December 2008

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Physically challenged kids will not be left out today

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Physically challenged kids will not be left out today

By Fareeza Haniff While many of us woke up this morning surrounded by our loved ones and many gifts, some of the physically challenged children at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Center are spending...

Guyana cricket team break camp for Christmas

Dec 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana cricket team break camp for Christmas

Coach Smith pleased with team’s fitness level By Sean Devers The Travis Dowlin-led Guyana cricket team preparing for the 2009 Carib Beer regional first-class competition ended the first phase of...

Family members plan to turn suspect in

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Family members plan to turn suspect in

Almost a week after he set fire to his reputed wife and two children, police in the Ancient County are still hunting for a Bel Air, West Coast Berbice man. The suspect has been on the run ever since...

Guyanese in line for Tobago 20/20 call-up

Dec 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese in line for Tobago 20/20 call-up

Guyanese all-rounder Carlston Nurse is now residing in the Twin Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and according to the all-rounder he is in line for selection on the Tobago team for the 2009...

Missing girl surfaces

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Missing girl surfaces

– Police awaiting results of medical examination After being missing for over one week 13-year-old Janet Mendonca, also known as Mursha, has been found, a development which has since prompted...

WICB Coaching Accreditation Courses to be conducted in Guyana next month

Dec 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on WICB Coaching Accreditation Courses to be conducted in Guyana next month

Tutors are expected to arrive in Guyana next month to conduct three West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Coaching Accreditation Courses at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence. The course will be...

The aftermath of a senseless murder

Dec 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The aftermath of a senseless murder

Dear Editor, I am writing to you with the deepest respect, gratitude, and sincerity in the hope that you can help a mourning family bring justice to the perpetrators of the brutal murder of our...

BCBC launches historic Annual Review Magazine

Dec 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BCBC launches historic Annual Review Magazine

Watershed moment in a year of unbelievable progress – President The Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) last Monday created history when it became the first County Board in Guyana to publish...

Opening my appetite

Dec 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Opening my appetite

The Parrot loves our traditions, some of which are still part of our folk culture. Many, of course, are seemingly becoming extinct like the dodo, the dinosaurs and the Blue Power people “Bird”...

Overseas-based organisation assists Mora Point Health Center

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Overseas-based organisation assists Mora Point Health Center

In an effort to see the completion of the Mora Point Health Centre, Mahaicony River, the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir has donated US$1,000 towards the construction of the health centre. The donation...

It is called ‘inclusive governance’

Dec 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on It is called ‘inclusive governance’

Dear Editor. In response to “Corbin did not do too badly, given what he was up against” by Tacuma Ogunseye in Kaieteur News, dated December 22-08, I find it incredible for this man to talk about...

Linden gets weather station

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Linden gets weather station

A collaborative effort between the Hydrometerological Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, GT&T and the Linden Economic Advancement Programme has seen personnel from the three organisations...

The Christmas Spirit

Dec 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on The Christmas Spirit

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION: Tomorrow is Christmas Day. We will all celebrate in some way regardless of our religious beliefs. The season has not been an easy one. We are faced with...

Everything possible has been done for Christmas enjoyment

Dec 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Everything possible has been done for Christmas enjoyment

Tomorrow is one of the days most people in the world look forward to, not least among them, the people of Guyana. Some people save all year round just for this day while others expect some support...

The Jagdeo regime has failed to give the required attention to the sugar industry

Dec 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The Jagdeo regime has failed to give the required attention to the sugar industry

Dear Editor, Reading the article captioned “Expect change in GuySuCo management next year” is a stark reminder that the buck is being passed again on the sugar industry. Sugar had problems for a...

Potential thief busted in compound

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Potential thief busted in compound

A potential thief was apprehended by staff members of the Guyana/Canada Corporation Centre, at 56 Main and New Market Streets, yesterday morning. The would-be thief gained access to the compound by...

The problems of representative democracy

Dec 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The problems of representative democracy

Local government reform is not quite as simple as some would have us believe. When it comes to matters relating to democracy, even local democracy, when it comes to matters regarding representative...

Guyanese are returning in droves

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese are returning in droves

Despite predictions of there being less travel to the region due to the global crisis currently being faced, thousands of overseas-based Guyanese and some visitors are coming to Guyana for the...

Digging deep

Dec 24, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Digging deep

It is just one day before Christmas Day and we may be forgiven if we have developed a sneaking suspicion that we are being tested by higher powers. First there was the fanfare in the press and other...

What will President Jagdeo tell Guyanese in his Christmas and New Year messages?

Dec 24, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on What will President Jagdeo tell Guyanese in his Christmas and New Year messages?

Dear Editor, With the close of 2008, a year President Jagdeo had promised Guyanese social and economic advancement, Guyanese must begin to analyse their current status in the hope of ascertaining...

Which Guyanese politician will emulate Vice-President elect, Biden?

Dec 24, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Which Guyanese politician will emulate Vice-President elect, Biden?

There are two interesting letters in yesterday’s issue of the Kaieteur News and the Stabroek News. One has to be guarded and very much so when one reads these correspondences in the newspapers. In...

Jagdeo’s naming bank account is quite interesting – Ramjattan

Dec 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo’s naming bank account is quite interesting – Ramjattan

Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan says that, for the President to name a bank account he contends contains monies purportedly from the Wildlife Fund, when the Finance Minister tabled a...

Diarrhoea, vomiting detected in flood-affected communities

Dec 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Diarrhoea, vomiting detected in flood-affected communities

– Health Ministry on the lookout for more severe cases There have been no alarming flood-related outbreaks as a result of the rainy season; but according to Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy,...

Eight injured in East Coast accident

Dec 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Eight injured in East Coast accident

Eight persons were yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after the minibus in which they were traveling ended up in a trench. The incident occurred sometime around 15:00 hours on the...

Two charged with manslaughter

Dec 23, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two charged with manslaughter

Police have charged two men with the vigilante-style beating of electrician Ardel Haynes. The men will appear in court today to face manslaughter charges, which were recommended by the Director of...

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The stranger next door

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(Kaieteur News) – As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and discuss various matters, but mainly the events of the day. In those days there...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION TO MR. DEVINDRA KISSOON

May 01, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – On April 29, 2026, I published in Kaieteur News, as part of The GHK Lall Column, a piece entitled “A special kind of lawyering, and at its best” (the “Column”). Mr. Kissoon has never acted for the Government on the Gas-to-Energy Project. He has never received any...

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