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DEATH AND DISHONOUR

May 24, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on DEATH AND DISHONOUR

By Raphael Trotman Leader, AFC The abominable and disgraceful state of Le Repentir Cemetery has finally received the serious attention of the Georgetown City Council; but for how long? It is a matter...

Independence ruminations

May 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Independence ruminations

As we approached another anniversary of our independence from Britain, I was particularly disheartened by the wrangling in the letters’ pages of our newspapers over whether the African during...

The Turkey

May 24, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Turkey

The turkey is well known for its delicate white meat which is comparable to chicken and also qualifies to be one of the largest birds that could fly. This creature which is either of two living...

Fustigating “Fuzzy” becomes a fusama

May 23, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Fustigating “Fuzzy” becomes a fusama

We southern Georgetowners like to pronounce the name “Fuzzy” with a long drag, “Fuzaaay.’ We draw out the vowel sounds and the pronunciation is done slowly. At St. Thomas More Primary School...

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO WALK FOR THIS

May 23, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on SOMEBODY NEEDS TO WALK FOR THIS

Guyana must be a very rich country. How else does one explain that we failed, despite the flexibility demonstrated by the European Union, to submit a sugar development plan which would have allowed...

GEORGETOWN HAS A LOT OF SEWAGE

May 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on GEORGETOWN HAS A LOT OF SEWAGE

You know things are getting serious in Guyana when the government responds to the substance of an article written by Uncle Freddie. Usually the government would ignore the ravings of the Kaieteur...

When panty disappear is time fuh shame

May 22, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on When panty disappear is time fuh shame

Everybody who hear ‘bout thief think that is somebody who walking de streets only looking fuh wha dem ain’t put down. Nuff people gun be surprised that dem have more thief wukking wid dem than...

Getting the “other” to register and vote

May 22, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Getting the “other” to register and vote

This essay here is a commentary on Ravi Dev’s last Sunday piece captioned, “Wooing the ‘Other’.” There is a cynical thought of Mr. Dev in his article on an issue of vital importance to...

REDUCING DAMAGE TO PUBLIC PROPERTY

May 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on REDUCING DAMAGE TO PUBLIC PROPERTY

The government’s desire to reduce damage to public property as a result of road accidents deserves our support and commendation. However, road accidents usually result in more damage to private...

Moses finally drowns in the sea

May 21, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Moses finally drowns in the sea

It had to happen to the Guyanese Moses. You go into the sea all the time to do what the Biblical Moses has done and one day you will be drowned. Last week, the Red Sea in Robb Street, known to all...

The stranger next door

May 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The stranger next door

As late as the early 1970s, when night fell, dinner consumed and the children completed their homework, members of the household would usually sit either in the sitting room or on the verandah and...

Sewage madness and the hopelessness of a government

May 20, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sewage madness and the hopelessness of a government

Do you know that Georgetown has 24 sewage stations (pumping stations) and at the moment only three are working? There are two in Charlestown and one at the junction of Camp and Regent Streets. Of...

Squatting destroys property values

May 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Squatting destroys property values

Many years ago when it dawned upon the residents of the new Eccles Housing Scheme that a dumpsite for the disposal of refuse would be located behind their posh residential area, a strong protest was...

Paper forms and forms of conspiracies inside the PNC

May 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Paper forms and forms of conspiracies inside the PNC

PNC Parliamentarian, Aubrey Norton, said that he would not call Dr. Van West Charles a liar but that Dr Van West Charles “is a little bit distant from the truth.” One wonders if Mr. Norton...

Time to consider removing term limits

May 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Time to consider removing term limits

Guyana has had an inauspicious introduction to term limits for the Presidency. It has proven to be disastrous for Guyana even before it has been tried and tested. Admittedly, when term limits were...

Betrayal and self-destruction in the African-Guyanese community

May 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Betrayal and self-destruction in the African-Guyanese community

As the months tick away to 2011, it appears that Bharrat Jagdeo will leave no admirable legacy. We are almost halfway into 2009. From now until mid 2010, what can Mr. Jagdeo do with a government...

NO, CANADA

May 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on NO, CANADA

I loved Canada. True, living there made me aware that “snow” is a four-letter word and “cold” is an understatement but the majority of people I met, while reserved, were...

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The case of the baby-faced backtracker

May 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The case of the baby-faced backtracker

By Michael Jordan We like to think that a man’s deeds are stamped on his features, that his face is a mirror that reflects the good and ill of his past. We forget American gangsters like ‘Pretty...

There is a lot wrong in society

May 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on There is a lot wrong in society

Sometimes as I go about my ordinary daily life there are things that bother me, and I wonder whether there are rules for one set of people and another for the ordinary people. I often hear many...

The Baccoo speaks

May 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

There are going to be even more arrests as people try to smuggle cocaine and other illegal drugs through the airport. The reason is that there is a desperate need for people to get the drugs out of...

COURTSHIP LEADS TO ENGAGEMENT, NOT MARRIAGE

May 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on COURTSHIP LEADS TO ENGAGEMENT, NOT MARRIAGE

There used to be a time when I believed that courtship was necessary for marriage. I guess this came from the tradition in my family whereby courtship preceded marriage. In those days of course,...

Wooing the “other”

May 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Wooing the “other”

In a divided polity such as ours, one cannot ever overstress the importance of understanding the perceptions of the “other”. In Guyana, history and politics have conspired to make Indians and...

A clock whose hands go anti-clockwise

May 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on A clock whose hands go anti-clockwise

My daughter went to St. Agnes Nursery School on Church Street inside the compound of St. Rose’s High School. At that time, I didn’t have a car. I used to fetch her on my shoulders and when we...

THE DE-COMMISSIONING OF THE COMISSIONER OF INSURANCE

May 17, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on THE DE-COMMISSIONING OF THE COMISSIONER OF INSURANCE

By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Chairman The present debacle at CLICO has some seriously frightening proportions about it. This conclusion is discernible from a number of closely associated developments...

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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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