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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...

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...

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My wish

Apr 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – To live to a hundred: that is the wish. But beyond that, the body gives way—the joints harden into little more than stone, the eyes dim past the help of any knife, and the memory, that fragile vessel, empties itself without ceremony. That would be the proper time to go, to...

Resolving CARICOM’s Leadership Impasse

Apr 19, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) –As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or...

Two U.S. ambassadors on Exxon contract: times change

Apr 22, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – During her Guyana tour, US Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch pronounced on the Exxon-Guyana oil contract. Current US Ambassador to Guyana, Excellency Nicole D. Theriot recently relayed Washington’s position on that same Exxon contract. The learned US diplomats are a study in...

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