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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...

The Baccoo speaks

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There is no end to the road accidents caused by careless road use. More drivers under the influence would take to the streets and they are allowed to because there is little or no enforcement. This...

Lincoln Lewis asked me to picket with him. I obliged

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Lincoln Lewis asked me to picket with him. I obliged

Three weeks ago, I got a telephone call from Lincoln Lewis asking me to join him in a small picket exercise outside the Office of the President. Lincoln’s explanation was that Guyana has a...

The Ring – Part Eight: Facing Isobella

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on The Ring – Part Eight: Facing Isobella

By Michael Jordan They enter one of the houses and Isobella pulls her to the bedroom inside. But she does not want to go. She remembers the last time; Isobella’s lips on Karen’s baby…and...

The Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus )

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus )

The Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus) is a tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, northern Brazil and right here in Guyana. It is an uncommon but widespread species, which...

LCDS and Oil

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on LCDS and Oil

Many Guyanese are frustrated at the slow pace that the efforts to extract our confirmed oil reserves have been proceeding. However oil has proven to be a mixed blessing to so many other poor...

WHAT WAS THE PRICE PER SHARE?

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WHAT WAS THE PRICE PER SHARE?

There has been a serious reversal of the PPP’s commitment to the Privatization Policy Framework Paper (PPFP) which was initiated by Dr. Cheddi Jagan and which outlines the principles and methods...

Latvian IMF Lessons for the Caribbean

Jul 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Latvian IMF Lessons for the Caribbean

By Sir Ronald Sanders There may be lessons for Caribbean countries in negotiations between Latvia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a rescue programme totalling about US$10.4 billion....

Horrible injustices: They just go on

Jul 18, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Horrible injustices: They just go on

Do you know that there is a very nasty injustice that is perpetrated on poor people in this country and for almost a decade now there hasn’t been a single voice raised in anger? The Ministry of...

GOOD WORK, KAIETEUR NEWS!

Jul 18, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GOOD WORK, KAIETEUR NEWS!

The Kaieteur News must be congratulated for the fine investigative work it has so far done in relation to a sluice on West Coast Demerara. I urge this newspaper to continue in this vein to bring to...

THE PNCR MUST CLARIFY WHERE IT STANDS ON REGIME CHANGE

Jul 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PNCR MUST CLARIFY WHERE IT STANDS ON REGIME CHANGE

When Robert Corbin and the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) lose the 2011 General Election, I hope that Corbin and the supporters of that party do not try to deflect or even blame their...

Is contractor or con tractor?

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is contractor or con tractor?

Some people does jump when dem hear any noise, some does jump when dem hear a sudden noise and according to dem boys, all dem people is people who living in fear. When dem gunman did controlling de...

Honduras and Guyana: Whose priority?

Jul 17, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Honduras and Guyana: Whose priority?

The PPP continues to prove its critics right. I once did a column, “That song is sung out, that bell is rung out,” about the PPP and Clement Rohee in particular who have nothing to go to their...

In the Diaspora, in the river of Babylon, in the mind of Nietzsche

Jul 16, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on In the Diaspora, in the river of Babylon, in the mind of Nietzsche

I had a chat some months ago with Christopher Ram and I expressed my anger at what women’s activist and one of the former shining stars of the Working People Alliance, Sister Andaiye, has become....

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…Santa Rosa, St John’s, East R/veldt among winners as Massy U18 School Football continues Kaieteur Sports – Round two of the 12th Annual Massy Distribution Schools Under-18 Football...

The cash grant app is fast becoming a ‘crash gyant’ app

Apr 09, 2026

Kaieteur News – The rollout of the cash grant initiative was supposed to signal efficiency, modernisation, and a government in step with the digital age. Instead, what many Guyanese are experiencing is frustration, delay, and a growing sense that the system simply is not working as it should....

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...

$20B paid, not one word

Apr 09, 2026

Kaieteur News – The headline fairly screamed: “Guyana secretly paid US$80M to Wales gas plant contractor after losing arbitration (KN April, 3, 2026). I wanted to scream. The arbitrator within counseled: go ahead, write. Excellency Ali insists that his government has been about...

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