December 2009

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Lacking the requisite fortitude to call it as it is

Dec 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Lacking the requisite fortitude to call it as it is

Dear Editor, Sugar workers went on strike for increased wages in November. Before that, to break a deadlock in talks between GAWU and GuySuCo in late October, the Ministry of Labour intervened and...

Proposed legislation could imprison for life without conviction – PNCR

Dec 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Proposed legislation could imprison for life without conviction – PNCR

A proposed Bill that will return to the National Assembly shortly is setting a dangerous precedent. This is according to leader of the Parliamentary Opposition, Robert Corbin, who recently told this...

After years of Independence it is time we mature politically

Dec 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on After years of Independence it is time we mature politically

DEAR EDITOR, We note the robust, crusade by Dr. Prem Misir to distort some aspects of our history and insert certain perceptions. Thank God for the likes of Rashleigh Jackson, who in Kaieteur News...

The need for a different window than that offered by commercial banks

Dec 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on The need for a different window than that offered by commercial banks

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by the Chairman, Guyana Association of Bankers, Mr. John Tracey, captioned, “Agricultural banks have not been successful in the past and are not the answer to the...

Rich countries must commit to climate fund

Dec 19, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Rich countries must commit to climate fund

DEAR EDITOR, At the climate summit in Copenhagen, the small, poor nations are asked to sacrifice their legitimate aspirations to become developed for the conspicuous consumption of the rich, who are...

When people write, history then becomes known

Dec 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When people write, history then becomes known

Last Saturday, Mr. Rashleigh Jackson, Guyana’s longest serving Foreign Minister wrote in this newspaper, an enlightening reply to Dr. Prem Misir of the Office of the President. I would suggest...

THIS IS GUYANA AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Dec 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THIS IS GUYANA AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Visitors and returning Guyanese were given a rousing welcome when they deplaned this past week at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. The warm reception was a promotion put on by the...

That growing telecommunication indusry

Dec 19, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on That growing telecommunication indusry

The New Year is bringing with it an end to the landline monopoly enjoyed by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company. Of course, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has the option...

H1N1 vaccine for Guyana expected next year

Dec 19, 2009 knews News Comments Off on H1N1 vaccine for Guyana expected next year

The much anticipated arrival of the H1N1 vaccine (swine flu) for Guyana is now expected to arrive in the country some time next month. This is according to Minister of Health; Dr. Leslie Ramsammy....

On funeral day… GRA seizes two ‘illegal’ vehicles from Minister Fox’s home

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on On funeral day… GRA seizes two ‘illegal’ vehicles from Minister Fox’s home

Two vehicles, suspected to be brought into Guyana illegally, were seized Wednesday from the Campbellville home of former Minister, Dr Desrey Fox. At the time of the seizure her body was being...

Bogus firearm licence surfaces

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Bogus firearm licence surfaces

– illegal gun seizures down Someone has infiltrated the police firearm licencing system and has issued what appeared to be a genuine document with a forged signature. This was disclosed by...

Guyana’s longest-serving woman prisoner is dead

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s longest-serving woman prisoner is dead

…she escaped the gallows NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Shireen Khan, who was condemned to depart this life by judicial hanging, died at the New Amsterdam Female Prison on Monday. Khan, her...

Sugar workers to receive increase before Christmas

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sugar workers to receive increase before Christmas

By Leonard Gildarie The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) yesterday announced that sugar workers, facing a possibility of not being paid an approved retroactive wage/salary increase this year,...

Buxton/Agricola gang lead investigator is 2009 Best Cop

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Buxton/Agricola gang lead investigator is 2009 Best Cop

Detective Inspector Trevor Reid of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters, Eve Leary, won the coveted best cop award at this year’s annual Guyana Police Force Awards. Reid who...

Dem Boys Seh… People want know who is who

Dec 18, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh… People want know who is who

Dem sugar workers really get vex when dem hear that GuySuCo wasn’t paying dem any bonus before Christmas. De union decide that dem had to protest suh dem mek placard. Dem argue that de sugar...

WWF, GWI ink $7.1M agreement for groundwater assessment

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on WWF, GWI ink $7.1M agreement for groundwater assessment

By Sharmain Cornette A grant which will facilitate a preliminary assessment of a section of the coastal aquifers within the Demerara Region was yesterday inked between the Guyana Water Incorporated...

Former cop freed on murder charge

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Former cop freed on murder charge

Former police constable Satish Ragnarine of Orealla walked out of the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court a free man after his matter was discharged by Magistrate Krisendat Persaud. Ragnarine was one...

Female security guard badly beaten by bandits

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Female security guard badly beaten by bandits

A female security guard attached to the Instant Security Service was attacked and severely beaten by two masked men, early yesterday morning, while she was stationed at the Hand in Hand Insurance...

Sattaur denies corruption at Licence Revenue Office

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Sattaur denies corruption at Licence Revenue Office

Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur has denied that there is corruption at the Licence Revenue Office despite overwhelming evidence to support such...

Attacker captured one month later

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Attacker captured one month later

Almost one month after being on the run, the man who was burnt his colleague while on afishing trip in Suriname waters has been arrested. This news paper was told that the man who had been on the run...

Landing collapses during police Xmas party for kids – ten injured

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Landing collapses during police Xmas party for kids – ten injured

A Children’s Christmas party in the Cove and John Police Station compound ended abruptly last evening after the landing of a building in the compound collapsed with several participants. Nine...

GWI gets six pumps for sewerage system upgrade

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on GWI gets six pumps for sewerage system upgrade

– additional 22 expected by next week The capacity of the Georgetown sewerage system is poised to be increased by at least 50 percent in a matter of months with the addition of new submersible...

Top Cop issues challenge to local human rights boss

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Top Cop issues challenge to local human rights boss

– describes statements on extra-judicial killings as total rubbish Commissioner of Police Henry Greene has taken umbrage to recent statements attributed to the head of the Guyana Human Rights...

Youth refused bail for armed robbery

Dec 18, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Youth refused bail for armed robbery

A youth who has been accused of robbing a confectionery vendor was yesterday remanded after making a court appearance. Roger Grant, 18, of Stevedore Housing Scheme, was yesterday refused bail by...

POLITICAL REVISIONISM IN THE AGE OF COUNTER NARRATIVES

Dec 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on POLITICAL REVISIONISM IN THE AGE OF COUNTER NARRATIVES

How does one lift the level of discourse about historical revisionism without resorting to attacks about who is a propagandist, who is trying to ingratiate oneself with the PPP, who needs psychiatric...

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2026 Republic Bank CPL…GAW vs. TKR (Kaieteur News) – Guyana Amazon Warriors signed off their run at home with a huge bang after handing long-time rivals Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) a 6 wicket...

Should Guyana build a small refinery?

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The public discourse, thus far, on a refinery for Guyana asks some legitimate questions about cost, management, financing and commercial risk. But it makes a fundamental analytical mistake of evaluating the proposed Guyanese refinery as though its purpose were to become another...

The World Has Broken the 1.5°C Promise. Small States Should Not Have...

Sep 06, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The world has broken the 1.5°C promise it made to its most vulnerable countries. The breach has not yet been recorded on a sustained basis, but the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says it is widely assessed as unavoidable and likely within the...

Jagdeo on breaches, accountability Pt 1

Sep 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Great to see Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, Vice President, taking control. Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Regional Executive Officers, and assorted others summoned to a session with the new Minister for Virtue and against Vice. Dr. Jagdeo is the best man for that job. He knows the...

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