August 2009

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Norman Browne: An AFC Embarrassment

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Norman Browne: An AFC Embarrassment

Dear Editor, Readers were subjected to a comical little response to my ‘AFC in a Pickle’ from someone hiding behind the name of Norman Browne. The man insinuates that he is a qualified Spin...

‘Fuzzy headed’ response

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on ‘Fuzzy headed’ response

Dear Editor, Any right thinking Guyanese would be appalled at Mr. Kwame McKoy’s “fuzzy headed” response to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s article. I am not very surprised by this state of affairs,...

Residents rescue missing 4-year-old

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Residents rescue missing 4-year-old

Police arrest suspected kidnapper After three weeks of unbearable anxiety and uncertainty about her 4-year-old daughter’s whereabouts, a Leonora, West Coast Demerara mother was yesterday able to...

Orealla gears for Heritage celebrations despite controversy

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Orealla gears for Heritage celebrations despite controversy

The Arawak community of Orealla in the Berbice River, which has been declared the country’s Amerindian Heritage village of 2009, is gearing up for the celebrations despite controversy over its...

Police and their crimes

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Police and their crimes

Dear Editor, Congratulations are extended to the officers who investigated and charged the four police ranks for the missing money from the Essequibo River heist. While there might be a few good...

What has race got to do with it?

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on What has race got to do with it?

Dear Editor, Within the context of nationhood, race should not be an equation for any consideration, especially for leadership of the nation because in the final analysis we are a Guyanese people and...

One dead, another critical as motorcycle slams into bus

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on One dead, another critical as motorcycle slams into bus

Forty –five year-old Steve Abel, of 85 North Melanie, East Coast Demerara, succumbed to massive head injuries early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Abel was involved in...

Arrogance and contempt of Mr. Nandalall

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Arrogance and contempt of Mr. Nandalall

Dear Editor, I note Mr. Anil Nandlall’s latest response in trying to defend his position in the debate as to whether a magistrate in a preliminary inquiry can reject a confession statement. I have...

Is this evil? The revelations of Moses Nagamootoo

Aug 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Is this evil? The revelations of Moses Nagamootoo

The first time I met Dr. David Dabydeen was at a small party at Moses Nagamootoo’s house. I was the only one in the crowd that was not drinking. I hate alcohol, any form of it. I was bored so I...

Why no Office of the Ombudsman

Aug 29, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Why no Office of the Ombudsman

The Office of the Ombudsman has not been filled for years. This is one of the constitutional offices in the country and it is often held by a retired judge or someone of equal qualification. The job...

WAS A RANSOM PAID?

Aug 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WAS A RANSOM PAID?

We must all be relieved and happy that the girl who was reportedly kidnapped has been returned to her family. But both the girl and her relatives have an obligation to inform the public whether any...

Hypocrisy abounds in the AFC

Aug 29, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Hypocrisy abounds in the AFC

Dear Editor, The leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman, was forced out of the PNCR a few years ago. This was the result of internal wrangling within the Party’s leadership....

No local govt. election in 2009 confirmed – Dr. Luncheon

Aug 29, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No local govt. election in 2009 confirmed – Dr. Luncheon

The perceived inability of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to host local government elections in 2009 was confirmed with the secretariat announcing their annual vacation extending from...

Kidnapped girl released

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Kidnapped girl released

“A woman drop she off at the Tucville Bridge” – source (By Mondale Smith and Michael Jordan) Amidst mixed emotions of tears and jubilation, 21-year old Roreema Dookie gratefully hugged her...

‘Cops’ hit $10M from delivery truck

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Cops’ hit $10M from delivery truck

– porters, driver locked in tray The public trust in the security forces took another massive dent yesterday when a group of men dressed as policemen held up a delivery truck and made of with...

Nation must condemn raping of country’s resources – AFC/GAP

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Nation must condemn raping of country’s resources – AFC/GAP

…parties commend KNews for investigative journalism The Alliance For Change (AFC), along with Everall Franklin of the Guyana Action Party (GAP), held a press conference yesterday, where the...

Full force of the military and criminal law should be extended to ranks – Dr. Luncheon

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Full force of the military and criminal law should be extended to ranks – Dr. Luncheon

The full force of the military and criminal law should be extended to the three Coast Guard ranks who killed Bartica resident Dweive Kant Ramdass following a brazen multi-million dollar robbery in...

Wismar fire leaves 10 homeless, $$M in losses

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Wismar fire leaves 10 homeless, $$M in losses

Yet another fire has struck at Linden, completely obliterating a house, and leaving a family of ten with only the clothes on their backs. In its wake all that remained was smouldering debris, an...

Army dishonourably discharges Coast Guard trio

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Army dishonourably discharges Coast Guard trio

The Guyana Defence Force yesterday reported that it has administratively dismissed with dishonour, the three murder accused Coast Guardsmen – Lead Rating Sherwyn Harte and Ordinary Ratings Deon...

Enterprise teen succumbs after ingesting poison

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Enterprise teen succumbs after ingesting poison

Police are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination on an Enterprise teenager who was found lying on the La Bonne Intention Public Road around 02:30 hours Wednesday. Reports are that 17...

BFA/Coca Cola Senior league to resume on Sunday

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on BFA/Coca Cola Senior league to resume on Sunday

Matches set for Mahaicony & Skeldon grounds Competition in the Berbice Football Association Banks DIH Coca Cola sponsored senior league is set to resume on Sunday with four matches, double...

AFC criticizes minister for ‘bragging about reopening illegal crossing’

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on AFC criticizes minister for ‘bragging about reopening illegal crossing’

Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday criticised Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud for his public declaration of the reopening of the illegal crossing to Suriname from...

‘Snitch’ released on station bail …..

Aug 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘Snitch’ released on station bail …..

The man who the police believed supplied information to the three Coast Guard ranks who robbed and killed 23-year-old Dweive Kant Ramdass has been released on station bail. According to police...

Floodlights XI takes on Nand Persaud & Co. Ltd at GCC tonight

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Floodlights XI takes on Nand Persaud & Co. Ltd at GCC tonight

Cricket buffs are in for a treat when Karibee Rice, stages a 30 over softball cricket match in memory of the late rice magnate, Nand Persaud, under floodlights, at the GCC Ground Bourda tomorrow...

Tennis team returns home

Aug 28, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Tennis team returns home

– Some improvement seen The three-member Guyana national Tennis team that participated in the ITF-sponsored 13 and under Championships in Trinidad and Tobago returned home after finishing 9th...

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All road leads to Rising Sun for historical Guyana Cup today

Aug 23, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The stage is set for the most lucrative day in Guyana’s horse racing, today, Sunday August 23 at Rising Sun Turf Club. The weather conditions are immaculate, and 14...

Pants suit and pastel colours

Aug 23, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – In the 1970s when I was a young employee of a large, service-oriented private-sector firm in Guyana, I was not yet a confirmed employee and therefore could not wear the prescribed uniform. But I was nevertheless expected to dress in a manner appropriate to the office. One day I...

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

Aug 23, 2026

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...

Electricity failing, a minister begging

Aug 23, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – First, they had their arms wrapped around demand. Then the PPP Govt confessed. It did not. They had plans and visions. Only for those to become blurred. It’s the haze of the “unusually hot” weather, stupid. What’s so hard about...

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