March 2009

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Four suspected drug mules nabbed, subsequently released

Mar 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Four suspected drug mules nabbed, subsequently released

Four persons are under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital under the suspicion that they may have swallowed cocaine pellets. The persons, three men and a woman, were brought into the...

Abigail McDonald inscribes her name on Adult Education Lien Trophy

Mar 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Abigail McDonald inscribes her name on Adult Education Lien Trophy

Abigail McDonald won all 6 of her games and amassed a huge positive spread of 860 to inscribe her name on the Adult Education Lien Trophy when that tournament concluded at the Chamber of Commerce...

Campbell hits another fifty in National female U-19 Trials

Mar 12, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Campbell hits another fifty in National female U-19 Trials

By Sean Devers Berbician Shamaine Campbell continued her impressive batting with a second consecutive half-century as the third and final national under-19 50 overs cricket trial ended at the DCC...

Two of three detainees released

Mar 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two of three detainees released

Two of the three persons who were detained after the Sheriff Street Internet Café shooting on Friday last have been released from the Kitty Police Station. One relative told this newspaper that the...

More planning and consultation needed in preparation for Mash

Mar 12, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on More planning and consultation needed in preparation for Mash

Dear Editor, I am in no position to say whether the planning committee of the Mash Secretariat should be replaced, but I am certain that many might agree that when you have early preparations for an...

Robbers lurk at minibus parks

Mar 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Robbers lurk at minibus parks

Most of the minibus parks in Georgetown are becoming a dangerous territory for passengers going home in the nights. Over the past few weeks, drivers, conductors and even passengers have complained of...

Reports of CET non-application on imported rice surfaces

Mar 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Reports of CET non-application on imported rice surfaces

By Tusika Martin As the price of rice reduces on the international market, local millers are complaining that cheap rice is being imported into the region without any of the Common External Tariff...

What is the true motive(s) of those who are asking for shared governance?

Mar 12, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What is the true motive(s) of those who are asking for shared governance?

Dear Editor, Are all those who are asking for shared government really want to share the government in the interest of the people or for their personal benefit? In the fifties and sixties the PPP had...

The modus operandi of the Guyana Police Force

Mar 12, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The modus operandi of the Guyana Police Force

Dear Editor, From recent reports of members of the police force being placed before the courts for allegations of bribe taking, there definitely is a problem on the hands of the Guyana Police Force...

GWI to go to polls to select Union

Mar 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GWI to go to polls to select Union

Come March 25, the employees of the Guyana Water Inc. will be going to polls to select a sole bargaining body to represent their interest. This newspaper was told the Unions in the contest are the...

Why write about the GRA in such a negative way?

Mar 12, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Why write about the GRA in such a negative way?

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) would like to thank H.A Latchana for his comments, opinions and views about the GRA. It would appear that the writer has a penchant for misinformation...

Clarifying the issue of GRA employees agreeing to, or not, the polygraph

Mar 12, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Clarifying the issue of GRA employees agreeing to, or not, the polygraph

Dear Editor, Recently there has been a lot of publicity given to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on the use of the polygraph test for various levels of offices of the entity in your newspaper....

Region needs evidence-based policies for drug treatment

Mar 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Region needs evidence-based policies for drug treatment

The need for the development of evidence-based policies on drug treatment and care in the Caribbean Region was one of the main issues raised at the recent regional training workshop on Standards of...

We are more enslaved now than ever before

Mar 12, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We are more enslaved now than ever before

Dear Editor, It was Jean Jacques Rousseau in his book Social Contract who once said “man is born free but everywhere he is in chains”. Today, in Guyana, we are all in chains. After 400 years of...

Drug addicts torment Vreed-en-Hoop residents

Mar 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Drug addicts torment Vreed-en-Hoop residents

Various residents of New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop have expressed their concern over the nuisance created by drug users, which they say is ruining their community. According to one of the residents, there...

This time the coffee burnt me to death: I’m dead

Mar 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on This time the coffee burnt me to death: I’m dead

Years ago I did a column on a serious aspect of power interjected with humour and satire. In that piece, I described how, at breakfast, while reading the newspaper, I was so shocked at the hypocrisy...

The Grand Letdown

Mar 12, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on The Grand Letdown

There are some who have taken the government to task for pursuing loans from multilateral financial institutions such as the IDB and the World Bank, claiming that this practice evinces a...

Guyana main obstacle to free trade talks with Canada — Jamaica’s envoy

Mar 12, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana main obstacle to free trade talks with Canada — Jamaica’s envoy

Guyana’s concerns over the Caricom Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) are the main obstacle to the free trade talks with Canada, Jamaican High Commissioner to Canada, Evadne Coye has said....

Glenn Lall tekking out bank book today

Mar 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Glenn Lall tekking out bank book today

Today is an important day. Two critical but not unrelated developments are taking place today which I hope that all Guyana follow with keen interest. The first of these is the press conference which...

Two to testify in Guyana for Roger Khan

Mar 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two to testify in Guyana for Roger Khan

Attorneys for Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan, Diarmuid White and John Bergendahl have informed the presiding Judge Dora L. Irizarry of the United States District Court Eastern District of New York that the...

Two women among 53 arrested

Mar 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Two women among 53 arrested

…as police conduct massive raid in Sophia Early yesterday morning, members of the Guyana Police Force conducted raids in Sophia, where dozens of houses were searched and some 53 persons (51 men...

Still no investigation into ant nest torture

Mar 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Still no investigation into ant nest torture

More than a week has passed since Mitchell Thomas gave a formal statement detailing how he was placed in an ant nest by ranks of the Joint Services Operating Group, and despite assurances by the...

Heart patients recovering well after weekend surgeries

Mar 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Heart patients recovering well after weekend surgeries

Three days after undergoing triple bypass heart surgery, 55-year-old Vidananlall Beharry, of Number 69 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, is resting peacefully at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Beharry...

TSC to move ahead with appointments without GTU input

Mar 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on TSC to move ahead with appointments without GTU input

– Leila Ramson Advertisements for vacant teaching positions in public schools are likely to commence within the next two weeks and according to Chairman of the Teaching Service Commission...

Jagdeo stands by ‘drug lord support’ accusation against AFC

Mar 11, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo stands by ‘drug lord support’ accusation against AFC

In light of the call by the Alliance For Change leader, Raphael Trotman, for Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo to provide evidence that the party was financed by a drug lord, the President says that he is...

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Slingerz rain on Camptown’s homecoming parade

Sep 08, 2026

…GDF, Police and Monedderlust march to three points By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Defending champions Slingerz Football Club and former champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC maintained...

When wealth becomes a god

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – After my first encounter with the Guru, I had to return for some life lessons. So, on my return to his temple, I went looking for him. I found him sitting in exactly the same state in which I had left him: peaceful, unhurried and completely unimpressed by the frantic movement...

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...

Mohamed must rethink, refine himself

Sep 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Here I am again. The Hon Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to have an epiphany. A radical renovation of his thinking and carriage is now compulsory. He must stop seeing himself as the Leader of the Opposition (OL); a man going places. He must see himself...

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