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Lowenfield released on $450,000 bail for fraud charges

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield released on $450,000 bail for fraud charges

Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, yesterday made his first court appearance to answer to three private criminal charges: fraud, misconduct in...

Bar Association urges all to stand against attacks on Appeal Court Justices

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bar Association urges all to stand against attacks on Appeal Court Justices

– says silence of political leadership disappointing, regrettable The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) is calling on all people to speak out against the recent attacks on...

Appeal amounts to an abuse of court’s process – GECOM Chair

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal amounts to an abuse of court’s process – GECOM Chair

Elections declarations case… Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh has called the latest appeal of the elections declarations case...

EPA needs to stop granting ExxonMobil permits in absence of critical info on flaring – Int’l Lawyer

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA needs to stop granting ExxonMobil permits in absence of critical info on flaring – Int’l Lawyer

International Lawyer, Melinda Janki has expressed alarm that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted two permits to American oil giant, ExxonMobil even though its Environmental Impact...

APNU+AFC supporters flout Covid-19 restrictions to cheer Lowenfield at court

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC supporters flout Covid-19 restrictions to cheer Lowenfield at court

“Release our Nelson Mandela, release our Nelson Mandela…valid votes only, he didn’t do anything wrong, release our Nelson Mandela, free Lowenfield, free Lowenfield, he didn’t do anything...

Middle Road residents live in fear of bicycle, motorcycle bandits

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Middle Road residents live in fear of bicycle, motorcycle bandits

By Shervin Belgrave Residents of Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown have secured themselves in the wake of increased attacks from armed robbers that prowl their neighbourhood on bicycles and...

Coalition plans Region 2 weekend outreach

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition plans Region 2 weekend outreach

– Regional Commander unaware of meetings While the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition has planned a packed itinerary of public meetings in Region Two...

How was the curfew for you?

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on How was the curfew for you?

The COVID-curfew has presented some difficulties for persons and families. A great many persons simply found it difficult to not go out at nights or be outdoors in the company of others. One person...

De green state tun de gas state

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De green state tun de gas state

Dem boys seh… De tropical storm Gonzalo decide fuh mek a right turn and stay far off de coast of Guyana. De situation so bleak that if Gonzalo bin pass over Guyana, it would have tun from a...

Mon Repos fire victims receive assistance

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mon Repos fire victims receive assistance

A family five whose home was destroyed by fire on Wednesday last at Mon Repos East Coast Demerara (ECD) is expressing gratitude for assistance received since the tragedy. Yesterday, they were visited...

SRDC condemns Region 9 REO for misinforming media and threats made to Toshaos.

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on SRDC condemns Region 9 REO for misinforming media and threats made to Toshaos.

The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) on Thursday condemned the actions of Region Nine’s Regional Executive Officer (REO) Carl Parker after he erroneously informed a media entity that a...

Guyana COVID-19 Death toll raises to 20

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana COVID-19 Death toll raises to 20

– One new case also recorded Guyana recorded its 20th COVID-19 death yesterday, with one additional case of infection being also recorded. During the Ministry of Public Health’s daily update...

LJP, ANUG tell Granger: Concede and then we’ll have talks

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on LJP, ANUG tell Granger: Concede and then we’ll have talks

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) and A New United Guyana (ANUG) yesterday told the incumbent President David Granger that he must first concede his loss to the March 2, General and Regional...

Caribbean Airlines applies to GCCA for flights to Ogle Airport

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Airlines applies to GCCA for flights to Ogle Airport

Reports from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have indicated that Caribbean Airlines has applied for a licence to facilitate flights to the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at Ogle....

Boxers finally return home after eventual frustrating stint in Cuba

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Boxers finally return home after eventual frustrating stint in Cuba

The four Olympic hopeful boxers, who journeyed to Cuba for a training stint and were stranded due to the coronavirus lockdown, returned home last evening. Colin Lewis, Desmond Amsterdam, Dennis...

Nineteen-year-old lures, rapes minor in Health Post

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nineteen-year-old lures, rapes minor in Health Post

A 19-year-old man has allegedly lured and raped a 13 year old student of Kako Village, Upper Mazaruni. It is understood that on Wednesday July 15, the victim and her sister went to the...

Police Commissioner should further investigations into threats against GECOM Chair-PSC

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police Commissioner should further investigations into threats against GECOM Chair-PSC

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling for the Commissioner of Police to probe investigations into the recent attacks on Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, Claudette Singh. As of...

Pope, Buttler help England recover against West Indies in decisive Test

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pope, Buttler help England recover against West Indies in decisive Test

SportsMax – Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler made unbeaten half-centuries to give England the edge on day one of the decisive third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford. The Windies reduced...

Open Letter from Guyanese Expat in the United States on Windies Cricket

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Letters, Sports Comments Off on Open Letter from Guyanese Expat in the United States on Windies Cricket

Letter to the Sports Editor Dear Sports Editor, My name is Winston Skerrett and I am expat living in the United States who is disheartened by the complete mismanagement of West Indies Cricket and the...

Nothing unusual…

Jul 25, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nothing unusual…

just a Pitbull minibus drinking water at the National Hardware turn, East Bank Demerara. (Gerard Khan photo)

Merriman Funeral Home Inc supports Wiltshire dominoes tourney

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Merriman Funeral Home Inc supports Wiltshire dominoes tourney

Merriman Funeral Home Inc, situated at Bent Street, Georgetown has supported the Mark Wiltshire and Colin Mc Ewan dominoes competition which is set to commence at 13:30hrs today at Turning Point....

Eusi Kwayana: Long journey back into Sydney King

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Eusi Kwayana: Long journey back into Sydney King

I write this assessment here with utter confusion in my mind. I honestly don’t know where to start. There are times when people you admire become so foolishly strange that you are trapped in...

‘I was tricked into becoming an Athletics Coach’ says Lyndon Wilson

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘I was tricked into becoming an Athletics Coach’ says Lyndon Wilson

By Sean Devers Fifty-one-year-old National Athletics and Police Progressive Youth Club Head Coach Sergeant Lyndon Wilson made his debut as a National Coach in the 1997 inter-Guiana Games held in...

GFF’s Forde not surprised with Walter Moore’s ambitious transition to coaching

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF’s Forde not surprised with Walter Moore’s ambitious transition to coaching

Citing that Walter ‘Boyd’ Moore is always an ambitious individual be it on or off the football field, President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde is not at all surprised that...

Guyana will not be held to ransom

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Guyana will not be held to ransom

Guyana will not be held to ransom by the APNU+AFC. The ruling Coalition will not succeed in trampling the democratic will of the people. The APNU+AFC has overstayed its welcome. The people of Guyana...

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Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

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