February 2009

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Recession exposes flawed economic foundations – Ramkarran

Feb 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Recession exposes flawed economic foundations – Ramkarran

The recession that has gripped the economies of developed and other countries has finally exposed the flawed foundation of an economic policy that propagates genuflection to market forces as a...

There are still many caring and honest Guyanese

Feb 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on There are still many caring and honest Guyanese

Dear Editor, Last Monday after the Mashramani Float Parade finished, I was walking in a thick crowd of people (hundreds upon hundreds) on Vlissengen Road. Some were coming while others were going....

Killer brothers opt for manslaughter plea

Feb 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Killer brothers opt for manslaughter plea

The High Court yesterday accepted a guilty plea of manslaughter from two brothers and their cousin who were indicted for murder. The accused, Ragib, 28, and Asif Ali, 26, and David Jacobs, who were...

The patrimony of the nation is being destroyed

Feb 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The patrimony of the nation is being destroyed

Dear Editor, Permit me to put into perspective an issue raised by John Da Silva ref (Kaieteur News, 20-02-09) under the caption “Guyana decayed under the PNC, not PPP”. According to Mr. Da Silva,...

Farouk Kalamadeen’s wife takes CLICO to court

Feb 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Farouk Kalamadeen’s wife takes CLICO to court

Nariman Kalamadeen, the wife of the late Mohamed Farouk Kalamadeen, who was killed last year, has moved against CLICO Life and General Insurance Co. Ltd in a court action for breach of an insurance...

Slumdog Millionaire – a resounding success

Feb 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Slumdog Millionaire – a resounding success

Dear Editor, Exhilaration exploded Sunday night on the platform of this year’s Oscars. How long can you contain the back-burning of Indian-movie-lovers? “Slumdog Millionaire” did not merely...

Canada drops Guyana from its aid list. May close its Embassy

Feb 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Canada drops Guyana from its aid list. May close its Embassy

In what must bring a sense of déjà vu to those who lived under the Burnham regime and saw the withdrawal of Western aid, the Canadian Government says it has dropped Guyana and Nicaragua from this...

Another policeman remanded

Feb 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another policeman remanded

Kevin McRae, 27, of Vigilance Public Road, East Coast Demerara, yesterday, was remanded on a charge of corruption. He is accused of being involved in a deal to transact money for the reason of being...

The PNC did more to destroy rather than build this nation

Feb 26, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The PNC did more to destroy rather than build this nation

Dear Editor, Humphrey Charles is welcome to come to the assistance of Donald Isaacs and join the discussion with his letter published in Sunday’s Kaieteur News of February 22nd, 2009 captioned...

Questioning a gift horse?

Feb 26, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Questioning a gift horse?

It may appear to some that Berbicians are looking at a gift horse in the mouth. After putting up with an erratic ferry service that sometimes floated down river, kept drivers in serpentine queues for...

Police release photo of guns recovered in Arimu shootout

Feb 26, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police release photo of guns recovered in Arimu shootout

The police have belatedly released photographs of three weapons, ammunition and other items recovered during an armed confrontation at Arimu Trail on Saturday in which Dwayne Marks, called...

HOLD STEADY, FREDDY!

Feb 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HOLD STEADY, FREDDY!

Freddie is perplexed as to why more and more persons and organizations are not raising their voices against what is taking place in Guyana. He should be the least to be wondering why this is...

Miner shot dead in hammock

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Miner shot dead in hammock

Guyana’s interior is fast becoming the murder capital of the country, with yet another brutal murder engaging the attention of the police. Twenty-six-year-old Neville Melville is the latest victim,...

House queries $70 M allocation to NCN

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on House queries $70 M allocation to NCN

…even as TV station competes for advertisement The National Assembly yesterday resolved itself into a committee of supply and commenced the first of three days of detailing specifics of the $128.9B...

Bulletins issued for suspects in the 2003 murder of pool table manufacturer

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bulletins issued for suspects in the 2003 murder of pool table manufacturer

The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for three persons, Ravikar Sukhwa, called “ Ravi,” his brother, whose name is not known, and Jasmattie Persaud, called “Lynette.” They say...

Man’s body found under Mon Repos bridge

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Man’s body found under Mon Repos bridge

– foul play suspected The body of Munilall Mangru, 42, a grass cutter who would earn extra income by doing miscellaneous jobs, was yesterday discovered under the bridge that joins Mon Repos to...

Passengers feel brunt of police campaign

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Passengers feel brunt of police campaign

As a result of the rigorous traffic campaign by the traffic department of the Guyana Police Force, passengers from the West Bank and East Bank of Demerara are facing the brunt of the situation. Some...

Victim to be buried today

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Victim to be buried today

Lodge stabbing… No new light has yet been shed on the brutal stabbing on Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, which left Julius Chung dead and Dianne Browne nursing wounds about her body. The police...

Hand in Hand investment with Stanford less than 10%

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hand in Hand investment with Stanford less than 10%

…any impairment in investments would not affect operations The Hand-in-Hand Trust Corporation Inc., a member of the Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies, has advised that it is exposed to Stanford...

Competitiveness programme moves one step further

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Competitiveness programme moves one step further

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Gerry Gouveia, has said that the council of the Support for Competitiveness Programme intends to work closer with the Director of the Programme...

Fraudster Wanted

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Fraudster Wanted

The person pictured is wanted by the police for a series of fraud. The police are requesting anyone with information about the person pictured to contact them on telephone numbers 225-6411, 225-2700,...

An avoidable crash

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on An avoidable crash

Driving carelessly!! These two minibuses collided in broad daylight last Sunday on the eastern side of the Berbice River Bridge access road. It was an accident that could have been avoided.

Mash mega concert hot despite T-Pain’s absence

Feb 25, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mash mega concert hot despite T-Pain’s absence

…Artistes deliver high class packages Despite the fact that US artiste T-PAIN at the last minute dropped out of the Mash night mega concert, hundreds turned up at the GCC Ground on Monday night and...

World Economic crisis affecting West Indies Cricket Council for the Blind

Feb 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on World Economic crisis affecting West Indies Cricket Council for the Blind

Guyana to host regional Blind tourney in July By Sean Devers The financial melt down now gripping the world, has had a negative impact on activities planned for the first three months of 2009 by...

Walk overs continue to be prevalent

Feb 25, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Walk overs continue to be prevalent

Action, which was scheduled to continue yesterday in the 2008 Milo under-21 league, never materialised as the non appearance of teams continues to hamper competitive play.Yesterday at the Tucville...

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St. Stanislaus, Essequibo Islands surge to huge wins

Jun 21, 2026

Beharry U19 School’s T20 Cricket tournament… Kaieteur Sports – T20 School’s Under-19 cricket action continued yesterday on the West Side at the Uitvlugt Community Center Ground, with a few...

The great rediscovery

Jun 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There are few things more moving than a sudden conversion. Saul had his road to Damascus. St. Augustine heard a divine voice. And now thousands of overseas-based Guyanese are experiencing their own spiritual awakening. After decades of living in Brooklyn, Toronto, Miami,...

If the OAS did not exist, it could not be created today

Jun 21, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have spent a decade in the councils of the Organization of American States. I have watched governments come and go, seen some crises handled well and others handled badly, sat through more commemorative meetings than sessions discussing pressing issues,...

Local tolerance for bull-a beauty to behold

Jun 21, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Guyanese should get first prize for their tolerance for bull, their bottomless reservoir of docility. And humour. They have grown in those respects relative to their head-of-state. Whatever has taken over his head, the astonishing is what...

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