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A conflict of interest

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A conflict of interest

DEAR EDITOR, Why is U.S Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D) stating the US has no business intervening in Guyana’s current political crisis and election recounts? The basis for his argument relies...

Prepare or fail

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Prepare or fail

DEAR EDITOR, “Because of the role that the U.S. dollar plays in global financial markets, strains in dollar funding markets overseas can disrupt financial conditions in the United States. To...

My disenchantment and disappointment with the Coalition has taken me to another place

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on My disenchantment and disappointment with the Coalition has taken me to another place

DEAR EDITOR, Freddie Kissoon has included me in a list of persons he deems to have committed the cardinal sin of refusing to characterise the current impasse as an open and close case of rigged...

I salute the executive of Giftland Mall

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on I salute the executive of Giftland Mall

DEAR EDITOR, I salute the executive of the Giftland Mall for availing their facilities to the media persons who meet at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre to update the Guyanese public on the...

Shouldn’t the call have been…?

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shouldn’t the call have been…?

DEAR EDITOR, Now joining the call for shared governance is one of the minor parties which couldn’t stay the course and has been noticeably silent and off the political radar since March 2 and...

Sanctions are for terminal cases

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on Sanctions are for terminal cases

DEAR EDITOR, It has eased into the Guyanese background currently. But the international community keeps repeating the echoes that started from right here in Guyana, and from the lips of so-called...

A democratic and credible election is the only win-win situation

May 12, 2020 KNews Letters Comments Off on A democratic and credible election is the only win-win situation

DEAR EDITOR, The national recount is proving to be a huge embarassment not only to the APNU-AFC but the GECOM Secretariat. The near match between the Statements of Recount (SORs) and the Statements...

GECOM stops giving SORs to observers

May 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM stops giving SORs to observers

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has halted a practice it had taken up to give statements of recount to observers. Commissioner Vincent Alexander said that it is not provided in the order for...

Alexander says advice from AG’s Chambers stopped CARICOM-supervised recount

May 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Alexander says advice from AG’s Chambers stopped CARICOM-supervised recount

– Not Ulita Moore’s injunctions Commissioner Vincent Alexander said it is his understanding that it was not the Court that stopped the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from conducting the...

Six small parties commend GECOM for smooth, well organized recount

May 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Six small parties commend GECOM for smooth, well organized recount

– Police commended for service as well – Commissioner The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is running a smooth, well organized recount process, and police are serving well. That is the...

GECOM Chair asks coalition to submit list of concerns

May 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM Chair asks coalition to submit list of concerns

The A Partnership For National Unity + Alliance For Change Coalition had written to the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Ret’d Justice Claudette Singh to address what they term as...

GECOM to revise 25-day recount timeline tomorrow

May 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM to revise 25-day recount timeline tomorrow

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be meeting tomorrow to deliberate on several issues emerging from the ongoing National Recount including a revision of the 25-day timeline period. It has...

APNU+AFC refusing to call elections ‘not credible’

May 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on APNU+AFC refusing to call elections ‘not credible’

-despite detailed critique of ‘flaws’ in the process APNU+AFC floor supervisor, Leonard Craig, today stated that the Coalition is not going to label the election as “not...

Region 10 unhappy over CDC’s initial food distribution

May 11, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Region 10 unhappy over CDC’s initial food distribution

Regional Executive Officer and head of the Regional Health and Emergency Committee for Region Ten, Orrin Gordon has hinted that he will want to have a closer collaboration with the Civil Defence...

Who is next?

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Who is next?

We view as sinister the decision, by the Ministry of Public Health, to single out for COVID-9 testing Mr. Timothy Jonas, a member of the opposition party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG). Mr. Jonas...

Mingo’s tabulation inflated in favour of APNU+AFC – Recount shows

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Mingo’s tabulation inflated in favour of APNU+AFC – Recount shows

A statement of recount (SOR) produced during the national recount of votes has revealed that the tabulation produced for one polling division by Region Four returning officer Clairmont Mingo was...

COVID-19 & The Oil Industry … Guyana lucky to get early wakeup call – energy strategist, Anthony Paul

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on COVID-19 & The Oil Industry … Guyana lucky to get early wakeup call – energy strategist, Anthony Paul

By Kiana Wilburg The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the oil industry can be seen as an early wakeup call for Guyana, the latest entrant to the global oil producers club, says Local...

Medical Council warns doctors… Act professionally at this time or lose your licences

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Medical Council warns doctors… Act professionally at this time or lose your licences

The Medical Council of Guyana is warning doctors to act professionally during this testy political times or face the loss of their licences. The statement of the Council would come as a national...

Over 40 persons arrested, charged for breaching curfew in Region 4

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Over 40 persons arrested, charged for breaching curfew in Region 4

The Guyana Police Force has arrested over 40 persons for breaching the 6pm to 6am curfew implemented by the Public Health Ministry to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus This was disclosed by...

Linkages between ExxonMobil, State contractors should be under microscope – petroleum advisor

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Linkages between ExxonMobil, State contractors should be under microscope – petroleum advisor

Finding contractors or independent experts without ties to major oil companies is a dilemma all governments of producing nations face. But when a close relationship has been identified between an oil...

Commission decides no opening of ballot boxes after 5PM – as 48 boxes completed for Day 4

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Commission decides no opening of ballot boxes after 5PM – as 48 boxes completed for Day 4

With the aim of ensuring that their staffers and relevant stakeholders do not exceed the allotted 07:00PM deadline, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette...

Entire ward quarantined as another Palms resident positive for COVID-19

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Entire ward quarantined as another Palms resident positive for COVID-19

Another resident of the Palms Geriatric Home has fallen ill to the dreaded COVID-19 virus. Sources close the facility confirmed that the new COVID-19 case has been discovered there. Kaieteur news...

Timothy Jonas sees sinister move to deprive him from Recount Process

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on Timothy Jonas sees sinister move to deprive him from Recount Process

Chair of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Timothy Jonas has claimed that he received a curious call from the Ministry of Health claiming that he was suspected of having Covid-19. In a video posted on...

Dem parties fighting fuh tek over prablem

May 10, 2020 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem parties fighting fuh tek over prablem

Dem boys looking on at de cockfight wha tekkin’ place. HAP-New+Hay-Eff-See fighting de Pee-Pee-Pee-Cee fuh power. Dem like two rundown batteries. Dem two had dem chance and all dem prove is dat all...

GTT recognises frontliners who are moms

May 10, 2020 KNews News Comments Off on GTT recognises frontliners who are moms

For Mother’s Day this year, GTT has applauded moms who are also frontline workers – and have provided the platform for a few special moms to share their stories that speak to the impact of this...

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Walls eyes AmeriCup breakthrough for Guyana

Jun 24, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Newly appointed Guyana Men’s National Basketball Team Head Coach Alan Walls wasted little time settling into his new role, arriving in Guyana last Friday and...

MOTHER KNOWS BEST!

Jun 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when a young man receiving his first pay packet did not suddenly transform himself into an international financial expert. He did not rush to buy expensive sneakers, upgrade his cellphone, or begin offering investment advice to people twice his age. In those...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Guyana Development Bank – what’s coming

Jun 24, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Development Bank (GDB) has generated much excitement. Not yet fully airborne, but still stirring considerable interest. Guyanese sit, wait, smile. They are ready. One set anticipates what’s in it for them. To get them off the...

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