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Basil Williams falsely states CCJ nullified recount figures

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Basil Williams falsely states CCJ nullified recount figures

Guyana’s Attorney General, Basil Williams, on Tuesday went before the Organisation of America States (OAS) Permanent Council and falsely claimed that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its...

“Democracy delayed is democracy denied” – Sir Ronald Sanders

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on “Democracy delayed is democracy denied” – Sir Ronald Sanders

By Shikema Dey Sir Ronald Sanders shared the view that the incessant delays to the long awaited declaration of Guyana’s March 2, 2020 Elections sends a strong message that the democracy of the...

It would take a generation to repair damage to Guyana’s image

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on It would take a generation to repair damage to Guyana’s image

– OAS Observer Chief, Bruce Golding By Kemol King Head of the Electoral Observer Mission of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Bruce Golding, gave a comprehensive breakdown of recent...

Bring curtains down on elections circus- FITUG tells Coalition

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Bring curtains down on elections circus- FITUG tells Coalition

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) yesterday labelled the coalition’s continuous pursuits as a “hopeless probability of success”. In a press release the union stated...

Man given ‘royal run around’ to recover bail money

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Man given ‘royal run around’ to recover bail money

A Plaisance resident was given the ‘royal run around’ by officers attached to the Sparendaam Police Station to recover his bail money. According to information received, the man, Renrick...

Decomposed body found in well at Puruni Landing

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Decomposed body found in well at Puruni Landing

A partially decomposed body was discovered floating in a well at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni River, Region Seven. The decomposing body identified to be that of Calvin Hamilton, 29, was found at around...

The law according to me

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The law according to me

The government of Guyana continues to adopt a posture of being a sanctimonious victim. It continues to suggest that it has nothing to do with the obstruction, prevarication of the electoral process...

Lil Joe appealing somebody else case

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Lil Joe appealing somebody else case

Dem Boys Seh… When dem boys de small and used to play ring-a-ring-a-roses, dem used to sing “ring-a-ring-a-roses, a pocket full of posies. A-tishoo, a-tishoo, we all fall down.” De HAP-New...

Porter dies in Arawai Trail accident

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Porter dies in Arawai Trail accident

Twenty-five-year old, Mahendra Verria, yesterday succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) due to injuries he sustained in an accident on the Arawai Trail, in the Mazaruni River....

COVID-19 cases now at 339

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 cases now at 339

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday revealed that July has so far seen a total of 30 recorded COVID-19 cases. Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO), Dr. Karen Boyle, in the Ministry’s daily...

GCCI calls on Granger to end electoral impasse

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GCCI calls on Granger to end electoral impasse

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GGCI) yesterday implored upon de facto President David Granger to make use of his authority as head of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance...

Shared Governance

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Shared Governance

In the wake of the now internationally embarrassing tactics taken by the David Granger administration more than four months after it lost an election to the opposition by over 15,000 votes, various...

Accident at COVID-19 hospital leaves two injured

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Accident at COVID-19 hospital leaves two injured

Two construction workers were yesterday rushed for medical attention after a shed collapsed causing them to sustain injuries about their bodies. The workers were at the time working on the COVID-19...

Detective corporal testifies in moneychanger and daughter murder PI

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Detective corporal testifies in moneychanger and daughter murder PI

By Renay Sambach As the preliminary inquiry into the death of Aaron Latchman and his 18-year-old daughter, Arianna Latchman, continued yesterday before Magistrate Alisha George at the Sparendaam...

Ex-cop remanded after accused of accepting bribe to settle case

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Ex-cop remanded after accused of accepting bribe to settle case

An ex-Police Constable, Richard Persaud, who had been embroiled in a scandal with a Canje Superbet businessman and his wife, and who an arrest warrant issued for, yesterday appeared at the Albion...

Police probing rape allegations against Ruel Johnson

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Police probing rape allegations against Ruel Johnson

The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into rape allegations levelled against Ruel Johnson. Recently, Johnson, a Kaieteur News employee, had been faced with a barrage of condemnation...

GPL offers “payment options” to COVID-hit customers

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GPL offers “payment options” to COVID-hit customers

– opening hours adjusted Even as it gears to cater to customers during modified hours as part of the COVID-19 reopening, the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) is prepared to simultaneously...

Education Ministry gets donation of face shields from UNICEF

Jul 22, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry gets donation of face shields from UNICEF

As the Ministry of Education (MoE) commenced planning for the opening of schools yesterday, a welcomed donation was received from the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...

AAG and Athletes optimistic about Senior Track & Field C/Ships next month

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on AAG and Athletes optimistic about Senior Track & Field C/Ships next month

The National COVID-19 Task Force on Friday last implemented Phase Three of Guyana’s re-opening process that will run until July 31. Among the new measures to take effect is a change in the existing...

Aurora Knight Riders CC makes donation to ailing mothers

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Sports Comments Off on Aurora Knight Riders CC makes donation to ailing mothers

Having read a post on social media (facebook) of a mother, who was appealing for assistance at the Suddie Public Hospital, members, of Essequibo’s Aurora Knight Riders Cricket Club, thought it...

Dr. Mc Doom’s pair of red underwear has lost its brightness and shape

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dr. Mc Doom’s pair of red underwear has lost its brightness and shape

Professor Omar Shahabudin McDoom, of Guyanese extraction, who teaches at the London School of Economics, tells us in his online profile that his scholarly interests are in ethnic conflicts and ethnic...

The State of Guyana’s Economy is Likely Worse than we Feared

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on The State of Guyana’s Economy is Likely Worse than we Feared

Dear Editor, The recently published Bank of Guyana Quarterly report corroborates what I have written in the past cautioning that the Granger administration policies were creating the environment for...

Sovereignty comes with the responsibility to respect democratic principles

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sovereignty comes with the responsibility to respect democratic principles

Dear Editor, Late last evening, while browsing through the news feed on my Facebook profile, I came across a sponsored post under the profile name of Moses Nagamootoo. I was intrigued and began to...

All faiths provide ways of achieving harmony in the present political situation

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on All faiths provide ways of achieving harmony in the present political situation

Dear Editor, I am deeply saddened by the unfortunate decline in harmony, peace, and cohesion currently prevailing in our country. My concern for peace can be assessed by examining the fact that all...

Why include references to anomalies if they are not to be dealt with by GECOM?

Jul 22, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Why include references to anomalies if they are not to be dealt with by GECOM?

Dear Editor, Much has been said about the Recount of the 2020 elections, and a lot of groups and individuals have given it credibility. However, more needs to be done to better assess and address the...

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‘Need For Speed’ meet and greet set for West Central Mall this...

Jun 04, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Karting action returns this month with bigger and better prizes, following the announcement that Jumbo Jet Events is staging the Need for Speed event, where over GYD $17 million...

The law of numbers is catching up with us

Jun 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Every day you pick up the newspaper and you are greeted by another tragedy on our roads. It has become so routine that we scarcely have time to absorb one horrific accident before another takes its place. Just two days ago, three persons lost their lives in a devastating road...

Not Charity, but Repair: a Response to Pope Leo’s Slavery Apology

May 31, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Signed on 15th May, 2026 and released on 25th May, 2026, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal acknowledgment to date of the Holy See’s role...

God’s gift to Guyanese

Jun 04, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – No! It’s not oil. It’s bigger. It’s neither mountains nor minerals, seas and forests. Grand, indeed; but wrong again. None of those even come close to God’s greatest gift to Guyanese. All of them. Whoever is such a Gulliverian figure...

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