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Breaking news ! GECOM wants to increase work stations

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking news ! GECOM wants to increase work stations

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has found that it may be necessary to increase the number of work stations being used for the national recount. This was revealed by Public Relations Officer...

Observers blocked from receiving statement of recount after first week

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Observers blocked from receiving statement of recount after first week

By Shikema Dey The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has halted a practice it had taken up, to give Statements of Recount (SOR) to all local and international observers participating in the...

Pres. Granger gave order to block Carter Center – Foreign Ministry letter

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pres. Granger gave order to block Carter Center – Foreign Ministry letter

Following a week of shifting narratives regarding responsibility for approval of the Carter Center observer team to monitor the elections recount process, there is now evidence that refusal of that...

Five Years Later… Guyana moves to review oil laws without policy for guidance

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Five Years Later… Guyana moves to review oil laws without policy for guidance

By Kiana Wilburg The Energy Department is in the process of fine-tuning a contract with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, an American law firm, to review Guyana’s law, but this is being done without a...

Media left out in the cold

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Media left out in the cold

The members of the media covering the elections recount were left to brave the elements yesterday as strong winds and rain beat into the makeshift media centre set up on the lawns at the entrance to...

AG’s Chambers had advised GECOM against initial Caricom recount – Commissioner Alexander

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AG’s Chambers had advised GECOM against initial Caricom recount – Commissioner Alexander

Commissioner Vincent Alexander told reporters yesterday that it is his understanding that the CARICOM recount, which was previously aborted, was aborted due to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)...

Aurora slows operations pending EPA approval, warns of downsizing

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Aurora slows operations pending EPA approval, warns of downsizing

Sector union says retrenchment part of a disturbing trend Just two weeks after announcing a partial acquisition deal with Silvercorp Metals Inc, Aurora Gold Mine (AGM), a Canadian majority-owned...

GECOM to revise 25 day recount timeline today – 261 ballot boxes completed at the end of Day 6

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to revise 25 day recount timeline today – 261 ballot boxes completed at the end of Day 6

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be meeting today to deliberate on several issues emerging from the ongoing national elections recount, including a revision of the 25-day timeline for...

Small parties commend GECOM, police for smooth, well-organised recount – Alexander

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Small parties commend GECOM, police for smooth, well-organised recount – Alexander

Six small parties that met with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday commended the Commission for a smooth, well organised recount process, Commissioner Vincent Alexander told the media...

Coalition refuses to call elections ‘not credible’ – despite detailed claims of ‘flaws’ in the process

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition refuses to call elections ‘not credible’ – despite detailed claims of ‘flaws’ in the process

APNU+AFC floor supervisor, Leonard Craig yesterday stated that the Coalition is not going to label the election as “not credible”, despite “countless ‘anomalies’ and ‘discrepancies”...

Fire razes several buildings in Bartica

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire razes several buildings in Bartica

A fire of unknown origin razed several buildings in First Avenue Bartica, last night, with damages estimated in the hundreds of millions. The inferno threatened a significant portion of the mining...

Coalition frikken de jumbies

May 12, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coalition frikken de jumbies

Dem boys de like Soulja Bai. Dem also believed he is not a vindictive fella. Dem never think for a moment dat he gat bad mind or intentions. Dem boys used to blame dem scamps dat surround he and who...

DEMOCRACY IS NOT FOR CHEATS

May 12, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on DEMOCRACY IS NOT FOR CHEATS

Robert Stigwood, the famous Australian theatre and movie producer, rolled off a series of hits during his career. He also had his share of flops but will always be remembered for his production of...

Deviant GECOM officials may be blacklisted – Commissioner

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Deviant GECOM officials may be blacklisted – Commissioner

If an official of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is found to be incompetent or deviant, that official may be blacklisted by GECOM according to Vincent Alexander during a press briefing...

GECOM may ask Immigration for report to verify claims of migrant voters – Alexander

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM may ask Immigration for report to verify claims of migrant voters – Alexander

Commissioner Vincent Alexander says that the law allows for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to receive a periodic report from the Chief Immigration Officer with the names of persons who have...

Cuba cargo flight from Guyana was first for Caribbean Airlines

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cuba cargo flight from Guyana was first for Caribbean Airlines

Caribbean Airlines utilised one of its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft for a cargo only charter service, on Friday, for the first time in the airline’s history. This flight was part of the...

Commuters appeal for screening at Supenaam Speedboat Terminal

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Commuters appeal for screening at Supenaam Speedboat Terminal

In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the authorities on the Essequibo Coast have been taking a number of measures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of residents. Among the measures...

Ministry records 109 cases of COVID-19 in two months

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ministry records 109 cases of COVID-19 in two months

In 61 days, Guyana has recorded 109 positive cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with ten deaths. These figures were announced yesterday by the Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence,...

Venezuelan migrants say “they not going anywhere” despite embassy’s offer to take them home

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan migrants say “they not going anywhere” despite embassy’s offer to take them home

Venezuelans living in Guyana have made it clear that they have no intentions of leaving Guyana despite an offer made by the Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana to assist them in returning home. A few weeks...

PPP will have to provide adequate grounds for Myers’ removal from recount – ANUG agent

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP will have to provide adequate grounds for Myers’ removal from recount – ANUG agent

Party agent for A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Kian Jabour has called on the Opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) to provide adequate evidence for the removal of the Deputy Chief...

Vryheid’s Lust woman murdered by son-in-law

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Vryheid’s Lust woman murdered by son-in-law

A 56-year-old woman, Velma Pickering, was left dead after a domestic squabble with her son-in-law turned violent. The incident occurred at around 14:00 hours at the woman’s Vryheid’s Lust, East...

Two months after Elections Day, Guyana still to declare a winner… Other countries have done so in less than a week

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two months after Elections Day, Guyana still to declare a winner… Other countries have done so in less than a week

Guyana is one of five countries that have held its General Elections within the past few months but it is the only country that has not yet declared credible results. Togo, Taiwan, Vanuatu and...

Hydromet issues coastal flood advisory

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hydromet issues coastal flood advisory

The Hydrometeorological Department of the Ministry of Agriculture has issued flash flood warnings for flood-prone areas along the coast. In an advisory issued yesterday, the Department stated that...

Political party financing – bargains with the devil

May 12, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Political party financing – bargains with the devil

In this most incredible and most disturbing of elections seasons, what is slowly making their way to the surfaces of public awareness are some of the things long suspected and which have long...

What cricket means to West Indians Sarwan appointed 29th West Indies skipper

May 12, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on What cricket means to West Indians Sarwan appointed 29th West Indies skipper

Ramnaresh Sarwan was appointed the 29th West Indies Test captain and the seventh Guyanese to hold the job when he was named skipper for the tour to England in May 2007. With 65 Tests and 4,268 runs...

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