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Government’s failure to implement Security Sector Reform disturbing

May 31, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Government’s failure to implement Security Sector Reform disturbing

The AFC is extremely disturbed by the report that the Government of Guyana has signaled its unwillingness to proceed with the implementation of the Security Sector Reform Action Plan (SSRAP) in...

The Lizard

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Lizard

Lizards are a very large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 5,000 species, ranging across all continents, except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group,...

Africa right to hold out for better European deal

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Africa right to hold out for better European deal

By Sir Ronald Sanders With the intention of getting a more favourable arrangement, several African countries are holding out on signing an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union...

The Ring – Part one: The Possession

May 31, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Creative Corner Comments Off on The Ring – Part one: The Possession

From this week, we will be reserving a section of our Sunday edition to Guyana’s rich legacy of creative writing, from our colonial past to present day, from the amusing to the tragic to the...

THAT BARBADOS DEBATE

May 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THAT BARBADOS DEBATE

The unfair treatment being meted out to Guyanese in Barbados and in Antigua should be condemned in the strongest manner by all right-minded persons within the Region. In condemning what is taking...

Waiting in vain

May 30, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Waiting in vain

In last Sunday’s Kaieteur News, I published a letter in response to Ms. Gitanjali Persaud’s observations about democratic centralism and other negative manifestations in the PPP. Ms. Persaud’s...

The CCL Executive should dissociate itself from this statement

May 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The CCL Executive should dissociate itself from this statement

The statement issued by the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) calling on undocumented persons in Barbados to regularise their status is one of the most anti-working class statements ever issued by...

Clairvoyance

May 29, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Clairvoyance

Vincent Alexander is the latest person to imply that there are those who opposed the Burnham Government and that when they see what is going on in today’s Guyana, there may be some reflections on...

Bajan PM mek Guyanese tun athletes

May 29, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Bajan PM mek Guyanese tun athletes

When stupidness was sharing some people tek all and dem ain’t lef none fuh dem boys. Last week Lewoy was twying to thief phone cwedit. He get ketch because he stupid. But dem boys believe that was...

Guyana should withdraw from CARICOM

May 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Guyana should withdraw from CARICOM

No preparations should be made for the hosting of the CARICOM Summit in Guyana. Rather, Guyana should indicate that it no longer wishes to be part of that regional body and should request that within...

Which one you will more find in Guyana: Crocodile Dundees or crocodile tears?

May 28, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Which one you will more find in Guyana: Crocodile Dundees or crocodile tears?

There aren’t many Crocodile Dundees in the Guyana Government. I doubt there is any. Courage is not a quality the PPP leadership is noted for. This explains why people hide under their mothers’...

Sex meets politics: The death of an apology

May 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sex meets politics: The death of an apology

The desire of a majority of Guyanese after the PNC lost power in 1992 was that the PNC should own up to some of its terrible violations, apologise to the nation and let the country move on in search...

Do not count out President Jagdeo’s climate change economy at yet!

May 27, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Do not count out President Jagdeo’s climate change economy at yet!

President Bharrat Jagdeo deserves a great deal of credit, if only for the effort he is making to try to dig Guyana out of its problems, most of which were problems that his government did not create....

I almost killed my wife two days before Independence

May 26, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on I almost killed my wife two days before Independence

I was coming off the seawall on Saturday night, traveling east on the old, seawall road. I made a right onto Camp Road and didn’t see a low bed occupying almost half of Camp Road right outside the...

The Government must accept responsibility

May 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The Government must accept responsibility

The government’s excuse for not submitting the sugar development plan on time to the European Union turns out to be an exercise in semantics, a most disgusting situation. The European Union...

Towel around his naked body, toothbrush in his mouth and Kanchan blazing away

May 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon 1

There cannot be any debate in this country about the Barbados Prime Minister’s edict to Caribbean nationals living illegally in his country to register or be deported. There is absolutely nothing...

ENTER THE PENDRAGONS

May 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on ENTER THE PENDRAGONS

The class teacher was discussing different jobs held by the parents of the students. When she called on little Johnny, she asked, “And what does your father do, little Johny?” Johnny...

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

May 25, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

In 1859, the French novelist and journalist, Alphonse Karr wrote; “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” – “the more things change, the more they are the same.”...

May 24, 2009 knews Cartoons, Features / Columnists Comments Off on

WHEN WE FEARED SUNDOWN

May 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on WHEN WE FEARED SUNDOWN

…it all seemed at first like a sick, cruel hoax…until the children began to disappear By Michael Jordan “Headless corpse of boy found…sixth missing boy murdered…round-the-clock hunt for...

Post-Independence Literature, Part One

May 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Guyanese Literature Comments Off on Post-Independence Literature, Part One

To gain a fuller appreciation of Guyanese literature after Independence, it would be useful to bear in mind that our literature was hitched in a close relationship over a long period to the British...

THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR AN ACTING LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

May 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR AN ACTING LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

One of the memorable moments of this year’s Summit of the Americas was the sight of the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, presenting the President of the United States of America with a copy of...

CARICOM: Lost within a widened Caribbean Community?

May 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on CARICOM: Lost within a widened Caribbean Community?

By Sir Ronald Sanders A technical team has been appointed by the foreign ministers of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) to consider an application from the Dominican Republic (DR)...

The Baccoo speaks

May 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There seems to be no end to the road accidents. The more the laws the more the deaths and the police are trying to cope. A speeding car is going to strike an elderly woman who would be walking on the...

The extent of illiteracy is frightening

May 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on The extent of illiteracy is frightening

By Adam Harris Some time back I wrote about the inability of many young people to read. The students of the University of Guyana became angry to the point that they actually challenged me to prove to...

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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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