October 2008

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Two more bandits caught in Berbice

Oct 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two more bandits caught in Berbice

For the second time in less than a month, bandits have found out that committing their criminal acts in Berbice could lead to severe consequences. Two of them recently got a taste of what others...

The lockups are the measure of our civility

Oct 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The lockups are the measure of our civility

Dear Editor, The specification for animal cages at the zoo is a structure designed to facilitate light, ventilation, surveillance and basic sanitation. The specification for human ‘lockups’ in...

Torture report…

Oct 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Torture report…

Govt unwilling to seriously investigate allegations- PNCR The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday told the press that the government could run but it would not be able to hide. The...

Crime pervades Guyana at an unprecedented level

Oct 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Crime pervades Guyana at an unprecedented level

Dear Editor, Some of the most dominant headlines in the local daily newspapers for the month of October 2008 include the following; “Hooligans invade inter-school sports, students robbed at...

RESPECT DUE TO GRANNY!

Oct 24, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on RESPECT DUE TO GRANNY!

I am still to find the perfect politician. I know of a great many good, decent and honest leaders but I am yet to meet someone without faults, someone that is loved equally by all and sundry....

The Immigrant Factor – key to development

Oct 24, 2008 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Immigrant Factor – key to development

INTRODUCTION: I touched on this subject a few years back and given the heavy lobbying we have been doing on the Brazilian connection, it is time we re-look at the issue of Immigration and whether our...

Guyana selected to earn carbon credits

Oct 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana selected to earn carbon credits

Guyana has been selected as one of ten countries of the Participants’ Committee to monitor the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). This decision was made during the recently...

President’s cup (2nd round, final day)

Oct 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on President’s cup (2nd round, final day)

Christian (120), Barrington (114) hit tons as Permaul grabs 4-97 By Sean Devers National Wicketkeeper Derwin Christian and opener Shemroy Barrington scored final day centuries, while West Indies...

Peeping Tom’s article entitled ‘Diplomatic Belligerence’

Oct 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Peeping Tom’s article entitled ‘Diplomatic Belligerence’

Dear Editor, I have read with dismay the article entitled “Diplomatic Belligerence”, which appeared on page 12 of Kaieteur News on October 21, 2008. A second article in today’s (23rd October)...

Chinese coy to take responsibility for delays at Skeldon

Oct 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Chinese coy to take responsibility for delays at Skeldon

China National Technology Import and Export Corporation (CNTIC) will have to take responsibility for all losses and delays suffered at the Skeldon Sugar Factory, even as the test runs continue....

Pastors’ home razed after 8-yr-old ignites mattress

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Pastors’ home razed after 8-yr-old ignites mattress

Just days after the horrific accident in Amelia’s Ward, Linden, that claimed the life of National Communications Network (NCN) reporter Akila Jacobs, a fire yesterday evening completely destroyed a...

Trinidad imposes licenses requirement for rice imports from Guyana

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Trinidad imposes licenses requirement for rice imports from Guyana

Trinidad has now imposed a licence requirement for rice imports from Guyana, causing great distress to Guyanese exporters. Trinidadian importers must apply to that country’s Ministry of Trade for a...

Cocaine-swallowing U.S. citizen being monitored in hospital

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cocaine-swallowing U.S. citizen being monitored in hospital

Drug agents from the Guyana Police Force are anxiously waiting to examine the bodily contents of a female American to confirm that she did ingest cocaine in an attempt to smuggle the drug to her home...

Guyana ranked 88th on press freedom scale

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana ranked 88th on press freedom scale

Guyana has been noted for the first time in the World Press Freedom Index prepared by ‘Reporters Without Borders, ranking 88th because of tensions between President Bharrat Jagdeo and the...

US-based Guyanese arrested in connection with mortgage fraud scheme

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese arrested in connection with mortgage fraud scheme

(Alexandria, VA) – Richard A. Forde, age 50, formerly of Great Falls, Virginia, and a Guyanese national was arrested after a federal grand jury indicted him on October 15, last, on charges of...

Canal woman was murdered, autopsy proves death by strangulation

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Canal woman was murdered, autopsy proves death by strangulation

… suspect confesses to robbery Following the robbery of a home in Conservancy Dam at Canal Number Two, and the subsequent death of 68-year-old woman, Budhia, also known as ‘Ronui,’ a post...

President defends hike in excise tax on gasoline, diesel

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on President defends hike in excise tax on gasoline, diesel

…says mechanism is a price stabilizer Taxes are used as a mechanism for stabilising the price of a commodity wherein when the price on the world market for a product such as gasoline and diesel...

38,000 machine readable passports issued to date

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on 38,000 machine readable passports issued to date

Since the introduction of the machine readable passports back in July last year, the Central Immigration Office has to date issued a total of 38,000 passports, according to Deputy Chief Immigration...

Gunmen rob another East Bank minibus

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen rob another East Bank minibus

Julian Smith was reduced to tears yesterday morning after some gunmen robbed a minibus in which he was a passenger. Speaking outside the Ruimveldt Police Station where he had gone to file a report,...

Deadly media trip …

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Deadly media trip …

Minibus owner, truck driver charged Following investigations into the fatal accident at Amelia’s Ward, Linden last Saturday which claimed the lives of National Communications Network reporter,...

Man fingered in $1/2M cigarettes, drinks theft

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man fingered in $1/2M cigarettes, drinks theft

Kelon Bishop, 19, of 74 Norton Street, Lodge, was yesterday denied bail when he made his court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It is alleged that Bishop on October 7,...

Fort Wellington without potable water

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Fort Wellington without potable water

Residents of Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice have been without water for the past month despite promises of a correction of the system. Yesterday, several residents complained to this newspaper...

Additional cleaning underway at UG

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Additional cleaning underway at UG

Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, has revealed that additional cleaning is currently ongoing at the University of Guyana, following a visit to the facility by the UG administration on Monday....

Woman loses sight because of deteriorating condition – GPHC

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Woman loses sight because of deteriorating condition – GPHC

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has expressed its disappointment at an article which appeared in Sunday’s edition of this newspaper, under the headlines, ‘Woman goes blind after...

North West man found dead on Hogg Island farm

Oct 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on North West man found dead on Hogg Island farm

A man who left his North West District home some two weeks ago to seek employment in the Essequibo River was found dead on a farm in Hogg Island. Reports are that the body of 24-year-old Ivor...

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Hridoy ensures draw in Sylhet; WI beat Bangladesh 1-0 in series

Nov 09, 2026

Cricinfo – With an 82 in the fourth innings, Towhid Hridoy ensured Bangladesh completed a hard-fought draw against West Indies in the Sylhet Test. The visitors clinched the series 1-0 on...

What is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are moments in the political life of every nation when the character of its people is tested by whether they have the courage to condemn wrongdoing when it is committed against those with whom they disagree. It is easy to champion justice when the victim belongs to your...

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...

Light and darkness, lips to life

Nov 09, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The light that shines over Guyana must be at its dazzling purest. Not a speck of darkness on the horizon. Not a stray dark spot in the cupboard or under the carpet. When light is at its brightest, what chance for darkness to show its face, to linger? On the occasion of...

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