June 2020

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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...

Thankfully, we have now gone past the ‘Mingo’ hurdle

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Thankfully, we have now gone past the ‘Mingo’ hurdle

DEAR EDITOR, If there is only one element of substance that the recently concluded recount exercise has established, it is that the Mingo Region Four Declaration was irretrievably flawed and should...

Let us hope that good sense prevails

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Let us hope that good sense prevails

DEAR EDITOR, I am confused. Following the election on 2nd March, 2020, the APNU/AFC declared that they had won. There was no doubt and no question in their minds. How now they are saying that...

Need for a joint appearance of national unity

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Need for a joint appearance of national unity

DEAR EDITOR, The recount exercise is done. It is clearly established that the opposition PPP has won the elections. Nothing can change this fact as the recount has happened in public view without any...

Mr. President, Let your word mean something

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Mr. President, Let your word mean something

DEAR EDITOR, I appeal to my political leader and President of Guyana, Mr. David Granger, to honour his words and the commitment he gave to Caricom and the opposition. He must be a man of his words....

The media should resist promoting alcohol consumption at this time

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The media should resist promoting alcohol consumption at this time

DEAR EDITOR, There is sickening news (Kaieteur News 7 June, 2020) that Ansa McAl will be going on an alcohol promotion for Father’s Day. Ansa McAl must have missed the news that men are more...

The Ministry of Education can find a way to delay the sitting of the NGSA Exam

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Ministry of Education can find a way to delay the sitting of the NGSA Exam

DEAR EDITOR, It is heartening to see parents beginning to speak out against the Ministry of Education’s unfortunate and brash decision to hold examinations from early in July 2020 as Guyana...

A victory that GECOM and all Guyanese must not lose

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A victory that GECOM and all Guyanese must not lose

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana like the United States (U.S) and every other country around the world is not without electoral challenges. Whereas the U.S. reserves the right to resolve its electoral disputes,...

Is the objective to win at all costs?

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Is the objective to win at all costs?

DEAR EDITOR, Is this the message that our nation would like to embody? It was the summer of 1988, during the Olympics in Seoul, the world watched in awe, and excitement as Canadian Sprinter Ben...

An appeal to leaders, particularly the president

Jun 09, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An appeal to leaders, particularly the president

DEAR EDITOR, My heart is heavy, and it takes a lot to do that, given where I have been. My mind, too, is blurred, and that rarely happens, even when I go off on the deep end. And the deep end is...

PPP wins recount

Jun 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP wins recount

The opposition People’s Progressive Party yesterday held a statistically unbreakable lead at close of recount yesterday, staying ahead of the Coalition incumbent by some 13,069 votes with just 14...

Conservationist says ExxonMobil being treated with kid gloves

Jun 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Conservationist says ExxonMobil being treated with kid gloves

– EPA Head insists regulatory body has no sacred cows By Kiana Wilburg As a result of mechanical issues being experienced with a gas compressor for the Liza Destiny oil vessel, ExxonMobil has...

Claims of widespread fraud tarnish Commonwealth technical staff – Ex PM of Barbados Owen Arthur

Jun 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Claims of widespread fraud tarnish Commonwealth technical staff – Ex PM of Barbados Owen Arthur

Head of the Commonwealth Observer Team, Owen Arthur, wants to put on record his belief that accusations of fraud and widespread rigging on Election Day stand to tarnish the reputations of two...

GECOM fails to provide statement it claims was signed by DROs

Jun 08, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM fails to provide statement it claims was signed by DROs

– As new evidence emerges confirming that Commission staff gave instructions to remove documents The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is yet to produce a statement it claims was signed by a...

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MOTHER KNOWS BEST!

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(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when a young man receiving his first pay packet did not suddenly transform himself into an international financial expert. He did not rush to buy expensive sneakers, upgrade his cellphone, or begin offering investment advice to people twice his age. In those...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank – what’s coming

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Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Development Bank (GDB) has generated much excitement. Not yet fully airborne, but still stirring considerable interest. Guyanese sit, wait, smile. They are ready. One set anticipates what’s in it for them. To get them off the...

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