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VIEWPOINT BY VIBERT PARVATAN “GENERAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS – 2020

Mar 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on VIEWPOINT BY VIBERT PARVATAN “GENERAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS – 2020

“To Everything, there is a season; and a purpose to everything under the heaven.” We have been in the season of National Elections – a time when Guyanese with hopes and fears, joys and sadness,...

New GMC launches branded plantain chip

Mar 05, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New GMC launches branded plantain chip

The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) on Saturday marked another milestone with the commissioning of its agro-processing facility at Parika, on the East Bank Essequibo; and the simultaneous launch...

Association Do Shotokan Karate – Guyana hosts successful Grading Exercise

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Association Do Shotokan Karate – Guyana hosts successful Grading Exercise

At their YMCA Thomas Lands Headquarters Dojo, the Association Do Shotokan Karate – Guyana hosted another successful Grading Exercise on Sunday last. Head of the IKD, 9th Dan Shuseki Shihan, Frank...

Beware the unsavoury at this time

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Beware the unsavoury at this time

It is reckless and dangerous territory that once some momentum is gathered, assumes all the elements of the runaway. That is, it is largely uncontrollable for an extended period of time, where much...

Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ fall to Haiti as historic journey ends

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ fall to Haiti as historic journey ends

The historic journey for Guyana’s ‘Lady Jags’ came to an end yesterday at the Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic where the Guyanese lost to Haiti 0-3 in the quarter finals...

No poll for Guyana poll! Reluctance to predict underlines complexity of country’s Elections!

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on No poll for Guyana poll! Reluctance to predict underlines complexity of country’s Elections!

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana presidential elections now over, there’s an anxious wait for the result. It can be a close call, or a far cry from the one-seat-majority norm that plagued previous parliaments...

Expectations of the next Government

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Expectations of the next Government

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese expect their next Government to: 1) Reduce Personal Income Tax and Corporation Tax to 25% which can be offset by oil revenues. 2) Privatise State Media (NCN and Guyana...

My advice is better to be safe than sorry

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on My advice is better to be safe than sorry

DEAR EDITOR, The Coronavirus spreading globally caused the US Federal Reserve to lower interest on 3 March 2020 by 0.5 %. This was to help the economy and stock market. Ironically, it had the reverse...

Guyana is a broken country… ABC and EU, please help

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is a broken country… ABC and EU, please help

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana’s Office charged with responsibility to conduct elections (Gecom) is definitely broken. People voted, polls closed at 6:00 pm Monday – and as of writing this yesterday, still...

Business, Productivity, and Education being affected by post-election

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Business, Productivity, and Education being affected by post-election

DEAR EDITOR, There is so much stress in this country over the last several days. The elections have taken a toll on people’s lives. Their normal routine is being affected. As I travel around...

Results and reactions going beyond

Mar 05, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Results and reactions going beyond

DEAR EDITOR, I say in advance that this writing may be dated by tomorrow. Even the norms of the day are tortured. Whatever moves does so unenergetically, devoid of either motivation or drive. This is...

Declaration of elections results…Pay no attention to anyone but GECOM – CEO Lowenfield

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Declaration of elections results…Pay no attention to anyone but GECOM – CEO Lowenfield

Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Keith Lowenfield has made it clear that the official results of the elections must be declared by the GECOM, and that persons...

Global Witness exposes… Company awarded Congo oil project has links to leader’s family

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Global Witness exposes… Company awarded Congo oil project has links to leader’s family

By Kemol King The award of an oil block, Ngoki, by the government of the Republic of Congo to a company called Petroleum Exploration and Production Africa (PEPA) has caused Global Witness to ring the...

2020 Elections…PSC “disappointed and extremely concerned” with delays by Returning Officers

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 2020 Elections…PSC “disappointed and extremely concerned” with delays by Returning Officers

The delay in the declarations of election results of the Returning Officers (ROs) for their respective districts is disappointing and of extreme concern. This was expressed by the Chairman of the...

OAS repeats call for implementation of modern tabulation system for early election results

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OAS repeats call for implementation of modern tabulation system for early election results

By Rehanna Ramsay In its preliminary report on the March 2020 General and Regional Elections, the Organization of American States, (OAS) made several key recommendations by which to strengthen the...

City at a standstill as nation awaits outcome of polls

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on City at a standstill as nation awaits outcome of polls

– Other towns try to maintain routine activities By Shikema Dey The March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections began with a flurry of excitement and emotions. Guyanese were up and about...

Teen killed while defending mother during family brawl

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teen killed while defending mother during family brawl

A Buxton, East Coast Demerara family was plunged into a state of mourning on Sunday after a young man met his demise trying to defend his mother from being chopped to death during a family brawl. The...

Cops file documents for Gary Best to appear in court today

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops file documents for Gary Best to appear in court today

Former Chief-of-Staff and Retired Rear Admiral, Gary Best should finally make his long-overdue appearance in court today. A senior police official disclosed that documents were filed in court...

Grenada prevents Chinese nationals from disembarking flight

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Grenada prevents Chinese nationals from disembarking flight

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – CMC – The Grenada government has confirmed that a chartered aircraft with a number of Chinese business people had been turned away from the island after two of the...

Dem oil companies glad when we fighting

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem oil companies glad when we fighting

If is one thing Guyanese good at it is causing confusion. Guyanese can’t see something without adding some mystery to it or adding on more than dem see when dem got to talk about de event or de...

Ease your stress this week!

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Ease your stress this week!

The period leading up to general and regional elections can be extremely stressful for Guyanese. But the stress of the elections and the interminable wait for the results, as well as the anxieties...

Lamaha Gardens house badly damaged by fire

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lamaha Gardens house badly damaged by fire

A fire suspected to be electrical in origin yesterday completely destroyed the top flat of a two-story wooden and concrete house in Durabana Square, Lamaha Gardens. According to reports, the fire...

Unoccupied building in NDIA Berbice compound gutted by fire

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Unoccupied building in NDIA Berbice compound gutted by fire

Firefighters late yesterday afternoon responded to a fire that took place at the NDIA Compound at Tarlogie, Corentyne, Berbice. Reports are that the inferno may have been an act of arson. The...

Overseas-based Guyanese brothers launch NGO

Mar 04, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Overseas-based Guyanese brothers launch NGO

– set to target the less fortunate Several Guyanese within the Diaspora have been looking to invest here. Some of them have been directing their attention to social programmes aimed at...

Guyana complete IBF-Antilles under-18 3×3 basketball programme

Mar 04, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Sports Comments Off on Guyana complete IBF-Antilles under-18 3×3 basketball programme

The Antilles3x3 Hoops Final was held over the weekend in Guadeloupe. In line with the International Basketball Foundation’s (IBF) Basketball For Good strategy, the project’s main objective...

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