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Spotlight focused on procurement, maintenance costs

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Spotlight focused on procurement, maintenance costs

…Army silent on plane scandal The army has remained silent on the purchase of four planes despite growing concerns over the costs and the due diligence that were conducted. In 2018, just about...

GECOM to meet today to discuss way forward

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to meet today to discuss way forward

With the aim of discussing a way forward on Guyana’s protracted electoral process, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is anticipated to conduct a meeting today. This is according to...

ExxonMobil’s lackadaisical attitude could spell disaster for Guyana – EPA head

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil’s lackadaisical attitude could spell disaster for Guyana – EPA head

– says company opposed to paying US$3,000 fine for environmental breaches By Kiana Wilburg Since it started oil production in the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil has had six fluid spills, three of...

E’bo truckers plea for ferries to operate earlier

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on E’bo truckers plea for ferries to operate earlier

Truckers on the Essequibo Coast are once again bemoaning what they described as poor ferry services being provided by the Transport and Harbour Department (TH&D] at the Supenaam terminal....

Top Cop sent on pre-retirement leave; Deputy still on the job

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Top Cop sent on pre-retirement leave; Deputy still on the job

– Deputy Graham still on the job Commissioner of Police, Leslie James has been asked to proceed on his pre-retirement leave, leading to his ultimate retirement. However, one of his deputies,...

De Waterfall paper not into spreading division

Aug 02, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De Waterfall paper not into spreading division

Dem Boys Seh… Lincoln and David decide dat dem nah gon write no more in de Waterfall paper. Dem boys seh good riddance. Every newspaper does gat to follow de law or else dem could face libel...

The makeover became a bedcover

Aug 02, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The makeover became a bedcover

The PNCR attempted a makeover after its devastating 2006 election defeat. This makeover created the façade of a democratic party willing to be more inclusive by entering into partnerships with other...

UNDP recommends rehabilitation to reduce prison population

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UNDP recommends rehabilitation to reduce prison population

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has recommended the use of rehabilitation programmes to reduce the high prison population in Guyana. According to a recent report, ‘Caribbean Justice...

17 more cases; COVID-19 moves to 430

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 17 more cases; COVID-19 moves to 430

Within a period of 24 hours, 17 more Guyanese have tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus. In a release sent out by the Ministry of Public Health, it was noted that the total number of persons...

Dr. David Hinds and Lincoln Lewis quitting Kaieteur News

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dr. David Hinds and Lincoln Lewis quitting Kaieteur News

Publisher’s Comment… Dr. David Hinds and Mr. Lincoln Lewis are two Guyanese whom I unhesitatingly invited to contribute to Kaieteur News after their views were found untenable, and their...

Arya Samaj condemns attacks on women leaders

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Arya Samaj condemns attacks on women leaders

In expressing great disappointment of the way in which women leaders, both past and present, are being treated, the Arya Samaj Movement Guyana yesterday condemned what it said are vile attacks meted...

Realtor sues Top Cop, AG for wrongful detention, assault and battery

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Realtor sues Top Cop, AG for wrongful detention, assault and battery

A lawsuit has been brought against Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, and the Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams for $90M. The claimant, Miguel Angel Dino, a real estate agent, is suing James...

Unlicensed driver remanded for killing Mon Repos labourer

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Unlicensed driver remanded for killing Mon Repos labourer

A driver was on Thursday last slapped with four traffic-related charges and remanded to prison for causing the death of a pedestrian. The incident happened five days ago at Mon Repos, East Coast...

Three in custody for Port Mourant Chinese Supermarket robbery.

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three in custody for Port Mourant Chinese Supermarket robbery.

Police on the Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six, have arrested three persons in connection with the alleged armed robbery committed at the Long Sheng Chinese Supermarket, at Ankerville, Port Mourant,...

Autopsy report reveals woman in lover’s home died from stomach bleeding

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Autopsy report reveals woman in lover’s home died from stomach bleeding

A woman, who died in the home of her lover on the Essequibo Coast last Tuesday night, succumbed because of stomach bleeding. This is according to the autopsy report, which was done Friday by...

Cost of becoming U.S. citizen hiked

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cost of becoming U.S. citizen hiked

– asylum is no longer free US (Miami Herald)- The Trump administration announced on Friday an exorbitant increase in fees for some of the most common immigration procedures, including an 81%...

IS YOUR PROTECTIVE HELMET CONFORMING TO STANDARD REQUIREMENTS?

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on IS YOUR PROTECTIVE HELMET CONFORMING TO STANDARD REQUIREMENTS?

STANDARDS IN FOCUS: Head injuries are a major cause of death and disability among users of motorized two-wheel vehicles. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO) in a report on Road...

Reflections on Emancipation Day

Aug 02, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Reflections on Emancipation Day

CONSUMER CONCERNS: By Pat Dial Yesterday, all Guyana celebrated Emancipation Day. Emancipation Day, first celebrated on 1st August 1834, is among the oldest holidays in the Guyanese holiday calendar....

History is made not by men alone but also by movements

Aug 02, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on History is made not by men alone but also by movements

(A review of David Granger’s The Emancipation Movement: The pursuit of dignity and liberty.) Historical events are never the outcome of any single factor or circumstance. Rather, they could have...

Book Review… Tears of Freedom

Aug 02, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… Tears of Freedom

Book: Cane Warriors Author: Alex Wheatle Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD ‘Cane Warriors’ is a riveting tale of man’s ever failing attempt to cage the human spirit. Against the backdrop of the all...

Agamidae

Aug 02, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Agamidae

Interesting Creatures… Agamidae is a family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons...

Coronavirus: Early treatment and preparation can determine if you live or die

Aug 02, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Early treatment and preparation can determine if you live or die

By Dr. Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt Medical Center Over the past few months, I have been focusing on preventative measures to help combat the COVID-19 spread. I...

Farmers urged to embrace ‘two heads still better than one’ notion

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers urged to embrace ‘two heads still better than one’ notion

“Two heads are better than one.” Supervisor of the Wales Estate, National Industrial Commercial and Investments Limited (NICIL), Charles Brown, left this age-old idiom with good effect with the...

Mingo/Lowenfield Kafkaesque tragedy: Can a normal mind be silent?

Aug 02, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mingo/Lowenfield Kafkaesque tragedy: Can a normal mind be silent?

I will never see some political icons, admirable scholars and other Guyanese personalities the same way again because of their attitude to the Kafkaesque descent of two GECOM election officials that...

Our frontline worker of the week is… Dr. Stamon Carr

Aug 02, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our frontline worker of the week is… Dr. Stamon Carr

By Malisa Playter-Harry Often when we visit the public or private hospitals, our main concern is getting treated for whatever ailment that is affecting us at that time. When we leave, it is...

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A call for more cultural centres

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- Burnham’s decision to divert the Indian Immigration Fund towards constructing the National... more