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Here is a civil society member speaking!

Jan 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Here is a civil society member speaking!

Was President Jagdeo trying to be smart? Or did the words just randomly come out of his mouth? If your kid was hurt at school, should you not seek redress from a specific authority? Should you not...

Extensive training critical for police ranks – Rohee

Jan 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Extensive training critical for police ranks – Rohee

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has stressed the need for proper training of police ranks, since they perform multiple duties on a daily basis. These statements were made at the Conference of...

Let all Guyanese with new assets since 1999 join MPs in having their assets examined

Jan 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Let all Guyanese with new assets since 1999 join MPs in having their assets examined

Dear Editor, I read the Guyana Chronicle news article “MPs assets declaration is a watershed moment for Guyana,” (Tuesday, January 27), in which President Bharrat Jagdeo reportedly stressed that...

The localisation of taxes

Jan 28, 2009 knews Peeping Tom Comments Off on The localisation of taxes

INTRODUCTION: In my Sunday column, I presented a case study on Bartica. Most villages and towns including Georgetown are held hostage by the administration. For example, Bartica gets only $3M to...

A Stand-up Comedian?

Jan 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on A Stand-up Comedian?

The Parrot has been de-stressed. The process proved that laughter is indeed the best medicine. Many doses were “dispensed” over the last few days in the media. Among the “dispensers” was the...

An inaccurate reflection

Jan 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on An inaccurate reflection

Dear Editor, I refer to Cheddi Joey Jagan’s letter titled “The trail for Obama was blazed by Martin Luther King and Mahatma Ghandi” (SN 16/1/2009). Jagan’s belief that Obama demonstrated the...

‘C’ Division CPGs host successful AGM

Jan 28, 2009 knews News Comments Off on ‘C’ Division CPGs host successful AGM

The ‘C’ Division Community Policing Groups (CPGs) held their Annual General Meeting last Sunday at the Lusignan Community Centre on the eve of the first anniversary of the Lusignan Massacre. The...

BIG MAN’S JOB ON A YOUNG BOY’S SHOULDER

Jan 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BIG MAN’S JOB ON A YOUNG BOY’S SHOULDER

There were many who felt that he was too young and inexperienced to have been handed such an important portfolio. There were many who felt that it was reckless of the President to have assigned to a...

Review the award of the Cubana Monument design prize money

Jan 28, 2009 knews Letters Comments Off on Review the award of the Cubana Monument design prize money

Dear Editor, It is indeed a wise initiative of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development to introduce a national competition for the monument design in commemoration of the victims...

Lusignan Massacre: One Year Later

Jan 28, 2009 knews Editorial Comments Off on Lusignan Massacre: One Year Later

A year after the Lusignan Massacre, we find ourselves still trying to grapple with the enormity of that depravity, which exemplified the maxim: Homo Homini Lupus – Man, to his fellow man, is a...

$257M bank fraud uncovered

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on $257M bank fraud uncovered

– probe leads to several Canadian banks Ranks from the Criminal Investigations Department Fraud Squad have launched a probe into an alleged fraud at the Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited,...

Jagdeo grants MPs extention

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Jagdeo grants MPs extention

“I urge the people of Guyana to look at this as a test case… If the Leader of the Opposition’s position is to urge people to break the law when the law is to ensure financial probity, what...

Another ‘Fine Man’ lieutenant captured

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Another ‘Fine Man’ lieutenant captured

– confesses to murder and robberies One of the suspects held in last Saturday’s raid in Buxton was said to have been connected to the gang headed by the now dead Rondell ‘Fine...

President orders investigation into contaminated GPL fuel

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on President orders investigation into contaminated GPL fuel

…results from Trinidad expected today By Gary Eleazar President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced that he has ordered a full investigation into the affairs at the Guyana Power and...

Guyanese woman found dead on chicken farm in Barbados

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyanese woman found dead on chicken farm in Barbados

The Guyana Consulate in Barbados is to meet with the management of a chicken farm on that island where, on Saturday, a Guyanese employee died in an apparent accident. At the time, she was inside a...

Remembering Lusignan massacre victims one year later

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Remembering Lusignan massacre victims one year later

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) last evening held an inter-faith vigil on the occasion of the first anniversary of the victims of the Lusignan Massacre. Executive Member of the Indian Arrival...

Govt freezes gratuity payments for foreign-funded projects

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Govt freezes gratuity payments for foreign-funded projects

The Government has taken a decision to freeze gratuity payments for workers on foreign-funded projects over under-performance. In a January 13, 2009 memorandum, workers were notified that all...

New test introduced at Blood Bank

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on New test introduced at Blood Bank

As part of efforts to ensure that Guyanese continue receiving safe blood, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) has introduced Chagas testing as part of its blood screening exercise. Chagas...

Uranium find warrants issuance of mining licence

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Uranium find warrants issuance of mining licence

…as Omai’s revegetation program renegotiated – PM Prime Minister Samuel Hinds this past week told media operatives that the recent announcement that there may be some 5.8 million pounds...

Guyana’s carbon credit fight attracts international attention

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Guyana’s carbon credit fight attracts international attention

…Jagdeo to speak at World Economic Forum By Tusika Martin Guyana’s efforts at lobbying for the provision of incentives for the preservation of rainforests have been noticed by many international...

PM shows two-year-old died of haemorrhage, shock

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on PM shows two-year-old died of haemorrhage, shock

The autopsy on two-year-old Malaki Osborne, who died on Sunday night after he was impaled when he fell on a wine glass, proved that the toddler died from hemorrhage and shock, the result of a...

Ex-cop nabbed with gun

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Ex-cop nabbed with gun

A former member of the Guyana Police Force is in custody after he was nabbed with a loaded 9mm pistol on Friday night. Kaieteur News understands that a group of police ranks was on patrol on the East...

Canada immigration policies contradictory – Jagdeo

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Canada immigration policies contradictory – Jagdeo

By Tusika Martin President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that he finds it strange that Canada would accept refugees from Guyana but at the same time deport people to the same country that generates...

Alleged chain snatcher granted bail

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Alleged chain snatcher granted bail

Oswald Wayne, 24, of Lot 10 B Tucville, Georgetown, secured $60,000 bail yesterday when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on a charge of larceny. It is alleged that on...

Venezuelan pirates rob Guyanese fishermen

Jan 27, 2009 knews News Comments Off on Venezuelan pirates rob Guyanese fishermen

After a lull of several months, Guyanese fishermen are once again at the mercy of pirates who ply their nefarious trade near the Venezuelan border. Just last week Wednesday, the crew of the Ricky II...

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Kellogg’s Senior Indoor Hockey championship concludes

Nov 10, 2026

– GCC Elite overturn Saints to claim Women’s Open crown as Bounty GCC, Antonio’s Hickers also win titles (Kaieteur News) – GCC Elite came from behind to win the Kellogg’s...

No good deed goes unpunished

Nov 10, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Among those who joined the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 BC was Marcus Junius Brutus, a man Caesar had previously pardoned after the civil war. Caesar had spared his life, restored him to favour and trusted him. Brutus repaid this generosity by helping to put a...

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...

U.S. midterms – the Guyanese challenge – Pt. III

Nov 10, 2026

Kaieteur News – Donald Trump made himself into a winner. He also made himself a loser. No close midterm results to contest. No tight seat margins that call for bruising, delaying, upending battles. The American people spoke, their will prevailed. What’s the lesson for Guyanese? Is there...

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