November 2009

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Daly-Ramdyhan leaves for Spain

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Daly-Ramdyhan leaves for Spain

ITF certified Level 1 tennis coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan left the country recently to attend a worldwide coaches conference which begun on October 29 and runs until November 5 in Spain. The current...

Local pugilists experience mixed fortunes in Barbados

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Local pugilists experience mixed fortunes in Barbados

– Goodwill boxing card disrupted after ring incident The Guyanese boxing team that traveled to Barbados to engage boxers of that country in a goodwill boxing tournament Saturday evening last,...

GT take inaugural National Women’s F/Ball league title

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on GT take inaugural National Women’s F/Ball league title

Beat Region 9 1-nil to remain unbeaten In sweltering heat at the Lethem Community Centre ground, the dominant Georgetown lasses beat Region Nine 1-nil yesterday afternoon to take the inaugural...

The disintegration of the fabric of our civilisation

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on The disintegration of the fabric of our civilisation

Dear Editor, I am not ashamed to say that the image of the injury to the lower torso of the 14-year-old Guyanese Youth on the front page of one of the two independent dailies caused me to...

You could be next

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on You could be next

Dear Editor, Imagine if you will, as a foreign national visiting Guyana , you happen upon some police men and become a suspect of a crime. A forced confession could be gotten out of you and your...

Colin Ming captures EU Golf title

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Colin Ming captures EU Golf title

Experienced golfer Colin Ming stepped up his game to triumph in the European Union (EU) sponsored Medal Play handicap tournament last Saturday at Lusignan Golf Course just three weeks before the...

Despite the multi-million $$$ Doppler Radar weather reports still inaccurate

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Despite the multi-million $$$ Doppler Radar weather reports still inaccurate

Dear Editor, Perhaps it was several inches of rain which was dumped over Guyana last Saturday (31-10-09), but of course we did not receive such a prediction or report from the Ministry of...

AID and bad governance poor bedfellows for sustainable development

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on AID and bad governance poor bedfellows for sustainable development

Dear Editor, AID in the form of loans, grants, and debt relief provided close to no comfort for the bottom billion countries over the last 30 years; in fact, research at the Centre for Global...

Those responsible must be held accountable

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Those responsible must be held accountable

Dear Editor, It was a ghastly sight to see the burns on the private parts of the teenager on the front page of Kaieteur News. The torture of the young man at the hands of police must be condemned in...

Torture of lad by police signals time for supporters of the PPP to call for government’s resignation

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Torture of lad by police signals time for supporters of the PPP to call for government’s resignation

Dear Editor, On reading KN’s news story, “Torture,” (October 31), featuring a 14-year-old lad whose lower torso bore gruesome burn marks allegedly at the hands of police officers who...

Calling for justice for this 14-year-old child

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Calling for justice for this 14-year-old child

Dear Editor, As a mother I was shocked and saddened when I saw the photograph that was published in Kaieteur News of a 14-year-old child tortured by the policeþ at Leonora Police Station. I can...

Who approved such inhumane methods?

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Who approved such inhumane methods?

Dear Editor, Was I in total shock with KN front page image of the brutalised 14-year teenager by investigative officers of the police force? No. I will agree with anyone that it was a barbaric method...

THE POLICE CANNOT INVESTIGATE THIS ONE!

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE POLICE CANNOT INVESTIGATE THIS ONE!

Twenty five lawyers have taken a first and important step in condemning the recent torture of a teenager while in Police lockups. This is a decisive step, I believe in Guyana, and commences a...

Chaitram got it wrong

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Chaitram got it wrong

Dear Editor, In response to Mona Chaitram’s critique of my letter (27/10/09) .First of all, I want to ask Ms. Chaitram when last she visited Guyana and how long she spent? There is no doubt in my...

Torture in Hotel California

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Torture in Hotel California

There are some fantastic songs that even if they fall outside your favourite genre of music, you would still have a deep, aesthetic appreciation for their intrinsic value. There are too many to...

Corbin must resign

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Corbin must resign

Dear Editor, It is only a beast that would look into the eyes of a terrified child and calculatingly inflict such an horrendous injury that shocks an entire nation. I cannot find words to describe...

THIS BULL BUSINESS

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on THIS BULL BUSINESS

“They getting on awful, so ah bring back the bull.” — Lord Kitchener If you’re looking for an appropriate Revival Assembly for the male member of the species Bovinae, the...

LCDS Financing

Nov 02, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on LCDS Financing

As we draw closer to the December Copenhagen meeting on Climate Change that will attempt to craft a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, we are receiving increasingly optimistic information that the...

Tortured teen taken to hospital – after four days in hell

Nov 01, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Tortured teen taken to hospital – after four days in hell

“I was shocked. It was the most abhorrent sight I have ever seen…it moved me to tears…” -Attorney at Law Khemraj Ramjattan By Michael Jordan His face and body concealed by a...

Dem boys seh…Methylated spirit is a police tool

Nov 01, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Methylated spirit is a police tool

Cricketers and footballers bawling. Dem can’t get protectors—the thing that ordinary people call Seed Guards. Lawyers buying by de dozen and nuff ordinary people also buying. Couple people also...

Ramjattan charges clear case of torture

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Ramjattan charges clear case of torture

…as Ramotar says his party does not condone it By Gary Eleazar Torture is commonly defined as any act whereby severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a...

We will get rid of rogue policemen

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on We will get rid of rogue policemen

– Henry Green The police force is on a quest to transform its image that was seriously tarnished by the high handed and questionable associations by some of its ranks. It is to this end that no...

Human Rights Association says torture becoming systematic

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Human Rights Association says torture becoming systematic

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), responding to the latest allegation of torture by the security forces, has said that cases of torture are no longer isolated, but are becoming systematic....

Essequibo accident victim still critical

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Essequibo accident victim still critical

Jewan Gangawattie, a/k Rakesh, of Lima Village, Essequibo Coast, who was involved in an accident on the Richmond Public Road, on Saturday October 24, last, remains critical at the Georgetown Public...

CARICOM has not gone very far

Nov 01, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on CARICOM has not gone very far

By Peter Espeut Twelve of the 14 CARICOM countries in 30 days (all except the Bahamas and Haiti)! It’s been a whirlwind tour as I do some work for the Caribbean Community. It has given me a...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL: Historic rivals to meet as Guyana/T&T...

Aug 30, 2026

By Clifton Ross Kaieteur Sports – The ultimate rivalry in cricket resumes tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors lock horns with arch-rivals Trinbago Knight Riders come tonight at the historic...

Give the Commission a chance to do its preparatory work

Aug 30, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is a legitimate public concern about the pace at which the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy is getting underway. Survivors, relatives of those who died and the wider Guyanese public understandably want answers. After such a devastating national tragedy,...

Haiti after Kenscoff: Pledges and Promises Do Not Stop the Killing

Aug 30, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – For generations, Kenscoff was where people from Port-au-Prince went to breathe. Its cool hills offered relief, and its farmers supplied the capital’s markets. Gang attacks reached the commune in January 2025, but it remained an important barrier between...

From Jagdeo to Ali; from bad to worse

Aug 30, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Never thought I would ever reach this place. Bring back Bharrat Jagdeo. Never say never! It was inconceivable that there could be a worse leader than former president Jagdeo. I warned him seven years ago. A monster created. Would come back to...

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