July 2009

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>>>>Letter to the Editor<<<< : Could the GABF please honour our past CARICOM standouts then demit office?

Jul 09, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on >>>>Letter to the Editor<<<< : Could the GABF please honour our past CARICOM standouts then demit office?

The 2009 Caribbean Basketball Confederation championship has concluded in Tortola BVI, with Jamaica who won the inaugural event in Georgetown, Guyana 1981 capturing the gold medal. Host BVI who...

Destruction of our natural environment

Jul 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Destruction of our natural environment

Dear Editor, I want to commend the government on its Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). It is the way to go in this time when the whole world is facing an ecological crisis. I wish therefore to...

Teenaged City Mall robbery suspect remanded

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Teenaged City Mall robbery suspect remanded

A 16-year-old girl was yesterday remanded by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, on the charge of attempted murder. It was alleged that the teen, on July 4 at Regent Street, with the intent to...

Truck driver was unlicensed

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Truck driver was unlicensed

Driver of the Canter truck involved in the accident that claimed the life of 24-year-old Levi Leon Seecharran, at Versailles, West Bank Demerara, on Tuesday is slated to appear at the Vreed-en-Hoop...

Khemraj resorts to camouflage to protect his name

Jul 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Khemraj resorts to camouflage to protect his name

Dear Editor, Tarron Khemraj has surely rounded up a few patrons, namely, Gerhard Ramsaroop, Robin Williams, and Anan Boodram, in an attempt to redeem his name. However, this strategy will fail, since...

The Delhi High Court decision should be rejected, not lauded

Jul 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The Delhi High Court decision should be rejected, not lauded

Dear Editor, The letter “Restoring Dignity of Men and Women” by Michel Sidibe (Kaieteur News 8/7/09) is disturbing in its whimsical disregard for science, medicine, the extant law, and the truth....

This must not happen at UG

Jul 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on This must not happen at UG

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana (UG) has a new Vice Chancellor in Professor Lawrence Carrington, he has taken over the reigns of power at our tertiary institution making sweeping changes, which...

Wife stabs husband

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Wife stabs husband

A 24-year-old Da Silva Street resident is currently hospitalized in a critical state at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was stabbed once to the abdomen by his reputed wife. The victim is...

Pumps for sewerage system expected third quarter

Jul 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Pumps for sewerage system expected third quarter

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News article published on July 11th regarding the procurement of sewerage pumps for Georgetown revolves around fabrication and is a perversion of all ethical codes in the...

Police must help maintain pressure

Jul 09, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Police must help maintain pressure

For far too long there have been innumerable complaints about the inability of the police to monitor the movement of traffic on the major roadways. The need for such monitoring is even more critical...

Jennifer Hudson’s rendition of ‘Will You Be There’ was superb

Jul 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Jennifer Hudson’s rendition of ‘Will You Be There’ was superb

Dear Editor, I think that the memorial tribute for Michael Jackson was what I had expected and I wasn’t sure why I didn’t see the presence of some other A-listers in the music industry and other...

Public servants must be aware of role in implementing decisions of CARICOM

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Public servants must be aware of role in implementing decisions of CARICOM

– Dr. Carrington Public servants must be made aware of their integral role in advancing the objectives and implementing the decisions of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Secretary-General Dr....

Polling or stating the obvious cannot be considered positive comments

Jul 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Polling or stating the obvious cannot be considered positive comments

Dear Editor, I reply to Mr. Vishnu Bisram’s letter under the caption “Focus on contents instead of writer” (Kaieteur News July 8, 2009). Mr. Bisram would like us all to believe that he...

Did you see what Michael Jackson’s family did?

Jul 09, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Did you see what Michael Jackson’s family did?

If you watched the Michael Jackson Memorial in which the speakers’ list (not the choreography of the event) was arranged by his family, you are forced to opine that it was a deliberate choice to...

Second trade policy review ongoing at WTO

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Second trade policy review ongoing at WTO

The Second Trade Policy Review of Guyana is currently taking place (July 8-10) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva (Switzerland). Guyana’s delegation is being led by the Honourable...

‘Doomsday’ scenario looms at Canefield Power Station

Jul 09, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Doomsday’ scenario looms at Canefield Power Station

Dear Editor, All does not seem to be well at the Canefield Power Station, which is under the management and control of Guyana’s electricity utility provider Guyana Power & Light Incorporated...

EU contributes $600M to ongoing chainsaw and milling project

Jul 09, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on EU contributes $600M to ongoing chainsaw and milling project

The European Union (EU) has contributed $600M as part of the co-financing of the ongoing chainsaw and milling project, which is being undertaken by Guyana. Yesterday, a two-day workshop on chainsaw...

GUYANA IS DISORDERED

Jul 09, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYANA IS DISORDERED

I hate to sound like V. S. Naipaul, but it is problem enough when you are a small country. Imagine, therefore, the problems that arise when you are a small, disordered society. Guyana is a country...

Residents watch as driver dies in car

Jul 08, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Residents watch as driver dies in car

Traffic ground to a near halt early yesterday morning in the vicinity of Versailles, West Bank Demerara, as passing motorists attempted to catch a glimpse of the lifeless body of 24-year-old Levi...

Jagdeo illustrates daily why he is unfit to lead Guyana

Jul 08, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Jagdeo illustrates daily why he is unfit to lead Guyana

…present evidence fuelling allegations – AFC While promising a more comprehensive response at a later date Leader of the Alliance for Change Raphael Trotman, says that the President is daily...

Paralysed accident victim dies

Jul 08, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Paralysed accident victim dies

Forty-seven-year-old Lilowtie Persaud finally succumbed to her injuries after clinging to life for the past three weeks. Reports are that Persaud died some time after 11:00 hours yesterday while a...

GDF officer excels at US military college

Jul 08, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on GDF officer excels at US military college

The Guyana Defence Force’s Colonel Bruce Lovell copped a distinguished graduate award along with two writing awards at the Awards and Recognition Ceremony of the Industrial College of the Armed...

Elderly woman raped at Senior Citizen Home

Jul 08, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Elderly woman raped at Senior Citizen Home

A woman said to be in her 80s was yesterday morning rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after it was believed that she was sexually molested by an intruder. Following a doctor’s examination it...

Legal Affairs Ministry did not consult with Magistracy

Jul 08, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Legal Affairs Ministry did not consult with Magistracy

Lay Magistrates… The Ministry of Legal Affairs, which is currently being headed by Attorney General Charles Ramson, is yet to consult with the Magistracy on the Summary Jurisdiction (Lay...

Region Six improves at National Grade Six Assessment

Jul 08, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Region Six improves at National Grade Six Assessment

By Melissa Johnson REGION SIX, EAST BERBICE, CORENTYNE – Region Six Education Officer Shafiran Bhajan is heartened by the performance of students in East Berbice/Corentyne at the 2009 National...

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Kaieteur Sports – The Limacol WCPL yesterday confirmed the overseas players who will represent franchises in the upcoming season, with a host of international stars from South Africa, Australia,...

Constitutional reform and the absence of political will

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(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is quite entitled to be unimpressed by the pace of the present Constitutional Reform Commission. In a recent letter, he compared the performance of the Carl Singh-led Commission with that of the 1999 Commission and concluded that the present body, after more...

Facts, Due Process and Fairness: The CCJ’s Test

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By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – I have been an advocate of the Caribbean Court of Justice from its conception. In 2015, on the Court’s tenth anniversary, I described its creation as arguably the most significant institutional achievement of the English-speaking Caribbean since the...

The $1.4B Port Kaituma Wharf

Aug 29, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – My position on Hon Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill relative to the MV Barima tragedy is well known. Calls for his resignation or termination is mistaking a sardine for a shark. The tragedy is bigger than a minister (or two), bigger than the Cabinet. It reaches to...

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