December 2008

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Is Guyana’s participation a reality?

Dec 09, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Is Guyana’s participation a reality?

By Rawle Welch Fewer than seven months remain before the staging of the inaugural Caribbean Games, yet except for an earlier release by the Sports Ministry, no other evidence has emerged to indicate...

Vendors’ Mall enhancement plans deferred

Dec 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Vendors’ Mall enhancement plans deferred

-Deputy Clerk of Markets Municipal plans to have improvements completed at the Vendors’ Mall for this Christmas season are no longer on the charts for this year. And according to Deputy Clerk of...

It is good to see the PNCR self-destructing

Dec 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on It is good to see the PNCR self-destructing

Dear Editor, “I am expected to do what is the best for Guyana. I am nominated by the Leader of the Opposition, appointed by the President, and took an oath under the Constitution of Guyana, and...

Local surgeons exposed to new orthopaedic technique

Dec 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Local surgeons exposed to new orthopaedic technique

… focus is on club foot The capabilities of orthopaedic doctors, especially those stationed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), have been greatly boosted over the years through...

Two talented local musicians

Dec 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Two talented local musicians

Dear Editor, It was indeed a major stepping stone by acknowledging local musicians with the “Accolade Awards” respectively, and I am certain that it will motivate and encourage potential...

Govt. spends $$M annually on medical evacuations

Dec 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Govt. spends $$M annually on medical evacuations

Each year, the Government spends millions of dollars to provide health care. Moreso, a large amount of this money is spent on medical evacuations alone. According to Minister within the Ministry of...

Response to critics on the Santa Claus issue

Dec 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Response to critics on the Santa Claus issue

Dear Editor In last Sunday’s papers (07-12-08), a columnist wrote a response to the letter I wrote in last week Wednesday’s SN entitled, “Why are adults lying to their children about Santa...

Effective drainage work averted flooding

Dec 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Effective drainage work averted flooding

Dear Editor, The end-of-year rains are here again, with the usual uncertainty and fear of floods. However, I feel a bit more comfortable this year after witnessing the effective work of the Ministry...

Diaspora Guyanese must continue to lobby for aid for their former homeland

Dec 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Diaspora Guyanese must continue to lobby for aid for their former homeland

Dear Editor, I write to applaud those NY-based Guyanese who never pass up an opportunity to lobby for increased assistance for their former homeland. There are so many groups at various meet who seek...

PNCR members continue to press for a just and equitable Guyana

Dec 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on PNCR members continue to press for a just and equitable Guyana

Dear Editor, I wish to express congratulations to the PNCR and its membership for again holding a most successful General Council meeting, on Saturday, November 6, 2008. Despite the severe weather,...

JP/COA to decentralize for greater efficiency

Dec 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on JP/COA to decentralize for greater efficiency

The Guyana Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths to Affidavits Association (JP/COA) has agreed to decentralize, and its powers will be extended to the two other counties, namely Berbice...

Bynoe cannot dictate the manner of struggle Guyanese must adopt

Dec 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Bynoe cannot dictate the manner of struggle Guyanese must adopt

Dear Editor, Permit me to reply to a missive by a writer purporting to be Edward Simon.The letter is published in Guyana Chronicle dated 08/11/08 and captioned “Bynoe more man than I thought”....

Cardinal issues in our attempts to develop good governance in Guyana

Dec 09, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Cardinal issues in our attempts to develop good governance in Guyana

Dear Editor, Permit me to comment on the PNCR‘s call for me to resign from GECOM and related matters in the aftermath of my resignation from the Joint Task Force On Local Government Reform...

SELECTION CHOICES

Dec 09, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SELECTION CHOICES

In keeping with innovative trends taking place within the pages of this newspaper for which our publisher, Glenn Lall, and our editor, Adam Harris, must be praised, the Peeping Tom column also...

Rice millers, exporters must pay farmers promptly

Dec 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Rice millers, exporters must pay farmers promptly

– Minister Persaud Rice millers and exporters have been urged to be more expeditious in their payment of rice farmers. The current crop is progressing, and farmers need finance to undertake...

A dead pirate’s links

Dec 09, 2008 knews News Comments Off on A dead pirate’s links

by Rainsford Whyte Pirate James Gibson was killed with two accomplices in a shootout with police in Berbice two weeks ago but his links among the still living should be cause for concern in some...

Inside the mind of Robert Corbin

Dec 09, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Inside the mind of Robert Corbin

It would seem that the death of Desmond Hoyte has brought about the end of the PNC. There is a positive spin-off from this. If the PNC is no longer around in 2011, the possibility is more than great...

To REDD or not to REDD

Dec 09, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on To REDD or not to REDD

Last Friday, President Jagdeo presented a position paper, ‘Creating Incentives to Avoid Deforestation’ in which he asserted that the “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation”...

President Jagdeo was aboard Delta flight

Dec 08, 2008 knews News 9

President Bharrat Jagdeo was aboard the Delta flight inbound to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on October 7 when action by the pilot of the outgoing Caribbean Airlines flight averted a midair...

Night of ‘sporting’ leaves driver dead

Dec 08, 2008 knews News 8

Returning home from a night of ‘sporting,’ Carl Smith ‘junior,’ 27, early yesterday morning, lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into a concrete bridge, killing himself and...

Allan Monroe identified to replace Alexander

Dec 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Allan Monroe identified to replace Alexander

By Gary Eleazar This newspaper has been reliably informed that Former Region Four Chairman, Allan Monroe, has been identified by the Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin,...

Teen stabs stepfather to death

Dec 08, 2008 knews News 6

“He friend just keep encouraging he fuh stab Ralph. “ He telling he, ‘Juk he, man! Juk he!” – Victim’s wife A Plaisance family was plunged into mourning last night when a teenager...

Man shot in eye during early morning robbery

Dec 08, 2008 knews News 2

An early morning robbery at East Bank Berbice has left 26-year-old Marlon John, of Edinburgh Housing Scheme, nursing a gunshot wound to the left eye. The incident occurred at around 02:00 hrs at...

Money Laundering Bill for House soon

Dec 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Money Laundering Bill for House soon

– stakeholders optimistic By Gary Eleazar Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman, who is that party’s representative on the Select Committee dealing with the Money...

Relatives say robbery clear motive

Dec 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Relatives say robbery clear motive

The relatives of 40-year-old Philbert Kaladeen are adamant that robbery was the motive for Friday night’s shooting which left Kaladeen paralyzed from the waist down. Speaking with Kaieteur News, a...

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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

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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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