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GECOM Chair clears path for Irfaan Ali’s Presidency

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair clears path for Irfaan Ali’s Presidency

By Kemol King The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, Justice Claudette Singh, has instructed the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, to prepare a report on the results of the recount...

Only the court can determine fresh elections – GECOM Chair

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Only the court can determine fresh elections – GECOM Chair

By Mikaila Prince Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, yesterday reminded the country that the Commission is not empowered to determine fresh...

“Winner must not take all” – Carter Center

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Winner must not take all” – Carter Center

The Carter Center has made a call for “Constitutional Reform” to be a high priority for the incoming victors of the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, with the aim of abolishing the...

Co-founder of Change Guyana denied repatriation flights to Guyana

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Co-founder of Change Guyana denied repatriation flights to Guyana

Co-founder and former prime-ministerial candidate of Change Guyana, Nigel Hinds, was denied approval on two occasions to board repatriation flights leaving Miami, Florida for Guyana. Hinds said that...

Guyana records 12 more COVID-19 cases

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana records 12 more COVID-19 cases

There are 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Guyana. This is according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud. The CMO told viewers in a live update via...

Second SVN student gets prestigious Canadian scholarship

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Second SVN student gets prestigious Canadian scholarship

– eyes career in medical field In 2016, Narindra Persaud was one of the best graduating Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) School and...

48 more Guyanese headed to home-isolation – another 205 more to do so today

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on 48 more Guyanese headed to home-isolation – another 205 more to do so today

A total of 48 returning Guyanese from Miami, Florida USA headed straight to their homes for one-week of isolation after they arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) yesterday. These...

Learn about de gold in de backyard

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Learn about de gold in de backyard

Dem farrin country gat a big advantage over dis country. Dem gat de technology fuh extract wealth faster dan some of dem big pump pon de East Coast dat does drain water. Dem machine wha dem oil...

Belief and reality

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Belief and reality

When the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) first appeared, it amounted to a virtual death sentence. Once you got the virus then you knew that you were going to die. The treatments now used to...

Labourer gets 3-year jail sentence for robbing Wismar businessman

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Labourer gets 3-year jail sentence for robbing Wismar businessman

By Renay Sambach On Monday, days after 22-year-old Kevin Batson of 161 First Alley, Wismar, was shot dead after he and an his accomplice gun-butted and robbed a businessman at One Mile, Wismar, Keon...

Restarting and rehabilitating

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Restarting and rehabilitating

In a truly democratic society, one that is devoted to statehood and nation building, elections are followed by gracious conceding and congratulating from those who fall short to those who prepare to...

Caribbean Voice in partnership to provide free resources to NGSA students

Jun 17, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Caribbean Voice in partnership to provide free resources to NGSA students

The lockdown and other measures to address COVID-19 have resulted is an ongoing struggle for students who are preparing for the Secondary School Exam/National Grade Six Assessment. Students lacking...

11th Stage of International Remote Archery Competition Archery Guyana members continue representation

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on 11th Stage of International Remote Archery Competition Archery Guyana members continue representation

As ninety-three archers from twenty countries competed in the 11th stage of the international remote archery competition in the 60X ISOL remote shoot competition and in keeping with the WHO COVID-19...

Make a bust of the following persons

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Make a bust of the following persons

If any young Guyanese, 40 years from now is asked what the significance of June 16, 2020 is, he/she may not know. But if that day is a holiday or if there is a statute on some popular spot in Guyana...

I am satisfied with the Ministry of Education’s measures for COVID-19

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I am satisfied with the Ministry of Education’s measures for COVID-19

Dear Editor, My task is a simple one through this medium as it relates to our children deserving a chance to sit their exams for assessment. I humbly seek your approval to share a few observations...

The Guyana Bar Association should take action on behalf of voters

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Guyana Bar Association should take action on behalf of voters

Dear Editor, The Guyana Bar Association, if they have any integrity or guts left since you hardly hear a squeak from them regarding the violations and criminal mischief of the ruling party, must...

The CARICOM Observer Team report is “conceptually flawed”

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The CARICOM Observer Team report is “conceptually flawed”

Dear Editor, A careful examination of the “Report of the CARICOM observer team for the recount of the Guyana March 2, 2020 elections” has raised a number of important concerns about the...

It is time to establish a meritocracy in Guyana

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on It is time to establish a meritocracy in Guyana

Dear Editor, Meritocracy is defined as the “government or holding of power by people selected based on their ability”. During the rule of the major parties, the face of Guyana shifted to...

We have to work together to sweeten our bitter past

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We have to work together to sweeten our bitter past

Dear Editor, I am heartened by turn of events as the APNU+AFC political masquerade and bullyism which threatened a storm finally subsided. Over the last year or so, we endured a tolerance-testing...

The winner should be gracious in victory

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The winner should be gracious in victory

Dear Editor, By the time this letter is published, it will be the undeniable and unchangeable fact which party has won the 2020 General and Regional Elections. Currently, half of the country may be...

Use of the CARICOM Logo was not authorised

Jun 17, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Use of the CARICOM Logo was not authorised

Dear Editor, I refer to the full-page advertisement, which was carried in your Tuesday, 16 June 2020 edition on page 2, which, inter alia, reproduced the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) Logo....

CWI Cricket West Indies suspends Alzarri Joseph for two matches

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Bridgetown, Barbados – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has imposed a two-match suspension on fast bowler Alzarri Joseph following an on-field incident during the 3rd CG United ODI at the Kensington...

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A lesson from the bread lines of America

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- If the American elections of 2024 delivered any one lesson to the rest of the world, it... more