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An important lesson to be drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An important lesson to be drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic

DEAR EDITOR, An important lesson to be drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic is that authoritarian regimes that disregard the human rights of citizens will take advantage of any crisis, even a global...

The Coalition is in the Wilderness

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Coalition is in the Wilderness

DEAR EDITOR, It was interesting to learn that some senior members of the APNU coalition have finally acknowledged that the Recount Numbers are legitimate in keeping with the Caribbean Court of...

Guyana is restless and sleepless and cannot stand alone

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is restless and sleepless and cannot stand alone

DEAR EDITOR, A rainbow is not a tangible item nor is it a mirage but an optical illusion that may be described as a multi-coloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction, reflection and...

The GECOM Chair is a highly respected member of the Legal establishment

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The GECOM Chair is a highly respected member of the Legal establishment

DEAR EDITOR, It is apparent that someone, most likely a troll, is attempting to link my name to a social media posting that seeks to besmirch the good name and character of Justice (Retd.) Claudette...

The choice before us

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The choice before us

DEAR EDITOR, The latest developments between the USA and China to many echo the beginning of a cold war if not a warm one. With it comes a clear but difficult choice to be made on our...

GECOM needs to declare the recount results; an election petition is the tool to challenge the declaration in court

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on GECOM needs to declare the recount results; an election petition is the tool to challenge the declaration in court

DEAR EDITOR, As a politically neutral observer of Guyanese and Swiss descent residing abroad, I have raised in the past concerns that the number of votes cast in the 2020 General Elections appear to...

A shameful episode in history of the country

Jul 25, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A shameful episode in history of the country

DEAR EDITOR, Guyanese were long accustomed to electoral riggings committed by the PNC. But these were done in secret or behind closed doors utilizing varied stratagems. The refusal for the government...

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...

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