February 2009

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VAT THE TIGER – THEY THINK WE STUPID

Feb 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on VAT THE TIGER – THEY THINK WE STUPID

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana OVERVIEW: Yes, it is official again, VAT is a tiger and they will not let it go. Every one of us reading or listening to the budget speech realizes how...

Mayor’s Cup Football to commence next Friday

Feb 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup Football to commence next Friday

The inclement weather which has forced the postponement of the annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Soccer Tournament has subsided somewhat and the organizers have recently set Friday February 20 for kick...

Could somebody save the road signs?

Feb 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Could somebody save the road signs?

Dear Editor, There seems to be a disturbing trend developing nowadays and that is the thoughtless destruction of road signs. I will not classify this problem as being experienced in one geographical...

Guyanese taught Charles Darwin

Feb 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese taught Charles Darwin

Dear Editor, Guyana has a direct connection in helping Charles Darwin craft the Theory of Evolution. As most readers know, Darwin studied the variation of birds and used his data as evidence for his...

Rogue cops

Feb 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Rogue cops

The Parrot is intrigued by two stories that appeared in the local media; some local policemen were charged and remanded for demanding bribes and Jamaica’s banning of reggae dance-hall songs with...

Brickdam Police Station resident resting in jail

Feb 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Brickdam Police Station resident resting in jail

Lloyd Allicock, 23, of 103 Police Quarters in Brickdam, landed in hot water and appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face the charge of damage to property and threatening...

Banks Beer Division One and Williams U-11 finals on Sunday

Feb 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks Beer Division One and Williams U-11 finals on Sunday

BK International Western Tigers on course for div 1 title By Franklin Wilson Football fans in the city would be happy to learn that the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) will be concluding two...

The 2009 Budget lacks vision

Feb 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The 2009 Budget lacks vision

Dear Editor, My comments as an ordinary Guyanese on the delivery and substance of the budget as well as the implications are short and are as follows. The Minister’s antics on pronouncing it is the...

Vagrant pleads insanity

Feb 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Vagrant pleads insanity

Joseph Aick, 37, of Buxton, East Coast Demerara, on Wednesday secured bail in the sum of $10,000 when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face the charge of simple...

Josh Ramsammy: A tribute

Feb 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Josh Ramsammy: A tribute

Josh Ramsammy is one of the persons I admired when we met when I just twenty years old. He was one of the towering figures in the Movement Against Oppression (MAO). I liked his style, commitment and...

NOT A GOOD PRECEDENT

Feb 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NOT A GOOD PRECEDENT

You must admire a man who when called to serve his country, responds without hesitation. You must loathe a government that has to resort to asking a high judicial official to leave his job so as take...

ACCOUNTING REFORM

Feb 13, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on ACCOUNTING REFORM

Of recent, the developed countries, caught in their financial maelstrom, are reappraising the International Accounting Standards (IAS) that they, and so many other countries including Guyana,...

Bag thief remanded

Feb 13, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bag thief remanded

Frankie Persaud, 40, of Third Street, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, and a vendor in Georgetown, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Wednesday charged with simple larceny. It...

GCA call 51 players to U-15 Trials today at GYO

Feb 13, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA call 51 players to U-15 Trials today at GYO

The Georgetown Cricket Association Selection Panel headed by the Chairman Roderick Lovell has invited 51 players or any other player born on or after the 1st September, 1993, representing clubs in...

Guyana is in no state of “decay”

Feb 13, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyana is in no state of “decay”

Dear Editor, “Are we indeed fortunate?” is the heading of the letter by Donald Isaacs in Kaieteur News of 06/02/09, in response to mine of 03/02/09 captioned “ Guyanese are fortunate to be led...

Canadian university distances itself from visa scam

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Canadian university distances itself from visa scam

– bogus documents presented to victims Investigators probing the money for visa racket involving a prominent Immigration Consultant and a city businessman have discovered that documents...

Mason found hanging in La Grange lockups

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mason found hanging in La Grange lockups

The family of a West Bank Demerara man is calling on the authorities to provide them with answers surrounding his death at the La Grange Police Station. According to a police statement, 39-year-old...

Fire razes Enmore house, six homeless

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fire razes Enmore house, six homeless

Fire believed to be of electrical origin completely destroyed a two-flat house at 119 Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, leaving six persons homeless. The blaze which started at about 14:40...

Husband charged for wife’s killing

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Husband charged for wife’s killing

Thirty-four-year-old Charles Anthony Woolford, of 2041 Hummingbird Street, Festival City, North Ruimveldt, was yesterday charged with the capital offence of murder. Woolford had made his court...

Budget confirms our predictions – GTUC

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Budget confirms our predictions – GTUC

The 2009 budget has validated the prediction of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC). This is according to General Secretary (ag) of the Congress, Norman Witter, who at a press conference held...

Venezuela writes off Guyana’s debt

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Venezuela writes off Guyana’s debt

Venezuela has wiped the slate clean granting Guyana a full debt write-off of US$12.5M. Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, told the National Assembly that a debt cancellation agreement was concluded...

Meten-Meer-Zorg sluice door breaks away

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Meten-Meer-Zorg sluice door breaks away

– trenches avert flooding It was almost chaos at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, last evening when the sluice door of the main koker broke away during the high tide. When Kaieteur News...

Dr. Joshua Ramsammy dies at 85

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dr. Joshua Ramsammy dies at 85

Dr. Joshua Reuben Ramsammy died yesterday morning after a long illness. He was 85. Dr. Ramsammy is remembered as a Guyanese with a long history of political struggle whom many regard as a Guyanese...

Miner remanded for murder

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Miner remanded for murder

Tyrone Freso, 25, of Berbice River was yesterday remanded to prison after making a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that Freso on February 6 at Black...

Wood importers cancel orders from Guyana

Feb 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wood importers cancel orders from Guyana

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud met with Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Gerry Gouveia, President of the Guyana Manufacturers and Services Association (GSMA), Ramesh Dookhoo, its...

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Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

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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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