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The objective is always to destroy the other side

Jun 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The objective is always to destroy the other side

I read a letter by Dr. Henry Jeffrey in the June 8th edition of the Stabroek News in which in his analysis of Guyanese politics, he wrote; “I know of no politician who wants our roads, schools,...

The White-tailed Trogon

Jun 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The White-tailed Trogon

Trogons are a relatively large bird species that can grow to lengths of about 29 centimetres (11 inches) and they can weigh about 82 gram (3 oz). Like most trogons, the White-tailed variety which...

THE RING

Jun 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on THE RING

By Michael Jordan The incident that brought back his fears happened on one of those crazy days on the three-to-twelve shift, when everything seemed to be going wrong. Two minibus smash-ups on the...

MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

Jun 14, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Chairman The Westminster democratic system of government, with whatever imperfections it may have, is still as good as any that can possibly be had. Difficulties and...

On this day, a great man was murdered

Jun 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on On this day, a great man was murdered

Today marks 29 years since Walter Rodney was murdered. That is almost three decades ago. How many young people know about the heroism and humanism of Dr. Walter Rodney, one of the great learned men...

LOCKOUT SHOULD ATTRACT LOCKUP

Jun 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LOCKOUT SHOULD ATTRACT LOCKUP

The police were extremely slack in their response to the lockout of students and teachers of the East La Penitence Primary School. The lawmen ought to have done more than simply ensure that there was...

Peter could be the next Mayor of Georgetown

Jun 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peter could be the next Mayor of Georgetown

It was natural for Peter to have found his way into the Alliance For Change (AFC). It was also inevitable that Guyana’s foremost political jumping jack would eventually find a place in a party with...

Is goat and sheep if things continue

Jun 12, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Is goat and sheep if things continue

Dem boys remember how dem get vex when Bharrat get involve and mek de NCN Board tek back dem decision to suspend Fuzzy. Was one set of talking and grumbling but none of de Board members coulda seh...

Looking for a legacy in all the wrong places

Jun 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Looking for a legacy in all the wrong places

Political observers have to be blind not to see that Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo is in a rush to find a legacy and leave it emblazoned on the pages of Guyanese history. After 2011, Mr. Jagdeo would have been...

Countdown to 2011 has started

Jun 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Countdown to 2011 has started

To the great majority of citizens in this land, the Guyana Times does not make sense. I lived in Guyana during the reign of Burnham and people were desperate to get a copy of the Catholic Standard....

CHEDDI JAGAN WAS NO RACIST!

Jun 11, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on CHEDDI JAGAN WAS NO RACIST!

A few years ago, declassified documents published under the review of U.S. Foreign Relations confirmed that regionalism was simply a pawn for Forbes Burnham to consolidate his grip on power in...

Kerzorkee: The beginning of scandalmania

Jun 10, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Kerzorkee: The beginning of scandalmania

One of the threads that run through my analysis of the seventeen-year-old rule of the PPP but in particular the nine-year rule of Bharrat Jagdeo, is that there has been more scandals in a shorter...

The convenience of covenant politics

Jun 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The convenience of covenant politics

No sooner had the PNC announced that it was concerned with what is going on in Barbados, President Jagdeo seized the opportunity to explore the possibility of meeting with the opposition on the...

THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBLE STANDARDS

Jun 09, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBLE STANDARDS

There is little public sympathy for those who are engaged in criminal activities. This is why there is not going to be any great public condemnation over the shooting on Saturday last of a...

Party paramountcy and the long tragedy of Guyana

Jun 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Party paramountcy and the long tragedy of Guyana

I don’t buy the Chronicle, the PPP’s newspaper, the Mirror, and the Guyana Times. Why should anyone? They are identical pieces. They reproduce the same eulogies of the PPP leadership and the PPP...

HOW IT IS DONE IN A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

Jun 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on HOW IT IS DONE IN A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

There is something cooking in Guyana. A possible deal is in the making between the authorities and a major player in a still-born hotel deal. Peeping Tom is on the case and will advise the Guyanese...

The Green, Green Grass…

Jun 08, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on The Green, Green Grass…

In Siparia, the little Trinidad village in which I spent the most carefree days of my life, there is a story about one of my contemporaries nicknamed “Banana”. While the origin of the...

Jun 07, 2009 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on

EGDAR MITTELHOLZER

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Arts Forum Comments Off on EGDAR MITTELHOLZER

By Ameena Gafoor This is a version of some Preliminary remarks offered to THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF WEST INDIAN LITERATURE, National Gallery of Art, Castellani House, Georgetown, Guyana, 28th April,...

Regional Integration or Caribbean Catastrophe?

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Regional Integration or Caribbean Catastrophe?

By Sir Ronald Sanders The economy of almost every CARICOM country is now in recession. Caribbean Development Bank President, Compton Bourne, recently observed that: “In seven of the 13 CARICOM...

Guyana and Aid

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Guyana and Aid

Earlier this year, Dambisa Moyo, a young Zambian graduate of Harvard and Oxford with stints at the World Bank and the crème de la crème investment bank Goldman Sachs, set the “development”...

SELLERS, TAKERS AND GIVERS

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SELLERS, TAKERS AND GIVERS

The other day I was approached by a friend who asked me whether I knew the identity of the investor that was supposed to have built the big hotel in Kingston. I replied, “I don’t know anything...

GPL is shafting me without reason

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on GPL is shafting me without reason

I was much younger when blackouts were a daily fare. The government, then, was formed out of the People’s National Congress. The Finance Minister was Carl Greenidge and Haslyn Parris was Vice...

Death stalks the 106th batch

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on Death stalks the 106th batch

They were best friends embarking on a career to save lives. Did some psychopath take theirs? By Michael Jordan Fitzroy Dublin doesn’t trust in coincidences. But back in 1989 a case chockfull of...

President Jagdeo destroyed my romanticist symbol

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on President Jagdeo destroyed my romanticist symbol

I met my wife in 1978 when she worked as a lab technician at the Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC) at the Kingston seawall, next to the now defunct Luckhoo Swimming Pool. I would pick her up...

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The rebirth of David Granger’s vision

Apr 12, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something small-minded and, frankly, wasteful about a government that spends more time tearing down the ideas of its predecessors than building on what actually works. In Guyana, this habit has become all too familiar. Instead of treating development as a continuous...

The Cost of Netanyahu’s Wars

Apr 12, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on 7th April, 2026, the immediate reaction across much of the world was relief. By 8th April, that relief was reflected in a sharp fall in oil prices after weeks in which conflict...

Lindsayca-CH4: what the hell

Apr 12, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall… (Kaieteur News) – It is said that hindsight is perfect vision. Given what Guyanese know now, why is Lindsayca-CH4 in Guyana? This company should not be here to help a blind man walk across the road. He would still be blind on reaching the other side of the...

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