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Another batch of young people is on the prowl

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Another batch of young people is on the prowl

Another school year has come to an end and once more a few thousands have joined the long line awaiting a job in a country where young people believe that there are just no proper paying jobs. Indeed...

The sacrificial murders

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The sacrificial murders

By Michael Jordan Who would strangle a five-year-old girl after having a dream about ‘Dutch gold’ buried in their backyard? Or stab a nine-year-old boy to death and dump his corpse in a latrine?...

What CARICOM Heads saw and didn’t see

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What CARICOM Heads saw and didn’t see

I live on the Railway Embankment next to the CARICOM Secretariat and the Convention Centre. There is a trench on the southern side of the road which looks like a jungle. This small waterway caused a...

The Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis)

Jul 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis)

The Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis) is a toucan, a near-passerine bird found in the lowland forests of northeastern South America (the Guiana Shield), in the northeast Amazon Basin, the Guianas...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS GROWN TO BE A NATIONAL PROBLEM

Jul 05, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS GROWN TO BE A NATIONAL PROBLEM

By AFC Executive Member Pastor Sewnauth Punalall The continuing rise of domestic violence across Guyana is of grave concern to the Alliance For Change as a political party which views the human...

Which CARICOM Government is more scandal-hit?

Jul 04, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Which CARICOM Government is more scandal-hit?

One wonders what goes through the minds of CARICOM leaders when they hear the name, Guyana. How do people feel about us as a country? All our neighbours have had their share of social and political...

THE NEXT GUYANESE AMBASSADOR

Jul 04, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE NEXT GUYANESE AMBASSADOR

Whoever is chosen to represent Guyana at the Miss Universe final is expected to be an ambassador for your country. That person will not only be representing herself, but also the country from which...

Nah all ting bright and beautiful

Jul 03, 2009 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Nah all ting bright and beautiful

Right now some people preparing to challenge one another fuh represent Guyana at a contest wheh de people got to be beautiful, intelligent and tall enough to attract attention. Fifteen of dem jump up...

Questions for the CARICOM HEADS

Jul 03, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Questions for the CARICOM HEADS

Guyana, the Caricom nation that needs to be in the spotlight of the Caribbean Community because of the increasing concretization of elected dictatorship in this land, is now on the front page of the...

IS THIS HOW IT IS DONE?

Jul 03, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on IS THIS HOW IT IS DONE?

I have noticed that some policemen driving around in their fancy vehicles are stopping cars on the road and instead of approaching the driver with whatever requests they have, are sitting in their...

An appeal to Barbadian Prime Minister, Thompson

Jul 02, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on An appeal to Barbadian Prime Minister, Thompson

I am absolutely sure that though the Barbadian Prime Minister, David Thompson, is new to the power establishment in the CARICOM region, he has more than a superficial knowledge of the nature of...

THE MAN FOR THE JOB

Jul 02, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MAN FOR THE JOB

There are many people who are of the opinion that the government must never be supported. Disciplined struggle however sees beyond these narrow confines, disciplined struggle entails working for the...

The deadly twins claim another victim

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The deadly twins claim another victim

This country has gone nowhere, is going nowhere and will not go anywhere unless the PNC and PPP as organized forces with power to destroy Guyana fade away. The PNC and PPP have kept this country down...

Change requires self-discipline

Jul 01, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Change requires self-discipline

I was surprised to have read that Uncle Freddie was a fan of Michael Jackson and that his favourite selection was The Lady in my Life. Uncle Freddie has for eons been trying to save Guyana, without...

Does President Jagdeo believe in magic?

Jun 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Does President Jagdeo believe in magic?

Mr. Jagdeo certainly hasn’t got foolproof explanations when dealing with complex crises. It is one of his failings. And it opens him to devastating critiques from commentators and editors. Two...

THE LAW IS THE LAW

Jun 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE LAW IS THE LAW

If the President of Guyana needs to be instructed on what the law states in relation to the role of Cabinet in the procurement process, or for that matter the overall laws in relation to public...

Why was President Jagdeo in Switzerland?

Jun 29, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Why was President Jagdeo in Switzerland?

When Mr. Ralph Ramkarran wrote in the Chronicle that it would serve the PNC good to apologize for among other things, authoritarian policies when that party ruled Guyana, to the analyst, it appeared...

GOWN WITH THE WIND

Jun 29, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on GOWN WITH THE WIND

One morning as he watched the school children pass in the street below their lodging at No. 22 Baker Street, the redoubtable Dr. Watson asked his friend, the famous sleuth Sherlock Holmes, “I say...

THE SUMMIT AND THE CLEAN UP

Jun 29, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE SUMMIT AND THE CLEAN UP

Every country likes to look dandy whenever there is a major international conference being held. After all, these events help to showcase the country to the many foreign dignitaries, their entourages...

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Commemorating Mittelholzer’s birth centenary, part 8

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Commemorating Mittelholzer’s birth centenary, part 8

by Petamber Persaud The short fiction of Mittelholzer (An extract of an interview with Professor Victor J. Ramraj in February 2009, Georgetown, Guyana. Dr. Ramraj is attached to the University of...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The rains have prevented some strange things from happening but they are also contributing to a disaster. With schools about to close their doors, some enterprising young men are going to go swimming...

CARICOM leaders must move the Region forward or pay the price

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM leaders must move the Region forward or pay the price

By Sir Ronald Sanders When heads of government of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) meet in early July, a big responsibility will fall on the shoulders of Guyana’s President...

Iran’s Thermidor?

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Iran’s Thermidor?

Thirty years ago, the twenty-six year old regime of Shah Mohamed Pahlavi in Iran ended ignominiously as he fled from the wrath of a popular revolution. And a revolution it was: the break from the...

THE PPP HAS TURNED RIGHT

Jun 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE PPP HAS TURNED RIGHT

If Martin Carter was the intellectual fountain of the People’s Progressive Party, then my name is Karl Marx. Carter was one of the initial leaders of the PPP and sat within the Executive Committee...

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GOA supports GBF’s Commonwealth Games preparation

Apr 11, 2026

…GBF eyes impact at 3×3 debut in Games Kaieteur Sports – Guyana has officially begun its preparations for a historic debut in basketball at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland,...

Israel is an apartheid state

Apr 11, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There was once a time when Guyana remembered what a spine felt like. In the 1970s, Forbes Burnham did not dabble in the evasions of “balanced statements.” He called apartheid by its proper name, broke relations with South Africa, and barred the traffic of sport and commerce...

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...

Guyana- Suriname bridge: drop it

Apr 11, 2026

Kaieteur News – On April Fool’s Day, in another publication, I called for the Guyana Government to scrap talks on the proposed Corentyne Bridge to Suriname. I wasn’t fooling around, but serious as a root canal (without Novocain). On April 3, in Demerara Waves again, the Georgetown...

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