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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...

The ‘Wake up, Guyana’ message needs a more prominent place

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The ‘Wake up, Guyana’ message needs a more prominent place

Dear Editor, Your article today, “Wake up, Guyana”, was perfect. It was to the absolute point. You make me very proud. However, over the years, the look and feel of your front page has...

Senior citizen feels powerless dealing with Guyana Power and Light

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Senior citizen feels powerless dealing with Guyana Power and Light

Dear Editor, Awakened at 07:30 hours by the familiar hum of a Sophia generator which signals one of GPL’s indifferent power outages in Prashad Nagar, (and wherever else?). Earlier the same week,...

Like Mystic says, we need to ‘Live like we live at cricket’

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Like Mystic says, we need to ‘Live like we live at cricket’

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me a place in your newspaper to shed some light on the racism issues affecting our country, especially in this tense election period. “Live life like we at the...

Nagamatoo’s ‘olive branch’ is laced with desperation

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Nagamatoo’s ‘olive branch’ is laced with desperation

Dear Editor, I do not usually bother to read anything that Moses Nagamootoo writes. I do not think anybody does, but l decided for a lark to see what he was up to in his July 26 “My Turn” column....

Guyanese political leadership is vile and reprehensible

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese political leadership is vile and reprehensible

Dear Editor, I seek the courtesy of sharing a few thoughts with those still interested in Guyana. Though said differently, in the fullness of its sum, it is the unimaginable unmentionable pathos of...

We owe a Debt of Gratitude to Owen Arthur

Jul 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We owe a Debt of Gratitude to Owen Arthur

Dear Editor, In Owen Arthur’s death, Guyana has lost a champion of free and fair elections and an avid fan and promoter of Guyanese cuisine. In Arthur, I never saw such a person stand up so...

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,...

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