March 7, 2020 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Breaking News! “Every vote must count” – says CARICOM Chair to Guyana

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News! “Every vote must count” – says CARICOM Chair to Guyana

– urges completion of electoral process “Every vote must be made to count; and transparently so,” said Chairman of the Caribbean Community [CARICOM], Ms. Mia Mottley. Speaking in this very...

Breaking News!…Court hearing to block Granger’s swearing in briefly deferred

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!…Court hearing to block Granger’s swearing in briefly deferred

The hearing into the application filed in the High Court to determine whether blocking the swearing in of President David Granger over the unverified Region Four elections results is lawful, has been...

Don’t swear in a new president under the present vote count – US, UK, Canada, EU Heads

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Don’t swear in a new president under the present vote count – US, UK, Canada, EU Heads

The Heads of Mission of the Embassy of the United States of America, Sarah-Ann Lynch, the British High Commission, Greg Quinn, the Canadian High Commission, Lilian Chatterjee, and the Delegation of...

Elections officials served with request for total recount

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Elections officials served with request for total recount

Attorney-at-Law, Sanjeev Datadin, informed members of the media yesterday that multiple Deputy Returning Officers have been served with official letters for a recount of the ballots for Region Four....

Steps were being put in place to swear in Granger – Harmon

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Steps were being put in place to swear in Granger – Harmon

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), according to Joseph Harmon, was putting steps in place to swear in incumbent President David Granger, to the post once again, using the not completely...

Man shot dead during protests, rioting – Cops, women and children injured, vehicles damaged

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot dead during protests, rioting – Cops, women and children injured, vehicles damaged

By Malisa Playter Harry It was absolute chaos in several parts of Region Five and Region Six as supporters of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic descended onto the streets to protest for a...

Political parties urge calm

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Political parties urge calm

Political parties that contested in the March 2, General and Regional Elections are calling for their supporters, and by extension Guyana, to remain calm, to be patient and to conduct themselves in a...

Media removed from GECOM centre, despite accreditation

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Media removed from GECOM centre, despite accreditation

By Mikaila Prince On Thursday, Kaieteur News reported that persons from the local media fraternity were denied entry into the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Command Centre at the Ashmin’s...

Protests erupt in several regions

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Protests erupt in several regions

Amidst the violent protests in Region Six, persons representing the People’s Progressive Party in Region Two also came out yesterday in protest of the unverified declarations made by...

Schools closed, businesses ramp up security

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Schools closed, businesses ramp up security

Schools around the city have remained closed and businesses have ramped up security as political tensions rise across the country. Several city schools were closed due to a low turnout from the...

Madness start, people dead

Mar 07, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Madness start, people dead

What is play fuh li’l boys is death fuh crappo. Yesterday some people decide dat dem gon protest. Dem boys coulda tell dat somebody big set dem up because it had to find people who gon just get up...

Sam Curran and Jos Buttler return to form as England level series in Antigua

Mar 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sam Curran and Jos Buttler return to form as England level series in Antigua

SportsMax – Sam Curran redeemed himself after his weekend drubbing and England captain Jos Buttler rediscovered his Midas touch in his side’s series-levelling victory over the West Indies in...

“Save our DEMOCRACY!” PPP supporters shot with pellets as riot erupts on East Coast

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Save our DEMOCRACY!” PPP supporters shot with pellets as riot erupts on East Coast

By Shikema Dey Pandemonium broke loose yesterday on the East Coast Demerara Public road at Lusignan and Mon Repos after officers in riot gear were forced to retaliate against violent supporters of...

Sanctions are likely to be applied against elections officials and the government

Mar 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Sanctions are likely to be applied against elections officials and the government

The APNU+AFC has managed to do something which has not been done for 28 years. They have managed to unite the country’s opposition parties. Six opposition parties – People’s Progressive...

Superbet says it has no political affiliation

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Superbet says it has no political affiliation

The management of Guiana Holding Inc. marketed under the brand Superbet in a statement made it clear that it has no affiliation with any political party. This disclosure, according to the company,...

Ministry plans symposium to sensitise public about coronavirus

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry plans symposium to sensitise public about coronavirus

With moves by the Caribbean Public Health Agency [CARPHA] to upgrade the novel coronarvirus risk in the Caribbean from low to moderate-high, owing to an increase in imported cases, Guyana has been...

Windsor Estates developer postpones Ogle project amid uncertainty

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Windsor Estates developer postpones Ogle project amid uncertainty

As Guyana continues to be in a state of uncertainty over Monday’s elections, which have not seen a winner announced for a new government, a developer has said that it remains cautious and will not...

Int’l observer missions call on GECOM to complete tabulation of Region Four results

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Int’l observer missions call on GECOM to complete tabulation of Region Four results

– say elections not credible if process incomplete The international observer missions from the Commonwealth, the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Union (EU), and the Carter...

Phagwah celebrations cancelled at National Stadium

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Phagwah celebrations cancelled at National Stadium

The organisers of the annual Phagwah celebrations at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, have announced that there will be no event on Monday. That East Bank Demerara location for the last...

David Granger should not be sworn in as Guyana’s president until….

Mar 07, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on David Granger should not be sworn in as Guyana’s president until….

Here is what the heads of mission of the US, UK, EU and Canada had to say about the election results of the March 2020 poll. I quote; “We call on all to ensure proper procedures are in place to...

Vagrant murder PI… Video evidence fails to play

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vagrant murder PI… Video evidence fails to play

On Thursday, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan continued with the preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Andrew Benjamin who was found with stab wounds to his neck on November 11, 2019. When the...

Sports Extra Inter Village Football Woven Texture Barber Shop lines up support

Mar 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Sports Extra Inter Village Football Woven Texture Barber Shop lines up support

A young and budding entrepreneur, Tyrese Jeffrey, Manager/Owner of Woven Texture Barber Shop located at 3rd Avenue, Diamond, East Bank Demerara has come on board with sponsorship for the staging of...

Wellman Masters claim Mike’s Pharmacy softball title

Mar 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wellman Masters claim Mike’s Pharmacy softball title

Wellman Masters defeated Park Rangers by 78 runs to emerge champions of the Mike’s Pharmacy 15-over softball tournament which was contested on Sunday last at Malteenoes Sports Club. In the final...

There is no legal requirement for verification of results – APNU+AFC candidate

Mar 07, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on There is no legal requirement for verification of results – APNU+AFC candidate

Attorney-at-law Roysdale Forde is of the view that the law does not require the verification of the results as declared by the Returning Officer of Region Four, Clairmont Mingo, on Thursday last. In...

Milo schools’ football matches postponed this weekend

Mar 07, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Milo schools’ football matches postponed this weekend

The promoters of the 2020 Milo schools’ football tournament; Petra Organisation, in a release to the media has noted the games scheduled for today and tomorrow has been rescheduled. The...

12 NEXT

CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

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