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Govt. ignores expert’s advice to complete oil policy before law review

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. ignores expert’s advice to complete oil policy before law review

By Kiana Wilburg Before building a house, it is elementary knowledge that one needs to have a plan which outlines the desired number of windows , toilets and bathrooms, whether there is going to be a...

Soaked ballot box stalls completion of Reg. 1 recount

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Soaked ballot box stalls completion of Reg. 1 recount

– 54 ballot boxes counted on Day 9 The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been stalled from completing the recount of the last of the 99 ballot boxes in Region/District One, due to the...

CCJ reduces 37 years jail sentence for Guyanese convicted of rape

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ reduces 37 years jail sentence for Guyanese convicted of rape

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has reduced the 37 years jail sentence for Linton Pompey, a Guyanese convicted of rape. According to the facts of the case, Pompey, a 54-year- old father of 12...

Coalition wants GECOM to annul elections – Jagdeo

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition wants GECOM to annul elections – Jagdeo

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that the governing coalition, A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) is attempting to get the Guyana Elections Commission...

Commissioners blame each other for GECOM’s failure to address fraud, deviance

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Commissioners blame each other for GECOM’s failure to address fraud, deviance

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has had a shoddy record when it comes to addressing issues of deviance or potential fraud. Commissioners acknowledge this. But when it comes to explaining why,...

Three years after closure… Wales Estate sugar workers finally receive outstanding severance

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three years after closure… Wales Estate sugar workers finally receive outstanding severance

On Wednesday, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) started to distribute the remainder of their severance payments to the former cane-cutters of Wales Estate, West Bank Demerara....

Social Protection Ministry moves to contain COVID-19 outbreak at Palms

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Social Protection Ministry moves to contain COVID-19 outbreak at Palms

– as four more residents test positive The Ministry of Social Protection is teaming up with the Ministry of Public Health in a bid to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Palms Elderly Care...

UN forecasts pandemic to shrink world economy by 3.2%

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UN forecasts pandemic to shrink world economy by 3.2%

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations forecast Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the world economy by 3.2 per cent this year, the sharpest contraction since the Great Depression...

De int’l community get de middle finger

May 15, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De int’l community get de middle finger

Ole people seh if the heat too much fuh yuh, stay out de kitchen. De heat definitely too much for the HAP-New and the HAY-Eff-See. Dem nah only feeling hot; dem getting heated. De two invite people...

The AFC needs a change in leadership

May 15, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC needs a change in leadership

The leadership of the Alliance for Change (AFC) has disgraced itself. It has also brought the party into disrepute and has become an embarrassment to its membership. The party stands on the brink of...

Kwayana’s position makes Walter Rodney turn in his grave

May 15, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Kwayana’s position makes Walter Rodney turn in his grave

I was trained in history and the social sciences. I have a duty to history to put down things (I prefer to write “things” and not “facts and truths”) that I see in my lifetime. I expect...

GECOM to try counting wet ballot box

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to try counting wet ballot box

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be making an attempt to recover the contents in the water-logged ballot box from Region One. Commissioner Sase Gunraj explained that by the end of today,...

Richard Burr: Senate intelligence chief steps down for FBI probe

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Richard Burr: Senate intelligence chief steps down for FBI probe

(BBC) – The Republican chairman of the US Senate intelligence committee will step down while an insider trading inquiry is carried out. Richard Burr of North Carolina said he had decided to do...

COVID-19 Task Force to advise on new workstations today

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 Task Force to advise on new workstations today

Six possible workstations for the elections recount, ongoing at the Arthur Chung Conference Center, have been identified by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). However, the National COVID-19...

Region One sisters stranded after release from Mabaruma lockups

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region One sisters stranded after release from Mabaruma lockups

– Mayor assisting with limited resources Two sisters are now left stranded miles away from their home and children after being released from the Mabaruma Police Station lock-ups on Saturday...

Don’t care attitude

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t care attitude

These two minibus operators were promptly arrested by police on the East Coast Demerara yesterday after a female passenger complained of being verbally abused after she raised concerns about...

‘Pleasure trip’ vehicles banned on E’bo ferries – cargo vehicles top priority

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Pleasure trip’ vehicles banned on E’bo ferries – cargo vehicles top priority

Authorities have announced new measures for ferries that traverse the Essequibo River between Supenaam (Region 2) and Parika (Region 3). Specifically, there are tight restrictions on the movement of...

Credibility of exams will remain intact – CXC

May 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Credibility of exams will remain intact – CXC

The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) revealed on Thursday that the integrity of the CSEC and CAPE examinations will remain intact. This follows the recent decision by the Council for Human and...

Ramcharran named RHTY&SC / DTV 8 Mother of the year 2020

May 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramcharran named RHTY&SC / DTV 8 Mother of the year 2020

At just 16 years-old, Jonathan Rampersaud is considered one of the best cricket talents in the ancient county of Berbice .The left handed middle order batsman and right handed offspinner is a...

Attack on Golding unjustified, with world condemning fraud

May 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Attack on Golding unjustified, with world condemning fraud

Dear Editor, Joe Harmon’s attack on former Prime Minister Bruce Golding is unfounded and unjustified with the entire world condemning electoral fraud. Wasn’t it Harmon who on several occasions...

Outside of electoral battles, there are other battles

May 15, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Outside of electoral battles, there are other battles

The eyes and attention of most of the nation are firmly locked on the electoral battles raging inside the Guyana Elections Commission. Those have taken on an increasingly sharper texture and ominous...

BCB and RHTY&SC Cricket teams continues its benevolence

May 15, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on BCB and RHTY&SC Cricket teams continues its benevolence

Food hampers, cleaning detergents, scorebooks and Law books presented The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) with the support of the 10 cricket teams from Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation,...

Moses Nagamootoo should be ashamed of failures of coalition government

May 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Moses Nagamootoo should be ashamed of failures of coalition government

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to an article published in the Guyana Chronicle under the caption “Guyana shining on all fronts”. In the article, the Prime Minister boasts of the...

Joe Harmon’s sentiments on Bruce Golding are not reflective of the people of Guyana

May 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Joe Harmon’s sentiments on Bruce Golding are not reflective of the people of Guyana

Dear Editor, Joe Harmon does not represent the people of Guyana. He must stop dragging the ‘people of Guyana’ into his folly while attacking diplomats and international observers who...

The United States government should focus on its domestic issues, not ours

May 15, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The United States government should focus on its domestic issues, not ours

Dear Editor, Just recently the Kaieteur News published a statement by U.S Congressman Hakim Jeffries in which he castigated the United States and particularly officials of that country, for...

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Mental illness is real and a serious public health concern

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Mental illness is a reality we often acknowledge in passing but seldom confront with the... more