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COVID-19 curfew extended to 8pm – Berbice curfew-free Monday to Friday

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 curfew extended to 8pm – Berbice curfew-free Monday to Friday

The national COVID-19 curfew will now span the period 8pm to 6am in all regions with the exception of Five and Six. In Regions Five and Six, the curfew has been lifted from Monday through Friday but...

SHC defender Dindial recovered and rearing to go

Jul 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on SHC defender Dindial recovered and rearing to go

Twenty-two year-old Saints Hockey Club (SHC) left-back Paramanand Andy Dindial, who has been a member of the club for eight years; since its formation in 2012, is looking to get back on the pitch...

Ministry reports high turnout for CSEC and CAPE -says 100 percent attendance at Region Three schools

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry reports high turnout for CSEC and CAPE -says 100 percent attendance at Region Three schools

Four days into the sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), public school students have turned out in...

North West man is Guyana’s 19th COVID-19 fatality -cases now at 314

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on North West man is Guyana’s 19th COVID-19 fatality -cases now at 314

The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed Guyana’s 19th COVID-19 death. The deceased is a 36-year-old man from the North West District, Region One. According to reports, the man passed away at...

OAS Permanent Council meets on Tuesday to address Guyana’s electoral situation

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OAS Permanent Council meets on Tuesday to address Guyana’s electoral situation

The Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) is set to meet on Tuesday, July 21 to discuss the electoral situation in Guyana. The meeting was requested by OAS Secretary General,...

State of Roraima, Brazil recognises President Elect “Irfaan Ali”

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on State of Roraima, Brazil recognises President Elect “Irfaan Ali”

The State Government of Roraima, Brazil has expressed serious concern about the developments of Guyana’s 2020 electoral process, seeing as the “democratically elected candidate, Dr....

UK announces “consequences” for undemocratic Govt.

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UK announces “consequences” for undemocratic Govt.

Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Dominic Raab earlier today announced that the Government has started to put consequences in place for any threat to democracy in Guyana, through the swearing...

Election Riggers to be informed of visa revocation – US Ambassador

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Election Riggers to be informed of visa revocation – US Ambassador

By Kemol King The US Embassy informed the press yesterday that those persons found to be undermining democracy in Guyana, and those who are complicit, will be informed that their visas have been...

Companies like Rystad Energy want Guyanese to be happy collecting peanuts from ExxonMobil – Dr. Mangal

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Companies like Rystad Energy want Guyanese to be happy collecting peanuts from ExxonMobil – Dr. Mangal

-Insists country should take its time in granting project approval If there continues to be delays in giving ExxonMobil the green light to begin developing its third project, the Payara in the...

Contractor killed execution-style

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Contractor killed execution-style

The owner of KP Construction Services Limited, Kissoondath Premsukh, was yesterday executed in the presence of one of his clients. The incident occurred at a construction site located on D’Urban...

Chan Santokhi is the new president of Suriname

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chan Santokhi is the new president of Suriname

(StarNieuws) – Outgoing president Desi Bouterse yesterday put on the presidential sash for his successor Chan Santokhi. The transfer of power in the country took place at an extraordinary...

Court sets date to hear K/News publisher’s lawsuit to quash East Coast land deals

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court sets date to hear K/News publisher’s lawsuit to quash East Coast land deals

The court case filed by Kaieteur News Publisher, Glenn Lall, to quash the June 11, sale of 130 acres of prime East Coast Demerara (ECD) lands by the incumbent, A Partnership for National Unity +...

CARICOM heads to hold special meeting on Guyana

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM heads to hold special meeting on Guyana

According to the recently installed Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, the regional body is expected to convene a special meeting on Guyana. This development will...

Recount figures must be accepted – UK Foreign Minister

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Recount figures must be accepted – UK Foreign Minister

The United Kingdom (UK) has reiterated its position that the recount figures must be accepted and used for the declaration of the winner of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections. UK...

Granger please step aside… Green Card holders under watch – fmr. US Govt. officials

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger please step aside… Green Card holders under watch – fmr. US Govt. officials

Being a US citizen or Green Card holder does not mean protection from that country’s laws especially when it comes to actively participating in pushing narratives that can derail the democratic...

Trotman’s arguments on Lowenfield’s report are complete rubbish- Nandlall

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Trotman’s arguments on Lowenfield’s report are complete rubbish- Nandlall

Former Attorney General (AG) and executive of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Anil Nandlall, has rebutted the recent utterances made by the co-chairman of the Alliance For Change...

Dem gat REVO-KEE in Guyana

Jul 17, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem gat REVO-KEE in Guyana

It tek Moses – de one in de Bible – 47 days to lead de people of Israel from Egypt to Mount Sinai. So far it tek GEE-Cum 137 days and still dem can’t declare the elections results. De...

Corentyne woman pleads for help after heavy winds destroy home

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne woman pleads for help after heavy winds destroy home

With no income and no proper place to rest her head at nights, a 58-year-old part-time cleaner attached to the Massiah Primary School at Number 71 Village is pleading for assistance to rebuild her...

Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes steel England after early drama

Jul 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes steel England after early drama

ESPNcricinfo – It was slow, steady and perfectly suited to England’s needs after a difficult start – on and off the field. Dom Sibley’s 86 not out, amid an unbroken 126-run stand for...

Guyana stands isolated and shamed

Jul 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana stands isolated and shamed

The APNU+AFC has disgraced Guyana. Never before have so many countries, respected international organizations and individuals come out in condemnation of the attempts to deny the democratic will of...

Iwokrama threatens to ban vehicles -as cases of people smuggling surface

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Iwokrama threatens to ban vehicles -as cases of people smuggling surface

Management of the Iwokrama project says that it has come to its attention that there are transport operators who are conducting illegal activities through its forest. “On June 13, two buses passed...

The people who have ultimate disrespect for the African race

Jul 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The people who have ultimate disrespect for the African race

In my column of Monday, May 25, 2020 under the title: “The APNU+AFC losing the battle because of their insults,” I wrote the following – “Here is what one of Guyana’s most prominent...

Police seeking help to identify body of battered man

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police seeking help to identify body of battered man

Weeks after the body of a man was discovered with visible wounds to the face and other parts, police in Region 5 are yet to identify him. Moreover, police in a release issued yesterday said that they...

Local businesses can apply for technical assistance grants

Jul 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Local businesses can apply for technical assistance grants

The Ministry of Business announced yesterday that Guyana is among 13 Caribbean countries that have qualified to benefit from technical assistance grants. The grants are being made available through...

GCCI writes Top Cop to address possible “destabilization of security” -as country awaits declaration

Jul 17, 2020 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on GCCI writes Top Cop to address possible “destabilization of security” -as country awaits declaration

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has written to the Police Commissioner, Leslie James, expressing concerns over the possibility of a “destabilization of security” as the...

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National basketball team down to 15 after intense trials

Members of the National Assembly should exercise civility towards their peers

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The following column was published two years ago in response to the same controversy that... more