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Region Four results… I don’t buy Mingo’s numbers; who vex, vex! – Dominic Gaskin

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region Four results… I don’t buy Mingo’s numbers; who vex, vex! – Dominic Gaskin

– Investigate wrong doings at GECOM By Shikema Dey Former Business Minister and Director of Business, Dominic Gaskin, has publicly stated that he does not “buy” the numbers used by District...

Stalled electoral process, security threats, coronavirus cause Carter Center, EU observers to withdraw from Guyana

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Stalled electoral process, security threats, coronavirus cause Carter Center, EU observers to withdraw from Guyana

Two electoral observer missions have withdrawn from Guyana, citing concerns about developments here. The European Union Observer Mission put out a brief statement yesterday notifying of its decision...

Court allows political parties to join elections recount proceedings

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Court allows political parties to join elections recount proceedings

The Court is still in the preliminary stages of hearing application by A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC)-aligned Ulita Moore to block the national recount of the...

Flawed elections results could damage Guyana’s int’l standing – US State Dept.

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Flawed elections results could damage Guyana’s int’l standing – US State Dept.

The US State Department has come forward with another statement warning Guyana of the consequences that would follow if it announces official elections results based on a flawed tabulation. Again,...

COVID-19 safety precautions… Limited journalists, lawyers, spectators allowed to enter high court

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 safety precautions… Limited journalists, lawyers, spectators allowed to enter high court

Limited media personnel, lawyers and representatives of the varying political parties and spectators were allowed entry into the Georgetown High Court yesterday where the hearing into an injunction...

BOG asks banks to: reduce interest rates, defer loan payment, waive ATM fees

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BOG asks banks to: reduce interest rates, defer loan payment, waive ATM fees

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) has asked commercial banks to take steps to reduce the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on customers. According to correspondence seen, Governor of BoG, Dr. Gobind Ganga,...

IMF says Guyana among countries least prepared to tackle coronavirus

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on IMF says Guyana among countries least prepared to tackle coronavirus

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Guyana has been ranked as one of the least prepared countries in the western hemisphere to tackle the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a document...

All ballot boxes taken back to GECOM HQ

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on All ballot boxes taken back to GECOM HQ

The containers which hold the ballot boxes from the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections have been transported from the Arthur Chung Convention Center [ACCC] back to the Guyana Elections...

Guyana fighting a war without ammunition

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana fighting a war without ammunition

Dem boys worried. Dem boys wives happy though. Nuff men now staying home. Some of dem wife does barely see dem when de day done. Now de wives praying dat de day done quick quick because dem ah see...

Domestic pressure is also important

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Domestic pressure is also important

International isolation must be backed by domestic pressure if the country’s ongoing and protracted political crisis is to be resolved. So far, there has been more of the former than the latter. It...

Savage murder of woman and carpenter… Alleged killer kept rage hidden during court

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Savage murder of woman and carpenter… Alleged killer kept rage hidden during court

appearance, apologised for threatening spouse – ‘forgiving’ wife asked magistrate to dismiss matter When she appeared in the Linden Magistrates’ Court on March 10, Imogene Gordon told...

President says GECOM must be allowed to act without interference

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President says GECOM must be allowed to act without interference

President David Granger made a call yesterday for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to be allowed the freedom and independence to execute its mandate of providing free, fair and credible...

Local business commits to COVID-19 fight – distributes hygienic products to less fortunate

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Local business commits to COVID-19 fight – distributes hygienic products to less fortunate

Local business Gandhi Variety Store has pledged its support to the fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Yesterday, the business distributed its last 100 bottles of rubbing alcohol to less...

House jumper gets nine months jail time – Tucville, Sophia men deny receiving stolen items

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on House jumper gets nine months jail time – Tucville, Sophia men deny receiving stolen items

Three men were yesterday arraigned before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. One of the defendants was charged for breaking into a woman’s home and carting off...

The key to understanding why the ballot boxes were removed

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The key to understanding why the ballot boxes were removed

Anyone with a modicum of comprehension had to reject the police request to Giftland to move its surveillance cameras from pointing in the direction of the Arthur Chung Convention Centre and the...

COVID-19 precautionary measure… GPL public hearings to be live streamed – PUC

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 precautionary measure… GPL public hearings to be live streamed – PUC

On October 4, 2010 the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) licence was amended to facilitate an annual review by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of the company’s Operating Standards and...

Zeeburg overcome Recharge in 7-a-side softball final

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Zeeburg overcome Recharge in 7-a-side softball final

Zeeburg defeated Recharge by seven wickets to win the final of the Travis Drakes/Roger Doobay/Visionary Sports Club 7-a-side softball competition which was contested on Sunday last at Lookout, East...

Intensive screening at West Dem. Regional Hospital in wake of coronavirus

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Intensive screening at West Dem. Regional Hospital in wake of coronavirus

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, health facilities across the country have adopted some necessary precautionary measures. This publication has been able to see some of these measures in full effect...

Forests and biodiversity are too precious to lose – Regional Forestry Officer

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Forests and biodiversity are too precious to lose – Regional Forestry Officer

“In a time where we are faced with the Coronavirus, it is hard to think of anything else other than the virus. Things that we have taken for granted are now no longer or less available and we are...

Ramratan narrowly misses ton in GSSC/SS/Jaguars win; Zeelandia/MP victorious

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ramratan narrowly misses ton in GSSC/SS/Jaguars win; Zeelandia/MP victorious

Opener Devon Ramrattan narrowly missed a century as Good Success SC/Sans Souci/Jaguars combined defeated Noitgedacht Sports Club by 231 runs, while Zeelandia/Maria’s Pleasure overcame G Square...

UCCA’s Price Right Supermarket final postponed due Covid-19 Virus

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on UCCA’s Price Right Supermarket final postponed due Covid-19 Virus

The much anticipated Upper Corentyne Cricket Association’s (UCCA) Price Right Supermarket T20 cricket final set for tomorrow at the Number 69 ground in Corentyne, Berbice has been unavoidably...

Misguided mindsets

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Misguided mindsets

There are large schools of thinking in this country that believe – rather stubbornly and determinedly -that a foolproof counting process, one that is widely observed and blessed, will lead to a...

New Amsterdam man succumbs 10 days after involvement in fight

Mar 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Amsterdam man succumbs 10 days after involvement in fight

A 33-year-old man who was dealt several blows about his body during a heated argument and scuffle on 8th March last succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday (18th March) at the Georgetown Public...

Triple Crown horse-race meet postponed

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Triple Crown horse-race meet postponed

The Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee’s (JJTRC) second annual Triple Crown horserace meet has been postponed, again. According to the Chairman of the JJTRC; Nasrudeen Mohamed Jr., the first...

‘Place more emphasis on the upcoming players’ – Sir Andy Roberts

Mar 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Place more emphasis on the upcoming players’ – Sir Andy Roberts

Gives the Skerritt’s Administration 6 out 10 grade Sir Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts was the ‘Father’ of the West Indian fast bowling quartet along with Michael Holding, Joel Garner and...

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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