December 2008

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Victim dies from loss of blood

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Victim dies from loss of blood

The post mortem examination on the body of 25-year-old Shenese-Ann Richardson-Austin, called “Buckie”, who was killed after a brazen attack on a house at 502 West Ruimveldt on December 15 last,...

“I would give this year 6½ out of 10”

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on “I would give this year 6½ out of 10”

Says GTTA General Secretary By Edison Jefford An unusually disappointed Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) General Secretary, Godfrey Munroe has given the association’s performance this...

George Bacchus’s killer gets additional 14 years jail

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on George Bacchus’s killer gets additional 14 years jail

…but new sentence means nothing Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds was yesterday sentenced to an additional 14 years in jail on arms and ammunition charges stemming from the killing of self-confessed...

Bowlers on target as Guyana bow out with win against Leewards

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Bowlers on target as Guyana bow out with win against Leewards

By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Igloo Ice Cream, Pepsi, Smalta, TCL, Demerara Power Company, Lifetime Reality & Noble House Seafoods Guyana’s bowlers once again turned in a good...

National security a top priority

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on National security a top priority

Dear Editor, Since 2002 security has been proclaimed as top priority as a result of the upsurge in crime. Government has since embarked on various methods of improving national security in Guyana and...

GDF not ruling out negligence in Cuyuni mishap

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GDF not ruling out negligence in Cuyuni mishap

Chief-of-staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Commodore Gary Best is not ruling out negligence in the boat mishap on the Cuyuni River two Mondays ago that left two soldiers dead. Commodore Best...

Guywid is committed to rendering charitable service

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guywid is committed to rendering charitable service

Dear Editor, It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Board of Directors, Executives, and members of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc. – Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission and...

Local Lodge spreads Christmas cheer

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Local Lodge spreads Christmas cheer

Mount Olive Lodge No. 1, of the Independent United Order of Mechanics, recently took Christmas cheer to the children of Joshua House on Thomas Street, Georgetown and to the Red Cross Convalescent...

BK Western Tigers enjoy yearend treat

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BK Western Tigers enjoy yearend treat

TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY: After a year of hard work on the football field, players from the BK International Western Football team were hosted by their President, Gordon Gilhuys, at the Cool Square...

Mr. Greene you are wrong on this

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Mr. Greene you are wrong on this

Dear Editor, Mr. Greene if you do not want people to take matters into their own hands, then why are the police not there for the people when a call is made? Are we to believe that the news reports...

Guyana needs policy to deal with sanitation issues – PAHO

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana needs policy to deal with sanitation issues – PAHO

In its strategic plan for the sanitation sector in Guyana, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has identified that a look at Guyana’s development policies illustrate that there is no...

Representing Guyana means the world to me

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Representing Guyana means the world to me

Dear Editor, I represented Guyana in the Beijing Olympic Games in the 200 metre race. I know that there was a lot of talk about me and how I shouldn’t have been representing Guyana, and I honestly...

Guyana records sizeable growth in shingle exports, earnings

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana records sizeable growth in shingle exports, earnings

An analysis of the volume and value of shingles exported from Guyana was 16 per cent higher compared to the same period last year. However, the value was 57 percent more. This is according to the...

Guyanese will manage to overcome this difficulty

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese will manage to overcome this difficulty

Dear Editor, Imagine us poor Guyanese for a moment. We didn’t spend so much on the cheap internet calls at the internet cafes spread across the length and breadth of Guyana. I don’t even think...

Bus-stops, grassy parapets and jewelry quoted in American dollars

Dec 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Bus-stops, grassy parapets and jewelry quoted in American dollars

My wife and I entered this jewelry store in the City Mall, on Tuesday evening looking for silver. She wanted to buy a silver chain. Downtown Georgetown looked modern on Tuesday night because shopping...

The untold truth

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on The untold truth

By Edison Jefford Infallible rhetoric should not be allowed to mask the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation’s blatant ignorance of the tenets of an undated Memorandum of Understanding with the now...

State of preparedness highlights Guyana’s security

Dec 18, 2008 knews News Comments Off on State of preparedness highlights Guyana’s security

By Marissa Lowden Guyana is not the only country experiencing the devastating impact of climate change. The recent heavy rains which caused a state of emergency in Massachusetts and New Hampshire are...

Rising Seas and Floods

Dec 18, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Rising Seas and Floods

This week, there were several reports in the international press by reputable scientific bodies on the melting of the ice caps and the consequent rise in the level of the seas. All of them confirm...

WHAT ABOUT THE STALLHOLDERS OF STABROEK MARKET?

Dec 18, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT ABOUT THE STALLHOLDERS OF STABROEK MARKET?

The more I traverse this city, the more I am growing in the belief that only the appointment of an Interim Management Committee for the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown will save Guyana. I am...

Black Hawks host one-day seminar

Dec 18, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Black Hawks host one-day seminar

By Rawle Welch The Martial Arts community and members of the public will get an opportunity this Saturday to witness for the first time in Guyana a new form of the sport when the Black Hawks...

EPA operates in strict compliance with its legislative mandate

Dec 18, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on EPA operates in strict compliance with its legislative mandate

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Mohamed Khan’s letter in the Guyana Chronicle dated December 16, 2008 entitled “EPA should apply environmental laws fairly” and would like to correct some...

Police deserve a bigger incentive – Top cop

Dec 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police deserve a bigger incentive – Top cop

– JSOG top man is Best Cop for 2008 – slain constable gets posthumous award for bravery Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lyndon Alves, a senior operative of the Joint Services...

Gibson was involved in theft of army weapons

Dec 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Gibson was involved in theft of army weapons

– Crime Chief Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said that there is enough evidence to suggest that there was a definite intricate link between gangs led by now dead Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins and...

Woman tells Magistrate ‘I beat him, smashed his windscreen’

Dec 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Woman tells Magistrate ‘I beat him, smashed his windscreen’

…after man gets involved in ‘husband and wife story’ “Your Worship, if I de had me razor with me it woulda be a murder, not an assault,” were the words of 53-year-old Sabina...

GT&T records $9B profit

Dec 17, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GT&T records $9B profit

…pays $1.2B in advisory fees to parent company Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited has announced that it had made $9 billion profit in the last operating year 2007/2008. But, according...

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Oie slams double as Western Tigers upset Police FC

Sep 22, 2026

…Hamilton, Dennis star with hat-tricks (Kaieteur News) – The goals came in bunches as Guyana Football Federation’s Season Eight Elite League produced another weekend of attacking football,...

WIN is losing

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are many things Guyana has acquired since the discovery of oil, including wealth, multi-storied buildings, newly built apartments that will remain empty, traffic jams and the sudden appearance of people who have always known how to spend money they never previously had....

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Changes, contradictions, crimes covered

Sep 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – This is the secular world. Not the space of the spiritual. It’s a world of sometimes subtle, other times, astonishing changes. The areas covered are endless. Filled with the contradictory. Where crimes are covered over (transgressions overlooked). Pursued for the...

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