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De Exxon deal wuss dan a Ponzi scheme

Aug 28, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De Exxon deal wuss dan a Ponzi scheme

Dem boys Seh… A man was passing by the Vigilance Police Station yesterday when he see a protest. He jump off he bicycle, pick up a piece of cardboard and start to shout! “Free Mingo now, Free...

Priya’s problems

Aug 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Priya’s problems

Priya Manickchand has returned to the Ministry of Education. Her previous stint there was conspicuous for its underachievement. The Minister of Education is best remembered for two incidents, one of...

12th Parliament to convene on Tuesday

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 12th Parliament to convene on Tuesday

The 12th Parliament is set to convene on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, with the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government, leading the house with 33 seats. Yesterday, President Irfaan Ali,...

47 new cases as COVID-19 death toll rises to 32

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 47 new cases as COVID-19 death toll rises to 32

Guyana yesterday recorded its latest COVID-19 death, bringing the total death toll to 32. The deceased is a 52-year-old male, Alfred Humphrey, who was a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit...

Manoj Narayan appointed as Govt, Commissioner on GECOM

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Manoj Narayan appointed as Govt, Commissioner on GECOM

– Ganga Persaud to serve on Public Service Commission President Irfaan Ali yesterday administered the Oath of Office to Manoj Narayan, who will serve as a Government-nominated Commissioner to...

Elections petition to be filed Monday – Harmon

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Elections petition to be filed Monday – Harmon

The A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition will file its elections petition of the March 2nd General and Regional Elections on Monday, August 31, at the Supreme...

CH&PA reviewing questionable allocations of houselots

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CH&PA reviewing questionable allocations of houselots

The Ministry of Housing and Water yesterday announce that it has commenced a review exercise for questionable allocations made, following complains by allottees that they feel duped out of their...

Body of miner in boat mishap found

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Body of miner in boat mishap found

Police, on Wednesday last, found the body of the miner who disappeared after an aluminum boat sunk Tuesday at Gatie Falls, Semang Creek, Mazaruni River in Region Seven. The remains, identified to be...

Protestors burn tyres, picket at Belladrum for the release of Mingo

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Protestors burn tyres, picket at Belladrum for the release of Mingo

Several residents of Belladrum, Paradise, West Coast Berbice yesterday afternoon converged to protest the release of Region Four’s Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo. Mingo is currently under...

EPA lacks equipment to measure noise nuisance

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA lacks equipment to measure noise nuisance

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently not equipped to measure noise nuisance. This state of affairs was brought to the fore after residents of D’Aguiar Park and Houston Gardens,...

Man throws ganja bag over fence, runs away from cop

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man throws ganja bag over fence, runs away from cop

A man, on Wednesday last, threw his shopping bag with suspected cannabis over a fence and ran away after he noticed a policeman following him. Police said that the man had stepped out of a motorcar...

Fumigation of city continues

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fumigation of city continues

In light of the novel Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continues to fumigate and sanitize the city in order to safeguard the citizens. According to the City...

Future financial support for municipalities hinges on accountability

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Future financial support for municipalities hinges on accountability

– Local Gov’t Minister Future financial support for municipalities hinges on the ability of each council to account for their expenditure of the sum dispersed. This is according to Local...

Old age pension payments to commence Tuesday

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Old age pension payments to commence Tuesday

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security yesterday announced that payment of old age pension will begin on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at post offices countrywide. “The Ministry is...

U-turn by drunken bus driver sends motorcyclist to hospital

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on U-turn by drunken bus driver sends motorcyclist to hospital

A motorcyclist is currently in hospital nursing a fractured leg after he collided with a minibus driven by a drunken driver on Wednesday last along the Lethem Public Road, Region Nine. The serious...

Health Minister elected as new Guyana Global Fund chair

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Health Minister elected as new Guyana Global Fund chair

The Guyana Global Fund – Country Coordinating Mechanism (GF/CCM) reconvened its board on Wednesday after it was dissolved on August 7, 2020. At the reconstitution of the board, the Minister of...

Guyana, EU to share experiences in natural resources management

Aug 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana, EU to share experiences in natural resources management

– market access, Sovereign Wealth Fund high on agenda In an effort to strengthen strategic partnerships and build alliances, the European Union Ambassador, Fernando Ponz Cantó, recently paid a...

Fabulous fielding inspires five-star TKR

Aug 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fabulous fielding inspires five-star TKR

CPL – The Trinbago Knight Riders continued their dominance of Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020, bowling and fielding superbly to blow away the Guyana Amazon Warriors top order and...

Show us the money

Aug 28, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Show us the money

It is all about the money, and that is what three captions on our Monday’s Front Page emphasized. We are serious about the money, and we will continue to blow that trumpet and beat that drum until...

PNC and AFC are going to kill innocent, poor people next week

Aug 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on PNC and AFC are going to kill innocent, poor people next week

The PNC and AFC are going to file an election petition next week. In a forthcoming column, I will examine the asininity behind that writ since the PNC will have to produce at the trial, the thing...

Cornwall and Nabi overpower Patriots

Aug 28, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Cornwall and Nabi overpower Patriots

CPL – Mohammad Nabi’s career-best figures, the third-best in Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) history, led a spin demolition of the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. He was well supported by...

Essequibo Residents welcome investment in Asphalt Plant and Aggregate Depot for Job Creation and Infrastructural Improvement

Aug 28, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Essequibo Residents welcome investment in Asphalt Plant and Aggregate Depot for Job Creation and Infrastructural Improvement

Dear Editor, I am a citizen of Guyana and reside on the Essequibo Coast, a region that depends predominantly on agriculture for its economic activities and livelihood. The second main source of...

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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