December 2008

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Bath Nursery School gets playground

Dec 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bath Nursery School gets playground

BATH SETTLEMENT, WEST COAST BERBICE – The Bath/Waterloo Nursery School on the West Coast of Berbice received a recreational park recently. The $500,000 facility was made possible through the...

Adopt a more responsible attitude towards waste disposal

Dec 08, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Adopt a more responsible attitude towards waste disposal

DEAR EDITOR, The designed technical capabilities of our drainage and irrigation systems continue to be seriously compromised, due to indiscriminate dumping and pollution. This, in effect, causes the...

Qurbani meat is for the poor and needy

Dec 08, 2008 knews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, Thanks to all from abroad who sent money to Guyana for sacrifices, in the name of their deceased relatives, so that the meats could be given to the poor and needy. Qurbani is for both,...

Bread prices remain the same

Dec 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bread prices remain the same

Consumers are reporting that the price for bread has still not been reduced, despite the promise by some bakeries to do so since the end of November. As it is currently, the consuming public is still...

The Peeper has been advised to go to school

Dec 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom 1

The recent announcement of the possibility of a US$1B investment in the bauxite industry led the Peeper to believe that Guyana was aiming at more than just a plant to extract alumina from our...

Does Santa Claus really exist?

Dec 08, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Does Santa Claus really exist?

DEAR EDITOR, I came across a letter (in SN, Dec 7, 2008) by George Cave in response to Montgomery Chester on the existence of Santa Claus. While Mr. Cave highlights the philosophical dimensions of...

Non Pariel man’s death baffling investigators

Dec 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Non Pariel man’s death baffling investigators

Investigators on the East Coast of Demerara are awaiting a post mortem report to determine the cause of death of 51-year-old Balkissoon Latchman, whose body was picked up on the Coldingen Access Road...

SPRAY FOR US SINNERS

Dec 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on SPRAY FOR US SINNERS

In the midst of raging dengue epidemics, the cry goes out throughout the lands of the Caribbean, “Let us spray!” And there goes forth the word from Ministries of Health that the whole world...

Islamic terror

Dec 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 2

Today is Eid-Ul Adha, a sacred occasion in the Muslim calendar. It comes at a time when the religion of Islam, the world of Islam, and the meaning of Islam are under intense discussion by the peoples...

Norton is presidential material

Dec 08, 2008 knews Letters 4

DEAR EDITOR, PNCR Executive Member Mr. Aubrey Norton has the appearance of a President as reflected in his striking and charismatic press photos in 28th and 30th Kaieteur News 2008 respectively....

Fidelity report only completed last Friday

Dec 08, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Fidelity report only completed last Friday

…will be presented to President on his return next week — Sharma Auditor General of Guyana, Deodat Sharma, says that, contrary to the report in other sections of the media which implies...

Sacrifice and nation building

Dec 08, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Sacrifice and nation building

Today, the nation joins the Muslim community in observing Eid-ul-Adha – the festival of sacrifice. Grounded in an event that is of critical significance to three major world religions – Islam,...

Only luck averts mid-air crash at CJIA

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 13

Existing Air Traffic Control Systems in Guyana not safe – Report “The existing (Air Traffic Control) ATC system in Guyana is NOT SAFE and it is not the fault of the persons tasked with...

McAllister paid one year for no work as MP

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 10

The People’s National Congress Reform yesterday hosted its fourth and final General Council for 2008, at Congress Place, which sources said welcomed the decision by the party to recall James...

Pres. Jagdeo still to appoint new judges

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 3

The Judicial Services Commission has reportedly recommended three judges for High Court appointments several months ago and despite the shortage of judges and the unprecedented backlog that exists in...

Bishop Randolph George A ‘special person’

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 3

“We were put on this earth to be of service to each other and to do so in a humble, sincere way, not looking for rewards but to improve the lives of our brothers and sisters.” The first thing...

Bagotstown shooting victim may be paralysed

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Bagotstown shooting victim may be paralysed

…gunman enquired of Kaladeen’s rsidence – eyewitness Bagotstown resident Phibert Kaladeen, 40, may be paralyzed from the waist down, according to hospital sources. Kaladeen was shot in the...

Women released, man, teenage boy held

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 2

Detectives have released two of the three women detained in the wake of the murder of 41-year-old Vieo Persaud, who was bludgeoned to death last Friday at his lot 29 Meten-Meer- Zorg, West Coast...

Greater regional solidarity needed for region’s food security

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Greater regional solidarity needed for region’s food security

…Minister Persaud tells UWI Congress on 60th anniversary Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has said that a policy failure and lack of focus on investing in agriculture across the world is the...

Rains flood GPHC compound

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 1

Excessive rainfall yesterday flooded the compound of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and nurses were seen hop-scotching to avoid the water as they ventured out of the hospital....

GWI to address water situation at NA hospital

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GWI to address water situation at NA hospital

Following weeks of water problem at the New Amsterdam Hospital, where some surgical patients could not have accessed water, Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Karan Singh...

CI makes donation to Lethem Library and Research Centre

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on CI makes donation to Lethem Library and Research Centre

Conservation International (CI), in its continued pledge to Lethem and Region Nine, on Friday last presented the Lethem Library and Research Centre with a computer system, a printer and a large...

GWI tackles water thieves

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 1

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has clamped down on two businessmen who are reportedly stealing water from the company and not paying their water bills. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GWI,...

Parliamentary debates could soon be aired live on TV

Dec 07, 2008 knews News 1

By Gary Eleazar During this past week there was a heated debate in the National Assembly, which at times centered on opposition views being readily available to the populace via the National...

Drivers avoid tragedy on Carifesta Avenue

Dec 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Drivers avoid tragedy on Carifesta Avenue

The morning traffic on Carifesta Avenue yesterday was brought to a halt, as a motor car (PGG 5268) spun around and almost ended up in one of the canals along that thoroughfare, as it narrowly avoided...

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Bread, circuses and the price of silence

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Juvenal, the Roman satirist, looked upon his fellow citizens nearly two thousand years ago and wondered what had become of a people who once cared passionately about the affairs of the Republic. “We have sold our votes,” he wrote, before observing that the Roman citizenry...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

Silence and sloth

Sep 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The death plunge of the MV Barima qualifies as a national catastrophe; an unprecedented local human tragedy. Obvious beyond argument, above denial. Yet, in its grim aftermath, there’s the reverse of what should be happening. With intensity and honesty. With frequency...

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