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BREAKING – Govt’s legitimacy requires declaration of recount results – European Union

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING – Govt’s legitimacy requires declaration of recount results – European Union

The 27-nation European Union has issued a strong statement, warning that a legitimate Government can only be sworn in on the basis of a declaration of the credible results of the recount, supported...

Twenty-one OAS countries call for declaration using recount results

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Twenty-one OAS countries call for declaration using recount results

By Mikaila Prince Twenty-one out of the 35 member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) have made an appeal to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for it to make a declaration of...

Coalition files appeal to overturn CJ’s ruling in elections case

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Coalition files appeal to overturn CJ’s ruling in elections case

– First hearing set for 3:00pm today An appeal has been filed on behalf of A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition Agent, Misenga Jones, to overturn the...

Guyana has a choice: Democracy or the Abyss? – OAS Secretary General

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana has a choice: Democracy or the Abyss? – OAS Secretary General

By Kemol King The Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, gave a stern address to Guyana’s leaders at a meeting of the Permanent Council yesterday, noting that...

Basil Williams falsely states CCJ nullified recount figures

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Basil Williams falsely states CCJ nullified recount figures

Guyana’s Attorney General, Basil Williams, on Tuesday went before the Organisation of America States (OAS) Permanent Council and falsely claimed that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its...

“Democracy delayed is democracy denied” – Sir Ronald Sanders

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Democracy delayed is democracy denied” – Sir Ronald Sanders

By Shikema Dey Sir Ronald Sanders shared the view that the incessant delays to the long awaited declaration of Guyana’s March 2, 2020 Elections sends a strong message that the democracy of the...

It would take a generation to repair damage to Guyana’s image

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on It would take a generation to repair damage to Guyana’s image

– OAS Observer Chief, Bruce Golding By Kemol King Head of the Electoral Observer Mission of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Bruce Golding, gave a comprehensive breakdown of recent...

Bring curtains down on elections circus- FITUG tells Coalition

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bring curtains down on elections circus- FITUG tells Coalition

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) yesterday labelled the coalition’s continuous pursuits as a “hopeless probability of success”. In a press release the union stated...

Man given ‘royal run around’ to recover bail money

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man given ‘royal run around’ to recover bail money

A Plaisance resident was given the ‘royal run around’ by officers attached to the Sparendaam Police Station to recover his bail money. According to information received, the man, Renrick...

Decomposed body found in well at Puruni Landing

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body found in well at Puruni Landing

A partially decomposed body was discovered floating in a well at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni River, Region Seven. The decomposing body identified to be that of Calvin Hamilton, 29, was found at around...

The law according to me

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The law according to me

The government of Guyana continues to adopt a posture of being a sanctimonious victim. It continues to suggest that it has nothing to do with the obstruction, prevarication of the electoral process...

Lil Joe appealing somebody else case

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lil Joe appealing somebody else case

Dem Boys Seh… When dem boys de small and used to play ring-a-ring-a-roses, dem used to sing “ring-a-ring-a-roses, a pocket full of posies. A-tishoo, a-tishoo, we all fall down.” De HAP-New...

Porter dies in Arawai Trail accident

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Porter dies in Arawai Trail accident

Twenty-five-year old, Mahendra Verria, yesterday succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) due to injuries he sustained in an accident on the Arawai Trail, in the Mazaruni River....

COVID-19 cases now at 339

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 cases now at 339

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday revealed that July has so far seen a total of 30 recorded COVID-19 cases. Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO), Dr. Karen Boyle, in the Ministry’s daily...

GCCI calls on Granger to end electoral impasse

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI calls on Granger to end electoral impasse

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GGCI) yesterday implored upon de facto President David Granger to make use of his authority as head of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance...

Shared Governance

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Shared Governance

In the wake of the now internationally embarrassing tactics taken by the David Granger administration more than four months after it lost an election to the opposition by over 15,000 votes, various...

Accident at COVID-19 hospital leaves two injured

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Accident at COVID-19 hospital leaves two injured

Two construction workers were yesterday rushed for medical attention after a shed collapsed causing them to sustain injuries about their bodies. The workers were at the time working on the COVID-19...

Detective corporal testifies in moneychanger and daughter murder PI

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Detective corporal testifies in moneychanger and daughter murder PI

By Renay Sambach As the preliminary inquiry into the death of Aaron Latchman and his 18-year-old daughter, Arianna Latchman, continued yesterday before Magistrate Alisha George at the Sparendaam...

Ex-cop remanded after accused of accepting bribe to settle case

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop remanded after accused of accepting bribe to settle case

An ex-Police Constable, Richard Persaud, who had been embroiled in a scandal with a Canje Superbet businessman and his wife, and who an arrest warrant issued for, yesterday appeared at the Albion...

Police probing rape allegations against Ruel Johnson

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police probing rape allegations against Ruel Johnson

The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into rape allegations levelled against Ruel Johnson. Recently, Johnson, a Kaieteur News employee, had been faced with a barrage of condemnation...

GPL offers “payment options” to COVID-hit customers

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL offers “payment options” to COVID-hit customers

– opening hours adjusted Even as it gears to cater to customers during modified hours as part of the COVID-19 reopening, the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is prepared to simultaneously...

Education Ministry gets donation of face shields from UNICEF

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry gets donation of face shields from UNICEF

As the Ministry of Education (MoE) commenced planning for the opening of schools yesterday, a welcomed donation was received from the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...

AAG and Athletes optimistic about Senior Track & Field C/Ships next month

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG and Athletes optimistic about Senior Track & Field C/Ships next month

The National COVID-19 Task Force on Friday last implemented Phase Three of Guyana’s re-opening process that will run until July 31. Among the new measures to take effect is a change in the existing...

Aurora Knight Riders CC makes donation to ailing mothers

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aurora Knight Riders CC makes donation to ailing mothers

Having read a post on social media (facebook) of a mother, who was appealing for assistance at the Suddie Public Hospital, members, of Essequibo’s Aurora Knight Riders Cricket Club, thought it...

Dr. Mc Doom’s pair of red underwear has lost its brightness and shape

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dr. Mc Doom’s pair of red underwear has lost its brightness and shape

Professor Omar Shahabudin McDoom, of Guyanese extraction, who teaches at the London School of Economics, tells us in his online profile that his scholarly interests are in ethnic conflicts and ethnic...

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Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

A shameful abdication of leadership

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The PPPC government has reached a new low in its spineless defense of the lopsided Production... more