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Breaking News!! PPPC secures 32 seats, APNU, 26, AFC, 7

Dec 01, 2011 KNews News 54

The Guyana Elections Commission confirmed today that Donald Ramotar is the new President of Guyana. His party, People’s Progressive Party Civic won 166,340 votes of the 342,236 valid votes cast. ...

2011 General and Regional Elections…Presidential Candidates call for peace, calm and restraint

Dec 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on 2011 General and Regional Elections…Presidential Candidates call for peace, calm and restraint

– urge supporters to accept final results The tension continued to escalate in the capital city and countrywide yesterday as more than 48 hours after theGeneral and Regional...

Commonwealth says vote count ‘transparent’

Dec 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Commonwealth says vote count ‘transparent’

Notes use of state funds in PPP campaigning, media access Officials worked hard and in “a transparent manner” to count votes cast in Monday’s poll, the Commonwealth...

OAS says vote count delay ‘unfortunate’

Dec 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on OAS says vote count delay ‘unfortunate’

The “operational procedures” of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) stymied the timely flow of elections results, observers of the Organisation of American States (OAS), stated...

GAP/ROAR Parliamentarian dies

Dec 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on GAP/ROAR Parliamentarian dies

Opposition Member of Parliament, Everall Franklin, of the Guyana Action Party has died. Frankly, 52, passed away shortly after 05:30 hrs at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital yesterday. In a...

Bharrat Jagdeo does it again

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bharrat Jagdeo does it again

This column would have been submitted before the results of the election. Tomorrow I will begin to assess why victory for one party, and why the loss for the others. Today, I look at some issues...

A New Beginning

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A New Beginning

Whatever else may have been achieved in Election 2011, Bharrat Jagdeo’s vacation of the office of President of Guyana has to be a positive development. When the defining words...

Dem boys seh…De pompousness done

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De pompousness done

De Bible got a saying, “Ask and it shall be given.” Wha you ask for you does get. De PPP had a theme song, “Dem a watch we.” That is wha dem ask for. Now according to dem boys, de...

Dem boys seh…Firecrackers shut down ‘Merica Street and mek police run

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Firecrackers shut down ‘Merica Street and mek police run

Georgetown was quiet ever since people had to vote. Dem business place and de whole of Georgetown get more quiet when de people done vote. Some business places open and some shut. Dem wha open...

IF YOU CAN DRIVE IN GUYANA, YOU CAN DRIVE ANYWHERE

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IF YOU CAN DRIVE IN GUYANA, YOU CAN DRIVE ANYWHERE

It is said that if you can drive in Guyana, then you can drive anywhere in the world. The drivers of Guyana are amongst the most highly skilled in the world, and this may have to...

GCB Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket…Pitbulls, President’s X1 advance to Sunday’s Final

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCB Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket…Pitbulls, President’s X1 advance to Sunday’s Final

By Sean Devers Rain and Berbician off-spinner Eon Hooper sent favourites Church’s Chicken Corentyne Titans crashing out of the Guyana Cricket Board’s Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20...

GCC Flora does us proud

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on GCC Flora does us proud

By Rawle Welch The sport over the past year has enjoyed a shift in fortune, while many of the local teams and national units have followed suit with some encouraging results as well so...

FIFA could suspend officials under investigation

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIFA could suspend officials under investigation

ZURICH (AP)—FIFA should consider suspending officials who are under criminal investigation as part of its effort to clean up the organization, an independent anti-corruption expert...

Munroe should mambo

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Munroe should mambo

By Edison Jefford It is a known fact that the absence of Godfrey Munroe from the National Senior Men’s team in August when Guyana hosted the Caribbean Championships did not help the...

Giftland OfficeMax on board with K&S

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Giftland OfficeMax on board with K&S

Corporate sponsorship is gaining momentum as the date for kick off of the 22nd Edition of the Kashif and Shanghai Football Extravaganza draws near. Yesterday, the variety...

CONCACAF U17 WCQ Round 2…Lady Jags oppose Reggae Girls today; Soca Princesses play Bahamas

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF U17 WCQ Round 2…Lady Jags oppose Reggae Girls today; Soca Princesses play Bahamas

Guyana’s Under-17 Lady Jags will be aiming for an improved performance when they come up against host team Jamaica when qualifying action in the CONCACAF World Cup competition continues at...

Rambarran retains Presidency following Berbice Volleyball Association AGM

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rambarran retains Presidency following Berbice Volleyball Association AGM

Gregory Rambarran was returned unopposed as the President of the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) when that body held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the All Saints Church Hall...

Taffin Khan stamps authority as Senior Chess championship continues

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on Taffin Khan stamps authority as Senior Chess championship continues

Senior chess champion, Taffin Khan continued his good showing to retain the lead position when the Geddes Grant/Seven Seas 2011 National Senior Chess Championship continued at the Ocean...

NSC was unsure of semifinal game – Chairman

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Sports Comments Off on NSC was unsure of semifinal game – Chairman

The Noitgedacht Sports Club was unsure of their semifinal game in the Wakenaam Cricket Committee\Thakur Lookram twenty\20 competition which was scheduled to be played two Sundays ago at...

Atrocious treatment at the Blood Bank

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Atrocious treatment at the Blood Bank

Dear Editor, I have been a regular blood donor from the age of 18. I have had the opportunity and privilege of donating not only in Guyana, but also in the five countries that...

Carbon credit is Cheddi’s idea, not Bharrat’s

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Carbon credit is Cheddi’s idea, not Bharrat’s

Dear Editor, I wish to inform the general public that the idea of carbon trading was that of the late Dr. Cheddi Jagan, and not Bharrat Jagdeo. Myself and the late Dr. Jagan discussed...

Guyana needs a new breed of political leaders

Dec 01, 2011 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs a new breed of political leaders

Dear Editor, Guyana needs a new breed of Political Leaders, who are neither PPP nor PNC. Within the last forty-five years all that the Guyanese populace has had is totalitarian rule,...

Tensions, delayed planes and energy drinks…Anxious Guyana awaits elections results

Dec 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Tensions, delayed planes and energy drinks…Anxious Guyana awaits elections results

Elections 2011 had thrown up more twists than the plot of a political thriller. For one, almost 48 hours after the close of polls across the country at 18:00hrs on Monday, managers of the...

Most businesses remain closed ahead of elections results

Dec 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Most businesses remain closed ahead of elections results

As the vote count for the 2011 elections continued yesterday, the main shopping areas along Regent and Robb Streets in the city were almost devoid of shoppers. Only a handful of...

Election tension reduces city to ghost town

Dec 01, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Election tension reduces city to ghost town

With a delay in the results for this year’s General elections, the city of Georgetown, like other areas, continued to be void of crowds; this time even transportation being unavailable for...

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