July 2020 - Page 26 of 43

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

In the diaspora, in Plato’s cave

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In the diaspora, in Plato’s cave

Dr. Alissa Trotz and Dr. Arif Bulkan are two Guyanese scholars who are recognized for their scholarly output in women studies and law, respectively. I am uncertain of the magnitude of their...

At 14, Rampertab Ramnauth is a little runs machine

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on At 14, Rampertab Ramnauth is a little runs machine

By Sean Devers Gifted fourteen-year-old West Indies U-16 left-handed stroke player Rampertab Ramnauth is a little runs machine and already has scored 16 centuries including a double. He seemed...

Guyanese will not take matters lying down any longer

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese will not take matters lying down any longer

DEAR EDITOR, Guyana stands proud to still rejoice in whatever little dignity and honour remains with the few sons and daughters she possesses who are willing to defend the soils of this nation. For...

An Oil and Gas workers’ union should be established and it should be mandatory that all local employees be a part of it

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on An Oil and Gas workers’ union should be established and it should be mandatory that all local employees be a part of it

DEAR EDITOR, I have been residing in Guyana for over two decades and witnessed a lot of misfortunes happening to the citizens of this beautiful nation. My focus today is on the opportunity presented...

Hamilton Green pontificating on “theology vs thiefology”

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green pontificating on “theology vs thiefology”

DEAR EDITOR, It was rich of Hamilton Green to pontificate on “theology vs thiefology” like he has some moral high ground on which to stand (K. News -July 12th). I agree with Harry Gill (K.News...

Some thoughts on Minister Trotman’s comments

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Some thoughts on Minister Trotman’s comments

DEAR EDITOR, I note the article titled, “Small, sparsely populated Caribbean Islands must keep out of the “Guyana problem” – Raphael Trotman” (Demerara Waves, July 12). The courtesy of...

CONSENSUS politics no longer possible

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on CONSENSUS politics no longer possible

DEAR EDITOR, There was a time that I hoped that CONSENSUS politics (whereby we work together on national projects to develop trust, mutual understanding and mutual respect) in between the PPP/C and...

Insanity, not COVID, is the real pandemic in Guyana

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Insanity, not COVID, is the real pandemic in Guyana

DEAR EDITOR, “Judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beasts and men have lost their reason,” from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, aptly describes the words, conduct and thoughts of those who believe...

Condemn attack on small Caricom States

Jul 14, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Condemn attack on small Caricom States

DEAR EDITOR, As part of my studies, I am fortunate to travel to almost all of the small island states of Caricom (plus French and Dutch islands and the few remaining British colonies) some multiple...

GECOM Chair invalidates declarations held in abeyance – Gunraj

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair invalidates declarations held in abeyance – Gunraj

According to Commissioner Sase Gunraj, Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has invalidated the March ten declarations which were being held in...

GECOM Chair will direct Myers if Lowenfield refuses to prepare correct Elections report

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair will direct Myers if Lowenfield refuses to prepare correct Elections report

Government Commissioner Vincent Alexander told reporters moments ago that the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh will instruct Deputy Chief Elections Officer...

USAID calls on Granger assure a peaceful transition of government

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on USAID calls on Granger assure a peaceful transition of government

John Barsa, the acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), today in a Tweet made an appeal to the incumbent President David Granger, to put Guyana first...

OAS Secretary General requests meeting with Permanent Council to ‘deal with Guyana’s electoral process’

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on OAS Secretary General requests meeting with Permanent Council to ‘deal with Guyana’s electoral process’

General Secretary of the Organisation of American (OAS), Luis Almagro has officially written the Chairman of the OAS Permanent Council, Ambassador Luis Fernando Cordero Montoya, to assemble a meeting...

Motion filed to sack Lowenfield

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Motion filed to sack Lowenfield

Opposition GECOM Commissioner Robeson Benn has filed a motion for Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to be fired from his post. The Guyana Elections Commission met earlier today on the...

Full Commission present!

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Full Commission present!

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has kicked off a meeting this morning with the full Commission present. An initial meeting set for last Thursday, following the Wednesday CCJ judgment on the...

Guyana’s destiny rests on the shoulders of Claudette Singh and others – Commonwealth Secretary General

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana’s destiny rests on the shoulders of Claudette Singh and others – Commonwealth Secretary General

According to Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, Guyana’s destiny as a great nation rests on the shoulders of Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (retd)...

Jordan ties Guyana to US$14.6M contract on last day of Elections Recount

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Jordan ties Guyana to US$14.6M contract on last day of Elections Recount

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan on June 8 signed off a US$14.6M contract with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for a hydropower project, and in doing so, tied Guyana to that agreement on the...

New Gov’t must be installed, will of the people must be respected – Sir Shridath Ramphal

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on New Gov’t must be installed, will of the people must be respected – Sir Shridath Ramphal

Respected Guyanese diplomat, Sir Shridath Ramphal has released a statement calling for the new government to be installed, and the will of the people to be respected, in the wake of the recent...

AFC’s Trotman says Lowenfield cannot be directed, even if he is wrong

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on AFC’s Trotman says Lowenfield cannot be directed, even if he is wrong

By Mikaila Prince Co-chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman, has wrongfully posited that the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, cannot be directed by the Chairman...

‘A’ Division Commander unable to confirm Lowenfield’s death threat report

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on ‘A’ Division Commander unable to confirm Lowenfield’s death threat report

There has been no indication whether Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield lodged an official police complaint regarding the threat to his life that he allegedly received on Friday last at...

No action against Lowenfield would be blatantly unlawful – ANUG Chair

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No action against Lowenfield would be blatantly unlawful – ANUG Chair

When one considers the improper actions of Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield, it would be “blatantly unlawful” if the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice...

Public Security Ministry spends bulk of $35B budgeted for 2019 on infrastructural works

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Public Security Ministry spends bulk of $35B budgeted for 2019 on infrastructural works

For 2019, the Public Security Sector expended the bulk of its $35.6 billion budget on several infrastructural reform projects for the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Defence Force, the Fire Service...

No country with 300 or 400 people can tell us what to do – Trotman

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on No country with 300 or 400 people can tell us what to do – Trotman

By Mikaila Prince De facto Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman is of the opinion that no country which has a constituency of “300 or 400 people” can rightfully advise Guyana,...

Lowenfield’s report…Nation remains in the dark since Saturday on Claudette Singh’s next move

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield’s report…Nation remains in the dark since Saturday on Claudette Singh’s next move

By Shikema Dey Up to press time, the country was left at a standstill as no official word had emerged from Chair of the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) Ret’d Justice, Claudette Singh on her next...

Murder PI for moneychanger and daughter coming to an end

Jul 13, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Murder PI for moneychanger and daughter coming to an end

One year after moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his 18-year-old daughter Arianna Latchman, were killed during a robbery at their Better Hope, East Coast Demerara home, the preliminary inquiry (PI)...