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We Must Resist Being Robbed

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on We Must Resist Being Robbed

Guyanese are intense and passionate about elections. As they should be. But when it comes to the most important issue of their lives and those of their children and grandchildren, they couldn’t...

Conflicting accounts given by Edghill, Patterson on CJIA expansion

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Conflicting accounts given by Edghill, Patterson on CJIA expansion

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has refuted claims by the current Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, regarding the reduced expansion of the USD $150M Cheddi Jagan...

Years later, with hundreds of millions spent, several schools still incomplete – Minister Manickchand

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Years later, with hundreds of millions spent, several schools still incomplete – Minister Manickchand

– $214 million advanced to BK International for Yarrowkabra Secondary – $60 million advanced to Courtney Benn for St. Rose’s High By Mikaila Prince Years have passed, and despite...

Key oversight mechanisms not yet in place for oil money

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Key oversight mechanisms not yet in place for oil money

This is a recipe for disaster – Industry expert To date, Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) which is held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, holds over US$98M based on royalties and...

EITI to pursue full disclosures of beneficiaries in extractives deals

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EITI to pursue full disclosures of beneficiaries in extractives deals

– Says political will is necessary The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is of the view that transparency in beneficial ownership is critical to mitigating corruption and...

Special audit being conducted into million$ spent on private lawyers by APNU+AFC – AG

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Special audit being conducted into million$ spent on private lawyers by APNU+AFC – AG

A Special Audit is currently being undertaken by the Auditor General’s Office into the millions of taxpayer dollars expended by the previous A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change...

Corentyne 13-year-old girl missing

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne 13-year-old girl missing

A 13-year-old has gone missing from her home in Brighton Village, Corentyne, Berbice and, Kaieteur News understands, a probe was launched into her disappearance. Missing is Aliyah Busgith, who was...

Rose Hall Estate begins rehiring process; over 400 severed workers registered

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Rose Hall Estate begins rehiring process; over 400 severed workers registered

– assessment of factory complete Workers who were severed from the Rose Hall Estate in 2015 when the previous government opted to close the factories are now seeing the light at the end of a...

Sleeping driver wakes up after killing pedal cyclist

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sleeping driver wakes up after killing pedal cyclist

A contractor, 44, was on Saturday last awoken from his sleep after he had struck and killed a pedal cyclist with his car along the Zeeburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara. Dead is Somattie Persaud,...

Dem boys bin go round in circles

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys bin go round in circles

When dem boys bin marry, dem bin had to go round de fire seven times. Dem boys nah believe in superstition, so dem boys bin reluctant fuh do this. But den wan old man come up and explain dat it was...

Expansion of women’s participation is a priority for the GFF

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Expansion of women’s participation is a priority for the GFF

…FIFA and Concacaf offering more for development programmes By Franklin Wilson The rise of Guyana’s female football team, aka ‘Lady Jags’ over the past few years has been very encouraging...

GABF uniform design competition underway

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABF uniform design competition underway

The prospect of having basketball played competitively may be all but lost but the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has launched a nationwide basketball uniform competition for clubs and...

Record number of participants at Caribbean Coaches seminar

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Record number of participants at Caribbean Coaches seminar

A total of one hundred and seventy eight (178) boxing coaches from 17 Caribbean Countries yesterday participated in a seminar to update them on rules and regulations that govern refereeing and...

Patterson challenges PPP Govt. to stop “chirping” and get a better oil deal

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Patterson challenges PPP Govt. to stop “chirping” and get a better oil deal

Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament, David Patterson is now challenging the Irfaan Ali administration to renegotiate the Stabroek Block agreement with ExxonMobil. During his address in...

COVID-19 test backlog now cleared, results to be available within 48 hours – Minister Anthony

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 test backlog now cleared, results to be available within 48 hours – Minister Anthony

Now that the backlog of COVID-19 test results has been cleared, Guyanese will be able to receive their test results within 48 hours, Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony disclosed during the...

Indigenous communities facing a gap in the delivery of education- Shuman

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Indigenous communities facing a gap in the delivery of education- Shuman

Indigenous communities in Guyana are currently facing a gap in the delivery of education, a critical issue amid a global pandemic according to Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lenox Shuman...

Squatting, deplorable roads, need for better water supply among issues raised during Housing Minister visit to Region 6

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Squatting, deplorable roads, need for better water supply among issues raised during Housing Minister visit to Region 6

The Minister of Housing Collin Croal, during his first visit to Region 6 since taking up his position to lead the Ministry, met with several persons from various areas and listened to several the...

A response to racial tensions in Guyana

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on A response to racial tensions in Guyana

…Change the story By Rehanna Ramsay A new song has been released in response to the weeks of racial tension and violent protests which resulted from the murders of three West Berbice teenagers,...

Saying Legal Affairs Ministry left dormant for five years “inaccurate” – MP Roysdale Forde

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Saying Legal Affairs Ministry left dormant for five years “inaccurate” – MP Roysdale Forde

Opposition Member of Parliament, Roysdale Forde has refuted statements from the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) that the Legal Affairs Ministry under the stewardship of Minister...

Motorcyclist involved in Friendship accident succumbs

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motorcyclist involved in Friendship accident succumbs

Almost three weeks after being involved in a serious accident on the Friendship Public Road, East Coast Demerara, motorcyclist Eon Anderson, 41, on Saturday succumbed to the injuries he sustained, a...

Child Protection Week 2020 themed towards protecting children, empowering families to cope with the COVID

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Child Protection Week 2020 themed towards protecting children, empowering families to cope with the COVID

Through the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA), the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security will be observing Child Protection Week 2020 which kicks off from today to September 29 under the...

Guyana records 65th death; 101 new COVID-19 cases

Sep 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 65th death; 101 new COVID-19 cases

Guyana now has 65 COVID-19 related deaths. The latest fatality is a 51 -year-old man from Demerara/Mahaica (Region 4) who died while receiving care at a medical facility. The update comes even as the...

Mass testing of the population is now absolutely necessary

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Mass testing of the population is now absolutely necessary

It is still taking two days for the results of coronavirus testing to be available. This is way short of the two hours which was promised by President Irfaan Ali. Unless the time between a test and...

A helpless 16-year-old girl, her grandmother and 3 LGBT victims

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A helpless 16-year-old girl, her grandmother and 3 LGBT victims

Kit Nascimento published a letter in the Kaieteur News and the Stabroek News last Saturday repeating the description of the violence a 16-year-old girl penned in a missive in the newspapers on...

Who benefits from our oil?

Sep 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who benefits from our oil?

DEAR EDITOR, Reference to your front page news headlines (KN Sep 17, 18, 19), please note that regardless of which party is in government, the nation should be told who own the oil blocks. Who will...

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Two more young cricketers benefit from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Does the PNCR really want to go down this road?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- By the time I reached the fourth cup of chamomile tea—don’t judge me, it’s calming—I... more