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The primitive approach to communication must cease

Jun 07, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on The primitive approach to communication must cease

DEAR EDITOR The University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) is the body which attends to any student welfare and ensures that the UG Administration provides a safe studying/working environment...

Infrastructural improvement moving apace for Carifesta

Jun 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Infrastructural improvement moving apace for Carifesta

Even as the monetary cost of preparing sections of the country for Carifesta is being addressed, plans are moving apace to ensure that all is ready for Guyana’s hosting of the festival of arts in...

Kudos Minister Ramsammy !

Jun 07, 2008 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, I am relieved that Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has now spoken publicly about the connection between domestic violence, health and the economy. I would like to draw attention to...

Accused in UG student’s murder freed

Jun 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Accused in UG student’s murder freed

Steve Lovell, who was charged with murdering University of Guyana student, Dennis Edghill, yesterday walked out of the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court a free man after the case against him was...

Schoolgirl stripped in class because of removable tattoo

Jun 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Schoolgirl stripped in class because of removable tattoo

…welfare department to investigate An outraged mother made her fury evident yesterday when she told the story of how her 14-year-old child was apparently stripped of her school uniform by teachers...

Double-murder suspect nabbed while fleeing from hospital

Jun 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Double-murder suspect nabbed while fleeing from hospital

Pandemonium broke out at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) at around 04:00 hrs yesterday when 27-year-old Lloyd Sadloo, who is a suspect in the murders of two Brazilian businessmen,...

Focus needs to be placed on City Council

Jun 07, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Focus needs to be placed on City Council

DEAR EDITOR I am quite enthused to observe the efforts by the government and more particularly by the President, for whom I want to applaud for genuinely trying to root out corruption and financial...

Correction

Jun 07, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Correction

The Fashion Focus Team accidentally misstated the date for the Carifesta Model Casting. The date is Sunday June 8 and not July 8 as was stated. Male and female models between the ages of 15 and 30,...

Pensioners should be paid earlier in the month

Jun 07, 2008 KNews Letters Comments Off on Pensioners should be paid earlier in the month

DEAR EDITOR, Every year the Accountant General in the Ministry of Finance issues a circular to Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Department setting out the dates in each month of the ensuing year...

I was there when Guyana became a sovereign nation

Jun 07, 2008 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR I was there at the National Park forty two years ago when the British Flag the “Union Jack” was taken down and our own Golden Arrow Head was hoisted by our own Major Desmond Roberts....

We Forgot At Our own Peril

Jun 07, 2008 KNews Editorial Comments Off on We Forgot At Our own Peril

It seems just a short while ago that this nation was plunged into torrents of mourning following two successive atrocities, the likes of which were unprecedented in Guyana. Yet it has been over four...

PNCR says… Corbin will be protected by any means necessary

Jun 06, 2008 knews News 1

The People’s National Congress Reform, at its statutory press briefing yesterday, announced that the party will take all measures necessary and required to protect its Leader, Robert Corbin. The...

Prosecutors ‘will request stiff jail terms’ for Guyanese fishermen

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Prosecutors ‘will request stiff jail terms’ for Guyanese fishermen

Authorities in Suriname’s capital, Paramaribo, say that they will lay charges against 27 Guyanese nationals for fishing without a license in the country’s waters. Additionally, they are being...

Pit bulls maul caretaker

Jun 06, 2008 knews News 1

A 25-year-old caretaker narrowly escaped death at around 18:00 hrs yesterday after he was mauled by two pit bulls he was about to feed at Oleander Gardens, East Coast Demerara. Ramdatt Singh, who...

Canada offers polygraph training for Region’s police officers

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Canada offers polygraph training for Region’s police officers

With increased emphasis being placed on polygraph testing, police officers from the Caribbean will benefit from special training in the field through an offer from the Canadian High Commission to...

Alternative energy will not reduce electricity rates

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Alternative energy will not reduce electricity rates

…will act as price security from future significant increases – PM Alternative energy for electricity generations such as hydro power will not see reduced electricity rates; rather, it would...

The fuel price currently stands at approximately US$130 per barrel

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on The fuel price currently stands at approximately US$130 per barrel

The proposed site for the AFHP is located on the Kuribrong River, a tributary of the Potaro River. It (AFHP) has its genesis in an initial study that was carried out between 1974 and 1976 to explore...

Charlestown School sexual assault… Teacher arrested, another parent relates similar experience

Jun 06, 2008 knews News 1

The Charlestown Government School teacher, who allegedly sexually assaulted a first form student, was yesterday arrested. However following his arrest, the teacher denied the allegations stating that...

Rising food prices… Recommendations at FAO summit mirror local strategies

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Rising food prices… Recommendations at FAO summit mirror local strategies

Minister Persaud Many of the strategies that have been implemented in Guyana to cushion the effects of rising food prices are among the solutions that were garnered at the recently held Food and...

Death at Mahaica Police Station lock-ups… Standard operating procedure may have been breached

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Death at Mahaica Police Station lock-ups… Standard operating procedure may have been breached

Police at the Mahaica Police Station may have breached standard operating procedures and the police Office of Professional Responsibility has launched an investigation into the death of Surendranauth...

Mothers of ‘molested’ school girls seek legal action

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Mothers of ‘molested’ school girls seek legal action

Fearful that justice may not be fully served, the mothers of several of the school girls who have alleged that they were sexually molested by two teenaged brothers have voiced their concerns to this...

Housty is new Bar Association president

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Housty is new Bar Association president

Attorney-at-Law Teni Housty is now president of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), replacing Kashir Khan as head of the legal umbrella body. The decision was taken at the entity’s Annual General...

Nursery school freed of unsavoury condition

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Nursery school freed of unsavoury condition

Students of the Roxanne Burnham Nursery School are once again able to run and play at will while at school since urgent action was engaged to clear the weed infested compound. During a visit to the...

Thanks to the Acting Chief Justice the judiciary seems to be the executive branch’s Achilles heel

Jun 06, 2008 KNews Letters 1

DEAR EDITOR, I will let Mr. Terrence Duncan provide a direct response to Mr. Kwame McCoy’s letter, “Criticisms of the judiciary are the cross-checks and balance of power”, (Kaieteur News, June...

GT&T donates DSL service to Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre

Jun 06, 2008 knews News Comments Off on GT&T donates DSL service to Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre

The teaching ability of teachers and the learning capabilities of students at the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre are expected to be significantly boosted with the provision of the Digital...

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Eight spots open as Massy Distribution 12th Annual Schools Under-18...

Apr 18, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – From an initial field of 32 schools, the 12th Annual Massy Distribution Schools Under-18 Football Tournament, organised by the Petra Organisation has been trimmed to the final...

If you can’t respect the dead, you will have nothing but contempt...

Apr 18, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, I witnessed a scene that has remained with me ever since. A funeral cortège was making its way slowly along a public road, led by the hearse. Scores of vehicles driven by impatient motorists were overtaking the cortège, seemingly oblivious to the need to show...

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...

Southport – real inquiry, real results

Apr 18, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The Commission of Inquiry chaired by Sir Adrian Fulford and probing for answers into the Southport, England tragedy went live with early conclusions on Monday, April 13 Three young girls, all under the age of 10, were knifed to death, six other...

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