October 2009

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Bus operator remanded for causing death

Oct 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bus operator remanded for causing death

A bus operator yesterday pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing death and was remanded to prison. Thirty-nine-year-old Gavin Williams, of 16 Mocha Arcadia, was not required to plead to an...

Guyanese radiate IGG opening ceremony

Oct 17, 2009 knews Sports Comments Off on Guyanese radiate IGG opening ceremony

– uniformity outstanding in Suriname By Edison Jefford in Suriname Compliments of Bryden and Fernandes, Warsila, Fon-J Cycle Store and Kiskadee Day Care If there were any feelings of self-doubt...

On this Diwali day, East Indian must join the train of historical truth

Oct 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On this Diwali day, East Indian must join the train of historical truth

I felt released from a huge mental burden when I read a letter by Malcolm Harripaul that appeared in the same edition of both independent dailies (Wed. October 14). This is a fine letter by a...

Happy Diwali!

Oct 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Happy Diwali!

Darkness and light make a stunning contrast. Last night, just before proceeding to the Diwali Parade, I passed through sections of the city and found quite a few buildings aglow in light, while many...

KN staffer stuck up, robbed in full view of police

Oct 17, 2009 knews News Comments Off on KN staffer stuck up, robbed in full view of police

Two knife-wielding robbers stuck up and robbed a Kaieteur News staff in full view of a traffic rank who made no effort to intervene. Robbed of $5,000 in cash and a cellular phone in full view of a...

PNCR insinuates ‘sweetheart deal’

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PNCR insinuates ‘sweetheart deal’

…as motion to suspend Govt. sale of shares in GT&T defeated By Gary Eleazar A motion primarily calling for the suspension of the decision by Government to sell its 20 per cent shares in the...

Kwame McCoy dodges media over sex-tape allegations

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Kwame McCoy dodges media over sex-tape allegations

Kwame McCoy, who is caught up in scandalous allegation that he solicited sex from a 15-year-old boy, is back at his desk at the office of the President. Yesterday dodged questions about the...

Taxi driver admits to being part of robbery gang

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Taxi driver admits to being part of robbery gang

The taxi driver who was found with the abandoned car at Stewartville Old Road on Wednesday has reportedly admitted to being a part of the gang which robbed Bartica businessman Nezam Kassim on...

Colwyn King released on $100,000 bail

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Colwyn King released on $100,000 bail

– GTU expresses support for accused president President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Colwyn King, was released on $100,000 station bail yesterday as police continue to investigate allegations...

Sugar workers back to work

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sugar workers back to work

…GuySuCo/GAWU to resume ‘talks’ After a total shutdown of the sugar industry for two days, workers countrywide are expected to resume work today. The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) and...

Dem boys seh… Radio gun deh Wild West

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Radio gun deh Wild West

Wednesday was a big day because all of a sudden nuff people believe that radio licence gun give away Wild West. Vieira get vex because de government refuse to give he a radio licence and he set up he...

The significance of Diwali

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on The significance of Diwali

Diwali is a unique Hindu Festival whose origin dates back to Satyug or the Golden Age. This festival is celebrated on Amawasya or the New Moon Day in the Hindu month of Kaartic. Diwali means a...

No more importing of sugar – GuySuCo

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on No more importing of sugar – GuySuCo

Guyana has finally stopped the importation of sugar, with the last shipment being made during the first week of October. This is according to Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation...

NAACIE and GPL begin benefits negotiation for 2009

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on NAACIE and GPL begin benefits negotiation for 2009

With the year almost at its end the Guyana Power and Light Company has begun negotiation with the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees on fringe benefits for the...

Another Bond joins local Bar

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another Bond joins local Bar

Another attorney at law, Joann Alexis Bond, was admitted to the local Bar, yesterday. Ms Bond had her petition presented by attorney at law Nigel Hughes before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire. The...

Gov’t procures $207M container scanner

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gov’t procures $207M container scanner

Guyana has finally adhered to the calls by the American Government for containers leaving this country to be scanned. Yesterday, Government offered no objection for the release of $207 million for...

Linden Bridge accident victim sustains spinal injuries

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Linden Bridge accident victim sustains spinal injuries

Wallick Liverpool, the uncle of Gavin Liverpool, said on Wednesday, that he watched petrified as a two by eight plank, measuring approximately 18 feet, slammed into his nephew’s head, knocking him...

GRA reinforces ban on firecrackers, other explosives

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GRA reinforces ban on firecrackers, other explosives

Recalling last year’s squib-throwing incident on Deepavali night in Alexander Village, the Guyana Revenue Authority has reminded the general public that squibs and firecrackers are illegal. They...

City Council meeting to replace officers implicated in AG Report yields no results

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on City Council meeting to replace officers implicated in AG Report yields no results

An extraordinary meeting at City Hall yesterday intended to identify replacement officers to fill the positions of Town Clerk and City Treasurer came to a bizarre end as confusion reigned among some...

Gunmen hold up Banks DIH delivery truck

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Gunmen hold up Banks DIH delivery truck

Two gun-toting youths, accompanied by another who was unarmed, stuck up a Banks DIH beverage truck yesterday afternoon, and relieved the driver of $80,000 in cash, one cell phone and a silver chain,...

Bureau of Statistics launches DevInfo

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bureau of Statistics launches DevInfo

…releases compact disk (GuyD_Info) The Bureau of Statistics is the central authority on statistics in Guyana. It supplies information on population, Crude Birth Rate, Labour Force, Net Enrollment...

Cabinet offers no objection to eight new contracts

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Cabinet offers no objection to eight new contracts

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, announced eight contracts that have attracted Cabinet’s no objection over the past week. At the time Dr Luncheon was addressing members of...

World Food Day

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on World Food Day

…Persaud says ‘quality’ off food is on the decline As Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing World Food Day today, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud is urging leaders to not only...

Nation must call on Speaker to set up tribunal to investigate

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Nation must call on Speaker to set up tribunal to investigate

…says Rights of the Child Commissioner Outside Public Buildings, yesterday, during the first sitting of the National Assembly after the parliamentary recess, protestors were seen with placards...

Evan Persaud suspended

Oct 16, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Evan Persaud suspended

…until Special Committee finishes work A University of Guyana (UG) lecturer, under fire for allegedly hosting an unauthorized test off-campus and for using foul language in classes, has been...

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13 races set for President’s Cup on November 29

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – A total purse of G$21,750,000 and 13 high-profile races is on the cards at Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday November 29. The top horses will be out for glory, and all eyes will be...

Guyana’s foreign exchange crisis

Nov 05, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Businessmen are complaining bitterly about the difficulty of obtaining foreign exchange to pay their overseas suppliers. They are equally distressed that, despite billions of US dollars in oil revenues, they must now pay between G$235 and G$240 to acquire US$1. This represents...

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 American system

Nov 05, 2026

Kaieteur News – A year ago, a man of depth shared a sentence about the U.S., political system. Amid the turmoil of Trump mania, and anxieties over the direction and future of America, an elderly American woman said to him: ‘we believe in the system, we trust in the system, and the system...

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