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2000-2009: A Decade of Caribbean Decline

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on 2000-2009: A Decade of Caribbean Decline

By Sir Ronald Sanders The first decade of the 21st Century – 2000 to 2009 – has proven to be a decade of decline for the Countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). When...

Expired Strategy

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Expired Strategy

Mr. Lincoln Lewis took strenuous objection to my citing him as one of the new purveyors of the old divisive “us” against “them” discourse that has fuelled out political strategies since...

TIME FOR THE PARTY TO BE PARTYING?

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on TIME FOR THE PARTY TO BE PARTYING?

This holiday season should find the leaders of the People’s Progressive Party in deep introspection about the state of their party, the woeful lack of leadership being demonstrated from within...

I got a great Christmas gift

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on I got a great Christmas gift

Christmas Day has come and gone and I feel as though I have lost a good friend, not that I am one of the children who look forward to the day because there are gifts and toys, but because it is the...

Desrey Fox, some hypocrisy and deadly politics

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Desrey Fox, some hypocrisy and deadly politics

I worked very closely with J.O.F. Haynes at the University of Guyana. When he died, I didn’t attend the funeral for one particular reason – when prominent citizens die some ego-trippers use the...

My Bones And My Flute

Dec 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on My Bones And My Flute

By Edgar Mittelholzer Part Four Mr. Nevinson dabbed at his forehead. “it’s like some—some unpleasant dream. I still can’t believe that it’s happening. He looked at me and gave a short...

PEACE – OUR COUNTRY’S GREATEST BLESSING

Dec 27, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on PEACE – OUR COUNTRY’S GREATEST BLESSING

By Latchmin Punalall MP We are just a few days away from the commencement of a New Year. It is a time when we review the old year to rejoice over our achievements and also a time when we identify...

Dem boys seh… Dem Woman Tired

Dec 25, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Dem Woman Tired

Today is a special day fuh some people. All of dem feel that is de best day in de year and that nobody should deny this fact. What dem boys know, though, is that Friday is a religious day fuh...

Dem boys seh…Dem pig must be using cologne

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Dem pig must be using cologne

Dem boys plan fuh start minding fowl from early next year. And dem talking bout yard fowl because dem can’t afford de layers. Feed expensive and getting more expensive every day. Yard fowl does...

Rough country at Christmas

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Rough country at Christmas

This writer comes in for libelous commentary quite often in the Chronicle, frequently in the Guyana Times and occasionally in the Mirror, the PPP’s newspaper. I know what my role as a commentator...

FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY

Dec 24, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY

The Peeper apologises for having confused one Mr. E. B. John with my column of last Sunday. I will try my utmost today, despite being in “high spirits” to clarify the central themes and arguments...

Dem boys seh…De bruck season coming up

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…De bruck season coming up

This season de whole country does see more electricians that any other time. Dem boys walk round and dem see people who never hold a pliers trying wid GPL pole fuh get current. One dead and couple...

What has poverty got to do with a low carbon economy?

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on What has poverty got to do with a low carbon economy?

The army got their bonus. They did not have to make a fuss. It was given to them on a platter. Two years ago, it was made clear that the payment of this bonus would have been dependent on...

The President’s advisors: Does this make sense?

Dec 23, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The President’s advisors: Does this make sense?

Defining moral values is not a hard task even though philosophers throughout the ages have disagreed as to what constitute moral values. I can think of fantastic minds like the German philosopher,...

Thirty-five years later, sugar workers are still in the same boat

Dec 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Thirty-five years later, sugar workers are still in the same boat

When the PNC Government passed the Sugar Levy Act in 1974 its primary purpose was to siphon off resources that had been earned by the industry to help support the expanding bureaucratic state...

The narrative of a particular mind-set

Dec 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The narrative of a particular mind-set

It was bound to happen but few, if any, believed it would have. When the PNC lost power in 1992, a certain mind-set arose. This conceptualization centered on the right of East Indians to rule Guyana...

The use of discretion powers in 1964 in Guyana and 2001 in Trinidad and Tobago

Dec 21, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The use of discretion powers in 1964 in Guyana and 2001 in Trinidad and Tobago

In 2001, General Elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago, pitting the incumbent Mr. Basdeo Panday of the United National Congress (UNC) against Mr. Patrick Manning of the Peoples National Movement...

The tyranny of elected dictatorship in Guyana

Dec 21, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The tyranny of elected dictatorship in Guyana

This is a country populated mostly by people 35 years of age and under. Four years ago, the statistics showed that seventy five percent of the population was 35 years and under. Politically, that is...

HIS MASTER’S VOICE

Dec 21, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on HIS MASTER’S VOICE

My grandfather was a hunter, noted for his one hand and his crack-shot accuracy despite this handicap. The story was that it was the work of a jealous husband armed with a machete who encountered my...

Dem boys seh…Wheh de Christmas party?

Dec 21, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Wheh de Christmas party?

Dem boys looking fuh Christmas parties. Every year dem does ask all dem friends who wukking somewhere if dem workplace got Christmas party. De thing is to go to all of dem and sport because it...

Dem boys seh…Varshnie married fuh real

Dec 20, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Varshnie married fuh real

Wedding bells ring on London and is now dem boys putting two and two together. Varshnie married again and de man is somebody who use to wuk wid Bharrat as de Aide de Camp. Dem boys seh that when dem...

Guyana and its LCDS after Copenhagen

Dec 20, 2009 KNews APNU Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Guyana and its LCDS after Copenhagen

All that remains for Guyana after the Copenhagen summit is the much-publicized LCDS and the Agreement signed between Norway and Guyana. Consequently, Guyanese need to appreciate the post Copenhagen...

The Baccoo speaks

Dec 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is a clamp on the crime wave but that is not stopping the criminal elements from seeking new avenues to attack people in the society. In their frustration they are going to become even more...

Jump starting the Economy: Lessons from Barbados

Dec 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Jump starting the Economy: Lessons from Barbados

By Sir Ronald Sanders Unless there is an environment in all Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries to help make businesses fully productive, they will not jump start their...

For a future peace

Dec 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For a future peace

In a very nuanced review of some narratives that have been deployed in our colonial and postcolonial periods, the Peeper raised the question of subjectivity immanent in the...

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GBF secures certified Hardwood Court in major boost for basketball...

Jun 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – As Guyana prepares to host the FIBA AmeriCup 2029 Caribbean Pre-Qualifiers from July 8-12 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has made a...

No right to a firearm permit exists

Jun 17, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Years ago, there was a man who contended, “I need a firearm licence because I have a lot of money.” The then relevant officer replied, “Then you can afford security—next application, please.” The man had been so confident he would get a firearm licence...

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...

Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett for UN Sec Gen. – I endorse

Jun 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – Way to go, Excellency Ali. Excellency Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is Guyana’s nominee for the prestigious and demanding role of United Nations Secretary General. Why not? Since everybody globally have their eyes on a wedge of Guyana’s riches,...

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