April 12, 2020

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The Story Within The Story… Elections and COVID-19: Lots of stories to tell

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, The Story within the Story Comments Off on The Story Within The Story… Elections and COVID-19: Lots of stories to tell

By Leonard Gildarie It has been more than a week since that partial, countrywide closure of Guyana was announced. Tomorrow, also, will be six weeks after that shameful March 2nd General and Regional...

Extension to Stay in U.S. during Coronavirus Pandemic

Apr 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Extension to Stay in U.S. during Coronavirus Pandemic

ImmigrationINFO Immigration News For Our Community  By Attorney Gail Seeram During this global coronavirus pandemic, many tourists with B-1/B-2 visas are not able to leave the U.S. before their...

156 days: The intellectual bankruptcy of election riggers

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on 156 days: The intellectual bankruptcy of election riggers

There are three likely scenarios facing the coming shape of power. One is that the PPP or the PNC is accepted as the winner. It will not be business as usual, and the country goes immediately into...

A War of Attrition: Why does the PPP want to destroy the boxes in nine regions?

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on A War of Attrition: Why does the PPP want to destroy the boxes in nine regions?

It’s six weeks since the March 2 poll and Guyana appears no closer to an election “result” than it was four weeks ago. If anyone believes we are still fighting an election, they are badly out...

Interesting Creatures… Crotalus durissus

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Interesting Creatures… Crotalus durissus

Crotalus durissus is a venomous pit viper species found in South America. The most widely distributed member of its genus, this species poses a serious medical problem in many parts of its range....

‘Contagion’ vs. coronavirus: The film’s connections to a real life pandemic

Apr 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Contagion’ vs. coronavirus: The film’s connections to a real life pandemic

(CNN) – As we live through a developing pandemic, some of us can’t help but compare it to the 2011 American thriller which some claim predicted Covid-19: “Contagion.” Directed...

Plans to resuscitate Region Nine Athletic Club on stream – former President Kenrick Lewis

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Plans to resuscitate Region Nine Athletic Club on stream – former President Kenrick Lewis

By Zaheer MohamedThe club has done well over the years in helping to hone the skills of a number of outstanding athletes for the Rupununi, but for some reason the organisation has ceased to function....

Book Review… Rising from the Ashes of Despair

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… Rising from the Ashes of Despair

Book: Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six Africans Americans who survived Slavery and became Millionaires Author: Shomari Wills Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Journalist-turned-author, Shomari...

Developing states and the need to reinvigorate national ICT strategies

Apr 12, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Developing states and the need to reinvigorate national ICT strategies

(A Review of David Granger’s The Digital State: How the Internet is changing Guyana) The global digital revolution has brought peoples, societies and states closer together through the technologies...

FIBA releases tentative 2021 & 2022 calendar

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on FIBA releases tentative 2021 & 2022 calendar

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) recently released proposed dates for the 2021 & 2022 calendar which have seen some events being pushed forward due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The...

‘Postponement of the Olympics gives me a chance to be more prepared’ Says Table Tennis star Chelsea Edghill

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on ‘Postponement of the Olympics gives me a chance to be more prepared’ Says Table Tennis star Chelsea Edghill

By Sean Devers Twenty-two-year-old former Caribbean U-21 Table Tennis Champion and Pan-Am Games Qualifier Guyanese Chelsea Edghill was one month away from possible qualification for the 2020 Olympics...

Guyana now has 45 positive COVID-19 cases

Apr 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana now has 45 positive COVID-19 cases

Up to press time yesterday, there were 45 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Guyana. In fact based on data shared by the Ministry of Public Health cases of the novel coronavirus have, thus far, been...

The PPP appears to be getting cold feet as a total recount looms

Apr 12, 2020 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The PPP appears to be getting cold feet as a total recount looms

From all appearances, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) which together with its prejudiced international observer friends and other politically jaundiced allied groups, had told the...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 12 – 2020

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 12 – 2020

No austerity please

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on No austerity please

Dear Editor, From March, Guyana has been in crisis mode to deal with Covid-19. Everyone is affected financially, emotionally and, for some, health wise. Life is more important than money but...

THE Electoral Drama of 2020

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on THE Electoral Drama of 2020

Dear Editor, When they lost the election in 2015, it was a nightmare for Bharat Jagdeo and the PPP/C. They immediately began to work fervently from day one to bring down an elected Government. As an...

Komal’s caring and socially inclusive values

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Komal’s caring and socially inclusive values

Dear Editor, I write to pay tribute to Shri Komal Chand. I am saddened with his passing, but I am also inspired by his work on behalf of the poor and working class. He was a man of conviction. He...

Sanctions a must against these actors

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sanctions a must against these actors

Dear Editor, The Chairman of CARICOM, Mia Mottley, stated that, “it is clear there are forces that do not want to see the votes recounted” after the CARICOM electoral rescue mission...

An artist’s cries

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An artist’s cries

Dear Editor, These are very challenging times for all Guyanese. It has impacted our lives in many ways and has brought out the humanitarian nature in many of our compatriots and some of our business...

Jagdeo should be sanctioned

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Jagdeo should be sanctioned

Dear Editor, The recent call by the PPP/C-controlled Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman, Capt. Gerry Lewis Gouveia, who benefited significantly from PPP/c patronage and largesse, for the...

We built a national edifice on trickeries but now expect purity?

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We built a national edifice on trickeries but now expect purity?

Dear Editor, Guyanese must be among the most peculiar people found anywhere. We are unique in our chronic self-deceptions. I offer a short smattering of how we are daily, and which have all come back...

Don’t blame Lowenfield

Apr 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Don’t blame Lowenfield

Dear Editor, The reality of Good Friday and the restrictions imposed in the interest of mitigating COVID-19 have given me the latitude to pay more than usual attention to comments, in the media about...

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(Kaieteur News) – For the average Guyanese, the promise of oil was simple entailed a better life. It involved more jobs, improved roads, better education and health care and a future where the country finally earns what it truly deserves. But five plus years into oil production, there is a...

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

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