December 2008

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Police confirm cars were drag racing

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police confirm cars were drag racing

Police on the East Coast of Demerara have confirmed that the driver of a white Honda Integra, PLL 1485, was involved in a drag race that led to the death of 31-year-old Sonita Thomas on the Enmore...

THE LAW MUST NOT BE FLEXED

Dec 16, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE LAW MUST NOT BE FLEXED

I saw something interesting yesterday along Regent Street where bus stops have been re-introduced. What I saw confirms that we have a serious problem in Guyana which, if not reversed soon, can only...

Bonus uncertain for Toolsie Persaud workers

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bonus uncertain for Toolsie Persaud workers

-strike looms The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) says that it has, for some time now, been lobbying for better wages for the workers it represents...

Elected dictatorship and the signs of untergang

Dec 16, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Elected dictatorship and the signs of untergang

One of the mental strands that permeate autocratic leadership is something ordinary people cannot fathom, no matter how much they try. We do not have to go to Nazi Germany, Stalin’s Russia or...

Persons claim they never received bills

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Persons claim they never received bills

After not receiving a water bill since 2006, when she moved into her residence, a Campbellville resident explained that, much to her confusion, her water supply was disconnected early last week. The...

Pele needle Milerock, Bakewell Topp XX survive against Rusal

Dec 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Pele needle Milerock, Bakewell Topp XX survive against Rusal

By Franklin Wilson As the pundits have forecasted, the 19th Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament will not be a walk in the park for the top rated teams and the opening night proved just that....

Rotary joins NPC for park enhancement initiative

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Rotary joins NPC for park enhancement initiative

Stabroek Rotary has joined hands with the National Parks Commission (NPC) to enhance the appeal and usefulness of the National Park in Thomas Lands. The initiative was birthed out of the need to...

Cheshire Home, senior citizens get Christmas cheer from road safety group

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Cheshire Home, senior citizens get Christmas cheer from road safety group

Despite the world economic crisis that could impact on the livelihoods of many around the world, Guyanese living in the United States of America continue to assist their countrymen and help keep the...

An Inconvenient Truth

Dec 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on An Inconvenient Truth

-Admin blunders again By Edison Jefford Our laments are exaggerated, our throats are weary and our voices border on silence in an epoch that the complete collapse of the fundamentals of our sport is...

Floyd Carmichael finally nets a win in GASP ‘Scrabble Scramble’ shutdown

Dec 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Floyd Carmichael finally nets a win in GASP ‘Scrabble Scramble’ shutdown

By Michael Benjamin It seemed as though second place was an allotted position for Floyd Carmichael, evident from the last three tournaments when he retained this position with alarming monotony. Last...

Plainclothes policemen accused of theft after raid on West Demerara home

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Plainclothes policemen accused of theft after raid on West Demerara home

A Goed Fortuin family is alleging that, yesterday morning, two plainclothes ranks entered their home and removed music equipment valued at approximately $400,000, along with $162,000 in cash and...

Marian Academy captures National Schools Chess Championship

Dec 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Marian Academy captures National Schools Chess Championship

“We need chess in the schools where the students can be active. We will have workshops for teachers in the schools. We have a lot of schools in Guyana and that is why we want to see the game...

Guyana/ Jamaica 4th round clash washed out

Dec 16, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyana/ Jamaica 4th round clash washed out

T&T in line for title with 9-wkt win against L/Wards By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Igloo Ice Cream, Pepsi, Smalta, TCL, Demerara Power Company, Lifetime Reality & Noble House...

Humanitarian mission helps the needy

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Humanitarian mission helps the needy

As part of its mission to assist the less fortunate, the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir recently donated two wheelchairs to persons who had suffered a stroke and were subsequently paralyzed. Receiving...

EPA collaborates with many agencies to eradicate pollution

Dec 16, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on EPA collaborates with many agencies to eradicate pollution

Dear Editor, In reference to a letter published in the SN on Wednesday, 1st December, 2004, written by Mr. Peter Khan and captioned “What is the EPA’s role with noise and air pollution?”, the...

Government neglect has led to total breakdown in our society

Dec 16, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Government neglect has led to total breakdown in our society

Dear Editor, Crime continues to permeate every sphere in our country. No group can claim innocence and no region immunity. Some military-trained are executing illegal activities, and riding shot-gun...

Blackouts lessen in West Demerara

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Blackouts lessen in West Demerara

– but residents still fear ‘dark’ holidays After weeks of continued power outages, residents of the West Coast of Demerara have reported that the incidences of blackouts have lessened...

Linden teen still missing

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Linden teen still missing

Police suspect gang involvement Linden teen Ashaki Njeri Wambi Coppin, of 42 South Amelia’s Ward, Linden, has been reported missing since December 3, 2008. According to family members, the...

Freddie Kissoon ‘getting away with murder’ in his columns

Dec 16, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon ‘getting away with murder’ in his columns

Dear Editor, It is deeply troubling that a university lecturer like Freddie Kissoon would engage in unprofessional conduct by making conclusions without evidence or supporting details, distorting the...

City Councillor dies

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on City Councillor dies

The Mayor and City Council has expressed its profound sadness and shock at the passing of Councillor Allan Chin, Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of Oaths to Affidavits. Deputy Major of...

Substantialia must uphold, and not contradict, these laws

Dec 16, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Substantialia must uphold, and not contradict, these laws

Dear Editor, It is now common knowledge that the Jesuits have been asked to quit their Presbytery at 29 Brickdam and take up residence at the CCY Building on Oronoque Street. When I started this...

Electricity costs remain sky high

Dec 16, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Electricity costs remain sky high

In the “Around the Caribbean” section of our edition of Monday, December 15, there was a news item that the Barbados power company was lowering the price of electricity to its customers from 11.5...

Man placed on $5,000 bail for unlawful assault

Dec 16, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Man placed on $5,000 bail for unlawful assault

Rawle Holder, 31, of Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, was yesterday charged with unlawful assault and was placed before Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that on Tuesday, November 4, 2008,...

Horrific smash-up leaves one dead

Dec 15, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Horrific smash-up leaves one dead

It was just supposed to be a brief drive-out before Elonora and Patrick Layne returned to the United States of America; instead, it ended in tragedy when 31-year-old Sonita Thomas perished on the...

Businessman shot in brazen midday robbery

Dec 15, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Businessman shot in brazen midday robbery

A 47-year-old businessman is nursing a gunshot wound to his left leg which he sustained while fighting off one of two bandits who attacked him outside the Plaisance Market around midday yesterday....

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

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(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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