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ANUG to Granger: Concede, then we’ll have talks

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ANUG to Granger: Concede, then we’ll have talks

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) is putting on record that it will not engage in dialogue with the APNU+AFC Caretaker Government, as its call for such dialogue is shrouded in duplicity. The coalition...

Breaking – Lowenfield released on bail for fraud charges

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking – Lowenfield released on bail for fraud charges

Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield was moments ago released on $450,000 bail after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to criminal multiple charges for his...

PPP/C will fiercely resist any coup attempt

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on PPP/C will fiercely resist any coup attempt

Opposition Leader, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday sent a strong message to President David Granger-led A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition that he will fiercely...

Guyana broke its own laws to facilitate Exxon’s flaring – Int’l Lawyer

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana broke its own laws to facilitate Exxon’s flaring – Int’l Lawyer

By Kiana Wilburg According to the nation’s laws, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is mandated to protect the environment for the benefit of present and future generations through measures...

Lowenfield finally served court notice on fraud charges

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield finally served court notice on fraud charges

Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, was yesterday served with the court papers notifying him of three separate cases of private criminal charges instituted against him, after weeks of evading...

Man shot dead by bandit on Middle Road

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man shot dead by bandit on Middle Road

By Shervin Belgrave Navin Samaroo, a marketing representative of G&J Phone Cards Investment, was yesterday fatally shot while driving along Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown. Samaroo, 23, of...

Opposition Commissioners condemn vile attacks on GECOM Chair, Claudette Singh

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Opposition Commissioners condemn vile attacks on GECOM Chair, Claudette Singh

The three Opposition Commissioners have jointly condemned the “scurrilous” attacks on the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh. “While...

Six South American nations say declare CARICOM-certified recount figures

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Six South American nations say declare CARICOM-certified recount figures

The Governments of Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru have jointly called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to formally declare the results of the CARICOM-certified recount,...

Attorney General files cross-appeal almost identical to appellant’s

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Attorney General files cross-appeal almost identical to appellant’s

Elections declaration case… The cross-appeal filed on behalf of Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams S.C bears stark similarities with the appeal tendered on behalf of A Partnership for National...

Body of Corentyne man fished out of river in Region Seven

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Body of Corentyne man fished out of river in Region Seven

The body of a 22-year-old man from Brighton Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was yesterday morning pulled from the Kaburi River, Mazaruni District, Region 7. This was confirmed by Regional Commander,...

De Coal-a-shun want fuh know if sanctions apply to invalid visas

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on De Coal-a-shun want fuh know if sanctions apply to invalid visas

Dem Boys Seh… Dem doctors baffled. Dem do X-Ray, CT scan and MRI and still dem still can’t decide how dem gun do de surgery. Is de most complicated surgery ever done in Guyana. Dem fly in an...

Will you be around when the vaccine is found?

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Will you be around when the vaccine is found?

Where politicians are failing, scientists are succeeding. The challenge before all of us is how to stay alive until science finds a solution to the COVID-19 coronavirus. The pandemic is ravaging the...

Querulous Litigation and Res Judicata

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Querulous Litigation and Res Judicata

In his March 15, 2019 decision in the case of Olumide v Alberta (Human Rights Commission), Canadian Justice D.R.G. Thomas wrote of his perception of the behaviour applicant, Ade Olumide: “Querulous...

New details emerge as probe continues

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New details emerge as probe continues

Decomposed body found in well… New information suggests that Calvin Hamilton, 29, a miner whose partially decomposed body was found floating in a well at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni, Region Seven,...

Respect GECOM and the Courts – Religious leaders

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Respect GECOM and the Courts – Religious leaders

Members of the Inter-Religious Organization of Guyana (IRO) and the Guyana Council of Churches (GCC) are calling for all contesting parties of the March 2, General and Regional Elections, as well as...

Workplaces urged to adopt Health and Safety guidelines

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Workplaces urged to adopt Health and Safety guidelines

– as COVID-19 cases climb to 531 As local COVID-19 cases climbed to 531 yesterday, Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO), Dr. Karen Gordon-Boyle, said that the Public Health Ministry is urging...

Farmers Advancement Network aiming to be nation’s bread-basket

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Farmers Advancement Network aiming to be nation’s bread-basket

The Farmers Advancement Network (FAN), a cash crop grouping from Belle West, West Bank Demerara, wants to be the breadbasket of Guyana. At least this is what its president, Mahadeo Deokarran, has...

Region 10 credits ‘COVID free’ status to aggressive testing

Jul 24, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 credits ‘COVID free’ status to aggressive testing

With 10 confirmed recoveries, Region 10 is currently boasting a ‘COVID free’ status. This has given credence to reports that the Region has been faring especially well in its fight against the...

Guyanese Walter ‘Boyd’ Moore is now a UEFA ‘B’ License Coach

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Walter ‘Boyd’ Moore is now a UEFA ‘B’ License Coach

Former ‘Golden Jaguar’ defender Walter ‘Boyd’ Moore who decided to pull the lid on his playing career back in January of this year having donned national colours at every level from Under-15...

Basketball For Good’ platform launched

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Basketball For Good’ platform launched

FIBA’s Foundation, the International Basketball Foundation (IBF), launched its new “Basketball For Good” digital platform (http://www.fiba.basketball/foundation) on Wednesday last....

Lil Joe says we must recognize Lo Lo and let go

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lil Joe says we must recognize Lo Lo and let go

Joe Harmon, who the satirical column in this newspaper “Dem Boys Seh” refers to as “Lil Joe” or “Joe Shanlin”, has an inexhaustible capacity for sprouting asininities a parallel of which...

Guyana’s fate is currently at a delicate threshold

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana’s fate is currently at a delicate threshold

Dear Editor, Please permit me the opportunity to directly address President David Granger. Dear, David – I am but a tiny voice among the thousands which have recently been crying out for a peaceful...

The pattern of political behavior being displayed is highly abnormal

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The pattern of political behavior being displayed is highly abnormal

Dear Editor, The declaration of the March 2020 Presidential Election in Guyana has been on hold for months because lawyers acting on behalf of Mr. David Arthur Granger have unleashed a series of...

Minister Nicolette Henry, stakeholders should be applauded for successful holding of NGSA exams

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Minister Nicolette Henry, stakeholders should be applauded for successful holding of NGSA exams

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me a few lines in your publication to address a matter of concern regarding the education sector in this COVID-19 Pandemic. During the lead up to the sitting of the...

Granger’s inglorious journey will come to an end

Jul 24, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Granger’s inglorious journey will come to an end

Dear Editor The world is vociferously and incessantly pleading for the Guyanese nation which is being held hostage and undergoing severe torture by the APNU+AFC Coalition. This was once again...