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New elections unacceptable – OAS

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New elections unacceptable – OAS

The Organisation of America States (OAS) today made it clear that the idea of a fresh election is “unacceptable” and underscored the need for the declaration of the March 2 Elections to...

Lowenfield submits report using Mingo’s fraudulent numbers

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield submits report using Mingo’s fraudulent numbers

Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield submitted his final report to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), using the fraudulent numbers concocted by controversial Region Four Returning Officer,...

Lowenfield gives Commission new report not reflecting recount results

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield gives Commission new report not reflecting recount results

Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield submitted to the Guyana Elections Commission earlier today another report as requested by the Chair, however that report, according to opposition...

UK Foreign Minister urges GECOM to declare recount results

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UK Foreign Minister urges GECOM to declare recount results

Elizabeth Grace Sugg, a Minister of the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office earlier today called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to declare the results of the CARICOM-scrutinised...

Lowenfield fails to submit elections report

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield fails to submit elections report

– Tells commission he didn’t understand instructions given – leaves in a hurry claiming he received a death threat – GECOM Chair demands compliance by 11am today By Shikema...

Granger’s newly appointed Army Chief tells ABCE countries, he will abide by the Constitution

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger’s newly appointed Army Chief tells ABCE countries, he will abide by the Constitution

On the same day CEO Keith Lowenfield was tasked with submitting his report, triggering in the declaration of elections results and the formal installment of a President and Commander-in-Chief,...

UN Secretary General calls for swift election declaration

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on UN Secretary General calls for swift election declaration

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday called on all of Guyana’s political leaders and their supporters to “recognize and accept” the final official results of the...

Remove persons obstructing electoral process – OAS to GECOM chair

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Remove persons obstructing electoral process – OAS to GECOM chair

The Organization for the American States (OAS) has made an appeal to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to exclude those who display bias and thereby hinder the progression of the electoral...

Stabroek Block holds over 7 trillion cubic feet of gas – says Wood Mackenzie

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Stabroek Block holds over 7 trillion cubic feet of gas – says Wood Mackenzie

Even as ExxonMobil continues assessments on the quantity of gas it has discovered, there are some industry experts which already have a fair idea of the resources that have been uncovered....

Three foreigners arrested in Meten-Meer-Zorg; gun seized

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three foreigners arrested in Meten-Meer-Zorg; gun seized

Three Spanish-speaking men who residents noticed were acting suspiciously were last night arrested at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. According to residents, a group of men were seen crossing a...

Lowenfield is bound to use Recount results

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield is bound to use Recount results

By Kemol King Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield is bound to submit a report on the results of the national recount, as he has been so instructed on several occasions, a restriction that has...

Bingo and Lolo balla run out

Jul 11, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bingo and Lolo balla run out

Dem boys nah hear from de Bingo man fuh some time. Even though he name calling all de time. De man missing in action. Is like de man gone underground. Dem boys wan believe dat de Rigadier hiding he...

Thief in the House!

Jul 11, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Thief in the House!

Many years ago, I was a guest in the home of a friend. One night, a burglar broke into the house. He came through a side window but was not aware that a pit-bull slept right beneath the same window....

Four political parties demand Lowenfield to be fired

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Four political parties demand Lowenfield to be fired

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), The Citizenship Initiative (TCI), The New Movement (TNM) as well as the United Republican Party (URP), have called for the immediate dismissal of Chief Elections...

Bandit jumps fence, steals cellphones from house with “stick”

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bandit jumps fence, steals cellphones from house with “stick”

Security cameras captured a bandit scaling a fence and using a piece of stick to remove cell phones from the bottom flat of a two-storey house. The robbery recorded on the footage took place at...

Lust for Power

Jul 11, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Lust for Power

Let us cut to the chase right away. The APNU+AFC coalition will settle for one thing and one outcome only. It is that what it presents is accepted. It is that once that is accepted, that it be...

Guyana records four new cases as COVID-19 reaches Region 8

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records four new cases as COVID-19 reaches Region 8

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday reported four new COVID-19 cases in Guyana, bringing the total number to 290 for persons who have now tested positive for the novel coronavirus According to...

Suspect in cellphone store robbery released on bail

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect in cellphone store robbery released on bail

File to be re-sent for further advice Investigators yesterday released a suspect on bail who was apprehended in connection with an armed robbery of a cellphone store located at Mon Repos, East Coast...

Search party recovers body

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Search party recovers body

Venezuelan teen who fell in Cuyuni River… The body of 19-year-old Bryan Gonzalez was recovered from the Cuyuni River, yesterday. The Venezuelan teen had reportedly gone missing after he fell into...

Police to investigate circumstances surrounding teen’s death

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police to investigate circumstances surrounding teen’s death

The Guyana Police Force has decided to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a 19-year old miner from Bydarado Road, Bartica, Region Seven. The miner identified as Rickford Newton...

City collecting increased taxes illegally – Former AG Anil Nandlall

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City collecting increased taxes illegally – Former AG Anil Nandlall

Attorney-at-Law, Anil Nandlall, in an interview on Kaieteur Radio Wednesday evening, stated that the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) collected increase in taxes illegally when they...

Bail granted for Plaisance woman accused of killing husband

Jul 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bail granted for Plaisance woman accused of killing husband

Twenty-five -year-old Melissa Playter, a mother of three of 41 Prince William Street, Plaisance East Coast Demerara, who is accused of killing her reputed husband in December 2018, was yesterday...

South American FIFA World Cup qualifiers to begin in October

Jul 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on South American FIFA World Cup qualifiers to begin in October

Following consultation with the South American member associations, FIFA and CONMEBOL have agreed to postpone the upcoming South American qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 initially...

GBA coaches for ABC virtual seminar

Jul 11, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA coaches for ABC virtual seminar

THE Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has selected five coaches to participate in a virtual seminar to be run by the Americas Boxing Confederation (ABC). The seminar will commence at 2:00pm today, July...

The people who claim to speak for Black people

Jul 11, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The people who claim to speak for Black people

Here was a prediction of mine in response to what David Hinds would say when he replied to my criticism of opportunistically introducing the event of slavery in all of his response to those who are...

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National B/Ball team departs for Suriname today

Poverty does not come with a lifetime warranty

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the national discussion segues to poverty reduction, it resurrects the age-old debate... more