May 2020

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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...

Chicken thief:

May 12, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chicken thief:

Some Diamond, East Bank Demerara residents captured this 10-foot anaconda after hearing noises from a resident’s chicken pen. The snake had already swallowed one chicken.

A game of ‘willful ignorance’

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A game of ‘willful ignorance’

DEAR EDITOR, Once again, APNU/AFC representatives are engaging in a game of ‘willful ignorance’; last year May, it was the majority of 65, presently there is a daily dose of...

Please swear in Granger tomorrow!

May 12, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Please swear in Granger tomorrow!

In my offering yesterday, I remarked about the attitude of ACDA on the current election disaster and will offer my reason why the organization is conspicuously and graphically silent for an...

GMR&SC mulls endurance meet following curfew

May 12, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GMR&SC mulls endurance meet following curfew

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) has indicated that it will be looking to run off round two of the Endurance Championship as soon as the state decides that the country should come...

GBA and Bris O Promotions present hampers

May 12, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on GBA and Bris O Promotions present hampers

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) in collaboration with Seon Bristol of Bris O Promotions on Saturday last presented 65 hampers to boxers and officials of the association. The hampers were made...

A recount is necessary to resolve whatever question exists

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A recount is necessary to resolve whatever question exists

DEAR EDITOR, The National Recount exercise allows for this nation to resolve whatever question exists about the election process in a peaceful manner. This is necessary in order for a peaceful...

Banking: Online and Customer Distancing

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Banking: Online and Customer Distancing

DEAR EDITOR, I remember well, when in the late 1980s, ensconced on the St. Augustine Campus as Consultant to the Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI), of Trinidad and...

The seriousness of this matter

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The seriousness of this matter

DEAR EDITOR, The war against the Covid-19 virus is being fought by awareness and counter-measures. This has decreased the fatalities in many countries where the guidelines are followed. We are...

A conflict of interest

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A conflict of interest

DEAR EDITOR, Why is U.S Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D) stating the US has no business intervening in Guyana’s current political crisis and election recounts? The basis for his argument relies...

Prepare or fail

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prepare or fail

DEAR EDITOR, “Because of the role that the U.S. dollar plays in global financial markets, strains in dollar funding markets overseas can disrupt financial conditions in the United States. To...

My disenchantment and disappointment with the Coalition has taken me to another place

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on My disenchantment and disappointment with the Coalition has taken me to another place

DEAR EDITOR, Freddie Kissoon has included me in a list of persons he deems to have committed the cardinal sin of refusing to characterise the current impasse as an open and close case of rigged...

I salute the executive of Giftland Mall

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I salute the executive of Giftland Mall

DEAR EDITOR, I salute the executive of the Giftland Mall for availing their facilities to the media persons who meet at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre to update the Guyanese public on the...

Shouldn’t the call have been…?

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shouldn’t the call have been…?

DEAR EDITOR, Now joining the call for shared governance is one of the minor parties which couldn’t stay the course and has been noticeably silent and off the political radar since March 2 and...

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Warriors secure win over Knight Riders

Sep 13, 2026

The Guyana Amazon Warriors kept their playoff hopes alive with a 25 run win over the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2026 Limacol WCPL. Runs for Shermaine Campbell and wickets from Shabnim Ismail and...

The other side of Linden’s electricity crisis

Sep 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I am not surprised that electricity demand in Linden has surged by more than 135 per cent from its 2005 level. In fact, given the price at which electricity is supplied there, it would be surprising if demand had not surged. The figures tell the story. Electricity consumption...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches Part 2

Sep 13, 2026

Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Never knew Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo to be sneaky. Sloppy, hostility personified and sleeker than mercury, he can be. But not sneaky, not he. Hence, I weigh why he waited until Pres. Ali’s back was turned to show his face at the Arthur Chung Convention Center...

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