Monthly Archives: October 2009

Remembering my father

By Brendan de Caires
Towards the end of his life, despite failing health and a workload that would tire men half his age, David de Caires …

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Reminiscences

By Isabelle de Caires
My earliest memories of my father are of him reading in his beloved Berbice chair in his study. He was there in …

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Should the media be impartial and responsible?

An edited version of the feature address at the Trinidad and Tobago Publishers and Broadcasters Association Annual Dinner and Awards for Media Excellence held on …

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Libel and newspapers

(Excerpt from a speech in Antigua, May, 2002)
There is no Freedom of Information legislation in Guyana. President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that he is not …

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The right to communicate

Excerpt from a speech at a Commonwealth Press Union conference in Edinburgh, 1992, after receiving the Astor Award
I speak as a relative novice, having plunged …

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The Guyana elections and the aftermath challenges for the media

 (Excerpt)
At Stabroek News, we did our best to cover the events of the day (1997 election and its aftermath) as accurately as we could, given …

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Media ownership and the ideology of a free press

(Edited excerpt from a presentation to a MATT symposium, April 12, 1996)
First of all, let us have no illusions, the problems you have with the …

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Some issues in the movement towards Caribbean integration

(Remarks at the commencement of the Second Special Consultations on the Caricom Single Market and Economy at Sam Lord’s Castle, St Phillip, Barbados, November 20-21, …

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Tributes paid to David de Caires and published in the letters column during the month of November, 2008

A great patriot has passed away
Dear Editor,
I join with the rest of the writers to express my condolences to Mrs. de Caires and the rest …

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Cops hope to interview star witness Vaughn, Khan

–as part of probe into phantom murders
Commissioner of Police Henry Greene yesterday said the force hopes to speak to Selwyn Vaughn, the US star …

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Canal man charged with Bisram murder

–accused beaten and burnt on tongue
With the media barred from entering the Wales Magistrate’s Court, a battered 28-year-old man appeared before the court charged …

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Strike hits sugar again

Following Thursday’s deadlock in the conciliation proceedings between GuySuCo and GAWU both entities are now awaiting the start of the arbitration process, even as a …

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Mine manager dies in boat accident

A 38-year-old mining camp manager is dead after reportedly being involved in a boat accident in the Essequibo River on Thursday.
Ray Boyle
The body of Ray …

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Benschop released on bail

Social activist Mark Benschop, who was arrested by the police on Thursday evening for disorderly behaviour and obstruction of a search operation which was being …

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Guyanese man charged with murder of Bajan woman

A Guyanese man was on Thursday charged with the murder of a Barbadian woman whose remains were found earlier this week.
According to a Barbados Nation …

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