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Madmen, dictators and death

Feb 09, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Madmen, dictators and death

Death comes easy in Guyana. No one in the corridors of power is sensitive to death. It comes too easily. From 2002, murder, mayhem and chaos enveloped the land. Both sides murdered people with...

Dem boys seh….Is Dr Bharrat now

Feb 08, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh….Is Dr Bharrat now

People use to talk and dem use to wonder wha Bharrat gun do when he term done. Well de man is a doctor and from now is Dr Bharrat or Dr Jagdeo. Is now people understand how de man good at many...

ELECTIONS BUDGET

Feb 08, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on ELECTIONS BUDGET

Today is Budget Day, a day that holds more significance for the contracting class than it does for the working class whose only fears today will be whether the government will continue to subsidize...

Mr. Speakaah! I beg to diffah!

Feb 08, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Mr. Speakaah! I beg to diffah!

Today is Parliament. The ruling party that has been in power for seventeen years will present its 2010 budget. It has been compiled without consultations and this has been the pattern over the years....

FOR WHOM THE BALL TOLLS

Feb 08, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FOR WHOM THE BALL TOLLS

“Biting the bullet” is not merely a physical act but also has metaphysical consequences. In the old days when a wounded soldier was undergoing surgery under battlefield conditions, and there...

Dem boys seh… De confusion start again

Feb 07, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… De confusion start again

De PNCR and de AFC fed up wid attacking de PPP suh dem attacking each other. Dem boys see nuff finger pointing de other day; dem hear who calling who liar and who hiding facts and who dotish. Donald...

Bridging Guyanese and Brazilian Literature, Part 2

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Bridging Guyanese and Brazilian Literature, Part 2

(Extract of an interview with Prof. Miguel Nenevé Georgetown, Guyana, January 2010. Nenevé is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Rondonia, Brazil. He was visiting professor at the...

Dancing to Caribbean drums: An appreciation of the life of Rex Nettleford

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Dancing to Caribbean drums: An appreciation of the life of Rex Nettleford

By Sir Ronald Sanders This commentary is being written in the first blush of the news that Rex Nettleford has died. A profound and deep sense of loss overcame me, and I have no doubt enveloped many...

THE ARTS FORUM

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on THE ARTS FORUM

The Arts Forum can think of no better way of paying tribute to Phyllis Carter than with two of the poems her husband, Martin Carter, dedicated to her. UNDER A NEAR SKY A near sky, no stars, another...

The Crayfish

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Crayfish

Crayfish, also known as crawfish, or crawdads — members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea — are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related. They...

The AFC IS ON THE MOVE!

Feb 07, 2010 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on The AFC IS ON THE MOVE!

The AFC is pleased to report that it has forced President Jagdeo to hold a recent Cabinet outreach in the Berbice area to play “catch-up” to the AFC as we traverse the length and breadth of the...

The powder keg in Camp Street

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The powder keg in Camp Street

By Adam Harris The death of two inmates in the Georgetown Prisons early Friday morning made me realize that the prison is like any other in any part of the world. It is meant to be punitive as well...

Moral symbolisms and unintelligent government

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moral symbolisms and unintelligent government

I began this piece on Friday evening as soon as I came from work; the Sunday columns have to be in at Kaieteur early Saturday morning. In keeping with my promise to myself as outlined in my Friday...

The Baccoo speaks

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

A gang at a school is going to shock the country. Imitators will convince themselves and others that they are going to be a force to be reckoned with. These will be a group of young boys going about...

Narrative of reconciliation?

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Narrative of reconciliation?

In his letter, “It is foolhardy to deny that Rodney and the WPA existed”, (KN, 1-5-10) Dr David Hinds proposes, “The discourse on race and ethnicity since 1992 has been driven by three...

BRING IN THE FOREIGN JUDGES NOW!

Feb 07, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BRING IN THE FOREIGN JUDGES NOW!

A mentally ill individual should never be incarcerated in a prison. Such a person needs to be in a mental asylum where he can be treated and if needs be isolated under medical supervision. It was...

FOISTING THE HOPE/DOCH FOUR CANAL ON THE PEOPLE

Feb 07, 2010 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on FOISTING THE HOPE/DOCH FOUR CANAL ON THE PEOPLE

The challenge facing the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is the finding of engineering solutions for relief from the dangers of overtopping of the East Demerara Water Conservancy,...

Dem Boys seh… A big man cry fuh go to jail

Feb 06, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys seh… A big man cry fuh go to jail

Dr Jenny is not a miner although she live at Bartica. When dem boys claim that she was a miner dem had people who pounce pun she. Is then dem boys know how powerful dem voice is. De same thing mek a...

Defenders of elected dictatorship in Guyana become comical

Feb 06, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Defenders of elected dictatorship in Guyana become comical

The adjectives, “comical”, “laughable”, “facetious” become applicable when one reads a paid official from the Office of the President writing this line in Thursday’s letter pages of the...

THE GOLD MINERS AND THE BAUXITE MINERS

Feb 06, 2010 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE GOLD MINERS AND THE BAUXITE MINERS

The gold and diamond miners have put on hold further protests. They are awaiting the return of the President to have a meeting with him. The President should refuse to meet with them. There is...

Dem Boys seh… A big man cry fuh go to jail

Feb 06, 2010 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem Boys seh… A big man cry fuh go to jail

Freeness can kill

Feb 05, 2010 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Freeness can kill

If it cheap tek a step back because all cheapness ain’t good. If it free then be very careful because old people seh that nutten in life is free. Well dem had this gyal, Dionne, who perhaps never...

I have a work plan that doesn’t work

Feb 05, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I have a work plan that doesn’t work

I have a notepad and occasionally I would jot down the subjects I must write on. There are times when three episodes occur in one day and I would inscribe in my notebook a reminder to do columns on...

The AFC will not enter into an electoral alliance with the PNCR

Feb 05, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The AFC will not enter into an electoral alliance with the PNCR

After the last visit here by former United States President, Jimmy Carter, it was obvious that the PPP had no intention of making major accommodations towards improving political inclusiveness and...

The obsessive traveling of President Jagdeo

Feb 04, 2010 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The obsessive traveling of President Jagdeo

It may be too strong a statement to make; that Mr. Jagdeo has a fetish about visiting foreign countries. But surely, it cannot be denied that for a country that hardly makes ripples on the world...

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Kaieteur Sports – After thrilling action in Demerara and Berbice, the Future Warriors Tapeball for Primary Schools, which is powered by ExxonMobil Guyana, arrives at the Anna Regina National...

TEK A TASTE

Jun 20, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – The driver drove to the parking spot, aligned the vehicle into one of the lanes and then shut the engine down. I opened the door so that we could exit. The scene was slightly intimidating. This was a posh location. If the service matched the façade, then this was the perfect...

Why the Commonwealth Matters Again

Jun 14, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Small and medium-sized states, from the most vulnerable island nations to more diversified middle‑income economies, have always faced a difficult reality. They have to navigate a world in which power is unevenly distributed and in which the decisions of...

Keeping my day job advising Pres. Ali

Jun 20, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Because Pres. Ali needs the hand, I’m keeping my day job. Unpaid advisor to HE Ali. It’s a thankless gig. But for country and presidency, no sacrifice is too high. Guyana needs some standards. Plenty; with starting all over recommended. ...

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