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Lowenfield served with court notice of fraud charges

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield served with court notice of fraud charges

The Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield was moments ago served with court notice of his charge after evading Court Marshals for over three weeks. Opposition People’s Progressive Party...

Opposition Commissioners condemn attacks on GECOM Chair

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition Commissioners condemn attacks on GECOM Chair

Opposition Commissioners jointly condemned the “scurrilous” attacks on the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh. Since the Chair announced a...

Jagdeo will fiercely resist any attempt by APNU+AFC to stage a coup

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo will fiercely resist any attempt by APNU+AFC to stage a coup

Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo today sent a strong message to the A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition that he will fiercely resist any attempt to hatch to hold onto...

Granger will not accept recount figures

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger will not accept recount figures

– Latest coalition statement signals departure from prior commitments By Shikema Dey A statement issued by the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition...

Karen Cummings sends false report on CCJ Judgment to OAS

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Karen Cummings sends false report on CCJ Judgment to OAS

In a letter to the Chair of the Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council, Luis Cordero, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karen Cummings sought to falsely represent the judgment...

Gov’t legitimacy rests on declaration of recount results – EU

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t legitimacy rests on declaration of recount results – EU

The 27-nation European Union (EU) yesterday issued a strong statement, warning that a legitimate Government can only be sworn in on the basis of a declaration of the credible results of the recount,...

It is the responsibility of OAS to protect democracy – Venezuela Ambassador to the OAS

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on It is the responsibility of OAS to protect democracy – Venezuela Ambassador to the OAS

By Kemol King Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the OAS, Gustavo Tarre Briceño, has commended the Organisation of American States (OAS) for the stance it has taken on the electoral situation...

Exxon’s reports to EPA silent on toxic effects of flaring

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Exxon’s reports to EPA silent on toxic effects of flaring

For every oil development project in the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil is required to submit a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This document...

AG to join appellant in matter – Lowenfield withdraws from active participation

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AG to join appellant in matter – Lowenfield withdraws from active participation

Elections declarations case set for Saturday… Although he is listed as a respondent, Attorney General, (AG) Basil Williams S.C, has indicated an intention to join appellant, Misenga Jones in the...

Three dead in separate road accidents

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three dead in separate road accidents

Three persons are now dead following separate road accidents that occurred on the East Coast and East Bank public roads within the last five days. The most recent fatality is that of a pedal cyclist...

E’bo man charged for setting fire to CID office, army building

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo man charged for setting fire to CID office, army building

Mere five days after his mother was charged with killing a taxi driver, Keyon Davis, 24, an excavator operator of Hibernia, Essequibo Coast was dragged to court. Yesterday, he was read charges -two...

Nah name yuh child after de Rigadier

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Nah name yuh child after de Rigadier

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys rememba dat long ago when yuh get you fuss picknee, you does wan open de sacred book fuh find name. Nuff parents find name fuh dem children in de Bible. But nowadays, yuh gat...

Osaze and the plight of working class activists

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Osaze and the plight of working class activists

Osaze, who died recently, was a militant working class activist of the Working People’s Alliance. He was also known in cultural circles as an artist and an exponent of African drumming. Some...

Mon Repos fire:

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos fire:

A home at 4th Street, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, went up in flames last evening. Fortunately, no one was hurt. (More details in tomorrow’s edition of Kaieteur News)

COVID-19 forces Lands and Surveys to introduce LiveChat

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 forces Lands and Surveys to introduce LiveChat

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) has introduced a new communication feature in its services to allow customers easier access to information and services provided by the commission in...

Security guard loses home to fire

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard loses home to fire

Iyana Thompson, a security guard attached the Professional Guards Service (PGS), held her two children tightly as she witnessed her home being destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire consumed...

Over 1,000 students benefit from educational packages in Region 1

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 1,000 students benefit from educational packages in Region 1

Over 1,000 students in the Mabaruma and Matarkai, Region One, became beneficiaries of educational packages prepared by the region’s Department of Education (DOE) in collaboration with Guyana Aid...

Guyana bracing for thunderstorms

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana bracing for thunderstorms

The Ministry of Agriculture’s Hydrometeorological Department yesterday warned residents to prepare for thunderstorms, especially over the northern areas. This is as a result of Tropical Storm...

Mazaruni inmate busted with marijuana in bucket

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mazaruni inmate busted with marijuana in bucket

A convicted prisoner is currently being processed for court after he caught with more than a kilo of suspected marijuana in the Mazaruni Prison compound, Region 7. Police said that inmate was...

COVID-19 tally now 350 as 11 more test positive

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 tally now 350 as 11 more test positive

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday reported that the number of confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus continues to climb rapidly, with 11 new cases recorded. This brings the country’s...

Cops seize shotguns, arrest two farmers with ganja

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops seize shotguns, arrest two farmers with ganja

Police yesterday busted two farmers with ganja plants and three unlicensed shotguns at Moco Moco Village, Central Rupununi, Region Nine. Ranks reported that they found a 23-year-old farmer with 341...

Autopsy report reveals miner sustained head, neck injuries

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Autopsy report reveals miner sustained head, neck injuries

Decomposed body in well… An autopsy report has revealed that a miner, whose partially decomposed body was found in a well at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni, Region Seven, had sustained head and neck...

Probe launched into alleged arson attempt on Suriname Embassy

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Probe launched into alleged arson attempt on Suriname Embassy

Detectives at the Major Crimes Investigation Unit at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Police Headquarters have launched an investigation into an alleged arson attack on the Suriname...

Democracy or the Abyss

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Democracy or the Abyss

This week, with an election looming ahead, protestors in a certain country were picked up and loaded into vans by secretive agents of the state. The country’s leader, a brash man fond of the pomp...

Beloved Jamaican Singer, Dobby Dobson, Dies At 78

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Beloved Jamaican Singer, Dobby Dobson, Dies At 78

Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner)- One of Jamaica’s most beloved singers, Dobby Dobson, has died at the age of 78. Dobson passed away at 4:30 p.m on Tuesday at a hospital in Florida. Tommy Cowan of...

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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