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Don’t aid and abet elections fraud – GECOM Chair pleads with Appeal Court

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t aid and abet elections fraud – GECOM Chair pleads with Appeal Court

Decision due on Thursday… Attorneys arguing against the appeal filed by A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance For Change, (APNU+AFC) Counting Agent, Misenga Jones to block the final...

Mixed responses from Govt. officials on visa revocation

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mixed responses from Govt. officials on visa revocation

A week after the United States government had announced sanctions in the form of visa revocation on “individuals responsible and complicit in undermining democracy in Guyana,” officials from the...

All parties must respect elections outcome – India

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on All parties must respect elections outcome – India

The Republic of India, the largest democracy in the world, has called on all parties in Guyana to accept the outcome of Guyana’s Election. This was said recently by the spokesperson for...

Army had spent almost $700M for four planes; only two operating

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Army had spent almost $700M for four planes; only two operating

– only two operating In 2018, just about three years after it entered office, the Coalition Government moved to buy four planes for the army- the smaller Islanders and two Skyvans. The latter...

All projected parliamentary parties reject talks with Granger coalition

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on All projected parliamentary parties reject talks with Granger coalition

All of the other parties projected to win seats in the National Assembly besides APNU+AFC, have rejected calls for dialogue from the David Granger-led coalition. APNU+AFC’s position had been widely...

Guyana already in a dictatorship – Paul Tennassee

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana already in a dictatorship – Paul Tennassee

Former Guyanese politician, Paul Nehru Tennassee said that Guyana is already in a dictatorship, and that if President David Granger refuses to accept a declaration of the results of the national vote...

Guyana requires additional 460,000 acres of mangroves to offset emissions from ExxonMobil’s flaring-conservationist

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana requires additional 460,000 acres of mangroves to offset emissions from ExxonMobil’s flaring-conservationist

Today, Guyana joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems. Instead of the occasion serving to evoke feelings of immense pride for...

Egg-ball gun abandon Moses

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Egg-ball gun abandon Moses

Dem Boys Seh… De talk all week was about de media man who visa get tek away. He start lashing out at everybody. De Americans mek he a real PRO- not a Public Relations Officer – but a Professional...

The days of dictatorship are over

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The days of dictatorship are over

There is growing apprehension that the APNU+AFC is taking Guyana down the path of dictatorship. This fear is predicated on the belief that the APNU+AFC will not relinquish power and therefore will...

Seventeen cops under close arrest for allegedly shooting two unarmed men

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Seventeen cops under close arrest for allegedly shooting two unarmed men

Almost dozen and a half policemen are now under close arrest after they were accused of shooting at four unarmed men yesterday on D’Urban Street and Mandela Avenue. Two of the men were hit while...

Venezulan migrant dies while in search of a better life

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezulan migrant dies while in search of a better life

By Shivanie Rampersaud Every mother has a child who is considered her “pet” or the favourite one, and as the saying goes a mother’s best friend is always her son. Twenty-four-year old Mahendra...

Family of latest COVID-19 victim demands answer

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Family of latest COVID-19 victim demands answer

Relatives of Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality, Roger Martindale, 56, of 9th Street Bartica, are now demanding answers from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) regarding the circumstances. They...

More ‘run around’ to recover bail money

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on More ‘run around’ to recover bail money

– police says Govt. system to blame Renrick Ramgobin of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is beginning to realize that the ‘run around’ to recover his bail money might cost him more...

8 new Covid-19 cases recorded

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 8 new Covid-19 cases recorded

Guyana has been seeing a steady increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. Yesterday, the Ministry of Public Health confirmed another eight positive cases bringing the country’s total...

Man wanted for rape nabbed with illegal firearm

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man wanted for rape nabbed with illegal firearm

An alleged rapist wanted by the police was yesterday nabbed with an illegal firearm and a quantity of ammunitions at Apaiqua Landing, Upper Mazaruni River, Region Seven. The suspect, identified as a...

Whither Guyana?

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Whither Guyana?

Fraudulent elections – an infamous bragging right of Guyana. Just when we thought that rigging of Guyana’s elections were dead and buried with Burnham and Hoyte, the Granger-led PNC has...

NATIONAL STANDARD AVAILABLE FOR THE LABELLING OF BIODEGRADABLE FOOD CONTAINERS

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on NATIONAL STANDARD AVAILABLE FOR THE LABELLING OF BIODEGRADABLE FOOD CONTAINERS

STANDARDS IN FOCUS In today’s fast pace environment, many businesses especially those that supply food and food products, package their products to go in containers made of a variety of materials...

Komal Chand remains wife return home after stuck 5 months in Cuba

Jul 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Komal Chand remains wife return home after stuck 5 months in Cuba

The body of the late trade unionist, Komal Chand, arrived on Friday evening at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Cuba. Chand died in April while receiving...

Vinegar and Its Culinary, Medicinal, and Cleaning Uses

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Vinegar and Its Culinary, Medicinal, and Cleaning Uses

CONSUMER CONCERNS By Pat Dial Vinegar is one of the substances, from ancient times, which has been used worldwide. It was known among the Babylonians, ancient Indians, Hebrews, Egyptians, Greeks and...

A model for teaching African-Guyanese history in the country’s school system

Jul 26, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A model for teaching African-Guyanese history in the country’s school system

(A review of David Granger’s and Barrington Braithwaite’s The Era of Enslavement, 1638-1838. ISBN 978-976-8178-25-1.) The Era of Enslavement, 1638-1838 by David Granger and Barrington Braithwaite...

Book review… A life that shone bright!

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book review… A life that shone bright!

Book: Theodore Thomson Flynn – Not Just Errol’s Father Authors: Tony and Vicki Harrison Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Scientist Theodore Thomson Flynn might have been dwarfed by Errol, his...

Agami heron (Agamia agami)

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Agami heron (Agamia agami)

Interesting Creature… The agami heron (Agamia agami) is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeding bird from Central America south to Peru and Brazil. It is sometimes known as the...

It is a Stalemate: The leaders must begin to talk

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on It is a Stalemate: The leaders must begin to talk

It is almost five months since the March 2 elections and to my mind we have entered the zone of a stalemate. When a situation gets to that point, it is time for the major stakeholders to act in the...

Coronavirus: Survivors are left with devastating complications

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Survivors are left with devastating complications

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc; we are now close to 16 million cases with over 600,000 deaths worldwide. The death rates...

The story of two doctors in love, and the challenges they face

Jul 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on The story of two doctors in love, and the challenges they face

From Cuba to Guyana with Love…. “I live and I breathe medicine; I have all the necessary qualifications, and I sent out all the relevant documents to the Ministry of Health, but still...

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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