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May 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Legal fraternity, reporters review court reporting
The last leg of the Media and Caribbean Justice System workshop ended yesterday at the Grand Coastal Hotel, Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara. The two-day workshop, which was held under the theme,...May 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Victim unmasks armed robber, identifies him to police
– court hears Howard Johnson, a 23-year-old Albouystown resident was denied his pretrial liberty on Thursday by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, when he appeared before her, charged...May 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Prices lower than first quarter of last year
The Bureau of Statistics has released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for the first quarter of this year. According to the information released by the Bureau, every economy has directly or...May 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Ramjattan should recognise and respect Corbin’s right to privacy
Dear Editor, I have read the comments attributed to Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan in the Kaieteur News on 18th May 2009, entitled, “AFC wants more information on Corbin’s medical expenses”. I will...May 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The paradigm has been established in Guyana for what is acceptable as viable discourse, and what is not
Dear Editor, Before putting this discussion on group suffering to rest, I wish to respond to two points raised by two authors subsequent to my initial letter. One is presented by Vishnu Bisram, and...May 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Lawyer accuses police of targeting client because of sexual orientation
Seon Persaud, a 20-year-old, was remanded to prison by magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday, on a charge of robbery under arms. It was alleged that the accused on May 16, last, at North Road,...May 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The information in Kowlessar’s table is totally incorrect
Dear Editor, I refer to the fiction written by Mahadeo Kowlesar in Friday’s edition of SN (2009-5-15). This individual chooses to totally misrepresent the statements made by the Hon. Minister of...May 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver remanded on rape charge
Brian Craig, 24, of Walker Terrace, East La Penitence, was yesterday remanded to prison on the charge of rape, by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that the accused, on...May 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The freedom to make wrongheaded claims
Dear Editor, Guyanese seem to have developed a new characteristic; the ability to shamelessly and boldly make a public exhibition of their ignorance. And when this brazenness is broadcast to the...May 23, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fustigating “Fuzzy” becomes a fusama
We southern Georgetowners like to pronounce the name “Fuzzy” with a long drag, “Fuzaaay.’ We draw out the vowel sounds and the pronunciation is done slowly. At St. Thomas More Primary School...May 23, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Comparing Portuguese indentureship to Indian indentureship
Dear Editor, I refer to Kowlasar Misir’s letter “Indentureship was a clever euphemism for slavery” in Kaieteur News, May 19, 2009. In his letter, he said that he presented evidentiary material...May 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Speed claims another victim on Corentyne highway
Twenty-four year-old Damine Drepaul, of King Street, New Amsterdam, was added to the road fatality statistics Thursday evening – a victim of speed. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the New...May 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Almond trees planted in observance of World Biodiversity Day
As part of local observance of World Biodiversity Day, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education yesterday...May 23, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Opposition seeks to expand Leader’s benefits in new Bill
The Bill defining the Benefits of a sitting Parliamentary Opposition Leader was on Thursday deferred to a later date, but the parliamentary opposition is seeking to have the range of benefits...May 23, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SOMEBODY NEEDS TO WALK FOR THIS
Guyana must be a very rich country. How else does one explain that we failed, despite the flexibility demonstrated by the European Union, to submit a sugar development plan which would have allowed...Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.
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Kaieteur Sports – Timehri United’s impressive run in the 2026 Elite League Qualifiers came to a somber end on Sunday after they suffered a 2-0 defeat to Camptown Football Club in the...Jun 23, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The elections commission did not fall from heaven. It came from the messy compromises of men. The so-called Carter-Price formula, that tired but enduring offspring of the 1990s political crisis, was not meant to enshrine aloof neutrality; it was meant to broker peace between...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,...Jun 23, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – The PPP Govt-initiated $40B Guyana Development Bank (Bank) can be great. Ordinary Guyanese-poor, harbouring inspired ideas, but lacking capital-have opportunity beckoning. Opportunity to rise from where they are to what they envision could be, should be. Again,...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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