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Election Day process so impressive that it was “impossible to cheat” – EU Ambassador

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Election Day process so impressive that it was “impossible to cheat” – EU Ambassador

EU Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Ponz-Cantó, is of the view that the systems put in place during Guyana’s March 2 General and Regional Elections were so robust that it was impossible to...

Guyana needs to investigate flaring on Liza Destiny

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana needs to investigate flaring on Liza Destiny

– gas development advisor says EPA, ExxonMobil excuses have no solid basis By Kiana Wilburg Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Vincent Adams, had told Kaieteur News on...

Harmon makes Coalition case for electoral fraud but…

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon makes Coalition case for electoral fraud but…

Some Statements of Recount contradict ‘evidence’ In his second pre-recorded press statement in a little over a week, former Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, doubled down on the APNU+AFC...

Giftland denies owing City Hall more than $100M in taxes

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland denies owing City Hall more than $100M in taxes

…believes Mayor’s statement politically motivated Proprietor of the Giftland Mall, Roy Beepat has debunked statements by City Mayor, Ubraj Narine, that his mall establishment owes the council...

Palms resident is Guyana‘s 12th COVID-19 fatality

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Palms resident is Guyana‘s 12th COVID-19 fatality

Minister of Public Health, (MoPH) Volda Lawrence confirmed yesterday that Guyana has recorded its 12th death as a result of COVID-19 complications. The deceased has been identified as an 87-year-old...

Revenge attack on woman leaves friend dead

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Revenge attack on woman leaves friend dead

Police are now tracking a suspect who allegedly launched an attack on a woman but ended up killing her male companion. The incident reportedly took place at Princeville Access Road, Mahdia, in Region...

Sibling fight over land leaves one dead and one arrested

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sibling fight over land leaves one dead and one arrested

A quiet day in Shieldstown Village, West Coast Berbice turned bloody after two brothers were engaged in a heated argument. It resulted in one stabbing the other to death.a The dead person has been...

Sailor falls to death in E’bo River

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Sailor falls to death in E’bo River

A 38-year old sailor, Damion Mc Almont, is dead after a tragic incident at a Region Seven quarry. Mc Almont of New Amsterdam, Berbice, reportedly fell off his employer’s barge yesterday morning and...

GECOM secretariat compromised – ANUG Chair

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM secretariat compromised – ANUG Chair

Chairman of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Timothy Jonas believes that the Secretariat of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is heavily compromised. Jonas engaged the press on Saturday at the...

Mouth open, eye shut

May 31, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Mouth open, eye shut

Dem boys seh.. De more things change, the more it remain de same in Guyana. Dem boys can’t understand how a guvment gotta wait 7 weeks before dem enforce dem own lockdown. Instead de country...

The signposts of dictatorship

May 31, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The signposts of dictatorship

If Guyana returns to political dictatorship under the APNU+AFC, my advice to all Guyanese is to try to get your children out of this country. All the oil in world is not going to ensure that they...

Task Force reviews extending COVID-19 safety measures

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Task Force reviews extending COVID-19 safety measures

…no total lockdown at this time Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Executive Secretariat of the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), Joseph Harmon, has dispelled rumours of a total lockdown....

Publish provisional results quickly – EU countries urge Suriname elections body

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Publish provisional results quickly – EU countries urge Suriname elections body

The European delegation has urged Suriname to get on with it and publish as soon as possible the provisional results of last Monday’s elections. The urgings was contained in a social media...

MYO distributes another 400 food hampers

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on MYO distributes another 400 food hampers

The Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) of Guyana, located in Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands, Georgetown, has once again embarked in the distribution of another 400 food hampers to the poor, needy and...

Consider Applying The Environmental Management System Standard To Preserving Our Biodiversity

May 31, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on Consider Applying The Environmental Management System Standard To Preserving Our Biodiversity

STANDARD IN FOCUS World Environment Day 2020 will be celebrated on Friday, June 05th with the focus on “Biodiversity.” UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced that Colombia will be hosting...

HONOUR, RESPECT AND APPROPRIATELY REWARD OUR NURSES

May 31, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on HONOUR, RESPECT AND APPROPRIATELY REWARD OUR NURSES

CONSUMER CONCERNS: By Pat Dial May is the month in which many of the most important anniversaries of the world are celebrated. One of the most notable is International Nurses Day which is...

A state of undeclared wars

May 31, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on A state of undeclared wars

The mighty United States of America did so almost a century ago and continually draws up blueprints to fight two major wars simultaneously on different fronts, which for even such a resourceful world...

GECOM owes it to Guyana and itself to take all necessary steps to deliver transparent, credible elections

May 31, 2020 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on GECOM owes it to Guyana and itself to take all necessary steps to deliver transparent, credible elections

Since the derailing of the March 2 election count process at the Ashmin Building, Hadfield Street, there has been one mantra coming out of the People’s Progressive Party, its recruited gang of...

Understanding Guyana’s complex and circuitous approach towards Independence

May 31, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Understanding Guyana’s complex and circuitous approach towards Independence

(A review of David Granger’s The Independence Movement: 1946-1966.) David Granger’s The Independence Movement: 1946-1966 reminds us that Guyana achieved Independence only after protracted...

The Strength of Femininity

May 31, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on The Strength of Femininity

Book Review… Book: Gathering the Waters Author: Keisha-Gaye Anderson Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD ‘Gathering the Waters’ is a compendium of insightful writings, a hagiography, no less, to...

COVID-19: The disease for which the health workers need you more than you need them

May 31, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on COVID-19: The disease for which the health workers need you more than you need them

By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine I live in fear daily knowing the possible consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana. While my understanding is boosted by being a...

Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)

May 31, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)

Interesting Creatures… The Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale classified in the family Iniidae. Three...

Two parallel conversations: We talk past one another

May 31, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Two parallel conversations: We talk past one another

So, there are two parallel conversations emanating from the March 2 elections. First, there is the conversation about rigged elections and democracy which is coming from two directions—the PPP and...

Untergang: The APNU+AFC 2015-2019

May 31, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Untergang: The APNU+AFC 2015-2019

In analyzing why the APNU+AFC lost the 2020 election, the methodology used will be important because a wrong perspective will yield vast misconceptions. The argument here cannot be compressed into a...

Nurse Gabrielle Spencer is our Frontline Worker of the week

May 31, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nurse Gabrielle Spencer is our Frontline Worker of the week

By Kiana Wilburg No matter how difficult her days may get the fire that fuels Gabrielle Marisa Spencer, a young medical professional, never dims or flickers. For this 27-year-old, being a...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more