January 2010

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CDC to table draft disaster plan to govt. by Friday

Jan 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on CDC to table draft disaster plan to govt. by Friday

– steps taken for emergency workers to use Laptops, Blackberries The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is working to produce a draft plan on how to better tackle disaster situations and government...

Body of unidentified man discovered

Jan 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Body of unidentified man discovered

The body of an elderly man was discovered near a rubbish heap outside the Stabroek Market yesterday. The body, according to sources, bore several lacerations to the back, face and hands. Kaieteur...

What Dr Persaud is doing is dangerous to political discourse in Guyana

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on What Dr Persaud is doing is dangerous to political discourse in Guyana

Dear Editor, I refer to Dr Randy Persaud’s most recent letter (Randy Persaud replies to Hinds, Kaieteur News January 10, 2009). It was a reply to my correction of what I thought was a mistake on...

GAWU/GuySuCo in talks over workers’ incentive

Jan 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GAWU/GuySuCo in talks over workers’ incentive

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) are currently in discussion over the payment of workers’ annual production incentive (API)....

Police surgeon who treated tortured teen ‘still on the job’

Jan 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Police surgeon who treated tortured teen ‘still on the job’

By Fareeza Haniff The police surgeon, Dr. Mahendra Chand, who treated the 14-year-old boy who was tortured while in custody, is still on the job, and is still being assigned his regular duties for...

The truth about democracy and economic development

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The truth about democracy and economic development

Dear Editor, The Social & Economic Studies of the University of the West Indies (55, 3, 2006, 208-211) first carried my response to Dr. David Hinds’ sentiments and ideas (SES, 54:1 2005,...

The Minister did his utmost to put a PR spin on a very healthy debate

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Minister did his utmost to put a PR spin on a very healthy debate

Dear Editor, The Minister of Agriculture (by way of letter to the SN and Kaieteur News, dated January 7) in response to my letter captioned, “Are we pawning our forests because we are desperate for...

DPP to advise on possible charges

Jan 13, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on DPP to advise on possible charges

– ranks transferred Police are awaiting the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) with regards to their investigations into the theft of $3.4M from the Police Finance Office, Eve...

Don’t forget some of the bad things that happened last year

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Don’t forget some of the bad things that happened last year

So many bad things happened last year that many episodes are bound to slip you. The anonymous columnist, Peeping Tom, has reminded us of one of the most egregious moments in the history of sordid...

Panday faces toughest political battle

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Panday faces toughest political battle

Dear Editor, The Opposition Leader of our CARICOM sister nation Trinidad & Tobago, Basdeo Panday, faces a tough challenge to his leadership hold on the UNC party he founded 20 years ago. The...

What’s the role for the GFC in mining licences?

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on What’s the role for the GFC in mining licences?

Dear Editor, In the current discussions concerning possible intervention by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) in the issue of mining leases, licences and concessions, the provisions of the forest...

Farcical local government democracy

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Letters Comments Off on Farcical local government democracy

Dear Editor, Democracy in the local government system in Guyana is all about lip service, not a reality. The PNC and PPP had failed to implement a system that empowers the local democratic organs...

Negating the edge

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Negating the edge

Incumbency has its advantages and disadvantages. The party in power can pursue policies aimed at enhancing their appeal to the electorate and can time major projects to coincide with the hosting of...

Shared governance ahead?

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Shared governance ahead?

For almost half a century, there has been a body of opinion that only a government comprised of representatives of the major sections of Guyanese society can bring peace, stability and sustained...

Klass gives review of 2009

Jan 13, 2010 KNews Sports Comments Off on Klass gives review of 2009

By Rawle Welch “We have the talent and I think that the forging of the respective partnerships could see us feeling just as proud as the Trinidadians and the Jamaicans,” President of the...

Bauxite union’s move to ERC ‘obnoxious’ – Dr Luncheon

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Bauxite union’s move to ERC ‘obnoxious’ – Dr Luncheon

The move by the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&WU) to label the government as racist over its handling of the industrial relations crisis in the Berbice River has been deemed by the...

Region records 400,000 flu victims, 19 swine flu deaths

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Region records 400,000 flu victims, 19 swine flu deaths

Region records 400,000 flu victims, 19 swine flu deaths Approximately 400,000 cases of influenza type illnesses were reported as at the end of last year within the Caribbean Region, particularly...

Govt. rejects miners concerns over new regulations

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Govt. rejects miners concerns over new regulations

The government yesterday deemed “regrettable” the concerns of gold and diamond miners that proposed new regulations could regulate them out of business. “The Government would not support...

GPL boss may be gone by mid-year – PM Hinds

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GPL boss may be gone by mid-year – PM Hinds

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), Bharat Dindyal, has signaled his intentions to resign and may be gone by mid-year, said Prime Minister, Sam Hinds, yesterday during a...

$4B housing question… Opposition parties walk out

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on $4B housing question… Opposition parties walk out

– AFC seeks to prosecute PM, Housing Minister By Leonard Gildarie The Opposition Parties walked out of a Parliamentary session yesterday after clashing with government over a $4B additional...

Three more held, victim still unidentified

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Three more held, victim still unidentified

… Woman’s body on WCD road Police have detained three more people in connection with the murder of the still-unidentified woman whose mutilated corpse was found Sunday on a roadway at...

Dem boys seh… Who want shoot Bharrat?

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Who want shoot Bharrat?

Was confusion yesterday when news come that a man threaten to shoot de President. People want to know if de country gone mad. De Big market paper report how de man tell Bharrat that if he and all go...

Over $4 billion for old age pensions, public assistance in 2010 – Finance Minister

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Over $4 billion for old age pensions, public assistance in 2010 – Finance Minister

With effect from next month, old age pensions will be paid at a rate of $6,600 per month, while public assistance will be paid at a rate of $4,900 per month, Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, said...

GRA cashier charged for larceny

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on GRA cashier charged for larceny

The Guyana Revenue Authority cashier who allegedly stole money belonging to the company was yesterday granted $200,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Eon Havercome, 32, of 22...

Young Mother Wants Her Baby Back

Jan 12, 2010 KNews News Comments Off on Young Mother Wants Her Baby Back

Shackeera Sadenddin met a man in Tuschen in June 2007 and began a relationship that resulted in a baby. Assad Hassan was born in March 2009. At the time, Shackeera was 18 years old; Hassan was ten...

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Grudge Match looming as Warriors/Falcons collide tonight

Sep 17, 2026

2026 Republic Bank CPL Playoffs… GAW vs. ABF – Guyana eyeing revenge following first season loss to Antigua By Clifton Ross (Kaieteur News) – The stage is set for a blockbuster clash at...

Save our stories before they disappear

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – I asked a middle-aged woman if she knew Rabbi Washington. She vaguely recalled the name but nothing more. This is exactly how most of our collective memory works these days. When I mentioned other Guyanese public figures from the 1970s and 1980s, she drew a blank on most of...

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...

PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better...

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