May 2008

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Greene to contest biggest race of his career

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Greene to contest biggest race of his career

–faces Bolt, Capel in 100m at Hampton He would always blather about someday competing on the big stage among some of the greatest names in modern day track and field and as destiny would have its...

CONCACAF U 20 Qualifying, Caribbean Zone

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on CONCACAF U 20 Qualifying, Caribbean Zone

Guyana lose to St. Vincent 1-2, Grenada plunder BVI 18-0 Guyana went under to St. Vincent & The Grenadines 1-2 in their opening group ‘D’ game of the CONCACAF under-20 championship Caribbean...

Govt. is making timely interventions

May 15, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Govt. is making timely interventions

Dear Editor, What a vast difference in our capacity to respond and deaI with economic turbulences and sharply rising prices of basic food and other items at the present time as compared to the period...

Withholding of scrutineers’ money will tarnish voters’ list – Corbin

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Withholding of scrutineers’ money will tarnish voters’ list – Corbin

If President Bharrat Jagdeo’s threat to withhold monies from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) for the purpose of scrutineering until the ongoing house-to-house registration is...

Top contenders advance

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Top contenders advance

-Jeffrey’s, Khalil, Arjoon’s among winners Most of the country’s leading junior players are competing in the 2008 Woodpecker Products- sponsored National Junior Squash Championships which...

Re-migrant suing police over vehicular accident

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Re-migrant suing police over vehicular accident

A Buxtonian was forced to resort to legal action following months of frustration, after waiting on police action in relation to an accident involving his vehicle and a police pick-up near the...

Since you are in receipt of proof let’s all read it Mr. Corbin

May 15, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Since you are in receipt of proof let’s all read it Mr. Corbin

Dear Editor, Opposition Leader Mr. Robert Corbin says he is in receipt of reliable information that the two senior Police officers were transferred because they refused to shoot demonstrators. Since...

Peeping Tom – What concessions went with this deal?

May 15, 2008 KNews Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom – What concessions went with this deal?

I am grateful for the acknowledgment by the government that Queens Atlantic Investments, to whom the Sanata Complex has been leased, got more than the tender offered. This is clearly a different...

Alesie frustrated over export licences’ delay

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Alesie frustrated over export licences’ delay

Several West Coast Demerara rice farmers are expected to once again descend to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to lobby Government over the failure of that regulatory body to issue a mill...

Rice dispute…

May 15, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Rice dispute…

Guyana approves CET waiver for Jamaica The rice dispute between Guyana and Jamaica ended on Tuesday with President Bharrat Jagdeo agreeing for the Caribbean island to import a limited amount of rice...

Overseas based riders set to blaze roads in 26th NSC Independence 3-stage

May 15, 2008 KNews Sports Comments Off on Overseas based riders set to blaze roads in 26th NSC Independence 3-stage

By Franklin Wilson Over 42 riders have already confirmed that they will be in Corentyne Berbice under starter’s orders for the start of the 26th annual National Sports Commission’s 3-stage cycle...

The Economic Partnership Agreement

May 15, 2008 KNews Editorial Comments Off on The Economic Partnership Agreement

Over the last weekend, the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of CARICOM held its 26th Special Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda. After its deliberations it made the bold announcement...

Freddie Kissoon – The last words of Joseph O’Lall

May 15, 2008 KNews Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon – The last words of Joseph O’Lall

I sat for four hours in Joseph O’Lall’s Prashad Nagar home interviewing him. Part of our exchange I did for one of these columns. A huge section of that conversation Mr. O’Lall restricted from...

We cannot allow this to happen

May 15, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on We cannot allow this to happen

Dear Editor, Since President Jagdeo recently stated that only where persons come forward and give evidence of corrupt practice an investigation can be conducted, agencies such as the Guyana Revenue...

Minister Benn threatens City Hall with withdrawal of Govt. funds

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Minister Benn threatens City Hall with withdrawal of Govt. funds

Public Works Minister Robeson Benn yesterday threatened the withdrawal of Government assistance to City Hall when the Minister and members of the Council engaged a verbal battle over the utilisation...

Missing fishermen’s vessel spotted in Suriname

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Missing fishermen’s vessel spotted in Suriname

A team of local fishermen is preparing to go out at sea in search of missing fishermen Mahadeo Ramdeo, Ramnarine Jagmohan and Jason Marshall after a boat fitting the description of one in which they...

Security guard clubbed to death

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Security guard clubbed to death

Police are investigating the murder of security guard Mahendi Hussein, 65 years old, of Rampoor Settlement, Corriverton, whose body was found at about 05:45 hours yesterday in the guard hut at the...

‘Roger’ Khan’s case a reflection of Govt’s attitude to drug trafficking – PNCR

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Roger’ Khan’s case a reflection of Govt’s attitude to drug trafficking – PNCR

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin says that the recent revelations coming out of the Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan drug case is a reflection of the Guyana Government over the past five years. Corbin accused...

MMA moves to repossess lands

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on MMA moves to repossess lands

The repossession and reallocation of state lands in the Mahaica/Mahaicony /Abary (MMA) Project Area (Abary/Berbice) and MARDS in the Mahaicony area for 2008 are now being moved a step further in...

Chief Magistrate breaks silence after four years of forced leave

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Chief Magistrate breaks silence after four years of forced leave

– will not take part in any misconduct hearings Embattled Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen, who has been on leave for four years for alleged misconduct, has lashed out against the Judicial...

A mother’s dilemma…

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on A mother’s dilemma…

Officials at GPHC unaware of woman’s pre-natal suffering No official at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is aware of the case of Samantha Browne losing her baby at that...

Preparing for the traditional rains

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Preparing for the traditional rains

With the May/June rains imminent, the authorities are taking no chances against any possible flooding along the East Coast of Demerara.Here, an excavator dredges the mouth of the canal that leads to...

Relocation of minibus parks sparks chaos in Stabroek Square

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Relocation of minibus parks sparks chaos in Stabroek Square

Differences between the City Council and the Ministry of Public Works yesterday sparked a wave of confusion in the city as the transition phase of relocating the Routes 48, 40, 24 and 41 minibuses...

Police ranks transferred for refusing to ‘shoot’ – Corbin

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Police ranks transferred for refusing to ‘shoot’ – Corbin

The People’s National Congress Reform yesterday chastised the powers that be for the transfer of two senior Police officers to the interior, allegedly because they refused to shoot demonstrators...

Dead attorney’s clerk accused of estate fraud

May 13, 2008 KNews News Comments Off on Dead attorney’s clerk accused of estate fraud

…served with injunction A clerk of dead attorney Henry Desmond McKenzie-Agard, who is accused of naming herself heiress to his estate, embellishing his will and swindling his savings, had legal...

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Jun 18, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has announced that Guyana’s Junior Jaguars will participate in the inaugural FIFA Global U-15 Boys...

Income tax thresholds

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The government has done it again. It has indicated that workers can look forward to an increased income tax threshold of $200,000 by the end of the decade. One Facebook comment hit the nail on the head. It urged the government to file for intellectual bankruptcy. Increasing the...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Churches as moral compass

Jun 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – President Ali got that one right. Institutions such as churches have a duty to function as “society’s moral compass.” I couldn’t agree more with the president. Commend him. More commendations for Excellency Ali: “together let us find the soul of this...

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