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Despite developer’s refusal, Govt. issued him 30 acres of prime Ogle land

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Despite developer’s refusal, Govt. issued him 30 acres of prime Ogle land

– transaction Gazetted before notice of pay letter was received By Mikaila Prince Despite refusing an offer on three separate occasions, housing developer, Navigant Builders, was gifted 30...

Voter impersonation “just not possible” – Lowenfield in 2015

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Voter impersonation “just not possible” – Lowenfield in 2015

Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, shared the view in 2015 that electoral fraud by voter impersonation is “just not possible”. His comments were made as he sat beside then...

Winston Jordan leaves Guyana in US$1.3B debt for 2019

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Winston Jordan leaves Guyana in US$1.3B debt for 2019

According to the Ministry of Finance, Guyana ended 2019 with US$1.3B in external debt. While this is a considerable amount, the Ministry was keen to note in its End of Year Outcome Statement that the...

Bartica businessman is Guyana’s 14th COVID-19 fatality

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bartica businessman is Guyana’s 14th COVID-19 fatality

Abdool Khan, a 34 year old father of two, yesterday succumbed to COVID-19 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). This has brought the country’s total number of deaths to 14. The...

Lowenfield to face Court today for misconduct, fraud

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield to face Court today for misconduct, fraud

Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Keith Lowenfield is expected to face the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts today over fraud charges brought against him by members of...

Masked bandits invade home, shoot, rob businessman

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Masked bandits invade home, shoot, rob businessman

Four masked men entered the home of a businessman on Wednesday last and shot him once before escaping with an undisclosed sum of cash. The incident occurred at around 16:30hrs while the victim,...

Security guard fights gun-toting motorcycle bandit

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard fights gun-toting motorcycle bandit

A man on Wednesday valiantly fought off a gun-toting bandit before fleeing to safety. This publication understands that the man, a security guard, was on his way to work when the incident occurred....

Porter succumbs one day after being run over by tractor

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Porter succumbs one day after being run over by tractor

A 44-year-old porter of Moruca North West District (NWD) succumbed one day after he was reportedly run over by a tractor along the Botocari Trail, Mazaruni, Region Seven. The incident occurred on...

De Coal-ition got a big stinking scheme to hide

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De Coal-ition got a big stinking scheme to hide

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys hear with dem own ears wha de Rum-Juttan man tell he staff. He seh how a declaration gon be made soon and dat de Pee-Pee-Pee-Cee beat de Coal-ition by more than 15,000 votes....

Two deaths in three days

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Two deaths in three days

After one month in which there were no COVID-19 deaths, Guyana has registered two deaths in three days. This is a wake-up call that the worst is far from over. The deaths of a resident of Bartica and...

Ministry heartened by 95 percent overall turnout on day one

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry heartened by 95 percent overall turnout on day one

Sitting of 2020 NGSA… At the end of day one (Wednesday, July 1, 2020) of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), the overall attendance recorded was above 95 per cent and the same was...

Convict in Bartica/Lusignan massacres gets 13 more years for manslaughter

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Convict in Bartica/Lusignan massacres gets 13 more years for manslaughter

Michael ‘Capone’ Caesar, one of the men serving time for the Bartica and Lusignan massacres has been sentenced to serve an additional 13 years in prison for killing two other persons at Mon Repos...

GRA rolls out Duty-Free alcohol stamps

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GRA rolls out Duty-Free alcohol stamps

In its ongoing effort to bolster its anti-smuggling capabilities at the level of Customs and Enforcement, the Excise Stamp and Environmental Levy Unit of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has...

Mother of three hospitalized after being shot by ex-boyfriend

Jul 03, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mother of three hospitalized after being shot by ex-boyfriend

A mother of three children, ages 8, 6 and 3, of Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice is currently hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The woman was reportedly shot on...

GCB Assistant Secretary and Selector Anil Persaud passes on

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Assistant Secretary and Selector Anil Persaud passes on

The local cricket fraternity was left in a state of shock on Wednesday afternoon following the sudden demise of the Assistant Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anil Persaud. Persaud, who...

Dystopia, irrational or insanity: The disintegrating APNU+AFC

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dystopia, irrational or insanity: The disintegrating APNU+AFC

Three episodes have hit the society in which one is literally confused to laugh or be sad. This is human tragedy unfolding in Guyana that may have no parallel in the post-colonial Third World and in...

Countdown

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Countdown

Here we go again! Towards yet another counting exercise. Since that is all we are doing, we should be the national champion of counters, the world’s best, but even this at which we are experts, we...

Yhap eyeing senior Conquerors GK number one spot

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Yhap eyeing senior Conquerors GK number one spot

By Calvin Chapman Twenty-year-old shot-stopper Joel Yhap, who had a phenomenal 2019 season, is on a journey to become a regular fixture not only in Fruta Conquerors senior team but to represent the...

The GECOM CEO must be treated like any other staff and be determinate for bias

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GECOM CEO must be treated like any other staff and be determinate for bias

Dear Editor, It has been four months since Guyanese went to the polls and exercised their constitutional duty, in which the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has failed to declare the true winner...

We have lost two years of our lives and years of progress

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have lost two years of our lives and years of progress

Dear Editor, Since the passing of the no confidence motion over a year ago, the David Granger administration has made continuous efforts to twist and misinterpret the constitution for their political...

The GECOM Chair has an opportunity to rescue Guyana’s image and internal democracy

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GECOM Chair has an opportunity to rescue Guyana’s image and internal democracy

Dear Editor, In my recent studies of international relations, a country’s foreign affairs have become ‘domestically electoralized’ – meaning a country’s foreign or diplomatic or economic...

Mia Mottley gave CARICOM a prestige and a standing that it never had before

Jul 03, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mia Mottley gave CARICOM a prestige and a standing that it never had before

Dear Editor, CARICOM has a rotating chairmanship in which the Heads of State of each country has the opportunity to head the Regional Body for a six months period. For the last six months, that...

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Badminton Team enjoy decent success in Suriname

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Successful 8th Charity Event hosted by Inniss...

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A shameful abdication of leadership

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The PPPC government has reached a new low in its spineless defense of the lopsided Production... more