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A dead lamp outside my home and two old lawyers

Jun 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A dead lamp outside my home and two old lawyers

Long ago, I decided in my life, I will be the only judge of who I think is worthy of admiration in my country, even if I am the lone voice that differs from the rest of the population....

SAVING GUYSUCO!

Jun 01, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SAVING GUYSUCO!

The sugar industry should no longer continue to hemorrhage. The recent shortfall in production for the first crop now means that the original target for this year is not likely to be achieved,...

Dem boys seh…Thiefing mek ERC shut down

Jun 01, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Thiefing mek ERC shut down

De Ethnic Relations Commission shut down. De people gone home. Dem ain’t get pay and de bishop blaming de Waterfalls paper because he ain’t get de money from de libel suit. But dem...

Hitchcockian themes left unattended

May 31, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Hitchcockian themes left unattended

Just days before the debate on the 2012 budget got underway the TUC sponsored a seminar at its head office in which the discussants were Lincoln Lewis, Christopher Ram and Carl Greenidge. Mr....

APNU AND THE AFC SHOULD DONATE THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES TO THE ERC STAFF.

May 31, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on APNU AND THE AFC SHOULD DONATE THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES TO THE ERC STAFF.

The PNCR has long had an issue with the composition of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). They questioned the composition of the Commission arguing that it is not in keeping with the provisions...

Dem boys seh…Rob Bert and Jagdeo team up again

May 31, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Rob Bert and Jagdeo team up again

Rob Bert, Jagdeo, Bobby and some other man gone to Miami. Dem travel pun de same plane and dem boys want know wheh dem going and why dem going. Some people at de airport seh that dem...

WHY QUESTION NICIL ABOUT PRADOVILLE 2?

May 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY QUESTION NICIL ABOUT PRADOVILLE 2?

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has some nerve. Imagine, it is making an accusation against NICIL, and then demanding that NICIL prove the allegation. This is what the AFC’s stance as regards...

The Guyanese people must demand freedom and democracy

May 30, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Guyanese people must demand freedom and democracy

The Philip Moore burial controversy has struck a raw nerve. The more you think of it, the more the picture becomes clear as a sunny day on a tropical afternoon when the sun is in its...

Dem boys seh…Henry de Yellow ain’t get no parade

May 30, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Henry de Yellow ain’t get no parade

When de government raise dem security guard pay all dem private security people get vex. Nuff of dem use to rob dem old people because is dem who is security guard—people who can’t...

Begin the beguine. Why not? This is Guyana

May 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Begin the beguine. Why not? This is Guyana

Ms. Gail Teixeira said that she has written to APNU and the AFC on the resumption of tripartite talks. So, soon the Government and opposition are going to waltz once more. The dance and...

THOSE SMILING PETROL ATTENDANTS

May 29, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THOSE SMILING PETROL ATTENDANTS

If you have been to the petrol stations over the past three weeks you would have noticed a change in attitude by the attendants. Many of them are smiling and are more friendly and...

Dem boys seh…NICIL sell a Harbour Bridge pontoon

May 29, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…NICIL sell a Harbour Bridge pontoon

Is either Henry de Yellow ain’t got luck or he does drop to sleep at de wheel. Last week he driving as usual when he knock a jackass cart and a Harbour Bridge vehicle. He damage all...

Dem boys seh…Brazzy brother join Moses

May 28, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Brazzy brother join Moses

Moses save the Israelites; the Good Lord save de world and Brazzy brother save Hand in Hand. Dem boys didn’t know that Brazzy brother had such powers. And de same Brazzy claim how he didn’t do...

ONLY IN AMERICA

May 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ONLY IN AMERICA

“To those of you who received honours, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States.” This was George W. Bush at his...

A DISSERVICE TO NATION-BUILDING

May 28, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A DISSERVICE TO NATION-BUILDING

Today we republish an edited and revised column about the Guyana National Service. National Service was a monumental failure that achieved nothing, absolutely nothing. National Service failed without...

Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald sing ‘Welcome to Jam rock’

May 27, 2012 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald sing ‘Welcome to Jam rock’

De whole place like it going mad. A man see police wid gun and he decide to attack dem. He chop two and he dead. Now when de same police use to put out dem statement how dem had...

The Baccoo Speaks

May 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo Speaks

Murders continue to be reported at an alarming rate. Someone is going to find a decomposing body in a secluded area. It would not be immediately clear who the victim would be until a woman...

Sunday Cartoon

May 27, 2012 KNews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Sunday Cartoon

Hot Wax and Broken Glass

May 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Food For Thought Comments Off on Hot Wax and Broken Glass

Prior to hard-wired electricity, our ancestors used candlelight to illuminate the interior of the home. No matter how large the volume of wax, each candle emitted the same amount of light. The...

The Pinktoe Tarantula (Aviculara avicularia)

May 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Pinktoe Tarantula (Aviculara avicularia)

The pinktoe tarantula (Aviculara avicularia) is a species of tarantula native to South America, Costa Rica to Brazil and the southern Caribbean. This species is sometimes called...

Three dead musicians and the Sandpiper

May 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Three dead musicians and the Sandpiper

It is generally recognized in the culture of civilization that we are shaped by the people we encounter and with whom we interact, the books that influenced us and the events that...

The Mysterious Butcher of Bartica

May 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Mysterious Butcher of Bartica

By Michael Jordan If, by some good fortune, you were to pass through Bartica, you would be left with pleasant memories of strikingly beautiful women, boats moored on a...

Keep the pen away from some people

May 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Keep the pen away from some people

Last week, I continued to be unimpressed with what passes for reporting. In the first instance, some of the people who pen their names to articles they write should never have been allowed near to a...

EMOTIONAL PAIN AND POLITICAL CHOICES

May 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on EMOTIONAL PAIN AND POLITICAL CHOICES

There are many Guyanese at home and abroad who are suffering emotionally. They are out there and their pain is visible. It is expressed each day by their attitude. They are suffering not...

A Great Soul

May 27, 2012 KNews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on A Great Soul

I first encountered Philip Moore at the end of 1979 when I returned to Guyana from the United States for the first time in seven years. A relative told me I had to see this ‘monstrosity’ that...

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Just what is going on in Guyana?

May 13, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was a time when the average Guyanese scandal involved a man stealing two plantains from a neighbour’s kitchen garden and then attending the same neighbour’s wake three weeks later pretending to be grief-stricken. We were a manageable people. Dysfunction arrived in...

The Caribbean’s Limits in Absorbing Other States’ Deportees

May 10, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Migration policy is a matter of sovereign control. Governments assert, rightly, their authority to regulate borders, determine who may enter, and enforce their laws. The United States has that right, as does every sovereign state. All Caribbean governments...

Anand Persaud calls out, castigates, the PPP Govt.

May 13, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Governments govern. Leaders lead. Media reports on governance, leadership. People pronounce on the quality of both. I do. Anand Persaud did. As the former editor-in-chief of the much-praised, much-missed, Stabroek News, he would know about...

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