March 2009

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Questions for John Da Silva

Mar 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Questions for John Da Silva

Dear Editor, John Da Silva would ordinarily be a waste of time if not for the importance of affording our readership another perspective of his so-called truths. Let us indulge him and pretend that...

Body of Wismar youth fished out of Demerara River

Mar 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Body of Wismar youth fished out of Demerara River

The body of Hugh Bellamy, a 20-year-old autistic youth of 51 Wismar Housing Scheme was on Monday evening fished out of the Demerara River. Bellamy’s mother, Hollice Joseph said that her son was in...

The refusal to pay Mrs. Hoyte her husband’s pension is lawless

Mar 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The refusal to pay Mrs. Hoyte her husband’s pension is lawless

Dear Editor, I once again express utter consternation at the refusal of President Bharrat Jagdeo and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government to pay pensions owed to late former President of...

Police to seek advice from DPP

Mar 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Police to seek advice from DPP

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Advice is to be sought on the way forward in the matter involving the alleged rape of a 13-year old female of Stanleytown in New Amsterdam. According to police reports,...

Judging of the recent Soca Monarch competition

Mar 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Judging of the recent Soca Monarch competition

Dear Editor, We have seen time and again this distasteful display of judging at various events in the past and no one has tried to remedy same. There must be competent persons selected to judge...

Placed on bail for robbery under arms

Mar 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Placed on bail for robbery under arms

Forty-four-year-old Derrick Franklin of Lot 41, Blairmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, and a miner in the interior, was yesterday placed in front of Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton to answer a...

The President should restrain his comments on CLICO

Mar 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The President should restrain his comments on CLICO

I wish to urge the President of Guyana to restrain himself and not to give advice at this stage to the policyholders of the troubled CLICO (Guyana). That company now falls under judicial...

Help needed

Mar 05, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Help needed

Dear Editor, The village of Leonora on the West Coast Demerara seems to be having regular blackouts at nights. Our main police station happens to be caught up in this situation. It has been observed...

“Livinguyana” should live again

Mar 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Livinguyana” should live again

I would like to think that if “livinguyana.blogspot.com” were still alive, thousands here and abroad would rush to it daily on the internet. The reason is because it has now become known as an...

Food vendor irks NDC

Mar 05, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Food vendor irks NDC

After the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) dismantled his stall in Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara about a week ago, Mohamed Jamat, popularly known as ‘Billy Goat’, decided to do his...

Cricket Terror

Mar 05, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Cricket Terror

There was a time when terror in cricket was confined to the reaction of a helmetless, wide-eyed batsman, quaking at the sight of a West Indian fast bowler hurtling through his run-up and about to...

All CLICO claims guaranteed

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on All CLICO claims guaranteed

– Jagdeo Persons who have insurance policies at Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) are asked to continue paying their premiums. President Bharrat Jagdeo repeated this yesterday. The Head...

Water well erupts during drilling, blocks roadway with silt

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Water well erupts during drilling, blocks roadway with silt

Pandemonium broke out in Third Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara yesterday after a partly-completed well in a resident’s yard spewed a fountain of mud more than 40 feet into the air and blocked a...

Torture victim reports matter

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Torture victim reports matter

– army remains mum One of the victims of the alleged torture at the hands of the Joint Services during last Saturday’s raid that netted $20M worth of cocaine on Wakenaam, has made a formal...

Hand-in-Hand Trust ‘closely monitoring $5B overseas investment’

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hand-in-Hand Trust ‘closely monitoring $5B overseas investment’

…CEO insists company can withstand complete loss to Stanford Investment By Gary Eleazar In light of the impairment of a $822M Hand-in-Hand Trust Corporation (HIHTC) deposit as a result of the...

Record proves investments in Bahamas

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Record proves investments in Bahamas

CLICO takeover… – President Jagdeo By Tusika Martin Guyana has an audit trail and records of its investments in Colonial Life and Insurance Company (CLICO) Bahamas, President Bharrat Jagdeo...

Wakenaam residents on high alert for reprisals

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wakenaam residents on high alert for reprisals

$20M cocaine seizure… Residents on the island of Wakenaam are on high alert to prevent any possible reprisals for the seizure of 50 kilograms of cocaine by the Joint Services. Divisional Commander...

MY LAST LAP WITH CHEDDI JAGAN

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on MY LAST LAP WITH CHEDDI JAGAN

Fragments from Memory By Moses V. Nagamootoo On Friday, February 14, 1997 (Valentine’s Day), Cheddi Jagan suffered a fatal heart attack. He battled heroically in hospital for twenty-one days,...

Sugar loving seaman granted bail

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sugar loving seaman granted bail

Rakesh Gorrahoo, 35, of 172 Kingston, Corriverton, was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that on February 25, last, he stole 35 bags of...

Judge admits caution statement

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Judge admits caution statement

Better Hope murder trial… Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday admitted the caution statement of Richard Reid, called “Bully Boy”, who is on trial for the 2002 murder of Michael...

US-based Guyanese believed to have fled to Guyana

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese believed to have fled to Guyana

– charged with harming infant, first-degree assault Rohan Ganesh, a 19-year-old United States-based Guyanese man, from Schenectady, New York, who had been charged with violently shaking his...

US-based Guyanese believed to have fled to Guyana

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on US-based Guyanese believed to have fled to Guyana

– charged with harming infant, first-degree assault Rohan Ganesh, a 19-year-old United States-based Guyanese man, from Schenectady, New York, who had been charged with violently shaking his...

Guyanese women busted with cocaine en route to Africa

Mar 04, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese women busted with cocaine en route to Africa

Two Guyanese women, travelling separately, have been nabbed en route to different parts of Africa, with a quantity of cocaine. This information was relayed to the Guyana Police Force by the...

NLE holds meeting with Georgetown clubs

Mar 04, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on NLE holds meeting with Georgetown clubs

– discusses rules ahead of Friday’s ‘jump ball’ By Edison Jefford Georgetown’s top seeded basketball clubs had the opportunity to vent their discrepancies with the administration of the...

The Battersea Bomber may yet win that world title

Mar 04, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on The Battersea Bomber may yet win that world title

By Michael Benjamin Even though he is Guyanese, Howard Eastman spent the majority of his boxing life practicing his trade in the United Kingdom. “The Battersea Bomber” as he is known...

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Bonofiglio, Bonds demand winning finish

Nov 11, 2026

…Golden Jaguars target Gold Cup qualification By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Golden Jaguars Head Coach Marco Bonofiglio and captain Elliot Bonds have made their intentions abundantly clear...

The landlord is eating the entrepreneur’s lunch

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Recently, a group of young entrepreneurs decided to pool their resources and embark on a business venture. They were determined to take a chance, invest their savings and build something for themselves. Rather than wait for somebody to offer them employment, they wanted to...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

What the video says?

Nov 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Once what is termed the “new video” is confirmed as authentic, a new story emerges. In this, the age of AI, one must be cautious. Until confirmation, it’s just a new video, no more. If confirmed, the saga of the 12th October nighttime gunfight between Senior Supt...

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