had purchased consumer durables such as refrigerators, washing...

Bandits rob delivery man of motorcycle, cash and cell phones

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits rob delivery man of motorcycle, cash and cell phones

Bandits made off with a motorcycle and cell phones belonging to an Xpress Delivery Services employee after holding him at gunpoint last Friday. The incident took place at around 09:00 hrs on Congress...

36 police officers trained in licensing and certifying

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 36 police officers trained in licensing and certifying

– will fill void of retired ranks Thirty-six traffic ranks from the ten regions have completed a week long training session in Licensing and Certifying. Traffic Chief, Linden Isles who was one...

Two remanded for murder of construction worker

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two remanded for murder of construction worker

Body with plastic bag over head… Two men who allegedly dumped construction worker Andy Williams’ body in a trench after bludgeoning him with a hammer were remanded yesterday after appearing in...

Making a case for reparative justice

Jun 21, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Making a case for reparative justice

(A review of David Granger’s Crime without punishment. The Caribbean case for reparative justice.) David Granger’s Crime without punishment: the Caribbean case for reparative justice makes a...

Cancel Culture… America at the Tipping Point

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Cancel Culture… America at the Tipping Point

By Glenville Ashby, PhD “Regardless of whether it is a dictatorship or a democracy, any large-scale political unit is a complex system” that has “the tendency to move from stability to...

THE TWO SIDES OF AUDITING: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on THE TWO SIDES OF AUDITING: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

By John Seeram I am motivated to write this article since, over my years of practice, the view has been expressed that there is no need for internal auditors since the external auditors are more...

The Art of Conversational Hypnosis

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on The Art of Conversational Hypnosis

Book Review… Book: New Ways of Seeing Author: Mark Tyrrell Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Based on the defining work of Milton Erickson, author Mark Tyrrell offers effective behavioural tools to...

Interesting Creature… Buff-necked ibis

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creature… Buff-necked ibis

The buff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus), also known as the white-throated ibis, is a fairly large ibis found widely in open habitats of eastern and northern South America. It formerly included...

Coronavirus: The Tsunami that comes in waves

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: The Tsunami that comes in waves

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine This article was published a few weeks ago but it is important that persons are reminded at this time that we are still faced with the...

There is no Walter Rodney to save African dignity in 2020

Jun 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on There is no Walter Rodney to save African dignity in 2020

I find it extremely irritating that some dishonest human beings in this country can be so bestial in their opportunism to use the Black Lives Matter in the US movement in Guyana to mask their racist...

Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Gavinash Persaud

Jun 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our Frontline Worker of the Week is… Dr. Gavinash Persaud

By Sharmain Grainger There is always something especially intriguing about a man who wears his manhood with such precision that, by virtue of his presence, even problems are handled with ease or,...

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CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more