May 12, 2008 - Kaieteur News

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Jamaica’s request for CET rice waiver not granted by COTED

May 12, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Jamaica’s request for CET rice waiver not granted by COTED

…countries to hold bilateral discussions Jamaica did not get its rice waiver request granted at the just concluded Twenty-Sixth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development...

PNCR blind to reality, only knows the language of the streets

May 12, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on PNCR blind to reality, only knows the language of the streets

– Pres. Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed his disappointment with the decision of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) to take to the streets to protest the rising cost of...

Freddie Kissoon column – When roles get reversed, history gets distorted

May 12, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon column – When roles get reversed, history gets distorted

On Arrival Day, in my column for that edition of Kaiteur News, entitled “The Political Arrival of the East Indians,” I wrote: “When one attempts to understand the psyche of the African and...

Peeping Tom – Life’s greatest tribulation

May 12, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – Life’s greatest tribulation

Money, they say, is the root of man’s greatest anxieties. Those without are in need of more, and those with a great deal never seem content with what they have. Money, therefore, brings its fair...

Arthur Chung admitted to hospital

May 12, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Arthur Chung admitted to hospital

The Honourable Arthur Chung, Guyana’s first’s President, was last night admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s High Dependency Unit (HDU). Chung, 90, was reportedly admitted...

Five Mother’s Day babies born at city hospitals

May 12, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Five Mother’s Day babies born at city hospitals

What is the perfect gift for a woman to receive on Mother’s Day? Well, several women thought that they received the best gift they could have possibly gotten when they delivered healthy, beautiful...

Kalamadeen kidnap/murder…

May 12, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Kalamadeen kidnap/murder…

Three ‘suspects’ released After two horrible days of being locked up at the Brickdam Police Station, the three farmers who were detained for questioning into the Farouk Kalamadeen kidnapping and...

Postmaster caught stealing road construction stone

May 12, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Postmaster caught stealing road construction stone

Police have detained a postmaster from an East Coast Demerara Post Office who was caught stealing stone earmarked for road construction. The man was held on Saturday night after he was caught...

Basic Nutrition Program heralded a success

May 12, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Basic Nutrition Program heralded a success

…expanded to 30 health centres So successful and impacting has the Basic Nutrition Program been that Government and the IDB have taken the decision to extend it to 30 additional health centres...

Orealla, Siparuta get Community Policing Groups

May 12, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Orealla, Siparuta get Community Policing Groups

OREALLA, CORENTYNE RIVER — The Amerindian reservations of Orealla and Siparuta, on the Corentyne River, are now deriving benefits from the establishment of two community policing groups in...

Unlocking Your Brain’s Potential: Exploring the World of Nootropics

May 12, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Unlocking Your Brain’s Potential: Exploring the World of Nootropics

Welcome to the enchanting world of nootropics, where science facilitates brain enhancement. In this article, we will get into the basics of nootropics, comprehend their advantages, explore various...

What are the TUC’s plans for addressing the problems confronting workers?

May 12, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on What are the TUC’s plans for addressing the problems confronting workers?

Dear Editor, Samantha Ali’s “Ms. Gillian Burton is a true trade unionist” letter (Kaieteur News, 6/5/2008) sought to link my letter “What are the new TUC President’s plans to deal with the...

Why Offshore Casinos Must Navigate Legal Compliance

May 12, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Why Offshore Casinos Must Navigate Legal Compliance

Apple, Meta and Google, three of the world’s biggest companies, are currently in court appealing a 2022 decision that could change the entire internet economy. Last year, a judge ruled that the...

Push for reduced Govt. spending, then press for reduced taxation

May 12, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Push for reduced Govt. spending, then press for reduced taxation

Dear Editor, According to the 2007 data from The World Factbook, the amount of revenues collected by Governments (taxes) for the countries in the region around Guyana is compiled below (in order of...

May the new Foreign Minister be given the freedom to change Takuba Lodge

May 12, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on May the new Foreign Minister be given the freedom to change Takuba Lodge

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate Guyana’s new Foreign Minister, Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, on her new post and use your column to ask her a few questions. Guyana currently does not...

Republic Bank ‘Right Start’ U-15 cricket Berbice leg commences

May 12, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Republic Bank ‘Right Start’ U-15 cricket Berbice leg commences

Play in the Berbice leg of the Republic Bank ‘Right Start’ national Inter school U-15 40-over cricket competition got started in Berbice with Skeldon High already winning the Upper Corentyne...

Linden is in the process of rebuilding

May 12, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Linden is in the process of rebuilding

Dear Editor, My only aim for this letter is to simply highlight a crucial rebuilding process that Linden is experiencing. Over the years Linden has been dubbed a deprived and depressed town,...

Greaves wins feature 50-mile road race at Continental Cycle Club meet

May 12, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greaves wins feature 50-mile road race at Continental Cycle Club meet

By Franklin Wilson The Day was Mother’s Day but the event was a specially arranged meet by the Continental Cycle Club (CCC) and sponsored by a number of Cycling Enthusiasts and entities. And yet...

Dire consequences for our inaction

May 12, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Dire consequences for our inaction

By Rawle Welch Recently, two very renowned Guyanese sport administrators, one current and one former made similar pronouncements at different occasions which to my mind could not be merely...

The PNCR continues to terrorise the Guyanese nation

May 12, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on The PNCR continues to terrorise the Guyanese nation

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo recently slammed Opposition Leader Mr. Robert Corbin, saying some $100 million which should have gone exclusively to paying registration scrutineers is being...

What aspects of Bisram’s polls are unprofessional?

May 12, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on What aspects of Bisram’s polls are unprofessional?

Dear Editor, I read Freddie Kissoon’s column “Totem Pole” (which is a disrespect for native American Indians’ spiritual symbol and values – according to Wikipeda’s website — critiquing...

The May-June rains

May 12, 2008 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The May-June rains

It would appear that the May-June rains have arrived on the coastland – as always, a bit after they would have already descended on our interior regions. After our experiences in the last few...

Tony Dyal column – Where are you, Zinedine Zidane?

May 12, 2008 KNews Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Dyal column – Where are you, Zinedine Zidane?

“Soccer” and “sucker” are homophones. A homophone is not an electronic apparatus containing a receiver and transmitter connected to a telecommunications system and used exclusively by someone...

Mainstay Goldstar FC secures promotion to Elite League Season 7

Jan 21, 2025

Kaieteur Sports- Mainstay Goldstar FC has officially earned its place in Season 7 of the Elite League following a 1-0 victory over Mahaica Determinators FC in the Qualification Play-Off Finals held...

Matthews’ all-round brilliance powers Windies...

Jan 21, 2025

Slingerz FC wants Shabazz

Jan 21, 2025

Stepton Barton, ‘Superman’ Lewis,...

Jan 21, 2025

Powerlifting Federation commends Government for...

Jan 21, 2025

Statistician Charwayne Walker expresses...

Jan 21, 2025

How do you analyse a Budget?

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- What if in tabling the 2025 Budget, the Minister with responsibility for Finance did... more