November 2008

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GPL wreaking havoc on country’s water supply

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GPL wreaking havoc on country’s water supply

…water company seeking alternative source of power -GWI The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Karan Singh, yesterday lambasted the Guyana Power and Light company for...

AFC mourns the passing of Vivian Jordan

Nov 04, 2008 knews Letters 2

Dear Editor, The entire Alliance For Change (AFC) family mourns the passing of Vivian Jordan, and extends sincerest condolences to his family members at this time of their deep sorrow. “VJ”, as...

Stopping corporate fraud in its tracks

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Stopping corporate fraud in its tracks

Corporations worldwide have annually been losing millions of dollars to internal fraud. Is your company one of them? How can you be sure? In 2006, an Ernst and Young survey done in 13 European...

The police have responded

Nov 04, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force responds to an article published under the Editorial of the Guyana Chronicle of Saturday, November 01, 2008 with the caption “Hooliganism must be vehemently...

Increase in domestic violence is only the tip of the iceberg – GRPA

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Increase in domestic violence is only the tip of the iceberg – GRPA

Executive Director of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA), Frederick Cox, has noted that there is nowhere in Guyana where domestic violence and spousal and child abuse cannot be...

Expansion of legal aid service to Berbice

Nov 04, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Expansion of legal aid service to Berbice

Dear Editor, The Guyana Justices of the Peace & Commissioners of Oaths to Affidavits Association commends the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security for making it a reality in accessing...

Scotia Bank contributes to National Veterans Rest Home

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Scotia Bank contributes to National Veterans Rest Home

Scotia Bank, on Saturday, donated $50,000 towards the construction of the National Veterans’ Rest Home. As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the GDF in November 2005, the then Chief of...

The life jackets on board Guyanese vessels are internationally approved

Nov 04, 2008 knews Letters 2

Dear Editor, A letter captioned “Buoyancy Aids,” written by one M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett and published in SN of Monday, October 27, 2008, was completely incorrect and totally misleading....

Bartica fire station nears completion

Nov 04, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bartica fire station nears completion

‘This will be a major asset’ – Regional Chairman Bartica will soon be equipped with fire-fighting capabilities, when the fire station which is under construction is completed by the end of...

Will Guyanese-Americans remember ‘socialism’ in Guyana and vote McCain-Palin?

Nov 04, 2008 knews Letters 4

Dear Editor, In December 1974, the late Forbes Burnham launched his now infamous ‘Socialist Revolution’ at Sophia; and by the time he died, in August 1985, Guyanese never wanted to hear — let...

Lagging boys

Nov 04, 2008 knews Editorial 1

One of the striking characteristics of the results that are announced annually, in the various examinations that our children write as they move through our educational system, is the overwhelming...

Retired Chief Magistrate takes to the streets

Nov 04, 2008 knews News 3

– pickets Court of Appeal Yesterday, retired Chief Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen and some supporters mounted a picketing exercise outside of the Court of Appeal. They were armed with placards...

Digicel Caribbean Championships

Nov 04, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Digicel Caribbean Championships

Golden Jaguars ready for battle, sights set on finals By Franklin Wilson Guyana’s ‘Golden Jaguars’ are set and ready for battle in the final group two phase of the Digicel Caribbean...

No trace of missing aircraft

Nov 03, 2008 knews News 1

…search intensifies The search is still on for the missing twin-engine aircraft and its three occupants, which disappeared on Saturday afternoon in the Mazaruni area. The United...

Byron Lee is alive

Nov 03, 2008 knews News 4

Byron Lee is not dead. Yesterday, his children penned a missive that sought to clear the air about the reports that sparked the erroneous releases. The missive read: Dear All, Our Dad is very much...

Not even the dead are safe from fire…

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Not even the dead are safe from fire…

Bush fire damages tombs in Good Hope Cemetery Hours after battling a blaze that destroyed a house at Non Pariel, fire fighters were again summoned to the East Coast of Demerara, this time to put out...

Guyana records highest agricultural export in years

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana records highest agricultural export in years

By Nadia Guyadeen Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has said that the fact that a few commodities (rice, sugar, bauxite, seafood, gold, diamonds and wood products) account for the bulk of...

Man torches house after failing to kill family

Nov 03, 2008 knews News 1

“I was tired and fed up having to sleep at neighbours, but the police come and beg me not fuh go in de house”. Police are on the hunt for a man who torched his house at Block 12 Non Pariel, East...

Jamaican rice importers to meet local authorities this week

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jamaican rice importers to meet local authorities this week

– Guyana to host International Rice Conference The Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce of Jamaica, Mr Karl Samuda, will be in Guyana along with rice importers from Jamaica to have a...

Taxi driver robbed, stabbed several times

Nov 03, 2008 knews News 3

– declares: ‘I done with taxi work!’ “I done with taxi wuk!” was the heartfelt emotion of 29-year-old Kenrick Lawson, of 252 South Amelia’s Ward, Linden, yesterday as he lay in...

Another mini bus robbed at Agricola

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Another mini bus robbed at Agricola

Bandits attacked another mini bus passing through the Agricola area, relieving several passengers and the driver of their valuables at gunpoint. Police said that the robbery, which was perpetrated by...

Quacy Mc Gowan crowned Miss Guyana Renaissance 2008

Nov 03, 2008 knews News 2

Amidst thunderous applause from a sizeable audience, school teacher Quacy Mc Gowan was crowned the 2008 Miss Guyana Renaissance Queen on Saturday night at the National Cultural Centre. In the First...

The Dragon and the Sparrow ignite fiery combination at Thirst Park

Nov 03, 2008 knews News 1

By Alex Wayne As anticipated, the Mighty Sparrow and Byron Lee’s ‘Dragonaires’ teamed up at Thirst Park on Saturday night to unleash a soca/calypso invasion that would be long remembered on the...

Skeldon factory supplying GPL with power

Nov 03, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Skeldon factory supplying GPL with power

…test runs continue The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) continues to supply electricity to the Guyana Power and Light from its Skeldon plant at an average of six megawatts. In a release issued...

Stuart Maloney destroys opposition, wins Caribbean Series

Nov 03, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Stuart Maloney destroys opposition, wins Caribbean Series

Barbadian Stuart Maloney destroyed all and sundry as he won two of three races to end on 54 points and cart off the champion driver in the Caribbean Series yesterday at the South Dakota Circuit....

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National Schools Athletics Championships returns to Linden in 2027

Aug 27, 2026

…Championship set for March 3 – 5 By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – The National Schools Athletics Championships will return to Linden for the first time in nearly two decades, with the 2027...

Burnham’s dream of self-sufficiency ended in insufficiency

Aug 27, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a particular species of political nostalgia that thrives in countries with short memories. It takes yesterday’s failures, dusts them with the language of national purpose, places them beneath a portrait of the departed leader and calls the result a vision. This is...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Change eating habits

Aug 27, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Pres. Ali means well. I wonder, though, whether he is serious. Or, if he takes himself seriously. I put it gently. He should listen to himself. The parts of his speeches that are not AI influenced. (Follow-up planned). Change eating...

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