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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...

MANAGEMENT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY

Dec 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on MANAGEMENT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY

The PNC government of Forbes Burnham paid generously for the sugar industry from its former masters. The takeover by the government of this commanding height of the local economy can hardly be...

The joys of Christmas

Dec 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The joys of Christmas

By Adam Harris These are really interesting days. Everyone comes out, even the mosquitoes and the roaches. And it always happens at this time of the year. Indeed Christmas always brings out the...

A nation going nowhere

Dec 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A nation going nowhere

Last Sunday, I reported on the break-in of my car outside the Eve Leary office of the Tactical Services Unit of the police force outside the bandstand of the seawall. What I failed to mention was...

The Silky Anteater

Dec 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Silky Anteater

Silky Anteater or Pygmy Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) is a species of anteater from Central and South America, ranging from extreme southern Mexico, south to Brazil, and possibly Paraguay. It is the...

When people write, history then becomes known

Dec 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on When people write, history then becomes known

Last Saturday, Mr. Rashleigh Jackson, Guyana’s longest serving Foreign Minister wrote in this newspaper, an enlightening reply to Dr. Prem Misir of the Office of the President. I would suggest...

THIS IS GUYANA AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Dec 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THIS IS GUYANA AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Visitors and returning Guyanese were given a rousing welcome when they deplaned this past week at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. The warm reception was a promotion put on by the...

Dem Boys Seh… People want know who is who

Dec 18, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem Boys Seh… People want know who is who

Dem sugar workers really get vex when dem hear that GuySuCo wasn’t paying dem any bonus before Christmas. De union decide that dem had to protest suh dem mek placard. Dem argue that de sugar...

POLITICAL REVISIONISM IN THE AGE OF COUNTER NARRATIVES

Dec 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on POLITICAL REVISIONISM IN THE AGE OF COUNTER NARRATIVES

How does one lift the level of discourse about historical revisionism without resorting to attacks about who is a propagandist, who is trying to ingratiate oneself with the PPP, who needs psychiatric...

A secret a prominent medical doctor shared with me

Dec 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A secret a prominent medical doctor shared with me

There isn’t a non-partisan Guyanese, an independent-minded Guyanese who can look at him/herself in the mirror and deny that the PPP Government has outdone previous corrupt governments in the...

Dem boys seh…Some people can lie

Dec 17, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Some people can lie

Yesterday, dem boys find that old time something does come back again. Dem suddenly waking up to the fact that this old time something bigger than dem think. It deh in all dem business place. Imagine...

“Daddy is it you that wrote such appalling foolishness?”

Dec 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on “Daddy is it you that wrote such appalling foolishness?”

On three occasions, the wife of a Minister of Government told me that she disagrees with the way the leaders of Government run Guyana. She felt that many things are just plain wrong. One Minister’s...

PR CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN AGRICULTURE

Dec 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on PR CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN AGRICULTURE

When the Minister of Agriculture took office, this column warned him that his future would have been tied to the fortunes of sugar. This column urged him to take a proactive role in monitoring- not...

Dem boys seh …Is de Scriptures all over again

Dec 16, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh …Is de Scriptures all over again

When de Scriptures talk about thing coming to pass people does put all kind of meaning. The Scriptures talk ‘bout de last days and all of a sudden people talk about de world coming to an end. And...

The weakening of the PNC continues

Dec 16, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The weakening of the PNC continues

I believe the general elections will follow within months of the local government polls. In that local government scenario there will be a referendum on changing the Constitution to excise the clause...

WHY DO WE LIKE TO PULL OUR LEADERS DOWN?

Dec 16, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHY DO WE LIKE TO PULL OUR LEADERS DOWN?

I remember when Brian Lara broke the world batting record for a second time in ten years. It was one of the greatest moments for the Caribbean and showed that despite what V. S. Naipaul may have...

Dem boys seh… Pensioner getting big money

Dec 15, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Dem boys seh… Pensioner getting big money

Is Christmas and everybody ain’t happy. But some people enjoying Christmas every day. Dem boys seh that nuff people waiting pun de back pay that Bharrat promise dem. De police is de ones who...

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Jun 20, 2026

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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