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The Baccoo speaks

Apr 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks Comments Off on The Baccoo speaks

The pressure is getting to people and making their fuses short to the extent that there is going to be a fight between two men over something trivial. Unfortunately, fights these days are not the...

Obama disappointed me

Apr 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, My Column Comments Off on Obama disappointed me

I am in Trinidad and Tobago for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, not because I need to undertake overseas assignments or because I want to travel. Had Barack Obama not been coming to Trinidad I...

The Monica Reece Murder Mystery

Apr 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Murder and Mystery Comments Off on The Monica Reece Murder Mystery

Part II: What June Holland saw on Main Street Like I said, the case had seemed to be just about wrapped up. Police had arrested a suspect and pulled in a pickup he sometimes drove. The arrest was...

Capitalism 3.0?

Apr 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ravi Dev Comments Off on Capitalism 3.0?

Even Marx, its greatest critic had to concede that Capitalism as a system was the greatest producer of wealth the world had ever experienced. As we wrote earlier, however, in addition to its...

The “sleaze ball” and the President

Apr 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The “sleaze ball” and the President

At one of his press conferences, Mr. Jagdeo called me a sleaze ball. I don’t know why and I don’t care to know. The reason why I adopt that stance is because in my analytical mind I can prove...

Caribbean cannot base tourism on US Embargo against Cuba

Apr 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Caribbean cannot base tourism on US Embargo against Cuba

By Sir Ronald Sanders US President Barack Obama has fulfilled a promise made to Cuban-Americans during last year’s Presidential campaign to ease travel restrictions allowing them to visit Cuba as...

The Kinkajou (Potos flavus) or honey bear

Apr 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Interesting Creatures in Guyana Comments Off on The Kinkajou (Potos flavus) or honey bear

The kinkajou (Potos flavus), also known as the honey bear, like the Sun Bear, is a rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to the olingo, ringtail, cacomistle, raccoon, and coati. It is...

NO OBSTRUCTIONS TO APPOINTING A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

Apr 19, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on NO OBSTRUCTIONS TO APPOINTING A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

There is not going to be a parliamentary debate into the motion tabled by the Leader of the Opposition calling for a criminal probe into the problems of CLICO (Guyana). There has been a ruling that...

We will not be prisoners of the past!

Apr 19, 2009 knews AFC Column, Features / Columnists Comments Off on We will not be prisoners of the past!

“We will not be prisoners of the past! I’m here to talk about the Future!” – President Barack Obama at the 5th Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, April 17, 2009. There is no doubt that...

Raphael Trotman got an invitation

Apr 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Raphael Trotman got an invitation

I only knew (and I guess 99% of the Guyanese people too) that Mr. Trotman got an invitation from President Jagdeo and met with the Head of State when I read that the Kaieteur News solicited a comment...

WE NEED A NEW MINISTRY

Apr 18, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on WE NEED A NEW MINISTRY

Flooding has been a historical phenomenon in Guyana. We have had floods in this country since colonial days and despite the great efforts made by the then authorities, houses along the coast had to...

Knack gah knack back

Apr 17, 2009 knews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on Knack gah knack back

Do unto others as you would have others do unto you is an old saying in de Bible. Trust and don’t pay is a saying dat Guyanese mek up. GECOM occupy a man property and didn’t pay rent and de man...

Who tried to kill Maria van Beek?

Apr 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Who tried to kill Maria van Beek?

My sympathy goes out to Mrs. Maria van Beek, her family and immediate relatives. I know what it is like to face death after being attacked for non-robbery reasons. In 2004, at 5.30 A.M. gunmen...

THE STATE OF PLAY

Apr 17, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE STATE OF PLAY

The President was very firm when he addressed the issue of Members of Parliament who had failed to submit their declarations to the Integrity Commission. Despite the fact that the opposition was...

What nonsense is this: Leave this poor woman alone

Apr 16, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on What nonsense is this: Leave this poor woman alone

Since when are we a caring nation? I must be living in another country. The young lady who lost two of her kids in the Hadfield Street fire, was known to me when I lived on Hadfield Street,...

THE TOURISM BUBBLE

Apr 16, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE TOURISM BUBBLE

I suppose it is understandable that in a year in which there were three mass massacres that visitor arrivals to Guyana would decline. That such a decline was only by five per cent should indicate to...

Kite flying can be hard

Apr 15, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Kite flying can be hard

The Parrot was out flying a kite. Oh what an onerous experience it was. The heat from the scorching sun caused excessive tanning. A few moments of exposure resulted in darkened pigmentation. The real...

Sex in the middle of the night on top a water tank

Apr 15, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Sex in the middle of the night on top a water tank

I know there is a study in the US (which I cannot put my hand on through the internet) in which it showed that male judges tend to be less draconian in their sentencing structure on domestic violence...

THE FUTURE OF THE PNCR AND THE PPP

Apr 15, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE FUTURE OF THE PNCR AND THE PPP

In life there are things that happen that have unintended consequences. Both of Guyana’s main political parties, the People’s National Congress Reform and the People’s Progressive Party are now...

BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS

Apr 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS

In my life I have had only one kite. It was bought for me when I was three years old and my parents never had to buy another. That one kite was used for my entire-kite-flying days. At the end of...

The answers of Van West Charles

Apr 14, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The answers of Van West Charles

Politics in Guyana will become even more curious, definitely tenser and naturally more enthralling when the son-in-law of the late President Forbes Burnham, Dr. Richard Van West Charles, returns home...

LET US GET READY TO RUMBLE!

Apr 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on LET US GET READY TO RUMBLE!

So, the government will only investigate CLICO (Guyana) unless there is an investigation into the collapse of Globe Trust. Have you ever heard anything so ridiculous? What is it that we have...

Flying people

Apr 13, 2009 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Flying people

Each Easter Monday, my topic was the migration of the Guyanese people. I would write on the flying kites and the flying owners who would soar out of Guyana after they laid up their kites. I guess I...

Radika, ah beggin’ yuh

Apr 12, 2009 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on Radika, ah beggin’ yuh

The Parrot loves music. Let me put that in perspective; I like good music. I am not oblivious of the cliché, “one man’s meat is another man’s poison” as it relates what’s bad for me may be...

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Ken Harvey opens South American Youth Games account in Panama with...

Apr 17, 2026

Kaieteur Sports – Guyanese amateur boxing continues to find its spark, and this time it’s Ken Harvey lighting the fuse. At the 4th Youth South American Games in Panama City, the young pugilist...

Pause the decision!

Apr 16, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – What should have been a straightforward decision concerning the renewal of CARICOM’s Secretary General’s term has now developed into a major controversy within the Community. And it is not advisable that the issue be swept under the carpet. We were told that the Prime...

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...

From Nixon to Trump

Apr 17, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – It was President Richard Nixon who liked to play at the crazy man routine. For reasons still unfathomable to me, he developed a fondness for the madman syndrome, liked to be seen as such. One of those foaming-around-the gills, out-of-control, fiends...

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