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Recount shows PPP-233,336 to Coalition 217,920 – but Lowenfield report gives Coalition lead of 68,383

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Recount shows PPP-233,336 to Coalition 217,920 – but Lowenfield report gives Coalition lead of 68,383

By Shikema Dey, Kemol King and Mikaila Prince Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield yesterday in his report to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), claimed that 55% of the 2,339 ballot...

Collapsed dams… polluted rivers… Chinese company buying Guyana Goldfields has horrifying environmental track record

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Collapsed dams… polluted rivers… Chinese company buying Guyana Goldfields has horrifying environmental track record

– Papua New Guinea refused to renew licence three months ago By Kiana Wilburg Pull quote: In 2010, Reuters also reported that a dam at a tin mine run by a Zijin subsidiary collapsed during...

“Lowenfield has no authority to give opinion on credibility of elections” – Jagdeo

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Lowenfield has no authority to give opinion on credibility of elections” – Jagdeo

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday said that Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Keith Lowenfield had “no authority” to note his...

The nation awaits a declaration

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The nation awaits a declaration

The Chief Elections Officer (CEO) has acted outside of the Gazetted Order of 4th May 2020. Section 12 of that Order requires the CEO to submit a report on the tabulation of the recount of the votes...

Teacher who was involved in distribution of hampers for GTU tests positive for Covid-19

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Teacher who was involved in distribution of hampers for GTU tests positive for Covid-19

– was in contact with colleagues from several regions The Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU) is again expressing its objections to the July-August timeline for exams and the reopening of schools in...

De mathematician seh HAP-New win

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De mathematician seh HAP-New win

Dem Boys Seh Dem boys now see Soulja Bai in de true light. Dem boys did feel dat he was being misled and confused over de elections. Dem did believe dat dem scamps around he did lie to he about de...

When fantasy becomes reality

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on When fantasy becomes reality

After the PNC lost the 1992 elections – a loss which then party leader, Desmond Hoyte, conceded publicly – one of its leaders had a bout of emotional debilitation. The PNC was forced to dispatch...

PSC “appalled” at GECOM CEO’s report, says 2020 election were transparent

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PSC “appalled” at GECOM CEO’s report, says 2020 election were transparent

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is “appalled” at the report submitted by Guyana Election’s Commission’s (GECOM) Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to the seven-member...

Masterpiece theater

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Masterpiece theater

If anyone ever said that elections in Guyana are dull and boring, that persons should have his or her head examined. If it were not for the tensions and seriousness, elections here would be a fun...

Hope of non -partisan political future is in the hands of young Guyanese – Owen Arthur

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Hope of non -partisan political future is in the hands of young Guyanese – Owen Arthur

Despite the current political impasse in Guyana, former Prime Minister (PM)of Barbados Owen Arthur believes the nation‘s hope for a non- partisan political future lies in the hands of the younger...

Fourteen stranded Guyanese repatriated from St. Maarten

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fourteen stranded Guyanese repatriated from St. Maarten

Fourteen Guyanese have been returned from St. Maarten via Trans Guyana Airways. The flight which came in at around 16:00 hours yesterday also took six nationals to the Dutch/French territory....

ENETWORKS ALL SET TO AIR “I MAY DESTROY YOU” SERIES TONIGHT

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ENETWORKS ALL SET TO AIR “I MAY DESTROY YOU” SERIES TONIGHT

For all the television fanatics in search of the next big hit, the Enetworks team has selected another promising series that you wouldn’t want to miss. It’s called, “I May Destroy You,” a...

Inside the court Bandits jailed 4 years for $13M theft

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Inside the court Bandits jailed 4 years for $13M theft

⁃ ‘Ducky’ committed to stand trial for attempted murder Repeat offenders Patrick Smith and Lynton Trotman have been sentenced to four years each in connection with the theft of $13, 100, 000...

PHASED LIFTING OF LOCKDOWN LITTLE RISK TO GUYANA

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Consumer Concerns, News Comments Off on PHASED LIFTING OF LOCKDOWN LITTLE RISK TO GUYANA

CONSUMER CONCERNS PAT DIAL Over the last several months, Guyanese Society had been distracted by two issues- the political problems and the Covid19 Pandemic. Both issues have had very demoralizing...

LABELLING OF HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS ACCORDING TO STANDARD CRUCIAL TO SAFETY

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News, Standards in Focus Comments Off on LABELLING OF HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS ACCORDING TO STANDARD CRUCIAL TO SAFETY

STANDARDS IN FOCUS The labelling of household chemicals by manufacturers and distributors offers guidance to consumers and are crucial for their safety. Labelling requirements for such products are...

105 year old Palms resident miraculously recovers from COVID-19

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 105 year old Palms resident miraculously recovers from COVID-19

By Rehanna Ramsay A 105-year-old resident of the Palms Geriatric Home has made a miraculous recovery from the deadly COVID-19 disease. Zorie De Mattos is among 12 elderly residents who were diagnosed...

Guyanese were badly affected by outbursts of politicians

Jun 14, 2020 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyanese were badly affected by outbursts of politicians

As we await the decision of GECOM on the results of the March 2, General and Regional Elections, the sensibilities of thousands of Guyanese were badly affected by outbursts from two regional...

A defining decade in Guyana’s political history

Jun 14, 2020 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A defining decade in Guyana’s political history

(A review of David Granger’ British regiments in British Guiana.) David Granger’s British regiments in British Guiana recalls the often overlooked presence of British regiments in the colony of...

Book Review… The Afterlife – The Ageless Enquiry

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Book Review…, News Comments Off on Book Review… The Afterlife – The Ageless Enquiry

Book: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Afterlife – But Were Afraid to Ask Author: Hollister Rand Critic: Glenville Ashby, PhD Hollister Rand’s ‘Everything You Wanted to Know About...

Coronavirus: Studies are showing face mask use may be the game changer

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Dr Zulfikar Bux, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Coronavirus: Studies are showing face mask use may be the game changer

– Becoming too relaxed, may be to our detriment By Dr Zulfikar Bux Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine The “everyone wears a mask campaign” was initiated in Guyana in late March 2020....

Drosophila melanogaster

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Interesting Creatures in Guyana, News Comments Off on Drosophila melanogaster

Interesting Creatures… Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly (the taxonomic order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is known generally as the common fruit fly or vinegar...

Remembering Walter Rodney 40 years after that fateful night

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Hinds' Sight with Dr. David Hinds Comments Off on Remembering Walter Rodney 40 years after that fateful night

Yesterday, June 13, marked the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney. As is customary his many admirers, academic and political colleagues and comrades across the world remember...

The PNC has its knee of the neck of African Guyanese

Jun 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The PNC has its knee of the neck of African Guyanese

Last year before anti-police brutalities erupted across the US over George Floyd’s death at the hands of white policemen, France was going through the vortex of weekly violent protest over the...

Our ‘Frontline Worker of the Week’ is… Dr. Sonya Lord

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Our ‘Frontline Worker of the Week’ is… Dr. Sonya Lord

By Malisa Playter-Harry Working on the frontlines during a pandemic has shown Guyana and its people just how much medical professionals are committed and selfless as they carry out their duties...

ImmigrationINFO: New COVID-19 Guidelines for Visitors Entering U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

Jun 14, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ImmigrationINFO: New COVID-19 Guidelines for Visitors Entering U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

By Attorney Gail Seeram To protect the workforce and the public from exposure to coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will now require all applicants, petitioners...

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Guyanese boxers shine at T&T National Boxing Championships

A warning to President Ali on U.S. Overtures

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- It remains unknown what President Ali told the U.S. Secretary of State during their recent... more