September 2009

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Homes for 200 interior residents in the making

Sep 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Homes for 200 interior residents in the making

By Leonard Gildarie Government has earmarked almost $400 million to take water to remote hinterland locations over the next few years. And a call is being made for Guyanese to take “ownership” of...

Is this really an industry problem?

Sep 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Is this really an industry problem?

Dear Editor, There has been much talk recently about the problems in the rice industry. However, these problems leave one to carefully examine the situation to see what the real difficulty is, that...

Essequibo man remanded on incest charge

Sep 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Essequibo man remanded on incest charge

A man who was arrested on the Essequibo Coast earlier in the week after reportedly forcing a female relative to have sex with him has been remanded to prison after being charged for incest. The 33...

New well to start operation within days

Sep 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New well to start operation within days

A new well, expected to end the water woes of the residents of Diamond, Grove and Kaneville on the East Bank of Demerara, will become operational in a matter of days, according to Minister of Housing...

Phillips’ reluctance to deal with present realities

Sep 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Phillips’ reluctance to deal with present realities

Dear Editor, It is not always the easiest thing in the world to pick out intelligible meanings out of the ramblings and meanderings of a letter by Eric Phillips. It seems that when he starts, he...

Yet another attempt to mislead rice farmers

Sep 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Yet another attempt to mislead rice farmers

Dear Editor, Change can sometimes be good and at other times very detrimental. Some people change for the better and others for the worst. As in the case of what happened recently in my village on...

Banker re-elected as head of business coalition

Sep 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Banker re-elected as head of business coalition

A group of top businesses in Guyana which banded together last year is helping to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Guyana Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBCHA), during its first ever Annual...

Sighting of the new moon for Eid ul Fitr

Sep 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Sighting of the new moon for Eid ul Fitr

Dear Editor, The visibility of the crescent is not a function of the age of the moon (time elapsed since conjunction, or “astronomical new moon”). The visibility of the new moon is a function...

Support for Mr. Ram’s assertion on NBS

Sep 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Support for Mr. Ram’s assertion on NBS

Dear Editor, I refer to the article appearing in the Kaieteur News of Friday 18 September 2009, entitled, “NBS bottlenecks as a result of management’s shortsightedness”. The headline is...

President not in support of Dr Ramsammy stepping down

Sep 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President not in support of Dr Ramsammy stepping down

… are just allegations, police must investigate The President yesterday told media operatives that he would not be in support of Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy demitting office in order to...

Make a decision now – legalise the ‘backtrack’ or shut it down

Sep 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Make a decision now – legalise the ‘backtrack’ or shut it down

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana is bent on continuing the operation of this illegal (‘backtrack’ to Suriname) route. This is clear when we look back at the efforts Minister Robert Persaud...

Guyanese want change in a meaningful way

Sep 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Guyanese want change in a meaningful way

Dear Editor, This government should be ashamed of itself in it’s lethargy in dealing with black-outs, garbage polluting our only city, crime out of control and the cost of living spiraling out of...

Hamilton Green obsolete, from a different era – Jagdeo

Sep 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Hamilton Green obsolete, from a different era – Jagdeo

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday denounced City Mayor Hamilton Green as obsolete and of being of a different era. He stated that should the leader of the Main Opposition Party Robert Corbin agree...

Cops stumped in murders of granny, elderly taxi driver

Sep 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cops stumped in murders of granny, elderly taxi driver

Police appear to have reached a dead end in their investigations into the murders of 80-year-old Karpattie Shivnauth and 72-year-old taxi driver, Mohamed Nazir Khan, who were both brutally slain last...

Can we get this project up and running again?

Sep 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Can we get this project up and running again?

Dear Editor, It is with pleasure that I have observed your newspaper enlightening the Guyanese public about the supposed blatant misappropriation of tax pavers’ funds for Government projects....

I challenge Minister Robeson Been on this one

Sep 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I challenge Minister Robeson Been on this one

As you go on living in Guyana, the memories of the Burnham time is fading. I don’t know how those in the broad alliance that fought Burnham feel today about that pessimistic era in their lives. I...

WHAT REALLY IS DEVELOPMENT?

Sep 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT REALLY IS DEVELOPMENT?

There has been a slew of “openings” ever since the Robert Simels trial got underway. Project after project is being commissioned and with each “opening” we are being told about development in...

Recapturing things Guyanese

Sep 19, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Recapturing things Guyanese

Being born a Guyanese is something that is never ever erased. For those who travel overseas to any part of the world, be it to the Caribbean or to the metropolis, the presence of Guyanese communities...

Crisis looms at East Coast Demerara Courts

Sep 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Crisis looms at East Coast Demerara Courts

– one Magistrate serving five districts By Dale Andrews A crisis situation seems to be developing in the Magistrate’s Courts on the East Coast of Demerara following the resignation of...

GDF Board of Inquiry findings still leaves doubts

Sep 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GDF Board of Inquiry findings still leaves doubts

A report prepared by a Board of Inquiry set up by the Guyana Defence Force to look into the operations of the Coast Guard still leaves doubts with regards to a possible link to the river mishap that...

Protestors arrested outside Top Cop’s house

Sep 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Protestors arrested outside Top Cop’s house

Police ranks swarmed the Lamaha Park area and arrested three persons who were part of a group of protestors, demonstrating outside the home of Police Commissioner Henry Greene last night. Police...

NBS bottlenecks a result of management’s shortsightedness – Chris Ram

Sep 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NBS bottlenecks a result of management’s shortsightedness – Chris Ram

“…current reality poses danger for company’s future” By Gary Eleazar Eminent Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram is of the opinion that the current realities at the New Building Society...

Five years and five strokes for man who robbed employer

Sep 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Five years and five strokes for man who robbed employer

Nineteen-year-old Delroy Nero of Edward Street, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, was on Wednesday jailed for five years and was ordered to receive five strokes from the cat-o-nine tail by Magistrate...

Leguan power situation rectified

Sep 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Leguan power situation rectified

Following four days without electricity and water, residents of Leguan are now breathing a sign of relief as the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) generator on the island has finally been repaired....

Ramsammy bemoans poor leadership of Region’s Parliamentarians on HIV initiative

Sep 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ramsammy bemoans poor leadership of Region’s Parliamentarians on HIV initiative

Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has expressed his disappointment about the poor leadership being displayed by the Caribbean Members of Parliament, including those in Guyana, as it relates to...

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Chase’s and Santa Rosa eye top spot as Republic Bank Schools...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Santa Rosa Secondary and defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation sit primed on seven points as action continues today in the Republic Bank Secondary School Football...

A capital city beyond redemption?

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown has become so dysfunctional, so hopelessly disorganised and so resistant to correction that one must ask whether the effort to save it is worth the trouble. The greatest mistake successive governments have made is not recognising that Georgetown should have long been...

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...

The epitaph on Mr. Gavin Douglas’ tombstone should read: Murdered...

Nov 08, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Another Guyanese dead, and in degraded fashion, at the hands of State agents. A State that now stands as a monument to how much the PPP Govt. has criminalized it. When not one alleged rogue cop, with blood in his eye, but four of them, can deliver blows on a man that’s...

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