November 2008

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National Chess Championships starts today

Nov 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on National Chess Championships starts today

The National Chess Championship will commence today at the Ocean Spray International Hotel, 46 Stanley Place, Kitty, Georgetown from 13:00hrs with the opening programme. The championships will be...

Gun-toting bandits strike again….

Nov 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Gun-toting bandits strike again….

Toucan Industries robbed hours after another Kinston locale Less than 24 hours after an armed bandit was cut down in a hail of police gunfire, two gun-toting bandits calmly walked into Toucan...

>>> Letter to the Sports Editor <<<

Nov 08, 2008 knews Sports 1

Sports Ministry, NSC bullish in their support for sports Dear Editor, When we lose a family member it is indeed a very emotional time in our lives. We reflect upon the highlights of that person’s...

Government seeking to procure prepaid electricity meters – Luncheon

Nov 08, 2008 knews News 1

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, has said that Cabinet is actively considering the award of the procurement of prepaid meters, which is part of the Guyana Power and Light...

As climate change fears intensify

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International consultancy examines potential insurance losses A team of consultants from McKinsey and Company, a global management consulting firm, is currently conducting a study in Guyana in an...

“Yes we can” has a special meaning

Nov 08, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, Today I let go of the fear of letting my young daughter go to school in a taxi by herself. I just cannot leave my chair in front of the television. I want to see and hear it all. All...

David Caires was a giant

Nov 08, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I am saddened by the death of David De Caires, whose remains were cremated in Barbados. David De Caires has been an outstanding advocate of media freedom and the independence of...

Local Govt Task Force to recommence meeting on Monday

Nov 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Local Govt Task Force to recommence meeting on Monday

…PNCR uneasy with consecutive nature of meets The Local Government Task Force should recommence work on Monday. People’s National Congress Reform Vice Chairman Basil Williams, on Thursday, told...

How can we propose 24-hr service when we don’t have the facilities?

Nov 08, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on How can we propose 24-hr service when we don’t have the facilities?

Dear Editor, It was with some amusement that I read our Foreign Affairs Minister’s comments regarding the opening and closing hours of the Takaktu Bridge. She stated that Guyana was proposing a...

Two fingered in nightspot break and enter

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Asif Cumberbatch, 24, of Campbellville Housing Scheme, and Harry Ganesh, 38, were both remanded to prison after the two made their first court appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa...

Gun-toting chain thief remanded

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Darwin Harding, 26, was yesterday denied his pre-trial liberty when he made his court appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. It is alleged that, on November 5, he robbed Yvonne Ryan of...

Shaun Mangal wins Digicel’s million-dollar prize

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Thirty-six-year-old Shaun Mangal is Digicel’s ‘Win it Minute’ winner, and the prize turned out to be a birthday gift. Shaun won himself one million dollars in the recently concluded promotion....

Noise nuisance in Campbellville

Nov 08, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Noise nuisance in Campbellville

Dear Editor, Come Saturday November 8, residents living in the vicinity of the fish shop in Dury Lane will be plummeted, bludgeoned and bombarded into dead meat, further degraded from present...

America has vindicated itself

Nov 08, 2008 knews Letters 3

Dear Editor The grand victory of President Elect of the United States of America, the Blessed and Divine, Beloved of GOD ALMIGHTY, Senator Barack Obama, brought pouring tears to my eyes, and again as...

Pray, then kill, then pray again: Analysing the Obama victory

Nov 08, 2008 knews Freddie Kissoon 9

For those who use the Internet daily, they would have seen a plethora of assessments on the Obama victory. Many in Guyana may not have seen those voluminous arguments as to why Obama won, because...

De Caires fought for what he thought was right, regardless of the consequences

Nov 08, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The women of Red Thread are saddened at the death of Stabroek News Editor in Chief, Mr. David De Caires. He was a man who lived his passion for press freedom and who practiced what he...

A new human rights culture is needed

Nov 08, 2008 knews Peeping Tom 1

I am not interested in the context in which persons were subject to “aggressive questioning.” Speaking about such contexts will only point us in the wrong direction, and will be misinterpreted as...

Not many options left for Government

Nov 08, 2008 knews Editorial 1

Yesterday we commended the minibus operators for their decision to decrease fares. Our commendations turned out to be premature, since, as it now turns out, many operators are resisting the agreement...

Minibus association releases reduced fare structure

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…operators promise to comply The Guyana Minibus Association yesterday released the new, revised, reduced fare structures for several minibus routes; and according to Hilbert Archer, president of...

The management of Guyana’s forest is safeguarded by GFC

Nov 08, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The management of Guyana’s forest is safeguarded by GFC

Dear Editor, The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is improving in the delivery of its services as letters from GFC critics are not plastered in the letter columns of our national newspapers as have...

GuySuCo $17M payroll heist…

Nov 07, 2008 knews News 17

Bandit killed – hunt on for eight others What started out as a daring daylight ambush and robbery at Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara, ended in an exchange of gunfire between members of the...

Agricola robbery, murder…

Nov 07, 2008 knews News 6

One suspect confesses The police have arrested a man who has been identified as one of the perpetrators of the armed robbery at Agricola on Wednesday during which Melissa Payne, of Den Amstel, West...

Miner claims cash, gold vanished after ‘Customs officers’ searched home

Nov 07, 2008 knews News 2

A Prashad Nagar miner has alleged that a substantial quantity of cash and gold disappeared from his home yesterday after a group of men claiming to be Customs officers searched his premises. Azeem...

Ranks still to receive Neil Bovell reward

Nov 07, 2008 knews News 6

“We went on that operation even without vests and we could have lost our lives” “I ain’t killing nobody no more. I just protecting meself,” said a frustrated police rank who was part of the...

Retired Chief Magistrate mounts another protest

Nov 07, 2008 knews News 5

Once again, Chief Magistrate (Ret’d) Juliet Holder-Allen staged a protest outside of the Guyana Court of Appeal, this time supported by some 20 persons, some from the public service, protesting...

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Regional titles decided as ExxonMobil U18 Championships continue...

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The ExxonMobil Under-18 Football Championships will continue on October 30 and 31, with fixtures scheduled across six districts as teams battle for regional honours and places in...

The King comes to a colony that never quite became free

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The King’s official visit to Guyana is an occasion for ceremony, the polishing of old silver and the remembering of a history that we might otherwise prefer to leave undisturbed. There will be speeches about friendship, partnership and the enduring bonds between our two...

Are We All Ukrainians?

Oct 25, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – On 19 October, accepting the award of Ukraine’s Order of Merit, I said that my commitment to Ukraine rests on a principle essential to small nations everywhere: sovereignty is the freedom to govern ourselves, preserve our identity and decide our future....

Jagdeo’s PPP: PNC sensation, WIN, raw realities Pt I

Oct 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – PPP General Secretary, Cde Bharrat Jagdeo, showed again that he is one step ahead of the crowd. A PPP-PNC Xmas card. A neat package of joy. Has the potential to give hope, generate inspiration. Maybe even heal some long-festering national wounds. On the surface, what...

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