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ExxonMobil hired scientists to spread confusion, doubt after learning about climate change

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ExxonMobil hired scientists to spread confusion, doubt after learning about climate change

Washington DC lawsuit reveals… By Kiana Wilburg More than five decades ago, ExxonMobil and three other major oil companies- Chevron, Shell and British Petroleum (BP)- were told by their in-house...

Jagdeo puts oil traders on notice

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo puts oil traders on notice

– says sanctions loom for those engaging with illegal Govt. By Mikaila Prince Leader of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, is sounding a warning to all of the oil...

Mr. Lowenfield… your actions are treasonous – GCCI head

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mr. Lowenfield… your actions are treasonous – GCCI head

The actions by Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield, where he sought to invalidate 115,844 valid votes and hand the victory of the March 2nd,...

Boy 14, mom and dad dies In blaze clinging to each other

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Boy 14, mom and dad dies In blaze clinging to each other

It was tragedy last night after the charred remains of a couple and their 14-year-old son were removed from the rubbles of a two-storey apartment building at Cummings Lodge, East Coast...

Worst case scenario: US could freeze Guyana’s oil funds – US political consultant

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Worst case scenario: US could freeze Guyana’s oil funds – US political consultant

By Kemol King A restriction of access to Guyana’s oil funds is entirely possible in the worst case scenario, if the will of the Guyanese people is not respected. So says Washington-based political...

Serial bike bandit hospitalized after failed robbery attempt

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Serial bike bandit hospitalized after failed robbery attempt

Four days after he and a friend brazenly relieved another motorcyclist, a suspected serial robber ended up in hospital while attempting to rob another biker. Police said that the suspect, a...

Ogle will be the Manhattan of Guyana

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Ogle will be the Manhattan of Guyana

Dem boys see wan piece of land on Regent Street, de busiest street in Georgetown. De land small. It only about 2400 square feet. It far smaller dan a normal house lat. Dem boys ask de owner of de...

Granger should disassociate himself from the attacks on Mia Mottley

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Granger should disassociate himself from the attacks on Mia Mottley

President David Granger has said that he was going to accept the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM’)s declaration of the elections results. He is also a signatory to an agreement which binds him...

11 health workers isolated in Bartica – 3-yr-old tested positive for COVID-19

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 11 health workers isolated in Bartica – 3-yr-old tested positive for COVID-19

Eleven healthcare workers, comprising of doctors and nurses, are now in isolation after coming into contact with Bartica’s first recorded case of COVID-19. There are now concerns among the...

Toddler drowns in bucket of water

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Toddler drowns in bucket of water

A mother, 20, is in grief after she discovered the motionless body of her 11-month-old baby girl, in a bucket of water Friday morning. The dead toddler has been identified as Tatiana Alexander, the...

Labourer, 48, found dead in trench

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer, 48, found dead in trench

The lifeless body of a labourer, 48, was found floating in a trench on the Essequibo Coast on Friday afternoon. The man, who was identified as Rajanauth Daljit, was found dead in a trench which runs...

Guyana among countries to be allowed under strict criteria to enter EU

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana among countries to be allowed under strict criteria to enter EU

European Union -The ambassadors of the European Union (EU) member states have agreed on strict criteria by which they will remove entry restrictions, DPA agency reports. The decision was made...

CJIA readies for proposed July 1 reopening

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CJIA readies for proposed July 1 reopening

In preparation for the phased reopening of the international airports, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) teamed up with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to ensure that the airport is up...

DDL donates sanitizing cleaner to 128 schools

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on DDL donates sanitizing cleaner to 128 schools

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) on Friday announced a donation of alcohol-based sanitizing cleaner, Environ, to the Ministry of Education to assist secondary schools with preparation for the...

Man arrested 5 months after fatal hit-and-run that left Guyanese teen dead

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man arrested 5 months after fatal hit-and-run that left Guyanese teen dead

Canada (www.cp24.com/news)- A 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with a Brampton hit-and-run in January that left a 16-year-old girl dead. The crash happened near Gore Road and Queen...

Lies on top of lies make Satan smile

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Lies on top of lies make Satan smile

There is only one end-game which is possible when it comes to Guyana’s elections. Fraud will not be allowed to prevail. The APNU+AFC and their agents are putting on a last-stand pantomime. But they...

Jamaica authorities forfeit cash seized from extradited Guyanese businessman

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaica authorities forfeit cash seized from extradited Guyanese businessman

Jamaica (Jamaica Observer) — The Financial Investigations Division (FID) is reporting that proceeds of crime in excess of US$20,000 and an assortment of currencies amounting to over J$1,200,000...

Guyana retains ‘Tier 1’ ranking in latest US Trafficking in Persons report

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana retains ‘Tier 1’ ranking in latest US Trafficking in Persons report

Guyana has retained its Tier 1 ranking for the fourth consecutive year according to the latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report of the United States Department of State, which was released on...

Guyana/Venezuela Controversy and ICJ

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on Guyana/Venezuela Controversy and ICJ

CONSUMER CONCERNS: By Pat Dial This column has endeavoured over the years to keep before the public the importance of the Guyana/Venezuela Controversy. Over the last year, the nation had been...

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD EXISTS TO HELP CURB ROAD ACCIDENTS

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on INTERNATIONAL STANDARD EXISTS TO HELP CURB ROAD ACCIDENTS

STANDARDS IN FOCUS Road traffic accidents are the eighth leading cause of death globally and they are the greatest cause of death among young people aged 15 to 29 years. Perhaps even more shocking,...

After the CCJ, four groups in the spotlight

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on After the CCJ, four groups in the spotlight

This week begins with expectations that after the CCJ rules on Guyana’s elections, that this national horror story would be over. Rather regrettably, we struggle to fathom how it could be so, since...

A reminder of the world’s debt to persons of African descent

Jun 28, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on A reminder of the world’s debt to persons of African descent

(A Review of David Granger’s Crime against humanity: The Trans-Atlantic Trade in Captive Africans, 1440-180. ISBN 978-976-8178-15-2.) David Granger’s Crime against humanity: The Trans-Atlantic...

Scientists just beginning to understand the many health problems caused by COVID-19

Jun 28, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Scientists just beginning to understand the many health problems caused by COVID-19

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the novel coronavirus, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health...

The Art of Storytelling

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on The Art of Storytelling

Book Review… Book: Ernest Palmer’s Dreams and other stories Author: Earl McKenzie Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Earl McKenzie proves his salt as the consummate raconteur. In Ernest Palmer’s...

Stingless bee

Jun 28, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Stingless bee

Interesting Creatures… Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (about 500 species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe...

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The quandary of the Guyanese electorate

Peeping tom… Kaieteur News – The discovery of oil was supposed to be Guyana’s golden goose, a promise of prosperity... more