May 2020 - Page 16 of 45

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Twenty persons arrested in Bartica for flouting partial curfew

May 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Twenty persons arrested in Bartica for flouting partial curfew

– Region mulls total lockdown over non-adherence The authorities at Bartica (Region Seven) have been proactive in their bid to prevent the spread of COVID -19 in Bartica and its surrounding...

GECOM to pay Elections Day workers in two weeks

May 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to pay Elections Day workers in two weeks

Persons who were contracted to provide meals and transportation for Guyana Elections Commission staffers on elections day will receive their payments in two weeks’ time. This assurance was given by...

Ethnic Relations probes Facebook rant, complaint against furniture store

May 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ethnic Relations probes Facebook rant, complaint against furniture store

The Ethnic Relations Commission, (ERC), has launched a probe into a Facebook video posted over the weekend that it says is laced with racially insensitive remarks towards another ethnicity. “The...

Stranded family pleads for help

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Stranded family pleads for help

Dear Editor, I’m writing on behalf of 18 family members who have been stranded in Aruba for almost 3 months consisting of 5 children below the age of 10, among them are 12 adults awaiting to...

West Indies beat Zimbabwe, lose to India&N/Z

May 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies beat Zimbabwe, lose to India&N/Z

West Indies beat Zimbabwe at home in both games in their first series in 2013 before losing to India 2-nil and 2-nil to New Zealand in away series to finish a year which had begun promisingly for the...

Recount timetable – looks out of reach

May 21, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Recount timetable – looks out of reach

The timetable originally finalized and decided upon as what was required to complete the elections recount process underway at GECOM now looks way underestimated and woefully inadequate. Twenty-five...

Smith aiming for national team return

May 21, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Smith aiming for national team return

By Zaheer Mohamed Following a three-year hiatus from the Guyana senior female team, all-rounder Latoya Tamicka Smith is working hard for a recall to the side. Smith, who bats right-handed and bowls...

“Inclusive governance” has become a code-phrase for window-dressing

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on “Inclusive governance” has become a code-phrase for window-dressing

DEAR EDITOR, I refer to Havelock Brewster’s letter calling for “inclusive democratic governance”. I wish to comment as follows: Declaration of results of an election must accord with the law....

Pandemic a welcome breaks for zoo animals

May 21, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pandemic a welcome breaks for zoo animals

“Our zoo keepers and other staff here are the real super heroes- they come every single day, not for the money, but for the love of the animals.” Those are the sentiments of Guyana...

Growing Confidence in GECOM Chair & President on Recount

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Growing Confidence in GECOM Chair & President on Recount

DEAR EDITOR, The Chair of GECOM and the President have been gaining greater confidence among the population in the recounting exercise of ballots for the March 2 elections. This is a finding from an...

Rigging to cling to power

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rigging to cling to power

DEAR EDITOR, Having read Freddie Kissoon column “Mercury and the Russians rigged the elections for the PPP” (KN, 19th May 2020) in which he alleges that there was a grand scheme by the...

A bad joke or a farce

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A bad joke or a farce

DEAR EDITOR, I was incredulous after listening to the Benschop interview of Mr. Granger on May 18, 2020 and reading the May 19th 2020 Guyana Chronicle report of the same interview headed up “I am...

My government is locking me out of my country

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on My government is locking me out of my country

DEAR EDITOR, Growing up my mother would lock me out of the house when I came home late and I would sleep near the door. Editor, fast forward many decades and today I’m being locked out again....

Now is the time for country first

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Now is the time for country first

DEAR EDITOR, President David Granger over the past few days has shifted from his position of general silence and has now engaged the media and appeared on a radio programme. Unfortunately, his public...

The recount has already established the Mingo fraud

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The recount has already established the Mingo fraud

DEAR EDITOR, I am saddened to see that Adam Harris, someone I considered a friend and regarded with respect, now writing for the Chronicle, has abandoned all pretenses as a professional journalist to...

Guyana would be a better place when we reject efforts to sink us

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana would be a better place when we reject efforts to sink us

DEAR EDITOR, It is persons like Robin Singh who make it difficult for all Guyanese to live in peace and harmony. I read his letter “Something must be rotten” (KN May 19, 2020). It is...

Lessons to guide our politically and ethically charged environment

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lessons to guide our politically and ethically charged environment

DEAR EDITOR, As the recount of the votes progresses, it is becoming increasingly evident that the Region Four Declaration by Mr. Mingo is not matching those contained in the ballot boxes. This must...

The beast that comes out of the abyss

May 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The beast that comes out of the abyss

DEAR EDITOR, I read of the recent histrionics-more like antics-of ranking coalition figures publicly exhibiting what they believe are spirited and persuasive defenses of its elections position. The...

Three more boxes differ from Mingo’s tabulation

May 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Three more boxes differ from Mingo’s tabulation

By Kemol King Three more ballot boxes were recounted, and the findings add to the mounting evidence of the systemic manipulation of votes by the Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo....

Coalition beats PPP 250-3 at Belladrum but still complains 24 votes were fraudulent

May 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition beats PPP 250-3 at Belladrum but still complains 24 votes were fraudulent

A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) yesterday claimed that 24 votes appear to be fraudulent as the Coalition claims those persons were out of the jurisdiction, and still...

Two months later… Guyana still being ignored as World Bank Gives aid to 100 countries

May 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two months later… Guyana still being ignored as World Bank Gives aid to 100 countries

The World Bank has reached a milestone in its quest to ensure countries respond effectively to COVID-19. Its emergency operations to fight COVID-19 have reached 100 developing countries. But Guyana...

Couple Coalition claimed was “out of country” was present and voted on elections day

May 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Couple Coalition claimed was “out of country” was present and voted on elections day

By Shikema Dey A married couple that the A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition claimed was out of the jurisdiction on Election Day is denying those claims....

Cops on trail of suspects who strangled woman, dumped body in mining pit

May 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops on trail of suspects who strangled woman, dumped body in mining pit

Police yesterday continued their hunt for two suspects in the murder of 28-year-old Rosella Smith, whose body was found in a mining pit at Karrau Backdam, Mazaruni, last Friday. Detectives are said...

COVID-19 cases mount to 125 — 51 persons tested in 24 hrs

May 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 cases mount to 125 — 51 persons tested in 24 hrs

Fifty-one persons were tested for COVID-19 within 24 hours with one test returning positive. This brings Guyana’s total confirmed cases to 125. According to information released by the Department...

76 ballot boxes completed on Day 14 of recount

May 20, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 76 ballot boxes completed on Day 14 of recount

The pace of the ongoing national recount has increased significantly with the end of day 14 seeing the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) completing a total of 76 ballot boxes. The count for Region...

PREV 14 151617 18 NEXT LAST

Wharton’s brilliance propels Chase’s Academic to another Republic Bank U18 title

The PPPC does not practice political inclusion

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC) has mastered the art of political rhetoric.... more