October 7, 2009

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Road fatalities could be curbed if targets set

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Road fatalities could be curbed if targets set

Numbers of deaths, serious injuries and costly damage to vehicles due to road accidents can be dramatically lessened if reduction targets are set, made public and if there is a concerted attempt to...

Re-think selling rice to Europe- RPA President

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Re-think selling rice to Europe- RPA President

By Brushell Blackman President of the Rice Producers Association (RPA), Leeka Rambrich’, is calling on the relevant authorities in the rice industry to rethink doing business with Europe. According...

Alleged bicycle thief stabbed

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Alleged bicycle thief stabbed

Sixteen-year-old Danny Sewdeen of 266 Grove Squatting Area was stabbed in the chest while riding on his bicycle in Diamond New Scheme last Sunday. He was later rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre...

Labour Ministry to conduct 4,000 workplace inspections

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry to conduct 4,000 workplace inspections

The Ministry of Labour, as part of its commitment to promoting HIV/AIDS workplace policy programmes, will be conducting a total of 4000 inspections at business entities before the end of the year....

GPHC dubs KN report inaccurate

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GPHC dubs KN report inaccurate

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has described as erroneous and misleading some aspects of an article carried in the October 6, issue of Kaieteur News under the headline, “Teenager...

Mechanization no threat to cane cutters – Hanoman

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Mechanization no threat to cane cutters – Hanoman

By Gary Eleazar Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, Errol Hanoman, yesterday in an invited comment assured farmers that the industry’s move towards mechanization in use of new...

St Winefrides Secondary renovations in process

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on St Winefrides Secondary renovations in process

St Winefrides Secondary School located at Garnett Street Newtown, is being upgraded to improved students facilities to enhance children’s education. The school, which is in need of repairs, is...

The public servant fear of retirement age

Oct 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The public servant fear of retirement age

Dear Editor, In the explosive thriller “Exorcist” the demon-possessed Linda Blair cried out repeatedly “Please help me…I’m afraid.” Today in many quarters these words can still be...

Labour Ministry orders arrests warrant for errant employers

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Labour Ministry orders arrests warrant for errant employers

The Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security is urging employers to comply with the Labour Laws of Guyana in saving time and money. This follows two most recent cases against Universal...

Robbery accused heads to jail

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Robbery accused heads to jail

A robbery with the use of violence allegedly carried out by Seon Jackson, 23, of 29 Goed Fortuin, landed him before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court to...

You got fuh declare everything

Oct 07, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on You got fuh declare everything

Dem boys laugh till dem cry because dem see a letter that somebody in de GRA write to de Waterfalls newspaper. Was a simple letter. In fact, dem boys seh that it too simple. Guess wha de letter...

Businesses have integral role in climate change – ECHO

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Businesses have integral role in climate change – ECHO

The notion that the lack of environmental stewardship has occasioned climate change has been embraced by the Environmental Community Health Organisation (ECHO), an entity which has been lobbying for...

Dictatorship inevitably loses rationality, logic and commonsense

Oct 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Dictatorship inevitably loses rationality, logic and commonsense

The philosophical approach to human nature is that it doesn’t follow scientific laws. Science has predictability and determinism components to it; human behaviour does not. Nevertheless broad...

National blood drive had passed 5,100 units

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on National blood drive had passed 5,100 units

Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is still optimistic that of the 10,000 units of blood targeted to be collected per year, at least 80 per cent will be achieved by year end. During an interview,...

GUYEXPO IS A BIG LIME!

Oct 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GUYEXPO IS A BIG LIME!

It is never kind to have to put down a local initiative, especially one that draws tens of thousands of Guyanese each day. However, it is important that those behind this grand event also accept...

GRA clears air on electricity theft claim

Oct 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on GRA clears air on electricity theft claim

Dear Editor, I am disappointed that the Kaieteur News has accused the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) of stealing electricity without conducting a proper investigation. I am surprised that this media...

Health crucial to overall development of children

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Health crucial to overall development of children

Through its recently launched Policy Document on School Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, the Ministry of Education is well geared to disseminate requisite information to all institutions of learning....

TCL, TGI moves to Court against Guyana again

Oct 07, 2009 knews News Comments Off on TCL, TGI moves to Court against Guyana again

…wants CCJ to hold country in contempt Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) and its subsidiary TCL Guyana Inc. (TGI) yesterday filed an application in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) against the...

We have no concern for the preservation of our heritage

Oct 07, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on We have no concern for the preservation of our heritage

Dear Editor, The anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster is upon us. The State media over the weekend reported on ceremonies held in Barbados and remarks made by the Guyana representatives in that...

Our October Revolution?

Oct 07, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Our October Revolution?

October 5 is a historic day for Guyana; occasioned by the General Elections of 1992 that were held on that date. Previous elections – from 1968 – had been described in terms ranging from...

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GOA rewards S/A Youth Games medallists with ‘Cash Grants’ to...

Apr 28, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Olympic Association has rewarded the nation’s medal-winning athletes from the recently concluded South American Youth Games with cash grants, reaffirming its...

Glenn Lall has opened the eyes of the nation to an injustice

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil effectively allows the company to de-risk its investment after discovery while shifting the financial burden onto the country—deserves serious and sober scrutiny. This is why poorly structured contracts can...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

PPP’s fetid breath: democracy’s death

Apr 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – It has been a war. The PPP’s relentless efforts at dismantling and destroying democracy in Guyana. Institutions and organs, architecture and machinery, weakened brick by brick, until they are either shadows of themselves, or collapse under the weight of accumulated rot. ...

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Road fatalities could be curbed if targets set

Re-think selling rice to Europe- RPA President

Alleged bicycle thief stabbed

Labour Ministry to conduct 4,000 workplace inspections

GPHC dubs KN report inaccurate

Mechanization no threat to cane cutters – Hanoman

St Winefrides Secondary renovations in process

The public servant fear of retirement age

Labour Ministry orders arrests warrant for errant employers

Robbery accused heads to jail

You got fuh declare everything

Businesses have integral role in climate change – ECHO

Dictatorship inevitably loses rationality, logic and commonsense

National blood drive had passed 5,100 units

GUYEXPO IS A BIG LIME!

GRA clears air on electricity theft claim

Health crucial to overall development of children

TCL, TGI moves to Court against Guyana again

We have no concern for the preservation of our heritage

Our October Revolution?

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