June 2009

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GAWU wants all Wales workers to be paid on site

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GAWU wants all Wales workers to be paid on site

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) yesterday demanded that the management of the Wales Sugar Estate pay its workers on site with effect from June 13. According to GAWU, some 80...

West Berbice NDCs want property valuations

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on West Berbice NDCs want property valuations

Neighborhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) in West Berbice are asking that property valuations in several villages be expedited so that they can collect much needed funds for community development....

Sixth International Qaseeda Mehfil ends

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sixth International Qaseeda Mehfil ends

– Attracted participants from Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad & Holland. A woman escaped death last evening at the hands of her husband, when she was chopped in her back following a dispute....

Agri Ministry threatens to repossess lands from private cane farmers

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Agri Ministry threatens to repossess lands from private cane farmers

The Ministry of Agriculture has threatened to repossess lands given to those private cane farmers who have not commenced any activity on the land. Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud, said that...

Robbery accused denied bail

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Robbery accused denied bail

Anthony Primo was yesterday denied bail and remanded to prison after making a court appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It was alleged that the...

Women’s Club assists the less fortunate

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Women’s Club assists the less fortunate

As part of its efforts to assist the less fortunate in Guyana, the Women’s Club of the Indian Cultural Centre yesterday donated $280,000 worth in items to the Guyana Relief Council (GRC), the Dharm...

VCT staff to meet new management today

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on VCT staff to meet new management today

Employees of VCT 28, Evening News, were only informed on Friday last that the television station and all the assets of the company were sold. The staff at Versailles learnt of the sale two days...

Murder accused freed after two trials

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Murder accused freed after two trials

Sherwin Sampson, a man whom police were claiming murdered Regent Street businesswoman, Shairool Persaud, in 2006, is now free after his lawyers, Roger Yearwood and senior counsel Peter Britton, filed...

GPL generators problematic – Chairman Brassington

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPL generators problematic – Chairman Brassington

– CEO says blackouts may ease by weekend More power outages are imminent as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is grappling to gain control of its generators, which are problematic and have been...

Lawyers file writ of habeas corpus on behalf of detained soldiers

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Lawyers file writ of habeas corpus on behalf of detained soldiers

Attorneys representing the Commissioner of Police, were given up to today to respond to a writ of habeas corpus, filed on behalf of four soldiers who are being held in connection with an armed...

Burrowes dispatches team to peruse City Hall’s tax records

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Burrowes dispatches team to peruse City Hall’s tax records

The Police are yet to visit City Hall in connection with the recent multi-million dollar fraud that was uncovered in the entity’s Treasury Department. However, Acting Town Clerk, Yonette...

Gunmen flee robbery scene empty handed

Jun 09, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen flee robbery scene empty handed

RAMPUR VILLAGE, CORENTYNE – Police at Springlands are investigating what is believed to be an attempted robbery of a teenager. According to reports, about 20:40 hours on Sunday, 19-year old...

The convenience of covenant politics

Jun 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The convenience of covenant politics

No sooner had the PNC announced that it was concerned with what is going on in Barbados, President Jagdeo seized the opportunity to explore the possibility of meeting with the opposition on the...

THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBLE STANDARDS

Jun 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBLE STANDARDS

There is little public sympathy for those who are engaged in criminal activities. This is why there is not going to be any great public condemnation over the shooting on Saturday last of a...

HJTV and Lens Craft Inter-Ward Basketball Final: North Ruimveldt sweep Wortmanville to retain title

Jun 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on HJTV and Lens Craft Inter-Ward Basketball Final: North Ruimveldt sweep Wortmanville to retain title

By Edison Jefford There was definitely an aesthetic and psychological effect attached to North Ruimveldt’s game one win that resulted in self assurance and ruthlessness as the team clinically swept...

McDonald goes after Fantasy Nails crown

Jun 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on McDonald goes after Fantasy Nails crown

Fresh from a scintillating performance that netted her the National Scrabble Championship, Abigail McDonald returns on Sunday to contest the Fantasy Lien Scrabble Championship, slated for Malteenoes...

Wendell Meusa secures win in federation’s Rapid Chess tourney

Jun 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Wendell Meusa secures win in federation’s Rapid Chess tourney

Wendell Meusa continued his dominant display witnessed in the recently staged Keishar’s Independence tournament, amassing eight points from nine games, to eventually upstage several top class...

Duke hits unbeaten ton, Kassim takes hat-trick

Jun 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Duke hits unbeaten ton, Kassim takes hat-trick

Fast Bowler Colin Duke carried his bat for an unbeaten 103 for West Berbice against Rose Hall Canje, while Rocky Kassim took a hat-trick in the same match on Sunday in the latest round of the Telenec...

Overseas Foundation targets Guyana’s football revival

Jun 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Overseas Foundation targets Guyana’s football revival

The victorious 1970 New Amsterdam/Canje football team, winners of the Guyana primary School football tournament some 38 years ago, has formed themselves into a group called the New Amsterdam Primary...

Big slip-up by GMSA

Jun 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Big slip-up by GMSA

Dear Editor, I would like to chide my colleagues at the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) for the sloppy work they submitted for publication in the June 05 edition of the Stabroek...

Retrogression of humanism and lack of due process within our society

Jun 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Retrogression of humanism and lack of due process within our society

Dear Editor, I write in reference to the article published in the newspapers on June 7th, about the young chain snatcher. This occurrence is surely a reason for concern within our society. It depicts...

Muslims should embrace Obama’s message

Jun 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Muslims should embrace Obama’s message

Dear Editor, America’s President, Barack Obama has set an agenda for change in the way the world see Islam and how Muslims see the world – a major difference in foreign policy from his...

Improved accountability and transparency via the Auditor General’s Office

Jun 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Improved accountability and transparency via the Auditor General’s Office

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Emile Mervin’s letter in Kaieteur News on June 7, 2009 with the caption, “Govt. is not the only source of information in Guyana.” First and foremost, I did not set...

Man’s inhumanity to man

Jun 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Man’s inhumanity to man

Dear Editor, In the Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Ceasar, the senator Marc Anthony when speaking at Ceasar’s funeral, condemned the brutal murder of his friend Ceasar by other senators and...

These are not personal questions

Jun 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on These are not personal questions

Dear Editor, It has got to be one of three things: First, the name Daniel Singh is false; a deliberate pseudonym used by someone whose real self is removed from the shame naturally felt by any adult...

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Golden Jaguars target League A return and Gold Cup qualification

Nov 04, 2026

…Coach Bonofiglio names squad for matches at West Demerara By Rawle Toney (Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Football Team, the Golden Jaguars, will look to put the finishing...

Selective outrage, unsupported conclusions and misplaced legal...

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on 3rd November, 2026, raises several important questions about the administration of justice, the independence of the courts and the protection of individual rights. However, beneath its language of concern for...

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...

Opposition Leader Mohamed – counsel, care, and correction

Nov 04, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Opposition Leader, Mr. Azruddin Mohamed, has to change. Mandatory. Or, he is of little utility to the Guyanese people. Whoever heard of an Opposition Leader who is regularly arrested, regularly handcuffed, regularly jailed, regularly fighting to be bailed, and regularly...

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