July 2020

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One man, one roadblock, one woman, one difference-maker

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on One man, one roadblock, one woman, one difference-maker

There are these many stirring sayings that ring with a sweet soothing glow. Everybody knows one that appeals to their sense of fair play and character. We share one saying of our own, which is partly...

Kaieteur News Cartoon 16 – 2020

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kaieteur News Cartoon 16 – 2020

A society that sees and hears only what pleases

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A society that sees and hears only what pleases

DEAR EDITOR, I look at what passes for individual wisdom and political discourse here and recoiling comes. We only see what we want to see and hear what is pleasing and serves our purposes. Citizens...

Conduct and utterances that beguile indecency, unfitness and improperness

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Conduct and utterances that beguile indecency, unfitness and improperness

DEAR EDITOR, The downright bullying attitude displayed and condoned by the APNU+AFC coalition to retain power by any means necessary is an egregious and barefaced abuse by very senior functionaries...

Why hasn’t security been beefed up during this period?

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why hasn’t security been beefed up during this period?

DEAR EDITOR, Over the years, I’ve gotten extremely tired of questioning the sanity of those responsible for making decisions that would enable everyone to have a better life. In a previous letter I...

US tightening noose around riggers

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on US tightening noose around riggers

DEAR EDITOR, The US is tightening the noose around the neck of those involved in electoral rigging. A list of names was sanctioned. It is welcomed by Guyanese. And for the first time in Guyana’s...

Did the Chair err?

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Did the Chair err?

DEAR EDITOR, I am no legal person, not even so trained. So I am at a loss to understand why the meeting slated for GECOM on Tuesday, 14 July could not proceed court filing or not. The meeting it...

We must strengthen the justice system

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on We must strengthen the justice system

DEAR EDITOR, Given the high levels of violence currently in the country it is important that we as a nation relook at our approach to law enforcement and the acceptance of deportees within our...

What do you have planned Justice Singh? The world is waiting.

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on What do you have planned Justice Singh? The world is waiting.

DEAR EDITOR, I’ve maintained all along that this fiasco is going to erupt with frightening geopolitical consequences for APNU. APNU cannot jeopardize billions of US dollars of American...

I disagree with Mr. Norton’s conclusion that the CEO of GECOM is defending the Constitution

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I disagree with Mr. Norton’s conclusion that the CEO of GECOM is defending the Constitution

DEAR EDITOR, I note a letter penned by Mr. Aubrey C. Norton in the local press on July 15, 2020, captioned “CEO is defending the Constitution”. Please permit me Editor to respond to this...

Ungovernable and unmanageable

Jul 16, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Ungovernable and unmanageable

DEAR EDITOR, The situation, which was barely controlled to begin with, now threatens to get really out of hand in a blink. Many dismiss the warnings that I share, from time to time, but I caution...

BREAKING – Brazil throws weight behind CARICOM, calling for recount figures to form declaration

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BREAKING – Brazil throws weight behind CARICOM, calling for recount figures to form declaration

The Brazilian government has been following closely the developments in the general and regional elections held in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on March 2 of this year. Four months after the...

Breaking News – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee supports sanctions on Guyana

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee supports sanctions on Guyana

The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee has thrown their support behind the State Department’s move to impose sanctions on key officials in the de facto Granger administration for...

Canada signals sanctions

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Canada signals sanctions

Shortly after the US imposed visa sanctions on top officials in Guyana’s de facto government, Global Affairs Canada today stated that they will be using all the tools at their disposal to hold...

Granger in charge of conspiracy to rig elections, and int’l community knows it – PPP/C

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Granger in charge of conspiracy to rig elections, and int’l community knows it – PPP/C

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) said today that President David Granger is at the helm of the conspiracy to rig the 2020 elections, and that the Guyanese public and the international...

US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee stands with int’l community in call for immediate declaration of recount figures

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee stands with int’l community in call for immediate declaration of recount figures

The United States Foreign Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hermisphere has joined with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the international community in calling for a declaration...

CARICOM Chair condemns coalition’s ‘vexatious attempts to hijack the country’

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM Chair condemns coalition’s ‘vexatious attempts to hijack the country’

– Says “time for decisive action is shortly upon us” Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves has penned a strongly...

Govt. regrets decision by US Department of State

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. regrets decision by US Department of State

Statement from the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana The Executive arm of Government regrets the decision taken by the United States Department of State. The matter affecting the...

Breaking News – Granger Govt. must step aside – US State Secretary – visa restrictions announced

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News – Granger Govt. must step aside – US State Secretary – visa restrictions announced

In an ongoing press conference today, US Secretary State, Mike Pompeo has asked President David Granger to step down, and stated that persons involved in elections rigging have been sanctioned by...

BK among coalition financiers sanctioned by US Govt

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on BK among coalition financiers sanctioned by US Govt

Kaieteur News has been reliably informed that Brian Tiwari, principal of BK Group of Companies, is among APNU+AFC financiers facing personal sanctions from the US Government over his support of an...

Lowenfield refuses to submit report again; walks out of meeting with Govt. Commissioners

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield refuses to submit report again; walks out of meeting with Govt. Commissioners

By Mikaila Prince Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, has yet again refused to submit his report of the recount results, thereby disregarding what was touted as a final opportunity given...

Another legal showdown over election’s declaration

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Another legal showdown over election’s declaration

– Chief Justice to hear case at 10:00 am today Another legal showdown is set to unfold over the final declaration of the March 2, 2020 Regional and General Elections. Today the High Court is...

President’s Office denies attempts to remove Claudette Singh

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on President’s Office denies attempts to remove Claudette Singh

– condemns Nandlall’s ‘sanctimonious gangster’ comment The President’s office yesterday condemned comments made by former Attorney General under the People’s Progressive Party Civic...

US squeezes Venezuela oil by pressuring maritime companies

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US squeezes Venezuela oil by pressuring maritime companies

Venezuela (Al Jazeera) – Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States...

Arson suspected as buildings set alight in Regions 2 and 10

Jul 15, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Arson suspected as buildings set alight in Regions 2 and 10

Police are investigating a fire, suspected to be the work of arsonists, at a building situated at First Alley and Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden. The building served as the Guyana Elections Commission...

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Guyana Cup rematch on the cards in President’s Cup feature

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The field will be a packed one on Sunday November 29, at Rising Sun Turf Club when the President’s Cup horse race meet shoots off. More than 100 horses have thrown their names...

Who says the government does not listen?

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Who says the government does not listen? That is an unfair accusation. The government does listen. In fact, it listens very attentively. The only problem is that it appears to have a rather selective hearing. It can hear a whisper from certain quarters of the private sector...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Sinking ship, bailing out-US midterms – Pt. II

Nov 07, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – U.S. Vice President, J.D. Vance is among the first bailing from a sinking ship. The Iran War led to the ashes of defeat in the midterms. President Trump suddenly sheds his crazy man persona. Now talks of working with Democrats. From America I wing to Guyana, and Vice...

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