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Seafarers – an essential workforce

Jun 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Seafarers – an essential workforce

DEAR EDITOR, To the many citizens of our country, Seamen and seafaring has only recently been put under the spotlight with the advent of our oil and gas industry, which is much to my satisfaction,...

Applaud Guyanese Rally against racism

Jun 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Applaud Guyanese Rally against racism

DEAR EDITOR, I write to applaud Guyanese Americans who rallied against racism earlier this month in Richmond Hill, Queens, dubbed as “Little Guyana” and other protests. The Richmond Hill rally...

Something has gone awry

Jun 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Something has gone awry

DEAR EDITOR, Something has gone awry with the DEM BOYS SEH column that I once looked forward to reading for the writer’s wit ensconced in creoles’. It used to be tongue-in-cheek critical of...

When democracy wins, everyone wins

Jun 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on When democracy wins, everyone wins

DEAR EDITOR, Time to Move Forward and Do What’s Best for Guyana The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) calls on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to fulfill its constitutionally...

An election is arithmetic

Jun 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An election is arithmetic

DEAR EDITOR, I believe this piece titled “An election is arithmetic” captures some aspects of the issues currently at hand. An election is arithmetic But tricksters would like us to believe...

The Valid Votes Recounted and Certified by GECOM are Credible Votes

Jun 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Valid Votes Recounted and Certified by GECOM are Credible Votes

DEAR EDITOR, Lowenfield’s claptrap declaration report to the Commissioners on June 23, 2020 is an extension of transparent attempts at rigging Guyana’s March 2, 2020 General and Regional...

Pacification and assuaging the Western countries must be viewed as too little, too late

Jun 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pacification and assuaging the Western countries must be viewed as too little, too late

DEAR EDITOR, Recent revelations in sections of the media have demonstrated that all is not well in the de facto coalition administration. In the midst of the de facto administration’s attempt to...

Rogue state sanctions – two sides of the coin

Jun 30, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rogue state sanctions – two sides of the coin

DEAR EDITOR, As I see it, Guyana is hurtling down the road towards the status of a pariah state, a rogue nation. That is one side of the coin only, with the other largely ignored in this country, by...

Harmon says Granger will not concede – Granger yet to comment

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon says Granger will not concede – Granger yet to comment

By Kemol King “For those persons who are calling for Mr. Granger to concede, that is not going to happen!” Those are the words of APNU+AFC campaign manager, Joseph Harmon, from an interview on...

Harmon contradicts Lowenfield, Coalition in CCJ filing

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Harmon contradicts Lowenfield, Coalition in CCJ filing

– says that the Court of Appeal did not give direction to define ‘valid votes’ After a week of the David Granger Coalition arguing that last Court of Appeal (COA) decision was the basis for...

Washington Lawsuit reveals…ExxonMobil admits climate change exists, but continues to lie about its efforts to address phenomenon

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Washington Lawsuit reveals…ExxonMobil admits climate change exists, but continues to lie about its efforts to address phenomenon

From 2010 to 2018, Exxon spent only 0.2% of its capital expenditures on low-carbon energy systems, with nearly the totality of its spending (99.8%) focused on maintaining and expanding fossil fuel...

Death of couple and son in Cummings Lodge inferno…Detained landlord’s son had argued with tenant over rent minutes before fire started

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Death of couple and son in Cummings Lodge inferno…Detained landlord’s son had argued with tenant over rent minutes before fire started

As police continue to question a suspect, new information is emerging that appears to suggest that last Saturday’s fire which destroyed a two storey, nine-apartment Cummings Lodge building and...

St. Vincent’s PM Gonsalves to assume CARICOM chairmanship on Wednesday

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on St. Vincent’s PM Gonsalves to assume CARICOM chairmanship on Wednesday

Prime Minister of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, is set to assume the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this Wednesday, as the current Chairman, Prime...

Region Three sets up COVID-19 screening checkpoints

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region Three sets up COVID-19 screening checkpoints

Health Officials in Region Three have set up several screening checkpoints to help contain the transmission and spread of the coronavirus. The checkpoints have since been established at main entry...

Cops break up 4:00 A.M bike and horse races on Homestretch Avenue

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Cops break up 4:00 A.M bike and horse races on Homestretch Avenue

– over 100 to be charged for breaching COVID-19 curfew Police from ‘A’ Division yesterday arrested 135 people, impounded several motorcycles and even one horse, after breaking up a 4:00 A.M...

Soulja Bai name gon change to Rigadier

Jun 29, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Soulja Bai name gon change to Rigadier

If all dem who plotting and conspiring to steal de election had put dem energies to help fight de COVID 19, de virus would a dun run from Guyana and gone back to wheh it come from. When you want tek...

Nandlall calls out Dr. Alexis for alleged breach of legal ethics ahead of CCJ hearing

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Nandlall calls out Dr. Alexis for alleged breach of legal ethics ahead of CCJ hearing

Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall has raised concerns over what he describes as clear violations of several legal principles perpetrated by Grenadian Queen’s Counsel, Dr. Francis Alexis with...

Moruca group spreads COVID-19 education through flyers, video

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca group spreads COVID-19 education through flyers, video

As the threat of COVID-19 spreads throughout the Moruca sub-district, one man has joined in the fight against this global pandemic. Marti De Souza, an Education Officer from the Mabaruma sub-region,...

Moruca gets eight prefab housing units to host Covid-19 patients

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Moruca gets eight prefab housing units to host Covid-19 patients

– CMO says most Regions One and Seven covid-19 cases asymptomatic The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) recently installed eight prefab housing units in Moruca, Region 1 to house COVID-19...

As police seek ‘Aunty Deyo’s’ killers… Murders of five other elderly women remain unsolved over nine years later

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on As police seek ‘Aunty Deyo’s’ killers… Murders of five other elderly women remain unsolved over nine years later

As police continue to seek the identity of the individuals who strangled 83-year-old Chandradai Bhudu in her Tain, Berbice home, the unsolved killings of five other elderly women, between 2009 and...

Wanda Diamond League announces updates to 2020 calendar

Jun 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Wanda Diamond League announces updates to 2020 calendar

The Wanda Diamond League announced on Friday some further alterations to its provisional 2020 calendar, with the cancellation of two meetings and a further event pushed back until September. The...

A certain amount of madness

Jun 29, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A certain amount of madness

The caption of this column is taken from the title of the book on the life, politics and legacy of one of African’s great leaders – Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso. A certain amount of madness has...

The name of the thing that is after Michael Jones

Jun 29, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on The name of the thing that is after Michael Jones

By Michael Jordan “I believe I know how your lady-friend killed that boy at Kamarang,” the doctor said. And I think I know how she, or something that she sent, is harming you…” “She...

Foxy Ladies FC players receives GFF Covid-19 Relief Hampers

Jun 29, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foxy Ladies FC players receives GFF Covid-19 Relief Hampers

Members of the Foxy Ladies Football Club based at Den Amstel on the West Coast of Demerara were yesterday recipients of a number of food hampers donated to the club by the Guyana Football Federation...

If Dr. Alexis wants to retain his reputation, he must withdraw his statement

Jun 29, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on If Dr. Alexis wants to retain his reputation, he must withdraw his statement

Dear Editor, Today, Sunday’s Edition of the Chronicle, lead headline loudly screams, “Dr. Francis Alexis, QC says PPP/C appeal to the CCJ has no real prospect of success”. Dr. Alexis is indeed...

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The path forward for the Caribbean

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- When the Cold War ended, western liberalism declared its victory over communism. It immediately... more