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St. Kitts elections next month might be resolved before ours

May 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on St. Kitts elections next month might be resolved before ours

Dear Editor Sister CARICOM nation, St. Kitts, heads to the polls on June 5 2020 (KN May 19). Their new government might be installed long before ours ever is. Yours truly, Shamshun Mohamed

We cannot rid ourselves of corruption until we rid ourselves of political patronage

May 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cannot rid ourselves of corruption until we rid ourselves of political patronage

Dear Editor, I have examined politics in Guyana and notice corruption is rampant regardless of which party is in government. Politicians who have serious allegations of corruption often have a huge...

Mr. Subhan is still a serving member of the Ethnic Relations Commission

May 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Subhan is still a serving member of the Ethnic Relations Commission

Dear Editor, I refer to an article from the above-captioned date of your newspaper with the caption: “More Awareness Can Help Eliminate COVID-19 Stigmatization-Neaz Subhan”. The aforementioned...

The legality of the current recount is sound in law

May 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The legality of the current recount is sound in law

Dear Editor, A number of comments were made over the weekend, which have most likely left the citizens of this country confused as to the legality of the current recount. In the interest of clarity,...

The Western powers have chosen a side in elections impasse

May 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Western powers have chosen a side in elections impasse

Dear Editor I have differed from much of the commentary and analysis of the current political impasse in Guyana, which have tended to confine the issue to a problem electoral democracy. I believe...

Justice Singh had ruled that an election is not invalidated if anomalies do not substantially change the outcome

May 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Justice Singh had ruled that an election is not invalidated if anomalies do not substantially change the outcome

Dear Editor, Apart from making Guyana win top spot in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest count of election votes on both an absolute and per capita basis, GECOM’s conduct of the recount...

Considerations of inclusive governance should be linked to honest declaration of elections results – Havelock Brewster

May 20, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Considerations of inclusive governance should be linked to honest declaration of elections results – Havelock Brewster

Dear Editor The articles on the Guyana elections that have been published recently in the Jamaican press are not very helpful. They give the impression that commitment to democracy in Guyana is not...

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

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition beats PPP 250-3 at Belladrum, still complains 24 votes were fraudulent

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

Berbice couple in coalition’s foreign voters claim, was home on E-Day

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice couple in coalition’s foreign voters claim, was home on E-Day

By Shikema Dey A married couple that the APNU+AFC coalition claims was out of the jurisdiction on election day are denying those claims. Kaieteur News spoke to Shirley Nicholson who confirmed that...

Kaieteur News analysis Mingo’s widespread manipulation of Region Four figures in 17 ballot boxes

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Kaieteur News analysis Mingo’s widespread manipulation of Region Four figures in 17 ballot boxes

… Adds 778 votes to APNU+AFC, takes 331 votes from PPP/C … Recount vindicates statements of poll By Kemol King A Kaieteur News analysis of information covering 17 Region Four ballot boxes has...

Floodgates will be open to corruption, poor governance if laws not rooted in policy –TT Petroleum Expert

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Floodgates will be open to corruption, poor governance if laws not rooted in policy –TT Petroleum Expert

By Kiana Wilburg If Guyana does not ensure that its laws are rooted in good policy, then it would only be opening the floodgates to corruption says Trinidadian Petroleum Expert, Anthony Paul. His...

Region Two recount completed – Controversial IT Technician Promoted to Recount Supervisor

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two recount completed – Controversial IT Technician Promoted to Recount Supervisor

Yesterday, on the 13th day of the National Recount exercise, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to complete the recount of 54 ballot boxes, raising the total to 642 ballot boxes. The...

“Cross-Eye” shot dead while escaping on stolen bike

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Cross-Eye” shot dead while escaping on stolen bike

Nineteen-year-old Kevin Thomas better known as “Cross-Eye” was shot and killed in an early morning confrontation with police while escaping with an accomplice on a stolen motorcycle at Victoria...

GECOM to investigate ‘strange’ mix up of voters list in ballot boxes

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to investigate ‘strange’ mix up of voters list in ballot boxes

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has launched an investigation to ascertain how the Official List of Electors (OLE) for two polling stations on the East Bank of Demerara got switched on...

Man arrested for the alleged rape, murder of a 68-year old woman

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man arrested for the alleged rape, murder of a 68-year old woman

Police have detained a suspect in connection with the suspected rape and brutal murder of a 68-year-old female security guard whose body was found battered, half-naked and sprawled in a clump of...

A woman carry home wrong husband

May 19, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A woman carry home wrong husband

Deh had a girl who was tekkin’ a driving test. The instructor asked her: “You are driving and suddenly an old man and a young kid appear in your path. Who yuh gun hit?” The girl thought long...

The New Reality

May 19, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The New Reality

The world will not be the same again. Not for a long time at least. The COVID-19 coronavirus has changed it permanently. The new reality which we will face when the virus subsides – if it ever does...

Auchlyne couple charged with ganja find

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Auchlyne couple charged with ganja find

A man and a woman who were among three persons who were arrested on Thursday during a police drug bust on the Corentyne have been jointly charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of...

Task Force approves return of law students, cruise ship workers

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Task Force approves return of law students, cruise ship workers

– greenlights Komal Chand’s body to be flown in – Courts stores to reopen for payments The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) yesterday held its weekly statutory virtual meeting. There...

Diamond Hospital denies poor conditions at COVID-19 facilities

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Diamond Hospital denies poor conditions at COVID-19 facilities

– holding more than 75% of country’s patients The Diamond Diagnostic Hospital administration has denied that the situation is out-of-hand there. Responding to a story published in another...

Task Force approves ‘not more than two’ additional workstations for National Recount

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Task Force approves ‘not more than two’ additional workstations for National Recount

– Recount may still exceed deadline says Vincent Alexander The National COVID-19 Task Force (NTCF) has given the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) the go ahead to establish ‘not more than...

Doctor placed on $400,000 bail for Bushlot accident that killed teen

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Doctor placed on $400,000 bail for Bushlot accident that killed teen

Four months after ploughing through three young girls with his SUV and killing one, the doctor who was arrested and sent on station bail shortly after was charged yesterday. Dr. Giresh Sadeo, the...

Digicel files for bankruptcy in Bermuda

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Digicel files for bankruptcy in Bermuda

Regional telecommunications giant, Digicel has filed for bankruptcy in Bermuda, but says its day-to-day operations will not be affected by the move.Digicel said it announced a proposed scheme of...

National Songs remix competition to be hosted

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on National Songs remix competition to be hosted

The Department of Social Cohesion, Culture Youth and Sport has launched a National Songs Remix Competition, one of the many activities being hosted in observance of the country’s 54th Independence...

More awareness can help eliminate COVID -19 stigmatization – Neaz Subhan

May 19, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on More awareness can help eliminate COVID -19 stigmatization – Neaz Subhan

Former Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) member, Neaz Subhan is calling for a public education campaign to help end the stigma attached to COVID-19 after surviving infection. Subhan was discharged...

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