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10% hike in rates and taxes – Mayor says order was Gazetted late

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 10% hike in rates and taxes – Mayor says order was Gazetted late

Many persons were shocked after a Gazetted order was published on June 27 informing that residential and commercial property rates in Georgetown have been increased by 10%. It was even more alarming...

Confirmed COVID-19 cases now at 245

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Confirmed COVID-19 cases now at 245

Ten new Covid-19 cases were confirmed yesterday bringing the country’s total to 245. Over the last week, Guyana has seen a huge increase in the number of confirmed cases of the disease, primarily...

Rock crushes miner at Puruni

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rock crushes miner at Puruni

A Brazilian miner was crushed by a large rock Monday around 21:00hrs at a backdam in Puruni Mazaruni River, Region Seven. The deceased has been identified as José Cicero, 55, an employee of Hard...

Three other charges for driver in Enmore hit-and run

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three other charges for driver in Enmore hit-and run

– released on $575,000 bail Alleged hit-and-run driver Stephen Pierre was yesterday granted bail on four charges related to the death of 16-year-old Sheldon Major and injury to 14-year-old...

Probation Dept. increases telephone support during COVID-19

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Probation Dept. increases telephone support during COVID-19

The Probation and Social Services Department within the Ministry of Social Protection has increased accessibility to its offices countrywide. This, according to a statement issued by the Ministry has...

Right back in the lap of GECOM

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Right back in the lap of GECOM

We are hopeful in our anticipation that the elections answers and guidance looked for from the CCJ would be forthcoming by the end of this week. And if and when that happens, then everything lands...

Guyana gets ‘pre-fab’ housing units to aid COVID-19 fight

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana gets ‘pre-fab’ housing units to aid COVID-19 fight

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has been helping Guyana with its fight against the dreaded COVID-19 disease. In this regard, Guyana was recently the recipient of a donation of...

WMMZ CC saddened at the passing of former Captain James Chandler

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on WMMZ CC saddened at the passing of former Captain James Chandler

Past and present members of the West Meten-Meer-Zorg Cricket Club (WMMZCC) of the West Coast Demerara is saddened at the passing of their former club Captain James Chandler, who passed away on Sunday...

Strategic collaboration helping Region 10 to contain COVID-19 spread – RHEC

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Strategic collaboration helping Region 10 to contain COVID-19 spread – RHEC

From all indications Region 10 has been doing an outstanding job to contain the spread of COVID-19. This, the Regional Health and Emergency Committee (RHEC), had attributed to health workers and...

Man killed by ex son-in-law in scuffle over grandson

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man killed by ex son-in-law in scuffle over grandson

The death of a 54-year-old man of Lot 6 Riverview, Ruimveldt, Georgetown is now being treated as a homicide after he succumbed to head injuries sustained in an alleged scuffle with his former...

Wiggins move to Lamar College

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wiggins move to Lamar College

Nineteen-year-old forward, Kevon Wiggins, who was part of Guyana’s history making men’s basketball team that won the 592’s first Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) senior championship in...

The origin and failure of Granger’s Burnhamite dream

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The origin and failure of Granger’s Burnhamite dream

One of the persons with extensive involvement in trying to shape the election outcome for the eternal rule of the PNC is Vincent Alexander. Alexander is the permanent chairman of the Forbes Burnham...

Vishaul Singh aims for Windies recall Feels CWI could take lots of positives from England tour

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Vishaul Singh aims for Windies recall Feels CWI could take lots of positives from England tour

By Sean Devers Thirty-one-year-old Guyana and West Indies left-hander Vishaul Anthony Singh is a solid and responsible middle order batsman whose biggest asset is his temperament. Vishaul is 5ft...

Pre Caricom day dominoes tourney set for Sunday

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pre Caricom day dominoes tourney set for Sunday

Domino is set to resume on Sunday as organiser Mark Wiltshire will be staging the Pre Caricom Day competition at R and R Sports Club, 76 Meadow Brook Gardens. The competition is set to commence at...

Contact tracing among critical measures to relaxing COVID-19 restrictions

Jul 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Contact tracing among critical measures to relaxing COVID-19 restrictions

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, has made it clear that countries planning to relax public health measures must take a phased approach based on...

What has the GECOM Chair remained silent on the actions of the CEO?

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What has the GECOM Chair remained silent on the actions of the CEO?

Dear Editor As the Guyanese people lay mortally wounded, gasping for breath, the APNU+AFC continues to adamantly refuse to remove its knee from their throats but keeps on accelerating the pressure....

I invite President Granger to turn to God for wisdom on the way forward

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I invite President Granger to turn to God for wisdom on the way forward

Dear Editor, As youths in Perth Village, Mahaicony, we were taught at school that before crossing the road, we were supposed to look right, look left, look right again and if the road is clear, then...

Granger continues to conveniently complicate simple processes for his own purposes

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger continues to conveniently complicate simple processes for his own purposes

Dear Editor, President David Granger in his interview with Mark Benschop on Sunday night has succeeded in plunging a tortured nation into further bewilderment and anguish. After his usual...

Granger deliberately ignored the key findings of the CARICOM Report

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger deliberately ignored the key findings of the CARICOM Report

Dear Editor, David Granger, still our country’s serving President, finally came out from behind the shadows on a staged Benschop Radio interview to commit himself and his governing party to...

Golding, Gonsalves and Mottley have meddled in our internal affairs

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Golding, Gonsalves and Mottley have meddled in our internal affairs

Dear Editor, An almost unbelievable feature of human experience is the failure by intelligent leaders to understand their own history. This lack of knowledge and inability to make appropriate...

There is no benefit for David Granger in his refusal to concede

Jul 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on There is no benefit for David Granger in his refusal to concede

Dear Editor, Guyana is a democratic state that is struggling to stave off an attempt to establish an authoritarian state. The incumbent President is Brigadier David Granger (retd) who leads a...

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…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more