July 2020

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Conversation between Walter Rodney and Desmond Trotman

Jul 10, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Conversation between Walter Rodney and Desmond Trotman

WR: Trotty, I didn’t know that you had invoked my name in defence of election rigging until I read Freddie quoting you. He named the date of your letter in the press. I read it. Trotty, I fought...

Anatomy of a fix

Jul 10, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Anatomy of a fix

The devoted political partisans around must be the only people in the world, who lack the gifts of seeing, analyzing, and coming to a place of levelheaded understanding. That is, of understanding...

Hamilton Green has finally broken his silence

Jul 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hamilton Green has finally broken his silence

Dear Editor, Former PNC strongman, former Prime Minister and former Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green, has finally broken his silence. And as can be expected, he is solidly in the corner of the...

Has David Granger lost touch with reality?

Jul 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Has David Granger lost touch with reality?

Dear Editor, I watched, with absolute dismay, David Granger come out of State House one Wednesday to address a crowd of APNU+AFC supporters who, under the COVID-19 regulations, should have been...

Difficulty lies in the lunacy of senior and some junior members of the incumbent

Jul 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Difficulty lies in the lunacy of senior and some junior members of the incumbent

Dear editor Following the welcomed Caribbean Court of Justice’s decision on the 8th of July, 2020, it is now for GECOM and essentially it’s Chairwoman to act swiftly in concluding the...

Lowenfield has a chance to rehabilitate himself

Jul 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Lowenfield has a chance to rehabilitate himself

Dear Editor, The world thinks unkindly of Keith Lowenfield viewing him as the obstacle to the conclusion of the election. His accurate report is holding up the declaration of the election. All that...

When all is said and done, it is clear that the APNU+ AFC is fighting a losing battle.

Jul 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on When all is said and done, it is clear that the APNU+ AFC is fighting a losing battle.

Dear Editor, The week of July 5 broke with news of coup d’etat in the air. Indeed, one paper’s editorial of Sunday July 5 screamed ‘Coup d’etat’ The editorial stated: ‘ In the end,...

Hong Kong affairs are purely China’s internal affairs and external forces have no right to interfere

Jul 10, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Hong Kong affairs are purely China’s internal affairs and external forces have no right to interfere

DEAR EDITOR, On June 30, the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was passed by China’s top...

Breaking News!! GECOM Chair instructs Lowenfield to submit recount results by 2pm

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Breaking News!! GECOM Chair instructs Lowenfield to submit recount results by 2pm

GECOM Chair, Ret’d Justice Claudette Singh has instructed the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to submit his final elections report using the figures from the recount by 2pm tomorrow....

GECOM meeting postponed for Govt. Commissioners to study CCJ judgment – Gunraj

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM meeting postponed for Govt. Commissioners to study CCJ judgment – Gunraj

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) meeting that was scheduled for 1:30 today has been postponed to an undetermined time tomorrow, according to Opposition Commissioner Sase Gunraj. Gunraj, in a...

GECOM facilitating attempts to delay declaration – TCI

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM facilitating attempts to delay declaration – TCI

The Citizenship Initiative (TCI) today expressed concern over the decision taken by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to facilitate another request by Coalition Commissioners aimed at delaying...

Lowenfield’s June ‘report’ invalidated

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Lowenfield’s June ‘report’ invalidated

Caribbean Court of Justice rules 5-0 – throws out Appeal Court’s decision – Lowenfield’s cannot disenfranchise thousands of voters – GECOM to meet 1:30pm today By...

Matter now lies with GECOM – President Granger

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Matter now lies with GECOM – President Granger

Following yesterday’s historical ruling made by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), incumbent President David Granger as well as his campaign co-chairman of the governing coalition Joseph Harmon,...

US, Canada pile pressure on GECOM to make declarations

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on US, Canada pile pressure on GECOM to make declarations

The US State Department has supported the ruling handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the Jagdeo, Ali et al appeal case and called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to...

Couple of dem visas done get tek away

Jul 09, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Couple of dem visas done get tek away

Dem Boys Seh… An old Chinese man once wisely told his neighbour: “Nah look through me bedroom window. Bedroom story ah me private and personal business.” Dem boys share de same belief. Wha...

The APNU+AFC’s attack on regional integration

Jul 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The APNU+AFC’s attack on regional integration

CARICOM Day was celebrated in the most shocking of manner in Guyana on Monday, July 6, 2020. On that day, supporters of APNU+AFC did the unthinkable; they launched lamentable protests against the...

The kind of leadership Guyana has

Jul 09, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, News, People Perspective Comments Off on The kind of leadership Guyana has

If your roof has a leak, do you wait until your bed is soaked and the roof falls apart before fixing the leak? No, no one does that. Not even an idiot. If wood ants destroy parts of your house’s...

Berbice woman remanded after accused of stealing infant

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Berbice woman remanded after accused of stealing infant

The woman who was arrested for allegedly stealing a child was yesterday charged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 2 before Magistrate Crystal Lambert. She appeared in virtually, via video...

Venezuelan national missing after falling into Cuyuni River

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Venezuelan national missing after falling into Cuyuni River

A 19-year-old Venezuelan national, Bryan Gonzalez, is feared dead after he fell off a boat into the Cuyuni River. A search is ongoing. The incident reportedly occurred around midday on Monday. Police...

Small parties want swift declaration of recount results

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Small parties want swift declaration of recount results

– Wary of sustained attempts to prolong process Several small parties have come forward expressing the need for the course of justice to move forward with a swift declaration of the elections...

Police enforcers dispatched to hinterland’s COVID-19 hotspots

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police enforcers dispatched to hinterland’s COVID-19 hotspots

The first batch of officers from the Guyana Police Force’s Rapid Emergency Response Unit has completed training and is expected to be deployed to COVID-19 hotspots in the interior very soon. This...

CCJ’s decision has reaching impact for Guyana’s democracy – Irfaan Ali

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CCJ’s decision has reaching impact for Guyana’s democracy – Irfaan Ali

Below the statement of Dr. Irfaan Ali: I have listened keenly to the summary of the judgment of the Caribbean Court of Justice and salute not only the Court’s judgment but its commitment to free,...

CDC assesses damage, flood-hit communities- following freak storm

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on CDC assesses damage, flood-hit communities- following freak storm

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), through the National Emergency Monitoring Systems (NEMS), yesterday conducted assessments of damage that occurred due to high winds and heavy rainfall reported...

Suspect killed after shootout with police

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Suspect killed after shootout with police

Dispute over horse… A suspect who was being hunted for the murder of a 36-year-old employee of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), Andre Easton, died yesterday after being shot by police who went...

Health personnel being trained and sent off to conduct COVID screening – Sueann Wickham

Jul 09, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Health personnel being trained and sent off to conduct COVID screening – Sueann Wickham

The Regional Health Emergency Committee of Region 7 (Cuyuni- Mazaruni) yesterday announced that nine personnel are being trained to conduct screening around places in the region. These include the...

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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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