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Equipping US$8M Ocean View hospital would cost ‘three times’ more

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Equipping US$8M Ocean View hospital would cost ‘three times’ more

– Patients being transferred to facility without critical equipment and staff in place By Shikema Dey It would cost the APNU+AFC government “three times” the whopping $1.6 billion...

One of two unarmed men shot by police could be paralysed for life

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on One of two unarmed men shot by police could be paralysed for life

– survivor recalls terrifying incident Winston Frazer, 28, one of the two unarmed men shot by police ranks on Saturday last on D’urban Street and Mandela Avenue might remain paralyzed for the...

24 hours stay expires

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 24 hours stay expires

Elections Declarations Case… – Jones, Attorneys undecided on approach to CCJ Attorney- at- law, Mayo Robertson has said that there has been no decision on whether his client, Misenga...

Coalition lawyers filed charges against GECOM Chair

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition lawyers filed charges against GECOM Chair

While the criminal charges filed against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh were said to be private, information has revealed that it was prominent...

Timothy Jonas moves to Court to quash four Senior Counsel appointments

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Timothy Jonas moves to Court to quash four Senior Counsel appointments

Attorney -at- law and Chairman of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Timothy Jonas has moved to the High Court to challenge President David Granger’s appointment of four Senior Counsel. According to...

Nothing in the industry competes with the Stabroek Block- Hess CEO

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nothing in the industry competes with the Stabroek Block- Hess CEO

According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hess Corporation, John Hess, there is no other oil concession in the petroleum industry which stands to compete with Guyana’s crown jewel, the...

Biker dies after slamming into parked canter

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Biker dies after slamming into parked canter

A biker died on Thursday last after slamming into a parked fruit and vegetable transport canter along the Parika Backdam Access Road, East Bank Essequibo (EBE). The dead biker, Avinash Sukhu, 24, of...

Meat time:

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Meat time:

Muslims across the world and Guyana celebrated Eid-Ul-Adha, the festival to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim (also known as Abraham) to follow Allah’s (God’s) command to sacrifice...

Some big ones visa get pull

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Some big ones visa get pull

Dem boys read something nice wah dem wan share. It says: Every day starts with some expectations but ends with some experience. This is life so enjoy every day. You never know what the day will...

The people are pawns in a game controlled by powerful businessmen

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The people are pawns in a game controlled by powerful businessmen

People should be circumspect about those to whom they pledge their loyalty and decide to follow. Those leaders do not always act in their interests. Time and again these leaders have deceived the...

Emancipation Day Message from President David Granger

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Emancipation Day Message from President David Granger

Africans endured enslavement in the Guiana colonies for 200 years before achieving their Emancipation 182 years ago on 1st August 1838. They laid the foundation for the freedoms enjoyed by every...

Emancipation 2020

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Emancipation 2020

Over the past few days, social media in Guyana has been abuzz with the painting of a Black Lives Matter mural in front of the 1763 Monument. While no statement of intent has emerged from the painters...

PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONGRESS REFORM

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONGRESS REFORM

On the 182nd Anniversary of the Emancipation of the Slaves, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) joins other Guyanese organizations and the Guyanese people in general, in commemoration...

Leaders perpetuating mental slavery in African Guyanese

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Leaders perpetuating mental slavery in African Guyanese

If there is anything in published form in the arts that I find utterly preposterous is the choice of the Rolling Stone magazine of the best 500 songs of all time. The writer is hopelessly incompetent...

Massive increase in road deaths in first seven months of 2020 – Police

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Massive increase in road deaths in first seven months of 2020 – Police

According to information from the Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Guyana recorded a massive increase in road deaths for the first seven months of 2020. The statistics provided by...

Language barrier, access to technology hampering COVID-19 awareness in South Rupununi

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Language barrier, access to technology hampering COVID-19 awareness in South Rupununi

By Sueann Wickham With South Rupununi recently becoming a COVID-19 hotspot a language barrier has been hampering COVID awareness in Wapichan communities. Additionally, the lack of proper...

China greenlights Zijin approval for takeover bid of Guyana Goldfields

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on China greenlights Zijin approval for takeover bid of Guyana Goldfields

China has granted the necessary regulatory approvals for one of its companies to take over Guyana’s largest gold mining operations. According to Canadian-owned Guyana Goldfields Inc., which...

Guyana’s second royalty payment deposited in NRF

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s second royalty payment deposited in NRF

The second payment for Guyana’s oil and gas royalties has been deposited in the Natural Resources Fund (NRF) – a total of US$3,698,152.63. On Thursday, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan on...

Phase 4 of Guyana’s reopening will see places of worship reopening

Aug 01, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Phase 4 of Guyana’s reopening will see places of worship reopening

The National COVID-19 Taskforce yesterday announced that places of worship will be allowed to resume religious services as part four of Guyana’s six-phase reopening commences from today, August 1...

Did reversal conflict with principle?

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did reversal conflict with principle?

DEAR EDITOR, Even though it was a twenty four hours reprieve, from all appearances the two appeal court judges (senior judges) wilted, melted and withered under pressure from a particular corner,...

AN OPEN LETTER TO THREE GUYANESE STALWARTS

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on AN OPEN LETTER TO THREE GUYANESE STALWARTS

I am writing to Mr. Yesu Persaud, Mr. Clifford Reis and Justice Cummings-Edwards. Guyanese citizens are tired of the impasse on both sides of the divide. We are calling on one or all of you to throw...

Emancipation provided seed for honest political representation

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Emancipation provided seed for honest political representation

DEAR EDITOR, Today, we celebrate emancipation of the Black African slaves. Slavery and indentureship (akin to slavery) were the most reprehensible chapter of our modern history. Our fore parents...

A deduction that is injudicious and calculatedly prejudicial

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A deduction that is injudicious and calculatedly prejudicial

DEAR EDITOR, Adam Harris never ceases to amaze nor amuse me. He made it his duty to attend my weekly press conferences while I was General Secretary of the PPP save when he travels abroad. Harris’...

Who is the nation to trust?

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who is the nation to trust?

DEAR EDITOR, David Granger, caught by surprise, unable to escape facing the media when he commissioned the Infections Diseases Hospital, when pressed for an answer said: “with respect, my statement...

After the great battle, the great peace waits to be claimed

Aug 01, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on After the great battle, the great peace waits to be claimed

DEAR EDITOR, Soon enough there will be the stirrings and sounds of voices raised for a great victory won against all the odds and one overwhelming tide after another. That may be so, and it should...

D-Up Basketball Academy Training camp brings Hoop Dreams to Life...

Nov 21, 2024

Kaieteur Sports – The D-Up Basketball Academy is gearing up to wrap its first-of-its-kind, two-month youth basketball camp, which tipped off in September at the Tuschen Primary School (TPS)...

Campbell Eyes Eighth Men’s Physique Title in...

Nov 21, 2024

Alphonso, Fung-a-Fat, Munroe among top performers...

Nov 20, 2024

Guyana’s finest Physiques to battle for Glory...

Nov 20, 2024

CWI names West Indies Test Squad for home series...

Nov 20, 2024

Georgetown romp to 292-run win over Select XI

Nov 20, 2024

Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more