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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...

KK Persaud Memorial dominoes set for August 9 at Tuschen

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on KK Persaud Memorial dominoes set for August 9 at Tuschen

The inaugural Karan Kumar Persaud memorial dominoes competition has been set for August 9 at Devin/Chagel sports bar, Play Field Street, Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo. The competition...

Region 10 ups traffic clampdown

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 ups traffic clampdown

– 40% decrease in serious accidents recorded for first half Region Ten’s Traffic Department has introduced several measures to ensure full compliance from road users. The department also...

Trini suspect held in connection with 2017 murder of Guyanese national

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trini suspect held in connection with 2017 murder of Guyanese national

A Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago man has been held for the murder of Guyanese national Meshach Yoel Mentore, also known as Joel. According to a Loop TT news report, Mentore, 29, was killed on...

South Africa could play series in B’dos just after CPL

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on South Africa could play series in B’dos just after CPL

South Africa could tour the West Indies for a bilateral series for the first time since they won the Sir Vivian Richards Trophy 2-0 in the Three-Test series in 2010. These revelations were broken by...

Homeless man found dead under market stall

Jul 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Homeless man found dead under market stall

The body of Víctor Persaud, a male of East Indian descent, was yesterday morning found at the Mon Repos Market, East Coast Demerara (ECD). According to police reports, the man is between the ages of...

Olympics Athletics Coach Lyndon Wilson loves cricket more than Athletics (Part 1)

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Olympics Athletics Coach Lyndon Wilson loves cricket more than Athletics (Part 1)

By Sean Devers “Cricket is my number one sport. If there is cricket on TV on one Channel and Athletics on another, you bet I would be watching cricket,” these were words of fifty-one-year-old...

Top local performers recognised in observance of International Boxing Day

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top local performers recognised in observance of International Boxing Day

As part its International Boxing Day celebrations held yesterday (July 22) the International Boxing Association (AIBA) had requested that every national boxing federation select and nominate...

“The Lone Ranger” starring Lo Lo and directed by Raphael Trotman

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “The Lone Ranger” starring Lo Lo and directed by Raphael Trotman

I received an email from a well known diaspora Guyanese in which I was asked to publish an opinion as to whether the new government should not take a relook into serious past accusations made against...

FIBA lifts suspensions on all competition after 5 months

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIBA lifts suspensions on all competition after 5 months

Following the report of the last meeting of the FIBA Medical Advisory Group (MAG), FIBA has decided to lift the suspension of all FIBA competitions that have been in place since March 13, 2020. The...

Guyana must again hang its head in infamy

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana must again hang its head in infamy

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana must again hang its head in infamy and its citizens live with humiliation. Our country most certainly has entered record books as we now have the longest ever election process in...

Principles are principles and they ought to remain sacrosanct

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Principles are principles and they ought to remain sacrosanct

DEAR EDITOR, I have concluded that the GPSU must have observed a different election from everyone else for it to reach the conclusions it recently disclosed. According to what I saw in the media, the...

Timely Old Truths

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Timely Old Truths

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me to share some old lessons on lying as taught by my long deceased parents. My mother Linda said: “a liar must have a good memory”. It therefore follows that we must...

Coalition brings further embarrassment to all Guyana

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Coalition brings further embarrassment to all Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, The FITUG, like many Guyanese, paid close attention to the Organisation of American States (OAS) Permanent Council meeting on July 21, 2020 which addressed the prevailing situation in...

Undue applause, but when the cheering is over

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Undue applause, but when the cheering is over

DEAR EDITOR, As much as there is disagreement with positions taken, and there is loathing the ways things were gone about, some recognition is due for supporters for their party’s cause, even ones...

PNC attention seeking

Jul 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on PNC attention seeking

DEAR EDITOR, The PNC led APNU+AFC have behavioural problems. They misbehave pretending that they have power. The PNC led APNU+AFC do not have power over the majority of Guyanese but only on their...

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