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Guyana Ambassador, Riyad Insanally, summoned by US Govt. over ‘flawed election results’

Guyana Ambassador, Riyad Insanally, summoned by US Govt. over ‘flawed election results’

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Ambassador, Riyad Insanally, summoned by US Govt. over ‘flawed election results’

Guyana’s Ambassador to the United States Riyad Insanally was yesterday called before the US Government which has firmly reiterated its position that any government sworn in on the basis of flawed...

Dire sanctions will befall GECOM officials, politicians and their family members if credible elections not achieved – Datadin

Dire sanctions will befall GECOM officials, politicians and their family members if credible elections not achieved – Datadin

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Dire sanctions will befall GECOM officials, politicians and their family members if credible elections not achieved – Datadin

If efforts to have transparent and credible elections are successfully defeated, then the international sanctions for all those who had a hand in this process would be dire. So says Attorney-at-law...

US offers $15m reward for Maduro arrest

US offers $15m reward for Maduro arrest

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US offers $15m reward for Maduro arrest

– indicts Venezuelan President, other top officials on charges of ‘narco-terrorism’ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government yesterday indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas...

Region 9 being closely monitored following reports of COVID-19 cases in Bonfim

Region 9 being closely monitored following reports of COVID-19 cases in Bonfim

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 9 being closely monitored following reports of COVID-19 cases in Bonfim

The Ministry of Public Health is closely monitoring Region Nine following reports of coronavirus [COVID-19] cases at the neighbouring city of Bonfim in Brazil. The report comes even as the border...

No legal requirement for party agents to monitor containers with ballot boxes – GECOM

No legal requirement for party agents to monitor containers with ballot boxes – GECOM

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No legal requirement for party agents to monitor containers with ballot boxes – GECOM

According to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), there is no legal requirement for agents of political parties to monitor the containers which hold ballot boxes—once they have been deposited...

Flight out of Barbados… Quarantine necessary to safeguard public – Health Minister

Flight out of Barbados… Quarantine necessary to safeguard public – Health Minister

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Flight out of Barbados… Quarantine necessary to safeguard public – Health Minister

Minister of Public Health, Ms. Volda Lawrence, is reassuring citizens that mandatory quarantine of 17 passengers, who arrived on the flight from Barbados on Wednesday night is necessary to safeguard...

Let’s talk; sanctions not the way – Harmon

Let’s talk; sanctions not the way – Harmon

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Let’s talk; sanctions not the way – Harmon

“Anti-national” was the term used by the A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change Coalition’s (APNU/ AFC) elections campaign manager, Joseph Harmon, when he sought to describe...

Linden, New Amsterdam towns under curfews

Linden, New Amsterdam towns under curfews

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linden, New Amsterdam towns under curfews

After giving keen consideration to the measures being proposed to effectively combat COVID-19, two municipalities have decided to be proactive in their response. Both the New Amsterdam and Linden...

Coronavirus pandemic… Jagdeo not in favour of total lockdown of country

Coronavirus pandemic… Jagdeo not in favour of total lockdown of country

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coronavirus pandemic… Jagdeo not in favour of total lockdown of country

After being declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), China, Italy, India and 16 other countries have ordered a total lockdown which prohibits entry or exit of individuals....

Wah miss yuh nah pass yuh!

Wah miss yuh nah pass yuh!

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Wah miss yuh nah pass yuh!

Dem boys gat memory like elephant. Dem remember when in 2011, GECOM share out scanned copies of statements of poll (SOPs) to all dem political parties. So dem boys asking how GECOM nah want produce...

What a tangled web we weave….

What a tangled web we weave….

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What a tangled web we weave….

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has provided no credible or justifiable grounds why it cannot supply the statements of poll (SOPs) on which the declaration of the results were made in the 10...

Overkill or overabundance of caution?

Overkill or overabundance of caution?

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Overkill or overabundance of caution?

The walls are closing in from all directions and rapidly. The metaphors usually associated with forces of nature are summoned and put to work to describe the feared anticipations of the effect of...

Giftland to close from Wednesday

Giftland to close from Wednesday

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland to close from Wednesday

The iconic Giftland Mall at Turkeyen has announced temporary closure from Wednesday, April 1, 2020. “This closure is due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic which has placed our country and the...

CXC offers modified exams in light of COVID-19

CXC offers modified exams in light of COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CXC offers modified exams in light of COVID-19

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is assuring that it stands in solidarity with the region and the international community as the people grapple with the impact of COVID-19 on the way of life....

COVID-19 concerns force countrywide cancellation of Friday prayers at Masjids

COVID-19 concerns force countrywide cancellation of Friday prayers at Masjids

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 concerns force countrywide cancellation of Friday prayers at Masjids

The Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) and the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) have announced the cancellation of Friday Congregational Prayer at Masjids as a precaution from the possible...

GCCI eager to play role in COVID-19 National Taskforce

GCCI eager to play role in COVID-19 National Taskforce

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI eager to play role in COVID-19 National Taskforce

– urges bars, restaurants and other businesses to limit their services Expressing its eagerness to play a role in the COVID-19 National Taskforce, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce &...

Police Force to commence campaign against public gathering – NCTF

Police Force to commence campaign against public gathering – NCTF

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police Force to commence campaign against public gathering – NCTF

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) yesterday held a virtual meeting as it continued to practice social distancing. The NCTF used the opportunity to commend the Ministry of Public and the team of...

Harmon: The politics of confusion, the confusion of politics

Harmon: The politics of confusion, the confusion of politics

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Harmon: The politics of confusion, the confusion of politics

Joe Harmon and Raphael Trotman held a press conference to offer APNU’s side in the never-ending saga of election confusion which raised its monstrous head on the fateful, Tuesday morning of March 3...

Lots of talent here, but suitable funding needed for continuous development – Upper Mazaruni DSC Chairman Wellington

Lots of talent here, but suitable funding needed for continuous development – Upper Mazaruni DSC Chairman Wellington

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lots of talent here, but suitable funding needed for continuous development – Upper Mazaruni DSC Chairman Wellington

By Zaheer Mohamed Chairman of the District Sports Council (DSC) of Upper Mazaruni (Region seven Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Rudolph Wellington said the area has a lot of talented young footballers, but...

Guyanese makes U.S. U-19 hockey team

Guyanese makes U.S. U-19 hockey team

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese makes U.S. U-19 hockey team

By Calvin Chapman Overseas based Guyanese student-athlete; Ethan Skeete, who recently made the cut to represent the United States of America (USA) under-19 male hockey team, during an interview with...

N/A Council takes action to help quell potential spread of COVID-19

N/A Council takes action to help quell potential spread of COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on N/A Council takes action to help quell potential spread of COVID-19

Through collaborative efforts between the Environmental Health Department of the New Amsterdam Town Council and its Regional Environmental Department in East Berbice, the New Amsterdam Market was on...

GABBFF muscles weakened due to COVID – 19

GABBFF muscles weakened due to COVID – 19

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GABBFF muscles weakened due to COVID – 19

By Franklin Wilson Muscles that were pumped up and ready to flex on stage in a competitive and entertaining way have now been deflated, not by choice but by design as the Coronavirus that has rocked...

Staying healthy is key to fighting off COVID-19 – CDC to PLHIV

Staying healthy is key to fighting off COVID-19 – CDC to PLHIV

Mar 27, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Staying healthy is key to fighting off COVID-19 – CDC to PLHIV

Backed by its global reach and its, thus far, unmatched characteristics, COVID-19 is currently one of the greatest health threats to mankind’s continued existence. The novel coronavirus has been...

AP Invitational suspended

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on AP Invitational suspended

The Aliann Pompey Invitation (API) has been suspended following the announcement of the new date for the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This year’s AP Invitation was...

Loss of democracy could result in loss of Essequibo

Loss of democracy could result in loss of Essequibo

Mar 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Loss of democracy could result in loss of Essequibo

DEAR EDITOR, The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be reluctant to pursue our case concerning Essequibo if our electoral process gets derailed and our government’s legitimacy is in...

GHB selects strong Women’s team for PAHF Challenge in Bermuda

GHB selects strong Women’s team for PAHF Challenge in Bermuda

Sep 10, 2024

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana women’s hockey team has selected its final squad for the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge, set to take place in Hamilton, Bermuda, from...

NSC, GOA issue unprecedented joint statement after reading riot act to Swimming Association

NSC, GOA issue unprecedented joint statement...

Sep 10, 2024

Golden Jaguars disappoint in 2-2 draw with 10-man Martinique

Golden Jaguars disappoint in 2-2 draw with 10-man...

Sep 10, 2024

Region Six REO pays courtesy visit to BCB Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh Cricket Academy

Region Six REO pays courtesy visit to BCB Dr....

Sep 10, 2024

Guyanese MMA team shine at Pan American Games Monterrey, Mexico

Guyanese MMA team shine at Pan American Games...

Sep 10, 2024

P&P Insurance Cycling Classic set to return after brief pause

P&P Insurance Cycling Classic set to return...

Sep 10, 2024

Cyberspace is becoming a dark place

Kaieteur News – The notion that cyberspace should exist in some fictional realm, free from the meddling hands of governments... more

Rising Gun Crimes in the Caribbean: Urgent Action required by all

By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News – There is an alarming surge in gun-related violence, particularly among younger... more

Democracy and autocracy: the reality

Kaieteur News – I keep it simple in this chat about democracy versus autocracy in Guyana. I agree and disagree with... more