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Breaking the ignorance over the law

Nov 22, 2008 knews Editorial 1

The anger that people feel at being robbed or violated is understandable. People feel violated when they lose something forcibly. It is not simply the loss. It is the indignity and injustice of...

Minister Jeffrey axed

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 21

Minister of Foreign Trade and International Co-operation, Dr Henry Jeffrey, has been dropped from Cabinet. He is now likely to serve in an ambassadorial position. Reports are that Dr Jeffrey and...

Freedom of Information Bill being fast tracked- PM

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 2

“I am not aware of any such initiative,” AFC’s Trotman The Freedom of Information legislation that is currently on hold by its mover Raphael Trotman is being advanced, and fast as possible,...

Berbice River Bridge to open in time for Christmas

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 2

While the access roads may not be completed for its opening to traffic, the Berbice River Bridge will be opened to the public on December 23. With only one span left to be completed, the bridge will...

Another army lieutenant faces court martial

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 3

Another army lieutenant is being court martialled, but this time for disobeying the standing orders of the Guyana Defence Force. Second Lieutenant R. Warden was stationed at Eteringbang in August...

Woman, 32, takes poison for lover, 20

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 11

A 32-year-old mother from Linden was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after she told friends that she had ingested a toxic substance. The woman, identified as Jennel Davis, was...

Ex-con’s death…

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 7

Five charged with murder Five youths were yesterday charged with the vigilante-style murder of ex-convict Rickford Barker, whose battered body was found in a cemetery near the Soesdyke main road last...

Police Force embarks on massive traffic campaign

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 4

… Traffic Chief aims to break 20-year record As part of ‘Operation Safeway,” the Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force is continuing its exercise of detaining minibuses that have...

US medical mission ends

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 1

Yesterday, Guyana hosted US Ambassador John Jones, and senior officers the visiting USS Kearsarge in a thank you gesture at State House. The occasion was a luncheon organised by President Bharrat...

Linden municipality demolish roadside stalls

Nov 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Linden municipality demolish roadside stalls

The Linden municipality has commenced demolition of roadside stalls along Burnham Drive, in an effort to get the vendors off the road and into the nearby Wismar Market, which presently has less than...

Voir dire underway in ‘George Bacchus’ murder trial

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 1

The case involving Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds, who is accused of murdering self-confessed death squad informant George Bacchus, continued yesterday. A voir dire is taking place in the Supreme Court...

Guyana in Conservation spotlight again

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 1

…as Harrison Ford features Upper E’bo concession Hollywood star Harrison Ford is continuing his work with Conservation International (CI) to promote conservation and sustainable use of natural...

Guyana can teach the world religious tolerance

Nov 21, 2008 knews News 2

– President Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that Guyana can act as a model for many parts of the world, particularly in the area of religious tolerance. “We can teach them...

Police tackle businesses that encumber roadways

Nov 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Police tackle businesses that encumber roadways

With the expected influx in goods coming into the country at this time of the year, Traffic Chief Neil Semple is appealing to businesses not to encumber the roadways with containers for long periods....

Kaneville man builds house on main access road

Nov 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Kaneville man builds house on main access road

Residents in Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, are calling on the relevant authorities to look into a situation in their community, where a man in their village is in the process of constructing a house...

Missing aircraft – give equal weight to all facts

Nov 21, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Missing aircraft – give equal weight to all facts

Dear Editor, It is impossible for news sources to report on every event in an area. This is one reason why they selectively choose which stories to report. Taking that into consideration, one cannot...

Something that seems very much impossible

Nov 21, 2008 knews Letters 2

Dear Editor, “Nothing is impossible with Almighty God,” Umar Saied declares with the kind of certainty so common to religious letter writers. In his Kaieteur News dispatch of November 20th, he...

Guyana to host 48th Session of Caribbean Meteorological Council

Nov 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana to host 48th Session of Caribbean Meteorological Council

Guyana, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydrometeorological Service, will on Thursday host the 48th Session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council of Ministers and related meetings. The...

Double Decker Hot Dogs & Burgers assist D’ Andrade

Nov 21, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Double Decker Hot Dogs & Burgers assist D’ Andrade

National distance runner Lionel D’Andrade left the country last Wednesday to compete in the Suriname Marathon which is scheduled to be staged today in Paramaribo. D’ Andrade in a brief comment...

Magistrates have an unenviable job

Nov 21, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Magistrates have an unenviable job

A number of sitting magistrates are complaining about the “discomfort” that police officers place on them on a daily basis at court. Observations show that magistrates already have their work cut...

How impartial is TV station owner Vieira?

Nov 21, 2008 knews Letters 1

Dear Editor, I am responding to Anthony Vieira’s letter of November 14 (“Have we learnt anything from the US experience?”) in which he incorrectly stated, “nothing about the U.S election was...

Violent, crazy, cruel society

Nov 21, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 4

A society gets into extreme trouble when the state that supposed to protect us from violence, disregards the law, uses violence and find such a method effective. Imagine a Minister of the Government...

GCC under-21 ladies to compete in Trinidad

Nov 21, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCC under-21 ladies to compete in Trinidad

The Georgetown Cricket Club’s under-21 indoor ladies hockey team (GCC) flew off to the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago last evening to compete in this year’s annual Carib Magnolias...

The magistracy needs to be given guidelines on bail policy

Nov 21, 2008 knews Letters 4

Dear Editor, I have just read a most worrying news item in today’s Kaieteur News (18th November, 2008). A young man was denied bail by the magistrate for stealing a cell phone. His next court...

Larlene’s too young

Nov 21, 2008 knews Features / Columnists 3

The Parrot, in its last squawk, made reference to people who, even though they possess the sense of sight, cannot see. The same thing applies to people who can hear, but don’t listen; who can...

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Apr 15, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Patanjilee Persaud has been crowned the inaugural Promotech National Top Golf League Champion, capping off a demanding and highly competitive season with a composed performance...

Where are the coroners?

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The law in Guyana governing the holding of a Coroner’s Inquest is both clear in its intent and, at the same time, revealing in its limitations. Rooted in the Coroners Act, Cap. 4:03, the legal framework establishes the circumstances under which deaths must be investigated and...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

Apr 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

National minimum wage citizens

Apr 15, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – For several years, senior citizens received an increase in their monthly pensions. Paltry and unlivable, but an extra dollar for cash-stressed elderly. Public servants from juniors to apex seniors, notably the president, have received a salary increase. Trade unions...

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