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After this court ruling, the PNC and AFC still will not concede defeat

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on After this court ruling, the PNC and AFC still will not concede defeat

For a large number of persons, Guyanese and non-Guyanese who have been following the post 2020 election Frankenstein vaudeville show, they believe that GECOM with Claudette Singh’s vote will make a...

Recovering or reconciling – which comes first?

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Recovering or reconciling – which comes first?

Whichever way Chairwoman Claudette Singh proceeds, it will be one more bus stop in Guyana’s elections catastrophe. That is guaranteed and will intensify our divisions. It will confirm that this has...

Guyana requires a new and inclusive national response to COVID-19

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana requires a new and inclusive national response to COVID-19

DEAR EDITOR, What more evidence does the National COVID-19 Task Force need to conclude that COVID-19 outbreaks are linked to mining activity? Gazetting of lockdowns in hotspots like Aranka (Region 7)...

Circumstances change; values shouldn’t

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Circumstances change; values shouldn’t

DEAR EDITOR, Life is a funny thing and politics particularly so. At the end of WWII and at the dawn of internal self-government in the West Indies, the region was rather taken with the idea of a...

Remarks by incoming Caricom Chair must be taken seriously

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Remarks by incoming Caricom Chair must be taken seriously

DEAR EDITOR, I am writing this letter after considering statements made by the incoming chair of Caricom, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in a broadcast on July...

I think that Christians are called to be advocates of justice in society

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I think that Christians are called to be advocates of justice in society

DEAR EDITOR, Christians in Guyana should evaluate whether their identity and affiliation reside in a political party, and ascertain their role in the present political instability. Admittedly, it is...

Shifting sands

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shifting sands

DEAR EDITOR, The internet, artificial intelligence and sovereignty will be key issues of the 21st century. The entire global economy is in disarray. The fight for technological dominance between the...

Giving credit where it is due

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Giving credit where it is due

DEAR EDITOR, The Ministry of Education was forced to close school in March of this year and rightfully so due to the Coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19. Editor, you can recall this was very close...

Like dog fighting, cock fighting is also brutal and senseless

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Like dog fighting, cock fighting is also brutal and senseless

DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) would like to express its outrage that, according to recent reports in the media, the inhumane act of cockfighting...

Groping for some sanity

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Groping for some sanity

DEAR EDITOR, I stay with what I believe offers a way out of our ugly political impasses. Shared governance, it is called. It is certain to incur more hostility and scorn, which is enough to encourage...

A shining example in these dark times

Jul 21, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A shining example in these dark times

DEAR EDITOR, For a while now, I wanted to publicly recognize the courageous act of Mr. Dominic Gaskin as one of the few bright spots in these dark times. His example is important not just for this...