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The Finch

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Finch

The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. These mainly seed-eating songbirds are found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere, with one subfamily endemic to the Neotropics, one to...

The Ring

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on The Ring

By Michael Jordan Part Two “You know I had that funny dream again?” Sandra remarked. They were sitting on the bed. Sandra, half-dressed, was removing curlers from her hair. “What dream?”...

The Baccoo speaks

Jun 07, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

Things are exactly as I warned. There has been a shooting in the heart of the city and there seems no end to the senseless violence. This is not going to be the end of the violence, because anger...

SOVEREIGNTY & SECURITY

Jun 07, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on SOVEREIGNTY & SECURITY

– What is the PPP doing to cause it to lose out on much needed support from international friends and allies? By Raphael Trotman Recently, the issue of sovereignty and the right to self...

Jagan, D’Aguiar, Tony Vieira and bitter/sweet ironies

Jun 06, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Jagan, D’Aguiar, Tony Vieira and bitter/sweet ironies

Bitter ironies make life interesting. I guess once there is modern society, irony will exist. Shakespeare, I believe, was the person who actually popularised the term (I didn’t do any research to...

From breadbasket to begging bowl

Jun 06, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on From breadbasket to begging bowl

Those who wish to criticise this column are free to do so. This column will not take umbrage when this is done. This column will also not shirk from the responsibility of dealing with whichever...

BRING BACK THE BRITISH MANUALS

Jun 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BRING BACK THE BRITISH MANUALS

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown along with the Ministry of public works has been engaged in an exercise aimed at improving the drainage and outlook of the city of Georgetown. Yet the same...

Since when Black Clothes tun traffic cop?

Jun 05, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Since when Black Clothes tun traffic cop?

Dem boys use to think that Bharrat coulda sell. Dem talk when he sell GAC, de stockfeed plant, de oil company, Guyana Stores, and a whole heap of places. Some of dem even call he Peter SELLERS. Well...

Peeping Tom’s jumbie economics

Jun 05, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Peeping Tom’s jumbie economics

The term voodoo economics was coined by President Bush, Senior. During the Republic primary in 1980 when he first entered the presidential race, he used the term to derogate the economic policy of...

At least Dr. Leslie Ramsammy does not hide under his mother’s dress

Jun 04, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on At least Dr. Leslie Ramsammy does not hide under his mother’s dress

I once wrote on this page that if there is a type of person I hate in life and in this world, it is the anonymous writer who uses extremist language, vicious semantics, insulting sentences, dirty...

RUNNING FROM WHAT?

Jun 04, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on RUNNING FROM WHAT?

When one is in primary school, one is introduced to a concept called Simple Interest. This allows students to make a calculation as to the interest that would accrue based on a given rate of interest...

The trouble with courtship

Jun 03, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The trouble with courtship

Judging from the reaction of the Alliance For Change, the opposition is not too impressed by the pitch the President made recently when he called for greater political cooperation. And if this is...

Atonement, propaganda and the truth

Jun 03, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Atonement, propaganda and the truth

One doubts that the Guyanese people internalise the propaganda that the PPP carry on daily in the state media. The Guyana Government has emerged as one of the most despised and despicable regimes in...

The Nagamootoo enigma explained

Jun 02, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The Nagamootoo enigma explained

One of the omissions of my daily column, is that I have failed (and badly too) over the years to pen explanations that people ask me for all the time, explanations that arose out of their reading of...

GEORGETOWN IS SITTING ON SEWAGE

Jun 02, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GEORGETOWN IS SITTING ON SEWAGE

Where some people see a crisis, others see opportunities. I would therefore like to encourage the government of Guyana, to see an opportunity in the problems being encountered, with the sewage system...

The British should tie further funding to deliverables rather than control

Jun 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The British should tie further funding to deliverables rather than control

There is absolutely nothing wrong with a country borrowing from other countries, or from international lending agencies such as the World Bank and the IMF. The most powerful country in the world has...

Everybody is the same in Freedom House

Jun 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Everybody is the same in Freedom House

Dr. David Hinds in this newspaper’s letter pages of its May 14 edition, has offered one of the best arguments (“Ramkarran’s article is a testimonial straight out of Freedom House’s...

COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE

Jun 01, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE

If you customarily leap out of bed in the morning with a cheerful “Good morning God” you’re an optimist. If instead you wake up and complain, “Good God, morning?” you’re a...

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Guyanese Literature Junction

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Guyanese Literature Junction

by Petamber Persaud Post-Independence Literature, part two Self-publishing was a notable feature at that time. Sheik Sadeek was a pioneer in this field, printing his own numerous works and the...

The Baccoo speaks

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The river tragedy occurred and there is more because the spirit of the waves wants Guyanese lives. And the Guyanese are all too happy to comply because they take unnecessary risks. The unlighted...

Everyone keeps shafting my country

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Everyone keeps shafting my country

I happened to be at the seawalls the other day not because I wanted to be a part of the usual lime or because I needed to be around a lot of people but because I wanted to clear my mind. I was just...

Sovereignty and dictatorship

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sovereignty and dictatorship

There wasn’t any talk about sovereignty when the PPP, as an opposition party, went around the globe begging governments and international organizations to intervene to pressure the Burnham...

THE INDISPENSIBLE ROGER LUNCHEON

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE INDISPENSIBLE ROGER LUNCHEON

On two occasions within the past month, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Forbes Luncheon, has asked to be relieved of specific responsibilities. On both occasions, the President...

IMF: International Misery Fund

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on IMF: International Misery Fund

Last Sunday, on the request of PM Manning of T&T, the Heads of Government CARICOM met in Port of Spain, at a Special Caucus to “address the deterioration in regional economies as a result of...

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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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