May 2015

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Fascists should not win national elections

May 13, 2015 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fascists should not win national elections

This column was penned at 18.45 hours Tuesday afternoon without the official results of the 2015 general elections. At that time, there were published statistics from the APNU-AFC coalition and the...

Joint Services Chairman urges citizens to remain calm, maintain peace

May 13, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Joint Services Chairman urges citizens to remain calm, maintain peace

After a night of mayhem, calm returned to ‘C’ Field, Sophia yesterday as the Joint Services maintained a heavy presence in the community. On Monday night, a few hours after the close of polls,...

Shaquille Grant murder …Witness recalls life threatened after revealing robbery plot to police

May 13, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Shaquille Grant murder …Witness recalls life threatened after revealing robbery plot to police

Civilian witness Travis David told the court yesterday that his life was under threat after he revealed an imminent plot by a group of boys at Agricola, to carry out a robbery, to the police. David...

Man charged with murder of elderly man

May 13, 2015 KNews Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Man charged with murder of elderly man

The man accused of murdering 71-year-old, Richard Ivan Etwaroo of Paradise, made a Court appearance yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Tamesh Chattergoon was not required to...

Accept the will of the People

May 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Accept the will of the People

DEAR EDITOR, The verification process of the counting and tabulation of SOPs is taking too long, leading to much unease among the population and the diaspora as well. But GECOM wants to get it...

A life in Guyana in 2015

May 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on A life in Guyana in 2015

DEAR EDITOR, The election is over and as the nation awaits the polls, the political life of Guyana has to be seen as a little more than a mere struggle for power. There has to be a higher good and a...

An open letter of concern

May 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter of concern

DEAR EDITOR, It is with much concern and in the interest of fairness to all political parties contesting this elections that I wish to register my disappointment in two critical areas where GECOM may...

What kind of monstrous, ignorant behaviour is this?

May 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on What kind of monstrous, ignorant behaviour is this?

DEAR EDITOR, A few days ago, two donkeys in Enterprise village were beaten. One is bleeding from his tummy and struggling to walk. The other donkey is heavily pregnant and traumatised. What kind of...

Do not cover-up this one

May 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on Do not cover-up this one

DEAR EDITOR, I read the Kaieteur News report in which a paid assassin implicated an Assistant Commissioner of Police and a Sergeant in the execution of businessman Mohamed F. Khan. I was expecting to...

The Guyanese electorate deserves better

May 13, 2015 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyanese electorate deserves better

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is appalled at the attitude projected by GECOM with respect to the counting of votes. While the electorate accepts transparency and accuracy...

Breaking News…Voting process was free, fair and credible-Diplomatic Community

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News…Voting process was free, fair and credible-Diplomatic Community

The envoys of America, Britain and Canada (ABC) agreed unequivocally yesterday that the voting process of the May 11, General and Regional Election was “free, fair and credible.” They urged that...

U.S Embassy, APNU+AFC call for calm and patience

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on U.S Embassy, APNU+AFC call for calm and patience

While the APNU+AFC Coalition continues careful examination of the election results, Presidential Candidate, David Granger has urged supporters to remain calm as they await the official announcement....

Gecom to start announcing results by 18:00 hours

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Gecom to start announcing results by 18:00 hours

– 1500 statements of poll already received Nearly 18 hours after polls closed for the 2015 General and Regional elections, GECOM has revealed that at least 65% of statements of polls...

Misguided mob spoils peaceful polling day- attacks pastor home, torch eight vehicles on rumours

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Misguided mob spoils peaceful polling day- attacks pastor home, torch eight vehicles on rumours

Riot police, backed by soldiers were last night trying to defuse an explosive situation in ‘C’ Field, Sophia, after an angry mob torched several vehicles and attacked a pastor’s home in the...

Candidates lead voter turnout

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Candidates lead voter turnout

On the eve of the May 11 election, the city seemed desolate. But it was a different thing at 5 am yesterday. Many residents around the city were awakened by loud horns, ringing bells and piercing...

Granger, Harmon escorts Kwame McCoy through angry crowd

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Granger, Harmon escorts Kwame McCoy through angry crowd

In one of his closest election day shave yet, controversial candidate of the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Kwame Warren McCoy, escaped from the clutches of angry voters at a city’s...

US$12.8M drug contract to NEW GPC…This is nothing but ‘kick-down-the-door banditry’

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on US$12.8M drug contract to NEW GPC…This is nothing but ‘kick-down-the-door banditry’

– “Shows how “evil, corrupt, greedy and ruthless” PPP/C can be,” Ramjattan, Greenidge A Partnership for National Unity plus Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), has lashed out, once again,...

Chinese firm gets TT$512M secret contract in T&T

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Chinese firm gets TT$512M secret contract in T&T

…same coy enjoys US$40M GPL contract (Trinidad Express) A Chinese company listed as posing a national security threat to the United States has been secretly awarded a TT$512 million contract to...

Woman, 19, kisses year-old son, hurls him into river

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Woman, 19, kisses year-old son, hurls him into river

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A woman gave her 1-year-old son a kiss before shoving him off a bridge into a river and jumping in after him, authorities said Monday as they announced she was being charged...

It wrang to be stupid and bun people vehicle fuh no reason

May 12, 2015 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on It wrang to be stupid and bun people vehicle fuh no reason

Almost all over de world, elections does cause tension. It does raise blood pressure. Some people can’t sleep. Some does cause confusion and riot. In short, elections does disrupt life in general....

All Greys held to draw by GCC

May 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on All Greys held to draw by GCC

Woodpecker Products Ladies & John Fernandes Insurance 2nd Division Men’s Leagues – GCC women still lead Front runners in the John Fernandes Insurance Men’s Second Division League, All...

Lens Craft Optical/EBFA U-13 League …James’ brace guides Herstelling to win and pole position; KK Warriors also win

May 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Lens Craft Optical/EBFA U-13 League …James’ brace guides Herstelling to win and pole position; KK Warriors also win

Herstelling Raiders’ Shoran James has taken over the most goal scorer position following his double which has also taken his team into the top spot of the ongoing Lens Craft Optical sponsored East...

Colts romp to narrow win against Sonics

May 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colts romp to narrow win against Sonics

– Pacesetters survive scare Colts romped to 72-66 win against Pepsi Sonics Saturday night in the Division I category of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘King of the Hard...

Rain ruins Mahaica, Unity game

May 12, 2015 KNews Sports Comments Off on Rain ruins Mahaica, Unity game

Rain prevented further play in the East Coast Cricket Committee 40-over game between Mahaica and host Unity/Lancaster Sports Club on Sunday last. After the game was reduced to 20 overs, the visitors...

Jimmy Carter back to work one day after leaving Guyana

May 12, 2015 KNews News Comments Off on Jimmy Carter back to work one day after leaving Guyana

US – Former president Jimmy Carter was back at work first thing Monday morning after flying home early from Guyana on Sunday because he was “not feeling well.” “I have escaped from Guyana...

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CPL awaits new champions as Kingsmen and Falcons look to make history

Sep 20, 2026

(Cricinfo) – For only the third time in CPL history, a final will be played without Trinbago Knight Riders or their fiercest rivals, Guyana Amazon Warriors, participating. After Nicholas...

A failure of planning

Sep 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The electricity crisis in Guyana has now reached the point where it can no longer be explained away as a series of unfortunate technical incidents, because GPL itself has acknowledged that surging demand is placing enormous pressure on the distribution network and causing...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

PPP Govt. – sponsored noise nuisance

Sep 20, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – There is a creature called government noise nuisance. A government monster. Not VP Jagdeo at full blast. Nor Excellency Ali furiously boiling over. Follow the vibrations. Saturday, 12th Sept, 2026: 10:00 a.m. –14:00hrs Monday,14th Sept, 2026:09:00 a.m....

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