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Lowenfield submits report giving APNU+AFC one seat majority -Dumped 115,000 votes

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield submits report giving APNU+AFC one seat majority -Dumped 115,000 votes

Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield has submitted a report to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which would hand the victory in the March 2 polls to the APNU+AFC coalition, giving it a...

BREAKING NEWS!!! PPP asks CCJ to strike down Appeal Court’s ruling

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING NEWS!!! PPP asks CCJ to strike down Appeal Court’s ruling

Following a ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday which would allow the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to calculate the results of the elections based on “valid votes”, the...

Appeal Court rules Lowenfield must calculate election results based on valid votes

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Appeal Court rules Lowenfield must calculate election results based on valid votes

In a majority decision, the Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission Keith Lowenfield must determine the results of the election based...

GPL says no money paid to contractor; purchase order says otherwise

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL says no money paid to contractor; purchase order says otherwise

$587M bucket trucks… State- owned company, the Guyana Power & Light Incorporated (GPL), in response to an article published last week by Kaieteur News, says that it has not yet made any...

Understaffed and underfunded EPA will always be at ExxonMobil’s mercy-Conservationist

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Understaffed and underfunded EPA will always be at ExxonMobil’s mercy-Conservationist

By Kiana Wilburg Guyana has been an oil-producing state for over six months yet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which is tasked with ensuring ExxonMobil’s operations are not a clear and...

Cop among two arrested for Friendship robbery

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cop among two arrested for Friendship robbery

A police rank is among two persons detained in connection with a robbery that took place on June 19 at Friendship, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The robbery took place at around 20:00 hrs at a snackette...

Nothing stopping GECOM from making declaration now – Jagdeo

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nothing stopping GECOM from making declaration now – Jagdeo

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that, following yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling, there is nothing preventing the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from moving ahead and...

Task Force announces mining halt in specific areas

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Task Force announces mining halt in specific areas

Region 1 records 18 new COVID-19 cases… – more checkpoints, increased screening in hinterland Guyana yesterday recorded 21 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours taking the total amount to...

De court try to confuse de whole Guyana

Jun 23, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De court try to confuse de whole Guyana

Dem boys seh… Yesterday’s Court of Appeal session on elections nah change nuttin. At least dat is wha dem boys believe after dem listen to dem three judges. De David gal who file de motion to de...

The valid votes have already been determined

Jun 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The valid votes have already been determined

The Court of Appeal has ruled by a 2-1 majority that it has the jurisdiction to interpret the Constitution in relation to the election of a President, under Article 177(4) of the Constitution. This...

Enmore teen killed, cousin critical in hit-and-run

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Enmore teen killed, cousin critical in hit-and-run

A 16-year-old lad was killed and his cousin, 14, hospitalised after they were reportedly struck down on the Enmore Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The dead teen was identified as Sheldon...

IDB donates US$750,000 to support CARPHA’s COVID-19 response in the Caribbean

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on IDB donates US$750,000 to support CARPHA’s COVID-19 response in the Caribbean

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) received a grant of US$750,000 from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to support the agency’s COVID-19 response in the Caribbean region. The...

“Be a true leader, concede and let our country move forward”

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Be a true leader, concede and let our country move forward”

– Arya Samaj Community to President Granger Yet another entity is calling for President David Granger to concede and admit the APNU+AFC coalition was defeated in the March 2 polls. The Arya Samaj...

We need a reset

Jun 23, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We need a reset

Guyana needs to restart right away. We, all of us, need to start living again. After a long season of the most devastating storms, the hope is that the needed calm comes and comforts us in this...

Ship “arrested” in Trini’s waters after Guyana’s court warrant

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ship “arrested” in Trini’s waters after Guyana’s court warrant

Trinidad (newsday.co.tt) -A HIGH Court judge has set $1.8 million bail for the release of a ship that was arrested in TT waters. Justice Frank Seepersad on Monday granted an order, setting bail for...

Two hospitalized in Corentyne shooting incident

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Two hospitalized in Corentyne shooting incident

– one suspect in custody The Guyana Police Force in Berbice is investigating the alleged shooting of two males that resulted in them being hospitalised at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital with...

Parika smash-up… Bikers were seen riding recklessly

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Parika smash-up… Bikers were seen riding recklessly

New evidence reach this paper indicates that the bikers involved in the horrific Father’s Day smash-up at Parika, East Bank Essequibo were riding recklessly shortly before the accident. Based on a...

Pregnant teen fished out of Berbice River died from drowning, blunt trauma to head

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Pregnant teen fished out of Berbice River died from drowning, blunt trauma to head

Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh has determined that Berbice teen, Melissa Soman, died from drowning compounded by blunt trauma to the head. The post mortem examination carried out on the body...

Man stabbed to death parting fight

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man stabbed to death parting fight

A man was stabbed to death on Sunday after he intervened in a fight between a Brazilian miner and his reputed wife. The man whose, only name was given as ‘Rakesh’ of Mahaicony, East Coast...

NexGen Golf Academy set to open shortly

Jun 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on NexGen Golf Academy set to open shortly

The local golf industry will be given a major boost when the NexGen Golf Academy opens its doors to the public. The sport of golf has grown tremendously over the past few years here and this venture...

Top cop ordered to release man caught in video with guns

Jun 23, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Top cop ordered to release man caught in video with guns

– Weapons were not returned to security firm Four days after he was arrested for posting a video on social media allegedly making comments that appeared to incite violence while posing with a...

My opinion: Claudette Singh is not restrained by the court’s decision

Jun 23, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on My opinion: Claudette Singh is not restrained by the court’s decision

I am typing this piece here before I could read the different interpretations of the legal minds on the Court of Appeal decision. But this I know as a layman, the CCJ will not accept the 2020...

Ashmead Nedd moving up the cricketing ladder Should join dad as father/son pair to play FC Cricket

Jun 23, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Ashmead Nedd moving up the cricketing ladder Should join dad as father/son pair to play FC Cricket

By Sean Devers There are many Guyanese brothers who played first-Class cricket but since 1966 when Guyana gained Independence, Shiv Chanderpaul and his son are the only father/son pair to play...

Message from GPSU President/CEO, Mr. Patrick M. Yarde, on the Occasion of United Nations Public Service Day 2020

Jun 23, 2020 KNews Letters, News Comments Off on Message from GPSU President/CEO, Mr. Patrick M. Yarde, on the Occasion of United Nations Public Service Day 2020

The United Nation has designated June 23 each year to mark the occasion of Public Service Day. This date was specifically occasioned to bring recognition to and celebrate the values, virtues and...

An unintended consequence

Jun 23, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An unintended consequence

DEAR EDITOR, For once, there is an unintended consequence that is supremely positive. The economic havoc that coronavirus is visiting on the world has surely reduced greenhouse gas emissions in a way...

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The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more