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With works still substantially incomplete…Ocean View ‘Retro Fitting’ Contractors paid $650M out of $1 Billion project

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on With works still substantially incomplete…Ocean View ‘Retro Fitting’ Contractors paid $650M out of $1 Billion project

By Shikema Dey Seven contractors sole sourced by the Public Health Ministry to complete the ‘retro fitting’ or furnishing of the Ocean View COVID-19 Hospital have reportedly been paid roughly 65%...

Gov’t to pay $52M in rental contract agreement from April to June to lease Ocean View Hotel

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Gov’t to pay $52M in rental contract agreement from April to June to lease Ocean View Hotel

The APNU+AFC de facto government will have to fork out $52M in taxpayer’s dollars to lease the old Ocean View International Hotel, currently being converted into a state-of-the -art hospital for...

US Scientist cautions Guyana… Wait for latest Climate Change Report before granting Payara permit to ExxonMobil

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US Scientist cautions Guyana… Wait for latest Climate Change Report before granting Payara permit to ExxonMobil

By Kiana Wilburg American oil giant, ExxonMobil is eager to get the blessings of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to move ahead with its third project in the Stabroek block. That project is...

State media places ruling party’s views over public interest – EU Observers

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on State media places ruling party’s views over public interest – EU Observers

“The Government of Guyana is committed to the promotion of a high degree of media professionalism. The administration will not undermine the professionalism of state media workers by subjecting...

Two killed, two critical in Parika smash-up

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two killed, two critical in Parika smash-up

A teenager and his friend were killed and two others critical in a late afternoon smash-at le Destin Village, East Bank Essequibo (EBE). Dead are 19-year-old Mickle Jones a mechanic of Middle Road...

Police sergeant, 24, dies after slamming into parked cars on E’bo Public road

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police sergeant, 24, dies after slamming into parked cars on E’bo Public road

A Guyana Police Force sergeant lost his life on the Essequibo Public road yesterday afternoon, after slamming into three parked vehicles in front of an auto parts store. He has been identified as...

Teen fished out of Berbice River… Boyfriend tells cops he struck lover with paddle after she danced with another man

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teen fished out of Berbice River… Boyfriend tells cops he struck lover with paddle after she danced with another man

Incensed that his girlfriend Melissa Soman had danced with another man, a 22-year-old farmer clubbed her with a paddle near the Berbice River, where she jumped overboard and failed to resurface....

Vendor shot in brazen robbery at La Penitence Market

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vendor shot in brazen robbery at La Penitence Market

Bandits escaped on a motorcycle with an undisclosed sum of cash after shooting a La Penitence Market vendor at around 12.45 hrs yesterday in the vicinity of Saffon Street and Trench Road. The victim...

Belly wuk passing pun empty stomach

Jun 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Belly wuk passing pun empty stomach

De guvment announce a six-stage reopening of de country. Phase One 1 nah much different though from the partial lockdown. De opening up bin start even before de guvment announce it. People bin seh...

The ‘Sonny’ Ramphal Story

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The ‘Sonny’ Ramphal Story

Sir Shridath Ramphal is Guyana’s and the Caribbean’s most eminent statesman. He has had a sterling career spanning more than 60 years in the service of his native country, Guyana; his wider home,...

Decision on elections credibility case set for today

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Decision on elections credibility case set for today

– Appeal to CCJ possible A ruling is set to be handed down in the case filed over the credibility of Guyana’s Regional and General Elections at 13:30 hours today at the Appeal Court in...

Pan Am sport executive Millerson passes

Jun 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am sport executive Millerson passes

The Executive Committee of the Association of Pan American Sports Confederations (ACODEPA) and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) regrets the death of William Millerson. Millerson, who was a dear...

Subryanville resident wearied at City Council’s slow move to address concerns

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Subryanville resident wearied at City Council’s slow move to address concerns

A pensioner and his wife are tired at the slow movement by the Georgetown City Council to address their concerns. Percy Casey a mechanic and his wife Joycelyn Casey of 15 Earls Avenue Subryanville,...

Harding’s dream is to play professional volleyball Wants GVF to implement more Referee, Coaches training

Jun 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harding’s dream is to play professional volleyball Wants GVF to implement more Referee, Coaches training

By Sean Devers At 26, Vance Harding is widely regarded in the local Volleyball fraternity as the best player in Guyana and confirms that despite where you come, you can be the best at what you...

ALIVE OR DEAD? Mystery lingers over fate of Shawnette Savory

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ALIVE OR DEAD? Mystery lingers over fate of Shawnette Savory

“My daughter is still alive and I have proof…I want the world to know”. Those were the words of Dhanrajie Murray, the mother of Shawnette Savory, who vanished without trace in August 2016 after...

GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…Dancing with the dead

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GUYANESE HORROR FICTION KAMARANG…Dancing with the dead

She found Loretta Hamilton on the bed, her belly sliced open. Hector Levans had scooped out the tiny, three-month-old foetus and placed it on her chest, in a mocking semblance of a mother cradling...

Do you know what my wife told me about Joyce Sinclair?

Jun 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Do you know what my wife told me about Joyce Sinclair?

My wife, Janet is the opposite of me in certain spheres. She does not like politics at all. She eschews discussions about society and sociology. We have been married for 41 years now, and many...

Europe is leading the way

Jun 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Europe is leading the way

America is the world’s richest and most powerful nation. It has economic might backed by the world’s most powerful military. But for some time now, America’s invincibility, indeed American...

In wake of COVID-19 pandemic…Child Care & Protection Agency records spike in cases of children in ‘difficult circumstances’

Jun 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on In wake of COVID-19 pandemic…Child Care & Protection Agency records spike in cases of children in ‘difficult circumstances’

Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CCPA), Ann Green says that the Agency has recorded an increase in reports regarding children in “difficult situations.” She has indicated that the...

Construction worker, businessman robbed after leaving same bank

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more