August 2009

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Arrest warrant issued after cop fails to appear in court

Aug 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Arrest warrant issued after cop fails to appear in court

The Special Constable of Police who was implicated in a robbery ring last week, yesterday failed to appear in court and an arrest warrant was issued by Magistrate Priya Beharry. The cop, who was...

TASS wins inaugural NAPPS football tournament

Aug 19, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on TASS wins inaugural NAPPS football tournament

Giant Killers Tutorial Academy Secondary School (TASS) defied the odds to cart off the inaugural New Amsterdam Secondary Schools football tournament with a hard fought victory on penalty kicks 3-1...

PC standard being deliberately lowered – GTU President

Aug 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PC standard being deliberately lowered – GTU President

A deliberate attempt is being made to lower the standard of President’s College (PC), one of the country’s premier institutions of learning, according to President of the Guyana Teachers Union...

Mahaicony Rice Mills Ltd. commences payments to farmers

Aug 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mahaicony Rice Mills Ltd. commences payments to farmers

By Fareeza Haniff The Management of the Mahaicony Rice Mills Limited (MRL) has given their commitment to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA) to pay...

The ERC should promptly end this ‘investigation’

Aug 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The ERC should promptly end this ‘investigation’

Dear Editor, It is with disgust that I pen this letter to you today. The issue that warrants such disgust is that of Kwame McCoy’s complaint to the ERC about a Freddie Kissoon article that...

Empty argumentation on marginalisation

Aug 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Empty argumentation on marginalisation

Dear Editor, Marginalisation today is the talk of the town. The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) believes that its street protestors have had demonstrations because they are marginalised,...

Get workers on board

Aug 19, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Get workers on board

It was reported that there was a difference in emphasis between the President and the head of the sugar union, GAWU, as to what may have been the most significant reason for the precipitous recent...

Columnists versus jumbies and ghouls

Aug 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Columnists versus jumbies and ghouls

I was a little bit surprised that Dr. Prem Misir, given his authority at GINA and with the state-owned media, sought to lecture me, who writes in a newspaper that is totally independent of state...

We need to convince the USA, China, India of the political importance of them supporting our LCDS

Aug 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We need to convince the USA, China, India of the political importance of them supporting our LCDS

Dear Editor, I had promised in my last letter to the press that I will outline why India’s position on climate change will contribute to our Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) failing at...

No NACTA conspiracy on third term for Jagdeo

Aug 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on No NACTA conspiracy on third term for Jagdeo

Dear Editor, I respond to Freddie Kissoon’s column in which he unequivocally states that “President Jagdeo will be the PPP’s candidate for the 2001 general elections”. Kindly note the verb...

Words have meanings and interests

Aug 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Words have meanings and interests

True, it will take more than terms of reference to bar or keep out the accused party from introducing what it is in their interest. But it is also equally true that without terms of reference, there...

Health sector will require more funds to maintain expanded operations – Ramsammy

Aug 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health sector will require more funds to maintain expanded operations – Ramsammy

Although the public health sector has been given a significant boost with the addition of 65 new doctors, Government will now be confronted with the challenge to direct additional funds to sustain...

High Court orders seized vehicles returned to CLICO

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on High Court orders seized vehicles returned to CLICO

The drama between CLICO (Guyana) and the Kissoon Group of Companies continued yesterday after the High Court ordered that three vehicles that were seized from CLICO be returned to the beleaguered...

Gov’t acting like vultures picking at the flesh of a dying nation – Lincoln Lewis

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gov’t acting like vultures picking at the flesh of a dying nation – Lincoln Lewis

Veteran Trade Unionist Lincoln Lewis yesterday lashed out at the Government, saying that the administration was acting like vultures picking at the flesh of a dying nation, citing what he sees as the...

North Sophia man brutally murdered …killer chased wounded man around shop

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on North Sophia man brutally murdered …killer chased wounded man around shop

A 38-year-old unemployed man was stabbed to death during a brawl on Sunday night outside a North Sophia shop. Adrian Thomas, called ‘Pyee’, of North Sophia, sustained a gaping wound to the neck...

Prisoner causes courtroom ruckus – Lunges at magistrate

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Prisoner causes courtroom ruckus – Lunges at magistrate

A man who allegedly stole a cell phone caused uproar at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Randy Samuel had to be subdued by several police officers as he attempted to reach the...

Berbice Sea Defence Unit grossly understaffed

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Berbice Sea Defence Unit grossly understaffed

The Sea Defence Unit at Springlands on the Corentyne, which is responsible for river and sea defences in the entire county, currently has no emergency crew, and in fact has but two technical staff....

Sugar production for second crop passes 26,000 tonnes

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sugar production for second crop passes 26,000 tonnes

Sugar production for the second crop has surpassed 26,000 tonnes after four weeks of grinding. The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) said the “encouraging” tonnage was contributed by seven...

ERC launches investigation into McCoy’s allegations

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ERC launches investigation into McCoy’s allegations

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has launched an investigation into the complaint made by Information Liaison to the President, Kwame McCoy, against Kaieteur News Columnist, Freddie Kissoon. In...

Youths suspected of manipulating ATM caught on camera

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Youths suspected of manipulating ATM caught on camera

Some city youths who hatched a plan to hit a city bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and thought that they could get away with it, have landed in hot water with the police. The youths did not...

Bulletin issued for another suspect

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bulletin issued for another suspect

The police have issued a bulletin for another suspect in the fire which gutted the Ministry of Health a month ago. The suspect is George Lashley, who according to the police is about 60 years old and...

Jurors peruse Vaughn/Simels taped conversation …as fourth day passes without verdict

Aug 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jurors peruse Vaughn/Simels taped conversation …as fourth day passes without verdict

Jurors deliberating the Robert Simels/Arianne Irving obstruction, witness tampering and illegal importation case, in New York, USA, have requested additional extracts of testimonies to assist them as...

Contractor did not abandoned the media team

Aug 18, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Contractor did not abandoned the media team

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your Saturday 15th August, 2009 edition, captioned “Minister abandons media team and contractor seeks to frustrate…..” in which a few points mentioned are not...

Behold! Who is playing the race card?

Aug 18, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Behold! Who is playing the race card?

Dear Editor, Kwame McCoy is lodging a complaint against Freddie Kissoon on the basis of a historical racist behaviour against persons of African descent. Mr. McCoy’s has suddenly become sensitive...

‘We are living in the cloud of darkness’

Aug 18, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘We are living in the cloud of darkness’

Dear Editor, I believe the various issues that were raised on Channel 8 last weekend on a live call-in programme with an herbal doctor in Berbice and Mr. Ramjattan of the Alliance for Change (AFC)...

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By Samuel Whyte (Kaieteur News) – In an exciting final encounter Vryman’s Erven Secondary school defeated New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School to take top honours in the NA Inter...

A Mid-Year Report is a report card not an audit

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(Kaieteur News) – Christopher Ram is right to demand accountability for the spending of public money. He is also right that figures are most useful when they tell a coherent story about what Government has spent, what it has achieved and what remains to be done. But to ask for all of these...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

The Guyana-China card- Pt 1

Sep 24, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In his 201st Oil and Gas column, the tireless Chris Ram, man of law and man of numbers, introduced a thought-provoking element in Guyana’s oil weaknesses and struggles. It’s one with explosive potential. One, if acted upon, that is sure to trigger some huge ripples...

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