December 2008

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A gold miner’s Christmas can be lonely

Dec 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on A gold miner’s Christmas can be lonely

The hustle and bustle that usually accompanies Christmas in the city often causes persons living there to forget those persons who are far removed from the townships, in the dense jungles of Guyana,...

Massive hypocrisy, massive failure this Christmas

Dec 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Massive hypocrisy, massive failure this Christmas

There has to be a moment of reflection in the life of every voter. He/she must ask the question; “Did our leader make our country a better place since we last elected them?” Judging a...

It seems as though these organizers have used the Linden community

Dec 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on It seems as though these organizers have used the Linden community

Dear Editor, Approximately one year ago the SN published an article of mine captioned “ There should be some form of accountability to show how the Linden community benefits”. The article sought...

What former glory?

Dec 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on What former glory?

Dear Editor, This is by no means an attempt to discredit the achievement of Ms. Shonnet Candacy Fraser, the second-best graduating student, at the University of Guyana 42nd Convocation exercise, held...

Is Christmas

Dec 25, 2008 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is Christmas

Is Christmas and everybody happy. Even dem boys smiling, because dem know that is nuff to eat and drink, and dem don’t have to spend. All dem friends and neighbours done buy likker and mek pepper...

Minister Fox remembers Christmas Akawaio-style

Dec 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Minister Fox remembers Christmas Akawaio-style

By Sharmain Cornette It does not take much for her to become trapped in the nostalgic feeling of the many Christmases she spent with her parents and siblings – Yes spell-binding they were, those...

This crooked timber

Dec 25, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on This crooked timber

“Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made, nothing entirely straight can be built.” Immanuel Kant. On this Christmas Day, as we contemplate the greed of those who exploited the...

SANTA CLAUS UNMASKED

Dec 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SANTA CLAUS UNMASKED

A very Merry Christmas to all my readers! Today all Guyanese are waking up to another Christmas. For those of us, the older generation, it is always a special privilege to enjoy another Christmas...

Berbice get Christmas gift

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Berbice get Christmas gift

The US$40M Berbice River Bridge was yesterday opened to the public and residents lauded efforts to have the facility functioning for their Christmas traverse. However, even as the public was allowed...

Guyanese nabbed with $40M cocaine in Canada

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese nabbed with $40M cocaine in Canada

Adrian Morrow Staff reporter Police have seized C’dn$40 million worth of cocaine and arrested one suspect, a Guyanese, in one of the largest busts in Ontario’s history. The cocaine was...

Broken branch mistaken for tail—searchers

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Broken branch mistaken for tail—searchers

The search party looking for the missing Beech King airplane has found no trace of the plane at what was thought to be the crash site. Prometheus Resources Guyana Inc. official, Shazadh Khan, told...

No pay before Christmas for M&CC workers

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on No pay before Christmas for M&CC workers

– union threatens to strike action Reports that workers of the Georgetown municipality will not be paid their wages and salaries before Christmas were confirmed by the entity’s Public...

Vision Guyana collects $200,000 for Dharm Shala

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Vision Guyana collects $200,000 for Dharm Shala

Vision Guyana Chairman, Peter Ramsaroop, after reading the appeal for help from the Dharm Shala, discussed the need of the organization with Owen and Bibi Khan of Florida. They immediately put a...

Two charged for manslaughter, denied bail

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Two charged for manslaughter, denied bail

Two persons who were indicated in the “vigilante style” killing of electrician Hardel Haynes were yesterday charged for manslaughter after they made their court appearance before Acting Chief...

Recaptured fugitive charged for murder

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Recaptured fugitive charged for murder

Recaptured fugitive, 28-year-old Ronald Daniels, called ‘Black Boy’, has been charged with murder. Daniels made an appearance at the Suddie Magistrates’ Court on Monday to answer a charge of...

PNCR says proposed legislation seeks to undermine GTUC

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on PNCR says proposed legislation seeks to undermine GTUC

Shadow Labour Minister, Attorney-at-law Basil Williams, says that the Trade Union Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2008 that was tabled in the National Assembly and up for debate and possibly passage on...

Vendors running out of space

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Vendors running out of space

– Even sidewalks overcrowded As Christmas approaches, crowds of people throng the streets of Georgetown, as they usually do when the festive season comes over Guyana. These streets are...

Concord Academy again raises the bar

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Concord Academy again raises the bar

Concord Academy of New Market Street held its annual graduation exercise at the Cara Lodge on Quamina Street, last week. The occasion was one in which this “rite of passage” tradition was...

Suspension of VAT will cost millions in revenue loss – GRA

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Suspension of VAT will cost millions in revenue loss – GRA

Following repeated calls made by sections of society for the government to suspend the Value Added Tax (VAT), Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, said that...

LIAT denies British Guyanese and her family their luggage

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on LIAT denies British Guyanese and her family their luggage

Ms. Denise Headley, a British-based Guyanese and her family who traveled from Antigua to Guyana with Liat Airlines since Thursday, December 11, 2008, last, have not received their luggage. Headley,...

New York-based Guyanese remember Archer’s Home

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on New York-based Guyanese remember Archer’s Home

Ms. Cycilyn Syne and her daughter, Ann Bentham, yesterday donated gifts to residents of Archer’s Home in Georgetown. They ensured that the senior citizens were outfitted with towels, sheet sets,...

Economy hurts Guyanese Christmas in New York

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Economy hurts Guyanese Christmas in New York

This has been the slowest Christmas I have ever seen on Liberty Avenue, Queens, the hub of shopping for Christmas-related food items among the large Guyanese population in the New York metro region....

Buxton United FC receives equipment form Lloyd Dublin

Dec 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Buxton United FC receives equipment form Lloyd Dublin

Six years and counting By Franklin Wilson Former footballer and cricketer Lloyd ‘Tiger’ Dublin has for the sixth consecutive year supported the development of the budding Buxton United Football...

BCBC HONOURS HUBERN EVANS

Dec 24, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on BCBC HONOURS HUBERN EVANS

Donates cricket gear to three clubs National under-19 Cricket Coach and former Guyana first class player Hubern Evans was earlier this week honoured by the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) for...

Stabroek Rotary spreads Christmas cheer to kids

Dec 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Stabroek Rotary spreads Christmas cheer to kids

Last week Sunday, the Banks DIH Sports Club was transformed into every child’s dream as the Rotary Club of Stabroek hosted its annual Christmas party for some 300 children benefiting from its...

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FIFA bans former GFF General Secretary Ian Alves over sexual...

May 05, 2026

By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has been banned from all football-related activities for five years after the world...

The PPP was always likely to constrict freedom

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a habit, which we have developed with a certain skill in Guyana. That habit is the borrowing large words from abroad and using them to explain local developments. One such phrase “the resource curse.” It has the sound of intellectualism. But before we surrender to...

A Pin, a Principle, and the Integrity of the Caribbean

May 03, 2026

Territorial claims are decided in court, not worn on a lapel By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – There are moments in international affairs when a seemingly small act reveals a much larger contest of principle. The recent controversy over the wearing, during official engagements in the...

Essequibo: we shall fight, we shall never surrender

May 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Essequibo is Guyana’s. Essequibo will never be conceded. Never compromised. Essequibo is ours, forever be ours. We shall fight everywhere. We shall never surrender. Never Essequibo, so help me God. Noble, stirring words. Indeed, soaring, lofty convictions,...

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