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GECOM Chair invalidates declarations held in abeyance – Gunraj

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair invalidates declarations held in abeyance – Gunraj

According to Commissioner Sase Gunraj, Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has invalidated the March ten declarations which were being held in...

GECOM Chair will direct Myers if Lowenfield refuses to prepare correct Elections report

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair will direct Myers if Lowenfield refuses to prepare correct Elections report

Government Commissioner Vincent Alexander told reporters moments ago that the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh will instruct Deputy Chief Elections Officer...

USAID calls on Granger assure a peaceful transition of government

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on USAID calls on Granger assure a peaceful transition of government

John Barsa, the acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), today in a Tweet made an appeal to the incumbent President David Granger, to put Guyana first...

OAS Secretary General requests meeting with Permanent Council to ‘deal with Guyana’s electoral process’

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OAS Secretary General requests meeting with Permanent Council to ‘deal with Guyana’s electoral process’

General Secretary of the Organisation of American (OAS), Luis Almagro has officially written the Chairman of the OAS Permanent Council, Ambassador Luis Fernando Cordero Montoya, to assemble a meeting...

Motion filed to sack Lowenfield

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motion filed to sack Lowenfield

Opposition GECOM Commissioner Robeson Benn has filed a motion for Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to be fired from his post. The Guyana Elections Commission met earlier today on the...

Full Commission present!

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Full Commission present!

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has kicked off a meeting this morning with the full Commission present. An initial meeting set for last Thursday, following the Wednesday CCJ judgment on the...

Guyana’s destiny rests on the shoulders of Claudette Singh and others – Commonwealth Secretary General

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s destiny rests on the shoulders of Claudette Singh and others – Commonwealth Secretary General

According to Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, Guyana’s destiny as a great nation rests on the shoulders of Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (retd)...

Jordan ties Guyana to US$14.6M contract on last day of Elections Recount

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jordan ties Guyana to US$14.6M contract on last day of Elections Recount

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan on June 8 signed off a US$14.6M contract with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for a hydropower project, and in doing so, tied Guyana to that agreement on the...

New Gov’t must be installed, will of the people must be respected – Sir Shridath Ramphal

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Gov’t must be installed, will of the people must be respected – Sir Shridath Ramphal

Respected Guyanese diplomat, Sir Shridath Ramphal has released a statement calling for the new government to be installed, and the will of the people to be respected, in the wake of the recent...

AFC’s Trotman says Lowenfield cannot be directed, even if he is wrong

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AFC’s Trotman says Lowenfield cannot be directed, even if he is wrong

By Mikaila Prince Co-chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman, has wrongfully posited that the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, cannot be directed by the Chairman...

‘A’ Division Commander unable to confirm Lowenfield’s death threat report

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘A’ Division Commander unable to confirm Lowenfield’s death threat report

There has been no indication whether Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield lodged an official police complaint regarding the threat to his life that he allegedly received on Friday last at...

No action against Lowenfield would be blatantly unlawful – ANUG Chair

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No action against Lowenfield would be blatantly unlawful – ANUG Chair

When one considers the improper actions of Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, it would be “blatantly unlawful” if the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice...

Public Security Ministry spends bulk of $35B budgeted for 2019 on infrastructural works

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Public Security Ministry spends bulk of $35B budgeted for 2019 on infrastructural works

For 2019, the Public Security Sector expended the bulk of its $35.6 billion budget on several infrastructural reform projects for the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Defence Force, the Fire Service...

No country with 300 or 400 people can tell us what to do – Trotman

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No country with 300 or 400 people can tell us what to do – Trotman

By Mikaila Prince De facto Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman is of the opinion that no country which has a constituency of “300 or 400 people” can rightfully advise Guyana,...

Lowenfield’s report…Nation remains in the dark since Saturday on Claudette Singh’s next move

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield’s report…Nation remains in the dark since Saturday on Claudette Singh’s next move

By Shikema Dey Up to press time, the country was left at a standstill as no official word had emerged from Chair of the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) Ret’d Justice, Claudette Singh on her next...

Murder PI for moneychanger and daughter coming to an end

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murder PI for moneychanger and daughter coming to an end

One year after moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his 18-year-old daughter Arianna Latchman, were killed during a robbery at their Better Hope, East Coast Demerara home, the preliminary inquiry (PI)...

Fire destroys sections of Lusignan Prison

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys sections of Lusignan Prison

– No deaths, no escapees, 15 injured A fire yesterday destroyed sections of the Lusignan Prison after it was said to be a form of retaliation. Reports were that narcotics, cellphones and forms...

De Rigadier put Guyana in de Guinness Book of World Records

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on De Rigadier put Guyana in de Guinness Book of World Records

Karen de Suzie tek she eyes pass de boss man of de Waterfall paper. If she nah understand wha he seh is because she nah want understand. De boss man seh bedroom story is personal and private matter....

Windies make perfect start to series as Blackwood inspires

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Windies make perfect start to series as Blackwood inspires

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Mercurial Jermaine Blackwood perished agonisingly short of a deserved hundred but West Indies took a giant leap towards their first series win on English soil in 32...

No move on re-development of Prime City Lands until further consultation – Mayor

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No move on re-development of Prime City Lands until further consultation – Mayor

Georgetown Mayor, Ubraj Narine, has said that there will be no move on the re-development of prime city lands in the Houston area until proper consultation is done. This newspaper was informed of...

Harrigan positioning for Jaguar’s midfield role

Jul 13, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Harrigan positioning for Jaguar’s midfield role

By Calvin Chapman Eighteen-year-old defensive midfielder Jamar Harrigan has his sights set on achieving all that he can with football locally, inclusive of winning the Elite League with his new club...

Security guard loses home to fire

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard loses home to fire

A 27-year-old security guard is now without a place to live after a fire gutted his home at Riverstown, Essequibo Coast, Region Two yesterday. The fire occurred sometime between 06:30 hrs and 08:00...

Chief Justice dismissed Rickford Burke’s multi-million libel suits against media entities

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Justice dismissed Rickford Burke’s multi-million libel suits against media entities

Eight years after Rickford Burke, New York-based radio talk show host filed a $20M libel suit against Guyana Times, Multi Technology Vision Inc. and Little Rock Television Station Inc., Chief Justice...

Brazilians still being allowed to sneak into Lethem despite COVID-19 travel restrictions

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Brazilians still being allowed to sneak into Lethem despite COVID-19 travel restrictions

Police at the Guyana/Brazil border in Lethem are coming under heavy criticism for failing to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Region Nine by allowing Brazilians to sneak into the town...

CPA notes decline in child abuse reports

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CPA notes decline in child abuse reports

– Cites COVID-19 as contributing factor Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA), Ann Greene in a brief telephone interview with Kaieteur News yesterday, related that the Agency...

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Following one’s conscience rather than the crowd

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect... more