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Our world has lost a statesman

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our world has lost a statesman

– CARICOM Chair, Ralph Gonsalves on death of Owen Arthur Following the sudden death of former Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Seymour Arthur, tributes have poured in praising the man described as...

Auditor General still awaits Ocean View $1B hospital contract

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Auditor General still awaits Ocean View $1B hospital contract

Three weeks later… Almost three weeks after requesting from the Ministry of Public Health a copy of the $1B Ocean View COVID-19 Hospital contract, the Auditor –General (AG) is yet to receive...

Urgent matters will be heard – CCJ

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Urgent matters will be heard – CCJ

Despite proceeding on its two-month vacation in August, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has disclosed that matters considered urgent will be heard by the court. “Please be advised that term 3...

Troy Resources failed to report 12 cases of occupational diseases

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Troy Resources failed to report 12 cases of occupational diseases

Ministry’s Report reveals… A probe conducted by the Ministry of Social Protection had revealed that the Australian mining company Troy Resources Guyana Inc. (TRGI) failed to report twelve cases...

How the GECOM CEO unilaterally made votes appear and disappear

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on How the GECOM CEO unilaterally made votes appear and disappear

Lowenfield, The Conjurer: Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield may be remembered in history as “The Conjurer” for his act of conjuring thousands of ghost votes and...

Police probing bribery allegation against senior Berbice cop

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police probing bribery allegation against senior Berbice cop

– accused alleged visited home of complainant’s relatives, issued threats An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) is the latest police officer attached to the Guyana Police Force that has...

Juveniles among 13 accused of killing Sophia man

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Juveniles among 13 accused of killing Sophia man

Juveniles aged 13 and 14 are among a group of thirteen men accused of brutally murdering a B-Field Sophia man on March 21, 2020. According to information reaching Kaieteur News, Kevin Campbell,25,...

Suriname’s Ex-Finance Minister missing, believed to be hiding in Guyana

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suriname’s Ex-Finance Minister missing, believed to be hiding in Guyana

– believed to be hiding in Guyana The newly elected government of Suriname is searching for the former Finance Minister who is being investigated for alleged crimes against that country’s...

Dem FDI giving we mo F than DI

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem FDI giving we mo F than DI

Dem Boys Seh… Guyana gat some farrin firm wah plundering we resources. Dem gat all kind of fancy names some dat sound nice, except when deh start fuh layoff dem workers. We gat Bosai, Rusal,...

TELL ME LIES, TELL ME SWEET LITTLE LIES!

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TELL ME LIES, TELL ME SWEET LITTLE LIES!

This is worth a repeat… I have a girlfriend. She supports one of the country’s two main political parties. She is not a member or an activist; she simply votes for that party and supports its...

Suspected arson attack leaves Pomeroon couple homeless

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suspected arson attack leaves Pomeroon couple homeless

A dredge owner and his wife yesterday lost their two-storey wooden and concrete house to fire. In what is suspected to be arson, occurred between 07:00Hrs and 09:30Hrs at Grant Akawini, Lower...

Neighbours foil arson attempt on Guyana Human Rights Association building

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Neighbours foil arson attempt on Guyana Human Rights Association building

An arson attempt on the Guyana’s Human Rights Association (GHRA) building located at Hadfield and Austin Place was foiled by public-spirited neighbours. According to reports, the attempted arson...

The Theatre of Political Inclusion is no substitute for Democratic Elections

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Theatre of Political Inclusion is no substitute for Democratic Elections

The last five months have witnessed widespread calls for the APNU+AFC government to respect electoral democracy. The period has also seen calls – from the usual suspects – for a more inclusive...

Boss of Bushmaster Tours Guyana found dead

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Boss of Bushmaster Tours Guyana found dead

The managing director of Bushmaster Tours Guyana, Ian Craddock was yesterday found dead along a roadway behind Culvert City Lethem, Central Rupununi, Region Nine. Craddock’s body was discovered at...

Eccles family loses home to fire

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Eccles family loses home to fire

A family of six was yesterday forced to witness their Eccles East Bank, Demerara home destroyed by fire. The family’s two-storey concrete house that was being renovated for a new look went up in...

CSEC and CAPE sees impressive turnout in hinterland regions

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CSEC and CAPE sees impressive turnout in hinterland regions

– Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education (MOE), in a press release yesterday, indicated that the hinterland regions have been seeing “impressive” student turn outs at the current...

Drivers see conflict with CJIA over new ID badge requirement

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Drivers see conflict with CJIA over new ID badge requirement

A group of drivers are now in a clash with Cheddi Jagan International Airport officials over their new ID badge requirement. The drivers stated that while they are accustomed to being given a hard...

Guyana Senior Men’s team to compete in new 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup preliminary round

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana Senior Men’s team to compete in new 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup preliminary round

The Guyana Senior Men’s National Team will compete in a new preliminary round of the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup next July, under an expanded format which will effectively mark the Golden Jaguars’...

Cop jailed for giving conflicting evidence against Maryann Daby

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cop jailed for giving conflicting evidence against Maryann Daby

After months of being on trial for perverting the course of justice in an attempted murder case involving businesswoman Maryann Daby, police constable John Holder, 28, of North Road Bourda,...

GOG need to see sports as tool for Nat development – Says Nat Athletics Coach Wilson

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GOG need to see sports as tool for Nat development – Says Nat Athletics Coach Wilson

By Sean Devers National Athletics Coach Lyndon Wilson noted that several things must be done by Government and Corporate Guyana for Athletics here to improve. “The difference with Guyana and other...

Magistrate dismisses firearm, ammo charges against businesswoman

Jul 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Magistrate dismisses firearm, ammo charges against businesswoman

One year after businesswoman, Maryann Daby had an attempted murder case discharged against her, Senior Magistrate Leron Daly recently dismissed two other charges against the businesswoman. Daby was...

GABA partners with SRS for ‘Tricks for Kicks’ challenge

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABA partners with SRS for ‘Tricks for Kicks’ challenge

Strategic Recruitment Solutions Inc. and the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) announced yesterday the commencement of their first collaborative trick shot challenge of the year,...

Trotz, De Souza and rigging: The imprisoned Freudian mind

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Trotz, De Souza and rigging: The imprisoned Freudian mind

Two WPA personalities, who may or may not hold membership card to what was once Walter Rodney’s glorious organization, the WPA – Dr. Alissa Trotz and Karen de Souza, penned a long letter on...

We must stand up against wickedness and lawlessness

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must stand up against wickedness and lawlessness

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Public Service Union in a recent media release called for the General and Regional Elections of March 2, 2020 to be negated based on their observed irregularities. Perhaps the...

Legacies to be remembered for generations to come

Jul 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Legacies to be remembered for generations to come

DEAR EDITOR, US congressman John Lewis, the civil rights leader passed away on July 17, 2020. Mr. Lewis met Rosa Parks when he was 17, and Martin Luther King Jr. when he was 18. No doubt, these...

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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