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Ghana sees success with Local Content Policy done by TT expert Guyana rejected

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ghana sees success with Local Content Policy done by TT expert Guyana rejected

– 86% of upstream jobs held by Ghanaian citizens By Kiana Wilburg As a result of utilizing experts like Trinidadian local content and energy strategist, Anthony Paul, the Government of Ghana is...

Shuman’s party requests removal of Lowenfield

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Shuman’s party requests removal of Lowenfield

– cites 12 reasons why in letter sent to GECOM Chair The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) has written to the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (Ret’d), Claudette Singh,...

Granger govt. appoints 44 members across five state boards after elections

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger govt. appoints 44 members across five state boards after elections

The Coalition, headed by President David Granger, has illegally appointed 44 members across five state boards, an order posted in the Official Gazette has disclosed. According to the order, which was...

Woman arrested after keeping friend’s baby four months

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman arrested after keeping friend’s baby four months

– was given child to take to the hospital Police have arrested a 50-year-old woman who failed to return her friend’s one-year-old baby girl after taking her to see a doctor. The woman,...

Immense potential for Guyana’s leaders to reconcile – British High Commissioner

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Immense potential for Guyana’s leaders to reconcile – British High Commissioner

British High Commissioner, Greg Quinn, sees immense potential for reconciliation amongst Guyana’s political leaders, following a very contentious, protracted electoral process. Along with...

Cops impound motorcycles despite documents presented

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops impound motorcycles despite documents presented

Traffic ranks attached to the Turkeyen Police Station yesterday impounded more than 30 motorcycles despite the owners presenting legal documents. The motorcyclists were intercepted by police between...

Santa Rosa starts 14-day lockdown from today

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Santa Rosa starts 14-day lockdown from today

The Toshao of Moruca has confirmed that the officials in that Region One (Barima-Waini) community have implemented a 14-day lockdown due to the high number of COVID-19 cases.x It is expected to...

1,750 vouchers distributed to COVID-19-hit families

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 1,750 vouchers distributed to COVID-19-hit families

– 5,101 hampers to be sent to hinterland The National COVID-19 Task Force Secretariat Operations Director, Mark Archer, during a virtual press conference yesterday pointed out that “on...

Mistake and beefsteak are different steaks

Jul 05, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Mistake and beefsteak are different steaks

Dem Boys Seh… De HAP-New+HAY-Eff-See nah good at Maths. De Lolo man tek it upon heself to invalidate 115,000 votes. If you don’t understand wha dat mean, it is simple. Is quarter of the people...

Dislodged:

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dislodged:

Around 22:00 hrs last evening, the driver of this trailer truck appeared to have mis-calculated the angle of this turn at the corner of Saffon and Broad Streets. It caused the container to dislodge...

Teams dispatched to mining areas to assess COVID-19 situation

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teams dispatched to mining areas to assess COVID-19 situation

A special team comprising personnel from the Public Health Ministry, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’...

CDC lends support to Santa Rosa ahead of lockdown

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC lends support to Santa Rosa ahead of lockdown

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Friday donated a large number of food hampers to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs to support relief efforts to the residents of Santa Rosa,...

Regulator gets tough on health certificates for imported food and drugs

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Regulator gets tough on health certificates for imported food and drugs

The Government Analyst Food & Drug Department (GA-FDD) says it is clamping down on importers to ensure that the origin of goods are verified to be safe before being cleared to enter. The...

Health Ministry continues support babies born with Microcephaly

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry continues support babies born with Microcephaly

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) this week gifted cash vouchers to 22 mothers with children born with microcephaly to help brace them during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Each mother received at...

COVID-19 screening points established at Sherima Crossing

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 screening points established at Sherima Crossing

– Region 7 gets tough as partial lockdown implemented in Upper Mazaruni Persons utilizing the Sherima Ferry Crossing in Region Seven will now be required to undergo rigorous screening at the...

Cops to restrict movement of container trucks, motor lorries on main roadways

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops to restrict movement of container trucks, motor lorries on main roadways

The Guyana Police Force will soon roll out a new strategy, which will restrict drivers of motor lorries and container trucks from using roadways in Georgetown, East Bank Demerara, East Coast...

STANDARDISATION AT THE LEVEL OF THE CARICOM REGION

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on STANDARDISATION AT THE LEVEL OF THE CARICOM REGION

Guyana joins other CARICOM Member states to observe CARICOM Day as a national holiday tomorrow, July 06. Developing, promoting, and implementing standards are crucial to member states, individually...

CARICOM AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Jul 05, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on CARICOM AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

CONSUMER CONCERNS By Pat Dial Tomorrow, Monday, July 6, CARICOM Day will be celebrated throughout the Caribbean Community to mark the coming into being of CARICOM. The Caribbean Community and Common...

Get on with it, get it done

Jul 05, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Get on with it, get it done

The words were carefully chosen for the messages that they sent to Guyanese leaders, meaning exclusively those of the coalition, and they could not have been sharper and clearer. Whether from the...

The price of political violence can become a prison for future generations

Jul 05, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The price of political violence can become a prison for future generations

(A Review of David Granger’s Five-thousand Day war: the struggle for Haiti’s Independence, 1798 – 1804. ISBN 976-8178-12.) David Granger’s Five-Thousand Day War: The Struggle for...

Coronavirus: Life in the ER is getting tougher; help us to help you

Jul 05, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Life in the ER is getting tougher; help us to help you

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine “Doc its becoming very difficult for us”. Those were the words of a member of my team earlier this week while taking care of patients...

The Philosophy of Poetry

Jul 05, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on The Philosophy of Poetry

Book Review… Book: Everything is Necessary Author: Keisha-Gaye Anderson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Life is unforgiving, even brutal. Oftentimes, we stumble through this journey, victimized by a...

Caribbean Public Health Day: In a time of COVID-19

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Public Health Day: In a time of COVID-19

Over the years, the Caribbean region has faced a series of public health challenges. The persistence of diseases such as dengue, and the emergence of new ones the likes of COVID-19, the novel...

Old Age Pension distribution to commence on Tuesday

Jul 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Old Age Pension distribution to commence on Tuesday

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has announced that due to CARICOM Day tomorrow, a national holiday, the payment of Old Age Pensions will commence on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at post offices...

Tupinambis

Jul 05, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Tupinambis

Interesting Creatures… Tupinambis is a lizard genus which belongs to the family Teiidae and contains eight described species. These large lizards are commonly referred to as tegus (teiús in...

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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