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Aug 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on DISAPPOINTED: Why no talk on VAT or TAX reductions?
INTRODUCTION: As I listened to the speeches at the 29th PPP Congress, I was extremely disappointed that no one addressed the heavy tax burden that they have placed on us as citizens. There was no...Aug 08, 2008 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is a question of who gun thief what
When people play mad dem does get de treatment, and sometimes dem don’t even live to tell de tale. Was a pity that a woman had to die, and de thing is that de hospital get skin-up. A mad person...Aug 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Even the dead business has changed
The Parrot is fully aware of the many changes, social and infrastructural, that have occurred over the years in Guyana. The transformation, which has “leap-frogged,” is amazing. The East Bank...Aug 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Burnham and Jagdeo: a comparison
I decided a long time ago that, on the day of Cheddi Jagan’s death anniversary or birthday, I will look at his politics. The same for Burnham. The just-concluded congress of the PPP had too many...Aug 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Trying to read too much into the congress vote
The critics are still at it, and although the results of the congress are clear, the critics have found ways of adding their own twist to things. However, it is clear that they are uncertain how to...Aug 08, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on “TRANSPARENT MISTAKES”
I recently read a story about a man who used to buy a newspaper every day from the paper boy. The man would make the purchase, stand his ground, take a quick glance at the front page, and then hand...Aug 08, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Let’s endorse the return of public transportation to the State
DEAR EDITOR, For those of us not always fortunate to commute privately, the experience in a minibus can be very unnerving, and I would advance perhaps reflective of the uglier side to Guyanese...Aug 08, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Nasir’s views about rape are limited
DEAR EDITOR, The more I read Mr. Mujtaba Nasir’s misogynistic diatribe entitled, “Unwarranted attacks on Islam,” (Sunday Chronicle 3rd August 2008) in which he purports to speak for Muslim...Aug 08, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Freedom of speech and democracy
DEAR EDITOR, “Give me Liberty or give me Death!” This was the volcanic clamour that, in 1775, erupted from the bottom of the soul of the great American freedom fighter, Patrick Henry. In his book...Aug 08, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on Our martyrs, the heroes of Guyana
– IN TRIBUTE TO SHAZIM, EON, CHETRAM, RICHARD AND MARK It seems as if it were only yesterday that they were here with us. Today, however, marks two years since the untimely martyrdom of our...
Oct 04, 2026
(Cricinfo) – Shai Hope spent the entirety of this seemingly never-ending match on the field, hobbling for the last third of his innings after having kept for 50 overs, and sealed West...Oct 04, 2026
(Kaieteur News) – In Guyana, there is a peculiar arithmetic to prosperity. The country announces itself as one of the fastest-growing economies in the hemisphere, a petroleum state that has been transformed almost overnight into a place of billion-dollar projects, expanding infrastructure and...Oct 04, 2026
By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...Oct 04, 2026
Hard truths… (Kaieteur News) – Brace for what’s coming, my fellow Guyanese. A bit off the beaten track. Here goes. What if the U.S. as a matter of immigration policy would experiment with visa-free travel for Guyanese? A kind of seasonal work permit, along the lines that used to be...Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.
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