December 2008

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Albouystown, Tiger Bay, East Front Road & Globe Yard into semis

Dec 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Albouystown, Tiger Bay, East Front Road & Globe Yard into semis

It’s now down to the battle of the last four in the Guinness ‘Greatest of De Street’ Football tournament following intense and exciting quarter final play on Tuesday night at the National...

NA Town Council donates plot of land to BCBC

Dec 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on NA Town Council donates plot of land to BCBC

– Permanent office to be constructed The efforts of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control to have its own permanent head office is closer to reality with the decision of the New Amsterdam Town...

Calvin Corts’ 107 & Eric Jamisay’ 7-25 help Strykers thrash Young Royals by 198 runs

Dec 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Calvin Corts’ 107 & Eric Jamisay’ 7-25 help Strykers thrash Young Royals by 198 runs

Play in the New Building Society Challenge second division cricket competition continued in Berbice with Strykers of #78 Village trashing Young Royals of Crabwood Creek by a massive 198 runs....

West defeats East to win Wakenaam Policing Group U-19 softball title

Dec 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on West defeats East to win Wakenaam Policing Group U-19 softball title

6-year-old Mahase Ramnarine awarded most promising player trophy West defeated East to win the Wakenaam Policing Youth Group sponsored under 19 ten overs softball cricket competition last Sunday at...

First replacement deck plates arrive for Harbour Bridge

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on First replacement deck plates arrive for Harbour Bridge

Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited (CBCSL) has delivered 25 completed deck plates for immediate use on the Demerara Harbour Bridge. The plates delivered yesterday are the first of a total of...

Contractor denies blocking city drainage system

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Contractor denies blocking city drainage system

Kishan Bacchus, the contractor responsible for the ongoing construction work at the old Radio Demerara site, yesterday refuted claims by City Mayor Hamilton Green that he (Bacchus) was causing a...

C’bean leaders renew call for additional financial resources

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on C’bean leaders renew call for additional financial resources

As the Heads of Government Meeting concludes in Cuba, the Caribbean leaders are calling on the developed countries to contribute new and additional financial resources to implement measures aimed at...

Forde makes triumphant return

Dec 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Forde makes triumphant return

after marathon misfortune By Edison Jefford Cleveland Forde shrugged off his almost career threatening hamstring cramp sustained in the Suriname Marathon a few weeks ago to become the first Caribbean...

Police express concern over vigilante killing

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police express concern over vigilante killing

The Guyana Police Force has expressed its concern over the incident that occurred early Tuesday morning in the East La Penitence area, which resulted in the death of 42-year-old Hardel Haynes, of...

Fred Collins retains form to cart off ‘Scrabble Blitz’ trophy

Dec 11, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Fred Collins retains form to cart off ‘Scrabble Blitz’ trophy

By Michael Benjamin National scrabble champion Fred Collins rose from his recent dismal form to cart off the Scrabble Blitz trophy when that tournament was staged at the Maltenoes Sports Club...

Laws against homosexuality hinder AIDS fight

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Laws against homosexuality hinder AIDS fight

– Sir George Alleyne Laws which criminalize homosexuality in Guyana and the Caribbean present a hindrance to an effective public response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Sir George Alleyne says. Sir...

$Victim died of fractured skull – post mortem$

Victim died of fractured skull – post mortem

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Victim died of fractured skull – post mortem

The post mortem conducted on the body of 41-year-old Vieo Persaud, called ‘Sunil’, whose battered body was found at his Lot 29, Meten-Meer-Zorg home on December 5, revealed that he died of a...

Health Ministry lavatories embarrass minister

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Health Ministry lavatories embarrass minister

Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has expressed his disgust over the way in which Guyanese use the lavatories in public places. At the launching of the strategic plan for the sanitation sector in...

St. Pius guard found dead

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on St. Pius guard found dead

Teachers and students of the St. Pius Primary School got the shock of their lives yesterday morning, when they turned up at the institution only to find the security guard dead. The body of Rendell...

AINLIM fetes neighbourhood children

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on AINLIM fetes neighbourhood children

Yesterday, at the AINLIM Complex at East Bank Demerara, there was in attendance a horde of children, who were provided with an opportunity to enjoy the Christmas spirit. The occasion was the annual...

Jagdeo seeks carbon financing at Poland conference

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo seeks carbon financing at Poland conference

President Bharrat Jagdeo is set to address the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference today alongside UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, in Poland. President of Poland,...

Minister Rohee’s logic re: the lock ups

Dec 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Minister Rohee’s logic re: the lock ups

Dear Editor, I wish to ask some questions in response to Mr. Rohee’s response to Ms Debra Backer in Parliament on the conditions of the “lock ups’. 1. Is Mr. Rohee saying he is punishing...

Response to allegations by Robert Corbin

Dec 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Response to allegations by Robert Corbin

Dear Editor, I have noted Mr. Robert Corbin’s press release attempting to suggest that the main reason for my removal from Parliament is prolonged absence. This cannot be further from the truth....

D’Urban Park Lions donate blood

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on D’Urban Park Lions donate blood

As calls continue for voluntary donation of blood, members and friends of the Lion’s Club of D’Urban Park yesterday facilitated a blood drive as part of their 15th anniversary celebrations. The...

Questions and concerns for the GWI management

Dec 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Questions and concerns for the GWI management

Dear Editor, I see an interesting development between the PUC and Mr. Karan Singh of GWI. My first thought is whether the PUC has lied about GWI overcharging consumers. I am perplexed by Singh’s...

Every Guyanese should read ‘The Shadow of Dreams: Tears of the Diaspora’

Dec 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Every Guyanese should read ‘The Shadow of Dreams: Tears of the Diaspora’

Dear Editor, Recently I read a really inspiring and touching book written by a Guyanese. The story is my story and your story and that’s why it struck hard in me. ‘The Shadow of Dreams: Tears of...

Plaisance man charged with stepfather’s murder

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Plaisance man charged with stepfather’s murder

A young Plaisance resident is expected to appear in court today for allegedly stabbing his stepfather to death last Monday during a family row. Anthony George, 21, of 40 Railway Line, Plaisance, was...

$$B needed to revamp city’s drainage system – City Mayor

Dec 11, 2008 knews News Comments Off on $$B needed to revamp city’s drainage system – City Mayor

Although the Mayor and City Council have been intensifying their efforts to avert flooding in Georgetown, they are still unable to effectively fulfil their mandate to the city, due to the current...

The ACB does not issue licences for broadcasting

Dec 11, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The ACB does not issue licences for broadcasting

Dear Editor A report by Gary Eleazar, in the Kaieteur Newspaper on December 9, 2008, indicated that the Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan said that: “President Bharrat Jagdeo...

Mr. Robeson Benn’s lamentations

Dec 11, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mr. Robeson Benn’s lamentations

If only people would get inside the soul and mind of an aggrieved person they would understand what hurt is. It doesn’t seem like the average person throughout the centuries has done that and wants...

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Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

Sep 17, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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