Latest update April 5th, 2025 12:59 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

Dem boys seh…See En taxing de dead

Mar 27, 2011 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News

People use to talk bout how expensive to dead, that it cheaper to live. See En tell people that he gun help mek things cheap fuh all who dead. He gun do de death announcement really cheap.
He start and de thing ketch on. Before then was de radio. People use to listen to de radio fuh wha dem boys call jumbie hit parade.
Who didn’t have dem own radio use to call out to dem neighbour fuh tun it up. Children had to ketch dem corner. Even de police use to use de jumbie hit parade fuh call people.
See En knock out de radio. Other people who got TV tek up de thing and things guh nice fuh everybody but See En use to mek de money—more money than fuh any programme.
Well dem boys seh that he eye get big. He raise de price. He charging $30 fuh every word and all who want hear who dead got to pay.
De thing is that he pocketing all de money. He ain’t raise de pay fuh dem people who got to type in de death announcement.
Dem boys seh that de man might try fuh open a funeral parlour. Then he gun tell people that once he get de dead all de death announcement gun be fuh free this time he gun tag it on pun de cost of de funeral.
But fuh now de man singing “All is mine” just like de Bajan who see coins in de fountain.
But Rob-Bert plan to check de dance. Dem other TV stations too. Rob-bert charging half of what See En charge and dem other TV station giving way free death announcement.
Dem, boys want see how long See En gun stay wid he increase.
Talk half. Lef half.

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| March, 31st, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

 

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Twin tons from Anderson, Imlach steer Eagles back on course

Twin tons from Anderson, Imlach steer Eagles back on course

Apr 05, 2025

2025 CWI Regional 4-Day Championships Round 6…  – Eagles lead by 239 runs heading into last day  Kaieteur Sports- In-form batsmen, Kevlon Anderson and Captain Tevin Imlach played similar...
Read More
Race for quarterfinal spots commence today at MoE ground

Race for quarterfinal spots commence today at MoE...

Apr 05, 2025

Marsh sets up Lucknow’s comfortable win over Mumbai

Marsh sets up Lucknow’s comfortable win...

Apr 05, 2025

‘One Guyana’ 3×3 Quest tips off today

‘One Guyana’ 3×3 Quest tips off today

Apr 04, 2025

Saints and GTI dominate as YBG Georgetown Regional Conference continues

Saints and GTI dominate as YBG Georgetown...

Apr 04, 2025

Carty misses ton, Hamilton (80) sets up tense battle as Harpy Eagles speed ace Alimohamed bags 5

Carty misses ton, Hamilton (80) sets up tense...

Apr 04, 2025

Features/Columnists

  • The One-Man Republic

    Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- There exists, tucked away on the margin of maps and minds, a country that has perfected... more

Publisher’s Note

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.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]