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Carter Center request was sent directly to the President – Ramjattan

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Carter Center request was sent directly to the President – Ramjattan

Prime Ministerial Candidate for the governing APNU+AFC Coalition, Khemraj Ramjattan was reluctant to provide reporters with the reason behind government’s refusal to allow the Carter Center...

GECOM must counter APNU+AFC attacks on credibility of elections – PPP

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM must counter APNU+AFC attacks on credibility of elections – PPP

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has to take charge and ensure that the credibility of the March 2 general and regional elections, and more specifically, the reputation of it is not damaged by...

Time wastes as some recount stations stop work way before closing time

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Time wastes as some recount stations stop work way before closing time

The National Recount has kicked off its third day with an issue rearing its head which could see GECOM wasting a lot of time and prolonging the count. David Patterson, a representative of the...

RECOUNT DAY 2… 40 ballot boxes completed

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on RECOUNT DAY 2… 40 ballot boxes completed

Despite a slow start on the first day, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to open and process a total of 40 ballot boxes on Day Two of the National Recount of the March 2, 2020 polls,...

APNU+AFC agents commandeer Aquatic Centre, hostile to media

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC agents commandeer Aquatic Centre, hostile to media

The National Recount of votes kicked off its second day yesterday with agents of the governing coalition, A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC), taking over the National...

Decision made to tabulate SORs daily

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Decision made to tabulate SORs daily

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has commenced the tabulation of Statements of Recount. This exercise will be conducted on a daily basis as the recount of the March 2, General and Regional...

ANUG’s Chair believes recount will take much longer than 25 days

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ANUG’s Chair believes recount will take much longer than 25 days

It looks like the Guyanese people will have to wait much longer than the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it should, for a Government to be sworn in on the basis of credible elections...

Coalition claims clandestine meeting between GECOM IT Staff, PPP

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition claims clandestine meeting between GECOM IT Staff, PPP

– GECOM’s Ward disproves as unfounded Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, was forced yesterday to dispel a claim made by members of the APNU+AFC...

Commercial storage in USA to reach capacity in second quarter – Hess CEO

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Commercial storage in USA to reach capacity in second quarter – Hess CEO

– Says company had to charter three Supertankers to store its oil As a result of the unprecedented reduction in demand due to COVID-19, Hess Corporation reported yesterday that commercial...

11 juvenile escapees recaptured

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 11 juvenile escapees recaptured

– lone teen on the run is Leopold Street resident – two caught in West Berbice; one on the way to Linden Police have so far recaptured 11 of the escapees of the Sophia holding centre....

Jagdeo questions Granger’s control over Coalition

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo questions Granger’s control over Coalition

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, is questioning whether President David Granger is indeed in command of his camp. Speaking at a live-streamed press conference yesterday, Jagdeo called out Granger...

Nigeria Stares Into the Abyss of a Life Without Oil Cash

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nigeria Stares Into the Abyss of a Life Without Oil Cash

(Bloomberg) – Africa’s most populous nation is getting almost nothing from its massive oil wealth. While headline Brent-crude futures have rallied sharply in the past few weeks — rising...

12 Palms staffers quarantined following COVID-19 death of resident

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 12 Palms staffers quarantined following COVID-19 death of resident

Twelve staffers of the Palms Geriatric Home have been placed in mandatory quarantine by officials attached the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) as a result of the latest COVID-19 related death....

Dem embassy like ‘blow- blow’

May 08, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem embassy like ‘blow- blow’

Dem boys tek a bet dat de recount not gon last more dan five days. At de rate wha things going, it looks like it gon end sooner. De fuss day, dem had 25 Statements of Recount (SORs) done. But only 6...

A game of intellectual gaffe

May 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A game of intellectual gaffe

The train has long left the station. But it seems as if some people not only missed the train but also the station. No one needs to be lectured on the benefits of power-sharing. Any benefits can be...

OAS, USAID say recount is vital to transparency in Guyana

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OAS, USAID say recount is vital to transparency in Guyana

Tenth Secretary General of the Organization, Luis Leonardo Almagra, Francisco Guerrero, who is the Secretary for Strengthening Democracy for the OAS, and John Barsa, the acting USAID Administrator,...

Contact tracing for COVID-19 dependent on patients’ honesty – health officials

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Contact tracing for COVID-19 dependent on patients’ honesty – health officials

By Rehanna Ramsay Tracing the contacts of COVID-19 patients comes at a price; truthfulness. As such, health officials are heavily dependent on the “openness and honesty” of people affected by the...

Region 10’s RHEC appeals for persons to “give with a heart of love”

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10’s RHEC appeals for persons to “give with a heart of love”

Region 10 has been sparing no efforts to wage war against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Help has been forthcoming to the Region’s Regional Health Emergency Committee (RHEC) to bolster efforts...

Elections 2020; Ms. Alert of the AFC leadership wrote this

May 08, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Elections 2020; Ms. Alert of the AFC leadership wrote this

There is a big debate going on among the executives and diaspora friends of the AFC on the AFC’s email string on the AFC’s support for rigged elections. In this ongoing debate, AFC executive,...

The sky is the limit for Furta Conquerors starlet Cecil Jackman

May 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on The sky is the limit for Furta Conquerors starlet Cecil Jackman

By Calvin Chapman Fruta Conquerors Football Club (FCFC) full-back Cecil Jackman is definitely one of Guyana’s brightest prospects and at just 19 years-old, the lad who has been a part of the...

Beware of mosquito borne diseases – CARPHA Executive Director warns

May 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Beware of mosquito borne diseases – CARPHA Executive Director warns

Countries around the world have battled the spread of COVID-19 by closing borders, placing national restrictions on population movement and integrating further social distancing measures into...

Paul renders assistance to Saxacalli residents in COVID-19 fight

May 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Paul renders assistance to Saxacalli residents in COVID-19 fight

West Indies all-rounder Keemo Paul has rendered assistance to residents of his homeland at Saxacalli, where he distributed basic food items and cleaning supplies. Saxacalli is located on the left...

GECOM and that sole custody concern

May 08, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on GECOM and that sole custody concern

The controversies at GECOM are never-ending. This is because vigilance is tense and unceasing, with the worst suspicions and anticipations harboured. In view of what did take place in April, there is...

GFF Ordinary Congress postponed Corona Virus Pandemic

May 08, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GFF Ordinary Congress postponed Corona Virus Pandemic

The Guyana Football Federation’s Ordinary Congress, which is constitutionally due on or before May 31 every year, has been postponed due to the presence of the Corona Virus pandemic. This was...

Please consider asthmatics in Covid-19 restriction measures

May 08, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Please consider asthmatics in Covid-19 restriction measures

Dear Editor Watching the news I’m hearing that vendors and people not wearing a mask will be charge, however, what about people with asthma. Let me speak mainly for myself here: without a mask...