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Category Archive: Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon

Low carbon, low life, low stereo, low everything

Jul 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Low carbon, low life, low stereo, low everything

Guyanese have a fantastic sense of humour. If President Bush had made one percent of the ocean of mistakes that the Guyanese President have incurred, the stand-up comedians in the US would have...

From third force to First Choice

Jul 26, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on From third force to First Choice

By Raphael Trotman AFC Leader This weekend the Delegates, Observers, guests, well wishers and supporters gathered to share in the historic moment of the 2nd Delegates’ Convention of the Alliance...

Creative Corner : Roses on Linda’s tomb

Jul 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on Creative Corner : Roses on Linda’s tomb

By Michael Jordan “Something wasn’t quite right about the cemetery…something I couldn’t quite place…” It was close to evening when I reached the crossroads leading into the cemetery. Not...

A PRAYER

Jul 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A PRAYER

Dear God, Please stop climate change. It is causing too many problems. Sea levels are rising; the rains are more intense, and the Earth is warming. These things are causing a great deal of problems...

For stronger state leadership

Jul 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on For stronger state leadership

One of the enduring refrains in this space has been the need of the administration to become more directly involved in the economic development of the country. We had called for the creation of a...

The House Dust Mite

Jul 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The House Dust Mite

The house dust mite, sometimes referred to by allergists as HDM, is a cosmopolitan guest in human habitation. Dust mites feed on organic detritus such as flakes of shed human skin and flourish in the...

Facing financial challenges in the Caribbean’s smaller states

Jul 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Facing financial challenges in the Caribbean’s smaller states

By Sir Ronald sanders As the member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) work toward the establishment of an Economic Union amongst themselves amid grave economic...

KAIETEUR NEWS IS FORCING POSITIVE CHANGE

Jul 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on KAIETEUR NEWS IS FORCING POSITIVE CHANGE

Kaieteur News deserves some sort of an award for its investigative journalism into the state of projects within the Drainage and Irrigation Section. These reports have been the talking point in...

The Leonora axe murders

Jul 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Leonora axe murders

-he lured his family into the house, and slaughtered them one by one… This is part horror story, part ghost story, and now that I have your attention, let me tell you some of what happened at Lot...

Aleida Guevara and an everlasting hypocrisy

Jul 25, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Aleida Guevara and an everlasting hypocrisy

I have always felt that many, if not all, of the journalists to have interviewed Fidel Castro and his higher subordinates since he became a dictator in the mid-eighties lacked a deep familiarity with...

BIG MAN’S JOB IN LITTLE BOY’S HANDS

Jul 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BIG MAN’S JOB IN LITTLE BOY’S HANDS

There is an old saying in Guyana. “You cannot put a little boy to do a big man’s job” What is being exposed each passing day in Guyana is the total inability of certain Ministers of the...

Everybody pumping and nuff money flowing

Jul 24, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Everybody pumping and nuff money flowing

Guyana is de land of many waters and dem have nuff people who can swim but unless dem join a club, dem have to swim in de Blacka or in dem trench or in de river or in de sea. Well that dangerous suh...

Deadly trap, permanent prison

Jul 24, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Deadly trap, permanent prison

I hardly get time to look at television. The internet may kill television for those who follow world events. You miss something that the newscast carries and you can still get it on video on the...

I repeat, the President is not above the law

Jul 23, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on I repeat, the President is not above the law

I find it amazing that someone who admits that he has not read the post-2000 revisions that were made to the Constitution of Guyana, could have claimed, with some degree of alacrity and assertiveness...

Chocolate, stones and other stories

Jul 23, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Chocolate, stones and other stories

As an obsessive buyer of chocolate, particularly Cadbury’s, I was curious about the importer’s revelation in relation to a story of worm-infested Cadbury that was found in a store. Geddes Grant...

Timing, focus and the fate of Guyana

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Timing, focus and the fate of Guyana

Nigel Westmaas has replied to my criticism (“We are not captive to Freddie Kissoon’s timing or focus”- KN, July 18) of the Stabroek page, “In the Diaspora” in which I focused on the patent...

GIVE JAGDEO A BREAK!

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GIVE JAGDEO A BREAK!

The only initiative that has been called the Jagdeo Initiative is the one being promoted within the Caribbean Community dealing with agriculture. The Low Carbon Development Strategy has been...

Letter about blackouts, blacked out

Jul 21, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Letter about blackouts, blacked out

During the reign of the PNC, the state-owned radio station (still state owned; still the only radio station in the land) hosted a nightly call-in programme, “Action Line” and a daily commentary,...

THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WILL RISE FROM THE ASHES

Jul 21, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WILL RISE FROM THE ASHES

No one in Guyana should be surprised when, in times of political controversy, acts of public arson, sabotage and heightened violence take place. After all, this has been the pattern in Guyana for a...

THERE WAS A COUP IN HONDURAS

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE WAS A COUP IN HONDURAS

My attention has been drawn to an article published in this newspaper under the name, Sir. Ron Saunders. The article is entitled, Honduras: A Coup Provoked, and makes some of the most ingenious...

That Ministry fire: Exploding and exposing myths

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on That Ministry fire: Exploding and exposing myths

One of the most poignant editorials I have read for this year was the one in last Saturday’s edition of this newspaper. Titled, “The fire and the halt to any investigation,” this is a...

GIVE ME A BREAK

Jul 20, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on GIVE ME A BREAK

What is the difference between God and an orthopaedic surgeon? God doesn’t think he is an orthopedic surgeon. I suppose God’s ubiquity is part of the reason. You can find God here, there and...

THE ARTS FORUM

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on THE ARTS FORUM

THE ARTS FORUM is a platform entirely devoted to increased awareness in the literatures, arts and culture of Guyana. Its work extends to The Arts Journal, a refereed Journal that offers fresh...

‘Here are your heroes, Caribbean’ a book by Standhope Williams

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on ‘Here are your heroes, Caribbean’ a book by Standhope Williams

by Petamber Persaud The book, ‘Here are your heroes, Caribbean’ by Standhope Williams was launched Friday July 3, 2009, at the National Library, Guyana, during which time the 30th Meeting of the...

We are wasting money

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on We are wasting money

By Adam Harris There is a saying that willful waste makes woeful want and Guyana seems to be willfully wasting money in so many areas. There has been a multi-million-dollar expenditure on D’Urban...

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Guyana shatters CARIFTA Games mixed relay record; Springer, Austin...

Apr 05, 2026

…Shepherd’s silver, Roberts bronze adds to five-medal haul on opening day By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – Guyana announced its arrival at the 53rd CARIFTA Games in St George’s,...

Has the world lost its conscience?

Apr 03, 2026

(Kaieteur News) –The world today stands on the edge of an energy crisis. But this crisis did not appear out of nowhere. It has been building, quietly and steadily, alongside a deep and growing indifference to human suffering. As the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies,...

The Caribbean Is Being Forced to Reconsider Trade Dependence on the...

Apr 05, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean has not set out to loosen its trade dependence on the United States. It is being driven to do so. For generations, Caribbean importers and consumers have looked first to the American market. They have done so for reasons of preference and...

U.S. Ambassador Theriot’s selective seeing

Apr 05, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – People see what they prefer to see, then double down by selling that as universal, gospel. Different ways are used to describe such standards. Selective seeing, accentuating the positive, putting in a good word for a sidekick. US Ambassador Nicole...

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