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Mingo conjured 15,000+ ghost voters

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mingo conjured 15,000+ ghost voters

By Kemol King The National Recount of votes has proven that Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo rigged that district’s tabulation process and, in doing so, conjured more than 15,000...

All political parties accept PPP victory except Coalition

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on All political parties accept PPP victory except Coalition

– Highlights plans for way forward By Shikema Dey With the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections recount concluded, seeing the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) emerging the...

Millions more to slip into extreme poverty due to covid-19

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Millions more to slip into extreme poverty due to covid-19

– worst recession since World War II Looms – World Bank According to the latest World Bank forecasts, documented in its June 2020 Global Economic Prospects report, the effects of the...

100 days of uncertainty… A timeline of Guyana’s elections and recount saga

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 100 days of uncertainty… A timeline of Guyana’s elections and recount saga

By Mikaila Prince The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday completed the national recount exercise, an operation which lasted 35 days, at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) on the...

PPP puts Supreme Court on notice for any intended elections court filings

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP puts Supreme Court on notice for any intended elections court filings

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), in anticipation of a court action by the incumbent A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition against the results of...

Two in custody for the alleged rape of a Corentyne woman

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two in custody for the alleged rape of a Corentyne woman

The police on the Corentyne are investigating an alleged rape that occurred on the Corentyne foreshore on the 4th June 2020. Regional Commander Calvin Brutus confirmed that there were three persons...

Pensioner’s remains found in burnt-out backdam campsite

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pensioner’s remains found in burnt-out backdam campsite

– love triangle suspected to be motive The police on the West Coast of Berbice are investigating the death of a 61-year-old pensioner of Shieldstown, after he was suspected to have been burned...

M&M robber caught in video fingered in other robberies

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on M&M robber caught in video fingered in other robberies

One of the bandits caught on a CCTV video robbing an M&M Snackette outlet at Houston, East Bank Demerara (EDB) might have been fingered in other robberies. Last Sunday, bandits on a CG motorcycle...

Dem children want Mingo mark dem test papers

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem children want Mingo mark dem test papers

Dem Boys Seh… COVID-19 serious. And while it nah affect dem picknee as bad as it does dem ole people and dem who gat sick, nuttin’ spreads a virus faster dan infection in de schools. Dem boys...

Guyana needs to breathe again

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana needs to breathe again

Now that the elections recount is over, it is time for the other immediate priority to be addressed: the COVID 19 epidemic. Unless this problem is brought under control through more enlightened...

Giftland Mall erects barriers, boards windows as recount winds down

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Giftland Mall erects barriers, boards windows as recount winds down

With growing fears that a non-acceptance of the national recount would spark unrest, the Giftland Mall at Turkeyen has started blocking its glass windows, and have erected barriers to block the...

COVID-19 Task Force greenlights phased reopening of airports

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 Task Force greenlights phased reopening of airports

The National COVID-19 Task Force has set into motion a blueprint for the 4-stage phased reopening of the country’s airports to international travel. This was disclosed by Director General of the...

To where?

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on To where?

The recount is over. It is time for GECOM to declare the results and make official the now nationally and internationally known winner of this most grinding of Guyanese elections. This must be done...

US Congressman introduces resolution urging acceptance of recount results

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US Congressman introduces resolution urging acceptance of recount results

Yesterday US Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. issued a resolution in Congress encouraging participating political parties them to be contented with the recount results and the subsequent final...

Eighty persons recover from COVID-19 – No new cases in seven days

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Eighty persons recover from COVID-19 – No new cases in seven days

With eighty recoveries from the coronavirus, the Ministry of Public Health,(MoPH) is still warning that the public continues to exercise the guidelines set to protect them against the disease. Giving...

The struggles of some Baha’is during a pandemic

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The struggles of some Baha’is during a pandemic

DEAR EDITOR, In the face of an escalating health pandemic, the Iranian authorities have ramped up their persecution of the Baha’is, targeting at least 71 individuals across the country in recent...

Why Dr. David Hinds’ activism is polarising Guyanese

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why Dr. David Hinds’ activism is polarising Guyanese

DEAR EDITOR, In my letter “David Hinds’ column show a polarising activism” (KN, 8th June 2020), I stipulated that Dr. David Hinds activism is polarising Guyanese. Please allow me...

African power in Guyana: A Reply to David Hinds

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on African power in Guyana: A Reply to David Hinds

Dr. David Hinds, in a letter on me, once wrote; “But he (Freddie) is not entitled to create his context and fit other people neatly into them.” In reply to that statement (see my column of...

We are a resilient people and we will overcome COVID-19

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We are a resilient people and we will overcome COVID-19

DEAR EDITOR, Permit me some space in your letter pages to share my brief thoughts on the upcoming national examinations. Guyana has been told that schools will be reopened for the sitting of the...

Those who break the rules and treat animals inhumanely should be held accountable

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those who break the rules and treat animals inhumanely should be held accountable

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC) recently posted online the closed seasons for wildlife in Guyana. The post stated that the trapping, killing, hunting,...

Stranded Jags back in the 592

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News, Sports Comments Off on Stranded Jags back in the 592

Golden Jaguars; Guyana men’s senior football team, duo of Curtez Kellman and Jeremy Garrett are back in the ‘land of many waters’ after being stranded in Miami, Florida, USA, for four months....

Fire Service personnel caught helping water company to access hydrant illegally

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire Service personnel caught helping water company to access hydrant illegally

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is reminding the general public that tampering with its infrastructure is punishable by law. This reminder comes in light of a recent discovery that a water...

Braithwaite & Chanderpaul consistent, Roach, Benn good with ball As Windies beat Bangladesh but lose to SA & N/Zealand in 2014

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Braithwaite & Chanderpaul consistent, Roach, Benn good with ball As Windies beat Bangladesh but lose to SA & N/Zealand in 2014

After winning the 3-Test Series 2-nil in New Zealand in 2013, the Kiwis embarked on the reciprocal tour to the West Indies the next year and although the host won the second Test, New Zealand won the...

Fighting for the soul of David Granger

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Fighting for the soul of David Granger

DEAR EDITOR, I have read a statement attributed to Hamilton Green: “Election and politics are not the business of Angels and Saints”. Well, he is wrong. We go into politics to help people....

Marine Conservation celebrates World Oceans Day

Jun 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Marine Conservation celebrates World Oceans Day

– ground-breaking MoU signed for collaboration on oil sector In the absence of a marine monitoring programme to hold the emerging oil sector accountable for their operations impact on the...

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Bureaucracy gone bananas!

…Peeping Tom kaieteur News- Every morning, the government wakes up, stretches its arms, and spends one billion dollars... more