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A Positive Move by President Ali

Sep 23, 2020 KNews Front Page Comment, News Comments Off on A Positive Move by President Ali

At long last, there is a welcome development. President Ali, speaking of the long-delayed, defects-plagued and overpriced Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion Project (CJIAEP), said, “I...

PPP must not repeat APNU+AFC’s mistakes by ignoring advice to renegotiate Stabroek deal

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP must not repeat APNU+AFC’s mistakes by ignoring advice to renegotiate Stabroek deal

Renegotiation of lopsided Stabroek Block deal… In spite of receiving critical advice from regional and international actors on the many ways it could secure maximum value for Guyanese in the...

APNU+AFC wants Govt. to mandate 50% oil sub-contracts for locals

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC wants Govt. to mandate 50% oil sub-contracts for locals

– but refused to set targets while in office The A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition is now challenging the new People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)...

Gov’t launched investigations into asphalt plant racket

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t launched investigations into asphalt plant racket

– DHB management distances itself from allegations By Shikema Dey Just one day after Kaieteur News broke news of a scam at the state-run asphalt plant at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara,...

Parts of the CJIA expansion that President Ali did not see

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Parts of the CJIA expansion that President Ali did not see

On Monday, President Irfaan Ali toured the troubled multi-billion dollar expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). It would have followed a meeting of the stakeholders, including...

$95M allocated to replace ministers’ damaged vehicles – Teixeira

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on $95M allocated to replace ministers’ damaged vehicles – Teixeira

Claiming that vehicles were returned in run-down conditions by the Coalition government, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, on Monday disclosed that $95M has been...

Cops, civilian accused of stealing parts from dead policeman’s motorcycle

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops, civilian accused of stealing parts from dead policeman’s motorcycle

– wife begs magistrate to give them a chance Two police constables who were stationed at the Springlands Police Station, Corentyne, Berbice, were among three persons charged with the offence of...

Sixth suspect in custody for Henry boys murder

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sixth suspect in custody for Henry boys murder

Gruesome murders of Berbice teens… – rice farmer’s grandson to be laid to rest today As probe continues into a heinous crime which sparked outrage and protests in Guyana, investigators have...

COVID-19 death rate above one per day

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 death rate above one per day

– And growing exponentially By Kemol King Hundreds of young persons were tested positive and have since recovered from COVID-19. It is matter-of-factly more likely to know someone who has...

Poor people pass fuh grass

Sep 23, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Poor people pass fuh grass

Dem Boys Seh… Dem only had 35 positive coronavirus cases yesterday. That was a significant decline from the previous day when there were more than 100 cases for two days in a row. But dem boys not...

High pay, low work?

Sep 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on High pay, low work?

People who earn consultant-level salaries must be capable of producing consultant-quality work. You do not pay a medical professional a specialist fee and then expect them to only perform the...

93,000 households to benefit from $1.8B in hampers – PM Phillips

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 93,000 households to benefit from $1.8B in hampers – PM Phillips

Making good of their promise to support families who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) administration has budgeted $1.8B to supply and...

Truck kills pedal cyclist who swerved to avoid water pool

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Truck kills pedal cyclist who swerved to avoid water pool

A pedal cyclist was yesterday killed by a motor lorry, along Wash Clothes, Mahaicony Branch Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The cyclist was killed after he suddenly swerved into the path of the...

Guyana records 69th COVID-19 death

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 69th COVID-19 death

The Ministry of Health (MOH) last evening announced that as of 21:00hrs, one other person who tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has died. The latest fatality is a 25-year-old male...

Bandits foiled in attempt to break into ATM at Courtyard Mall

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandits foiled in attempt to break into ATM at Courtyard Mall

Bandits were, on Sunday last, successful in breaking into a barbershop and stealing some cash. But they have failed in their attempts to cart off the Scotiabank ATM machine next door. The burglary...

Opposition vote against $800M budget for Indigenous development

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition vote against $800M budget for Indigenous development

Slight chaos erupted yesterday at the National Assembly after 25 Parliamentarians from the Opposition’s A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition voted against the...

Murdered fisherman’s relatives protest after court grants bail to accused killer

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murdered fisherman’s relatives protest after court grants bail to accused killer

Over a dozen persons, including relatives and friends of the late John Alexander Yhap, a fisherman from Kilcoy Settlement, Corentyne, Berbice converged yesterday on the Albion Public Road, a...

AG signals investigation into Larry London’s birth certificate scandal

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AG signals investigation into Larry London’s birth certificate scandal

The Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall, yesterday requested the Auditor General (AG) Deodat Sharma to launch an investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the US $150,000 awarded to...

140 prisoners positive for COVID-19; 80 taken to Madewini isolation

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 140 prisoners positive for COVID-19; 80 taken to Madewini isolation

– Saturday’s deaths “regrettable” but necessary to prevent prison break …Minister Benn While the deaths of two inmates, and injuries to five others at the Lusignan Prison on the East...

CSEC, CAPE record notable improvements, despite pandemic

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CSEC, CAPE record notable improvements, despite pandemic

Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of students in Guyana and across the Caribbean wrote the exams and obtained commendable scores. The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)...

Constitutional reform to be driven by nationwide consultation – AG

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Constitutional reform to be driven by nationwide consultation – AG

Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall told members of the National Assembly on Friday that his Ministry has a number of pressing matters that will be dealt with urgently...

Gas station attendant shot, robbed during shift change

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gas station attendant shot, robbed during shift change

A gas station attendant is now stable at the New Amsterdam Hospital, East Berbice, after he was shot in the back during a brazen daylight robbery yesterday. Hospitalized is Shazam Melville who is...

49 Guyanese stranded in Suriname since March return home

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 49 Guyanese stranded in Suriname since March return home

The Ministry of Health, on behalf of the Government of Guyana, yesterday expressed gratitude to the Government of Suriname after 49 Guyanese citizens who were stranded in that neighbouring country,...

More high-ranking US officials to engage Guyana

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on More high-ranking US officials to engage Guyana

– Ambassador Lynch Days after the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, paid a historic visit to Guyana as part of multi-state visit, that country’s ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, says...

Foreign Ministry establishes Diaspora and Remigration Unit

Sep 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Foreign Ministry establishes Diaspora and Remigration Unit

The Government of Guyana has enhanced its plans of engaging and involving the Diaspora to support its national development priorities. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International...

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Morally Right. Legally wrong

…Peeping Tom Morally Right. Legally wrong Kaieteur News- The situation concerning the disputed parliamentary seat held... more