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A brighter day dawns

Jul 05, 2012 KNews Editorial, Features / Columnists Comments Off on A brighter day dawns

There is a saying that before the storm there is calm. Another saying goes that the darkest hour is just before the dawn. Guyana’s present situation can be likened to any of those...

Dem boys seh…De hamma man seh he accept de Chinee bid

Jul 04, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De hamma man seh he accept de Chinee bid

De airport expansion going ahead. Dem didn’t have no tender because de man wid de hammer seh that he satisfy and de law cover he ass. He did explain that de Chinee people come wid de money and de...

The revelation and denial of the Prime Minister of Guyana

Jul 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The revelation and denial of the Prime Minister of Guyana

Yesterday morning Dr. David Hinds of APNU, Gerhard Ramsaroop and Michael Carrington of AFC participated with me and Mark Benschop in a picketing exercise outside the PM’s office in Kingston over...

Create incentives and the country will be cleaned up overnight

Jul 04, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Create incentives and the country will be cleaned up overnight

Before you “pick it up”, somebody had to have “thrown it down.” It would therefore be much better if instead of having a campaign urging citizens to pick up litter, for there to be a campaign...

James Bond paid for Benchop’s gilbackker curry

Jul 03, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on James Bond paid for Benchop’s gilbackker curry

Finally, I got Mark Benschop to make good on his promise of my gilbackker curry lunch. While eating it last Saturday, James Bond came into the restaurant and sat at our table, so the logical...

THE ISSUE IS ABOUT FAIRNESS

Jul 03, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE ISSUE IS ABOUT FAIRNESS

You get a sense of how difficult it is to run this country when you examine the controversy that has erupted over the proposal to reduce, not remove, the subsidies that are applied to electricity...

Dem boys seh…Ralphie lef and Donald gun get lef

Jul 03, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Ralphie lef and Donald gun get lef

Dem got nuff Goolsarran in Guyana just like how dem got de Lalls and Harrises. But two of dem Goolsarran is definitely thief. One of dem had runnings wid textbooks and de other had runnings wid...

Dem boys seh…Ralphie calling de shots

Jul 02, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Ralphie calling de shots

People don’t know wha dem got till dem lost it. A man got a wife and he does tek she fuh granted till she lef he. Then he does tun round and beg. He does also mek all kind of promise. Is de same...

HEADS ROLL OVER ARMS

Jul 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HEADS ROLL OVER ARMS

Jack Warner of FIFA fame was recently made Minister of National Security in Trinidad and Tobago and, according to a television report, immediately summoned all the heads of the various arms of...

GOOD BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Jul 02, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GOOD BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Uncle Donald may be moving a bit too slow for everyone’s liking. But he is generally doing the right things even if there is a need for him to quicken his pace. The past week saw him deal candidly...

Dem boys seh…De Waterfalls paper got proposal just like dem Chinee

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De Waterfalls paper got proposal just like dem Chinee

Is not everybody believe in thiefing and corruption. Cheddi was one and he teach all of dem in he party fuh be clean. Today that principle dead just like Cheddi. Tek Jagdeo. He accept a Chinee...

How well are our Primary School pupils performing?

Jul 01, 2012 KNews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on How well are our Primary School pupils performing?

Now that the Common Entrance results are upon us at this time of the school year, it is important for us to find out more precisely how the pupils have performed at the end of their primary school...

Interesting creatures…The Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on Interesting creatures…The Purple-throated Fruitcrow

The Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is the only species of the genus Querula. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil,...

Nuff Rass: A father’s note to his daughter

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Nuff Rass: A father’s note to his daughter

Ravi Dev once wrote that he was planning to reply to me, but after attending a school function with his daughter when he heard the teacher quote a certain line from Desiderata, he decided against...

The kidnapping of Vishnu Bhim

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The kidnapping of Vishnu Bhim

By Michael Jordan On the morning on November 29, 1994, eight-year-old Vishnu Bhim of Annandale, East Coast Demerara, did his chores, kissed his mom, then left for school. At around midday, his...

When people have to eat their words

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on When people have to eat their words

It has been a long time since I experienced the euphoria of doing well at what is now the Grade Six Examinations. Way back in my time it was the Common Entrance and just as is the case today,...

TWO PARTIES, TWO CONFERENCES, ONE DIRECTION

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TWO PARTIES, TWO CONFERENCES, ONE DIRECTION

All eyes are going to be on the congresses of the two main opposition parties, the Alliance for Change (AFC) and the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) to be held later this month. For the...

Preparing for Oil

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Preparing for Oil

The search for oil within our boundaries is once again intensifying. We repeat this caution from 2007 about oil being a mixed blessing. Resource-rich former colonies, in general, and oil-rich ones in...

Agreement with Europe begins to kick

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Agreement with Europe begins to kick

By Sir Ronald Sanders A statement credited to Alexander Walford, Policy Officer of the Caribbean-European Union (EU) in the European Commission, says that eight Caribbean countries have not...

Life Lessons from Albert Einstein

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought 1

Follow Your Curiosity “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” What piques your curiosity? I am curious as to what causes one person to succeed while another person fails; this...

Cartoon – July 01, 2012

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Cartoon – July 01, 2012

The Baccoo Speaks

Jul 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

There have been some cruel events, all of which have led to actions that the courts must address. But this is not the end of the madness. In the gold fields there is going to be another brutal...

THE CONUNDRUM OVER THE FINANCIAL PAPER

Jun 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE CONUNDRUM OVER THE FINANCIAL PAPER

There is nothing difficult about deciphering the Standing Orders of Parliament as these apply to Bills and financial papers. These orders are not written in the language of rocket science. Where the...

Dem boys seh…Fuzzy play dead and Uncle Donald bury Ee

Jun 30, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Fuzzy play dead and Uncle Donald bury Ee

Old people always seh wha you pray fuh you does get. Fuzzy get exactly what he pray for—de breadline. Dem had de budget debate and when de opposition cut de vote fuh Hen See Hen, Fuzzy guh pun de...

Dem Boys Seh … Airport deal was Jagdeo last haul

Jun 29, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh … Airport deal was Jagdeo last haul

Tie Tan was de big ship that sink pun de first trip and kill hundreds. Now dem got Tie Tang. He is not a big ship. He is a big contractor. But dem boys worried because when Tie Tang done wid de...

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Massy Distribution School’s U18 Football finalists to be decided...

Apr 26, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – The race to the final of the 2026 Massy Distribution–sponsored Petra Organisation Under-18 Schools Football Championship hits boiling point today, as four in-form sides...

Georgetown has reached its limits

Apr 26, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana, I have concluded after extensive observation (and several near-death experiences attempting to cross Regent Street), has not merely reached its tipping point. It has tipped, landed awkwardly, and is now apologizing to itself while asking...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

AG Nandlall – reflect, set standard, exemplify

Apr 26, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Mr. Anil Nandlall, honorable Attorney General, has a dilemma. His foot is in a trap, and the more he opens his mouth to help himself, the more he makes matters worse. What was heard from the Caribbean Court of Justice was the subtle chiding of...

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