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Govt. fails to act on recommended charges against Troy Resources

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. fails to act on recommended charges against Troy Resources

Eight months later… The Ministry of Social Protection is yet to act on the charges, which it recommended against Troy Resources Guyana Inc. (TRGI) some eight months ago. The recommended charges...

Surviving COVID-19 could mean a life-time of complications

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Surviving COVID-19 could mean a life-time of complications

– Emergency Medicine Specialist warns – stresses need to embrace preventative measures There have been many reports of COVID-19 recoveries, a development that many have lauded. But based on...

Malaysia’s Ex-leader sentenced to 12 years for corruption

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Malaysia’s Ex-leader sentenced to 12 years for corruption

– fined US$49 million (South China Morning Post) – A Malaysian court on Tuesday sentenced former prime minister Najib Razak to 12 years in jail and fined him 210 million ringgit (US$49.3...

‘Smoke and Mirrors’…How APNU+AFC failed to fool the international community

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Smoke and Mirrors’…How APNU+AFC failed to fool the international community

By Kemol King A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has lost its bid for re-election in the March 2 General and Regional Elections. This began to make itself evident very...

Evidence debunks APNU+AFC’s claim that elections cases not related

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Evidence debunks APNU+AFC’s claim that elections cases not related

The APNU+AFC continues to push the narrative that the legal battles brought by Ulita Moore and Eslyn David are not connected. However, evidence proves that the cases are similar. Coalition members...

Man, 74, dies trying to enjoy pension money he just collected

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man, 74, dies trying to enjoy pension money he just collected

Morris Edwards called Budd, 74, of Lower Pomeroon is believed to have drowned while returning home to enjoy the pension he had just collected. Edwards’ body was discovered yesterday by a Pomeroon...

T&T says one of three imported COVID-19 cases came from Guyana

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on T&T says one of three imported COVID-19 cases came from Guyana

Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Health announced yesterday three new imported cases of the novel Coronavirus Dr. Erica Wheeler, country representative for the World Health Organization, had...

Coalition flouting COVID-19 restrictions

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition flouting COVID-19 restrictions

Despite COVID-19 orders which prohibit gathering in public spaces, executives and supporters of the ruling coalition, the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), yesterday...

Nation bids farewell to veteran trade unionist, Komal Chand

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nation bids farewell to veteran trade unionist, Komal Chand

By Shervin Belgrave Scores of persons turned up yesterday at the home of a veteran trade unionist and Member of Parliament, the late Komal Chand, to pay their last respects and bid him farewell....

Guyanese must call on oil companies to dedicate portion of CSR budget towards climate change efforts – CGX Head

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese must call on oil companies to dedicate portion of CSR budget towards climate change efforts – CGX Head

Since the discovery of oil equivalent resources in the Stabroek Block five years ago, oil and gas companies have been gripped by a renewed sense of desire to execute aggressive exploration...

Hammie mouth do mo dan slip

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Hammie mouth do mo dan slip

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys bin jump but nah bin surprise when Hammie open he mouth the other day. He bin tell the de facto Presithent dat he should nah bother with the Constitution and the law and...

The cruel and cold-hearted electoral bandits

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The cruel and cold-hearted electoral bandits

Those who are complicit or engaged in defending the rigging of the elections of 2nd March, 2020 do not deserve any respect. Their actions are contemptuous of all Guyanese, regardless of who they...

How our leaders let foreigners rape us

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on How our leaders let foreigners rape us

Guyanese, We, the owners of this country, can barely secure small concessions for our oil, gold, diamond, bauxite and other precious minerals and for logging. Yet, our leaders share out huge swathes...

No political motive behind Anna Catherina’s beating – Police

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No political motive behind Anna Catherina’s beating – Police

Although investigations into the beating of a woman at Anna Catherina are not yet completed, police sources believe that there is no political or racial motive behind the attack. The woman,...

The Last Plantation

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Last Plantation

It is not without irony that the logo of Troy Resources, one of the major companies exploiting our gold is, well, the Trojan Horse. Stripped of its heroic dimensions, the story of the conquering of...

Aurora Mines paid terminated workers less than estimated

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora Mines paid terminated workers less than estimated

– despite gold production up in second quarter As world prices venture beyond US$1,950 yesterday, Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc., which operates the Aurora Mines in Region Seven, is...

LIAT yet to update GCAA on status of Guyana operations

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on LIAT yet to update GCAA on status of Guyana operations

Officials at the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have indicated that they have no knowledge of LIAT’s operational status here in Guyana. In this regard, Director General, Egbert Field, told...

Guyana records seven new COVID-19 cases

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records seven new COVID-19 cases

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday announced seven new cases of COVID-19. This has brought the total number of confirmed cases in Guyana to 396. In the Ministry’s daily update, Chief Medical...

Senior Berbice cop accused of accepting bribe under close arrest

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Senior Berbice cop accused of accepting bribe under close arrest

As the investigation continues into the allegations that a senior Berbice police officer accepted a $100,000 bribe from a West Coast Berbice man to settle a matter, an Assistant Superintendent of...

No signs yet of Suriname’s ex-Finance Minister

Jul 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No signs yet of Suriname’s ex-Finance Minister

As Guyana authorities remain mum, Suriname is still seeking its former Finance Minister, Gillmore Hoefdraad, for questioning into alleged irregularities at that country’s Central Bank. Yesterday,...

JHI associates continues as official sponsor of the Guyana Amazon Warriors

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on JHI associates continues as official sponsor of the Guyana Amazon Warriors

TORONTO – JHI Associates Inc. (“JHI”) is pleased to enter its second season as an Official Sponsor of the Guyana Amazon Warriors. The Warriors will represent Guyana in the Hero Caribbean...

2020 Virtual Referees Assistance Programme (RAP) deemed a success

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 2020 Virtual Referees Assistance Programme (RAP) deemed a success

“The thought of RAP 2020 on an online platform for the first time because of the COVID 19 got me excited and I wasn’t disappointed… I’m now in a better position theoretically to make the...

Owen Arthur, a hero in African civilization, a Guyanese hero

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Owen Arthur, a hero in African civilization, a Guyanese hero

I will always remember one incident about Walter Rodney in the countless courageous situations of liberation he was involved in – the trial of Arnold Rampersaud. Rampersaud was charged for...

Windies surrender Wisden with heavy defeat

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies surrender Wisden with heavy defeat

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Another stunning batting collapse sent West Indies to their heaviest-ever Test defeat at Old Trafford in terms of runs as they conceded the three-match series, 2-1, to...

South Rupununi Development Council account of events was incomplete

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on South Rupununi Development Council account of events was incomplete

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to an article in your paper entitled “SRDC condemns Region 9 REO for misinforming media and threats made to Toshaos” (KN Jul 25, 2020). To begin with, I...

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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