December 2008

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Climate change may bring new industries to coastal Guyana

Dec 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Climate change may bring new industries to coastal Guyana

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (Go Invest), Geoffrey Da Silva, has said that while climate change may force industrial activity to inland areas, it will also bring about...

Homosexuals and lesbians are fast becoming an integral part of society

Dec 02, 2008 knews Letters 7

Dear Editor, It is evident that morality is being usurped by immorality. The emergence of these shameless and barefaced miscreants is of concern for decent and morally upright citizens. About one...

The apparent double standards of the Linden MTC

Dec 02, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on The apparent double standards of the Linden MTC

Dear Editor, No one can overlook the peculiar position in which the Linden Municipality finds itself from time to time in carrying out its mandate. Always and forever, there will be decisions taken...

Hydromet conference focuses on climate change

Dec 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Hydromet conference focuses on climate change

The 48th Meeting of the Caribbean Meteorological Council of Ministers continued yesterday at the International Conference Centre, where a call was made for greater collaboration among the Caribbean...

We need not complicate matters

Dec 02, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on We need not complicate matters

Dear Editor, I join in extending my respect to Mrs. Debra Serrao for the loss of her son, Navin Serrao, with respect to a published article in the SN dated 11-28-2008 ‘Waiting for justice.” And I...

The PNC should be the last to criticize this PPP government

Dec 02, 2008 knews Letters 3

Dear Editor, In the November 28, 2008 issue of the Kaieteur News, the PNC said that the Government is behaving like a typical ‘thief man,’ and at the end of the article, it said that “the...

US$400,000 boosts workplace HIV/AIDS programme

Dec 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on US$400,000 boosts workplace HIV/AIDS programme

Some 30 companies recently joined the fight against HIV/AIDS through the Government of Guyana/International Labour Organisation/United States Department of Labour (GOG/ILO/USDOL) HIV/AIDS workplace...

Guyana needs all the investors it can attract, whether local or foreign

Dec 02, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana needs all the investors it can attract, whether local or foreign

Dear Editor, In response to a column appearing in today’s (December 1) edition of the Kaieteur News, captioned “Give local farmers the first option,” I would like to address some inaccuracies...

Local Muslim organisations condemn Mumbai attacks

Dec 02, 2008 knews News 1

The local Muslim community has issued statements condemning the recent attacks in Mumbai, India, that left nearly 200 people dead and even more injured. “We condemn these cowardly attacks,” the...

A TIPPING POINT FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURE

Dec 02, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A TIPPING POINT FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURE

Often, when we think of what is needed to improve the standard of living in Guyana, we assume that we need some great development plans. We have had such plans in the past, but they delivered only...

Robbery victims identify assailant, but man claims mistaken identity

Dec 02, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Robbery victims identify assailant, but man claims mistaken identity

Alfred Benjamin, 21, was yesterday granted $45,000 bail, whereas his 16-year-old accomplice was denied bail after the two made their court appearances before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson...

People who are getting away with murder

Dec 02, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on People who are getting away with murder

Sorry if I deceived you with my caption. I do not mean murder in the physical and legal sense. I was just resorting to the expression in common parlance to mean that you do or say something so absurd...

Rusal and Berbice bauxite

Dec 02, 2008 knews Editorial 1

As we review the impact of the financial meltdown on the recent and expected foreign direct investment into Guyana, the Rusal takeover of the Berbice bauxite mining operations of Aroaima Mining...

Slain bandit may have led ‘Fine Man’ to Christmas Falls

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 22

Cranston Gill, one of the gunmen killed on the Cromarty foreshore last Friday, ceased working at Christmas Falls early in 2005, three years before the police raided the location in pursuit of the now...

67-year-old gas station proprietor strangled

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 5

– gold jewellery, documents found intact The body of gas station owner Brandis Roberts, with hands bound behind his back, was found at around 07:30 hrs yesterday in his home at Lot 600 Parika...

Disability law to be introduced next month

Dec 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Disability law to be introduced next month

– Health Minister Following repeated calls by persons with disabilities for legislation to be enacted to defend their rights, Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has announced that the disability...

Bullet proof vests not suited for local crime fight – experts

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 9

Force will take care of slain cop expenses plus give one million When Constable Oslen Glasgow donned his bullet proof vest to go and confront criminals on the Cromarty Foreshore last Friday, he must...

Motorcyclist dies trying to avoid stray dogs

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 2

Forty-nine-year-old Gerald Lindore, of Lot 49 Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, became the country’s latest road fatality yesterday morning. The accident occurred at around 01:10 hrs in Carmichael Street,...

Bedridden journalist still haunted by colleague’s death

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 7

By Michael Jordan The pain in her legs and hips is excruciating; but, for- Guyana Times reporter Ravina Gildharie, the nightmares and the memories are much worse. A heavy object dropped on the floor...

Female confidence trickster exposed

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 19

…preys on kindness of others Tres Geness is currently counting her losses and praying to God that the police can apprehend a woman she says is calling herself Sharon Mohamed, who has been preying...

Divorce rates continue to rise

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 2

…represents highest number of Legal Aid cases Most persons seeking legal aid services are those that want to terminate their marriages. Statistics from the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic (GLAC) Georgetown...

48th Session of Caribbean Meteorological Council opens today

Dec 01, 2008 knews News 1

Guyana, through the Ministry of Agriculture’s Hydrometeorological Service, will today open the 48th Session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council of Ministers and related meetings at the...

Construction permit for Marriott Hotel hinges on EIA review

Dec 01, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Construction permit for Marriott Hotel hinges on EIA review

…board review 12 days and counting, no pronouncement as yet The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study, which must be conducted before Adam Development/Urbahn Associates (ADUA) could commence...

All three defending champs retain titles

Dec 01, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on All three defending champs retain titles

– Brown, Fernandes, Young voted MVPsBy Rawle Welch It happened for the first time in the history of the tournament; all three defending champions successfully retained their respective titles...

Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Meet to be a grand affair

Dec 01, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Kennard Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Meet to be a grand affair

Fans are already looking ahead to what is expected to be a grand affair when the Kennard Memorial Turf Club stages their end of year horse race meeting scheduled at the club’s racetrack, Bush Lot...

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All road leads to Rising Sun for historical Guyana Cup today

Aug 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The stage is set for the most lucrative day in Guyana’s horse racing, today, Sunday August 23 at Rising Sun Turf Club. The weather conditions are immaculate, and 14...

Pants suit and pastel colours

Aug 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In the 1970s when I was a young employee of a large, service-oriented private-sector firm in Guyana, I was not yet a confirmed employee and therefore could not wear the prescribed uniform. But I was nevertheless expected to dress in a manner appropriate to the office. One day I...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

Aug 23, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

Electricity failing, a minister begging

Aug 23, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, they had their arms wrapped around demand. Then the PPP Govt confessed. It did not. They had plans and visions. Only for those to become blurred. It’s the haze of the “unusually hot” weather, stupid. What’s so hard about...

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