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There was no institutionalized electoral fraud in Colonial Guiana

May 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on There was no institutionalized electoral fraud in Colonial Guiana

Dear Editor, This is in reference to Leroy Nelson’s riposte (KN May 25) to Harry Hergash’s missive (KN May 24). The debate was over electoral rigging in which Hergash contends that there is...

Guyana needs the leadership of David Granger at this point, not Irfaan Ali’s

May 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs the leadership of David Granger at this point, not Irfaan Ali’s

Dear Editor, For some strange reason I started to think who will lead Guyana in this pivotal phase of its history after the results of the 2020 National and Regional Elections are finally declared....

The Kabaka disciples are running the coalition, aiming to void the election

May 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Kabaka disciples are running the coalition, aiming to void the election

Dear Editor, At this point it is too painful to not see the attempts by the PNC to sabotage the electoral process. Please note I said PNC and not “APNU+AFC” as it is clear that the Kabaka...

Elections anomalies evidence is admissible, irrespective of how it was obtained

May 27, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Elections anomalies evidence is admissible, irrespective of how it was obtained

Dear Editor, I write with reference to an article published in the May 24th Sunday Edition of your paper captioned, “It’s court’s jurisdiction to probe election irregularities, not GECOM...

Mingo adds 60 votes to Coalition in Samatta Point

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mingo adds 60 votes to Coalition in Samatta Point

By Kemol King The National Recount continues to confirm reports that Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo presented declarations for that region’s General and Regional Elections with...

There is danger in allowing oil industry to regulate itself

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on There is danger in allowing oil industry to regulate itself

– TT former Minister urges Guyana to get over political impasse, address key issues with haste Five years after the discovery oil, Guyana is without a modernized legislative and regulatory...

Harmon says that APNU+AFC was successful in a ‘fraudulent’ elections

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon says that APNU+AFC was successful in a ‘fraudulent’ elections

– PPP calls pronouncements ‘demented’ – Granger maintains silence on contradictory position APNU+AFC yesterday amplified its claims that even though the March 2020 elections were...

Soesdkye man thought he was divorced, remarries

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Soesdkye man thought he was divorced, remarries

– lands in court on bigamy charge Michael Taylor, an airport ramp attendant of Lot 1 Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara is facing a possible seven years in prison after being charged yesterday with...

Nandlall challenges Harmon’s statement on elections credibility

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall challenges Harmon’s statement on elections credibility

– Says “he had to wear mask, he couldn’t say it with a straight face” Former Attorney-General and Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Anil Nandlall challenged the...

Guyana well advanced in “bringing gas to shore” – Energy Director

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana well advanced in “bringing gas to shore” – Energy Director

As Guyana’s oil and gas sector continues to grow and diversify, Director of the Department of Energy Dr. Mark Bynoe has stated that it is important to explore potential downstream activities. The...

GECOM Chair allowing frivolities to delay Recount

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair allowing frivolities to delay Recount

… Coalition-controlled Task Force adds to hurdles – Ram Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram is of the view that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), particularly the Chair, Justice Claudette...

Await the elections declaration – Pres David Granger

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Await the elections declaration – Pres David Granger

As Guyana observes its 54th Independence Anniversary today, the incumbent President, David Granger, in his address, has urged citizens to await the declaration of the results of the elections. There...

Palms records six more COVID-19 cases

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Palms records six more COVID-19 cases

Within a matter of weeks, six more residents have been added to the Palms Geriatric Home’s record of COVID-19 cases. The six new patients, all female, have taken the cases at the Palms to 12. This...

Moruca’s first COVID-19 case traced back to Lethem-

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca’s first COVID-19 case traced back to Lethem-

One dead, several quarantined as a result… One person is now dead and several others quarantined since Moruca, Region One, North West District (NWD) recorded its first Covid-19 positive case last...

Harmon had to hide he face with a mask

May 26, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Harmon had to hide he face with a mask

Dem boys wan tell Soulja Bai and Jagdeo dat nah matter how bright, talented, or rich a man is, it is how he treat people dat speak to he character. Without integrity, yuh character gan be like a...

A failed strategy

May 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A failed strategy

The Ministry of Public Health’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is raising concerns. By now, it should be clear that the Ministry’s response has been far from effective. Unless corrective...

Alleged drag race leaves one critical and another injured

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Alleged drag race leaves one critical and another injured

An alleged drag-race late last night ended abruptly after a Toyota Spacio slammed into the trailer of a container truck at the intersection of Sussex and Saffon Streets, leaving one critical and...

INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGES

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGES

PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONGRESS REFORM As we celebrate the 54th Anniversary of Guyana’s Independence, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) salutes all Guyanese, both here at home and our...

Labourer given three years jail for marijuana cultivation

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer given three years jail for marijuana cultivation

A 21-year-old labourer who was arrested at De Veldt Village, Upper Berbice River yesterday appeared at the Linden Magistrate Court before Magistrate Wanda Fortune and was sentenced to three years...

Region 5 recount completed – 82 ballot boxes counted on Day 19

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 5 recount completed – 82 ballot boxes counted on Day 19

On the 19th day of the National Recount exercise, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) managed to complete the recount of 82 ballot boxes, including the final seven of the 158 ballot boxes for the...

Guyanese stuck overseas… Don’t try to come without Govt. approval – Foreign Ministry warns

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyanese stuck overseas… Don’t try to come without Govt. approval – Foreign Ministry warns

The Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday warned that returning Guyanese will have to liaise with Government with regards to the arrangements. About 300 Guyanese, left stuck overseas since the sudden...

Woman suspected to be infected with COVID detained at New Amsterdam Market

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Woman suspected to be infected with COVID detained at New Amsterdam Market

A woman was yesterday morning picked up by the Region Six COVID-19 Task Force at the New Amsterdam Market after a report of her being suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus was made...

WHO suspends clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns

May 26, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on WHO suspends clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday announced that it has suspended the clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This is a drug...

Independence – what it should really mean

May 26, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Independence – what it should really mean

Here we are again on another anniversary of our Independence Day. It has been over a half century of proving and confirming repeatedly that we are NOT truly free. At the rate we are going as a...

My marriage breakdown, crashed car, David Hinds, Adam Harris and $US25,000

May 26, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My marriage breakdown, crashed car, David Hinds, Adam Harris and $US25,000

I wrote the other day that I have chalked up more than three decades in journalism. After that time, I should know how to write satire. But it looks like I cannot. But I have done several satirical...

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