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Granger will destroy the PNC before 2021 begins

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Granger will destroy the PNC before 2021 begins

The pattern in politics in any country is for the leader of a losing party to step down. There are of course exceptions. This occurs when the leader is an extraordinary asset to his/her party, has...

GAW tackle Tallawahs, Patriots face Tridents as CPL moves to Queen’s Park

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAW tackle Tallawahs, Patriots face Tridents as CPL moves to Queen’s Park

The teams will be hoping for better performances, especially with the bat as the Caribbean Premier League moves to the Queen’s Park Oval today with two matches. Last year’s finalists the...

Shutting down if not prospering

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Shutting down if not prospering

“We might as well shut down the oil sector if Guyanese don’t share in the prosperity.” So said Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo during an interview on Kaieteur Radio last week. We wholeheartedly...

BCB and Albion Cricket Club holds cordial discussion on the future of Berbice Cricket

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB and Albion Cricket Club holds cordial discussion on the future of Berbice Cricket

– Butcher Fund donates clocks to Police ‘B’ Division Berbice Cricket Board President Hilbert Foster on Thursday last led a seven-member delegation to visit the Albion Sports Complex on an...

How genuine were those new political presence

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on How genuine were those new political presence

DEAR EDITOR, I observe developments unfolding in the political arena at the individual level, and I ask myself a few probing, sobering questions. I think every Guyanese, regardless of political...

A CHECKLIST FOR TESTING AND PREVENTING THE OIL“DUTCH DISEASE”

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A CHECKLIST FOR TESTING AND PREVENTING THE OIL“DUTCH DISEASE”

DEAR EDITOR, Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo gave a very comprehensive and detailed presentationof the Government’s positions on the new oil and gas industry in an interview with Kaieteur Radio’s...

Kudos on oil reporting and commentaries

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos on oil reporting and commentaries

Dear Editor, I applaud your newspaper and courageous reporters for their undivided focus on issues pertaining to the oil industry. There has been outstanding, investigative reporting that keeps the...

The acceptance of advisory roles call into question motives of small party leaders

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The acceptance of advisory roles call into question motives of small party leaders

Dear Editor, I think the naming of Mr. Ralph Ramkarran as an advisor is a sound, commendable step. He brings maturity, responsibility, and credibility to the table. There is, also, the wisdom of what...

There are some concerns about how we are dealing with COVID-19

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on There are some concerns about how we are dealing with COVID-19

Dear Editor, Please permit me space in your media to share and or raise some concerns pertaining to COVID 19 in our country. Firstly, our education sector is in serious trouble as it relates to the...

We are outraged by the treatment of Renatha Exeter

Aug 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are outraged by the treatment of Renatha Exeter

Dear Editor, We, the undersigned, are outraged by the blatant attempt to disparage the character and reputation of Guyoil CEO, Ms. Renatha Exeter, in what can only be described as unadulterated filth...

When will we get some sense?

Aug 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on When will we get some sense?

The Sunday edition of the country’s newspapers carried headlines of the former Coalition government spending G$50M or US$250,000 on legal challenges to the no-confidence motion and elections. These...

$1.6B Ocean View Hospital…“Deal smacks of illegality and conspiracy”

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $1.6B Ocean View Hospital…“Deal smacks of illegality and conspiracy”

…Forensic auditors will have a field day with investigations – Anil Nandlall By Shikema Dey The $1.6 billion Ocean View Infectious Diseases Hospital deal entered into by the previous...

ExxonMobil has to comply with fines imposed by EPA – Vice Pres. Jagdeo

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil has to comply with fines imposed by EPA – Vice Pres. Jagdeo

If there are clear cases of environmental breaches and the laws regarding fines are enforced in a fair way then ExxonMobil or any other oil major has to comply. Making this state ment during a brief...

Mastermind in Canadian citizen’s murder denies involvement in the crime

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mastermind in Canadian citizen’s murder denies involvement in the crime

– brother of suspect also implicates the businessman The rice farmer accused of concocting the plan to murder Canadian citizen Nicholas Jaipaul is reportedly denying that he played a part in...

Jail time for people who keep oil money a secret

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jail time for people who keep oil money a secret

What happened with Exxon signing bonus should never happen again – Jagdeo Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is forging ahead with a promise he made in opposition last year to legislate criminal...

Persons failing to wear facemasks in public to face fines, jail time – Minister Anthony

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Persons failing to wear facemasks in public to face fines, jail time – Minister Anthony

Persons found failing to wear facemasks in public are now liable to fines and can face time in prison. This is according to the Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, who was at the time providing a...

Thirteen out of sixteen beds at GPHC’s COVID-19 ICU occupied

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Thirteen out of sixteen beds at GPHC’s COVID-19 ICU occupied

Thirteen out of sixteen beds at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are now occupied. The increase in occupancy at the GPHC’S COVID-19 ICU...

Govt. to regularise lands

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. to regularise lands

…Kingelly residents, Lincoln Lewis dispute The Government is moving to regularise the occupation of lands by residents of Kingelly, West Coast Berbice in the face of a dispute raised by veteran...

GECOM gazettes elections results and seating allocations

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM gazettes elections results and seating allocations

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh has finally gazetted the results of the March 2 General and Regional Elections, three weeks after the final declaration...

WPA MP resigns from party

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on WPA MP resigns from party

Executive Member of the Working People’s Alliance, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley has reportedly tendered her resignation party with immediate effect just mere days after it parted ways with the A...

Dem new advisors wukkin pro bono

Aug 24, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem new advisors wukkin pro bono

Dem politician does promise you all kinds of things when dem want yuh vote. De PPP/C did promise fuh review dem oil contract. But it was only because de Waterfall paper bin deh pon dem case fuh...

Lone gunman enters wash bay, robs owner

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lone gunman enters wash bay, robs owner

A lone gunman, on Saturday last, walked into Stone Wall Wash Bay at Prosville Squatting Area Wismar Linden, Region Ten and robbed its owner of cash and a cell phone. The robbery took place at around...

Labourer jumps over boss’s fence and dies

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer jumps over boss’s fence and dies

Minutes after being sent home for feeling unwell, a labourer yesterday jumped his boss’ fence, collapsed and died. According to reports the dead man, Phillip Etwaru also known as Ricky, 56, of 34...

Outdated Public Health Ordinance Act to be updated – Attorney General

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Outdated Public Health Ordinance Act to be updated – Attorney General

The need for an updated Public Health legislation is to be addressed during the next sitting of the National Assembly, according to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall....

30 new COVID-19 cases as Guyana nears 1000 mark

Aug 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 30 new COVID-19 cases as Guyana nears 1000 mark

As Guyana’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases approach the 1,000 mark, 30 new cases were recorded yesterday August 23. Along with that, there were 64 recoveries recorded bringing the total...

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…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more