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GECOM has to rely on Govt. to facilitate recount

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM has to rely on Govt. to facilitate recount

By Kemol King The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) decided last Friday that it would conduct a national recount of all votes cast in the 2020 general and regional elections. But later that day, a...

2020 Elections fiasco… TT Prime Minister disappointed with state of affairs in Guyana

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 2020 Elections fiasco… TT Prime Minister disappointed with state of affairs in Guyana

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley, is deeply disappointed with the situation in Guyana, where an amicable conclusion is yet to be reached on the General and Regional...

Govt. still to respond to private hospital willing to assist with COVID-19 testing

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. still to respond to private hospital willing to assist with COVID-19 testing

Woodlands Hospital Limited has said that it made a request to the Ministry of Public Health to assist with COVID-19 testing, but it has gotten no response. The hospital made notice of this matter in...

Police, Procurement Commission should be called in to investigate Ministry’s purchase of ventilators

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police, Procurement Commission should be called in to investigate Ministry’s purchase of ventilators

Attorney-at-Law, Sanjeev Datadin is of the firm conviction that the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) and even the Guyana Police Force, should be called in to examine the sole sourcing of 14...

GTT asks staffers to take pay cut

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTT asks staffers to take pay cut

The biggest telecoms company in Guyana has asked workers to take a pay cut amid measures to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last few days, workers at the US-owned Guyana Telephone and Telegraph...

The Guvment put injunction pun court

Apr 05, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Guvment put injunction pun court

Dem boys wan know whether dem can get injunction against selling state property cheap. Yuh can’t even get wan decent house cheap in GT. But some people get prime riverside property at give-away...

The problem is deadlier than the cure

Apr 05, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The problem is deadlier than the cure

The government has belatedly announced a partial lockdown of the country after four more coronavirus cases were confirmed on Friday. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 23. It was only...

Trans Guyana Airways facilitates flights for Canadians to return home

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trans Guyana Airways facilitates flights for Canadians to return home

Trans Guyana Airways yesterday facilitated two flights to Barbados for Canadians to return to their homeland. Kaieteur News understands that two flights were chartered by the Canadian Authorities....

Police to find “creative ways” to enforce COVID-19 curfew – Nagamootoo

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police to find “creative ways” to enforce COVID-19 curfew – Nagamootoo

By Shikema Dey To keep the number of COVID-19 cases down in Guyana, the Public Health Ministry on Friday implemented a month-long curfew order. The order in place outlines a number of measures...

Police ranks working “overtime” to enforce COVID-19 measures in East Berbice

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks working “overtime” to enforce COVID-19 measures in East Berbice

The Police in East Berbice, Region Six are working overtime to help enforce COVID-19 regulations that have been implemented by government. Senior Superintendent Calvin Brutus, the Commander of East...

GPL suspends some services – customers urged to make use of authorized agents

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL suspends some services – customers urged to make use of authorized agents

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has suspended its disconnections, field investigation, meter readings and some categories of meter installations until May 4, 2020. However, customers located in...

Leguan NDC, businesses partner to combat COVID-19

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Leguan NDC, businesses partner to combat COVID-19

The business community of the small Island of Leguan has been supporting the efforts of the Neighbourhood Demorcratic Council (NDC) in the fight against COVID-19. In this regard several members of...

Authorities warn of fake hand sanitizers, bactericidal soaps

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Authorities warn of fake hand sanitizers, bactericidal soaps

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has sounded a warning about the need to get permission for the sale of hand sanitizers and bactericidal liquid. In a notice to manufacturers,...

Berbice business owners give support to the less fortunate

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice business owners give support to the less fortunate

Over the past few days a number of citizens have been adhering to the phrase “be your brother’s keeper” by reaching out to members of their communities to lend a helping hand....

CDC to provide support to vulnerable persons, communities

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC to provide support to vulnerable persons, communities

– as month-long countrywide lockdown takes effect In light of the month-long emergency measures instituted by the Ministry of Public Health in the fight against COVID-19, the Civil Defence...

`GHRA proposes release of some prisoners, other measures to reduce COVID-19 spread

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on `GHRA proposes release of some prisoners, other measures to reduce COVID-19 spread

The most striking thing about the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) is how quickly and comprehensively it has paralysed life around the world. The universal response has been to lock-down the society and...

Amid COVID-19 concerns… Good Samaritan lends a helping hand to the homeless

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Amid COVID-19 concerns… Good Samaritan lends a helping hand to the homeless

By Anastacya Peters With the aim of helping to fight the deadly Coronavirus that has already claimed the lives of four persons here, Madonna Ghanie, founder of Mommy’s Corner, a charitable...

Updated int’l standard aims to reduce risk of errors in medical laboratories

Apr 05, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Updated int’l standard aims to reduce risk of errors in medical laboratories

With the pervasive spread of the Covid-19 virus worldwide, which is causing widespread sickness and deaths, the need for reliable laboratory testing is crucial for saving lives. International...

CURBING THE NOISE NUISANCE

Apr 05, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on CURBING THE NOISE NUISANCE

By Pat Dial The noise nuisance is a continuing problem in Guyana and especially in our capital city of Georgetown. There was a time in Georgetown within living memory, and as late as the 1950’s...

Zero Hour: Our Region in the Face of the Pandemic

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Zero Hour: Our Region in the Face of the Pandemic

By Alicia Bárcena SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) – It is true that history recounts the devastating impact of past pandemics, but none of them broke out in such a populated world with more than 7.7 billion...

Leading the way in health crisis management in Region Seven… Dr Edward Francis Sagala is a ‘Special Person’

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News, Special Person Comments Off on Leading the way in health crisis management in Region Seven… Dr Edward Francis Sagala is a ‘Special Person’

“I have my home here in Bartica and I can’t see my see myself living anywhere else. So, I must state with the greatest humility, I am honoured to be giving back to this community and region at...

CARICOM should help, but Guyana must save itself

Apr 05, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM should help, but Guyana must save itself

By Sir Ronald Sanders The image and standing of Guyana are being tarnished throughout the world. Yet, a small window of opportunity remains open for the country to be regarded as democratic, and for...

OPEC+ meeting delayed as Saudi Arabia and Russia row over oil price collapse: sources

Apr 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OPEC+ meeting delayed as Saudi Arabia and Russia row over oil price collapse: sources

DUBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – OPEC and Russia have postponed a meeting due tomorrow to discuss oil output cuts, until April 9, OPEC sources said yesterday, as a row between Moscow and Saudi Arabia...

The monster of Pakaraima Mountain

Apr 05, 2020 KNews Murder and Mystery, News Comments Off on The monster of Pakaraima Mountain

By Michael Jordan Do strange things sometimes happen in the hinterland? I mean baffling, sometimes terrifying things that cannot be easily explained away? You bet they do! I had my own weird...

Must we always fight even as COVID-19 threatens us all?

Apr 05, 2020 KNews Eye on Guyana with Lincoln Lewis, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Must we always fight even as COVID-19 threatens us all?

As Guyanese we often find reasons for conflict. Whether it is in the home with family, in our communities, organisations, with our neighbours, friends and colleagues. We fight with each other and...

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Guyana’s oil bonanza is being squandered by political duels

Kaieteur News – In Guyana, politics and economics have always danced an ill-fated tango. It is difficult to say which... more