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Lowenfield holding Guyana at ransom

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield holding Guyana at ransom

Elections Declaration on hold… Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield has refused to submit a report on the results of the recount for declaration by the Guyana Elections Commission...

GPL buys 8 bucket trucks for $587M

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL buys 8 bucket trucks for $587M

As Guyana waits in bated breath for the results of elections 2020 to be announced, it is business as usual at a few State companies. The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on Tuesday approved almost...

EPA moves to close loopholes in permits

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on EPA moves to close loopholes in permits

Flaring by ExxonMobil… By Kiana Wilburg When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) learnt last year that ExxonMobil was releasing toxic chemicals into the atmosphere by burning significant...

Motion filed in Appeal Court to stop Lowenfield’s report to GECOM Chair

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motion filed in Appeal Court to stop Lowenfield’s report to GECOM Chair

… PPP says will not stop declaration Attorney-at-Law Mayo Robertson, on behalf of his client, Eslyn David, has asked the Court of Appeal to prevent the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s Chief...

Pres. Granger, Volda Lawrence “clear out” public offices

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Granger, Volda Lawrence “clear out” public offices

– but party still attempts to prevent declaration De facto President David Granger and Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, have cleared out their respective public offices in preparation...

Five teachers among 12 who test positive for COVID-19 – cases increase to 183

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Five teachers among 12 who test positive for COVID-19 – cases increase to 183

Guyana has another 12 new cases of the COVID-19 disease. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Shamdeo Persaud, announced that the new cases were discovered among 42 tests conducted. The new cases bring...

Security team to monitor 90-minute exercise

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security team to monitor 90-minute exercise

National Park to reopen today… The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) in a press release yesterday revealed that the National Park will be opened to the public from today (June 19, 2020). This...

HAP-New playing God with Guyana

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on HAP-New playing God with Guyana

Dem Boys Seh… Dem boys keep remembering wha dem various Prime Ministers talk. Keith de Row-Lee of Trinidad seh how he concerned when elections become a court-house matter. Dat was one month after...

WHAT IS HARDER TO FIND THAN LOVE?

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT IS HARDER TO FIND THAN LOVE?

My first job interview required that I produce some form of identification and proof that I was of working age. Since I could not locate my national identification card at the time – it was...

APNU+AFC supporters protest GECOM H/Q unhindered

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC supporters protest GECOM H/Q unhindered

– police later threaten charges in press release Scores of supporters of the A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition are expected to be charged for breaching...

Postponed flights for stranded Guyanese to arrive today

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Postponed flights for stranded Guyanese to arrive today

Guyanese in Trinidad and Barbados who were placed on standby after two Caribbean Airlines (CAL) repatriation flights were postponed on June 11, will finally arrive later today. An advisory issued by...

SVN organizes COVID-19 relief for affected families

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on SVN organizes COVID-19 relief for affected families

Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) is currently engaged in a major relief programme to alleviate families affected by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. The staff has been consistently involved in organizing...

Coalition supporters stage “illegal” protest in Berbice

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition supporters stage “illegal” protest in Berbice

– Protest leaders to face court action for breaching COVID-19 orders – Regional Commander Several supporters and party members of the APNU+AFC yesterday staged an illegal protest. They...

Construction worker’s alleged killers for court today

Jun 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Construction worker’s alleged killers for court today

Body with plastic bag over head… – evidence of possible bloodstains found in house The two men who allegedly bludgeoned construction worker Andy Williams with a hammer and dumped his corpse...

Many rivers and mountains ahead

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Many rivers and mountains ahead

A citizen, apparently acting in the interests of the Coalition, has moved to the Court of Appeal in an attempt to block this country’s scaling a monumental first hurdle in its reaching for...

Qualification was much more than football to us, it was a test of strategic discipline – Forde

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Qualification was much more than football to us, it was a test of strategic discipline – Forde

GFF hail Historic 2019 Gold Cup Team on 1st Anniversary June 18, 2020 marked the first anniversary of Guyana’s historic appearance at the Concacaf Gold Cup when the ‘Golden Jaguars’ took to the...

APNU+AFC is hoping for NCM2

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on APNU+AFC is hoping for NCM2

There is a distinct trait in humans that seeks to avoid using strong language to describe the unpleasant nature of their fellow humans. This disposition is inherent in Homo sapiens. PPP commissioner,...

The imminent closure of remaining GuySuCo estates comes as no surprise

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The imminent closure of remaining GuySuCo estates comes as no surprise

Dear Editor, The recent revelations in the press regarding GuySuCo points to imminent closure of its remaining three estates. This situation comes as no surprise to citizens who follow the industry...

Bert Wilkinson’s Washington Post report was filled with misinformation

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Bert Wilkinson’s Washington Post report was filled with misinformation

Dear Editor, Writing on Guyana’s Elections 2020, Associated Press accredited journalist Bert Wilkinson made the bizarre assertion that “Following a recount of some districts,...

The PPP/C flourished via a deficient tax system

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP/C flourished via a deficient tax system

Dear Editor The American Revolution didn’t start because its people were yearning for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It kicked off in Boston in 1773 when a bunch of merchants...

The CARICOM Observer Report is self-contradictory and illogical

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The CARICOM Observer Report is self-contradictory and illogical

Dear Editor, This letter is about deficiencies in the CARICOM Observer Report 2020. The first debatable issue is whether its 18% (423/2,399) sample size is a valid and reliable basis for its...

Stop trying to subvert the will of Guyanese people

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stop trying to subvert the will of Guyanese people

Dear Editor The 2nd March 2020 elections, which official results are eagerly awaited, have more drama than a soap opera. Everyone, except the PNC led APNU+AFC and their ardent supporters, knows the...

The PPP needs to be democratized and be more inclusive

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PPP needs to be democratized and be more inclusive

Dear Editor, Congratulations to PPP and incoming President Irfaan Ali. Because of the closeness of the elections, the country must have an inclusive government of all political parties. In looking at...

The hope and the dream

Jun 19, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The hope and the dream

Dear Editor, It is Thursday morning as I write, as a nation waits with indrawn breath for the coming of 13:00hrs and whatever lies beyond. I trust that it is only of the positive and the nationally...

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Kaieteur Sports– In a proactive move to foster a safer and more responsible sporting environment, the National Sports Commission (NSC), in collaboration with the Office of the Director of...

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“One Guyana” is no less a national slogan than “Green Guyana”

Kaieteur News- The notion that “One Guyana” is a partisan slogan is pure poppycock. It is a desperate fiction... more